Need American movies set before the 1900s?

It's for my US History to 1877 class. Technically, we should try to be as close to 1877 as possible, but a few years wouldn't make much of a difference.

I've already thought of the The Amistad, Glory, Last of the Mohicans, Gangs of New York and Gone With The Wind but I'm looking for some other suggestions.



We have to do a paper on something and a project and the professor thinks tying all three together would be best. My topic (for the time being) is on American literature and how it was shaped from European and Native styles (I'm focusing mostly on English/England) but formed something completely unique. Or...something like that. I'm open to changing it to something not as difficult to find a better way to tie it into a movie and the project. For the project, I'm thinking of doing something animated, like some comic strips or an animated short to be different from a Powerpoint slideshow.



Help! Movie suggestions, paper suggestions and project suggestions are all welcome!!!!Need American movies set before the 1900s?The Patriot (Heath Ledger/Mel Gibson)

Blue And Gray (old b%26amp;w Civil War movie)

Far And Away (starts in Europe, but is set mostly in US with Tom Cruise %26amp; Nicole Kidman)

The New World (Colin Farrell %26amp; Christian Bale)

Little Women (Susan Serandon)

The Scarlet Letter (Demi Moore?)

The Crucible (Daniel Day Lewis)

The House Of Seven Gables

Daniel Boone (old Disney movie)

Grizzly Adams: The Movie (or the TV series)

Little House On The Prarie

A ton of John Wayne's Westerns, just enter his name a bunch will come up.

There's a bunch more that I just can't think of the names!!!Need American movies set before the 1900s?Dances With Wolves - a white officer who gets in close contacts with Indians and then leaves with them



Little Big Man white kid raised by Indians



Flaming Star - with Elvis he plays a guy whose mom was Native American and dad Anglo-Sax American. Problems they faced in 1800s.



Just to get the feeling of the time - try Age of Innocence (the cruelest Scorsese movie)Need American movies set before the 1900s?Pride and Prejudice for sure! With Kiera Knightley, fits all your criteria and is suitable for school.