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