List of historical period drama films and series set in Near Eastern and Western civilization
Films set in the 19th century

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

Section Title: Films set in the 19th century
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Title	Release date	Time period	Notes on setting

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World	2003	1803–1805	During the Napoleonic Wars

Vanity Fair	2004	1803–1814	The Napoleonic era

War and Peace	1956	1803–1815	The Russian Empire during the Napoleonic era

The Duellists	1977	1804–1814	The Napoleonic Wars

Tripoli	1950	1805	Battle of Derne

Conquest	1937	1806–1816	The love story between Marie Walewska and Napoleon I

Amazing Grace	2006	1807	William Wilberforce's Abolitionist campaign to abolish slavery in the British Empire

Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.	1951	1807	The Napoleonic Wars

The Pride and the Passion	1957	1807–1814	The Napoleonic Wars, the Peninsular War in Spain

Lady Caroline Lamb	1972	c. 1810–1828	Lady Caroline Lamb, the British aristocrat, novelist and Lord Byron's lover

Napoleon and Me	2006	1814	Principality of Elba during the Napoleonic Wars

Waterloo	1970	1815	Battle of Waterloo during the Napoleonic Wars.

Les Misérables	1934	1815–1832	France after Napoleon I (Bourbon Restoration and July Monarchy)

Les Misérables	1935	1815–1832	France after Napoleon I (Bourbon Restoration and July Monarchy)

Les Misérables	1995	1815–1832	France after Napoleon I (Bourbon Restoration and July Monarchy)

Les Misérables	1998	1815–1832	France after Napoleon I (Bourbon Restoration and July Monarchy)

Les Misérables	2012	1815–1832	France after Napoleon I (Bourbon Restoration and July Monarchy)

The Count of Monte Cristo	1934	1815–1838	France after Napoleon I (Bourbon Restoration and July Monarchy)

The Count of Monte Cristo	1975	1815–1838	France after Napoleon I (Bourbon Restoration and July Monarchy)

The Count of Monte Cristo	2002	1814–1831	France after Napoleon I (Bourbon Restoration and July Monarchy); Unlike the first two films, this version states 1814 at the start.

Bright Star	2009	1818–1821	The last three years of poet John Keats' life

El Santo de la Espada	1970	1821–1822	José de San Martín and the Spanish American wars of independence

Bouboulina	1959	1821–1829	Laskarina Bouboulina, heroine of the Greek War of Independence

The Deceivers	1988	1825	British officer in India investigates the Thugee cult

The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser	1974	1828–1833	The story of foundling Kaspar Hauser in the German Confederation.

The Horseman on the Roof	1995	1832	Second cholera pandemic in July Monarchy France

The Alamo	1960	1836	Battle of the Alamo during the Texas Revolution.

The Alamo	2004	1836	Battle of the Alamo during the Texas Revolution.

The Young Victoria	2009	1837 – 1840s	Early reign of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and her marriage to Albert, Prince Consort

Amistad	1997	1839–1841	Mutiny aboard La Amistad, a ship containing slaves from Africa. The ship had left Havana and was bound for Camagüey, both ports being in Spanish Cuba.

How the West Was Won	1962	1839–1889	United States expansion into and settlement of the West.

The Emigrants	1971	1840s	The Swedish immigrants in Minnesota

Song of Love	1947	1840–1856	The marriage of Robert and Clara Schumann and their close friendship with Johannes Brahms. All three were notable composers.

12 Years a Slave	2013	1841–1853	The story of free African American Solomon Northup after he was abducted and sold into slavery. Based on the autobiography of the same name

Edward the Seventh	1975	1841–1910	The life of Edward VII, King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

Gangs of New York	2002	1846–1863	New York City prior and during the American Civil War. The events occur in the crime- infested neighborhood of Five Points, Manhattan.

Eureka Stockade	1949	1854	Peter Lalor and the Eureka Rebellion, a gold miners' rebellion at the Eureka Stockade (Ballarat, Australia).

The Charge of the Light Brigade	1968	1854	The disaster of the Crimean War known as the Charge of the Light Brigade. It took place within the Battle of Balaclava.

Sissi	1955	1854	It is the first installment in the trilogy of films about Empress Elisabeth of Austria, nicknamed Sissi.

Sissi – The Young Empress	1956	1855–1856	Sissi adapts to life as Empress of Austria.

Quanto è bello lu murire acciso	1976	1857	Failed rising organized by Carlo Pisacane in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies

Mountains of the Moon	1990	1854–1864	Journey of Richard Francis Burton and John Hanning Speke in their expedition to Central Africa and the rivalry that followed

Ride with the Devil	1999	1861–1864	Depicts the activities of Confederate States of America Bushwhackers, guerrilla fighters, in Missouri.

Cold Mountain	2003	1861–1864	A couple in North Carolina is separated during the American Civil War and try to find eachother again.

Gone with the Wind	1939	1861–1877	Georgia during the American Civil War and the Reconstruction Era.

Mrs Brown	1997	1861–1883	The relationship between Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and her personal servant John Brown.

Glory	1989	1862–1863	The American Civil War from the Battle of Antietam to the Second Battle of Fort Wagner

The Good, The Bad And The Ugly	1966	1862	Two bounty hunters in an uneasy alliance against a third attempt to find a stash of hidden Confederate gold in New Mexico in the middle of the chaos of the American Civil War

Gettysburg	1993	1863	The Battle of Gettysburg in the American Civil War

Wyatt Earp	1994	1863–1884	Events leading up to and following the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

Lincoln	2012	Early 1865	Events chronicling the last few months of the life of President of the United States Abraham Lincoln.

The Conspirator	2011	April 1865	Based on the events of the aftermath of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.

Hell on Wheels	2011–2016	1865–1867	based on the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad.

Dances with Wolves	1990	c. 1865–1870	Fictional story set during the American Civil War and its aftermath in the American West, interaction with the Lakota Sioux

Tommy's Honour	2016	1866–1876	The complex and bittersweet relationship between the pioneering and legendary Scottish golfing champions Old Tom Morris and Young Tom Morris.

Riel	1979	1869–1885	The activities of Louis Riel, a Métis in both the Red River Rebellion of Manitoba and the North-West Rebellion in the District of Saskatchewan.

The Lone Ranger	2013	1869	The Lone Ranger and his sidekick Tonto bring justice to the wild west.

Citizen Kane	1941	1871–1940	Chronicles the life of fictional yellow journalist Charles Foster Kane.

Young Winston	1972	1874–1902	The biography Winston Churchill before he became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during World War II.

Quigley Down Under	1990	1874	A Sharpshooter from Wyoming is hired by an Australian rancher paying a very high price. But when Quigley arrives Down Under, all is not as it seems.

Centennial Summer	1946	1876	Set in Philadelphia at the time of the Centennial Exposition

Wild Bill	1995	1876	The last days of legendary lawman Wild Bill Hickok

The Last Samurai	2003	1876–1877	Events in the wake of the Meiji Restoration in the Empire of Japan, 1876–1877

Zulu Dawn	1979	1879	The Battle of Isandlwana during the Anglo-Zulu War

Zulu	1964	1879	The Battle of Rorke's Drift during the Anglo-Zulu War

The Magnificent Seven	2016	1879	Seven gunslingers protect an American Frontier town from an greedy Robber Baron.

Thousand Pieces of Gold	1991	1880s	Chinese immigrant woman in the American Old West.

The Miracle Worker	1962	1880–1887	The early childhood of Helen Keller, her infancy contraction of blindness and deafness and Anne Sullivan's arrival

The Quick and the Dead	1995	1881	A female gunfighter returns to a frontier town where a dueling tournament is being held, which she enters in an effort to avenge her father's death.

Tombstone	1993	1881–1884	Events leading up to and following the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford	2007	1881–1892	The end of Jesse James' career as a criminal and the man who eventually kills him, Robert Ford in 1882

The Four Feathers	1939	1882–1888	During the British Army's Nile Expedition

The Four Feathers	2002	1882–1888	During the British Army's Nile Expedition

Khartoum	1966	1884	Charles George Gordon defense of the Sudanese city of Khartoum from the forces of the army of Muhammad Ahmad during the Siege of Khartoum.

Back to the Future Part III	1990	1885	Enjoying a peaceable existence in 1885, Doctor Emmet Brown is about to be killed by Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen. Marty McFly travels back in time to save his friend.

Geronimo: An American Legend	1993	1886	Events leading up to the capture of Geronimo, a prominent Apache leader during the Apache Wars.

Van Helsing	2004	1887	The notorious monster hunter Van Helsing is sent to Transylvania to stop Count Dracula who is using Dr. Frankenstein's research and a werewolf for some sinister purpose.

From Hell	2001	1888	Set in London, about the Jack the Ripper murders. The full historical case is covered in the Whitechapel murders.

Mayerling	1968	1888–1889	Based on the Mayerling Incident, a series of events leading to the apparent murder–suicide of Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria and his lover Baroness Mary Vetsera.

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid	1969	1890s–1908	Covers the activities of Butch Cassidy and Harry Longabaugh, prominent members of Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch. The Wild Bunch was a loosely organized outlaw gang from Wyoming.

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee	2007	1890	Wounded Knee Massacre

Sherlock Holmes	2009	1890	Detective Sherlock Holmes and his stalwart partner Watson engage in a battle of wits and brawn with a nemesis whose plot is a threat to all of England.

Heaven's Gate	1980	1892	Covers the Johnson County War

Hostiles	2017	1892	A U.S. Cavalry officer who must escort a Cheyenne war chief and his family back to their home in Montana

El Presidente	2012	1896–1964	Philippine Revolution and the final years and death of President of the Philippines Emilio Aguinaldo

Bram Stoker's Dracula	1992	1897	The blood-thirsty Count Dracula of Transylvania travels to London to find his reincarnated wife, who he lost centuries ago.

Rough Riders	1997	1898	Depicts The Battle of San Juan Hill, part of the Spanish–American War

Heneral Luna	2015	1898–1899	The Second Phase of the Philippine Revolution and the heroism of General Antonio Luna

The Time Machine	2002	1899-802701	Dr. Alexander Hartdegen invents a time machine in an attempt to change the past but eventually ends up in a very distant and dystopic future.

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The Conspirator is a historical drama film.

final_sentence: The Conspirator is a historical drama film.