Establishment of America

[1492] Conquest of Paradise: Christopher Columbus. "Discovery" of America.
[1608] The New World: Founding of Jamestown, John Smith and Pocahontas

Colonial America

[1692] The Crucible: Salem Witch Trials
[1757] The Last of the Mohicans: French-Indian War

Revolutionary War

[1776] 1776: Debate over declaring independence (Musical)
[1776] The Patriot: Fictionalized characters and battles representing the revolutionary war

Early Independence

[1812] The Buccaneer: War of 1812, Battle of New Orleans. Andrew Jackson and Jean Lafitte
[1836] The Alamo: The battle of the Alamo, the most accurate of a group of very inaccurate movies depicting this event

Slavery

[1839] Amistad: Pre-Civil War Slave Trade
[1841] 12 Years a Slave: Slavery in mid-1800's
[1840-1860s] Harriet: Underground Railroad and Harriet Tubman

Civil War

[1861] Ride With the Devil: Early Civil War, Confederate perspective
[1861-1863] Glory: Civil War, 54th regiment the first all-black regiment int he Civil War
[1863] Gettysburg: Civil War, Battle of Gettysburg
[1863] Gangs of New York: Bloody Draft Riots. Slice of Life around Civil War (not about the war)
[1861-1869] Gone with the Wind: Southern life during the Civil War
[1865] Lincoln: Final months of the Civil War, 13th Amendment

Gilded Age

[1870] The Age of Innocence: Gilded Age

American West - Late 1800s

[1881-1882] The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford: American West in the late 19th century
[1899] Newsies: The newsboy strike

Turn of the Century

[1898-1910s] There Will Be Blood: Turn of the century American oil boom
[1900s] Yankee Doodle Dandy: Turn of the Century East Coast, during oil boom in California. The start of American theater and entertainment

World War I

[1909-1920s] Wilson: President Woodrow Wilson and World War I
[1914-1918] All Quiet on the Western Front: World War I, Trench warfare
[1914-1918] Wings: World War I, Aerial combat
[1921] The Immigrant: After World War I, immigration from war torn Europe to America

The Great Depression

[1909-1940s] The Color Purple: Great Depression, through the lens of southern a African Americans
[1930s] Grapes of Wrath: Great Depression

World War II

[1943-1945] Patton: World War II
[1945] Flags of Our Fathers: Battle of Iwo Jima
[1945-1946] The Best Years of Our Lives: End of World War II, the fallout of war for normal everyday Americans

Civil Rights - Part 1

[1947-1960s] Cadillac Records: Rise of minority cultural contributions in music
[1937-1970s] The Butler: Civil Rights over several decades and presidencies
[1944-1982] Forrest Gump: Civil Rights, Entirely fictional character, passing through many real and important events

Space Race

[1957] October Sky: Space Race, just after Sputnik
[1947-1963] The Right Stuff: Space Race
[1961] Hidden Figures: Inner workings of NASA, and racial tension
[1961-1967] First Man: The moon landing

Cuban Missile Crisis

[1961] Thirteen Days: Cuban Missile Crisis

Civil Rights - Part 2

[1960s] The Help: Slice of life for southern African Americans
[1943-1965] Malcolm X: Civil Rights, Malcolm X
[1964] Selma: Civil Rights, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Assassination of JFK

[1961-1969] JFK: Assassination of President John F. Kennedy

Cold War

[1964] Dr. Strangelove: Cold War, satirical

Vietnam War

[1965] Good Morning Vietnam: Slice of life for soldiers during the Vietnam War
[1967-1976] Born on the 4th of July: Vietnam War

Space Exploration

[1969-1970] Apollo 13: The aborted Apollo 13 mission

Richard Nixon

[1969-1974] Nixon: The Nixon presidency
[1972-1973] All the President's Men: Watergate

1970s

[1970-1978] Milk: First openly Gay elected to public office
[1976] Dazed and Confused: American bicentennial slice of life, 1970s

Iranian Hostage Crisis

[1979] Argo: Iranian hostage crisis

1980s

[1989] Do the Right Thing: 1980s slice of life, racial tensions

1990s

[1996] Richard Jewell: Centennial Olympic Park bombing
[1999] I'm Not Ashamed: Columbine High School shooting

War on Terror

[2001] United 93: September 11th 2001 "9/11"
[2001-2011] Zero Dark Thirty: War on Terror

Internet Age

[2003-2010] The Social Network: The Internet Age