Gone with the Wind¹⁹³⁹

The spoiled daughter of a Georgia plantation owner conducts a tumultuous romance with a cynical profiteer during the American Civil War and Reconstruction Era.

The film released in 1939 is considered one of the most famous classics of American film history, but today it is controversial due to its portrayal of slavery and the American South. The film romanticizes the plantation society of the Southern states and paints a glorified picture of the lives of enslaved African Americans, some of whom are depicted using racist stereotypes. This perspective does not align with the historical reality of slavery and is critically assessed today.