List of historical drama films
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The historical drama is a film genre in which stories are based upon historical events and famous persons. Some historical dramas attempt to accurately portray 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, and Saving Private Ryan, a heavily fictionalised version of a search for a soldier World War II.
Well-known historical dramas, and their subject matter
The following are examples of well-known historical dramas, and their subject matter.
- Alexander Nevsky (Alexander Nevsky)
- All the President's Men (the Watergate scandal)
- Anne of the Thousand Days (Anne Boleyn)
- The Battle of Algiers (the Algerian War of Independence)
- The Battleship Potemkin (the Battleship Potemkin uprising)
- Beau Brummell (Beau Brummell)
- Braveheart (William Wallace)
- Breaker Morant (Harry "Breaker" Morant)
- A Bridge Too Far (Operation Market Garden)
- The Charge of the Light Brigade (the Charge of the Light Brigade)
- Cromwell (Oliver Cromwell)
- Elizabeth (Elizabeth I of England)
- Downfall (the defeat of Adolf Hitler)
- Fire Over England (the Spanish Armada)
- Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi)
- Gladiator (the reign of Commodus)
- Glory (the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry)
- Gone with the Wind (the American Civil War)
- Good Night, and Good Luck. (Edward R. Murrow)
- Henry V (Henry V of England)
- Henry VIII and his Six Wives (Henry VIII of England)
- Hotel Rwanda (the Rwandan Genocide)
- Jesus of Nazareth (Jesus Christ)
- Judgment at Nuremberg (the Nuremberg Trials)
- Kagemusha (the Battle of Nagashino)
- The Killing Fields (the Khmer Rouge)
- Lady Caroline Lamb (Lady Caroline Lamb)
- Lady Jane (Lady Jane Grey)
- The Lion in Winter (Henry II of England)
- The Longest Day (D-Day)
- The Madness of King George (George III of the United Kingdom)
- A Man for All Seasons (Thomas More)
- Mary, Queen of Scots (Mary I of Scotland)
- Michael Collins (Michael Collins)
- Mrs. Brown (Queen Victoria and John Brown)
- Mutiny on the Bounty (the mutiny on the Bounty)
- A Night to Remember (the Titanic disaster)
- The Private Life of Henry VIII (Henry VIII of England)
- Queen Christina (Christina of Sweden)
- Richard III (two versions) (Richard III of England)
- The Right Stuff (the Project Mercury)
- Roots (the slave trade)
- Saving Private Ryan (D-Day and its aftermath)
- Schindler's List (Oskar Schindler)
- Sink the Bismarck! (the German battleship Bismarck)
- Spartacus (Spartacus)
- Titanic (the Titanic disaster)
- Tora! Tora! Tora! (the attack on Pearl Harbor)
- Waterloo (the Battle of Waterloo)
- Young Bess (Elizabeth I of England)
- Young Winston (Winston Churchill)
- Z (the assassination of Gregoris Lambrakis)
By period
- Films set in Prehistorical times
- Films set in Antiquity
- Films set in the Middle Ages
- Films set in Early Modernity
- Films set in the 18th and 19th Centuries
- Films set in the early 20th century, early 20th century
- Films set in the late 20th Century, late 20th century
See also
