7 films to understand American history

Lincoln (2012): Steven Spielberg`s film gives a better insight into America`s most memorable presidents who pushed policies for the betterment of USA

Milk (2008): It is the biopic of activist Harvey Milk, who was the first openly gay man ever elected to public office

Gangs of New York (2002): Martin Scorcese picked up a part of American history that is not much explored in textbooks

All the President`s Men (1976): It chronicles one of the biggest scandals in American political history, the Watergate scandal

Black Hawk Down (2001): Set in 1993, it is a brutal spectacle of American soldiers facing unbelievable obstacles that could have guaranteed certain death

Bonnie and Clyde (1967): The film narrates story of two people who define a very difficult generation for many people in America

Forrest Gump (1994): A slow-witted Gump narrates his life experience which attaches him to various significant historical milestones of the country