Research Guides: Movies in the Library: History

History

Ben-Hur
Call Number: DVD PN1997 .B4645 2011
In this Biblical epic, Jewish nobleman Ben-Hur struggles against Roman tyranny in first-century Palestine.
Conspiracy
Call Number: DVD PN1997.C75 G48 2002
Hamlet
Call Number: DVD PR2807.A2 W5 2007
In this first-ever full-text film of William Shakespeare's work, the Prince of Denmark, Hamlet, returns home to find his father murdered and his mother remarrying the murderer. Meanwhile, war is brewing.
Spotlight
Call Number: DVD PN1997.2 .S66 2016
The Last Samurai
Call Number: DVD PN1997.2.L37 L37 2004
Civil war hero Nathan Algren is sent to Japan during the Meiji era in order to train troops to use firearms against the samurai. Soon Algren finds himself swept up in the samurai way of life after being captured by their leader.