List of historical period drama films and series set in Near Eastern and Western civilization
Films set in the Modern Era (1900–1950)

List of historical period drama films and series set in Near Eastern and Western civilization

Section Title: Films set in the Modern Era (1900–1950)
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Title	Release date	Time period	Notes on setting

Trotsky	2017	1898–1918	Biographical television miniseries about Leon Trotsky

Gandhi	1982	1893–1947	Biopic about the life and activism of Mahatma Gandhi.

Mao Zedong	2013	1893–1949	Television series about Mao Zedong, from his childhood to the foundation of the People's Republic of China

The Knick	2014	1900	Doctors, Nurses, and others work at The Knickerbocker hospital

55 Days at Peking	1963	1900	Depicts the Battle of Peking during the Boxer Rebellion.

Breaker Morant	1980	1901	An Australian Lieutenant, Harry "Breaker" Morant, who ordered the summary execution of several prisoners during the Second Boer War

Nicholas and Alexandra	1971	1904–1918	Covers the last 14 years of the life and reign of Nicholas II of Russia, last Emperor of Russia. Includes the events of World War I, the Russian Revolution, the Russian Civil War and the shooting of the Romanov family.

A Dangerous Method	2011	1904–1912	Covers personal and professional relationships between Carl Jung, Sigmund Freud and Sabina Spielrein

Rosa Luxemburg	1986	1904–1919	Biography Of Marxist And Anti-War Activist Rosa Luxemburg and her assassination in 1919.

The Battleship Potemkin	1925	1905	The Russian battleship Potemkin uprising, part of the Revolution of 1905 in the Russian Empire.

The Real Glory	1939	1906	Moro Rebellion

The Passion of Marie	2012	1910	Biopic about Marie, the wife of Danish painter Peder Severin Krøyer

Iron Jawed Angels	2004	1913–1920	American women's suffrage movement during the 1910s

Titanic	1943	1912	the Titanic disaster

Titanic	1953	1912	the Titanic disaster

A Night to Remember	1958	1912	the Titanic disaster

Titanic	1997	1912	the Titanic disaster

Somewhere in Time (film)	1980	1912	A playwright uses deep self-hypnosis to travel back and meets the actress from a portrait.

Reds	1981	1912–1920	Russian Revolution

Doctor Zhivago	1965	1912–1923	World War I, the Russian Revolution and the Russian Civil War

Stalin	1992	1917–1953	Brutal Career and Corruption of Soviet Leader Joseph Stalin

Gallipoli	1981	1914–1915	Gallipoli Campaign of World War I

Flyboys	2006	1914–1917	Focusing on the Lafayette Escadrille, a unit of American volunteer combat pilots in service for the Allies of World War I.

Admiral	2008	1914–1917, 1964	Covers the last three years of the naval career of Alexander Kolchak, a Vice-Admiral in the Imperial Russian Navy and leader of the anti-communist White Movement during the Russian Civil War.

All Quiet On The Western Front	1930	1914–1918	Western Front of World War I

All Quiet On The Western Front	1979	1914–1918	Western Front of World War I

A Very Long Engagement	2004	1914–1920s	Western Front of World War I

The Aviator	2004	1914–1947	Biopic about Howard Hughes, an aviation pioneer, director, and successful film producer.

La Masseria Delle Allodole	2007	1915	Set during World War I in the Ottoman Empire, depicting the Armenian Genocide.

Ararat	2002	1915	Based on the Defense of Van in 1915, an Armenian insurgence in the Ottoman Empire during the Armenian Genocide.

The Promise	2017	1915	The Armenian Genocide

Shimon Haber	2008	1915–1919	Development and usage of Chemical weapons in World War I

Sinking of the Lusitania: Terror at Sea	2007	1915	The Sinking of the RMS Lusitania

Lawrence of Arabia	1962	1916–1918	T. E. Lawrence and the Arab Revolt in the Ottoman Empire.

Michael Collins	1996	1916–1922	Later life of Irish resistance leader Michael Collins and his participation in the Irish War of Independence and the Irish Civil War.

The Lighthorsemen	1987	1917	Battle of Beersheba in the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I.

The Wind Rises	2013	1918–1945	The life of Jiro Horikoshi

The Lost Battalion	1919	1918	Covers the fate of the Lost Battalion, units of the 77th Infantry Division. The units under the command of Major Charles White Whittlesey penetrated deep into the Forest of Argonne in France during World War I.

The Lost Battalion	2001	1918	Covers the fate of the Lost Battalion, units of the 77th Infantry Division. The units under the command of Major Charles White Whittlesey penetrated deep into the Forest of Argonne in France during World War I.

1918	1985	1918	Written by Horton Foote, depicts life in Texas and the devastating effect of the great flu epidemic of 1918.

The Wind that Shakes the Barley	2006	1919–1923	The Irish War of Independence and the Irish Civil War

Chariots of Fire	1981	1919–1924	British runners face prejudice and compete in the 1924 Summer Olympics. The runners are Eric Liddell and Harold Abrahams.

Evita	1996	1919–1952	Biopic of Eva Perón, First Lady of Argentina.

J. Edgar	2011	1919–1972	Life and career of J. Edgar Hoover, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation from 1935 to 1972.

Anastasia	1956	1920s	Based upon theories on the survival of Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia and the activities of Anna Anderson. Anderson was the most famous of the Romanov impostors.

Legionnaire	1998	1920–1926	Rif War

Boardwalk Empire	2010–2014	January 1920 – October 1931	Crime and power in Atlantic City during the Prohibition Era

Jinnah	1998	1920–1947	Depicts the role of Muhammad Ali Jinnah in the independence of Pakistan.

The First of the Few	1942	1922–1936	Aerospace engineer R.J. Mitchell designs the Spitfire despite his failing health.

The King's Speech	2010	1924–1939	The quest of George VI, King of the United Kingdom to overcome his stammer.

The Ogre	1996	1925–1945	The account of a simple Frenchman caught up in the events of World War II. He involuntarily serves in the French Army, spends time as a prisoner of war in East Prussia, and gets hired to take care of the animals in the local estate of Hermann Göring.

The Mummy	1999	1926	While searching for a lost treasure in the Sahara desert in the Kingdom of Egypt, a group of adventurers accidentally awaken Imhotep, an ancient and cursed evil mummy, who hunts them down one by one.

Evita	1996	1926–1952	Rise of Eva Perón, a powerful First Lady of Argentina

Lion of the Desert	1981	1929–1931	About the struggle of Libyan rebels under Omar Mukhtar against the Italian Royal Army in the years leading up to World War II.

The Legend of Bagger Vance	2000	1931	Set in Savannah, Georgia during the Great Depression; loosely based on the Bhagavad Gita. The story starts by setting a background.

Road to Perdition	2002	winter 1931	A film set in Illinois during the Great Depression, and featuring Prohibition Era-organized crime figures. The protagonist is a mob enforcer for an Irish mob boss.

Bonnie and Clyde	1967	1931–1934	About the exploits of Bonnie and Clyde, American outlaws and robbers during the Great Depression.

Frances	1982	1931–1958	Life of actress Frances Farmer

Last Man Standing	1996	1932	During Prohibition in the United States, gun-wielding mercenary John Smith, arrives at the small town Jericho, Texas, close to the Mexico–United States border.

The Mummy Returns	2001	1933	The mummified body of Imhotep is shipped to a museum in London, where he once again wakes and begins his campaign of rage and terror.

King Kong	2005	1933	Filmmaker Carl Denham and his crew travel from New York City to the mysterious Skull Island in the Pacific Ocean to shoot an epic adventure film.

Public Enemies	2009	1933–1934	Set during the Great Depression, it chronicles the final years of the notorious bank robber John Dillinger.

The National Anthem	1999	1934–1935	Set in Shanghai during the Japanese occupation of Manchuria and the resulting conflict.

A Pearl in the Forest	2008	1934–1938	Set during the Great Purge initiated by Joseph Stalin in the Soviet Union. The film focuses on the spillover effects of the Purge on the Mongolian People's Republic, a satellite state of the Soviet Union.

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom	1984	1935	Archaeologist and adventurer Indiana Jones travels to India, and is asked to find a mystical stone. He then stumbles upon a secret cult committing enslavement and human sacrifices in the catacombs of an ancient palace.

Atonement	2007	1935–1940	A romantic suspense war film. Opening in the interwar period of the United Kingdom, during the late 1930s, and continuing to the early days of World War II.

Olga	2004	1935–1942	The relationship between German-Brazilian communist militant Olga Benário and Luís Carlos Prestes, one of the main leaders of the opposition against Brazilian dictatorship of Getúlio Vargas.

Unbroken	2014	1936–1998	The life of Louis Zamperini.

Race	2016	1936	The life of Jesse Owens wons four gold medals during Athletics.

Raiders of the Lost Ark	1981	1936	Archaeologist and adventurer Indiana Jones is hired by the U.S. government to find the Ark of the Covenant before Adolf Hitler's Nazis can obtain its awesome powers.

The Hindenburg	1975	1937	The Hindenburg disaster at Naval Air Station Lakehurst, New Jersey.

The Flowers of War	2011	1937	The Nanking Massacre during the Second Sino-Japanese War.

John Rabe	2009	1937	The Nanking Massacre during the Second Sino-Japanese War.

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade	1989	1938	After his father Professor Henry Jones, Sr. goes missing while pursuing the Holy Grail, Indiana Jones finds himself up against Adolf Hitler's Nazis again to stop them obtaining its powers.

The Good Shepherd	2006	1938–1961	Rise of Central Intelligence Agency's counterintelligence, leading up to the Bay of Pigs Invasion

KanColle: The Movie	2016	1939–1991	Based on Kantai Collection and true events of World War II and Cold War.

Schindler's List	1993	1939–1945	German industrialist Oskar Schindler's efforts to keep Jewish people from being interred in Nazi concentration camps during World War II.

The Last Bastion	1984	1939–1945	Australia during World War II

Hacksaw Ridge	2016	1939–1945	World War II experiences of Desmond Doss

The Pianist	2002	1939–1945	Poland during World War II

Max Manus: Man of War	2008	1939–1945	Norway during World War II and Winter war

April 9th	2015	1940	April 9, German invasion of Denmark. A group of Danish bicycle infantry is sent as a vanguard to slow down the German advance until reinforcements can arrive.

Battle of Britain	1969	1940	The Battle of Britain

Darkest Hour	2017	1940	May–June, 1940. Winston Churchill's early days as Prime Minister, as Hitler closes in on Britain during World War II.

Dunkirk	2017	1940	May 27, 1940 – June 4, 1940. The Dunkirk evacuation of World War II

Malèna	2000	1940–1944	Italy during World War II

The Way Back	2010	1941	Escape from a Siberian Gulag

Sink the Bismarck!	1960	May 1941	Depicts German battleship Bismarck and its last battle.

Defiance	2008	August 1941	Story of three Jewish brothers of the Bielski partisans who saved and recruited Jews during the Nazi occupation of Belarus.

Tora! Tora! Tora!	1970	December 7, 1941	The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

Pearl Harbor	2001	December 1941 – April 1942	The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, and the subsequent American retaliation in the Doolittle Raid.

Hong Kong 1941	1984	December 1941	The Japanese occupation of Hong Kong, and the story of local resistance against Japanese forces.

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas	2008	1942	Set during the Holocaust

The Gallant Hours	1960	1942	U.S. Navy admiral William Halsey in the crucial early weeks of his command of American forces in the Guadalcanal campaign of World War II.

Band of Brothers	2001	August 1942 – May 1945	Miniseries portraying the soldiers in Easy Company of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division, from training in boot camp to action in the European Theatre of World War II.

The Bridge on the River Kwai	1957	1942–1943	Construction of the Burma Railway by forced labour, mainly British prisoners of war, during the Burma Campaign of World War II.

Midway	1976	June 1942	The Battle of Midway

Stalingrad	1993	August 1942 – February 1943	The Battle of Stalingrad from a German perspective.

The Thin Red Line	1998	August 1942 – February 1943	The Guadalcanal Campaign

Enemy at the Gates	2001	winter 1942–1943	The activities of Soviet sniper Vasily Zaytsev in the Battle of Stalingrad

Sophie Scholl – The Final Days	2005	February 1943	The ultimate days of Sophie Scholl, a White Rose revolutionary. She actively opposing Nazi Germany until her execution and death.

Cross of Iron	1977	spring 1943	Eastern Front

The Dam Busters	1955	May 1943	Development of the Upkeep bouncing bomb and its use in Operation Chastise

Memphis Belle	1990	May 1943	About the 25th and last mission of the Memphis Belle, an American Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomber flying over Nazi Germany as part Strategic bombing operations.

Patton	1970	1943–1945	The exploits of United States Army General George S. Patton during World War II

Red Tails	2012	1944	Tuskegee Airmen during World War II

The Longest Day	1962	June 6, 1944	The Normandy landings, the first stage of the Invasion of Normandy

Saving Private Ryan	1998	June 1944	The Normandy landings and their aftermath

Windtalkers	2002	June–July 1944	Focuses on Navajo code talkers during the Battle of Saipan

Valkyrie	2008	1944	Set in Nazi Germany during World War II. It depicts the 20 July plot in 1944 by German army officers to assassinate Adolf Hitler and to use the Operation Valkyrie national emergency plan to take control of the country.

A Bridge Too Far	1977	September 1944	Operation Market Garden

Kanal	1956	September 1944	Warsaw Uprising

When Trumpets Fade	1998	1944	The Battle of Hürtgen Forest

Flame & Citron	2008	1944	the story of two Danish resistance movement fighters nicknamed Flame and Citron, during the Nazi occupation of Denmark

Saints and Soldiers	2003	December 1944 – January 1945	The Malmedy massacre and its aftermath during the Battle of the Bulge.

Battle of the Bulge	1965	December 1944 – January 1945	The Battle of the Bulge. Based on the last major German offensive campaign on the Western Front during World War II.

The Great Raid	2005	January 1945	Liberation of the Cabanatuan Prison Camp on the island of Luzon, Philippines. The camp was set up during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines.

Flags of Our Fathers	2006	February–March 1945	the Battle of Iwo Jima from an American perspective.

Letters from Iwo Jima	2006	February–March 1945	The Battle of Iwo Jima from a Japanese perspective.

Grave of the Fireflies	1988	March–September 1945	Japanese sibling struggle to survive toward the end of World War II during the firebombing of Kobe and its aftermath.

Fury	2014	April 1945	2nd Armored Division Tank crewmen during the Western Allied invasion of Germany

Downfall	2004	April–May 1945	Depicting the final ten days of Adolf Hitler's reign over Nazi Germany and their immediate aftermath. Events take place during the Battle of Berlin.

The Godfather	1972	1945–1955	Vito Corleone, the aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty, transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son Michael Corleone.

Ashes and Diamonds	1958	May 1945	Polish Home Army soldiers assigned to assassinate a Communist commissar

USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage	2016	July 1945	The sinking of the USS Indianapolis.

The Good German	2006	July–August 1945	During the Potsdam Conference

Nuremberg	2000	November 1945 – Octobeeer 1946	The first of the Nuremberg trials

Judgment at Nuremberg	1961	1947	The Judges' Trial

Who Framed Roger Rabbit	1988	1947	Hollywood film noir parody

The Black Dahlia	2006	1947	The murder of Elizabeth Short and subsequent investigation.

Exodus	1960	1947–1948	Foundation of Israel

Cast a Giant Shadow	1966	1948	United States Army colonel Mickey Marcus's involvement in the Israeli War of Independence

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A Dangerous Method is a 2011 historical film.

final_sentence: A Dangerous Method is a 2011 historical film.