List of historical period drama films and series set in Near Eastern and Western civilization - wikipedia List of historical period drama films and series set in Near Eastern and Western civilization The historical period drama is a film genre in which stories are based upon historical events and famous people. Some historical dramas are docudramas, which attempt an accurate portrayal of a historical event or biography, to the degree that the available historical research will allow. Other historical dramas are fictionalized tales that are based on an actual person and their deeds, such as Braveheart, which is loosely based on the 13th - century knight William Wallace 's fight for Scotland 's independence. Due to the sheer volume of films included in this genre and in the interest of continuity, this list is primarily focused on films pertaining to the history of Near Eastern and Western civilization. For films pertaining to the history of East Asia, Central Asia, and South Asia, please refer also to the list of Asian historical drama films. Contents 1 Films set in Prehistoric Era 2 Films set in Ancient Era ( 3000 BC -- 500 BC ) 3 Films set in Classical Era ( 500 BC -- 600 AD ) 4 Films set in Medieval Era ( 600 - 1500 ) 4.1 Early Middle Ages ( 7th to 10th centuries ) 4.2 Films set in 11th century 4.3 Films set in 12th century 4.4 Films set in 13th century 4.5 Films set in 14th century 4.6 Films set in 15th century 5 Renaissance Era ( 1500 -- 1700 ) 5.1 Films set in 16th century 5.2 Films set in 17th century 6 Films set in Industrial Era ( 1700 -- 1900 ) 6.1 Films set in the 18th century 6.2 Films set in the 19th century 7 Films set in Modern Era ( 1900 -- 1950 ) 8 Films set in Atomic Era ( 1950 -- 2000 ) 9 Films set in Information Era ( after 2000 ) 10 See also 11 References 12 External links Films set in Prehistoric Era One Million B.C. ( 1940 ) One Million Years B.C. ( 1967 ) Prehistoric Women ( 1950 ) Prehistoric Women ( 1967 ) When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth ( 1970 ) Creatures the World Forgot ( 1971 ) Quando le Donne Avevano la Coda ( 1970 ) Quando le Donne Persero la Coda ( 1972 ) Caveman ( 1981 ) Quest for Fire ( 1981 ) The Tragedy of Man ( 2011 ) The Clan of the Cave Bear ( 1986 ) Ice Age ( franchise ) ( 2002 -- 2016 ) 10,000 BC ( 2008 ) AO, le dernier Néandertal ( AO, the Last Neanderthal ) ( 2010 ) The Croods ( 2013 ) B.C. Butcher ( 2016 ) Alpha ( 2018 ) Films set in ancient era ( 3000 BC -- 500 BC ) See also : List of films based on Greco - Roman mythology, List of films set in ancient Rome, and List of films based on the Bible Films set in Antiquity ( until the fall of the Roman Empire in the West ) Title Release date Time period Notes on setting The Bible : In the Beginning... 1966 4004 BC / 3761 BC -- 1677 BC ( according to the Hebrew calendar ) Movie based on the Bible, starting with Genesis and ending with Abraham. Noah ( 2014 film ) 2014 2348 BC ( according to the Hebrew calendar ) American epic biblical drama film inspired by the Biblical story of Noah 's Ark from the Book of Genesis. Abraham ( film ) 1994 1852 -- 1677 BC ( according to the Hebrew calendar ) A television movie based on the life of the Biblical patriarch Abraham. Sodom and Gomorrah ( 1962 film ) 1962 1900 -- 1800 BC A epic film which is loosely based on the Biblical tale of Sodom and Gomorrah Jacob ( film ) 1994 1800 BC ( according to the Hebrew calendar ) A German / Italian / American television movie based on the novel Giacobbe by Francesco Maria Nappi, which is in turn based on a biblical account from the Book of Genesis about Jacob. The Scorpion King 2002 before 3067 BC set at least a decade or more before his demise in the prologue of The Mummy Returns La Donna dei Faraoni 1961 3100 BC shortly after the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt Land of the Pharaohs 1956 2589 -- 2566 BC based on the reign of Pharaoh Khufu Il Sepolcro dei re 1960 2589 -- 2566 BC based on the reign of Pharaoh Khufu Sudan 1945 2558 -- 2532 BC set during the reign of the pharaoh Khafra The Scorpion King 2 : Rise of a Warrior 2008 2270 -- 2215 BC set during the reign of Sargon of Akkad Mohenjo Daro ( film ) 2016 2016 BC film is set in 2016 BC in the ancient city of Mohenjo - daro in the era of the Indus Valley civilization. The Bible ( miniseries ) 2013 2000 BC -- 37 AD Television miniseries based on the Bible, starting with Abraham. Atlantis : End of a World, Birth of a Legend 2011 c. 1600 BC Docudrama which depicts a re-enactment of the events surrounding the volcanic eruption which destroyed the island of Thera and minoan civilization, an incident believed to have inspired the legend of Atlantis. Slave of Dreams 1995 1745 BC -- 1544 BC set in Egypt and based on the story of Joseph Joseph 1995 1745 BC -- 1544 BC Egypt, probably during the reign of Ahmose I Nefertiti, Regina del Nilo 1961 c. 1370 -- 1330 BC Egypt ; loosely based on Nefertiti The Egyptian 1954 1350 BC based on the novel by Mika Waltari, who adapted the Story of Sinuhe. In the film is mentioned the pharaoh Akhenaten, the Hittite Empire, and iron technology. Tut ( miniseries ) 2015 1332 -- 1323 BC The three - part miniseries is based on the life of Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun. The Ten Commandments 1956 c. 15th -- 13th century BC Egypt, during the reign of Ramesses II, based on the story of the Exodus Exodus : Gods and Kings 2014 1290 -- 1213 BC Egypt, during the reign of Ramesses II, based on the story of the Exodus Samson and Delilah ( 1949 film ) 1949 1118 -- 1078 BC A romantic biblical drama film which depicts the biblical story of Samson, a strongman whose secret lies in his uncut hair, and his love for Delilah, the woman who seduces him. Iphigenia 1977 c. 1200 BC Greece immediately before the soldiers set sail to attack Troy Helen of Troy 1956 c. 1250 BC western Anatolia during the Trojan War Troy c. 1250 BC western Anatolia during the Trojan War L'ira di Achille 1962 c. 1200 BC western Anatolia in the 9th year of the Trojan War Guerra di Troia 1961 c. 1200 BC western Anatolia in the 10th and final year of the Trojan War The Trojan Women 1971 c. 1200 BC the immediate aftermath of the Trojan War La Leggenda di Enea 1962 early 12th century BC Aeneas struggles to establish a new home - land in Italy for his fellow survivors of the Trojan War Electra 1962 early 12th century BC the daughter of the Greek king Agamemnon seeks revenge for her father 's murder Ulysses 1955 early 12th century BC the ten - year struggle of Odysseus to return home to Ithaca in Greece after the Trojan War The Odyssey 1997 early 12th century BC Pharaoh 1966 1069 BC Egypt during the reign of a fictitious king `` Ramses XIII '' ( there were only 11 by that name ) King David 1985 c. 1040 -- 970 BC southern Levant A Story of David 1960 c. 1040 -- 970 BC southern Levant David e Golia 1960 c. 1040 -- 970 BC southern Levant David and Bathsheba ( film ) 1951 1040 -- 970 BC Solomon and Sheba 1959 1011 -- 931 BC southern Levant Sins of Jezebel 1953 874 -- 853 BC southern Levant during the reign of king Ahab Io, Semiramide 1962 810 BC Assyria Romolo e Remo 1961 753 BC based on the story of Romulus and Remus, and the founding of the city of Rome El Rapto de las Sabinas 1962 c. 750 BC early Roman foundation myth Orazi e Curiazi 1961 c. 650 BC Roman legend of the Horatii Le Sette Folgori di Assur 1962 c. 627 BC Neo-Assyrian Empire ; focusing largely on Sardanapalus ( probably the Greek name for Ashurbanipal, but anachronistically including Zoroaster ( 11th -- 10th century BC ) and Hammurabi ( 1792 -- 1750 BC ) La cortigiana di Babilonia 1954 600 BC Neo-Babylonian Empire Gautama Buddha 2007 c. 563 -- 483 BC about the life of Gautama Buddha L'eroe di Babilonia 1963 539 BC Cyrus the Great conquer Babylonia Il Colosso di Roma 1964 509 BC combining the Roman legends of Gaius Mucius Scaevola and the expulsion of Tarquin, the last tyrant Coriolano : eroe senza patria 1964 493 BC Roman legend of Gaius Marcius Coriolanus Films set in classical era ( 500 BC -- 600 ad ) Title Release date Time period Notes on setting La battaglia di Maratona 1959 490 BC Greece : Battle of Marathon Ester e il re 1960 486 -- 482 BC the biblical story of Esther One Night with the King 2006 486 -- 482 BC the biblical story of Esther set in the Achaemenid Empire The 300 Spartans 1961 480 BC Greece : Battle of Thermopylae 300 2007 480 BC Greece : Battle of Thermopylae 300 : Rise of an Empire 2014 480 BC Greece : Battle of Salamis Il tiranno di Siracusa 1961 400 BC Syracuse, Sicily Brenno il nemico di Roma 1963 387 BC the Gallic sack of Rome Hercules ( 2014 film ) 2014 358 BC An American action fantasy adventure film based on the graphic novel Hercules : The Thracian Wars which present a realistic and more human version of Hercules. Alexander the Great 1956 356 -- 323 BC Ancient kingdom of Macedonia and Persia Alexander 356 -- 323 BC Ancient kingdom of Macedonia and Persia Il Colosso di Rodi 1961 280 BC Asoka 2001 304 -- 232 BC Ancient India, during early years of the rule of Maurya emperor Asoka Revak the Rebel 1960 c. 218 BC Iberian Peninsula immediately before the Second Punic War Siege of Syracuse 1960 214 -- 212 BC the Roman Siege of Syracuse during the Second Punic War Cabiria 1914 ( silent ) 218 -- 202 BC during the Second Punic War The Secret Under the Rose 2006 218 -- 202 BC during the Second Punic War Hannibal 1959 218 -- 202 BC during the Second Punic War Scipio Africanus : The Defeat of Hannibal 1937 202 BC Battle of Zama which ended the Second Punic War Hannibal -- Rome 's Worst Nightmare 2006 218 -- 202 BC during the Second Punic War The Centurion 1961 146 BC Battle of Corinth between Rome and the Achaean League Spartaco 1953 73 -- 71 BC the Third Servile War in Rome Spartacus 1960 73 -- 71 BC the Third Servile War in Rome Spartacus 73 -- 71 BC the Third Servile War in Rome Spartacus 2010 -- 2013 73 -- 71 BC the Third Servile War in Rome Julius Caesar 2002 100 -- 44 BC a bio-pic of Julius Caesar, not the Shakespeare play about his death and the aftermath Druids 2001 58 - 51 BC the struggle between Julius Caesar and Vercingetorix in the Gallic Wars A Queen for Caesar 1962 48 BC Egypt leading up to the arrival of Julius Caesar Julius Caesar 1953 44 -- 42 BC Shakespeare 's play about the death and aftermath of this famous dictator Julius Caesar 1970 44 -- 42 BC Shakespeare 's play about the death and aftermath of this famous dictator Cleopatra 1934 48 -- 30 BC Egypt and Rome -- follows her relationships first with Julius Caesar and then with Mark Antony Cleopatra 1963 48 -- 30 BC Egypt and Rome -- follows her relationships first with Julius Caesar and then with Mark Antony Cleopatra 1999 48 -- 30 BC Egypt and Rome -- follows her relationships first with Julius Caesar and then with Mark Antony The Cleopatras 305 -- 30 BC Egypt -- The entire Ptolemaic dynasty Rome 2005 -- 2007 52 -- 30 BC from the end of the Gallic Wars to the death of Mark Antony and the beginning of the Principate Empire 2005 1st century BC Rome Imperium : Augustus 2003 49 BC -- 14 AD Rome -- the life of Augustus, the first emperor Massacre in the Black Forest 1967 9 AD Germany -- The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest, where the Cheruski ambushed and annihilated three Roman legions. I, Claudius 1976 12 BC -- 54 AD Rome -- the reigns and family life of the Julio - Claudians The Nativity Story 2006 4 BC Judea -- The Biblical account of the nativity of Jesus, following the story of Mary and Joseph until the birth of Jesus occurs. Jesus of Nazareth 1977 4 BC to 30 -- 33 AD Judea -- the life of Jesus christ Ben - Hur 1959 c. 26 -- 30 AD Based on the 1880 novel Ben - Hur : A Tale of the Christ by Lew Wallace Ben - Hur 2016 c. 26 -- 30 AD Based on the 1880 novel Ben - Hur : A Tale of the Christ by Lew Wallace The Last Temptation of Christ ( film ) 1988 27 -- 30 AD Judea -- the life of Jesus christ The Passion of the Christ 33 AD Judea -- The final 12 hours of Jesus christ life Risen 2016 33 AD Judea -- Immediately after Jesus ' crucifixion The Caesars 1967 27 BC -- 68 Rome -- the Julio - Claudian dynasty The Inquiry 2006 c. 37 Roman province of Judea shortly after the death of Jesus The Robe 1953 30 -- 36 Rome -- ending reign of Tiberius, the beginning of Caligula Imperium : Saint Peter 2005 ca. 33 -- 67 Saint Peter A.D. The Bible Continues 2015 33 -- 41 Beginning with the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus, and continues with the first ten chapters of the Book of Acts. Caligula 1979 37 -- 41 Rome -- the reign of the third emperor Demetrius and the Gladiators 1954 41 Ancient Rome -- the end Caligula reign Messalina 1951 41 -- 48 Rome -- about the reign of Messalina and Claudius Messalina 1960 41 -- 48 Rome -- about the reign of Messalina and Claudius Boudica 2003 60 Britain -- a rebellion shortly after the area had been conquered by Rome Nero 41 -- 68 Rome -- spanning the reigns of Claudius and Nero St. Thomas 52 -- 72 Rome -- low budget Indian film on the missionary work of Thomas the Apostle in India. Quo Vadis 1951 54 -- 68 Rome during the reign of Nero Pompeii 2014 62 -- 79 AD Pompeii in the days leading up to the eruption of Mount Vesuvius The Sign of the Cross 1932 64 Persecution of the Christians immediately after the Great Fire of Rome Masada 1981 72 -- 73 Roman province of Judea during the First Jewish -- Roman War Dacii 1967 86 -- 87 Dacia ( modern Romania ) -- Domitian 's Dacian War The Apocalypse 2002 c. 90 -- 96 Rome -- Ephesus Revolt of the Praetorians 1964 96 Rome -- the assassination of Domitian The Column 1968 105 -- 106 the Roman Emperor Trajan conquering Dacia Centurion 117 Roman Britain -- the supposed fate of the Ninth Legion The Eagle 2011 140 Roman Britain -- a young Roman man attempts to find out what happened to his father and the Ninth Legion The Fall of the Roman Empire 1964 180 -- 192 Rome during the reign of Commodus Gladiator 2000 180 -- 192 Rome during the reign of Commodus The Magnificent Gladiator 1964 c. 260 -- 268 Rome during the reign of Gallienus Sheba and the Gladiator 1959 c. 260 -- 273 Rome and the Palmyrene Empire during the reigns of Aurelian and Zenobia Sebastiane 1976 c. 288 Rome Low - budget homo - erotic film about Saint Sebastian Katherine of Alexandria 2012 307 Roman province of Egypt shortly before the legalization of Christianity Constantine and the Cross 1962 306 -- 312 AD Rome 's first Christian emperor from the death of Constantius Chlorus to the Battle of the Milvian Bridge Fabiola 1949 c. 312 Rome early in the reign of Constantine I Mayura 354 -- 365 AD Kannada film set in Kadamba Dynasty, during the reign of Raja Mayurasharma Augustine of Hippo 1972 354 -- 430 Roman province of Africa Augustine : The Decline of the Roman Empire 354 -- 430 Roman province of Africa - focusing on the life of Augustine of Hippo, and including the Vandal conquest of Carthage Roar 1997 400 Ireland -- Celtic warriors attempt to repel a fictitious Roman invasion Agora 2009 c. 360 -- 415 Life and death of scientist / philosopher Hypatia of Alexandria and the destruction of the Library. Revenge of the Barbarians 1960 410 the Visigothic sack of Rome St. Patrick : The Irish Legend 2000 387 -- 493 Ireland and Roman Britain during the life of Saint Patrick Sign of the Pagan 1954 406 -- 453 Rome -- the Huns conquests and the downfall of the Roman Empire Attila 1954 406 -- 453 Rome -- the Hunnic leader up to his retreat from the Po river Attila 2001 406 -- 453 Rome -- the life and death of the famous Hunnic leader Die Nibelungen 1924 c. 450 about the Germanic hero Siegfried, his murder, and his widow 's vengeance Die Nibelungen 1967 c. 450 about the Germanic hero Siegfried, his murder, and his widow 's vengeance Ring of the Nibelungs c. 450 about the Germanic hero Siegfried Ancient Rome : The Rise and Fall of an Empire 2006 2nd century BC -- 410 From Tiberius Gracchus to the Sack of Rome ( 410 ). BBC Docu - drama. King Arthur early 5th century the Roman withdrawal from Britain and the Battle of Mount Badon Hagbard and Signe 1967 5th century Scandinavia during the Germanic Heroic Age Arthur of the Britons 1972 -- 1973 5th century Britain after the Roman withdrawal The Last Legion 2007 476 -- 490 connecting ( in heavily fictionalized fashion ) the deposition of the last Roman emperor Romulus Augustus by Odoacer with the Battle of Mount Badon The Mists of Avalon 2001 late 5th -- early 6th centuries heavily fictionalized story of King Arthur Teodora 1919 c. 500 -- 548 Byzantine empress Theodora Theodora, Slave Empress 1954 c. 500 -- 548 Byzantine empress Theodora The Last Roman 1968 / 1969 526 -- 553 the Ostrogoths ' struggle against the Byzantine emperor Justinian I and his generals Belisarius and Narses -- adaption of a novel by Felix Dahn Lovespell 1981 6th century Britain and Ireland -- adaptation of the Brythonic legend of Tristan and Iseult Fire and Sword 1982 6th century Britain and Ireland -- adaptation of the Brythonic legend of Tristan and Iseult Tristan + Isolde 2006 6th century Britain and Ireland -- adaptation of the Brythonic legend of Tristan and Iseult Grendel Grendel Grendel 1981 6th century animated film based on the 1971 novel Grendel, retelling the Anglo - Saxon poem from the monster 's perspective Grendel 2007 6th century Denmark in the Germanic Heroic Age -- very loose adaptation of the Anglo - Saxon poem of Beowulf Beowulf & Grendel 2005 6th century Denmark in the Germanic Heroic Age -- loose adaptation of the Anglo - Saxon poem of Beowulf Beowulf 2007 6th century Denmark in the Germanic Heroic Age -- loose adaptation of the Anglo - Saxon poem of Beowulf Hamlet 1964 6th century Denmark in the Germanic Heroic Age -- this is a Russian adaptation of the Shakespeare play based on the Danish legend of Amleth Prince of Jutland 1994 6th century Denmark in the Germanic Heroic Age - legend of Amleth from the Danish Gesta Danorum Goliath and the Barbarians 1959 568 the Lombard invasion of Italy Sword of the Conqueror 1961 567 - 572 Alboin and the Lombard invasion of Italy Films set in medieval era ( 600 - 1500 ) Early Middle Ages ( 7th to 10th centuries ) See also : List of films based on Arthurian legend Late Antiquity / Early Middle Ages ( 5th to 10th centuries ) Title Release date Time period Notes on setting Excalibur ( film ) 1981 500 - 537 England - the life of King Arthur The Message 1976 570 - 632 Arabian Peninsula - the life of Muhammad Muhammad : The Messenger of God ( film ) 2015 570 - 632 Arabian Peninsula - the life of Muhammad Omar ( TV series ) 2012 595 - 644 the life of Omar ibn Al - Khattab, one of the companions of Muhammad 681 AD : The Glory of Khan 1981 632 - 681 epic about the fall of Old Great Bulgaria and the creation of modern - day Bulgaria ; focuses on Kanasubigi Asparuh 's life Roland the Mighty 1956 778 Roland, a knight of Charlemagne 's court who was killed at the Battle of Roncevaux Pass King Lear 1971 800 Celtic Britain King Lear 1999 800 Celtic Britain Charlemagne, le prince à cheval 1993 768 - 800 Charlemagne 's reign up to his coronation as emperor in 800 An Ancient Tale : When the Sun Was a God 2003 c. 800 Poland -- the death of Popiel and the rise of Piast the Wheelwright Vikings ( 2013 TV series ) 2013 -- 2016 793 -- 865 Series inspired by the sagas of Viking Ragnar Lothbrok, one of the best - known legendary Norse heroes and notorious as the scourge of England and France. Attack of the Normans 1962 early 9th century set in England during the Viking Age ( `` Normans '' in the title being used in its original continental sense, meaning `` Vikings '' ) The Last Viking 1997 9th century Viking Age The Last Kingdom ( TV series ) 2015 -- late 9th century Viking Age Pope Joan 1972 9th -- 11th century Fictitious medieval legend of a woman who disguised herself as a man and rose to the status of Pope in the Middle Ages. Pope Joan 2009 814 - 855 ( ? ) Fictitious medieval legend of a woman who disguised herself as a man and rose to the status of Pope in the Middle Ages. The Vikings 1958 860s highly fictionalized account of the death of Ragnar Lodbrok and the subsequent invasion of Northumbria by two of his sons Alfred the Great 1969 c. 870 - 899 England - Alfred the Great, king of Wessex repels the army of Guthrum and begins the unification of England The Saxon Chronicles 2006 c. 871 - 899 England - the reign of Alfred the Great A Viking Saga 2008 870s Russia - the Rus prince Oleg of Novgorod defeats Askold and Dir Boris I 1985 852 - 889 St. Boris I Michael ( first half of the 9th century - 2 May 907 ), a Bulgarian tzar who imposed Christianity in AD 865 and introduced the new Slavonic alphabets of Glagolitza and Cyrillic in the Bulgarian Empire The Conquest 896 Magyar settlement in Hungary When the Raven Flies 1984 897 Iceland in the Viking Age Útlaginn 1981 9th century Iceland - adaptation of the saga of Gisli Sursson Pathfinder c. 900 Norway - based on a Sami legend In the Shadow of the Raven 1988 c. 900 Iceland in the Viking Age White Viking 1991 c. 900 Iceland in the Viking Age The 13th Warrior 1999 922 blends elements of the historical account of the travels of Ahmad ibn Fadlan ( AD 922 ), the legend of Beowulf ( 6th century ), and the Kurosawa film Seven Samurai The Castilian 1963 930 - 970 Ferdinand Gonzalez : an early hero of the Spanish Reconquista Gniazdo c. 972 about Mieszko I of Poland The Viking Sagas 1995 late 10th, early 11th centuries Iceland - borrows elements from several Icelandic sagas, most notably Laxdœla saga and Njáls saga The Ceremony of Innocence 1970 978 - 1016 a fictionalized version of the reign of Æthelred the Unready Njálssaga 2003 960 - 1020 Iceland - adaptation of Njáls saga The Viking 1928 999 or 1000 Leif Ericson and the expedition to North America Valhalla Rising 2009 1000 Scandinavia and North America in 1000 AD Severed Ways 2009 1007 North America - two Scandinavians left behind in North America after the settlements made by Leif Ericson were abandoned Prince Vladimir 2006 980 - 1015 Kievan Rus ' - Vladimir I of Kiev The Viking 2016 970 - 1016 Kievan Rus ' - Vladimir I of Kiev Films set in 11th century High and Late Middle Ages ( 1000 - 1453 ) Title Release date Time period Setting Notes Nemanjići rađanje kraljevine 2017 1135 - 1254 Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia Nemanjić dynasty in Medieval Serbia Yaroslav - A millenium ago 2011 1000 -- 1010 Kievan Rus ' bio-pic about the Rus prince Yaroslav I the Wise Yaroslav the Wise 1981 978 - 1054 Kievan Rus ' bio-pic about the Rus prince Yaroslav I the Wise Princ Rastko srpski 2017 1135 - 1233 Serbia, Bosnia life of a Serbian prince Rastko Nemanjić Macbeth 1971 1050s Scotland Scottish king Mac Bethad mac Findlaích Macbeth 1997 1050s Scotland Scottish king Mac Bethad mac Findlaích Lady Godiva of Coventry 1955 1050s England an English noble woman who allegedly rode naked through the streets of Coventry in protest of unfair taxation The Physician ( 2013 film ) 2013 1100 England - Middle East A adventure film based on the novel of the same name by Noah Gordon. ( William the Conqueror 1982 1066 England William the Conqueror, the Norman duke who conquered England Blood Royal : William the Conqueror 1990 1066 England During the Norman conquest 1066 The Battle for Middle Earth 2009 1066 England During the Norman conquest Hereward the Wake 1965 1066 -- 1087 England Hereward the Wake, the Anglo - Danish leader who led a resistance against Norman rule The War Lord 1965 1066 - 1100 England A knight in the service of a duke goes to a coastal village where an earlier attempt to build a defensive castle has failed. El Cid 1961 1040 -- 1099 Spain / Kingdom of Castile Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, an 11th - century Spanish warrior known as El Cid The Raid of the Aegean 1946 1096 -- 1099 Eastern Mediterranean Sea First Crusade The Mighty Crusaders 1958 1096 -- 1099 Levant First Crusade Rytsarskiy roman 2000 1096 -- 1099 Byzantine Empire First Crusade The Crusaders 2001 1096 -- 1099 Italy and the Levant First Crusade Films set in 12th century High and Late Middle Ages ( 1000 - 1453 ) Title Release date Time period Setting Notes Stealing Heaven 1988 c. 1120 France Peter Abelard and Héloïse Didgori : Land of Sacrificed Knights 2009 1121 Kingdom of Georgia Battle of Didgori, in which Georgia 's king David IV defeated the Seljuks The Pillars of the Earth 1120 -- 1170 England during the civil wars between King Stephen and his cousin Maud Destiny 1997 1126 -- 1198 Spain about Averroes, the 12th - century philosopher from Muslim - controlled Andalusia in Spain whose commentaries would become a staple for subsequent generations of students of Aristotle in Europe The Devil 's Crown 1978 1154 -- 1216 England During the reigns of Henry II, Richard I and John Becket 1964 1155 -- 1170 England archbishop Thomas Becket, once a close personal friend of Henry II Barbarossa 2009 1176 Northern Italy Battle of Legnano The Lion in Winter 1968 1183 England Henry II is in power as his wife Eleanor of Aquitaine plots with their sons The Lion in Winter 2003 1183 England Henry II is in power as his wife Eleanor of Aquitaine plots with their sons Kingdom of Heaven 2005 1183 -- 1190 Kingdom of Jerusalem events which led to the Third Crusade ( the Battle of Hattin and the Siege of Jerusalem ) Soldier of God 2005 1187 Kingdom of Jerusalem a Templar who has survived the Battle of Hattin Saladin 1963 1187 -- 1192 Levant events leading up to and including the Third Crusade Richard the Lion - Hearted 1923 1190 Levant based on Sir Walter Scott 's The Talisman and set in the Third Crusade Richard the Lion - Hearted 1992 1190 Levant based on Sir Walter Scott 's The Talisman and set in the Third Crusade King Richard and the Crusaders 1954 1191 Levant While leading the Third Crusade, King Richard Lionheart battles treachery in his own camp as well as the Saracens and their charismatic leader Saladin. Knight Kenneth 1993 1190 Levant based on Sir Walter Scott 's The Talisman and set in the Third Crusade Arn -- The Knight Templar 2007 1179 -- 1187 Kingdom of Jerusalem a Swedish knight is sent to Jerusalem as penance while his lover languishes in a convent Arn -- The Kingdom at Road 's End 2008 1187 -- 1205 The Levant and Sweden following the Battle of Hattin, the knight returns home to Sweden and participates in the civil wars Ivanhoe 1997 1192 England adaptation of the novel by Sir Walter Scott about the English knight who returns from the Third Crusade to find that his name has been falsely slandered The Adventures of Robin Hood 1938 1190s England During the life of Richard the Lionheart after his release from captivity in 1194 Robin Hood : Prince of Thieves 1991 1190s England During the life of Richard the Lionheart after his release from captivity in 1194 Robin Hood 1199 England from the death of Richard the Lionheart until the early reign of King John Robin and Marian 1976 1199 - c. 1201 England from the death of Richard the Lionheart until the early reign of King John The Life and Death of King John 1951 1199 -- 1216 England The reign of King John The Life and Death of King John 1984 1199 -- 1216 England The reign of King John Francis of Assisi 1961 1182 -- 1226 Italy Francis of Assisi Brother Sun, Sister Moon 1972 1181 -- 1226 Italy Francis of Assisi Francesco 1989 1181 -- 1226 Italy Francis of Assisi Films set in 13th century High and Late Middle Ages ( 1000 - 1453 ) Title Release date Time period Setting Notes Gates to Paradise 1968 1212 France the ill - fated Children 's Crusade Ironclad 2011 1215 England the siege of Rochester Castle The Conqueror 1956 1192 - 1227 Mongolia A film about the life of Temüjin, who later came to be known as Genghis Khan Mongol ( film ) 2007 1192 - 1227 Mongolia A film about the early life of Temüjin, who later came to be known as Genghis Khan Eye of the Eagle 1997 1218 Denmark Ironclad : Battle for Blood 2014 1221 England A survivor of the Great Siege of Rochester Castle fights to save his clan from Celtic raiders. A sequel to the 2011 film, Ironclad. Alexander - Battle of Neva 2008 1240 Russia Prince Alexander Nevsky and the Battle of Neva Alexander Nevsky 1938 1241 North - eastern Europe Prince Alexander Nevsky and the Battle of the Ice Valley of the Bees 1968 13th century Kingdom of Bohemia The Adventures of Marco Polo 1960 1254 -- 1325 China the Italian explorer who traveled to the court of Kublai Khan Marco Polo 1982 1254 -- 1325 China the Italian explorer who traveled to the court of Kublai Khan Marco Polo 2007 1254 -- 1325 China the Italian explorer who traveled to the court of Kublai Khan Marco Polo ( TV series ) 2014 1254 -- 1325 China the Italian explorer who traveled to the court of Kublai Khan Herkus Mantas 1972 1260 -- 1273 Prussia the Great Prussian Uprising against the Teutonic Knights during the Northern Crusades Kings of the Sun 1963 1300s Mexico On the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, the Native American tribe of chief Black Eagle clashes with the Mayan tribe of king Balam The Virgin Spring 1960 late 13th century Sweden adaptation of the 13th century Swedish ballad, Töres döttrar i Wänge The Black Rose 1950 mid-to - late 13th century China the fictional exploits of a young Englishman who travells to China, falls in love along the way, and manages to return with a formula for gunpowder Knights of the Quest 2001 1271 Europe French knights journey to Greece to retrieve the Shroud of Turin Braveheart 1995 1296 -- 1305 Great Britain William Wallace, a Scotsman who fought for Scotland 's independence in the 1290s The Bruce 1274 -- 1329 Scotland Robert the Bruce, who took over the rebellion against Edward `` Longshanks '' following the death of William Wallace in 1305 Les Rois maudits 1972 1285 -- 1328 France the later Capetian dynasty and the arrest of the order of the Knights Templar and the seizure of their wealth by the French crown in 1307 Les Rois maudits 2005 1285 -- 1328 France the later Capetian dynasty and the arrest of the order of the Knights Templar and the seizure of their wealth by the French crown in 1307 Films set in 14th century High and Late Middle Ages ( 1000 - 1453 ) Title Release date Time period Setting Notes The Tears of Saint Peter 1995 1300 Sweden a con - artist selling the `` Tears of Peter, '' which are said to be a cure for any illness Tower of Lust 1955 1314 France Margaret of Burgundy, Queen of France Tower of Screaming Virgins 1968 1314 France Margaret of Burgundy, Queen of France Anchoress 1993 1325 France An anchorite The Name of the Rose 1986 1327 Italy set in an Italian monastery Kristin Lavransdatter 1995 early - to - mid-14th century Norway The Decameron 1971 1348 Italy Black Death 1348 England During the initial outbreak of the plague World Without End 2012 1300s England A sequel to the 2010 miniseries The Pillars of the Earth, set in England during the 1300s Journey to Mecca 2009 1325 Middle - East A dramatised documentary film charting the first real - life journey made by the Islamic scholar Ibn Battuta from his native Morocco to Mecca for the Hajj The Seventh Seal 1957 1351 Sweden During the initial outbreak of the plague Second Sight 1994 1349 Norway During the initial outbreak of the plague A Knight 's Tale 2001 1356 England loose adaptation of The Knight 's Tale by Geoffrey Chaucer, this tale is partially inspired by the exploits of William Marshall, but set in the 1350s ( with mention made to Edward, the Black Prince and the Battle of Poitiers ( 1356 ) ) Inês de Castro 1944 1357 Portugal Inês de Castro, the lover of Pedro I of Portugal, who had her posthumously declared his wife and queen in 1357 The Dark Avenger 1955 1359 England Edward, the Black Prince Du Guesclin 1948 1354 -- 1380 France Bertrand du Guesclin, a Constable of France in the Hundred Years ' War Kazimierz Wielki 1976 1333 -- 1370 Poland Casimir III the Great of Poland John Wycliffe : The Morning Star 1984 1325 -- 1384 England the life and teachings of John Wycliffe, the 14th - century English theologian who is often seen as a fore - runner of the Protestant Reformation The Canterbury Tales 1972 late 14th century England The Canterbury Tales 1998 -- 2000 late 14th century England The Reckoning 2003 1380 England Richard the Second 1978 1367 -- 1399 England adaptation of Shakespeare 's play about Richard II Boj na Kosovu 1989 1389 Serbia, Montenegro a battle between Medieval Serbia and the Ottoman Empire 12 Paces Without a Head 2009 1401 Baltic Sea medieval German folk - hero Klaus Störtebeker, a pirate captain in the Baltic Sea who was said to have walked 12 paces after being decapitated by officials of the Hanseatic League Mircea 1989 1386 -- 1418 Wallachia Mircea the Elder, who repelled the Ottoman Empire during his reign Andrei Rublev 1966 c. 1360 - 1430 Russia about the life of Andrei Rublev, who was considered to be the greatest medieval Russian painter of icons and frescoes Films set in 15th century High and Late Middle Ages ( 1000 - 1453 ) Title Release date Time period Setting Notes Krzyzacy 1960 1406 - 1410 Eastern Europe the Battle of Grunwald Henry V 1944 1413 -- 1422 England and northern France Henry V of England 's wars in France Henry V 1989 1413 -- 1422 England and northern France Henry V of England 's wars in France The Whore 1414 -- 1415 Germany John Hus 1977 1415 Bohemian John Hus, the theologian from Prague whose proto - reformationist teachings prompted his conviction and execution for heresy, which would be the catalyst for the anti-imperial Hussite Wars which would plague central Europe in the 15th century Joan of Arc 1948 1429 - 1431 France Joan of Arc, the French heroine of the Hundred Years ' War Banović Strahinja ( film ) 1389 Serbia a battle between Medieval Serbia and the Ottoman Empire Saint Joan 1957 1429 - 1431 France Joan of Arc, the French heroine of the Hundred Years ' War Joan of Arc 1999 1429 - 1431 France Joan of Arc, the French heroine of the Hundred Years ' War The Messenger : The Story of Joan of Arc 1999 1429 - 1431 France Joan of Arc, the French heroine of the Hundred Years ' War The Passion of Joan of Arc 1928 1431 England The trial and execution of Joan of Arc Joan the Maiden, Part 1 : The Battles, Part 2 : The Prisons 1994 1429 - 1431 France Joan of Arc, the French heroine of the Hundred Years ' War Jeanne d'Arc, le pouvoir et l'innocence 1989 1429 - 1431 France Joan of Arc, the French heroine of the Hundred Years ' War The Silence of Joan 2011 1431 France Joan of Arc, the French heroine of the Hundred Years ' War The Hour of the Pig 1993 1452 France a public defender in a remote, rural province finds himself expected to defend a pig in a murder trial Tirante el Blanco 2006 15th century France and Constantinople adaptation of the 1490 romance, Tirant lo Blanc, about a French knight in the service of the Byzantine emperor in campaigns against the Ottoman Turks Vlad Tepes 1979 1439 -- 1476 Wallachia about prince Vlad the Impaler of Wallachia, who fought to repel the invading Muslim Ottoman Empire throughout his reign Dark Prince : The True Story of Dracula 2000 1439 -- 1476 Wallachia about prince Vlad the Impaler of Wallachia, who fought to repel the invading Muslim Ottoman Empire throughout his reign The Conquest of Constantinople 1951 1453 Constantinople the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman sultan Mehmed II Dorotej ( film ) 1981 1389 Serbia a battle in Medieval Serbia Fetih 1453 2012 1453 Constantinople The siege of Constantinople in 1453 by the Ottoman Turks, ending the Byzantine Empire. Richard III 1955 1452 -- 1485 Richard III of England Black Arrow 1985 1455 -- 1485 adaptation of the Robert Louis Stevenson novel about the Lancastrian hero in the Wars of the Roses The Conclave 2006 1458 depicting this tense, politically charged Papal election Tower of London 1939 1462 - 1483 during the reign of Edward IV of England Tower of London 1962 1483 - 1485 during the reign of Richard III of England The Shadow of the Tower 1972 1485 - 1509 during the reign of Henry VII of England The White Queen 2013 1464 the House of York and the House of Lancaster, are in violent conflict over the throne Princes in the Tower 2005 1490s the trial of Perkin Warbeck, who claimed to be prince Richard, rightful heir to the throne before his untimely death in the Tower as a child Christopher Columbus 1985 1492 the discovery and conquest of the New World by Christopher Columbus Christopher Columbus : The Discovery 1992 1492 the discovery and conquest of the New World by Christopher Columbus 1492 : Conquest of Paradise 1992 1492 -- 1506 the discovery and conquest of the New World by Christopher Columbus The Borgias 1981 1492 -- 1503 the family life and papacy of Rodrigo Borgia, widely considered to be the epitome of papal corruption of the era Los Borgia 2006 1492 -- 1503 the family life and papacy of Rodrigo Borgia, widely considered to be the epitome of papal corruption of the era Borgia 2011 1492 -- 1503 the family life and papacy of Rodrigo Borgia, widely considered to be the epitome of papal corruption of the era The Borgias 2011 1492 -- 1503 the family life and papacy of Rodrigo Borgia, widely considered to be the epitome of papal corruption of the era Muhteşem Yüzyıl 2011 -- 2014 1494 -- 1566 Based on the life of Ottoman Sultan Süleyman the Magnificent Renaissance era ( 1500 -- 1700 ) Films set in 16th century Early Modern ( 1454 - 1700 ) Title Release date Time period Notes on setting Apocalypto 2006 1502 Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico, the declining period of the Maya civilization The Agony and the Ecstasy 1965 1508 -- 1512 the painting of the Sistine Chapel Luther 2003 1505 -- 1530 Martin Luther Henry VIII and His Six Wives 1972 1509 -- 1547 Henry VIII of England The Private Life of Henry VIII 1933 1509 -- 1547 Henry VIII of England Monarch 2000 1509 -- 1547 Henry VIII of England Henry VIII 2003 1509 -- 1547 Henry VIII of England The Tudors 2007 -- 2010 1509 -- 1547 Henry VIII of England Judgement 1970 1514 Rebellion of György Dózsa, Hungary The Other Conquest 1998 1521 Mexico, depicting the secret adherence to traditional religious beliefs of the converted Aztec survivors Wara Wara 1930 16th century romance set at the time of the Spanish conquest of Bolivia The Headsman 2005 c. 1525 an executioner in Tyrol ( part of the Holy Roman Empire ) A Man for All Seasons 1966 1525 -- 1535 Thomas More Anne of the Thousand Days 1969 1525 -- 1536 Anne Boleyn, Queen Consort of King Henry VIII and the mother of Queen Elizabeth I The Other Boleyn Girl 2008 1525 -- 1536 Anne and Mary Boleyn Ivan the Terrible 1944, 1958 1530 -- 1584 Two - part film about Ivan IV of Russia Ivan Groznyy 2009 1530 -- 1584 19 - episodes TV Series about Ivan IV of Russia Tsar 2009 1530 -- 1584 Film about Ivan IV of Russia The Royal Hunt of the Sun 1969 1532 Francisco Pizarro 's capture of Atahualpa, Sapa Inca. Young Bess 1953 1535 -- 1558 From the death of Anne Boleyn to the corronation of Elizabeth I of England Mary of Scotland 1936 1542 -- 1587 Mary, Queen of Scots Mary, Queen of Scots 1971 1542 -- 1587 Mary, Queen of Scots Jodhaa Akbar 2008 1542 -- 1605 The love story of Mughal emperor Akbar the Great and Rajput princess `` Jodhaa '' i.e. Empress Mariam uz - Zamani Gunpowder, Treason & Plot 1542 -- 1605 The reigns of Mary, Queen of Scots and her son James I of England The Return of Martin Guerre 1982 1548 -- 1588 The case of Martin Guerre in France - a true case of identity theft. Lady Jane 1986 1553 About Lady Jane Grey, Queen Regnant of the Kingdom of England for nine days. Mughal - e-Azam 1960 1556 - 1605 The Story of Akbar the Great, Mughal emperor and his son Jahangir. Jahangir 's relationship with slave girl Anarkali is featured. Elizabeth R 1971 1558 -- 1603 The reign of Elizabeth I of England Elizabeth 1998 1554 - 1563 The early reign of Elizabeth I of England The Virgin Queen 2005 1558 -- 1603 The reign of Elizabeth I of England Aguirre, the Wrath of God 1972 1560 Lope de Aguirre 's ill - fated expedition down the Amazon in search of El Dorado. El Greco 2007 1567 -- 1600 Greek biographical film about the life of the Greek painter of the Spanish Renaissance, Doménikos Theotokópoulos, known as El Greco Dangerous Beauty 1998 1562 - 1583 The film is about Veronica Franco, a courtesan in 16th - century Venice who becomes a hero to her city, but later becomes the target of an inquisition by the Church for witchcraft. La Reine Margot 1954 1572 France during the St. Bartholomew 's Day massacre. The massacre was part of the French Wars of Religion. La Reine Margot 1994 1572 France during the St. Bartholomew 's Day massacre. The massacre was part of the French Wars of Religion. The Princess of Montpensier 1572 France during the St. Bartholomew 's Day massacre. The massacre was part of the French Wars of Religion. Elizabeth I 2005 1578 -- 1603 The last 25 years of the reign of Elizabeth I of England Ermak 1580 -- 1690 Yermak Timofeyevich and the Russian conquest of Siberia. Elizabeth : The Golden Age 2007 1585 -- 1590 The reign of Elizabeth I of England and the Spanish Armada. The Seven Samurai 1954 1586 It follows the story of a village of farmers that hire seven ronin ( masterless samurai ) to combat bandits who will return after the harvest to steal their crops. Fire Over England 1937 1588 The Spanish Armada during the Anglo - Spanish War. Mihai Viteazul 1970 1593 -- 1601 Michael the Brave, prince of Wallachia, Moldavia and Transylvania The Merchant of Venice 1596 Set in the Republic of Venice. The film focuses on the Venetian Ghetto. Nova Zembla 2011 1596 - 1597 About the last journey of Willem Barentsz and Jacob van Heemskerk, when they and their crew attempted sail to the Indies via Northeast Passage over Russia. They were stranded on the island of Nova Zembla. Beatrice Cenci 1909 1577 - 1599 About the life events of Beatrice Cenci Beatrice Cenci 1926 1577 - 1599 About the life events of Beatrice Cenci Beatrice Cenci 1941 1577 - 1599 About the life events of Beatrice Cenci Beatrice Cenci 1956 1577 - 1599 About the life events of Beatrice Cenci Beatrice Cenci 1969 1599 It depicts real life events of Francesco and Beatrice Cenci Ran 1985 late 16th century As an adaptation of Shakespeare 's tragedy King Lear, the film stars as Hidetora Ichimonji, an aging Sengoku - era warlord who decides to abdicate as ruler in favor of his three sons. Kagemusha 1980 Late 16th century It is set in the Sengoku period of Japanese history and tells the story of a lower - class criminal who is taught to impersonate a dying daimyō to dissuade opposing lords from attacking the newly vulnerable clan. The daimyō is based on Takeda Shingen, and the film ends with the climactic 1575 Battle of Nagashino. The Floating Castle 2012 Late 16th century Set in feudal Japan, the film is based on the Siege of Oshi and depicts the struggle of Oshi 's villagers in defending their fortress against Toyotomi Hideyoshi 's campaign against the Hojo clan. Shōgun 1980 1600 The miniseries is loosely based on the adventures of English navigator William Adams, who journeyed to Japan in 1600 and rose to high rank in the service of the shōgun. Films set in 17th century Early Modern ( 1454 - 1700 ) Title Release date Time period Notes on setting Kagemusha Tokugawa Ieyasu 2014 1603 -- 1605 A biographical TV Movie set in the times of Tokugawa Ieyasu 's reign. The New World 2005 1608 The colonization of Jamestown, Virginia 1612 2007 1612 The Tsardom of Russia during the Time of Troubles The Last Valley 1970 c. 1618 - 1648 Set in the Kingdom of Germany, Holy Roman Empire during the Thirty Years ' War. Molière 1978 1622 -- 1673 The French playwright Molière Day of Wrath 1943 1624 Loosely based on the case of alleged witch Anne Pedersdotter, and using a fictitious witchcraft trial as a metaphor for the then - current Nazi persecution of Jews. The Three Musketeers Several adaptations ( 1903 -- 2014 ) 1625 -- 1673 Based on the novels ( ' The Three Musketeers ' and its sequels ) by Alexandre Dumas. The protagonists are loosely based on historical figures Charles de Batz - Castelmore d'Artagnan, Armand d'Athos, Isaac de Porthau, and Henri d'Aramitz. Cardinal Richelieu 1935 1626 -- 1642 The life of the great 17th - century French statesman Cardinal Richelieu and his dealings with Louis XIII of France Queen Christina 1933 1632 -- 1654 Christina, Queen of Sweden Le Roi danse 2000 1632 -- 1687 Jean - Baptiste Lully, an Italian immigrant to France and noted composer of Baroque music. Black Robe 1991 1634 Jesuit missionary among the Hurons. The Devils 1971 1634 The life and trial of Urbain Grandier, who was convicted of witchcraft and burned. He was blamed for the Loudun possessions. The Devil 's Whore 2008 1638 -- 1660 The English Civil War and the reign of Oliver Cromwell Witchfinder General 1968 1640s Set during the English Civil War. A fictionalized depiction of Matthew Hopkins, a witch - hunter. Admiral 2015 1640s - 1650s The life of Michiel de Ruyter and the Dutch civil war A Field in England 2013 1640s During the English Civil War Barbara 1997 1640 Set in Faroe Islands. About a love triangle between the pastor for the parish of Vágar, his unfaithful wife, and her foppish lover. Cromwell 1970 1640 -- 1653 The English Civil War and the dissolution of the Rump Parliament Alatriste 2006 1643 Life of a Spanish soldier ( Capitaine Alatriste ) until the Battle of Rocroi. Based on the novel by Arturo Perez - Reverte Molière 2007 1645 The French playwright Molière The Libertine 1647 -- 1680 Life of the poet John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester With Fire and Sword 1999 1648 -- 1654 The Khmelnytsky Uprising in Ukraine against the control of the Polish -- Lithuanian Commonwealth. It led to the period of the Commonwealth known as the Deluge. To Kill a King 2003 1648 -- 1658 The reign of Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector. Charles II : The Power and The Passion 2003 1649 -- 1685 The reign of Charles II of England The Deluge 1655 -- 1660 The Polish -- Lithuanian Commonwealth during the Second Northern War The Man in the Iron Mask 1977 1660 -- 1667 Loosely based on the existence of the Man in the Iron Mask. Set in France in the reign of Louis XIV Versailles ( TV Series ) 2015 1668 - Fictionalized drama about the reign of King Louis XIV and the building of Versailles Colonel Wolodyjowski 1968 1668 The Ottoman invasion of the Polish -- Lithuanian Commonwealth, part of the Polish -- Ottoman Wars. Time of Violence 1988 1668 Bulgarian Christian region is selected by the Ottoman rulers to serve as an example of conversion to Islam Vatel 2000 1671 France during the life of master chef François Vatel The Prince of Homburg 1997 1675 Adaptation of the Heinrich von Kleist play fictionalizing the deeds of Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse - Homburg in the Battle of Fehrbellin against Sweden. The Battle was part of the Scanian War. Witchhammer 1970 1678 -- 1696 Northern Moravia witch trials The Red Violin 1998 1681 One section of the film is set in 1681 in Cremona Peter the Great 1984 1682 -- 1725 The reign of Peter I of Russia The Cantor of St Thomas 's 1984 1685 -- 1750 German composer Johann Sebastian Bach The Crucible 1692 -- 1693 Dramatization of the Salem witch trials that took place in Province of Massachusetts Bay The Draughtsman 's Contract 1982 1694 Set during the reign of William III and Mary II in England. Tous les matins du monde 1991 late 17th century French composer Monsieur de Sainte - Colombe. Films set in industrial era ( 1700 -- 1900 ) Films set in the 18th century Films set in the 18th and 19th centuries Title Release date Time period Notes on setting The First Churchills 1969 1650 -- 1722 A BBC serial about the life of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough and his wife, Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough The Sovereign 's Servant 2007 1709 The Battle of Poltava during the Great Northern War. Rob Roy, the Highland Rogue 1953 1713 Scottish folk hero Robert Roy MacGregor Rob Roy 1995 1713 Scottish folk hero Robert Roy MacGregor Black Sails ( TV series ) 2014 1715 - 1726 Set roughly two decades before the events of Treasure Island and during the Golden Age of Piracy Blackbeard 2006 1718 the infamous pirate Edward Teach King of the Wind 1990 1727 Depicts the life of the Godolphin Arabian, an Arabian colt in 18th - century Kingdom of Great Britain during the reign of George II of Great Britain. The Scarlet Empress 1934 1729 -- 1796 Catherine II of Russia, the `` enlightened despot '' who reigned as Empress of Russia. Catherine the Great 1995 1729 -- 1796 Catherine II of Russia The Rise of Catherine the Great 1934 1740s Early years of Catherine II of Russia Young Catherine 1991 1744 Early years of Catherine II of Russia The Great King 1942 1740 - 1786 It depicts the life of Frederick the Great Sachsens Glanz und Preußens Gloria 1985 -- 1987 1697 -- 1763 A six - part TV movie, which goes back to historical events of the years 1697 - 1763 Maria Theresa 1951 1740 - 1780 Depicts the life of Maria Theresa Maria Theresa 1980 1740 - 1780 Depicts the life of Maria Theresa George Washington 1984 1743 -- 1783 George Washington 's life up to the American Revolutionary War. Chasing the Deer 1994 1745 -- 1746 Jacobite Rising of 1745 Culloden 1964 1745 -- 1746 Jacobite Rising of 1745 The Master of Ballantrae 1953 1745 -- 1746 Jacobite Rising of 1745 The Master of Ballantrae 1984 1745 -- 1746 Jacobite Rising of 1745 Mein Name ist Bach 2003 1747 Depicts Johann Sebastian Bach 's visit to Frederick the Great in Potsdam, Prussia, when The Musical Offering was composed. Horseman 2003 1747 Set in the borders between the regions of Bosnia and Dalmatia, the crossroads of the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Venice. It deals with issues relating to the region 's native Croats as they struggle to live between two empires and two faiths : Catholicism and Islam. Also covers the possibility of a love affair between a Christian soldier and a Muslim noblewoman. The Amazing Grace 2006 1748 Tells the story of John Newton 's transformation from slave trader to Anglican priest ; story is set in Calabar, Nigeria. Plunkett & Macleane 1999 1748 Loosely based on The Gentlemen Highwaymen William Plunkett and Captain James MacLaine. They were highwaymen noted for their restrained and courteous behavior towards their victims. Treasure Island 1934 c. 1750 Adaptation of the famous pirate story by Robert Louis Stevenson Treasure Island 1950 c. 1750 Adaptation of the famous pirate story by Robert Louis Stevenson Treasure Island 1972 c. 1750 Adaptation of the famous pirate story by Robert Louis Stevenson Treasure Island 1990 c. 1750 Adaptation of the famous pirate story by Robert Louis Stevenson Adesuwa 2012 1752 Benin Kingdom Casanova 2005 1753 -- 1757 Giacomo Casanova A Tale of Two Cities 1911 1755 -- 1792 England and France prior and during the French Revolution. A Tale of Two Cities 1935 1755 -- 1792 England and France prior and during the French Revolution. A Tale of Two Cities 1958 1755 -- 1792 England and France prior and during the French Revolution. A Tale of Two Cities 1980 1755 -- 1792 England and France prior and during the French Revolution. A Tale of Two Cities 1989 1755 -- 1792 England and France prior and during the French Revolution. Amadeus 1984 1756 -- 1791 Austria composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Barry Lyndon 1756 -- 1789 The Seven Years ' War, etc. The Last of the Mohicans 1936 1757 French and Indian War The Last of the Mohicans 1992 1757 French and Indian War Northwest Passage 1940 1757 French and Indian War and the ranger campaign of Robert Rogers Clive of India 1935 1757 Robert Clive, Commander - in - Chief, India and the Battle of Plassey. The Battle was part of the Carnatic Wars. The Mission 1986 c. 1760 - 1763 Jesuit missionaries in South America Belle 2013 1761 -- 1804 The true history of Dido Elizabeth Belle, a mixed -- race daughter of British Naval officer John Lindsay and an African woman. She was taken to England by her father to be raised by his uncle, William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, as an aristocratic Lady, as befits her blood line. This forces Lord Mansfield, the Lord Chief Justice, to confront his own views on race, society and the antiquated laws of the time. Mozart 's Sister 1763 The early life of Maria Anna Mozart, older sister of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Unconquered 1947 1763 Pontiac 's War focusing on the Siege of Fort Pitt. Brotherhood of the Wolf 2001 1764 -- 1767 Based on a real - life series of killings that took place in France in the 18th century and on the famous legend of the Beast of Gévaudan Sons of Liberty 2015 1765 -- 1776 A story about the Founding Fathers of the United States and the American Revolution. A Royal Affair 2012 1766 -- 1783 Set at the court of the mentally ill King Christian VII of Denmark, and focuses on the romance between his wife, Caroline Matilda of Great Britain, and the royal physician Johann Friedrich Struensee. Les Deux Fragonard 1989 c. 1768 Story of the painter Jean - Honoré Fragonard and his cousin, the anatomist Honoré Fragonard, called `` Cyprien Fragonard '' in the movie, and the supposed model for The Swing The Duchess 2008 1770s - 1790s The life of Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire John Adams 2008 1770 -- 1826 The story about the American Founding Father John Adams from the Boston Massacre in 1770 to his death in 1826. Marie Antoinette 1938 1774 -- 1792 Marie Antoinette, Queen consort of France Marie Antoinette Queen of France 1956 1774 -- 1792 Marie Antoinette, Queen consort of France Marie Antoinette 2006 1774 -- 1792 Marie Antoinette, Queen consort of France Drums Along the Mohawk 1939 1776 Settlers during the American Revolution. They suffer British, Loyalist, and Indian attacks on their farm. 1776 1972 1776 A musical retelling of the American Revolution 's political struggle in the Continental Congress to declare independence. The Crossing 2000 1776 George Washington 's crossing of the Delaware River and the Battle of Trenton Revolution 1985 1776 -- 1777 Fictionalized story of the American Revolution in New York The Patriot 2000 1776 -- 1781 Based on the life of Francis Marion, an officer of the Continental Army officer during the American Revolutionary War. Benedict Arnold : A Question of Honor 2003 1776 -- 1782 Depicting Benedict Arnold, both an early hero of the American Revolution and a notorious defector. The Affair of the Necklace 2001 1780s Based on the Affair of the Diamond Necklace. Jeanne of Valois - Saint - Rémy, a descendant of the House of Valois and courtesan takes revenge by scamming Marie Antoinette, Cardinal de Rohan, and others. The scandal kindling the flames of the French Revolution. Ridicule 1783 - 1794 On the brink of the French Revolution. A minor baron and engineer from Lyon tries to gain audience with King Louis XVI of France in order to fund drainage of the mosquito - infested swamps bringing sickness and death to his region. Botany Bay 1953 1787 Fictional story about the First Fleet sailing to Botany Bay, New South Wales The Madness of King George 1994 1788 The deteriorating mental health of George III of the United Kingdom, King of Great Britain and Ireland George Washington II : The Forging of a Nation 1986 1788 -- 1797 George Washington 's life during his time as President of the United States. Mutiny on the Bounty 1935 1789 the Mutiny on the Bounty Mutiny on the Bounty 1962 1789 the Mutiny on the Bounty The Bounty 1984 1789 The Mutiny on the Bounty Farewell, My Queen 2012 1789 Marie Antoinette, Queen consort of France The French Revolution 1989 1789 -- 1794 French Revolution The Scarlet Pimpernel 1934 1792 French Revolution The Scarlet Pimpernel 1982 1792 French Revolution The Red Violin 1998 1793 One section of the film is set in Vienna, Archduchy of Austria in 1793. Charlotte Corday 2008 1793 Trial and execution of Charlotte Corday after her murder of Jean - Paul Marat. Marat was a Jacobin journalist and politician. Danton 1794 Conflict between Georges Danton and Maximilien Robespierre during the French Revolution. A császár parancsára 1957 1794 Ignác Martinovics and Hungarian Jacobins in 1794. Beau Brummell 1954 c. 1795 Beau Brummell, a 19th - century arbiter of fashion in England who popularized the man 's suit and necktie Sangolli Rayanna ( film ) 2012 1798 -- 1831 Film is about Sangolli Rayanna, a prominent freedom fighter from Karnataka, who fought the British East India Company till he was captured and executed in 1831. Sleepy Hollow ( film ) 1999 1799 Set in the years after the American Revolution, when a Headless Horseman haunted a little town, Sleepy Hollow, New York. The Remains of Nothing 1799 Eleonora Fonseca Pimentel Désirée 1954 1799 -- 1815 The love story between Désirée Clary and Napoleon I Napoléon 1927 1799 -- 1815 Napoléon I of France Turn : Washington 's Spies 2014 -- 2017 1776 -- 1814 American Revolutionary War Films set in the 19th century Films set in the 19th century 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 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 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 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. Dantes ' plan happens over a three - year period, having been imprisoned for thirteen years, as is stated during the film. The ending is set shortly after Albert 's sixteenth birthday, having been born in 1815. 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 1828 -- 1833 The story of foundling Kaspar Hauser in the German Confederation. Kaspar Hauser ( film ) ( de ; Kaspar Hauser ) 1993 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 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. The film follows the ship 's entry into United States custody and the subsequent trial. The case was resolved by the trial United States v. The Amistad. 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 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. The film opens in 1846 with a conflict between a Nativist gang and the Dead Rabbits. The action then moves forward to the 1860s with the Nativists still active and involved with William M. Tweed, `` boss '' of Tammany Hall. The action culminates in the New York City draft riots of 1863. 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 ( film ) 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. 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 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. Young Winston 1972 1874 -- 1902 The biography Winston Churchill before he became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during World War II. 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 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 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. Muhammad Ahmad had proclaimed himself to be the Mahdi. Geronimo : An American Legend 1993 1886 Events leading up to the capture of Geronimo, a prominent Apache leader during the Apache Wars. 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 Heaven 's Gate 1980 1892 Covers the Johnson County War El Presidente 2012 1896 -- 1964 Philippine Revolution and the final years and death of President of the Philippines Emilio Aguinaldo 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 Films set in modern era ( 1900 -- 1950 ) See also : List of World War I films, List of films about the Romanovs, and List of World War II films Films set in the early / mid 20th century Title Release date Time period Notes on setting Trotsky 2017 1898 -- 1918 Biographical television miniseries about Leon Trotsky 1918 1985 1918 Written by Horton Foote, depicts life in Texas and the devastating effect of the great flu epidemic of 1918. Gandhi 1982 1893 -- 1947 Biopic about the life and activism of Mahatma Gandhi. Mao Zedong ( TV series ) 2013 1893 -- 1949 TV series about Mao Zedong, from his chilhold to foundation of 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 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 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. The film also depicts the love triangle between the Admiral, his wife, and the poet Anna Timiryova. 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 1914 -- 1920s Western Front of World War I The Aviator 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. Shimon Haber 2008 1915 -- 1919 Development and usage of Chemical weapons in World War I Lawrence of Arabia 1962 1916 -- 1918 T.E. Lawrence and the Arab Revolt in the Ottoman Empire. Michael Collins 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 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. They were trapped and surrounded by the German Army. 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. They were trapped and surrounded by the German Army. 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. Liddell was a Scottish man and Abrahams was A British Jew. Evita 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 The First of the Few 1942 1922 -- 1936 Aerospace engineer R.J. Mitchell designs the Spitfire despite his failing health. The King 's Speech 1924 -- 1939 The quest of George VI, King of the United Kingdom to overcome his stammer. The Ogre 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. When fired, the Frenchman finds a new job at nearby Kaltenborn Castle, a Nazi Germany military academy for boys. He gets tasked with recruiting children to serve the cause. Continuing service while Nazi Germany deteriorates and East Prussia faces a Soviet invasion. 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. A noteworthy golf player went off to fight in World War I. He returned a decorated veteran but traumatized by the deaths of his unit in battle. He then sunk into a life of habitual alcohol intoxication. In 1931, there is to be an exhibition match between famous golfers Bobby Jones and Walter Hagen. The veteran is asked to participate and compete against them. A mysterious man volunteers to be his caddie, helping the veteran to come to grips with his personal demons and play golf again. 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. The son of the boss wants to kill him, however, and manages to kill his wife and one of his sons. The protagonist and his remaining son escape to Chicago, attempting to find new work under Al Capone and his Chicago Outfit. Underboss Frank Nitti rejects the offers of the protagonist to join them. Nitti also contacts the Irish mob boss and they agree to have the protagonist killed. Starting an escalating conflict. Bonnie and Clyde 1967 1931 -- 1934 About the exploits of Bonnie and Clyde, American outlaws and robbers during the Great Depression. 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. 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. The film opens in 1935 with the interactions between the girls of the wealthy Tallis family and their cousin Lola on one side, and a lower class - man by the name of Robbie Turner on the other. When Lola gets raped, Robbie gets blamed for the act, arrested, and imprisoned. Four years later, Robbie is released on condition of serving in the British Army as part of the British Expeditionary Force on the areas of the French Third Republic. Olga 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. The Hindenburg 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. 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 ( film ) 2015 1940 German invasion of Denmark 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 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 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 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 ( film ) 1965 December 1944 - January 1945 The Battle of the Bulge. 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. Fury 2014 April 1945 2nd Armored Division Tank crewmen during the Western Allied invasion of Germany Downfall 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. Ashes and Diamonds 1958 May 1945 Polish Home Army soldiers assigned to assassinate a Communist commissar The Good German 2006 July -- August 1945 During the Potsdam Conference Nuremberg 2000 November 1945 - October 1946 The first of the Nuremberg trials Judgment at Nuremberg 1961 1947 The Judges ' Trial The Black Dahlia 2006 1947 The murder Elizabeth Short and subsequent investigation Jinnah 1998 1920 -- 1947 Depicts the role of Muhammad Ali Jinnah in the independence of Pakistan. 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 The Promise 2017 1915 The Armenian Genocide Evita 1926 -- 1952 Rise of Eva Perón, a powerful First Lady of Argentina Frances 1982 1931 -- 1958 Life of actress Frances Farmer The Good Shepherd 2006 1938 -- 1961 Rise of Central Intelligence Agency 's counterintelligence, leading up to the Bay of Pigs Invasion 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. Films set in atomic era ( 1950 -- 2000 ) See also : Category : Cold War films and Vietnam War in film Films set in the later 20th century Title Release date Time period Notes on setting Chappaquiddick ( film ) 2017 1969 Chronicles the untold story of Ted Kennedy and the Chappaquiddick Incident during July, 1969 Atomic Blonde 2017 1989 Spy thriller set in the days before, during and after the Fall of the Wall The Founding of a Republic 2009 1945 -- 1949 Inspired by true events, Founding of a Republic weaves a rousing tale of Mao Zedong who fought against Chiang Kai - shek and the Kuomintang and led his people in battle in the ultimate sacrifice for his country to found a new People 's Republic of China. The Crown ( TV series ) 2016 1947 -- present Follows the political rivalries and romance of Queen Elizabeth II 's reign and the events that shaped the second half of the 20th century. American Hot Wax 1978 1950 Disc jockey Alan Freed 's involvement in the emergence of Rock and roll 71 : Into the Fire 1950 The story of student - soldiers trying to protect a middle school during the early days of the Korean War. Taegukgi ( film ) 1950 -- 1953 / 2003 A drama about the fate of brothers forced to fight in the Korean War. The Front Line ( 2011 film ) 2011 1953 A drama centered on the Korean War 's final battle that will determine the border between north and south Elvis ( 1979 film ) 1979 1953 -- 1972 The story follows the life and career of rock and roll icon Elvis Presley. The Kennedys ( miniseries ) 2011 1952 -- 1968 The triumphs and tragedies of the most popular political family in American history. Bridge of Spies ( film ) 2015 1957 -- 1961 During the Cold War, an American lawyer is recruited to defend an arrested Soviet spy in court, and then help the CIA facilitate an exchange of the spy for the Soviet captured American U2 spy plane pilot, Francis Gary Powers. The Finest Hours 2016 1952 The SS Pendleton Coast Guard rescue mission attempt The Death of Stalin 2017 1953 The events that transpired after the death of Joseph Stalin in 1953. Good Night, and Good Luck 2005 1953 The conflict between veteran radio and television journalist Edward R. Murrow and U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy relating to the anti-Communist Senator 's actions with the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations The People vs. Larry Flynt 1953 -- 1988 Biopic about Larry Flynt, publisher of Hustler magazine The Quiet American 2002 1954 The film covers early American covert involvement in Vietnam during the last days of the First Indochina War. It set the stage for the subsequent Vietnam War. The Founder 2016 1954 The story of Ray Kroc, a salesman who turned two brothers ' innovative fast food eatery, McDonald 's, into one of the biggest restaurant businesses in the world with a combination of ambition, persistence, and ruthlessness. The Battle of Algiers 1966 1954 -- 1960 During the Algerian War Lumumba 2000 1955 -- 1961 Path of the first Prime Minister of the Republic of the Congo Patrice Lumumba and his killing. The Republic itself was the former Belgian Congo following its independence. Dazed and Confused 1993 1976 Based on Richard Linklater 's life experiences. Che 2008 1955 -- 1967 The life and death of Che Guevara The Motorcycle Diaries 1952 -- 1967 The life of Che Guevara Goodfellas 1990 1955 -- 1980 Biopic about mobster Henry Hill Blow 2001 1955 -- 1994 Biopic about drug trafficker George Jung Nasser 56 1956 The Suez Crisis from the Egyptian point of view Children of Glory 2006 1956 Hungarian Revolution of 1956 Great Balls of Fire ! 1989 1956 -- 1958 The early career of Rock and roll pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis Quiz Show 1994 1956 -- 1958 Twenty - One Quiz show scandals My Week with Marilyn 2011 1956 The film focuses on the week during the shooting of the 1957 film when Marilyn Monroe was escorted around London by Colin, after her husband Arthur Miller had returned to the United States. Scandal 1989 1959 -- 1963 Christine Keeler, Stephen Ward and the Profumo affair Heaven & Earth 1993 1960 - 1980 Vietnam War The German Doctor 2013 1960 The life of Josef Mengele in Argentina. He was a former Nazi wanted for War crimes. He was a target for Nazi hunters. Gagarin : First in Space 2013 1960 -- 1961 The Vostok 1 mission, making the Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin the first human to cross into outer space. It was the first human spaceflight. K - 19 : The Widowmaker 2002 1961, 1989 Soviet submarine K - 19 nuclear disaster Saving Mr. Banks 2013 1961 -- 1964 Events surrounding the development of the film Mary Poppins JFK 1991 1961 -- 1966 The assassination of President of the United States John F. Kennedy and subsequent investigation Thirteen Days 2000 1962 The Cuban Missile Crisis Z 1969 1963 The assassination of Grigoris Lambrakis Catch Me If You Can 2002 1963 -- 1974 The life of Frank Abagnale, a con artist and famous check forger. Ghosts of Mississippi 1963 -- 1990 Events surrounding the murder of NAACP field secretary Medgar Evers during the civil rights movement in Mississippi Mississippi Burning 1988 1964 The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation investigation into the murders of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner The Doors 1991 1964 -- 1971 Biopic about the 1960s -- 1970s rock band of the same name which emphasizes the life of its lead singer, Jim Morrison Selma ( film ) 2014 1965 Selma to Montgomery march in Alabama during the civil rights movement All the Way ( film ) 2016 1963 -- 1965 Lyndon Johnson becomes the President of the United States in the chaotic aftermath of John F. Kennedy 's assassination and spends his first year in office fighting to pass the Civil Rights Act. LBJ ( film ) 2016 1963 -- 1969 The story of U.S. President Lyndon Baines Johnson from his young days in West Texas to the White House. The Year of Living Dangerously 1982 1965 Set in Indonesia during the overthrow of President Sukarno 1965 ( film ) 2014 1963 -- 1966 Singapore in Malaysia, 1964 race riots in Singapore ( Indonesia -- Malaysia confrontation ) and National Day of 1965 Dekada ' 70 ( The 70s ) 2002 1970 Based on the novel of the same name by Lualhati Bautista. The setting is period of Martial law during the Marcos Era Coming Home 2014 1966 -- 1976 Cultural Revolution in China. We Were Soldiers 2002 1965 The Battle of Ia Drang in the Vietnam War Born on the Fourth of July 1989 1965 -- 1968 Ron Kovic 's experiences in the Vietnam War Platoon 1985 1967 -- 1968 Vietnam War Half of a Yellow Sun 2013 1967 - 1970 the Nigerian Civil War Bobby 2006 1968 The assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy Full Metal Jacket 1968 Battle of Huế in the Vietnam War Coming Home 1978 1968 Vietnam War The Damned United 2009 1968 -- 1975 Brian Clough as manager of Derby County and Leeds United American Gangster 2007 1968 -- 1976 Frank Lucas and his heroin drug trade. The Deer Hunter 1978 1968 -- 1975 Vietnam War Hamburger Hill 1969 Battle of Hamburger Hill in the Vietnam War Apocalypse Now 1979 1969 Vietnam War Nixon 1995 1969 -- 1974 The political life of President of the United States Richard M. Nixon Elvis & Nixon 2016 1970 The untold true story behind the meeting between Elvis Presley, the King of Rock ' n Roll, and President Richard Nixon, resulting in this revealing, yet humorous moment immortalized in the most requested photograph in the National Archives. Romero 1989 1977 -- 1980 The assassination of Archbishop Oscar Romero at the height of the Salvadorian Civil War Zodiac 2007 1969 -- 1975 the Zodiac murders in Northern California The Odd Angry Shot 1979 1960 Experiences of Australian soldiers during the Vietnam War City of God 2002 1960 - 1980 The growth of organized crime in the Cidade de Deus suburb of Rio de Janeiro Secretariat 1970 -- 1973 Race horse Secretariat. Apollo 13 1995 1970 Apollo 13 lunar mission Milk 2008 1970 -- 1978 Gay rights activist Harvey Milk The Last King of Scotland 2006 1971 -- 1976 President of Uganda Idi Amin Pirates of Silicon Valley 1999 1971 -- 1997 Follows the growth of the personal computer industry through the lives of Bill Gates and Steve Jobs The Post 2017 1971 -- 1972 Journalists from The Washington Post and The New York Times who published the Pentagon Papers regarding the covert involvement of the United States government during the Vietnam War. Bloody Sunday 2002 1972 Bloody Sunday shootings in Northern Ireland All the President 's Men 1976 1972 The Nixon - era Watergate scandal Alive 1993 1972 Crash of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 Cry Freedom 1972 -- 1978 Steve Biko and Donald Woods in the apartheid era of South Africa Munich 2005 1972 -- 1979 Mossad efforts to avenge the Munich massacre, the murder of Israeli athletes during the 1972 Summer Olympics All the Money in the World 2017 1973 The kidnapping of John Paul Getty III in July 1973. Missing 1982 1973 The 1973 Chilean coup d'état and the murder of Charles Horman Vinyl 2016 1973 The musical industry in 1973. The Killing Fields 1984 1973 -- 1979 The Cambodian genocide under the Khmer Rouge regime Balibo 2009 the Indonesian invasion of East Timor and the Balibo Five Raid on Entebbe 1977 1976 The July 1976 rescue of passengers from a hijacked plane Frost / Nixon 2008 1977 the Frost - Nixon interviews Summer of Sam 1999 1977 The Son of Sam murders in New York City Boogie Nights 1997 1977 -- 1984 The rise and fall of fictional pornographic film actor Dirk Diggler Gracie 2007 1978 Six years after the introduction of Title IX American Hustle 2013 1978 Abscam operation 54 ( film ) 1998 1979 The last year of Studio 54 in New York City. Argo 2012 1979 -- 1980 A portrayal of the CIA 's role in the Canadian Caper. The 9th Company 2005 1979 -- 1989 Young Soviet Army recruits are stuck in the bloody war in Afghanistan, that was started by politicians. Walesa : Man of Hope 2013 1980 -- 1989 Portrayal of Polish labor leader Lech Walesa and the Solidarity Movement. Miracle 1980 The United States men 's national ice hockey team 's gold medal victory at the 1980 Winter Olympics The Iron Lady ( film ) 2011 1979 -- 1990 An elderly Margaret Thatcher talks to the imagined presence of her recently deceased husband as she struggles to come to terms with his death while scenes from her past life, from girlhood to British prime minister, intervene. Heartbreak Ridge 1986 A hard - nosed, hard - living Marine gunnery sergeant clashes with his superiors and his ex-wife as he takes command of a spoiled recon platoon with a bad attitude. The Reagans 2003 1980 -- 1989 Legacy and career of Ronald Reagan and his wife, Nancy Reagan. Charlie Wilson 's War 2007 1980 -- 1989 CIA 's covert involvement in the Soviet -- Afghan War Goodbye Bafana 2007 1980 -- 1990 Nelson Mandela 's imprisonment Catch a Fire 2006 1980 -- 1994 Set during the early 1980s concerning the plight of the ANC 's military wing in the apartheid - era of South Africa Wonderland 2003 1981 Wonderland murders Hunger 2008 1981 1981 Irish hunger strike ( Part of the Cold War and The Troubles ) An Ungentlemanly Act 1992 1982 The first days of the Argentine invasion of the Falkland Islands Tumbledown 1988 1982 Falklands War ( Part of the Cold War and The Troubles ) The Falklands Play 2002 1980 -- 1982 Diplomacy leading up to and during the Falklands War Steve Jobs ( film ) 2015 1984 -- 1998 Covers fourteen years of Steve Jobs computing career Paid in Full 2002 1985 During the Crack epidemic of the 1980s Climber 's High 2008 1985 Historical drama about Japan Airlines Flight 123 Shizumanu Taiyō 2009 1985 Historical drama about Japan Airlines Flight 123 Foxcatcher 2014 1986 -- 1996 Wrestling coach John Eleuthère du Pont and Wrestlers Mark Schultz and Dave Schultz and the events of Foxcatcher farm in the lead up to, and following, the 1988 Summer Olympics. Straight Outta Compton ( film ) 2015 1986 -- 1996 The story behind rap group, N.W.A Narcos 2015 1989 Pablo Escobar rules the Columbian Drug Cartels. Jarhead 2005 1989 -- 1991 Gulf War Three Kings 1999 1991 1991 uprisings in Iraq against Saddam Hussein and aftermath of the Gulf War and the Dissolution of the Soviet Union The Perfect Storm 2002 1991 1991 Perfect Storm Snowtown 2011 1992 -- 1999 Snowtown murders Black Hawk Down 2001 1993 The Battle of Mogadishu, Somali Civil War The Fighter 1993 About boxer Micky Ward and his family Hotel Rwanda 1994 Assassination of Juvénal Habyarimana and Cyprien Ntaryamira and Rwandan Genocide Shooting Dogs 2005 1994 Rwandan Genocide Sometimes in April 2005 1994 Rwandan Genocide Shake Hands with the Devil 2007 1994 Rwandan Genocide The Special Relationship 1994 -- 2001 The United Kingdom -- United States Special Relationship between Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Tony Blair and President of the United States Bill Clinton Invictus 2009 1991 -- 1995 Post-apartheid South Africa and the 1995 Rugby World Cup Savior 1998 1995 During the Bosnian War in former Yugoslavia Behind Enemy Lines 2001 1995 the Mrkonjić Grad incident during the Bosnian War in former Yugoslavia The Queen 2006 1997 A fictional account of the immediate events following the death of Diana, Princess of Wales Open Water 1998 Tom and Eileen Lonergan Blood Diamond 2006 1999 During the Sierra Leone Civil War Films set in information era ( after 2000 ) Films set in the 21st century Title Release date Time period Notes on setting Spotlight 2015 2001 The Boston Globe 's investigative story on the Sexual abuse scandal in the Catholic archdiocese of Boston and September 11 attacks World Trade Center 2006 2001 September 11 attacks W. 2008 1966 -- 2003 The life and presidency of President of the United States George W. Bush Barry ( 2016 film ) 2016 1981 -- 2009 A look into the early life of U.S. President Barack Obama. United 93 2006 2001 September 11 attacks House of Saddam 2008 1979 -- 2006 A mini-series that explores the inner workings of Saddam Hussein 's family and his relationship with his closest advisers. The Social Network 2003 -- 2007 The founding of the social networking service - website Facebook The Impossible 2012 The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, from the viewpoint of a tourist family in Thailand The Hurt Locker 2008 the Iraq War, just before the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami Lone Survivor 2013 2005 Based on the 2007 non-fiction book of the same name about Operation Red Wings by Marcus Luttrell and Patrick Robinson The Big Short 2015 2005 -- 2008 Based on the 2010 book of the same name, about numerous financial experts who predict and proceed to take advantage of the 2008 financial meltdown The Fifth Estate 2013 2007 -- 2010 About Julian Assange and the foundation of his news - leaking site Wikileaks Too Big to Fail 2011 2008 The 2008 financial meltdown Captain Phillips 2013 2009 Kidnapping of merchant mariner Richard Phillips by Somalian pirates Deepwater Horizon 2016 Deepwater Horizon explosion American Sniper 2014 1998 -- 2011 Based on the 2012 memoir of former US Navy SEAL, Chris Kyle Zero Dark Thirty 2012 2001 -- 2012 The finding and assassination of Osama Bin Laden 13 Hours : The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi 2016 2012 During an attack on a U.S. compound in Libya, a security team struggles to make sense out of the chaos. Patriots Day 2016 2013 Boston Marathon Bombing Operation Red Sea 2018 2015 The People 's Liberation Army Navy entered the Yemeni Civil War and the International military intervention against ISIL. Donald Trump 's The Art of the Deal : The Movie 2016 1986 -- 2016 A satirical rendition of Donald J. Trump 's 1987 best selling business book, The Art of the Deal. See also List of films based on actual events List of films based on Greco - Roman mythology List of Vietnamese historical period drama films List of films set in ancient Rome List of war films and TV specials List of World War II films Middle Ages in film List of films based on Arthurian legend Asian historical period drama films Jidaigeki Samurai cinema Historical period drama Portals Access related topics Film portal History portal References Jump up ^ The White Queen Jump up ^ Dangerous Beauty Jump up ^ `` John Adams ''. Retrieved 3 March 2018 -- via www.imdb.com. 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Question: genre of film or play based on an reenactment of real life events
Answer: The historical period drama