Historical drama film

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Films set in Prehistorical times

• Quest for Fire
  Quest for Fire
  
  Quest for Fire is a 1911 French novel by "J.-H. Rosny", the pseudonym of two brothers; the author was likely the elder of the two, Joseph Henri Honor? Boex ....
   (1981)
• The Clan of the Cave Bear
  The Clan of the Cave Bear (film)
  
  The Clan of the Cave Bear is a 1986 film based on the book The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel.Directed by Michael Chapman , the film stars Daryl Hannah as Ayla, a young Cro-Magnon woman who was separated from her family during an earthquake and found by a group of Neanderthals....
   (1986)
• 10,000 BC (2008)

• Troy
  Troy (film)
  
  Troy is an epic film released on May 14, 2004, concerning the Trojan War. It is loosely based on Homer's Iliad, but includes material from Virgil's Aeneid and other sources, and frequently diverges from myth....
   (2004), based on Homer
  Homer
  
  Homer is traditionally held to be the author of the ancient Greek language epic poems the Iliad and the Odyssey, as well as of the Homeric Hymns....
  's Iliad
  ILiad
  
  The iLiad is an electronic handheld device, or e-book device, which can be used for document reading and editing. Like the Sony Reader or Amazon Kindle, the iLiad makes use of an electronic paper display....
  . This movie is set in the Bronze Age
  Bronze Age
  
  The Bronze Age is, with respect to a given prehistory, the period in that society when the most advanced metalworking included smelting copper and tin from naturally-occurring outcroppings of copper and tin ores, creating a bronze alloy by melting those metals together, and casting them into bronze artifact s....
  , c. 1190 BC.
• Helen of Troy
  Helen of Troy (film)
  
  Helen of Troy is a 1956 in film Warner Bros. epic film, based on Homer's Iliad. It was directed by Robert Wise, from a screenplay by Hugh Gray and John Twist, adapted by Hugh Gray and N....
  , a Movie released for TV, also based on the Iliad
  ILiad
  
  The iLiad is an electronic handheld device, or e-book device, which can be used for document reading and editing. Like the Sony Reader or Amazon Kindle, the iLiad makes use of an electronic paper display....
   (c. 13th century BC).
• Alexander
  Alexander (film)
  
  Alexander is a 2004 in film epic film, based on the life of Alexander the Great . It was directed by Oliver Stone.The film is based mostly on the book Alexander the Great, written in the 1970s in literature by historian Robin Lane Fox, who gave up his screen credit in return for being allowed to take part in the epic cavalry charge...
  , based on the life of Alexander the Great
  Alexander the Great
  
  Alexander the Great , also known as Alexander III of Macedon was an ancient Greeks King of Macedon . He was one of the most successful military commanders of all time and is presumed undefeated in battle....
   (4th century BC).
• Attila
  Attila (TV Miniseries)
  
  Attila , takes place during the waning days of the Roman Empire, the barbarian Huns are making their way toward Europe. A warrior named Attila the Hun violently assumes Hun leadership and unites the warring clans under his banner....
   (about Attila the Hun
  Attila the Hun
  
  Attila , also known as Attila the Hun, was leader of the Huns from 434 until his death in 453. He was leader of the Hunnic Empire which stretched from Germany to the Ural River and from the Danube to the Baltic Sea ....
  , 5th century A.D.)
• Spartacus
  Spartacus (film)
  
  Spartacus is a 1960 in film historical film drama film directed by Stanley Kubrick and based on the Spartacus by Howard Fast about the historical life of Spartacus and the Third Servile War....
  , set during the Roman Republic.
• The Passion of The Christ
  The Passion of the Christ
  
  The Passion of the Christ is a 2004 in film film co-written, co-produced and directed by Mel Gibson. It is based on Catholic accounts of the arrest, trial, torture, crucifixion, and resurrection of Jesus, events commonly known as "The Passion "....
   (film)
• Jesus of Nazareth
  Jesus of Nazareth (film)
  
  Jesus of Nazareth is a 1977 in film UK-Italy television miniseries dramatizing the Nativity of Jesus, life, Ministry of Jesus, Crucifixion of Jesus, and Resurrection of Jesus of Jesus based on the accounts in the four New Testament Gospel....
  (Jesus Christ
  Jesus
  
  Jesus of Nazareth , also known as Jesus Christ, is the central figure of Christianity and is revered by most Christian churches as the Son of God and the Incarnation ....
  ).
• Ben-Hur (1959 film)
  Ben-Hur (1959 film)
  
  Ben-Hur is a 1959 in film movie directed by William Wyler, and is the third film version of Lew Wallace's novel Ben-Hur . It premiered at Loews Cineplex Entertainment in New York City on November 18, 1959....
   , set in the Roman Empire
  Roman Empire
  
  The Roman Empire was the Roman Republic phase of the Ancient Rome, characterised by an autocracy form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....
   c. A.D. 26
• Nero (2005 film) , set in the Roman Empire
  Roman Empire
  
  The Roman Empire was the Roman Republic phase of the Ancient Rome, characterised by an autocracy form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....
   c. A.D. 62
• Cleopatra (1963 film)
  Cleopatra (1963 film)
  
  Cleopatra is a 1963 in film film directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz. The screenplay was adapted by Sidney Buchman, Ben Hecht, Ranald MacDougall, and Joseph L....
  , the famous 1963 movie set during the first years of the Roman Empire
  Roman Empire
  
  The Roman Empire was the Roman Republic phase of the Ancient Rome, characterised by an autocracy form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....
   (1st century AD) that depicts the life of Cleopatra, a queen of Egypt.
• Cleopatra (1999 film)
  Cleopatra (1999 film)
  
  Cleopatra, the 1999 in film is a fictional portrayal of the Egyptian queen Cleopatra, produced by Hallmark Cards#Subsidiaries, starring Leonor Varela as the title character, Timothy Dalton as Caesar, Billy Zane as Marc Antony, Rupert Graves as Octavius, Sean Pertwee as Brutus and Bruce Payne as Cassius....
  , the 1999 Movie made for TV, also set during the first years of the Roman Empire
  Roman Empire
  
  The Roman Empire was the Roman Republic phase of the Ancient Rome, characterised by an autocracy form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....
   (1st century AD).
• Rome (TV Series)
  Rome (TV series)
  
  Rome is a British Academy Television Awards, Golden Globe-nominated and Primetime Emmy Award-winning historical drama film television series co-created by John Milius, William J....
  (2005), a TV Series set in the time of the Roman Empire
  Roman Empire
  
  The Roman Empire was the Roman Republic phase of the Ancient Rome, characterised by an autocracy form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....
  .
• Hero (movie), a movie set in Ancient China 300BC
• Gladiator (set during the reign of Roman Emperor Commodus
  Commodus
  
  Lucius Aurelius Commodus Antoninus , was a Roman Emperor who ruled from 180 to 192 . The name given here was his official name at his accession to sole rule; see 'Commodus#Changes of name' for earlier and later forms....
  , who ruled from 180 to 192).
• The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964)
  The Fall of the Roman Empire (film)
  
  The Fall of the Roman Empire is a 1964 in film English language epic film produced by Samuel Bronston Productions and The Rank Organisation, and released by Paramount Pictures....
   (set during the reign of Roman Emperor Commodus
  Commodus
  
  Lucius Aurelius Commodus Antoninus , was a Roman Emperor who ruled from 180 to 192 . The name given here was his official name at his accession to sole rule; see 'Commodus#Changes of name' for earlier and later forms....
  , who ruled from 180 to 192).
• 300 (movie) a film set in the Battle of Thermopylae
  Battle of Thermopylae
  
  The Battle of Thermopylae [th?r m?pp?lee] took place over three days during the second Persian invasion of Greece. It took place simultaneously with the naval battle at Battle of Artemisium, in August or September 480 BC, at the pass of Thermopylae ....
  
• I, Claudius (TV series)
  I, Claudius (TV series)
  
  I, Claudius is a 1976 BBC Television adaptation of Robert Graves's I, Claudius. Written by Jack Pulman, it proved one of the corporation's most successful drama serials of all time....
  a TV Series set during the rule of the of the Roman Julio-Claudians
• Mosh Pit (Film)

• El Cid (1961)
  El Cid (film)
  
  El Cid is a 1961 in film List of historical drama films epic film made by Samuel Bronston Productions in association with The Rank Organisation and released by Allied Artists Pictures Corporation....
   (Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, an 11th century Spanish warrior known as El Cid
  El Cid
  
  Rodrigo D?az de Vivar , known as El Cid Campeador, was a Kingdom of Castile nobleman, a gifted military leader and diplomat who, after being exiled, conquered and governed the city of Valencia ....
  }
• Kingdom of Heaven
  Kingdom of Heaven (film)
  
  Kingdom of Heaven is a 2005 in film epic film, directed by Ridley Scott and written by William Monahan. It stars Orlando Bloom, Eva Green, Jeremy Irons, David Thewlis, Marton Csokas, Brendan Gleeson, Alexander Siddig, Ghassan Massoud, Edward Norton, Jon Finch, Michael Sheen and Liam Neeson....
  , set during the Crusades
  Crusades
  
  The Crusades were a series of religious war waged by much of Christian Europe against external and internal opponents. Crusades were fought mainly against Muslims, though campaigns were also directed against Paganism Slavic peoples, Jews, Eastern Orthodox Church, Mongols, Catharism, Hussites, Waldensians, Old Prussians, and political enemi...
   in the 12th century.
• Braveheart
  Braveheart
  
  Braveheart is an Academy Award-Winning, 1995 historical action-drama movie film producer and Film director by Mel Gibson, who also starred in the title role....
   (William Wallace
  William Wallace
  
  William Wallace was a Scotland knight and landowner who is known for leading a resistance during the Wars of Scottish Independence and regarded as a patriot and national hero....
  , a 13th century Scottish knight who fought for Scotland's independence).
• Henry V
  Henry V (film)
  
  Henry V man refer to either of two films, both based on Henry V about King Henry V of England:* Henry V , a film adaptation of Shakespeare's play, directed by Laurence Olivier...
   (1989), William Shakespeare's play adapted on screen by Kenneth Branagh
• The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
  The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
  
  The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc is a 1999 in film list of historical drama films directed by Luc Besson. The screenplay was written by Besson and Andrew Birkin, and the original music score was composed by ?ric Serra....
  , set in France in the beginnings of the 15th century. The movie is about Joan of Arc, the legendary female warrior during the 100 Years' War.
• Joan of Arc
  Joan of Arc (1948 film)
  
  Joan of Arc is a 1948 in film Technicolor film directed by Victor Fleming; starring Ingrid Bergman as the Joan of Arc. It was produced by Walter Wanger....
   (1948)
• Joan of Arc
  The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
  
  The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc is a 1999 in film list of historical drama films directed by Luc Besson. The screenplay was written by Besson and Andrew Birkin, and the original music score was composed by ?ric Serra....
   (1999)
• The Passion of Joan of Arc
  The Passion of Joan of Arc
  
  The Passion of Joan of Arc is a silent film produced in France in 1928 in film. It is based on the trial records of Joan of Arc. The film was directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer and stars Ren?e Jeanne Falconetti and Antonin Artaud....
  (1928) based on trial records of Joan of Arc
• Saint Joan
  Saint Joan (1957 film)
  
  Saint Joan is a 1957 film adapted from the George Bernard Shaw Saint Joan about the life of Joan of Arc. The restructured screenplay by Graham Greene, directed by Otto Preminger, begins with the play's last scene, which then becomes the springboard for a long flashback, from which the main story is told....
   (1957) based on a play about the life of Joan of Arc by George Bernard Shaw
  George Bernard Shaw
  
  George Bernard Shaw, was an Irish people playwright.Although Shaw's first profitable writing was music and literary criticism, his talent was for drama, and he wrote more than 60 plays....
  
• The Lion in Winter
  The Lion in Winter
  
  The Lion in Winter is a 1966 Broadway theatre play by James Goldman, who also cinematically adapted it in 1968 for the film directed by Anthony Harvey and a 2003 film by Andrei Konchalovsky....
  , 1968 movie about three ambitious princes who want the throne around 1183 AD
• The Lion in Winter 2003 tv movie, Henry II is in power as his wife Eleanor's plots with her sons

• An Ancient Tale: When the Sun Was a God
  An Ancient Tale: When the Sun Was a God
  
  An Ancient Tale: When the Sun Was a God is the English rendering of the of the title of the 2003 Poland film Stara basn: Kiedy slonce bylo bogiem, directed by Jerzy Hoffman....
   (2003) set place in ninth-century Europe, about Slavic
  Slavic
  
  Slavic and Slavonic are used interchangeably in English, with the former preferred in U.S. English, and the latter in UK English. The Oxford English Dictionary gives citations of Slavonic back to the mid-17th century, whereas it seems that Slavic only appeared in the 19th century....
   tribes and their confrontations with vikings
• Alexander Nevsky
  Alexander Nevsky (film)
  
  Alexander Nevsky is a historical drama film directed by Sergei Eisenstein and Dmitry Vasiliev and produced by Mosfilm, based on the life of Alexander Nevsky....
   (1938), about Prince Alexander Nevsky
  Alexander Nevsky
  
  Saint Alexander Nevsky was the Grand Prince of Novgorod and Vladimir-Suzdal during some of the most trying times in the country's history. Commonly regarded as the key figure of medieval Russia, Alexander was the grandson of Vsevolod the Big Nest and rose to legendary status on account of his military victories over the German invaders whi...
  , a 13th century Russian leader, and Battle of Ice.
• Alexander. Battle of Neva (2008), film based on Alexander's Battle of the Neva
  Battle of the Neva
  
  Battle of the Neva was fought between the Novgorod Republic and Sweden armies on the Neva River, near the settlement of Ust-Izhora, on July 15, 1240....
  
• Boj na Kosovu
  Boj na Kosovu (film)
  
  Boj na Kosovu is a 1989 in film Serbian List of historical drama films/war film. The film was based on the drama written by poet Ljubomir Simovic....
   (1989), set in 14th century, about a battle between Medieval Serbia and Ottoman Empire
  Ottoman Empire
  
  The Ottoman Empire , also known by its contemporaries as the Turkish Empire or Turkey , was an empire that lasted from 1299?1923. It was Treaty of Lausanne by the Republic of Turkey, which was officially proclaimed on October 29, 1923....
  .
• Mongol (film)
  Mongol (film)
  
  Mongol is a 2007 in film semi-historical film directed by Sergei Bodrov about the young Genghis Khan. It is planned to be the first in a trilogy about Tem?jin's life....
   (the rise to power of Genghis Khan
  Genghis Khan
  
  Genghis Khan , born , was the founder, Khan and Khagan of the Mongol Empire, the World's largest empires contiguous empire in history....
  )
• Prince Vladimir
  Prince Vladimir (film)
  
  Prince Vladimir , or Prince Vladimir - Part One: The Choice , is a Russian Traditional animation-Animation feature film loosely based on the story of Prince Vladimir, a historically important figure who Baptism of Kievan Rus' Kievan Rus' to Christianity a thousand years ago....
   (2006) set in 9th century, based on the story of Prince Vladimir

• 1492: Conquest of Paradise
  1492: Conquest of Paradise
  
  1492: Conquest of Paradise is a 1992 in film United States/European adventure film/drama film. It was film director by Ridley Scott and screenwriter by Roselyne Bosch....
  , a movie that tells the story of the discovery and conquest of the New World
  New World
  
  The New World is one of the names used for the non-Eurasian/non-African parts of the Earth, specifically the Americas and Australasia. When the term originated in the late 15th century, the Americas were new to the Europeans, who previously thought of the world as consisting only of Europe, Asia, and Africa ....
   by Christopher Columbus in 1492.
• 1612
  1612 (film)
  
  1612 is a Cinema of Russia historical fiction film about the Time of Troubles and the Polish-Muscovite_War_. It was directed by Vladimir Khotinenko and produced by Nikita Mikhalkov....
   (2007) set in Russia at the beginnings of the 16th century, during the Time of Troubles
  Time of Troubles
  
  The Time of Troubles was a period of History of Russia comprising the years of interregnum between the death of the last Tsardom of Russia Tsar Feodor I of Russia of the Rurik Dynasty in 1598 and the establishment of the Romanov Dynasty in 1613....
  
• Richard III
  Richard III (1955 film)
  
  Richard III is a 1955 in film Cinema of the United Kingdom Shakespeare on screen#Richard III of William Shakespeare's Shakespearean history Richard III , including elements of Henry VI, Part 3....
   (best known version) (Richard III of England
  Richard III of England
  
  Richard III was List of the monarchs of the Kingdom of England of Kingdom of England from 1483 until his death. He was the last king from the House of York, and his defeat at the Battle of Bosworth Field marked the culmination of the Wars of the Roses and the end of the Plantagenet dynasty....
  ).
• Anne of the Thousand Days
  Anne of the Thousand Days
  
  Anne of the Thousand Days is a 1969 in film film genre made by Hal Wallis Productions and distributed by Universal Pictures. It was directed by Charles Jarrott and produced by Hal B....
   (Anne Boleyn
  Anne Boleyn
  
  Anne Boleyn was List of English consorts as the Wives of Henry VIII of Henry VIII of England. She was also Earl of Pembroke in her own right. Henry's marriage to Anne, and her subsequent execution, made her a key figure in the political and religious upheaval that was the start of the English Reformation....
  , the Queen of England during the 16th century, Queen Consort of King Henry VIII and the mother of Queen Elizabeth I).
• Henry VIII and his Six Wives
  Henry VIII and His Six Wives
  
  Henry VIII and His Six Wives is the only feature-length film to deal with all six of King Henry VIII of England wives The film was also the first feature-length film made on Henry VIII of England since the 1933 comedy of manners The Private Life of Henry VIII....
   (Henry VIII of England
  Henry VIII of England
  
  Henry VIII was King of England from 21 April 1509 until his death. He was also Lordship of Ireland and claimant to the Early Modern France. Henry was the second monarch of the House of Tudor, succeeding his father, Henry VII of England....
  ).
• The Other Boleyn Girl (Anne Boleyn
  Anne Boleyn
  
  Anne Boleyn was List of English consorts as the Wives of Henry VIII of Henry VIII of England. She was also Earl of Pembroke in her own right. Henry's marriage to Anne, and her subsequent execution, made her a key figure in the political and religious upheaval that was the start of the English Reformation....
  , Queen of England).
• The Private Life of Henry VIII
  The Private Life of Henry VIII
  
  The Private Life of Henry VIII 1933 in film film about the English king. It was written by Lajos Bir? and Arthur Wimperis, and directed by Sir Alexander Korda....
   (Henry VIII of England
  Henry VIII of England
  
  Henry VIII was King of England from 21 April 1509 until his death. He was also Lordship of Ireland and claimant to the Early Modern France. Henry was the second monarch of the House of Tudor, succeeding his father, Henry VII of England....
  )
• Elizabeth
  Elizabeth (film)
  
  Elizabeth is a 1998 in film film loosely based on the early reign of Elizabeth I of England. The film was written by Michael Hirst and directed by Shekhar Kapur....
   (Elizabeth I of England
  Elizabeth I of England
  
  Elizabeth I was List of English monarchs and Queen of Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death. Sometimes called The Virgin Queen, Gloriana, or Good Queen Bess, Elizabeth was the fifth and last monarch of the House of Tudor....
  , the Queen in the 16th century).
• Elizabeth R
  Elizabeth R
  
  Elizabeth R is an Emmy Award-winning BBC television drama Serial of six 85-minute plays starring Glenda Jackson in the title role. It was first Broadcasting on terrestrial television channel BBC Two from February to March 1971, and was later broadcast in America on the premiere season of PBS 's Masterpiece Theatre....
  , a 1970's BBC mini-series about Elizabeth I of England
  Elizabeth I of England
  
  Elizabeth I was List of English monarchs and Queen of Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death. Sometimes called The Virgin Queen, Gloriana, or Good Queen Bess, Elizabeth was the fifth and last monarch of the House of Tudor....
  .
• Young Bess
  Young Bess
  
  Young Bess is a 1953 in film biographical film made by MGM about the early career of Queen Elizabeth I of England, focusing primarily on her romance with Thomas Seymour, uncle of King Edward VI....
   (Elizabeth I of England
  Elizabeth I of England
  
  Elizabeth I was List of English monarchs and Queen of Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death. Sometimes called The Virgin Queen, Gloriana, or Good Queen Bess, Elizabeth was the fifth and last monarch of the House of Tudor....
  ).
• Lady Jane
  Lady Jane (film)
  
  Lady Jane is a 1986 in film United Kingdom costume drama romance film directed by Trevor Nunn, written by David Edgar , and stars Helena Bonham Carter in the title role....
   (Lady Jane Grey
  Lady Jane Grey
  
  Lady Jane Grey , also known as Queen Jane of England, was a claimant to the Kingdom of England and Monarchy of Ireland, who was de facto monarch of England for just over a week in 1553....
  , the uncrowned queen regnant of the Kingdom of England for nine days in the mid-16th century).
• Fire Over England
  Fire Over England
  
  Fire Over England is a 1937 in film London Film Productions film drama, notable for providing the first pairing of Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh....
   (the Spanish Armada
  Spanish Armada
  
  The Spanish Armada was the Habsburg Spain fleet that sailed against England under the command of the Alonso de Guzm?n El Bueno, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia in 1588, leading to the Drake-Norris Expedition of 1589, also known as the English Armada....
  , a Spanish-controlled fleet which sailed against England in the late 16th century).
• Ivan the Terrible
  Ivan the Terrible (film)
  
  Ivan The Terrible is a two-part film about Ivan IV of Russia made by Russian director Sergei Eisenstein. Part 1 was released in 1944 but Part 2 was not released until 1958 due to political censorship....
   by Sergei Eisenstein
  Sergei Eisenstein
  
  Sergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein was a revolutionary Soviet Union Russian people film director and Film theory noted in particular for his silent films Strike , The Battleship Potemkin and October: Ten Days That Shook the World, as well as Historical movie Epic film Alexander Nevsky and Ivan the Terrible ....
  , a biographic movie about Ivan IV of Russia
  Ivan IV of Russia
  
  Ivan IV Vasilyevich , known in English language as Ivan the Terrible was Grand Duchy of Moscow from 1533. The epithet "Grozny" is associated with might, power and strictness, rather than poor performance, horror or cruelty....
  .
• A Man for All Seasons
  A Man for All Seasons (1966 film)
  
  A Man for All Seasons is a 1966 in film film based on Robert Bolt's A Man for All Seasons about Sir Thomas More. Paul Scofield, who had played More in the West End theatre stage premiere, also took the role in the film....
   (about Thomas More
  Thomas More
  
  Saint Thomas More was an English lawyer, author, and statesman who in his lifetime gained a reputation as a leading Renaissance humanist scholar, and occupied many public offices, including Lord Chancellor ....
  ).
• Kagemusha
  Kagemusha
  
  is a 1980 in film film by Akira Kurosawa. The title is a term used for an impersonator. It is set in the Sengoku period era of Japanese history and tells the story of a lower-class criminal who is taught to impersonate a dying warlord in order to dissuade opposing lords from attacking the newly vulnerable clan....
   (about the Battle of Nagashino
  Battle of Nagashino
  
  The took place in 1575 near Nagashino Castle on the plain of Shitaragahara in the Mikawa province of Japan. The castle had been under siege by Takeda Katsuyori since the 17th of June; Okudaira Sadamasa , a Tokugawa shogunate vassal, commanded the defending force....
  , Japan).
• Henry VIII (TV serial)
  Henry VIII (TV serial)
  
  Henry VIII is a United Kingdom two-part television serial produced principally by Granada Television for ITV, based on the life of Henry VIII of England....
  , an ITV drama about Henry VIII starring Ray Winstone
  Ray Winstone
  
  Raymond Andrew "Ray" Winstone, Jr. is an Emmy Award-winning English people film and television actor. He is mostly known for his "tough guy" roles, beginning with that of Carlin in the 1979 film Scum , and is also known as a voice over actor....
  , Helena Bonham Carter
  Helena Bonham Carter
  
  Helena Bonham Carter is an Academy Award-nominated England actor. Bonham Carter made her screen debut in the K. M. Peyton film, A Pattern of Roses, before appearing in her first leading role in Lady Jane ....
   and David Suchet
  David Suchet
  
  David Suchet , Order of the British Empire is an England actor, known for his work on United Kingdom television. He is recognised for his Royal Television Society- and Broadcasting Press Guild Awards award-winning performance as Augustus Melmotte in the 2001 United Kingdom TV mini-drama The Way We Live Now , alongside Matthew Macfadyen a...
  
• Charles II: The Power and The Passion
  Charles II: The Power and The Passion
  
  Charles II: The Power and the Passion is an award-winning British television mini-series, broadcast on BBC One in 2003, and produced by the BBC in association with the A&E Network in the United States....
  , BBC drama starring Rufus Sewell
• The Virgin Queen (TV show)
  The Virgin Queen (TV show)
  
  The Virgin Queen is a 2005 BBC and Power co-production, four-part miniseries based upon the life of Queen Elizabeth I, starring Anne-Marie Duff....
  , a BBC production about Elizabeth I of England starring Anne-Marie Duff
• Elizabeth I (TV series)
  Elizabeth I (TV series)
  
  Elizabeth I is a 2005 in television United Kingdom television miniseries directed by Tom Hooper . The screenplay by Nigel Williams concentrates on the last 25 years of the nearly 45-year-long reign of Elizabeth I of England....
  , historical drama starring Helen Mirren
  Helen Mirren
  
  Dame Helen Mirren, Order of the British Empire is a multi-award winnning English actor. She has won an Academy Award, four SAG Awards, four BAFTAs, three Golden Globes and four Emmy Awards during her career....
  , Jeremy Irons
  Jeremy Irons
  
  Jeremy John Irons is an England film, television and stage actor. He has won an Academy Award, a Tony Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, two Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards....
   and Ian McDiarmid
  Ian McDiarmid
  
  Ian McDiarmid is a Scotland Tony Award-winning theatre actor and theatre director, who has also made sporadic appearances on film and television....
  
• Elizabeth: The Golden Age, 2007 historical drama starring Cate Blanchett
  Cate Blanchett
  
  Catherine ?lise "Cate" Blanchett is an Australian Actor and theatre director. She has won multiple acting awards, most notably two Screen Actors Guild Awardss, two Golden Globe Awards, two BAFTAs, an Academy Award, as well as the Volpi Cup at 64th Venice International Film Festival....
   and Clive Owen
  Clive Owen
  
  Clive Owen is an Academy Award -nominated, and Golden Globe Award- and British Academy of Film and Television Arts winning England actor....
  
• Cromwell
  Cromwell (film)
  
  Cromwell is a film, based on the life of Oliver Cromwell who led the Parliament of England forces during the English Civil War and, as Lord Protector, ruled The Protectorate in the mid-17th century....
   (about Oliver Cromwell
  Oliver Cromwell
  
  Oliver Cromwell was an English people Military history of the United Kingdom and Politics of England leader best known for his involvement in making England into a republican Commonwealth and for his later role as Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland....
  ).
• Mary, Queen of Scots
  Mary, Queen of Scots (film)
  
  Mary, Queen of Scots is a Universal Pictures biographical feature film based on the life of Queen Mary I of Scotland. The film stars Vanessa Redgrave as the titular character and Glenda Jackson as Elizabeth I....
  , a 1971 movie about the queen Mary I of Scotland
  Mary I of Scotland
  
  Mary I was Queen of Scots from 14 December 1542 to 24 July 1567.She was the only surviving legitimate child of James V of Scotland. She was only six days old when her father died and left her Queen of Scots....
  .
• The Last Valley
  The Last Valley
  
  The Last Valley is a 1971 in film historical drama film directed by James Clavell. Set during the Thirty Years War, it stars Michael Caine as the leader of a band of mercenaries, and Omar Sharif as a teacher fleeing from the violence endemic to Germany during this period....
  , Germany
  Germany
  
  Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
   during Thirty year's war.
• La Reine Margot
  La Reine Margot (1994 film)
  
  La Reine Margot is a 1994 in film film based on the 1845 La Reine Margot by Alexandre Dumas, p?re. It was released in the UK under its original French title, and as Queen Margot in North America....
  , set during the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre
  St. Bartholomew's Day massacre
  
  The St. Bartholomew's Day massacre in 1572 was a targeted group of assassinations, followed by a wave of Roman Catholic mob violence, both directed against the Huguenots , during the French Wars of Religion....
  .
• The Crucible
  The Crucible
  
  The Crucible by Arthur Miller is a play based on the actual events that, in 1692, led to the Salem Witch Trials, a series of hearings before local magistrates to prosecute over 150 people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts between February 1692 and May 1693....
  (Aurthur Miller) (Salem Witch Trials)
• The Libertine
  The Libertine
  
  The Libertine may refer to:*The Libertine , a 1969 Italian film*Le Libertin , a 2000 French film starring Audrey Tautou*The Libertine , a 2005 film starring Johnny Depp...
    (the career of 17th century poet, John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester
  John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester
  
  John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester was an English libertine, a friend of King Charles II of England, and the writer of much satire and bawdy poetry....
  )

• Amadeus
  Amadeus (film)
  
  Amadeus is a 1984 in film drama film directed by Milo? Forman and written by Peter Shaffer. Based on Shaffer's stage play Amadeus, the film is based loosely on the lives of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Antonio Salieri, two composers who lived in Vienna, Austria, during the later half of the 18th century....
  
• Amistad
  Amistad (1997 film)
  
  Amistad is a 1997 in film Steven Spielberg film based on the true story of a slave mutiny that took place aboard a La Amistad in 1839, and the Amistad that followed....
   (an 1839 mutiny
  Mutiny
  
  Mutiny is a conspiracy among members of a group of similarly-situated individuals to openly oppose, change or overthrow an existing authority....
   aboard a ship containing Africa
  Africa
  
  Africa is the world's second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km? including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area....
  n slaves
  Slavery
  
  Slavery is a form of forced labor where a person is compelled to Labor for another . Slaves are held against their will from the time of their capture, purchase, or birth, and are deprived of the right to leave, to refuse to work, or to receive Remuneration in return for their labor....
   bound for the United States)
• Amazing Grace
  Amazing Grace
  
  "Amazing Grace" is a well-known Christian hymn by Englishman John Newton and first appeared in print in Newton's Olney Hymns ....
   (William Wilberforce
  William Wilberforce
  
  William Wilberforce was a United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland politician, a philanthropist and a leader of the movement to abolish the Atlantic slave trade....
  's campaign to abolish slavery in Britain, 1807)
• The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
  The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
  
  The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford is a 2007 Western drama film adapted from Ron Hansen 's 1983 The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford of the same name....
  , which focuses on the end of Jesse James
  Jesse James
  
  Jesse Woodson James was an American Old West outlaw in the state of Missouri and the most famous member of the James-Younger Gang. Already a grand celebrity when he was alive, he became a legendary figure of the American Old West after his death....
  ' career as a criminal and the man who eventually kills him, Robert Ford
  Robert Ford (outlaw)
  
  Robert Newton "Bob" Ford was an United States outlaw who gained fame by killing the criminal Jesse James in 1882....
  .
• The Alamo (The Battle of the Alamo, 1836)
• Barry Lyndon
  Barry Lyndon
  
  Barry Lyndon is a period film by Stanley Kubrick loosely based on the novel The Luck of Barry Lyndon by William Makepeace Thackeray. It recounts the exploits of unscrupulous 18th century Ireland adventurer Barry Lyndon, particularly his rise and fall in England society....
  
• Beau Brummell
  Beau Brummell (film)
  
  Beau Brummell is a historical film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was directed by Curtis Bernhardt and produced by Sam Zimbalist from a screenplay by Karl Tunberg, based on the play, Beau Brummell, by Clyde Fitch....
   (Beau Brummell
  Beau Brummell
  
  Beau Brummell, n? George Bryan Brummell , was the arbiter of men's fashion in Regency England and a friend of the Prince Regent, the future George IV of the United Kingdom....
  , a 19th century arbiter of fashion in England who popularized the man's suit and necktie)
• Brotherhood of the Wolf
  Brotherhood of the Wolf
  
  Brotherhood of the Wolf, also known by its French language title Le Pacte des loups , is a 2001 in film Cinema of France directed by Christophe Gans, starring Samuel Le Bihan, Vincent Cassel, Monica Bellucci, ?milie Dequenne and Mark Dacascos, and screenplay by Gans and St?phane Cabel....
   (2001) based on a real-life series of killings that took place in France in the 18th century and on the famous legend around the Beast of Gévaudan
  Beast of Gévaudan
  
  The Beast of G?vaudan is a name given to man-eater wolf animals that terrorized the Provinces of France of G?vaudan , in the Margeride Mountains in south-central France from 1764 to 1767 over an area stretching ....
  
• Casanova
  Casanova (film)
  
  Casanova is a 2005 in film United States romantic film Film director by Lasse Hallstr?m based on the life of Giacomo Casanova, starring Heath Ledger as Casanova....
   (Giacomo Casanova
  Giacomo Casanova
  
  Giacomo Girolamo Casanova de Seingalt was a Republic of Venice adventurer and author. His main book Histoire de ma vie , part autobiography and part memoir, is regarded as one of the most authentic sources of the customs and norms of European social life during the 18th century....
   famous 18th century womanizer)
• The Charge of the Light Brigade
  The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968 film)
  
  The Charge of the Light Brigadeis a United Kingdom war film made in 1968 in film by Woodfall Film Productions and distributed by United Artists ....
   (the Charge of the Light Brigade
  Charge of the Light Brigade
  
  The Charge of the Light Brigade was a disastrous charge of British cavalry led by James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan against Russian forces during the Battle of Balaclava on 25 October 1854 in the Crimean War....
  )
• The Four Feathers
  The Four Feathers (1939 film)
  
  The Four Feathers is a 1939 in film adventure film directed by Zoltan Korda, starring John Clements, Ralph Richardson, June Duprez, C. Aubrey Smith....
   (1939) based on the British army's Gordon Relief Expedition during the late 1880s in Sudan
  Sudan
  
  Sudan is a country in northeastern Africa. It is the largest in the African continent and the Arab World, and List of countries and outlying territories by total area by area....
  
• The Four Feathers
  The Four Feathers (2002 film)
  
  The Four Feathers is a 2002 in film United States drama film directed by Shekhar Kapur, starring Heath Ledger, Wes Bentley, Bruce Maus, Djimon Hounsou and Kate Hudson....
   (2002)
• Gone with the Wind
  Gone with the Wind (film)
  
  Gone with the Wind is a 1939 in film Cinema of the United States drama film-romance film-film adapted from Margaret Mitchell's 1936 in literature Gone with the Wind and directed by Victor Fleming ....
   (the American Civil War
  American Civil War
  
  The American Civil War , also known as the War Between the States and several Naming the American Civil War, was a civil war in the United States....
  )
• Glory
  Glory (film)
  
  Glory is a 1989 in film drama film war film based on the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry as told from the point of view of its commanding officer, Robert Gould Shaw during the American Civil War....
   (about one of the first official African-American units in the United States armed forces, the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry
  54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry
  
  The 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that saw extensive federal service in the Union Army during the American Civil War....
  , which fought in the American Civil War in the mid-19th century)
• Lady Caroline Lamb
  Lady Caroline Lamb (film)
  
  Lady Caroline Lamb is a 1972 film based on the life of the notorious Lady Caroline Lamb, lover of Lord Byron and wife of Prime Minister of the United KingdomWilliam Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne....
   (Lady Caroline Lamb
  Lady Caroline Lamb
  
  The Lady Caroline Lamb was a United Kingdom aristocrat and novelist, best known for her 1812 affair with George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron....
  , a novelist and British aristocrat active in the early 19th century)
• The Madness of King George
  The Madness of King George
  
  The Madness of King George is a 1994 in film film directed by Nicholas Hytner and adapted by Alan Bennett from his own Play The Madness of George III ....
   (George III of the United Kingdom
  George III of the United Kingdom
  
  George III was Kingdom of Great Britain and Kingdom of Ireland from 25 October 1760 until the union of these two countries on 1 January 1801, after which he was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until his death....
  , King of Great Britain and Ireland for the latter half of the 18th century.
• Marie Antoinette (1938 film)
  Marie Antoinette (1938 film)
  
  Marie Antoinette is a 1938 in film film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.It was film director by W. S. Van Dyke and starred Norma Shearer as Marie Antoinette, Tyrone Power, John Barrymore, Robert Morley, Anita Louise, Joseph Schildkraut and Gladys George....
   about Marie Antoinette
  Marie Antoinette
  
  For the 2006 film about this person that stars Kirsten Dunst, see Marie-Antoinette .Marie Antoinette was born an Archduchess of Austria and later became Queen of France and of Navarre....
  , Queen of France, 18th century)
• Marie Antoinette (2006 film)
  Marie Antoinette (2006 film)
  
  Marie Antoinette is a 2006 Academy Award winning biographical film, written and directed by Sofia Coppola. It is loosely based on the life of Marie Antoinette in the years leading up to the French Revolution....
   about Marie Antoinette
  Marie Antoinette
  
  For the 2006 film about this person that stars Kirsten Dunst, see Marie-Antoinette .Marie Antoinette was born an Archduchess of Austria and later became Queen of France and of Navarre....
  , Queen of France, 18th century)
• Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
  Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
  
  Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World is a 2003 film directed by Peter Weir and starring Russell Crowe as Jack Aubrey, with Paul Bettany as Stephen Maturin....
  
• Mrs. Brown
  Mrs. Brown
  
  Mrs. Brown is a 1997 in film United Kingdom drama film starring Dame Judi Dench, Billy Connolly, Geoffrey Palmer , Antony Sher, and Gerard Butler....
   (Queen Victoria
  Victoria of the United Kingdom
  
  Victoria was from 20 June 1837 the Queen regnant of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and from 1 May 1876 the first Empress of India of the British Raj until her death....
   and John Brown
  John Brown (servant)
  
  John Brown was a Scotland personal servant and favourite of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom for many years. He was appreciated by many for his competence and companionship, and resented by others for his influence and informal manner....
  )
• Mutiny on the Bounty
  Mutiny on the Bounty (1962 film)
  
  Mutiny on the Bounty is a 1962 in film film starring Marlon Brando, based on the novel Mutiny on the Bounty by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall....
   (set in 1789 during the mutiny on the Bounty
  Mutiny on the Bounty
  
  The mutiny on the HMS Bounty occurred aboard a Royal Navy ship on 28 April 1789, and has been commemorated by several books, films and popular songs....
  , a British Royal Navy ship)
• Rob Roy
  Rob Roy (film)
  
  Rob Roy is a Historical fiction film directed by Michael Caton-Jones and released on April 7, 1995. The film was generally inspired by elements of the life of a 17th-18th century Scotland named Robert Roy MacGregor and his battles with feudal landowners in the Scottish Highlands....
   (about Scottish folk hero Robert Roy MacGregor
  Robert Roy MacGregor
  
  Robert Roy MacGregor, usually known simply as Rob Roy or alternately Red MacGregor, was a famous Scotland folk hero and outlaw of the early 18th century, who is sometimes known as the Scottish Robin Hood....
  )
• Roots
  Roots (TV miniseries)
  
  Roots is a 1977 in television American television miniseries based on Alex Haley's work Roots: The Saga of an American Family.Roots received 37 Emmy Award nominations....
   (the slave trade
  Slavery
  
  Slavery is a form of forced labor where a person is compelled to Labor for another . Slaves are held against their will from the time of their capture, purchase, or birth, and are deprived of the right to leave, to refuse to work, or to receive Remuneration in return for their labor....
  )
• The Scarlet Empress
  The Scarlet Empress
  
  The Scarlet Empress is a 1934 in film historical drama film made by Paramount Pictures about the life of Catherine the Great . It was directed and produced by Josef von Sternberg, with Emanuel Cohen as executive producer, from a screenplay by Eleanor McGeary, based on the diary of Catherine II, arranged by Manuel Komroff....
  (Catherine II of Russia
  Catherine II of Russia
  
  Catherine II, called Catherine the Great .The Russian empress Catherine II, known as Catherine the Great, reigned from 1762 to 1796. Under her direct auspices the Russian Empire expanded, improved in its administration, and underwent a dramatic policy of Westernization....
  , the "enlightened despot" who reigned as Empress of Russia for in the latter half of the 18th century)
• Tombstone
  Tombstone (film)
  
  Tombstone is a 1993 Western movie written by Kevin Jarre and directed by its star Kurt Russell, with credited director George P. Cosmatos ghost-directing....
   (events leading up to the 1881 Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
  Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
  
  The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral was a gunfight that happened at about 3 P.M. on Wednesday, October 26, 1881. The famous gunfight did not actually occur at the O.K....
  )
• War and Peace (1956 film)
  War and Peace (1956 film)
  
  War and Peace is the first English film version of the novel War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy. It is an United States/Italy version, directed by King Vidor and produced by Dino De Laurentiis and Carlo Ponti....
   (based on the work by Tolstoy
  Leo Tolstoy
  
  Leo Tolstoy, or Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy Tolstoy's further talents as essayist, dramatist and Education reform made him the most influential member of the aristocracy Tolstoy....
  , set in Russia
  Russia
  
  Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
   during the Napoleonic Era
  Napoleonic Era
  
  The Napoleonic Era is a period in the history of France and Europe. It is generally classified as including the fourth and final stage of the French Revolution, the first being the National Assembly, the second being the Legislative Assembly, and the third being the French Directory....
  )
• Waterloo
  Waterloo (film)
  
  Waterloo is a Soviet Union-Italy film of 1970, directed by Sergei Bondarchuk and produced by Dino De Laurentiis. It was the story of the preliminary events and the Battle of Waterloo, and was famous for its lavish battle scenes....
   (the Battle of Waterloo
  Battle of Waterloo
  
  In the Battle of Waterloo forces of the First French Empire under Napoleon Bonaparte and Michel Ney were defeated by those of the Seventh Coalition, including a Prussian army under the command of Gebhard Leberecht von Bl?cher and an Anglo-Allied army under the command of the Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington....
  )
• Wild Bill
  Wild Bill (film)
  
  Wild Bill is a 1995 in film revisionist Western film about the last days of Wild Bill Hickok. The motion picture was distributed by United Artists....
   (the life and times of Wild Bill Hickok
  Wild Bill Hickok
  
  James Butler Hickok , better known as Wild Bill Hickok, was a figure in the American Old West. His skills as a gunfighter and reconnaissance, along with his reputation as a Marshal, provided the basis for his fame, although some of his exploits are fictionalized....
  )
• Wyatt Earp
  Wyatt Earp (film)
  
  Wyatt Earp is a 1994 in film biographical film Western film, written by Dan Gordon and Lawrence Kasdan and directed by Kasdan. It stars Kevin Costner in the titular role as lawman Wyatt Earp, and features an ensemble cast that includes Dennis Quaid, Gene Hackman, Mark Harmon, Michael Madsen, Joanna Going, Tom Sizemore, Bill Pullman, JoB...
  

• Anastasia
  Anastasia (1956 film)
  
  Anastasia is a 1956 in film 20th Century Fox historical drama film directed by Anatole Litvak. The film stars Ingrid Bergman, Yul Brynner, and Helen Hayes....
   (based upon Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia
  Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia
  
  Grand Duchess Anastasia of Russia , , was the youngest daughter of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, the last sovereign of Imperial Russia, and his wife Alexandra Fyodorovna of Hesse....
   and the activities of Anna Anderson
  Anna Anderson
  
  Anastasia Manahan, usually known as Anna Anderson , was an impostor who claimed to be Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia, the youngest daughter of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, the last autocratic ruler of Imperial Russia, and his wife Alexandra Fyodorovna ....
  )
• Battle of Britain
  Battle of Britain (film)
  
  Battle of Britain is a 1969 in film film directed by Guy Hamilton, and produced by Harry Saltzman and S. Benjamin Fisz. The film broadly relates the events of the Battle of Britain....
  
• The Battleship Potemkin (the Battleship Potemkin uprising)
• Bonnie and Clyde
  Bonnie and Clyde (film)
  
  Bonnie and Clyde is a Cinema of the United States crime film about Bonnie and Clyde, the bank robbers who operated in the central United States during the Great Depression....
  
• Breaker Morant
  Breaker Morant (film)
  
  Breaker Morant is a 1980 Australian feature film, directed by Bruce Beresford and starring British actor Edward Woodward as Breaker Morant. The all-Australian supporting cast features Bryan Brown as Lieutenant Handcock, Lewis Fitz-Gerald as Lieutenant Witton, and Jack Thompson as Major J.F....
   (Harry "Breaker" Morant
  Breaker Morant
  
  Harry 'Breaker' Harbord Morant was an England-Australian Drover , horseman, poet, and soldier whose renowned skill with horses earned him the nickname "The Breaker." Articulate, intelligent, and well-educated, he was also a published poet and became one of the better-known "back-block bards" of the 1890s, with the bulk of his work appearin...
  , an Australian Lieutenant who ordered the summary execution of several prisoners during the Second Boer War in 1901)
• The Bridge on the River Kwai
  The Bridge on the River Kwai
  
  The Bridge on the River Kwai is a Cinema of the United Kingdom 1957 in film World War II film by David Lean; based on the novel The Bridge over the River Kwai by French writer Pierre Boulle....
   (construction of the Burma Railway by British POW
  Prisoner of war
  
  A prisoner of war is a combatant who is held in continuing custody by an enemy power during or immediately after an armed conflict....
  s during World War II
  World War II
  
  World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
  )
• A Bridge Too Far (Operation Market Garden
  Operation Market Garden
  
  Operation Market Garden was an Allies of World War II military operation, fought in the Netherlands and Germany in World War II. It was the largest airborne operation of all time....
  )
• Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
  Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
  
  Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid is a American Revisionist Western that tells the story of bank robbers Butch Cassidy and his partner Harry Longabaugh , based loosely on historical fact....
  
• Downfall
  Downfall (film)
  
  Downfall is an Academy Award nominated 2004 in film Cinema of Germany / Cinema of Austria drama film depicting the final twelve days of Adolf Hitler in his F?hrerbunker and Nazi Germany in 1945, directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel, written by Bernd Eichinger, and based upon the books: Inside Hitler's Bunker, by historian Joachim Fest; po...
   (the defeat of Adolf Hitler
  Adolf Hitler
  
  Adolf Hitler was an Austrian-born Germany politician and the leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party , popularly known as the Nazi Party....
   and the Third Reich)
• Enemy at the Gates
  Enemy at the Gates
  
  Enemy at the Gates is a 2001 war film directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud, starring Jude Law, Joseph Fiennes and Ed Harris set during the Battle of Stalingrad in World War II....
   (based on the Battle of Stalingrad
  Battle of Stalingrad
  
  The Battle of Stalingrad was a battle between Nazi Germany and its allies and the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in Southern Russia....
  )
• Evita
  Evita (film)
  
  Evita is the 1996 in film film adaptation of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's Evita based on the life of Eva Per?n. It was directed by Alan Parker and starred Madonna , Antonio Banderas and Jonathan Pryce....
   (Evita Peron)
• Flags of Our Fathers
  Flags of Our Fathers (film)
  
  Flags of Our Fathers is a 2006 in film Cinema of the United States war film directed, co-produced and scored by Clint Eastwood and written by William Broyles, Jr....
   (Battle of Iwo Jima
  Battle of Iwo Jima
  
  The Battle of Iwo Jima , or Operation Detachment, was a battle in which the United States fought for and captured the island of Iwo Jima from Japanese Empire....
   from American perspective)
• Flyboys
  Flyboys
  
  Flyboys is a 2006 in film USA drama film film set during World War I, starring James Franco, Martin Henderson, Jean Reno, Jennifer Decker, David Ellison, Abdul Salis, Philip Winchester and Tyler Labine....
   (American volunteer combat pilots in service for the Allies during World War I
  World War I
  
  World War I, or the First World War , was a global military conflict which involved the Great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War I and the Central Powers....
  )
• Gandhi
  Gandhi (film)
  
  Gandhi is a film about Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, who was a leader of the nonviolent resistance movement against British Raj in India during the first half of the 20th century....
   (Mahatma Gandhi
  Mahatma Gandhi
  
  Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was a major political and spiritual leader of India and the Indian independence movement. He was the pioneer of satyagraha?resistance to tyranny through mass civil disobedience, firmly founded upon ahimsa or total non-violence?which led India to Indian independence movement and inspired movements for civi...
  )
• Judgment at Nuremberg
  Judgment at Nuremberg
  
  Judgment at Nuremberg is a fictionalized film account of the post-World War II Nuremberg Trials, written by Abby Mann and directed by Stanley Kramer, starring Spencer Tracy, Burt Lancaster, Richard Widmark, Marlene Dietrich, Maximilian Schell, Judy Garland, Montgomery Clift, Werner Klemperer, and William Shatner....
   (the post World War II
  World War II
  
  World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
   Nuremberg Trials
  Nuremberg Trials
  
  The Nuremberg Trials were a series of trials, or tribunals, most notable for the prosecution of prominent members of the political, military, and economic leadership of Nazi Germany after its defeat in World War II....
  )
• Letters from Iwo Jima
  Letters from Iwo Jima
  
  is a 2006 in film war film directed and co-produced by Clint Eastwood whose cast includes Ken Watanabe and Kazunari Ninomiya. The film portrays the Battle of Iwo Jima from the perspective of the Japanese Imperial Japanese Army and is a companion piece to Eastwood's Flags of Our Fathers , which depicts the same battle from the American viewpoin...
   (Battle of Iwo Jima
  Battle of Iwo Jima
  
  The Battle of Iwo Jima , or Operation Detachment, was a battle in which the United States fought for and captured the island of Iwo Jima from Japanese Empire....
   from Japanese perspective)
• The Longest Day
  The Longest Day (film)
  
  The Longest Day is a 3-hour-long Academy Award-winning war film with a very large cast, based on the 1959 in literature history book The Longest Day by Cornelius Ryan, about "D-Day", the Battle of Normandy on 6 June 1944, during World War II....
   (D-Day
  D-Day
  
  D-Day is a term often used in military parlance to denote the day on which a combat attack or operation is to be initiated. "D-Day" often represents a variable , designating the day upon which some significant event will occur or has occurred; see Military designation of days and hours for similar terms....
   during WW II)
• Memphis Belle
  Memphis Belle (film)
  
  Memphis Belle is a 1990 in film film directed by Michael Caton-Jones and written by Monte Merrick, starring Matthew Modine and Eric Stoltz and introducing Harry Connick Jr....
   (a U.S. bombing mission over Germany
  Germany
  
  Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
   during World War II
  World War II
  
  World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
  )
• Michael Collins
  Michael Collins (film)
  
  Michael Collins is a List of Irish films#1990s List of historical drama films biographical film about Michael Collins , the Ireland patriotism and revolutionary who died in the Irish Civil War....
   (Irish Michael Collins
  Michael Collins (Irish leader)
  
  Michael John Collins was an Ireland revolutionary leadership, Minister for Finance and Member of Parliament for South Cork in the First D?il of 1919, Director of Military intelligence for the Irish Republican Army, and member of the Irish delegation during the Anglo-Irish Treaty negotiations....
  )
• A Night to Remember
  A Night to Remember (film)
  
  A Night to Remember is a Golden Globe Award winning docudrama film adaptation of Walter Lord's A Night to Remember, recounting the final night of the RMS Titanic....
   (the Titanic
  RMS Titanic
  
  The Royal Mail Ship Titanic was an Olympic class ocean liner superliner owned by the White Star Line and built at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland....
   disaster)
• Patton
  Patton (film)
  
  Patton is a Biography film war film about U.S. General George S. Patton during World War II. It stars George C. Scott, Karl Malden, Michael Bates , and Karl Michael Vogler....
   (the exploits of General George S. Patton
  George S. Patton
  
  George Smith Patton, Jr. was a distinguished though controversial United States Army officer.Commissioned in the army in 1909, Patton participated in the Pancho Villa Expedition to capture Pancho Villa in 1916-17....
   during World War II
  World War II
  
  World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
  )
• Pearl Harbor
  Pearl Harbor (film)
  
  Pearl Harbor is a 2001 in film war film directed by Michael Bay. It features a large ensemble cast, including Ben Affleck, Alec Baldwin, Jon Voight, Josh Hartnett, Kate Beckinsale, Cuba Gooding Jr., Dan Aykroyd, Jaime King, and Jennifer Garner....
  
• Saving Private Ryan
  Saving Private Ryan
  
  Saving Private Ryan is a 1998 in film Cinema of the United States war film set during the Invasion of Normandy of Normandy in World War II. It was film director by Steven Spielberg and Screenplay by Robert Rodat....
   (D-Day
  D-Day
  
  D-Day is a term often used in military parlance to denote the day on which a combat attack or operation is to be initiated. "D-Day" often represents a variable , designating the day upon which some significant event will occur or has occurred; see Military designation of days and hours for similar terms....
   and its aftermath)
• Schindler's List
  Schindler's List
  
  Schindler's List is an Cinema of the United States biographical film about Oskar Schindler, a Germany businessman who saved the lives of more than a thousand Poland Jews during the The Holocaust by employing them in his factories....
   (German industrialist Oskar Schindler
  Oskar Schindler
  
  Oskar Schindler was a Sudeten Germans industrialist credited with saving almost 1,200 Jews during the Holocaust in his enamelware and ammunitions factories located in what is now Poland and the Czech Republic respectively....
  's assistance to keep Jewish people from being interred in concentration camps during World War II
  World War II
  
  World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
  )
• Sink the Bismarck!
  Sink the Bismarck!
  
  Sink the Bismarck! is a 1960 in film black-and-white war film based on the book The Last Nine Days of the Bismarck by C. S. Forester, and recounts the true story of the Royal Navy's attempts to find and sink the famous Germany battleship during the World War II....
   (the WW II German battleship Bismarck
  German battleship Bismarck
  
  Hide header=|Header caption=|Ship class=|Ship displacement=41,700 tonnes standard 50,900 tonnes full load|Ship length= overall waterline...
  , which was sunk in 1941)
• Titanic
  Titanic (1997 film)
  
  Titanic is a 1997 United States romantic film directed, written, co-produced and co-edited by James Cameron about the sinking of the RMS Titanic....
   (the Titanic
  RMS Titanic
  
  The Royal Mail Ship Titanic was an Olympic class ocean liner superliner owned by the White Star Line and built at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland....
   disaster)
• Tora! Tora! Tora!
  Tora! Tora! Tora!
  
  Tora! Tora! Tora! is a 1970 United States-Japanese film that dramatizes the Empire of Japan attack on Pearl Harbor, to the extent these facts were known at the time of production....
   (the attack on Pearl Harbor
  Attack on Pearl Harbor
  
  The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike conducted by the Empire of Japan Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States' naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on the morning of Sunday, December 7, 1941, later resulting in the United States becoming militarily involved in World War II....
   in 1941)
• Valkyrie
  Valkyrie (film)
  
  Valkyrie is a 2008 in film Historical fiction thriller film set in Nazi Germany during World War II. The film depicts the 20 July plot by German army officers to assassinate Adolf Hitler and to use the Operation Valkyrie national emergency plan to take control of the country....
   (July 20 plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler)
• Young Winston
  Young Winston
  
  Young Winston is a 1972 in film British film based on the early years of Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Winston Churchill.The film was based on the book My Early Life by Winston Churchill....
   (the biography Winston Churchill
  Winston Churchill
  
  Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, Order of the Garter, Order of Merit, Order of the Companions of Honour, Territorial Decoration, Fellow of the Royal Society, Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, Queen's Privy Council for Canada was a Politics of the United Kingdom known chiefly for his leadership of the United King...
   before he became Britain's WW II-era Prime Minister)
• The Legend of Bagger Vance
  The Legend of Bagger Vance
  
  The Legend of Bagger Vance is a 2000 in film film directed by Robert Redford, based on the same-titled 1995 Novel by Steven Pressfield. The story takes place in the US state of Georgia in 1931....
   set in Savannah, Georgia, in 1931.

• All the President's Men
  All the President's Men (film)
  
  All the President's Men is a 1976 film based on the All the President's Men by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, the two journalists investigating the Watergate scandal for the Washington Post....
   (the Nixon-era Watergate scandal
  Watergate scandal
  
  The Watergate scandals were a series of United States political scandals during the President of the United States of Richard Nixon that resulted in the indictment of several of Nixon's closest advisors, and ultimately his resignation on August 9, 1974....
  )
• American Hot Wax
  American Hot Wax
  
  American Hot Wax is a 1978 biopic film telling the story of Cleveland, Ohio disc jockey Alan Freed, who was instrumental in introducing and popularizing rock 'n' roll in the 1950s....
   (disc jockey
  Disc jockey
  
  A disc jockey is a person who selects and plays sound recording for an audience. Originally, disk referred to phonograph records, while disc refers to the Compact Disc, and has become the more common spelling....
   Alan Freed
  Alan Freed
  
  Alan Freed , also known as Moondog, was an United States disc-jockey who became internationally known for promoting African-American rhythm and blues music on the radio in the United States and Europe under the name of rock and roll....
  's involvement in rock and roll
  Rock and roll
  
  Rock and roll is a form of music that evolved in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Its roots lay mainly in rhythm and blues, Country music, folk music, gospel music, and jazz....
   during the 1950s)
• The Battle of Algiers
  The Battle of Algiers (film)
  
  The Battle of Algiers is a 1966 in film black-and-white film by Gillo Pontecorvo based on events during the 1954-1962 Algerian War against French rule in Algeria....
   (set during the 1960s Algerian War of Independence
  Algerian War of Independence
  
  The Algerian War , also known as Algerian War of Independence, led to Algeria's independence from France. An important decolonization war, it was a complex conflict characterized by guerrilla warfare, maquis fighting, terrorism against civilians, use of torture on both sides and counter-terrorism operations by the French Army....
  )
• Blood Diamond
  Blood Diamond (film)
  
  Blood Diamond is a 2006 in film action film/adventure film drama film co-produced and directed by Edward Zwick, director of Glory and The Last Samurai, and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Connelly and Djimon Hounsou....
   (set during the Sierra Leone Civil War
  Sierra Leone Civil War
  
  The Sierra Leone Civil War began in 1991, initiated by the Revolutionary United Front under Foday Sankoh. Tens of thousands died and more than 2 million people were displaced because of the 9-year conflict....
  )
• Bloody Sunday (1972 Bloody Sunday
  Bloody Sunday (1972)
  
  Bloody Sunday is the term used to describe an incident in Derry, Northern Ireland, on 30 January 1972 in which 27 civil rights protesters were shot by members of the 1st Battalion of the British Parachute Regiment during a Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association march in the Bogside area of the city....
   shootings)
• Bobby
  Bobby (2006 film)
  
  Bobby is a 2006 in film United States drama film written and directed by Emilio Estevez. The screenplay is a fictionalized account of the hours leading up to the June 5, 1968 Robert F....
   (the assassination
  Assassination
  
  Assassination is the targeted killing of a public figure. Assassinations may be prompted by ideology, politics, or military reasons. Additionally, assassins may be motivated by contract killing, revenge, or celebrity or may be mental disorder....
   of Senator Robert F. Kennedy
  Robert F. Kennedy
  
  Robert Francis "Bobby" Kennedy , also called RFK, was an United States politician. He was United States Attorney General from 1961 to 1964 and a United States Senator from New York from 1965 until his Robert F....
   in 1968)
• Cry Freedom
  Cry Freedom
  
  Cry Freedom is a 1987 in film feature film directed by Richard Attenborough, set in the late 1970s, during the apartheid era of South Africa....
   (set during the apartheid era of South Africa
  South Africa
  
  The Republic of South Africa, also known by Official names of South Africa, is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa....
  )
• Che (film)
  Che (film)
  
  Che is a two-part 2008 in film biopic about Marxism revolutionary Che Guevara directed by Steven Soderbergh and starring Benicio del Toro as the title character....
    (Che Guevara
  Che Guevara
  
  Ernesto "Che" Guevara , commonly known as Che Guevara, El Che, or simply Che, was an Argentina Marxism revolutionary, politician, author, physician, military theorist, and guerrilla leader....
  )
• The Doors
  The Doors (film)
  
  The Doors is a 1991 in film biopic about the 1960s rock band The Doors which emphasizes the life of its lead singer, Jim Morrison. It was directed by Oliver Stone, and stars Val Kilmer as Morrison, Meg Ryan as Pamela Courson , Kyle MacLachlan as Ray Manzarek, Frank Whaley as Robby Krieger, Kevin Dillon as John Densmore and Kathleen Quinl...
  (1960s in the United States
  United States
  
  The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
  )
• Frost/Nixon
  Frost/Nixon (film)
  
  Frost/Nixon is a 2008 in film List of historical drama films based upon the Frost/Nixon by Peter Morgan, writer of The Queen , which dramatises the 1977 televised Frost/Nixon interviews....
  (The Frost Nixon interviews)
• Full Metal Jacket
  Full Metal Jacket
  
  Full Metal Jacket is a war film by Stanley Kubrick, based on the novel The Short-Timers by Gustav Hasford. The title refers to the full metal jacket bullet type of ammunition used by infantry riflemen....
  (Vietnam War
  Vietnam War
  
  The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina Wars, the Vietnam Conflict, or often in Vietnam the American War occurred in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia from 1959 to April 30, 1975....
  )
• Gracie
  Gracie (film)
  
  Gracie is a 2007 United States List of sports films/List of historical drama films directed by Davis Guggenheim. It stars Carly Schroeder as Gracie Bowen, Dermot Mulroney as Bryan Bowen, Elisabeth Shue as Lindsay Bowen, Jesse Lee Soffer as Johnny Bowen, and Andrew Shue as Coach Owen Clark....
  (set in 1978, six years after the introduction of Title IX
  Title IX
  
  Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, now known as the Patsy T. Mink Equal Opportunity in Education Act in honor of its principal author, but more commonly known simply as Title IX, is a United States law enacted on June 23, 1972 that states: "No person in the United States shall judge on the basis of sex, be denied the be...
  )
• Goodbye Bafana
  Goodbye Bafana
  
  Goodbye Bafana, also released under the name The Color of Freedom, is a 2007 in film drama film about the relationship between Nelson Mandela and James Gregory , his censor officer and prison guard, based on the book Goodbye Bafana: Nelson Mandela, My Prisoner, My Friend by James Gregory....
   (Nelson Mandela
  Nelson Mandela
  
  Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was the first President of South Africa of South Africa to be elected in a universal suffrage democratic election, serving in the office from 1994?99....
  's imrisonment)
• Good Night, and Good Luck.
  Good Night, and Good Luck.
  
  Good Night, and Good Luck. is a 2005 in film directed by George Clooney and written by Clooney and Grant Heslov that portrays the conflict between veteran radio and television journalist Edward R....
   (Edward R. Murrow
  Edward R. Murrow
  
  Edward R. Murrow was an American broadcast journalist. He first came to prominence with a series of radio news broadcasts during World War II, which were followed by millions of listeners in the United States and Canada....
  )
• The Good Shepherd
  The Good Shepherd (film)
  
  The Good Shepherd is a 2006 in film spy film directed by Robert De Niro and starring Matt Damon and Angelina Jolie, with an extensive supporting cast....
   (rise of CIA
  Central Intelligence Agency
  
  The Central Intelligence Agency is a civilian intelligence agency of the Federal government of the United States. It is the successor of the Office of Strategic Services formed during World War II to coordinate espionage activities between the branches of the US military services....
   Counter-intelligence
  Counter-intelligence
  
  Intelligence cycle management, and, by extension, the overall defenses of nations, are vulnerable to attack. It is the role of intelligence cycle security to protect the process embodied in the intelligence cycle, and that which it defends....
   leading up to the Bay of Pigs Invasion
  Bay of Pigs Invasion
  
  The Bay of Pigs Invasion, was an unsuccessful attempt by a U.S.-trained force of Cuban exiles to invade southern Cuba with support from U.S. government armed forces to overthrow the Cuban government of Fidel Castro....
  )
• Great Balls of Fire!
  Great Balls of Fire! (film)
  
  Great Balls of Fire! is an United States biographical film, directed by Jim McBride and features Dennis Quaid as Jerry Lee Lewis. It was written by McBride and Jack Baran, based on an autobiography by Myra Gale Brown and Murray M....
   (the career of 1950s rock'n'roller Jerry Lee Lewis
  Jerry Lee Lewis
  
  Jerry Lee Lewis is an American rock and roll and country music singer, songwriter and pianist. An early pioneer of rock and roll music, Lewis was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986 and his pioneering contribution to the genre has been recognized by the Rockabilly Hall of Fame....
  )
• Hamburger Hill
  Hamburger Hill
  
  Hamburger Hill is a 1987 in film United States war film about the actual assault of the U.S. Army's 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, part of the 101st Airborne Division, on a well-fortified position, including trench warfareworks and bunkers, of the North Vietnamese Army on Ap Bia Mountain near the Laos border....
   (a battle which took place in 1969 during the Vietnam War
  Vietnam War
  
  The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina Wars, the Vietnam Conflict, or often in Vietnam the American War occurred in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia from 1959 to April 30, 1975....
  )
• Hotel Rwanda
  Hotel Rwanda
  
  Hotel Rwanda is a 2004 in film historical drama film about the hotelier Paul Rusesabagina during the Rwandan Genocide of 1994. The film, which has been called an African Schindler's List, documents Rusesabagina's acts to save the lives of his family and more than a thousand other refugees, by granting them shelter in the besieged H?t...
   (the 1990s Rwandan Genocide
  Rwandan Genocide
  
  The Rwandan Genocide was the 1994 mass killing of hundreds of thousands of Rwanda's Tutsis and Hutu political moderates by Hutus under the Hutu Power ideology....
  )
• JFK
  JFK (film)
  
  JFK is an Cinema of the United States directed by Oliver Stone and released on December 20, 1991 in film. It examines the events leading to the John F....
   (the assassination
  Assassination
  
  Assassination is the targeted killing of a public figure. Assassinations may be prompted by ideology, politics, or military reasons. Additionally, assassins may be motivated by contract killing, revenge, or celebrity or may be mental disorder....
   of President John F. Kennedy
  John F. Kennedy
  
  John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy , often referred to by his initials JFK, was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States, serving from 1961 until John F....
  )
• The Killing Fields
  The Killing Fields (film)
  
  The Killing Fields is a 1984 in film Cinema of the United Kingdom feature film about the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia.It is based on the experiences of three journalists: Dith Pran, a Cambodian, Sydney Schanberg, an American, and Jon Swain, a journalist from the UK....
   (the Khmer Rouge
  Khmer Rouge
  
  File:CPKbanner.PNGThe Khmer Rouge was the communist ruling party of Cambodia — which it renamed Democratic Kampuchea — from 1975 to 1979....
  's genocide)
• The Last King of Scotland
  The Last King of Scotland
  
  The Last King of Scotland is an award-winning novel by journalist Giles Foden. Focusing on the rise of Uganda President Idi Amin Dada and his reign as dictator from 1971 to 1979, the novel is a fictional memoir of a Scotland doctor in Amin's employ....
   (Ugandan
  Uganda
  
  The Republic of Uganda is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by Tanzania....
   President Idi Amin
  Idi Amin
  
  Idi Amin Dada , commonly known as Idi Amin, was a Ugandan Military dictatorship and the President of Uganda of Uganda from 1971 to 1979. Amin joined the British colony regiment, the King's African Rifles, in 1946, and advanced to the rank of Major General and Commander of the Ugandan Army....
  )
• Lions for Lambs
  Lions for Lambs
  
  Lions for Lambs is a 2007 in film Cinema of the United States drama film about the connection between a platoon of United States soldiers in Afghanistan, a U.S....
   (War in Iraq and War in Afghanistan (2001- present) )
• Miracle
  Miracle (film)
  
  Miracle is an United States biographical film list of sports films about the United States men's Ice hockey team, led by head coach , Herb Brooks, that won the gold medal in the 1980 Winter Olympics....
  (the U.S. hockey team's gold medal victory at the 1980 Winter Olympics
  1980 Winter Olympics
  
  The 1980 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIII Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in February 13 through February 24, 1980 in Lake Placid, New York, New York, United States....
  )
• Mississippi Burning
  Mississippi Burning
  
  Mississippi Burning is a 1988 crime drama film based on the FBI investigation into the real-life Mississippi civil rights workers murders in the U.S....
  (the FBI investigation into the murders of civil rights
  Civil rights
  
  Civil and political rights are a class of rights ensuring things such as the protection of peoples' physical integrity; procedural fairness in law; protection from discrimination based on sexism, religious intolerance, Racism, Homophobia, etc; individual freedom of freedom of belief, freedom of speech, freedom of association, and freedom...
   workers in 1964)
• Munich
  Munich (film)
  
  Munich is a 2005 in film fictional film about the Israeli government's secret retaliation after the 1972 Munich massacre of Israeli Olympic athletes by Black September gunmen....
  (the murder of Israel
  Israel
  
  Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
  i athletes during the 1972 Summer Olympics
  1972 Summer Olympics
  
  The 1972 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Munich, in what was then West Germany, from August 26 to September 11, 1972....
  )
• Nixon
  Nixon (film)
  
  Nixon is a 1995 in film USA biographical film directed by Oliver Stone for Cinergi Pictures that tells the story of the political and personal life of former President of the United States Richard Nixon, played by Anthony Hopkins....
  (the political life of Richard M. Nixon)
• Platoon
  Platoon (film)
  
  Platoon is a 1986 in film war film written and directed by Oliver Stone and starring Charlie Sheen, Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe, Forest Whitaker, Kevin Dillon, Keith David, John C....
  (Vietnam War
  Vietnam War
  
  The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina Wars, the Vietnam Conflict, or often in Vietnam the American War occurred in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia from 1959 to April 30, 1975....
  )
• Quiz Show (the scandal
  Scandal
  
  A scandal is a widely publicized incident that involves allegations of Malfeasance in office, disgrace, or Morality outrage. A scandal may be based on reality, the product of false allegations, or a mixture of both....
   which took place on the TV
  Television
  
  Television is a widely used telecommunication mass-media for transmitting and receiving moving , either monochrome or color, usually accompanied by sound....
   game show Twenty One
  Twenty One (game show)
  
  Twenty One is an United States game show that aired in the late 1950s. While it included the most popular contestant of the quiz show era, it achieved notoriety for being a quiz show scandals which nearly caused the demise of the entire genre in the wake of United States Senate investigations....
   during the 1950s)
• The Right Stuff (the Project Mercury
  Project Mercury
  
  Project Mercury was the first human spaceflight program of the United States. It ran from 1959 through 1963 with the goal of putting a human in orbit around the Earth....
   space launches)
• Three Kings
  Three Kings (film)
  
  Three Kings is a 1999 in film comedy-drama war film written and directed by David O. Russell from a story by John Ridley about a gold heist in the style of Kelly's Heroes....
  (1991 Iraqi uprising against Saddam Hussein
  Saddam Hussein
  
  Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti was the President of Iraq of Iraq from 16 July 1979 until 9 April 2003.A leading member of the revolutionary Ba'ath Party, which espoused secular pan-Arabism, economic modernization, and Arab socialism, Saddam played a key role in the 1968 coup that brought the party to long-term power....
   and aftermath of the Gulf War
  Gulf War
  
  "Persian Gulf War" and "First Gulf War" redirect here. For other uses, see Persian Gulf War .The Persian Gulf War was a United Nations-authorized military conflict between Iraq and a Coalition of Gulf War from 34 nations commissioned with expelling Iraqi forces from Kuwait after Iraq's Invasion of Kuwait of Kuwait in August 1990....
  )
• Savior
  Savior (film)
  
  Savior is a 1998 war film starring Dennis Quaid, Stellan Skarsg?rd, Nastassja Kinski, and Nata?a Ninkovic. It is about an American mercenary escorting a Serbian woman and her newborn child to a United Nations safe zone during the Bosnian War....
  (soldier during the Bosnian War
  Bosnian War
  
  The War in Bosnia and Herzegovina, commonly known as the Bosnian War, was an international armed conflict that took place between March 1992 and November 1995....
   in former Yugoslavia
  Yugoslavia
  
  File:LocationYugoslavia2.pngYugoslavia is a term that describes three political entities that existed successively on the Balkan Peninsula in Europe, during most of the 20th century....
  )
• Shooting Dogs
  Shooting Dogs
  
  Shooting Dogs, released in the United States as Beyond the Gates, is a 2005 in film film, directed by Michael Caton-Jones and starring John Hurt, Hugh Dancy and Claire-Hope Ashitey....
  (the 1990s Rwandan Genocide
  Rwandan Genocide
  
  The Rwandan Genocide was the 1994 mass killing of hundreds of thousands of Rwanda's Tutsis and Hutu political moderates by Hutus under the Hutu Power ideology....
  )
• Sometimes in April (the 1990s Rwandan Genocide
  Rwandan Genocide
  
  The Rwandan Genocide was the 1994 mass killing of hundreds of thousands of Rwanda's Tutsis and Hutu political moderates by Hutus under the Hutu Power ideology....
  )
• Summer of Sam
  Summer of Sam
  
  Summer of Sam is a 1999 in film crime film-drama film based around the Son of Sam serial murders. It was directed and produced by Spike Lee....
  (the Son of Sam
  David Berkowitz
  
  David Richard Berkowitz , also known as Son of Sam and the .44 Caliber Killer, is an United States serial killer and arsonist.Shortly after his arrest in August 1977, Berkowitz confessed to killing six people and wounding seven others in the course of eight shootings in New York City between 1976 and 1977....
   murders in New York City
  New York City
  
  The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
   in 1977)
• Thirteen Days
  Thirteen Days (film)
  
  Thirteen Days is a 2000 in film Historical drama film directed by Roger Donaldson about the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, seen from the perspective of the United States political leadership....
  (the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis
  Cuban Missile Crisis
  
  File:EXCOMM meeting, , 29 October 1962.jpgFile:Jupiter IRBM.jpgThe Cuban Missile Crisis was a confrontation between the United States, the Soviet Union, and Cuba that occurred in the early 1960s during the Cold War....
  )
• W.
  W.
  
  W. can refer to:* George W. Bush, 43rd President of the United States* W. , a film about President George W. Bush directed by Oliver Stone* W. Channel, an Australian television channel tailored towards women...
   (film)(The life and presidency of George W. Bush
  George W. Bush
  
  George Walker Bush served as the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States from 2001 to 2009. He was the 46th List of Governors of Texas from 1995 to 2000 before being United States presidential inauguration as President on January 20, 2001....
  )
• World Trade Centre (film) (9/11)
• We Were Soldiers
  We Were Soldiers
  
  We Were Soldiers is a 2002 in film Cinema of the United States war film that dramatized the Battle of Ia Drang in November 1965, the first major engagement of United States United States Armed Forces in the Vietnam War....
  (the first days of the Vietnam War
  Vietnam War
  
  The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina Wars, the Vietnam Conflict, or often in Vietnam the American War occurred in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia from 1959 to April 30, 1975....
  )
• Z
  Z (film)
  
  Z is a 1969 French language political Thriller directed by Costa Gavras, with a screenplay by Gavras and Jorge Sempr?n, based on the 1966 in literature novel of the same name by Vassilis Vassilikos....
  (the assassination of Gregoris Lambrakis
  Gregoris Lambrakis
  
  Gregoris Lambrakis was a Greece politician, physician, Athletics , and member of the faculty of the School of Medicine at the University of Athens....
  )
• Zodiac
  Zodiac (film)
  
  Zodiac is a 2007 in film Cinema of the United States directed by David Fincher and based on Robert Graysmith's non-fiction book Zodiac . The Paramount Pictures and Warner Bros....
  (the Zodiac murders
  Zodiac Killer
  
  The Zodiac Killer was a serial killer who operated in Northern California in the late 1960s. His identity remains unknown. The Zodiac killer coined his name in a series of taunting letters he sent to the press....
   in the United States during the 1960s and '70s)
• The Queen (2006) (HM Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom)

See also

• Period piece
  Period piece
  
  "Period piece" is phrase that is used to describe creative works....
  
• Middle Ages in film
  Middle Ages in film
  
  Medieval films imagine and portray the Middle Ages through the visual, audio and thematic forms of film....
  

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