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Films set in Antiquity (until the fall of the Roman Empire)

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Title	Release date	Time period	Notes on setting
La Donna dei Faraoni	1961	3100 BCE	shortly after the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt
Land of the Pharaohs	1956	2589-2566 BCE	based on the reign of Pharaoh Khufu
Il Sepolcro dei re	1960	2589-2566 BCE	based on the reign of Pharaoh Khufu
Sudan	1945	2558-2532 BCE	set during the reign of the pharaoh Khafra
The Egyptian	1954	2000 BCE	primarily based on the Story of Sinuhe, although the film references the pharaoh Akhenaten, the Hittite Empire, and iron technology, all of which require a much later date.
Slave of Dreams	1995	1544 BCE	set in Egypt and based on the story of Joseph
Joseph	1995	1544 BCE	Egypt, probably during the reign of Ahmose I
Minotaur, the Wild Beast of Crete	1960	ca. 1500 BCE	Minoan Crete
Minotaur	2006	ca. 1500 BCE	loosely based on the legendary exploits of Theseus on Minoan Crete, although the film-makers for some reason tell us that this occurred during the Iron age
Nefertiti, Queen of the Nile	1961	ca. 1370-1330 BCE	Egypt; loosely based on Nefertiti
Clash of the Titans	1981	ca. 1300? BCE	based on the Greek legends of Perseus.
Hercules	1958	mid 13th century BCE	roughly a generation before the Trojan War (some of the characters in the Argonautica were fathers to heroes of the Trojan War)
Hercules	2005	mid 13th century BCE
Jason and the Argonauts	1963	mid 13th century BCE	the late bronze age voyage from Greece to Colchis and back
Jason and the Argonauts	2000	mid 13th century BCE
Medea	1969	mid 13th century BCE	the immediate aftermath of the voyage of Argo
Ifegeneia	1977	ca. 1200 BCE	Greece immediately before the soldiers set sail to attack Troy
Helen of Troy	1956	ca. 1200 BCE	western Anatolia during the Trojan War
Troy	2004	ca. 1200 BCE	western Anatolia during the Trojan War
The Fury of Achilles	1962	ca. 1200 BCE	western Anatolia in the 9th year of the Trojan War
Trojan Horse	1961	ca. 1200 BCE	western Anatolia in the 10th and final year of the Trojan War
The Trojan Women	1971	ca. 1200 BCE	the immediate aftermath of the Trojan War
The Avenger	1962	early 12th century BCE	Aeneas struggles to establish a new home-land in Italy for his fellow survivors of the Trojan War
Electra	1962	early 12th century BCE	the daughter of the Greek king Agamemnon seeks revenge for her father's murder
Ulysses	1955	early 12th century BCE	the ten year struggle of Odysseus to return home to Ithaca in Greece after the Trojan War
The Odyssey	1997	early 12th century BCE
Pharaoh	1966	1069 BCE	Egypt during the reign of a fictitious king "Ramses XIII" (there were only 11 by that name)
King David	1985	ca. 1040-970 BCE	southern Levant
Solomon and Sheba	1959	ca. 1011-931 BCE	southern Levant
Sins of Jezebel	1953	874-853 BCE	southern Levant during the reign of king Ahab
I am Semiramis	1962	ca. 810 BCE	Assyria
King Lear	1971	ca. 800 BCE	Celtic pre-Roman Britain
King Lear	1999	ca. 800 BCE	Celtic pre-Roman Britain
Duel of the Titans	1961	753 BCE	based on the story of Romulus and Remus, and the founding of the city of Rome
The Rape of the Sabine Women	(1962)	ca. 750 BCE	early Roman foundation myth
Duel of Champions	1961	ca. 650 BCE	Roman legend of the Horatii
War Gods of Babylon	1962	ca. 627 BCE	Neo-Assyrian Empire; focusing largely on Sardanapalus (probably the Greek name for Ashurbanipal, but anachronistically including Zoroaster (11th-10th century BCE) and Hammurabi (1792-1750 BCE)
Queen of Babylon	1954	600 BCE	Neo-Babylonian Empire
Hero of Rome	1964	509 BCE	combining the Roman legends of Gaius Mucius Scaevola and the expulsion of Tarquin, the last tyrant
Coriolanus: Hero without a Country	1964	493 BCE	Roman legend of Gaius Marcius Coriolanus
Giant of Marathon	1959	490 BCE	Greece: Battle of Marathon
The 300 Spartans	1961	480 BCE	Greece: Battle of Thermopylae
300	2007	480 BCE	Greece: Battle of Thermopylae
One Night with the King	2006	ca. 465-424 BCE	the biblical story of Esther set in the Achaemenid Empire
Damon and Pythias	1961	ca. 400 BCE	Syracuse, Sicily
Brennus, Enemy of Rome	1963	387 BCE	the Gallic sack of Rome
Alexander the Great	1956	356-323 BCE	Greece and Persia
Alexander	2004	356-323 BCE	Greece and Persia
Colossus of Rhodes	1961	280 BCE
Asoka	2001	304-232 BCE	Ashoka, the Mauryan Emperor in India
Revak the Rebel	1960	ca. 218 BCE	Iberian Peninsula immediately before the Second Punic War
Siege of Syracuse	1960	214-212 BCE	the Roman Siege of Syracuse during the Second Punic War
The Secret Under the Rose	2006	218-202 BCE	during the Second Punic War
Scipio Africanus: The Defeat of Hannibal	1937	202 BCE	Battle of Zama which ended the Second Punic War
The Centurion	1961	146 BCE	Battle of Corinth between Rome and the Achaean League
Spartacus	1960	73-71 BCE	the Third Servile War in Rome
Spartacus	2004	73-71 BCE	the Third Servile War in Rome
Spartacus: Blood and Sand	2010	73-71 BCE	the Third Servile War in Rome
Julius Caesar	2002	100-44 BCE	a bio-pic of Julius Caesar, not the Shakespeare play about his death and the aftermath
Druids	2001	58-51 BCE	the struggle between Julius Caesar and Vercingetorix in the Gallic Wars
A Queen for Caesar	1962	48 BCE	Egypt leading up to the arrival of Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar	1953	44-42 BCE	Shakespeare's play about the death and aftermath of this famous dictator
Julius Caesar	1970	44-42 BCE	Shakespeare's play about the death and aftermath of this famous dictator
Cleopatra	1963	48-30 BCE	Egypt and Rome - follows her relationships first with Julius Caesar and then with Mark Antony
Cleopatra	1999	48-30 BCE
The Cleopatras	1983	305-30 BCE	Egypt - The entire Ptolemaic dynasty
Rome	2005-2007	52-30 BCE	from the end of the Gallic Wars to the death of Mark Antony and the beginning of the Principate
Empire	2005	1st century BCE	Rome
Imperium: Augustus	2003	49 BCE - 14 CE	Rome - the life of Augustus, the first emperor
Massacre in the Black Forest	1967	9 CE	Germany - The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest, where the Cheruski ambushed and annihilated three Roman legions.
I, Claudius	1976	12 BCE - 54 CE	Rome - the reigns and family life of the Julio-Claudian's
The Caesars	1967	27 BCE - 68 CE	Rome - the Julio-Claudian dynasty
Ben-Hur	1959	ca. 26-35 CE	Roman Empire - mostly in the province of Judea
The Inquiry	2006	ca. 37 CE	Roman province of Judea shortly after the death of Jesus
Caligula	1979	37-41 CE	Rome - the reign of the third emperor
Boudica	2003	60 CE	Britain - a rebellion shortly after the area had been conquered by Rome
Nero	2004	41-68 CE	Rome - spanning the reigns of Claudius and Nero
Quo Vadis	1951	54-68 CE	Rome during the reign of Nero
Masada	1981	72-73 CE	Roman province of Judea during the First Jewish-Roman War
Dacii	1967	86-87 CE	Dacia (modern Romania) -Domitian's Dacian War
The Apocalypse	2002	ca. 90-96 CE	Rome - Ephesus
Revolt of the Praetorians	1964	96 CE	Rome - the assassination of Domitian
Centurion	2010	117 CE	Roman Britain - the supposed fate of the Ninth Legion
The Eagle	2011	140 CE	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 CE	Rome during the reign of Commodus
Gladiator	2000	180-192 CE	Rome during the reign of Commodus
The Magnificent Gladiator	1964	ca. 260-268 CE	Rome during the reign of Gallienus
Sheba and the Gladiator	1959	ca. 260-273 CE	Rome and the Palmyrene Empire during the reigns of Aurelian and Zenobia
Sebastiane	1976	ca. 288 CE	Rome Low-budget homo-erotic film about Saint Sebastian
Katherine of Alexandria	2011	307 CE	Roman province of Egypt shortly before the legalization of Christianity
Constantine and the Cross	1962	306-312 CE	Rome's first Christian emperor from the death of Constantius Chlorus to the Battle of the Milvian Bridge
Fabiola	1949	ca. 312 CE	Rome early in the reign of Constantine
Augustine of Hippo	1972	354-430 CE	Roman province of Africa
Augustine: The Decline of the Roman Empire	2010	354-430 CE	Roman province of Africa - focusing on the life of Augustine of Hippo, and including the Vandal conquest of Carthage
Roar	1997	400 CE	Ireland - Celtic warriors attempt to repel a fictitious Roman invasion
Agora	2009	ca. 360-415 CE
Revenge of the Barbarians	1960	410 CE	the Visigothic sack of Rome
St. Patrick: The Irish Legend	2000	387-493 CE	Ireland and Roman Britain during the life of Saint Patrick
Attila	1954	406-453 CE	Rome - the Hunnic leader up to his retreat from the Po river
Attila	2001	406-453 CE	Rome - the life and death of the famous Hunnic leader
Die Nibelungen	1924	ca. 450 CE	about the Germanic hero Siegfried, his murder, and his widow's vengeance
Die Nibelungen	1967	ca. 450 CE	about the Germanic hero Siegfried, his murder, and his widow's vengeance
Ring of the Nibelungs	2004	ca. 450 CE	about the Germanic hero Siegfried

Films set in the Middle Ages (5th to mid-15th centuries)

Late Antiquity/Early Middle Ages (5th to 11th centuries)

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Title	Release date	Time period	Notes on setting
King Arthur	2004	early 5th century CE	the Roman withdrawal from Britain and the Battle of Mount Badon
Hagbard and Signe	1967	5th century CE	Scandinavia during the Germanic Heroic Age
Arthur of the Britons	1972-1973	5th century CE	Britain after the Roman withdrawal
The Mists of Avalon	2001
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
Teodora	1919	ca. 500-548	Byzantine empress Theodora
Theodora, Slave Empress	1954	ca. 500-548	Byzantine empress Theodora
Kampf um Rom I	1968	527-565	Byzantine emperor Justinian I's reign
Kampf um Rom II	1969	527-565	Byzantine emperor Justinian I's reign
Lovespell	1981	6th century	Britain and Ireland- adaptation of the Welsh legend of Tristan and Iseult
Tristan + Isolde	2006	6th century	Britain and Ireland - adaptation of the Welsh legend of Tristan and Iseult
Grendel Grendel Grendel	1981	6th century	animated film based on the 1971 novel Grendel, retelling the Anglo-Saxon peom 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
The Message	1976	570-632	Arabian Peninsula - the life of Muhammad
Aszparuh	1981	680	foundation of the Bulgarian Kingdom
Roland the Mighty	1956	778	Roland, a knight of Charlemagne's court who was killed at the Battle of Roncevaux Pass
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	ca. 800	Poland - the death of Popiel and the rise of Piast the Wheelwright
The Last Viking	1997	9th century	Viking Age
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")
Pope Joan	1972	9th century	a possibly fictitious woman who supposedly disguised herself as a man and rose to the status of Pope in the 9th century
Pope Joan	2009	814-855	a possibly fictitious woman who supposedly disguised herself as a man and rose to the status of Pope in the 9th century
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	ca. 870-899	England - Alfred the Great, king of Wessex repels the army of Guthrum and begins the unification of England
The Saxon Chronicles	2006	ca. 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 (King) who imposed Christianity in AD 865 and introduced the new Slavonic alphabets of Glagolitza and Cyrillic in the Kingdom of Bulgaria
The Conquest	1996	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	1987	ca. 900	Norway - based on a Sami legend
In the Shadow of the Raven	1988	ca. 900	Iceland in the Viking Age
White Viking	1991	ca. 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 The Seven Samurai
The Castilian	1963	930-970	Ferdinand Gonzalez: an early hero of the Spanish Reconquista
Gniazdo	1974	ca. 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 - adaptaion of Njáls saga
The Viking	1928	999 or 1000	Leif Ericsson and the expedition to North America
Severed Ways	2009	1007	two Scandinavians left behind in North America after the settlements made by Leif Ericsson were abandoned

High and Late Middle Ages (1000-1453)

Western Europe

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Title	Release date	Time period	Notes on setting
MacBeth	1971	1050s	Scottish king Mac Bethad mac Findlaích
MacBeth	1997	1050s	Scottish king Mac Bethad mac Findlaích
Lady Godiva of Coventry	1955	1050s	an English noble woman who allegedly rode naked through the streets of Coventry in protest of unfair taxation
William the Conqueror	1982	1066	William the Conqueror, the Norman duke who conquered England
Blood Royal: William the Conqueror	1990	1066	England during the conquest
1066	2011	1066	England during the conquest
Hereward the Wake	1965	1066-1087	Hereward the Wake, the Anglo-Danish leader who led a resistance against Norman rule
El Cid	1961	1040-1099	Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, an 11th century Spanish warrior known as El Cid
The Raid of the Aegean	1946	1096-1099 CE	the First Crusade
The Mighty Crusaders	1958	1096-1099 CE	the First Crusade
Rytsarskiy roman	2000	1096-1099	the First Crusade
The Crusaders	2001	1096-1099	the First Crusade
Stealing Heaven	1988	ca. 1120	France - Peter Abelard and Héloïse
Didgori: Land of Sacrificed Knights	2009	1121	the Battle of Didgori, in which Georgia's king David IV defeated the Seljuks
The Pillars of the Earth	2010	1120-1170	England during the civil wars between King Stephen and his cousin Maud
Destiny	1997	1126-1198	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 in the reigns of Henry II, Richard I and John
Becket	1964	1155-1170	archbishop Thomas Becket, once a close personal friend of Henry II...
Barbarossa	2009	1176	the Battle of Legnano
The Lion in Winter	1968	1183	Henry II is in power as his wife Eleanor of Aquitaine plots with their sons
The Lion in Winter	2003	1183	Henry II is in power as his wife Eleanor of Aquitaine plots with their sons
Kingdom of Heaven	2005	1183-1190	events which led to the Third Crusade (the Battle of Hattin and the Siege of Jerusalem (1187)|Siege of Jerusalem]])
Soldier of God	2005	1187	a Templar who has survived the Battle of Hattin
Saladin	1963	1187-1192	events leading up to and including the Third Crusade
Richard the Lion-Hearted	1923	1190	based on Sir Walter Scott's The Talisman and set in the Third Crusade
Knight Kenneth	1993	1190	based on Sir Walter Scott's The Talisman and set in the Third Crusade
Arn – The Knight Templar	2007	1179-1187	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	following the Battle of Hattin, the knight returns home to Sweden and participates in the civil wars
Ivanhoe	1997	1192	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
Robin and Marian	1976	1199-ca. 1201	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 in the reign of King John
The Life and Death of King John	1984	1199-1216	England in the reign of King John
Brother Sun, Sister Moon	1972	1181-1226	St. Francis of Assisi
Francesco	1989	1181-1226	St. Francis of Assisi
Gates to Paradise	1968	1212	the ill-fated Children's Crusade
Ironclad	2011	1215	the siege of Rochester Castle
Eye of the Eagle	1997	1218	Denmark
Knights of the Quest	2001	1271	French knights journey to Greece to retrieve the Shroud of Turin
Marco Polo	1982	1254-1325	the Venitian explorer who traveled to the court of Kublai Khan
The Virgin Spring	1960	late 13th century	adaptation of the 13th century Swedish ballad, Töres dotter i Wänge
The Black Rose	1950	mid to late 13th century	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
Braveheart	1995	1272-1305	William Wallace, a Scottish knight who fought for Scotland's independence in the 1290s
The Bruce	1996	1274-1329	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	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	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
Petri Tårar	1995	1300	a con-artist selling the "Tears of Peter," which are said to be a cure for any illness
Tower of Nesle	1955	1314	Margaret of Burgundy, Queen of France
Tower of Screaming Virgins	1968	1314	Margaret of Burgundy, Queen of France
Anchoress	1993	1325	France - an anchorite
The Name of the Rose	1986	1327	set in an Italian monastery
Kristin Lavransdatter	1995	early to mid 14th century	Norway
The Decameron	1971	1348	Italy
Black Death	2010	1348	England during the initial outbreak of the plague
The Seventh Seal	1957	1349	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	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	Inês de Castro, the lover of Pedro I of Portugal, who had her posthumously declared his wife and queen in AD 1357
The Dark Avenger	1955	1359	Edward, the Black Prince
The Canterbury Tales	1972	late 14th century	England
The Canterbury Tales	1998-2000	late 14th century	England
John Wycliffe: The Morning Star	1984	1325-1384	the life and teachings of John Wycliffe, the 14th century English theologian who is often seen as a fore-runner of the Protestant Reformation
Richard the Second	1978	1367-1399	England - adaptation of Shakespeare's play about Richard II
12 Paces Without a Head	2009	1401	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
Henry V	1944	1413-1422	[[Henry V of England]'s wars in France
Henry V	1989	1413-1422	[[Henry V of England]'s wars in France
The Whore	2010	1414-1415	Germany
John Hus	1977	1415	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	Joan of Arc, the French heroin of the Hundred Years' War
Saint Joan	1957	1429	Joan of Arc, the French heroin of the Hundred Years' War
Joan of Arc	1999	1429	Joan of Arc, the French heroin of the Hundred Years' War
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc	1999	1429	Joan of Arc, the French heroin of the Hundred Years' War
The Passion of Joan of Arc	1928	1429	the trial and execution of Joan of Arc
Judgement of	1952	1433	Germany
Tirante el Blanco	2006	15th century	France and Constantinople
The Conclave	2006	1458	depicting the tense, politically charged Papal election

Eastern Europe

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Title	Release date	Time period	Notes on setting
Prince Vladimir	2006	980-1015	Vladimir I of Kiev
Yaroslav the Wise	1981	978-1054	bio-pic about the Rus prince Yaroslav I the Wise
Mongol	2007	1161-1206	the earlier half of Genghis Khan's life
Alexander Nevsky	1938	1241	Prince Alexander Nevsky and the Battle of the Ice
Valley of the Bees	1968	13th century	Kingdom of Bohemia
Kazimierz Wielki	1976	1333-1370	Casimir III the Great of Poland
Boj na Kosovu	1989	1389	a battle between Medieval Serbia and the Ottoman Empire
Mircea	1989	1386–1418	Wallachia - Mircea the Elder, who repelled the Ottoman Empire during his reign
Andrei Rublev	1969	c. 1360-1430	centered around the life of Andrei Rublev, who was considered to be the greatest medieval Russian painter of icons and frescoes
Krzyzacy	1960	1410	the Battle of Grunwald
Tirante el Blanco	2006	15th century	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	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	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	the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman sultan Mehmed II

Early Modern (1453-1700)

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Title	Release date	Time period	Notes on setting
The Conclave	2006	1458	depicting this tense, politically charged Papal election
Black Arrow	1985	1455–1485	adaptation of the Robert Louis Stevenson novel about the Lancastrian hero in the Wars of the Roses
Tower of London	1939	1462-1483	during the reign of Edward IV of England
Richard III	1955	1452-1485	Richard III of England
Tower of London	1962	1483-1485	during the reign of Richard III of England
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
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
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
Luther	2003	1483–1546	Martin Luther
The Agony and the Ecstasy	1965	1508–1512	the painting of the Sistine Chapel
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	ca. 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
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
Henry VIII	2003	1509-1547	Henry VIII of England
The Tudors	2007-2010	1509-1547	Henry VIII of England
Lady Jane	1986	1553	about Lady Jane Grey, the uncrowned queen regnant of the Kingdom of England for nine days
The Royal Hunt of the Sun	1969	1532	Pizarro's capture of Atahualpa
Aguirre, the Wrath of God	1972	1560	Lope de Aguirre's ill-fated expedition down the Amazon
Ivan the Terrible	1944, 1958	1530-1584	two-part film about Ivan IV of Russia
Mary of Scotland	1936	1542-1587	Mary, Queen of Scots
Mary, Queen of Scots	1971	1542-1587	Mary, Queen of Scots
The Return of Martin Guerre	1982	1548-1588	France - a true case of late medieval identity theft
Young Bess	1953	1535-1558	from the death of Anne Boleyn to the corronation of Elizabeth I of England
Elizabeth R	1971	1558-1603	the reign of Elizabeth I of England
Elizabeth	1998	1558-15??	the early reign of Elizabeth I of England
Elizabeth: The Golden Age	2007	1585-1590	the Spanish Armada
Fire Over England	1937	1588	the Spanish Armada
The Virgin Queen	2005	1558-1603	the reign of Elizabeth I of England
La Reine Margot	1994	1572	France during the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre
Elizabeth I	2005	1578-1603	the last 25 years of Elizabeth I of England's reign
The Merchant of Venice	2004	ca. 1596	Republic of Venice
Gunpowder, Treason & Plot	2004	1542-1625	the reigns of Mary, Queen of Scots and her son James I of England
Mihai Viteazul	1970	1593-1601	Michael the Brave, prince of Wallachia, Moldavia and Transylvania
Shōgun	1980	1600	loosely based on the adventures of William Adams, an English sailor who travelled to Japan in 1600 and served as a samurai and advisor to the shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu
The New World	2005	1608	the colonization of Jamestown, Virginia
1612	2007	1612	Russia during the Time of Troubles
Day of Wrath	1943	1624	using a fictitious witchcraft trial as a metaphor for the then current Nazi persecution of Jews
The Devils	1971	1634	the life and trial of Urbain Grandier, who was convicted of witchcraft and burned
Cardinal Richelieu (film)	1935	1626-1642	the life of the great seventeenth century French statesman Cardinal Richelieu and his dealings with Louis XIII of France
Barbara	1997	1640	Faroe Islands
The Last Valley	1970	ca. 1618-1648	Germany during the Thirty Year's war
Queen Christina	1933	1632-1654	Queen Christina of Sweden
With Fire and Sword	1999	1648-1654	the Khmelnytsky Uprising in Ukraine
Cromwell	1970	1640-1653	the English Civil War and the dissolution of the Rump Parliament
Witchfinder General	1968	1640s	during the English Civil War
To Kill a King	2003	1648-1658	the reign of Oliver Cromwell
The Devil's Whore	2008	1638-1660	the English Civil War and the reign of Oliver Cromwell
Molière	2007	1622-1673	the French playwrite Molière
The Deluge	1974	1655-1660	Poland - the Second Northern War
Colonel Wolodyjowski	1968	1668	the Ottoman invasion of Poland
The Libertine	2004	1647-1680	life of the poet John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester
Charles II: The Power and The Passion	2003	1649-1685	the reign of Charles II of England
Le Roi danse	2000	1632-1687	Jean-Baptiste Lully
The Man in the Iron Mask	1977	1660-1667	France in the reign of Louis XIV
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 Crucible	1996	1692-1693	dramatization of the Salem witch trials that took place in Province of Massachusetts Bay
Tous les matins du monde	1991	late 17th century	Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe
Peter the Great	1984	1682-1725	the reign of Peter I of Russia

Films set in the 18th and 19th centuries

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Title	Release date	Time period	Notes on setting
The Sovereign's Servant	2007	1709	Battle of Poltava
Rob Roy	1995	1713	Scottish folk hero Robert Roy MacGregor
Blackbeard	2006	1718	the infamous pirate Edward Teach
The Cantor of St Thomas's	1984	1685-1750	Johann Sebastian Bach
King of the Wind	1990	1727	England
The Rise of Catherine the Great	1934	1740s	early years of Catherine II of Russia
The Scarlet Empress	1934	1729-1796	Catherine II of Russia, the "enlightened despot" who reigned as Empress of Russia
Young Catherine	1991	1744	early years of Catherine II of Russia
Catherine the Great	1995	1729-1796	Catherine II of Russia
The Master of Ballantrae	1953	1745-1746	Jacobite Rising of 1745
The Master of Ballantrae	1984	1745-1746	Jacobite Rising of 1745
Treasure Island	1934	ca. 1750	adaptation of the famous pirate story by Robert Louis Stevenson
Treasure Island	1950	ca. 1750	adaptation of the famous pirate story by Robert Louis Stevenson
Treasure Island	1972	ca. 1750	adaptation of the famous pirate story by Robert Louis Stevenson
Treasure Island	1990	ca. 1750	adaptation of the famous pirate story by Robert Louis Stevenson
Chasing the Deer	1994	1745-1746	Jacobite Rising of 1745
Casanova	2005	1753-1757	Giacomo Casanova
Roots	1977	1750-1880	the slave trade
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 around the Beast of Gévaudan
Barry Lyndon	1975	1756-1789	the Seven Years War, etc.
The Last of the Mohicans	1992	1757	French and Indian War
Northwest Passage	1940	1757	French and Indian War - Robert Rogers
The Mission	1986	ca. 1760-1763	Jesuit missionaries in South America
Drums Along the Mohawk	1939	1776	settlers during the American Revolution
The Crossing	2000	1776	the crossing of the Delaware River and the Battle of Trenton
Benedict Arnold: A Question of Honor	2003	1776-1782	Benedict Arnold, both an early hero of the American Revolution and a notorious traitor
The Madness of King George	1994	1788	the deteriorating mental health of George III of the United Kingdom, King of Great Britain and Ireland
Amadeus	1984	1756-1791	Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
A Tale of Two Cities	1911	1755-1792	England and France during the French Revolution
A Tale of Two Cities	1935	1755-1792	England and France during the French Revolution
A Tale of Two Cities	1958	1755-1792	England and France during the French Revolution
A Tale of Two Cities	1980	1755-1792	England and France during the French Revolution
A Tale of Two Cities	1989	1755-1792	England and France during the French Revolution
Mutiny on the Bounty	1962	1789	the mutiny on the Bounty
The Bounty	1984	1789	the mutiny on the Bounty
Marie Antoinette	1938	1774-1792	French queen Marie Antoinette
Marie Antoinette	2006	1774-1792	French queen Marie Antoinette
The Affair of the Necklace	2001	1780s	'Courtesan takes revenge by scamming Marie Antoinette, Cardinal de Rohan, and others, kindling flames of the French Revolution
The Scarlet Pimpernel	1934	1792	French Revolution
The Scarlet Pimpernel	1982	1792	French Revolution
Beau Brummell	1954	ca. 1795	Beau Brummell, a 19th century arbiter of fashion in England who popularized the man's suit and necktie)
Amazing Grace	2006	1807	William Wilberforce's campaign to abolish slavery in Britain
Napoléon	2002	1799-1815	Napoléon I of France
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World	2003	1803-1805	during the Napoleonic Wars
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.	1951	1807	the Napoleonic Wars
War and Peace	1956	1803-1815	Russia during the Napoleonic Era
War and Peace	2007	1803-1815	Russia during the Napoleonic Era
War and Peace	1972	1803-1815	Russia during the Napoleonic Era
The Duellists	1977	1804-1814	the Napoleonic Wars
Désirée	1954	1799-1815	the love story between Désirée Clary and Napoleon I
Conquest	1937	1806-1816	the love story between Marie Walewska and Napoleon I
Waterloo	1970	1815	Battle of Waterloo
Vanity Fair	2004	1803-1814	the Napoleonic Era
Bright Star	2009	1818-1821	the last three years of poet John Keats' life
Lady Caroline Lamb	1972	ca. 1810-1828	Lady Caroline Lamb, the British aristocrat, novelist and Lord Byron's lover
Les Misérables	1934	1815-1832	France after Napoleon I
Les Misérables	1935	1815-1832	France after Napoleon I
Les Misérables	1995	1815-1832	France after Napoleon I
Les Misérables	1998	1815-1832	France after Napoleon I
Les Misérables	2000	1815-1832	France after Napoleon I
Shaka Zulu	1986	1816-1828	Shaka, a Zulu chieftan
The Count of Monte Cristo	1934	1815-1838	France after Napoleon I
The Count of Monte Cristo	1975	1815-1838	France after Napoleon I
The Count of Monte Cristo	2002	1815-1838	France after Napoleon I
El Santo de la Espada	1970	1821-1822	José de San Martín and the emancipation of South America
Bouboulina	1959	1821-1829	Laskarina Bouboulina, heroine of the Greek War of Independence
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser	1974	1828-1833	Germany - Kaspar Hauser
Kaspar Hauser	1993	1828-1833	Germany - Kaspar Hauser
The Young Victoria	2009	1830s	focusing on her early reign and romance with Prince Albert
The Alamo	1960	1836	Battle of the Alamo
The Alamo	2004	1836	Battle of the Alamo
Amistad	1997	1839-1841	mutiny aboard a ship containing African slaves bound for the Cuba, and the subsequent trial
Song of Love	1947	1840-1856	the marriage of Robert and Clara Schumann and their close friendship with Johannes Brahms
The Charge of the Light Brigade	1968	1856	the disaster of the Crimean War known as the Charge of the Light Brigade
Gone with the Wind	1939	1861-1877	Georgia (U.S. state) during the American Civil War and the Reconstruction
Glory	1989	1862-1863	the American Civil War from the Battle of Antietem to the Second Battle of Fort Wagner
Gettysburg	1993	1863	the Battle of Gettysburg in the American Civil War
Dances with Wolves	1990	ca. 1865-1870	the American Civil War and shortly after
Wild Bill	1995	1876	the last days of legendary lawman Wild Bill Hickok
Mrs. Brown	1997	1861-1883	Queen Victoria and John Brown
The Last Samurai	2003	1870s
Zulu Dawn	1979	1879	the Battle of Isandlwana during the Anglo-Zulu War
Zulu	1964	1879	the Battle of Rorke's Drift during the Anglo-Zulu War
The 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
Tombstone	1993	1881-1884	events leading up to and following the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Wyatt Earp	1994	1881-1884	events leading up to and following the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Khartoum	1966	1884	Gordon's defence of the Sudanese city of Khartoum from the forces of the Mahdist army during the Siege of Khartoum
The Four Feathers	1939	1882-1888	during the British army's Gordon Relief Expedition
The Four Feathers	2002	1882-1888	during the British army's Gordon Relief Expedition
Geronimo: An American Legend	1993	1886	events leading up to the capture of Geronimo
Jack the Ripper	1988	1888	based on the famous unsolved series of murders that took place in Whitechapel, London
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee	2007	1890	Wounded Knee Massacre
Heaven's Gate	1980	1892	the Johnson County War
Rough Riders	1997	1898	the Battle of San Juan Hill, part of the Spanish-American War
55 Days at Peking	1963	1900	Battle of Peking during the Boxer Rebellion

Films set in the early 20th century

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Title	Release date	Time period	Notes on setting
Breaker Morant (Harry "Breaker" Morant	1980	1901	an Australian Lieutenant who ordered the summary execution of several prisoners during the Second Boer War
Young Winston	1972	1874-1902	the biography Winston Churchill before he became Britain's World War II-era Prime Minister
The Battleship Potemkin	1925	1905	the Battleship Potemkin uprising
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid	1969	late 1890s-1908	Butch Cassidy and Harry Longabaugh
A Night to Remember	1958	1912	the Titanic disaster
Titanic	1997	1912	the Titanic disaster
All Quiet On The Western Front	1930	1914	World War I
All Quiet On The Western Front	1979	1914	Western Front of World War I
Flyboys	2006	1914-1917	American volunteer combat pilots in service for the Allies during World War I
Lawrence of Arabia	1962	1916-1918	T. E. Lawrence and the Arab Revolt
Doctor Zhivago	1965	1912-1923	World War I, the Russian Revolution and the Russian Civil War
Michael Collins	1996	1916-1922	later life of Irish resistance leader Michael Collins and his participation in the Irish War of Independence
The Wind that Shakes the Barley	2006	1919-1923	the Irish War of Independence and the Irish Civil War
Legionnaire	1998	1920-1926	Second Moroccan War
Anastasia	1956	1920s	based upon Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia and the activities of Anna Anderson
Road to Perdition	2002	winter 1931
The Legend of Bagger Vance	2000	1931	set in Savannah, Georgia
Bonnie and Clyde	1967	1931-1934	Bonnie and Clyde
A Pearl in the Forest	2008	1934-1938	set during the Great Purges initiated by Joseph Stalin in Mongolia
The Hindenburg	1975	1937	the Hindenburg disaster
Battle of Britain	1969	1940	the Battle of Britain
Sink the Bismarck!	1960	May 1941	World War II German battleship Bismarck
Tora! Tora! Tora!	1970	Dec. 7 1941	the attack on Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor	2001	December 1941	the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
Midway	1976	June 1942	the Battle of Midway
The Bridge on the River Kwai	1957	1942-1943	construction of the Burma Railway by British prisoners of war during World War II
The Thin Red Line	1998	Aug. 1942-Feb. 1943	The Battle of Guadalcanal
Stalingrad	1993	winter 1942-1943	The Battle of Stalingrad from a German perspective
Enemy at the Gates	2001	winter 1942-1943	Vasily Zaytsev in the Battle of Stalingrad
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	a U.S. bombing mission over Germany during World War II
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas	2008	1944	The Holocaust
The Longest Day	1962	June 6, 1944	the D-Day invasion
Saving Private Ryan	1998	June 1944	D-Day and its aftermath
Valkyrie	2008	July 1944	July 20 plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler
A Bridge Too Far	1977	September 1944	Operation Market Garden
Flags of Our Fathers	2007	Feb.-March 1945	the Battle of Iwo Jima
Letters from Iwo Jima	2007	Feb.-March 1945	the Battle of Iwo Jima
Downfall	2005	April-May 1945	the last days of the Third Reich
Patton	1970	1943-1945	the exploits of General George S. Patton during World War II
Schindler's List	1993	1939-1945	German industrialist Oskar Schindler's assistance to keep Jewish people from being interred in concentration camps during World War II
The Good German	2006	July-Aug. 1945	during the Potsdam Conference
Nuremberg	2000	Nov. 1945-Oct. 1946	the first of the Nuremberg Trials
Judgment at Nuremberg	1961	1947	the Judges' Trial
Exodus	1960	1947-1948	foundation of Israel
Gandhi	1982	1869-1948	Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
Evita	1996	1919-1952	Evita Peron

Films set in the later 20th century

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Title	Release date	Time period	Notes on setting
The Good Shepherd	2006	1938-1961	rise of Central Intelligence Agency Counter-intelligence leading up to the Bay of Pigs Invasion
The Right Stuff	1983	1947-1963	the Project Mercury space launches
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 Quiet American	2002	1954	early American covert involvement in Vietnam
American Hot Wax	1978	1950s	disc jockey Alan Freed's involvement in rock and roll
Great Balls of Fire!	1989	1956-1958	rock and roller Jerry Lee Lewis
Quiz Show	1994	1956-1958	Twenty-One Quiz show scandals
The Battle of Algiers	1966	1954-1960	during the Algerian War of Independence
Thirteen Days	2000	October 1962	the Cuban Missile Crisis
JFK	1991	1961-1966	the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and subsequent investigation
Z	1969	1963	the assassination of Gregoris Lambrakis
Mississippi Burning	1988	1964	the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation investigation into the Mississippi civil rights workers murders
Che	2008	1955-1967	Che Guevara
We Were Soldiers	2002	Nov. 1965	the Battle of la Drang in the Vietnam War
Bobby	2006	1968	the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy
Platoon	1985	1967-1968	Vietnam War
Born on the Fourth of July	1989	1965-1968	Ron Kovic's experiences in the Vietnam War
Heaven & Earth	1993	1960s	Vietnam War
Full Metal Jacket	1987	1968	Vietnam War
The Doors	1991	1964-1971
Hamburger Hill	1987	1969	Battle of Hamburger Hill in the Vietnam War
Apocalypse Now	1979	1970	Vietnam War
Bloody Sunday	2002	January 1972	Bloody Sunday shootings in Northern Ireland
Nixon	1995	1969-1974	the political life of Richard M. Nixon
All the President's Men	1976	1972	the Nixon-era Watergate scandal
Zodiac	2007	1969-1975	the Zodiac murders in the United States
Missing	1982	1973	the coup d'état in Chile and the murder of Charles Horman
The Last King of Scotland	2006	1971-1976	Ugandan President Idi Amin
Cry Freedom	1987	1972-1978	Steve Biko and Donald Woods in the apartheid era of South Africa
Munich	2005	1972-1979	Mossad efforts to avenge the murder of Israeli athletes during the 1972 Summer Olympics
The Killing Fields	1984	1973-1979	the Khmer Rouge's genocide
Frost/Nixon	2008	1977	the Frost Nixon interviews
Summer of Sam	1999	1977	the Son of Sam murders in New York City
Milk	2008	1970-1978	gay rights activist Harvey Milk
Gracie	2007	1978	six years after the introduction of Title IX
Miracle	2004	1980	the U.S. hockey team's gold medal victory at the 1980 Winter Olympics
Wonderland	2003	1981	Wonderland murders
Paid in Full	2002	1985	during the Crack Epidemic of the 1980s
Goodbye Bafana	2007	ca. 1980-1990	Nelson Mandela's imprisonment
Catch a Fire	2006	1980-1994	set during the early eighties concerning the plight of the ANC's military wing in the apartheid era of South Africa
Charlie Wilson's War	2007	1980-1989	CIA's covert involvement in the Soviet-Afghan War
Jarhead	2005	1989-1991	Gulf War
Three Kings	1999	1991	1991 Iraqi uprising against Saddam Hussein and aftermath of the Gulf War
Black Hawk Down	2001	1993	the Battle of Mogadishu
Hotel Rwanda	2004	1994	Rwandan Genocide
Shooting Dogs	2005	1994	Rwandan Genocide
Sometimes in April	2005	1994	Rwandan Genocide
Invictus	2009	1994-1995	South Africa - the 1995 Rugby World Cup
Savior	1998	ca. 1995	during the Bosnian War in former Yugoslavia
Behind Enemy Lines	2001	1995	the Mrkonjić Grad incident during the Bosnian War in former Yugoslavia
Blood Diamond	2006	1996-1999	during the Sierra Leone Civil War
The Queen	2006	1997	a fictional account of the immediate events following the death of Diana, Princess of Wales
Open Water	2004	1998	Tom and Eileen Lonergan
World Trade Center	2006	September 2001	September 11 attacks
W.	2008	1966-2003	The life and presidency of George W. Bush
In the Valley of Elah	2007	2004	the murder of an Iraq War veteran and the subsequent investigation
Lions for Lambs	2007	ca. 2005	the War in Afghanistan