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

The historical drama or 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.

Films set in prehistoric era

Title	Release date	Time Era	Time Period	Notes on setting
The Land Before Time	1988	Mesozoic	Triassic Jurassic
Disney's Dinosaur	2000	Mesozoic	Cretaceous
The Good Dinosaur	2015	Mesozoic	Cretaceous
Walking with Dinosaurs the Movie	2013	Mesozoic	Cretaceous
One Million Years B.C.	1966	Mesozoic	Cretaceous
When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth	1970	Mesozoic	Cretaceous
Quest for Fire	1981	Cenozoic	Paleogene
Ice Age	2002–2016	Cenozoic	Neogene
The Clan of the Cave Bear	1986	Cenozoic	Neogene
Early Man	2018	Cenozoic	Neogene
Alpha	2018	Cenozoic	Neogene
Year one	2009	Cenozoic	Quaternary
10,000 BC	2008	Cenozoic	Quaternary

Films set in ancient era (3000–500 BC)

Title	Release date	Time period	Notes on setting
The Pharaohs' Woman	1960	3100 BC	A beautiful girl and a young physician fall in love in the midst of a family, and power struggle between rival princes of Upper and Lower Egypt.
La Donna dei Faraoni	1961	3100 BC	Set shortly after the unification of Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt by the First Dynasty of Egypt.
Land of the Pharaohs	1956	2589–2566 BC	Based on the reign of Pharaoh Khufu, a member of the Fourth Dynasty of Egypt.
Il Sepolcro dei re	1960	2589–2566 BC	Based on the reign of Pharaoh Khufu, a member of the Fourth Dynasty of Egypt.
Sudan	1945	2558–2532 BC	Set during the reign of the pharaoh Khafra, a member of the Fourth Dynasty of Egypt.
Sodom and Gomorrah	1962	2100 BC	An epic film which is loosely based on the tale of the cities Sodom and Gomorrah in the Book of Genesis.
Abraham	1994	2100–2000 BC	A television film based on the life of the patriarch Abraham.
The Bible	2013	2100 BC – 67 AD	Television miniseries based on the Bible, starting with Abraham.
Mohenjo Daro	2016	2016 BC	Filmset in 2016 BC, in the ancient city of Mohenjo-daro. The historical city was one of the largest settlements of the Indus Valley Civilisation, and one of the world's earliest major cities.
Jacob	1994	2000 BC	A German/Italian/American television film based on the novel Giacobbe by Francesco Maria Nappi. The novel is in turn based on the depiction of the patriarch Jacob in the Book of Genesis.
Slave of Dreams	1995	1901–1850 BC	Set in Ancient Egypt and based on the story of Joseph, a Vizier depicted in the Book of Genesis. The era of the film's setting corresponds to the Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt.
Joseph	1995	1901–1850 BC	Set in Ancient Egypt and based on the story of Joseph, a Vizier depicted in the Book of Genesis. The era of the film's setting corresponds to the Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt.
The Red Tent	2014	1700–1750 BC	Set in The Holy Land during the time of the Old Testament patriarchs of the Book of Genesis. Dinah, the only daughter of Leah and Jacob, chronicles her story from youth through adulthood.
Atlantis: End of a World, Birth of a Legend	2011	1600 BC	Docudrama which depicts a re-enactment of the events surrounding the Minoan eruption, a major catastrophic volcanic eruption in the island of Thera. The historical eruption devastated the island, and communities and agricultural areas on nearby islands and Crete. The event is thought to be connected to a decline and eventual downfall for the Minoan civilization, an incident believed to have inspired the legend of Atlantis.
Nefertiti, Regina del Nilo	1961	1370–1330 BC	Set in Ancient Egypt; loosely based on the life of Nefertiti, Great Royal Wife of the Pharaoh Akhenaten. Nefertiti and her husband were members of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt, and were ruling figures of the Amarna Period.
The Egyptian	1954	1350 BC	Based on the novel The Egyptian by Mika Waltari, who adapted the Story of Sinuhe. The film mentions the pharaoh Akhenaten, the Hittite Empire, and iron technology.
Tut	2015	1332–1323 BC	The three-part miniseries is based on the life of Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun, a member of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt.
The Ten Commandments	1956	1290–1213 BC	Set in Ancient Egypt, during the reign of Ramesses II, a member of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt. The film is based on the founding narrative of the Exodus, as depicted in the books of Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.
'	2014	1290–1213 BC	Set in Ancient Egypt, during the reign of Ramesses II, a member of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt. The film is based on the founding narrative of the Exodus, as depicted in the books of Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.
The Prince of Egypt	1998	1290–1213 BC	Set in Ancient Egypt, during the reign of Ramesses II, a member of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt. The film is based on the founding narrative of the Exodus, as depicted in the books of Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.
Helen of Troy	1956	1250 BC	Set in western Anatolia during the Trojan War, largery based on the epic poems Iliad and Odyssey by Homer.
Helen of Troy	2003	1250 BC	TV miniseries set in western Anatolia during the Trojan War, loosely based on the epic poem Iliad by Homer.
Troy	2004	1250 BC	Set in western Anatolia during the Trojan War, loosely based on the epic poem Iliad by Homer.
'	2018	1250 BC	Miniseries that tells the story of the 10-year siege of Troy.
Immortals	2011	1228 BC	Loosely based on the Greek myth of Theseus and the Minotaur and the Titanomachy.
Iphigenia	1977	1200 BC	Set in the port town of Aulis, Greece immediately before the Greek expeditionary force set sails to attack Troy. Due to unfavorable weather conditions, king Agamemnon of Mycenae offers his daughter Iphigenia as a human sacrifice to the goddess Artemis. The film is based on the theatrical play Iphigenia in Aulis by Euripides.
The Fury of Achilles	1962	1200 BC	Set in western Anatolia in the 9th year of the Trojan War, based on the epic poem Iliad by Homer. King Agamemnon of Mycenae has lost his slave concubine Chryseis, and demands Briseis as a replacement concubine. Briseis is the slave concubine of Achilles, the leader of the Myrmidons, and Achilles feels insulted due to having to give her up to his superior. In retaliation, Achilles refuses to fight or lead his troops alongside the other Greek forces. The Trojans temporarily start gaining an advantage in the ongoing war.
The Trojan Horse	1961	1200 BC	Set in western Anatolia in the 10th and final year of the Trojan War.
The Trojan Women	1971	1200 BC	Set in the immediate aftermath of the Trojan War, based on the theatrical play The Trojan Women by Euripides. The city of Troy has been sacked and the victors of the war are taking decisions on the fates of surviving captives. The film focuses on the fates of female captives Hecuba, Andromache, Cassandra, and Helen of Sparta. Meanwhile, Astyanax, the underage heir to the Trojan throne and relative of all four women, is scheduled for execution.
The Avenger	1962	early 12th century BC	Aeneas struggles to establish a new home-land in the Italian Peninsula for his fellow survivors of the Trojan War. The film is based on the epic poem Aeneid by Virgil, which depicts Aeneas and his Trojan colonists as ancestor of the Romans.
Electra	1962	early 12th century BC	Set in the aftermath of the Trojan War in Mycenae, based on the theatrical play Electra by Euripides and the traditional accounts of conflicts within the family of the Atreidai. Agamemnon, King of Mycenae returned victorious from the Trojan War, but was assassinated by his own wife Clytemnestra and by his first cousin Aegisthus. Years, later Electra seeks revenge for her father's murder, by plotting the assassinations of both her mother and her stepfather.
Ulysses	1954	early 12th century BC	Set in the aftermath of the Trojan War, based on the epic poem Odyssey by Homer. It depicts the ten-year struggle of war veteran Odysseus to return home to the island of Ithaca following the war.
The Odyssey	1997	early 12th century BC	Set in the aftermath of the Trojan War, based on the epic poem Odyssey by Homer. It depicts the ten-year struggle of war veteran Odysseus to return home to the island of Ithaca following the war.
Samson and Delilah	1949	1118–1078 BC	A romantic biblical drama film which depicts the story of Samson, a strongman whose secret lies in his uncut hair, and his love for Delilah, the woman who seduces him. Samson and Delilah are characters in the Book of Judges, where Samson is depicted as the last of the Biblical judges in its narrative, and Delilah as a woman of Nahal Sorek who was bribed by the lords of the Philistines to learn his secrets.
Pharaoh	1966	1069 BC	Set in Ancient Egypt during the reign of a fictitious king "Ramses XIII". The film is based on the novel Pharaoh by Bolesław Prus, and depicts the final years of the historical Twentieth Dynasty of Egypt. Ramses XIII rises to the throne when still in his 20s, following the deaths of his father, and the incapacitating illnesses and of a number of older brothers. Egypt is in decline due to a combination of internal and external threats, and Ramses is pushing for necessary reforms but his efforts are resisted by the powerful, bureaucratic priesthood. Ramses dies young, before accomplishing his goals. His political rival "Herhor" succeeds him on the throne and attempts some of the same reforms, but still fails to rescue Egypt from its decline.
King David	1985	1040–970 BC	Set in the Southern Levant, it depicts the life and reign of David, Kings of Israel. Based on the Books of Samuel. David is the supposed founder of the House of David.
A Story of David	1960	1040–970 BC	Set in the Southern Levant, it depicts the complex relationship between Saul, Kings of Israel and his son-in-law and eventual successor David. Based on the Books of Samuel, where Saul is depicted as the founder of the Kingdom of Israel.
David and Goliath	1960	1040–970 BC	Set in the Southern Levant, focused on the conflict between rival kings Saul and Asrod, and their representatives in champion warfare: David and Goliath of Gath. Based on the Books of Samuel, which depict Achish as a king of Gath who was in conflict with Saul and recruited David to serve in his army.
David and Bathsheba	1951	1040–970 BC	Set in the Southern Levant, during the reign of David, Kings of Israel. David is married to Michal, daughter of his predecessor Saul. David has an extramarital affair with Bathsheba, wife of the soldier Uriah the Hittite. Uriah is one of David's Mighty Warriors, but David arranges for Uriah to be killed in battle and then claims Bathsheba as his new wife. Based on the Books of Samuel.
Solomon and Sheba	1959	1011–931 BC	Set in the Southern Levant, during the reign of Solomon, Kings of Israel. Solomon forms a political alliance with the Queen of Sheba, becomes a lover of his new ally, and introduces pagan rituals in his kingdom. His exiled half-brother Adonijah offers his military services to Ancient Egypt and leads an Egyptian army in an invasion of Kingdom of Israel. The events of the film are loosely based on narratives from the Books of Kings and the Books of Chronicles. The Books of Kings depict Adonijah and Solomon as sons of David and rival claimants to the throne of Israel, but do not feature Adonijah as loyal to Egypt. Instead, Solomon himself is traditionally depicted as an ally of Egypt and as husband of a Pharaoh's daughter.
Sins of Jezebel	1953	874–853 BC	Set in the Southern Levant, during the reign of Ahab, Kings of Israel. The film depicts the reign of the Omrides, based on Books of Kings and the Books of Chronicles. Jezebel, Ahab's queen comsort, is depicted as having an extramarital affair with the military commander Jehu. This contradicts the traditional narrative, where Jezebel never has extramarital affairs and where she is assassinated by Jehu during the coup d'état which elevated him to the throne.
I Am Semiramis	1962	810 BC	Set in the Neo-Assyrian Empire, during the reign of semi-legendary queen Semiramis. The legends are in part based on the historical Shammuramat, queen consort of Shamshi-Adad V and regent for her son Adad-nirari III.
King Lear	1905–	800 BC	Celtic Britain
Romolo e Remo	1961	753 BC	Based on the story of Romulus and Remus, and the founding of the city of Rome and the Roman Kingdom.
'	2019	753 BC	Set in the 8th century BC, it is about the shepherd brothers Romulus and Remus and the founding of Rome.
Romulus and the Sabines	1961	750 BC	Based on the Rape of the Sabine Women, an origin myth for the Roman Kingdom. Shortly after the founding of the kingdom and the start of the reign of Romulus, Rome still lacks a female population and its residents can not reproduce. Romulus organizes bride kidnappings from neighboring people, primarily targeting the Sabines. This leads to a war between the Roman and Sabines, and the eventual assimilation of the Sabines by the Romans.
Duel of Champions	1961	650 BC	Based on the Roman legend of the Horatii, set in the reign of Tullus Hostilius. The Roman Kingdom is at war with the city of Alba Longa and the outcome will by decided by champion warfare. Rome sends three brothers from gens Horatia and Alba Longa sends three brothers from gens Curiatia. Publius Horatius emerges as the sole survivor of the combat, and Alba Longa is annexed by the Roman Kingdom.
War Gods of Babylon	1962	627 BC	Set in the Neo-Assyrian Empire; focusing largely on Sardanapalus and Hammurabi.
Queen of Babylon	1954	600 BC	Set in the Neo-Babylonian Empire, depicts Semiramis as a Babylonian queen.
Gautama Buddha	2007	563–483 BC	Depicting the life of the Gautama Buddha. Siddhārtha Gautama is a member of the Ikshvaku dynasty, and seeks a solution to human misery and a path for salvation. He redefines the concept of the Dharma.
The Beast of Babylon Against the Son of Hercules	1963	539 BC	A fictionalized account of the downfall of the Neo-Babylonian Empire and its conquest by the Achaemenid Empire under the Cyrus the Great. The cruel Balthazar has usurped the Babylonian throne and rules through state terrorism. He systematically offers young women as human sacrifice to his gods. Nippur, a descendant of former king Sargon II, fails to stop the usurper on his own. His life is saved by Zairus and he agrees to help the Persian king in his campaign to conquer Babylon. The historical Belshazzar was a son of king Nabonidus and served as a regent in his father's absence, but never became a king in his own right. During Cyrus' conquest, Nabonidus was captured and his life apparently spared, but Belshazzar may have died during the fall of the city.
Hero of Rome	1964	509 BC	The story combines the Roman legends of Gaius Mucius Scaevola and the expulsion of king Lucius Tarquinius Superbus. In the film, Lucius Tarquinius Superbus has already been deposed, and the Roman Kingdom has been replaced by a Roman Republic. Lars Porsena, King of Clusium wages war against the Republic in an attempt to restore his ally Tarquinius to the throne. The Roman Senate offers the military leadership to Gaius Mucius Scaevola, a recently released prisoner of war whose right hand is permanently disabled. Scaevola trains himself to fight with his left hand, and leads his troops to victory against Lars Porsena.
'	1964	493 BC	The Roman legend of Gaius Marcius Coriolanus. Coriolanus is a Roman general who distinguishes himself in a war between the Roman Republic and the Volsci. When the aristocratic Coriolanus proposes political reforms which will severely reduce the rights of the plebs, most of the Romans turn against him and he is exiled. The vengeful Coriolanus offers his military services to the Volsci, and leads an invasion army against Rome. Coriolanus refuses requests for a peaceful resolution by his former countrymen, but changes his mind when the Romans send his own mother and his wife as their representatives.

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
'	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	358 BC	An American action fantasy adventure film based on the graphic novel ', which presents a realistic and more human version of Hercules.
Alexander the Great	1956	356–323 BC	Ancient kingdom of Macedonia and Persia
Alexander	2004	356–323 BC	Ancient kingdom of Macedonia and Persia
The Cleopatras	1983	305–30 BC	Egypt – The entire Ptolemaic dynasty
Asoka	2001	304–232 BC	Ancient India, during early years of the rule of Maurya emperor Asoka
Il Colosso di Rodi	1961	280 BC
Revak the Rebel	1960	218 BC	Iberian Peninsula immediately before the Second Punic War
Cabiria	1914	218–202 BC	during the Second Punic War
Hannibal	1959	218–202 BC	during the Second Punic War
Hannibal – Rome's Worst Nightmare	2006	218–202 BC	during the Second Punic War
Barbarians Rising	2016	218 BC –455 AD	From the Second Punic War to the Sack of Rome. History channel Docu-drama.
Siege of Syracuse	1960	214–212 BC	the Roman Siege of Syracuse during the Second Punic War
'	1937	202 BC	Battle of Zama which ended the Second Punic War
The Centurion	1961	146 BC	Battle of Corinth between Rome and the Achaean League
'	2006	146 BC – 410 AD	From Tiberius Gracchus to the Sack of Rome. BBC Docu-drama.
'	2008	113 BC - 476 AD	From the cimbrian war to the last Western Roman emperor. History channel Docu-drama.
Julius Caesar	2002	100–44 BC	a bio-pic of Julius Caesar, not the Shakespeare play about his death and the aftermath
Roman Empire	2016-	81 BC - 192 AD	Anthology series with each season presenting an independent story.
Burebista	1980	82–44 BC	The reign of King Burebista of Dacia
Spartaco	1953	73–71 BC	the Third Servile War in Rome
Spartacus	1960	73–71 BC	the Third Servile War in Rome
Spartacus	2004	73–71 BC	the Third Servile War in Rome
Spartacus	2010–2013	73–71 BC	the Third Servile War in Rome
Druids	2001	58–51 BC	the struggle between Julius Caesar and Vercingetorix in the Gallic Wars
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
'	2003	49 BC – 14 AD	Rome – the life of Augustus, the first emperor
A Queen for Caesar	1962	48 BC	Egypt leading up to the arrival of Julius Caesar
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
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
Empire	2005	44 BC	Covers the struggle of a young Octavius to become the first emperor of Rome.
The Caesars	1967	27 BC – 68 AD	Rome – the Julio-Claudian dynasty
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
Massacre in the Black Forest	1967	9 AD	Germany – The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest, where the Cherusci ambushed and annihilated three Roman legions.
Ben-Hur	1959	26–30 AD	Based on the 1880 novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ by Lew Wallace
Ben-Hur	2016	26–30 AD	Based on the 1880 novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ by Lew Wallace
The Last Temptation of Christ	1988	27–30 AD	Judea – the life of Jesus Christ
The Passion of the Christ	2004	33 AD	Judea – The final 12 hours of Jesus Christ's life
Risen	2016	33 AD	Judea – Immediately after Jesus' crucifixion
Barrabas	1961	33–64	Rome – ending reign of Tiberius, the reign of Nero
The Robe	1953	30–36	Rome – ending reign of Tiberius, the beginning of Caligula
'	2005	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.
The Inquiry	2006	37	Roman province of Judea shortly after the death of Jesus
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
Nero	2004	41–68	Rome – spanning the reigns of Claudius and Nero
Britannia	2018–2019	43	Set in AD 43, the series follows the Roman conquest of Britain
St. Thomas	1975	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
Quo Vadis	2001	54–68	Rome during the reign of Nero
Boudica	2003	60	Britain – a rebellion shortly after the area had been conquered by Rome
Pompeii	2014	62–79	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 – Domitian's Dacian War
The Apocalypse	2002	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	2010	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 - spanning the reigns of Marcus Aurelius and Commodus
The Magnificent Gladiator	1964	260–268	Rome during the reign of Gallienus
Sheba and the Gladiator	1959	260–273	Rome and the Palmyrene Empire during the reigns of Aurelian and Zenobia
Sebastiane	1976	288	Rome Low-budget homo-erotic film about Saint Sebastian
Constantine and the Cross	1962	306–312	Rome's first Christian emperor from the death of Constantius Chlorus to the Battle of the Milvian Bridge
Katherine of Alexandria	2012	307	Roman province of Egypt shortly before the legalization of Christianity
Fabiola	1949	312	Rome early in the reign of Constantine I
'	2010	354–430	Roman province of Africa – focusing on the life of Augustine of Hippo, and including the Vandal conquest of Carthage
Agora	2009	360–415	Life and death of scientist/philosopher Hypatia of Alexandria and the destruction of the Library.
'	2000	387–493	Ireland and Roman Britain during the life of Saint Patrick
Roar	1997	400	Ireland – Celtic warriors attempt to repel a fictitious Roman invasion
King Arthur	2004	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
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
Revenge of the Barbarians	1960	410	the Visigothic sack of Rome
Die Nibelungen	1924	450	about the Germanic hero Siegfried, his murder, and his widow's vengeance
Die Nibelungen	1967	450	about the Germanic hero Siegfried, his murder, and his widow's vengeance
'	2004	450	about the Germanic hero Siegfried
The Last Legion	2007	476–490	connecting 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
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
Beowulf & Grendel	2005	6th century	Denmark in the Germanic Heroic Age – loose adaptation of the Anglo-Saxon poem of Beowulf
Grendel	2007	6th century	Denmark in the Germanic Heroic Age – very 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
Teodora	1921	500–548	Byzantine empress Theodora
Theodora, Slave Empress	1954	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
Sword of the Conqueror	1961	567–572	Alboin and the Lombard invasion of Italy
Goliath and the Barbarians	1959	568	the Lombard invasion of Italy
The Message	1976	570–632	Arabian Peninsula – the life of Muhammad
	2015	570–632	Arabian Peninsula – the life of Muhammad
Omar	2012	595–644	the life of Omar ibn Al-Khattab, one of the companions of Muhammad

Films set in medieval era (600–1500)

Early middle ages (7th–10th centuries)

Title	Release date	Time period	Notes on setting
'	1981	632–681	epic about the fall of Old Great Bulgaria and the creation of modern-day Bulgaria; focuses on Kanasubigi Asparuh's life
Redbad	2018	c.680-719	a Dutch drama film based on the life of Redbad, King of the Frisians, who is often considered the last independent ruler of Frisia before Frankish domination
Outlander	2008	709	Loosely based on the 9th-century epic poem Beowulf, adapted to a science-fiction backstory involving a spaceship crashing in Iron Age Norway
Charlemagne, le prince à cheval	1993	768–800	Charlemagne's reign up to his coronation as emperor in 800
Roland the Mighty	1956	778	Roland, a knight of Charlemagne's court who was killed at the Battle of Roncevaux Pass
Vikings	2013–	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.
'	2003	800	Poland – the death of Popiel and the rise of Piast the Wheelwright
Attack of the Normans	1962	early 9th century	set in England during the Viking Age
Útlaginn	1981	9th century	Iceland – adaptation of the saga of Gisli Sursson
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
The Last Kingdom	2015–	866–late 9th century	Viking Age
Alfred the Great	1969	870–899	England – Alfred the Great, king of Wessex repels the army of Guthrum and begins the unification of England
A Viking Saga	2008	870s	Russia – the Rus prince Oleg of Novgorod defeats Askold and Dir
The Conquest	1996	896	Magyar settlement in Hungary
When the Raven Flies	1984	897	Iceland in the Viking Age
Pathfinder	1987	900	Norway – based on a Sami legend
In the Shadow of the Raven	1988	900	Iceland in the Viking Age
White Viking	1991	900	Iceland in the Viking Age
The 13th Warrior	1999	922	blends elements of the historical account of the travels of Ahmad ibn Fadlan, the legend of Beowulf, and the Kurosawa film Seven Samurai
The Castilian	1963	930–970	Ferdinand Gonzalez: an early hero of the Spanish Reconquista
The Viking	2016	970–1016	Kievan Rus' – Vladimir I of Kiev
Gniazdo	1974	972	about Mieszko I of Poland
The Ceremony of Innocence	1970	978–1016	a fictionalized version of the reign of Æthelred the Unready
Prince Vladimir	2006	980–1015	Kievan Rus' – Vladimir I of Kiev
The Long Ships	1964	late 10th century
The Viking Sagas	1995	late 10th, early 11th centuries	Iceland – borrows elements from several Icelandic sagas, most notably Laxdœla saga and Njáls saga
The Viking	1928	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

Films set in 11th century

Films set in 12th century

Films set in 13th century

Films set in 14th century

Title	Release date	Time period	Setting	Notes
Kristin Lavransdatter	1995	early-to-mid-14th century	Norway
Knightfall	2017–2019	1291–1307	France	recounts the success, fall, persecution, and suppression of the Knights Templar
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
Padmaavat	2018	1303	India	based on the epic poem Padmavat by Malik Muhammad Jayasi, Sultan Alauddin Khilji hears of Rani Padmavati's beauty and attacks on Mewar to claim her
Outlaw King	2018	1304–1307	Scotland	Robert the Bruce rebels against Edward I's rule over Scotland, thus becoming an "outlaw", depicts the Battle of Loudoun Hill
The Bruce	1996	1305–1314	Scotland	Robert the Bruce, who took over the rebellion against Edward "Longshanks" following the death of William Wallace in 1305
Robert the Bruce	2019	1306–1314	Scotland	The story follows Robert the Bruce during the First War of Scottish Independence
Tower of Lust	1955	1314	France	Margaret of Burgundy, Queen of France
Cathedral of the Sea	2018	1320–1370	Spain – Barcelona	The action takes place in 14th century Barcelona at the height of the city's trade and military power in the Mediterranean, during the construction of Santa Maria del Mar serving as background to the story.
Anchoress	1993	1325	France	An anchorite
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
	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 Name of the Rose	1986	1327	Italy	set in an Italian monastery
The Name of the Rose	2019	1327	Italy	Miniseries set in an Italian monastery. A dispute over the evangelical counsel of poverty between representatives of the Franciscan Order and the Avignon Papacy
World Without End	2012	1327–1361	England	A sequel to the 2010 miniseries The Pillars of the Earth, set in England during the 1300s
Kazimierz Wielki	1976	1333–1370	Poland	Casimir III the Great of Poland
The Decameron	1971	1348	Italy
Black Death	2010	1348	England	During the initial outbreak of the plague
The Seventh Seal	1957	1351	Sweden	During the initial outbreak of the plague
Du Guesclin	1948	1354–1380	France	Bertrand du Guesclin, a Constable of France in the Hundred Years' War
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
A Walk with Love and Death	1969	1358	France near Paris and Meaux	Angelica Huston in the turmoil of the Jacquerie
The Dark Avenger	1955	1359	England	Edward, the Black Prince
Andrei Rublev	1966	1360–1430	Russia	about the life of Andrei Rublev, who was considered to be the greatest medieval Russian painter of icons and frescoes
The Reckoning	2003	1380	England
Mircea	1989	1386–1418	Wallachia	Mircea the Elder, who repelled the Ottoman Empire during his reign
Boj na Kosovu	1989	1389	Serbia, Montenegro	a battle between Medieval Serbia and the Ottoman Empire
Banović Strahinja	1983	1389	Serbia	a battle between Medieval Serbia and the Ottoman Empire
The Hollow Crown	2012–2016	1398–1485	England	series of films based on Shakespeare's plays depicting the lives of Richard II of England, Henry IV of England, Henry V of England, Henry VI of England, and Richard III of England
The Canterbury Tales	1972	late 14th century	England

Films set in 15th century

Title	Release date	Time period	Setting	Notes
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
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
The King	2019	1403–1420	England and northern France	Henry V of England
Krzyzacy	1960	1406–1410	Central Europe	the Battle of Grunwald
Medici	2016–2019	1409–1492	Italy	The series follows the Medici family, bankers of the Pope, during Renaissance Florence.
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	2010	1414–1415	Germany
Joan of Arc	1948	1429–1431	France	Joan of Arc, the French heroine of the Hundred Years' War
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
'	1999	1429–1431	France	Joan of Arc, the French heroine of the Hundred Years' War
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
The Passion of Joan of Arc	1928	1431	England	The trial and execution of Joan of Arc
The Silence of Joan	2011	1431	France	Joan of Arc, the French heroine of the Hundred Years' War
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
'	2000	1439–1476	Wallachia	about prince Vlad the Impaler of Wallachia, who fought to repel the invading Muslim Ottoman Empire throughout his reign
'	2020	1444–1453	Constantinople	the Fall of Constantinople to Mehmed the Conqueror, sultan of the Ottoman Empire, ending the Byzantine Empire
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
Richard III	1955	1452–1485		Richard III of England
The Life of Leonardo da Vinci	1971	1452–1519	Italy, France	The life of the Italian Renaissance genius Leonardo da Vinci.
:it:Io, Leonardo\|Io, Leonardo	2019	1452–1519	Italy, France	A journey in Leonardo da Vinci's mind.
The Conquest of Constantinople	1951	1453	Constantinople	the Fall of Constantinople to Mehmed the Conqueror, sultan of the Ottoman Empire, ending the Byzantine Empire
Fetih 1453	2012	1453	Constantinople	the Fall of Constantinople to Mehmed the Conqueror, sultan of the Ottoman Empire, ending the Byzantine Empire
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
Isabel	2012–2014	1460–1504	Spain	Biography about the Queen of Castile, Isabella the Catholic.
Tower of London	1939	1462–1483		during the reign of Edward IV of England
The White Queen	2013	1464		the House of York and the House of Lancaster, are in violent conflict over the throne
Da Vinci's Demons	2013–2015	1475–1490	Italy	Historical fantasy drama series that presents a fictional account of Leonardo da Vinci's early life
Maximilian and Marie De Bourgogne	2017	1477–1507	Austria	Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor and Mary of Burgundy
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 Princess	2017	1485	England	Elizabeth of York's marriage to Henry VII, as well as his early reign
:it:Princes in the Tower\|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
'	1992	1492		the discovery and conquest of the New World by Christopher Columbus
	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

Films set in 17th century

Films set in industrial era (1700–1900)

Films set in the 18th century

Title	Release date	Time period	Notes on setting
The Favourite	2018	1708	A frail Queen Anne occupies the throne and her close friend, Lady Sarah, governs the country in her stead. When a new servant, Abigail, arrives, her charm endears her to Sarah.
Rákóczi hadnagya	1954	1708	Adventure movie in Hungary during Rákóczi's War of Independence.
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	2014–2017	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
Maria Theresia	2017	1723–1741	Depicts the life of the young Maria Theresa
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 Great King	1942	1740–1786	It depicts the life of Frederick the Great
Maria Theresa	1951	1740–1780	Depicts the life of Maria Theresa
George Washington	1984	1743–1783	George Washington's life up to the American Revolutionary War.
The Scarlet Empress	1934	1744–1762	Catherine II of Russia
The Rise of Catherine the Great	1934	1744–1762	Catherine II of Russia
Young Catherine	1991	1744	Catherine II of Russia
Catherine the Great	1995	1744–1762	Catherine II of Russia
Ekaterina	2014–2019	1744–1782	Catherine II of Russia
The Master of Ballantrae	1953	1745–1746	Jacobite Rising of 1745
Culloden	1964	1745–1746	Jacobite Rising of 1745
The Master of Ballantrae	1984	1745–1746	Jacobite Rising of 1745
Chasing the Deer	1994	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	1750	Adaptation of the famous pirate story by Robert Louis Stevenson
Treasure Island	1950	1750	Adaptation of the famous pirate story by Robert Louis Stevenson
Treasure Island	1972	1750	Adaptation of the famous pirate story by Robert Louis Stevenson
Treasure Island	1990	1750	Adaptation of the famous pirate story by Robert Louis Stevenson
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.
Amadeus	1984	1756–1791	Austria composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Barry Lyndon	1975	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	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	2010	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
Catherine the Great	2019	1764–1796	Catherine II of Russia
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.
The Duchess	2008	1774–1806	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.
'	2003	1776–1782	Depicting Benedict Arnold, both an early hero of the American Revolution and a notorious defector.
'	2014–2017	1776–1814	American Revolutionary War
The Queen's Necklace	1946	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.
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	1996	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 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
	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
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	1983	1794	Conflict between Georges Danton and Maximilien Robespierre during the French Revolution.
Beau Brummell	1954	1795	Beau Brummell, a 19th-century arbiter of fashion in England who popularized the man's suit and necktie
Sangolli Rayanna	2012	1798–1831	Film is about Sangolli Rayanna, a prominent freedom fighter from Karnataka, who fought the British East India Company until he was captured and executed in 1831.
Sleepy Hollow	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	2004	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
Northanger Abbey	1986	late 18th century	adaptation of Jane Austen's 1817 novel set during the time Miss Austen wrote the novel.

Films set in the 19th century

Films set in the modern era (1900–1949)

Title	Release date	Time period	Notes on setting
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
Tolkien	2019	1890s–1930s	Biopic about the life of J. R. R. Tolkien
Iron Jawed Angels	2004	1913–1920	American women's suffrage movement during the 1910s
Titanic	1943	1912	the Titanic disaster
Titanic	1953	1912	the Titanic disaster
A Night to Remember	1958	1912	the Titanic disaster
Titanic'	1997	1912	the Titanic disaster
Titanic'	2012	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
Downton Abbey	2010–2015	1912–1926	set in a fictional Yorkshire country estate during the post-Edwardian era
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	2004	1914–1920s	Western Front of World War I
The Aviator	2004	1914–1947	Biopic about Howard Hughes, an aviation pioneer, director, and successful film producer.
La Masseria Delle Allodole	2007	1915	Set during World War I in the Ottoman Empire, depicting the Armenian Genocide.
Ararat	2002	1915	Based on the Defense of Van in 1915, an Armenian insurgence in the Ottoman Empire during the Armenian Genocide.
The Promise	2017	1915	The Armenian Genocide
Shimon Haber	2008	1915–1919	Development and usage of Chemical weapons in World War I
'	2007	1915	The Sinking of the RMS Lusitania
Lawrence of Arabia	1962	1916–1918	T. E. Lawrence and the Arab Revolt in the Ottoman Empire.
Michael Collins	1996	1916–1922	Later life of Irish resistance leader Michael Collins and his participation in the Irish War of Independence and the Irish Civil War.
1917	2019	1917	European theatre of World War I
The Lighthorsemen	1987	1917	Battle of Beersheba in the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I.
Stalin	1992	1917–1953	Brutal Career and Corruption of Soviet Leader Joseph Stalin
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.
1918	1985	1918	Written by Horton Foote, depicts life in Texas and the devastating effect of the great flu epidemic of 1918.
The Wind that Shakes the Barley	2006	1919–1923	The Irish War of Independence and the Irish Civil War
Chariots of Fire	1981	1919–1924	British runners face prejudice and compete in the 1924 Summer Olympics. The runners are Eric Liddell and Harold Abrahams. Liddell was a Scottish man and Abrahams was A British Jew.
Evita	1996	1919–1952	Biopic of Eva Perón, First Lady of Argentina.
J. Edgar	2011	1919–1972	Life and career of J. Edgar Hoover, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation from 1935 to 1972.
Anastasia	1956	1920s	Based upon theories on the survival of Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia and the activities of Anna Anderson. Anderson was the most famous of the Romanov impostors.
Legionnaire	1998	1920–1926	Rif War
Boardwalk Empire	2010–2014	January 1920 – October 1931	Crime and power in Atlantic City during the Prohibition Era
Jinnah	1998	1920–1947	Depicts the role of Muhammad Ali Jinnah in the independence of Pakistan.
The First of the Few	1942	1922–1936	Aerospace engineer R.J. Mitchell designs the Spitfire despite his failing health.
The King's Speech	2010	1924–1939	The quest of George VI, King of the United Kingdom to overcome his stammer.
Togo	2019	1925	the story of Togo, a lead dog during the 1925 serum run to Nome
The Ogre	1996	1925–1945	The account of a simple Frenchman caught up in the events of World War II. He involuntarily serves in the French Army, spends time as a prisoner of war in East Prussia, and gets hired to take care of the animals in the local estate of Hermann Göring. 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.
Downton Abbey	2019	1927	film sequel to the television series of the same name
Phar Lap	1983	1928–1932	Biography about the New Zealand-born Australian racehorse Phar Lap
The Imitation Game	2014	1928–1950	British cryptanalyst Alan Turing, who decrypted German intelligence messages for the British government during the Second World War
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.
Mildred Pierce	2011	1930s	based on the 1941 novel, set during the Great Depression
Rabbit-Proof Fence	2002	1931	Australia's Stolen Generations
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 sank 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.
Perry Mason	2020	1931–1932	a fictional detective in Depression-era Los Angeles, based on the award-winning series of the same name broadcast from 1957 to 1966
Bonnie and Clyde	1967	1931–1934	About the exploits of Bonnie and Clyde, American outlaws and robbers during the Great Depression.
Frances	1982	1931–1958	Life of actress Frances Farmer
Last Man Standing	1996	1932	During Prohibition in the United States, gun-wielding mercenary John Smith, arrives at the small town Jericho, Texas, close to the Mexico–United States border. He plays on both sides in a gang war between the Irish Mob and the American Mafia, while scheming to eliminate both gangs. The film is a loose remake of Yojimbo, which was set in Japan during the Tokugawa shogunate. The original film was a loose adaptation of the novels Red Harvest and The Glass Key by Dashiell Hammett.
Gosford Park	2001	1932	murder mystery set at an English country house during the Interwar period
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.
Murder on the Orient Express	2017	1934	murder mystery set aboard the Orient Express train traveling from Istanbul to London
A Pearl in the Forest	2008	1934–1938	Set during the Great Purge initiated by Joseph Stalin in the Soviet Union. The film focuses on the spillover effects of the Purge on the Mongolian People's Republic, a satellite state of the Soviet Union.
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom	1984	1935	Archaeologist and adventurer Indiana Jones travels to India, and is asked to find a mystical stone. He then stumbles upon a secret cult committing enslavement and human sacrifices in the catacombs of an ancient palace.
Atonement	2007	1935–1940	A romantic suspense war film. Opening in the interwar period of the United Kingdom, during the late 1930s, and continuing to the early days of World War II. 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	2004	1935–1942	The relationship between German-Brazilian communist militant Olga Benário and Luís Carlos Prestes, one of the main leaders of the opposition against Brazilian dictatorship of Getúlio Vargas.
Unbroken	2014	1936–1998	The life of Louis Zamperini.
Race	2016	1936	The life of Jesse Owens wons four gold medals during Athletics.
Raiders of the Lost Ark	1981	1936	Archaeologist and adventurer Indiana Jones is hired by the U.S. government to find the Ark of the Covenant before Adolf Hitler's Nazis can obtain its awesome powers.
The Hindenburg	1975	1937	The Hindenburg disaster at Naval Air Station Lakehurst, New Jersey.
O Brother, Where Art Thou?	2000	1937	set in 1937 rural Mississippi during the Great Depression. Its story is a modern satire loosely based on Homer's epic poem The Odyssey that incorporates mythology from the American South
Seabiscuit	2003	1937	Race horse Seabiscuit
John Rabe	2009	1937	The Nanking massacre during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
The Flowers of War	2011	1937	The Nanking massacre during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade	1989	1938	After his father Professor Henry Jones, Sr. goes missing while pursuing the Holy Grail, Indiana Jones finds himself up against Adolf Hitler's Nazis again to stop them obtaining its powers.
The Good Shepherd	2006	1938–1961	Rise of Central Intelligence Agency's counterintelligence, leading up to the Bay of Pigs Invasion
Voyage of the Damned	1976	1939	Based on the events of the MS St. Louis
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	World War II experiences of Polish-Jewish pianist/composer and Holocaust survivor Władysław Szpilman
'	2008	1939–1945	Norway during World War II and Winter War
Battle of Britain	1969	1940	The Battle of Britain
April 9th	2015	1940	9 April, German invasion of Denmark. A group of Danish bicycle infantry is sent as a vanguard to slow down the German advance until reinforcements can arrive.
Kongens nei	2016	1940	The film focuses on King Haakon VII and the Norwegian Royal family in the days before and immediately after the German invasion of Norway in April 1940.
Hurricane	2018	1940	The Battle of Britain
Malèna	2000	1940–1944	Italy during World War II
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	The Dunkirk evacuation of World War II
Life Is Beautiful	1997	early 1940s	a Jewish-Italian man and his son during their internment in a Nazi concentration camp
The Way Back	2010	1941	Escape from a Siberian Gulag
Sink the Bismarck!	1960	May 1941	Depicts German battleship Bismarck and its last battle.
Defiance	2008	August 1941	Story of three Jewish brothers of the Bielski partisans who saved and recruited Jews during the Nazi occupation of Belarus.
Das Boot	1981	October 1941	Battle of the Atlantic
Tora! Tora! Tora!	1970	7 December 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 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.
U-571	2000	1942	Battle of the Atlantic
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas	2008	1942	Set during the Holocaust
Allied	2016	1942	a Canadian intelligence officer and a French Resistance fighter pose as a married couple during a mission in Casablanca
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
Midway	2019	June 1942	The Battle of Midway
Kododa	2006	August 1942	Australia's 39th Battalion during the early days of the Kokoda Track campaign
Band of Brothers	2001	August 1942 – May 1945	Miniseries portraying the soldiers in Easy Company of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division, from training in boot camp to action in the European Theatre of World War II.
The Pacific	2010	August 1942 – August 1945	Miniseries portraying the Pacific Theater of World War II
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
Patton	1970	1943–1945	The exploits of United States Army General George S. Patton during World War II
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
Hvidsten Gruppen	2012	1943	the story about the Danish resistance movement Hvidsten Gruppen.
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.
Eye of the Needle	1981	1944	a German spy in England who discovers vital information about the upcoming D-Day invasion
Black Book	2006	1944	a Dutch-Jewish singer becomes a spy for the resistance in German-occupied Netherlands
Flame & Citron	2008	1944	the story of two Danish resistance movement fighters nicknamed Flame and Citron, during the Nazi occupation of Denmark
Red Tails	2012	1944	Tuskegee Airmen during World War II
The Longest Day	1962	6 June 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	July 1944	Set in Nazi Germany during World War II. It depicts the 20 July plot in 1944 by German army officers to assassinate Adolf Hitler and to use the Operation Valkyrie national emergency plan to take control of the country.
A Bridge Too Far	1977	September 1944	Operation Market Garden
Kanal	1956	September 1944	Warsaw uprising
When Trumpets Fade	1998	September 1944	The Battle of Hürtgen Forest
Saints and Soldiers	2003	December 1944 – January 1945	The Malmedy massacre and its aftermath during the Battle of the Bulge.
Battle of the Bulge	1965	December 1944 – January 1945	The Battle of the Bulge. Based on the last major German offensive campaign on the Western Front during World War II. It was launched through the densely forested Ardennes region of Wallonia in eastern Belgium, northeast France, and Luxembourg, towards the end of the war in Europe.
The Founding of a Republic	2009	1945–1949	Inspired by true events, The Founding of a Republic weaves a rousing tale of Mao Zedong, who fought against Chiang Kai-shek and the Kuomintang. Mao Zedong led his people in battle during the Chinese Civil War, to establish a new People's Republic of China.
The Great Raid	2005	January 1945	Liberation of the Cabanatuan Prison Camp on the island of Luzon, Philippines. The camp was set up during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines.
Flags of Our Fathers	2006	February–March 1945	the Battle of Iwo Jima from an American perspective.
Letters from Iwo Jima	2006	February–March 1945	The Battle of Iwo Jima from a Japanese perspective.
Grave of the Fireflies	1988	March–September 1945	Japanese sibling struggle to survive toward the end of World War II during the firebombing of Kobe and its aftermath.
Fury	2014	April 1945	2nd Armored Division Tank crewmen during the Western Allied invasion of Germany
Downfall	2004	April–May 1945	Depicting the final ten days of Adolf Hitler's reign over Nazi Germany and their immediate aftermath. Events take place during the Battle of Berlin.
The Godfather	1972	1945–1955	Vito Corleone, the aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty, transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son Michael Corleone. The film is set primarily in New York City, and is based on the novel The Godfather by Mario Puzo. The novel and film fictionalize actual people and events connected to the Five Families. Vito Corleone himself was a composite of real-life organized crime bosses Frank Costello and Carlo Gambino.
Ashes and Diamonds	1958	May 1945	Polish Home Army soldiers assigned to assassinate a Communist commissar
	2016	July 1945	The sinking of the.
The Good German	2006	July–August 1945	During the Potsdam Conference
Nuremberg	2000	November 1945 – Octobeeer 1946	The first of the Nuremberg trials
Judgment at Nuremberg	1961	1947	The Judges' Trial
The Black Dahlia	2006	1947	The murder of Elizabeth Short and subsequent investigation.
Exodus	1960	1947–1948	Foundation of Israel
Cast a Giant Shadow	1966	1948	United States Army colonel Mickey Marcus's involvement in the Israeli War of Independence

Films set in atomic era (1950–1999)

Title	Release date	Time period	Notes on setting
'	2013	1925–1995	Nelson Mandela
Walk the Line	2005	1944–1968	Johnny Cash
The Crown	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.
The Shawshank Redemption	1994	1947–1987	takes place in a state penitentiary set in mid-century New England
A Beautiful Mind	2001	1947–1994	based on the life of John Nash, a Nobel Laureate in Economics
American Hot Wax	1978	1950	Disc jockey Alan Freed's involvement in the emergence of rock and roll
'	2010	1950	The story of student-soldiers trying to protect a middle school during the early days of the Korean War
Taegukgi	2004	1950–1953	A drama about the fate of brothers forced to fight in the Korean War
Sayonara	1957	1950–1953	the story of an American Air Force pilot during the Korean War who falls in love with a famous Japanese dancer
Rocketman	2019	1950s–1982	Elton John
The Finest Hours	2016	1952	The SS Pendleton Coast Guard rescue mission attempt
The Motorcycle Diaries	2004	1952–1967	The life of Che Guevara
The Kennedys	2011	1952–1968	The triumphs and tragedies of the Kennedy family
The Front Line	2011	1953	A drama centered on the Korean War's final battle which will determine the border between North Korea and South Korea
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
Elvis	1979	1953–1972	The story follows the life and career of rock and roll icon Elvis Presley
The People vs. Larry Flynt	1996	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 the innovative fast food eatery of Richard and Maurice McDonald, McDonald's, into one of the biggest restaurant businesses in the world. Th film depicts Kroc using a combination of ambition, persistence, and ruthlessness.
Shutter Island	2010	1954	In Massachusetts, U.S. Marshal Edward "Teddy" Daniels investigates the disappearance of murderer Rachel Solando, who escaped from a hospital for the criminally insane. The film is set in Boston Harbor, and is based on the novel Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane. The hospital is loosely based on the Chronic Disease Hospital of Long Island.
The Battle of Algiers	1966	1954–1960	During the Algerian War
Forrest Gump	1994	1954–1981	The remarkable life story of a kind and brave Alabama man with an IQ of 75.
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.
Che	2008	1955–1967	The life and death of Che Guevara
Goodfellas	1990	1955–1980	Biopic about mobster Henry Hill. Hill was an associate of the Lucchese crime family, who later became an informant of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Blow	2001	1955–1994	Biopic about drug trafficker George Jung
Nasser 56	1996	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 The Prince and the Showgirl. Marilyn Monroe was escorted around London by Colin Clark, after her husband Arthur Miller had returned to the United States.
Motherless Brooklyn	2019	1957	A private investigator struggling with Tourette syndrome works to solve the mystery of his mentor's demise during the 1950s in New York City
Bridge of Spies	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.
Loving	2016	1958–1967	Based on the lives of Mildred and Richard Loving and the events surrounding the landmark court case of Loving v. Virginia.
In Cold Blood	1967	1959	Based on Truman Capote's nonfiction book of the same name about the murdered Clutter family in Holcomb, Kansas.
Black and White	2002	1959	Biographical film about the Max Stuart case where an Indigenous Australia man was found guilty of murder and the legal fight to have his death sentence commuted.
Hollywoodland	2006	1959	a private detective investigates the circumstances surrounding the death of actor George Reeves
Scandal	1989	1959–1963	Christine Keeler, Stephen Ward and the Profumo affair
Heaven & Earth	1993	1960–1980	Vietnam War
The Odd Angry Shot	1979	1960s	Experiences of Australian soldiers during the 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.
'	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.
City of God	2002	1960–1980	The growth of organized crime in Cidade de Deus, Rio de Janeiro.
Hidden Figures	2016	1961	The black female mathematicians who worked at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration during the Space Race
'	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
First Man	2018	1961–1969	About the life of Neil Armstrong and the decade leading up to the Apollo 11 lunar mission
Thirteen Days	2000	1962	The Cuban Missile Crisis
Green Book	2018	1962	a tour of the Deep South by African American classical and jazz pianist Don Shirley and Italian American bouncer Frank "Tony Lip" Vallelonga who served as Shirley's driver and bodyguard
Z	1969	1963	The assassination of Grigoris Lambrakis
A Perfect World	1993	1963	A kidnapped boy strikes up a friendship with his captor: an escaped convict on the run from the law, while the search is headed up by an honorable Texas Ranger.
The Help	2011	1963	Race relations in the Deep South during the Civil Rights Movement
All the Way	2016	1963–1965	Lyndon Baines Johnson becomes the President of the United States in the chaotic aftermath of the Assassination of John F. Kennedy. He spends his first year in office fighting to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
LBJ	2016	1963–1969	The story of President of the United States Lyndon Baines Johnson from his young days in West Texas to the White House.
Catch Me If You Can	2002	1963–1974	The life of Frank Abagnale, a con artist and famous check forger.
Ghosts of Mississippi	1996	1963–1990	Events surrounding the murder of NAACP field secretary Medgar Evers during the civil rights movement in Mississippi
1965	2014	1963–1966	Singapore in Malaysia, 1964 race riots in Singapore and National Day of 1965
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	2014	1965	Selma to Montgomery march in Alabama during the civil rights movement
The Year of Living Dangerously	1982	1965	Set in Indonesia during the overthrow of President Sukarno
We Were Soldiers	2002	1965	The Battle of Ia Drang in the Vietnam War
An American Crime	2007	1965	The film tells the story of the torture and murder of Sylvia Likens by Indianapolis housewife Gertrude Baniszewski.
Born on the Fourth of July	1989	1965–1968	Ron Kovic's experiences in the Vietnam War
Coming Home	2014	1966–1976	Cultural Revolution in China.
W.	2008	1966–2003	The life and presidency of President of the United States George W. Bush
Platoon	1985	1967–1968	Vietnam War
Half of a Yellow Sun	2013	1967–1970	the Nigerian Civil War
Detroit	2017	1967	The 12th Street Riot in Detroit, Michigan
Bobby	2006	1968	The assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy
Full Metal Jacket	1987	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	1987	1969	Battle of Hamburger Hill in the Vietnam War
Apocalypse Now	1979	1969	Vietnam War
Chappaquiddick	2017	1969	Chronicles the untold story of Ted Kennedy and the Chappaquiddick incident during July 1969.
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood	2019	1969	follows an actor and his stunt double as they navigate the changing film industry in Los Angeles, set during the time of the Manson murders
Nixon	1995	1969–1974	The political life of President of the United States Richard M. Nixon
Zodiac	2007	1969–1975	the Zodiac murders in Northern California
Secretariat	2010	1969–1973	Race horse Secretariat.
Dekada '70 '	2002	1970	Based on the novel of the same name by Lualhati Bautista. The setting is the period of martial law in the Philippines, under the control of President Ferdinand Marcos.
Elvis & Nixon	2016	1970	The untold true story behind the meeting between Elvis Presley, the King of rock and roll, and President Richard Nixon.
Apollo 13	1995	1970	Apollo 13 lunar mission
Bohemian Rhapsody	2018	1970–1985	Follows the band Queen from their formation all the way to the Live Aid concert.
Milk	2008	1970–1978	Gay rights activist Harvey Milk
Remember the Titans	2000	1971	Follows a desegregated high school's football team in 1970s Alexandria, Virginia
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 United States' covert political and military involvement 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	1987	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	1975	the Indonesian invasion of East Timor and the Balibo Five
The Amityville Horror	2005	1975	A year after the murders of the DeFeo family in Amity, New York, another family moves into the house where the murders took place. Soon, it becomes clear that the house is haunted. The film was based on the novel The Amityville Horror by Jay Anson. The novel was inspired by real-life reports of a haunted house in Amity, and by the house's connection to six murders performed by former resident Ronald DeFeo Jr. in 1974.
Raid on Entebbe	1977	1976	The July 1976 rescue of passengers from a hijacked plane
Dazed and Confused	1993	1976	Based on Richard Linklater's life experiences.
Invincible	2006	1976–1978	story of Vince Papale, who played for the Philadelphia Eagles from 1976 to 1978
Frost/Nixon	2008	1977	the Frost-Nixon interviews
Summer of Sam	1999	1977	The Son of Sam murders in New York City
Romero	1989	1977–1980	The assassination of Archbishop Oscar Romero at the height of the Salvadorian Civil War
Boogie Nights	1997	1977–1984	Golden Age of Porn: 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
Detroit Rock City	1999	1978	Four teenagers embark on a roadtrip from Columbus, Ohio, to Detroit, Michigan, to attend a concert by KISS, their favourite band. The film is named after the song Detroit Rock City and depicts a concert within Cobo Center.
54	1998	1979	The last year of Studio 54 in New York City.
'	1990	1979	Aging Mafia Don Michael Corleone seeks to avow for his sins, while taking his nephew Vincent Mancini under his wing. The film is loosely based on the sudden death of Pope John Paul I, whose entire term lasted 33 days, and the Banco Ambrosiano scandal.
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.
House of Saddam	2008	1979–2006	A mini-series that explores the inner workings of President of Iraq Saddam Hussein's family and his relationship with his closest advisers.
The Iron Lady	2011	1979–1990	An elderly Margaret Thatcher talks to the imagined presence of her recently deceased husband Denis Thatcher, as she struggles to come to terms with his death. Scenes from her past life, from girlhood to her terms as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, intervene.
'	2013	1980–1989	Portrayal of Polish labor leader Lech Walesa and the Solidarity movement.
Oranges and Sunshine	2010	1980s	Based on the book Empty Cradles by Margaret Humphreys about her investigations in British Home Children.
Miracle	2004	1980	The United States men's national ice hockey team's gold medal victory at the 1980 Winter Olympics
No Country For Old Men	2007	1980	While hunting in West Texas, Llewelyn Moss stumbles upon several dead men and dogs, and a suitcase full of cash. This makes him the target for psychotic hitman Anton Chigurh, who hunts him down to retrieve the stolen money. The film is based on the novel No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy, and dramatizes the illegal drug trade across the Mexico–United States border. The character Llewelyn Moss is depicted as a veteran of the Vietnam War.
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
Barry	2016	1981–2009	A look into the early life of President of the United States Barack Obama.
Scarface	1983	1980–1983	Ruthless Cuban criminal Tony Montana arrives in Miami, Florida as part of the Mariel boatlift and builds a drug empire. The film was a remake of Scarface, and dramatizes the war on drugs and the illegal drug trade.
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
The Falklands Play	2002	1980–1982	Diplomacy leading up to and during the Falklands War
Wonderland	2003	1981	Wonderland murders
Joker	2019	1981	In Gotham City, mentally-troubled comedian Arthur Fleck is disregarded and mistreated by society. He then embarks on a downward spiral of revolution and bloody crime. This path brings him face-to-face with his alter-ego: "The Joker".
Hunger	2008	1981	1981 Irish hunger strike
The Americans	2013–2018	1981–1987	spy thriller series detailing the lives of KGB agents posing as Americans during the Cold War
An Ungentlemanly Act	1992	1982	The first days of the Argentine invasion of the Falkland Islands
Tumbledown	1988	1982	Falklands War
Heartbreak Ridge	1986	1983	United States invasion of Grenada: 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 Hunt for Red October	1990	1984	Soviet submarine during the late Cold War era
Steve Jobs	2015	1984–1998	Covers fourteen years of Steve Jobs' computing career
The Lives of Others	2006	1984–1993	In East Berlin, a Stasi agent is assigned to wire-tap a playwright and his lover, who are suspected to be disloyal to the GDR. However, the agent finds himself increasingly absorbed by their lives.
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
Chernobyl	2019	1986–1987	Mini-series depicting the Chernobyl disaster.
'	2016	1986–2016	A satirical rendition of Donald Trump's 1987 best selling business book, The Art of the Deal.
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	2015	1986–1996	The story behind hip hop group, N.W.A
Endgame	2009	1987–1990	final days of apartheid in South Africa
Narcos	2015	1989	Pablo Escobar rules the Medellín Cartel.
Atomic Blonde	2017	1989	Spy thriller set in the days before, during and after the Fall of the Wall
Good Bye, Lenin!	2003	1989–1990	Fall of the Berlin Wall and German reunification
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	2000	1991	1991 Perfect Storm
Invictus	2009	1991–1995	Post-apartheid South Africa and the 1995 Rugby World Cup
Welcome to Sarajevo	1997	1992	Bosnian War
No Man's Land	2001	1992	Bosnian War
As If I Am Not There	2010	1992	Bosnian War
In the Land of Blood and Honey	2011	1992	Bosnian War
Snowtown	2011	1992–1999	Snowtown murders
Black Hawk Down	2001	1993	The Battle of Mogadishu, Somali Civil War
The Fighter	2010	1993	About boxer Micky Ward and his family
Hotel Rwanda	2004	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	2010	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
Savior	1998	1995	During the Bosnian War in former Yugoslavia
Pain & Gain	2013	1995	Based on the criminal activities of the short-lived Sun Gym gang of Miami Lakes, Florida, which consisted mostly of bodybuilders. In the film, a trio of bodybuilders in Florida get caught up in an extortion ring and a kidnapping scheme that goes terribly wrong.
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	2003	1998	Tom and Eileen Lonergan
American Sniper	2014	1998–2011	Based on the 2012 memoir of former US Navy SEAL, Chris Kyle
Blood Diamond	2006	1999	During the Sierra Leone Civil War
The Rookie	2002	1999–2000	The story of Jim Morris, an American baseball player who reached the major leagues at the age of 35

Films set in information era (after 2000)

Title	Release date	Time period	Notes on setting
Spotlight	2015	2001	The Boston Globes investigative story on the Sexual abuse scandal in the Catholic archdiocese of Boston and the September 11 attacks
World Trade Center	2006	2001	September 11 attacks
United 93	2006	2001	September 11 attacks
Zero Dark Thirty	2012	2001–2012	The finding and assassination of Osama Bin Laden
The Social Network	2010	2003–2007	The founding of the social networking service-website Facebook
'	2019	2004–17	Based on a manga, documentary about from the successful 2004 Summer Olympics to the 2016 Summer Olympics.
The Impossible	2012	2004	The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, from the viewpoint of a tourist family in Thailand
The Hurt Locker	2008	2004	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
Million Dollar Arm	2014	2008	the story of Indian baseball pitchers Rinku Singh and Dinesh Patel
Sully	2016	2009	the story of Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger and the aftermath of US Airways Flight 1549
Captain Phillips	2013	2009	Kidnapping of merchant mariner Richard Phillips by Somalian pirates
Deepwater Horizon	2016	2010	Deepwater Horizon explosion
	2016	2012	2012 Benghazi attack: During an attack on a U.S. compound in Benghazi, Libya, a security team struggles to make sense out of the chaos.
Uncut Gems	2019	2012	Kevin Garnett's performance in the 2012 NBA Eastern Conference Semi-finals
Patriots Day	2016	2013	The Boston Marathon Bombing.
Ser du månen, Daniel	2019	2013–2014	The story of the kidnapping of Danish photographer Daniel Rye by the terrorist militant group ISIS in Syria.
Operation Red Sea	2018	2015	The People's Liberation Army Navy entered the Yemeni Civil War and the International military intervention against ISIL.
The Day We Died''	2020	2015	Film about the events surrounding the terrorist attacks in Copenhagen on 14 and 15 February 2015.

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