Filmography of World History
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Global in scope and a practical tool for students and teachers of history, Deanne Schultz's "Filmography of World History: A Select, Critical Guide To Feature Films That Engage The Past" includes description and analysis of over 300 historical films. A companion to Grant Tracey's "Filmography of American History," this critical reference book selects movies that represent aspects of world history from the middle ages through the twentieth century. These films adopt as their subject a wide range of historical events, people and societies of Africa, Asia-Pacific, Europe and Canada, and Latin America. Over half of the entries provide extended analysis of the historical interpretation the film brings to the screen. "Filmography of World History" argues for the potential of feature films to teach us about the past and its reconstruction in academe and popular culture.
The book provides several listings of the films, the one shown here is the cross referenced list by time periods. These are divided as followed on this ICM list:
1 - 19 Medieval (c. 600-1500)
20 - 50 Early Modern (c. 1500 - 1800)
51 - 95 Nineteenth Century (1801 - 1900)
96 - 286 Twentieth Century (1901 - 2000)
287 - 292 Contemporary
Note: I have ordered the list chronologically by the years the films deal with within these groups using the years the author has provided. In cases such as WW2 films that deal with the same years, these are ordered alphabetically within these years.
For more detail about the specific years and regions of each movie, check out the book and/or download this excel file I made: http://we.tl/vO29n6ik2d
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Braveheart
1995, in 19 top lists Check -
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Schindler's List
1993, in 35 top lists Check -
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The Pianist
2002, in 21 top lists Check -
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Lawrence of Arabia
1962, in 40 top lists Check -
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Det sjunde inseglet
1957 — a.k.a. The Seventh Seal, in 25 top lists Check -
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Rashômon
1950 — a.k.a. Rashomon, in 34 top lists Check -
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Gandhi
1982, in 15 top lists Check -
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La passion de Jeanne d'Arc
1928 — a.k.a. The Passion of Joan of Arc, in 27 top lists Check -
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Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes
1972 — a.k.a. Aguirre, the Wrath of God, in 18 top lists Check -
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Das Boot
1981 — a.k.a. The Boat, in 15 top lists Check -
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Bronenosets Potemkin
1925 — a.k.a. Battleship Potemkin, in 27 top lists Check -
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Ran
1985, in 25 top lists Check -
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Paths of Glory
1957, in 26 top lists Check -
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Russkiy kovcheg
2002 — a.k.a. Russian Ark, in 9 top lists Check -
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Enemy at the Gates
2001, in 0 top lists Check -
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Hiroshima mon amour
1959 — a.k.a. Hiroshima Mon Amour, in 17 top lists Check -
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Seven Years in Tibet
1997, in 1 top list Check -
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Idi i smotri
1985 — a.k.a. Come and See, in 27 top lists Check -
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Underground
1995, in 9 top lists Check -
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La battaglia di Algeri
1966 — a.k.a. The Battle of Algiers, in 29 top lists Check -
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The Message
1976 — a.k.a. Mohammad: Messenger of God, in 7 top lists Check -
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Empire of the Sun
1987, in 9 top lists Check -
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Zemlya
1930 — a.k.a. Earth, in 16 top lists Check -
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The Last Emperor
1987, in 15 top lists Check -
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A Man for All Seasons
1966, in 14 top lists Check -
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Elizabeth
1998, in 5 top lists Check -
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Il gattopardo
1963 — a.k.a. The Leopard, in 18 top lists Check -
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The Mission
1986, in 6 top lists Check -
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Novecento
1976 — a.k.a. 1900, in 6 top lists Check -
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Ivan Groznyy
1944 — a.k.a. Ivan the Terrible, Part I, in 19 top lists Check -
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Zulu
1964, in 8 top lists Check -
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The Killing Fields
1984, in 12 top lists Check -
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1492: Conquest of Paradise
1992, in 0 top lists Check -
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Ba wang bie ji
1992 — a.k.a. Farewell My Concubine, in 18 top lists Check -
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Judgment at Nuremberg
1961, in 7 top lists Check -
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Ivan Groznyy. Skaz vtoroy: Boyarskiy zagovor
1958 — a.k.a. Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot, in 15 top lists Check -
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Kundun
1997, in 1 top list Check -
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L'albero degli zoccoli
1978 — a.k.a. The Tree of Wooden Clogs, in 13 top lists Check -
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Dersu Uzala
1975, in 11 top lists Check -
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Orlando
1992, in 7 top lists Check -
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Au revoir les enfants
1987 — a.k.a. Au Revoir les Enfants, in 13 top lists Check -
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Napoléon vu par Abel Gance
1927 — a.k.a. Napoleon, in 24 top lists Check -
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Oktyabr
1927 — a.k.a. October (Ten Days that Shook the World), in 12 top lists Check -
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Aleksandr Nevskiy
1938 — a.k.a. Alexander Nevsky, in 10 top lists Check -
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O thiasos
1975 — a.k.a. The Travelling Players, in 11 top lists Check -
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Kristin Lavransdatter
1995 — a.k.a. Kransen, in 0 top lists Check -
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Luther
2003, in 0 top lists Check -
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Popiól i diament
1958 — a.k.a. Ashes and Diamonds, in 17 top lists Check -
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Sanshô dayû
1954 — a.k.a. Sansho the Bailiff, in 21 top lists Check -
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Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
1985, in 6 top lists Check
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