Filmography of World History

Filmography of World History's icon

Created by Lilarcor.

Favorited 45 times, disliked 0 times, added to 43 watchlists.

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

Remove ads

Filter

  1. 12 new

    Braveheart

    1995, in 19 top lists Check
  2. 167 new

    Schindler's List

    1993, in 35 top lists Check
  3. 166 new

    The Pianist

    2002, in 21 top lists Check
  4. 122 new

    Lawrence of Arabia

    1962, in 40 top lists Check
  5. 14 new

    Det sjunde inseglet

    1957 — a.k.a. The Seventh Seal, in 25 top lists Check
  6. 5 new

    Rashômon

    1950 — a.k.a. Rashomon, in 34 top lists Check
  7. 84 new

    Gandhi

    1982, in 15 top lists Check
  8. 18 new

    La passion de Jeanne d'Arc

    1928 — a.k.a. The Passion of Joan of Arc, in 27 top lists Check
  9. 33 new

    Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes

    1972 — a.k.a. Aguirre, the Wrath of God, in 18 top lists Check
  10. 183 new

    Das Boot

    1981 — a.k.a. The Boat, in 15 top lists Check
  11. 105 new

    Bronenosets Potemkin

    1925 — a.k.a. Battleship Potemkin, in 27 top lists Check
  12. 23 new

    Ran

    1985, in 25 top lists Check
  13. 119 new

    Paths of Glory

    1957, in 26 top lists Check
  14. 46 new

    Russkiy kovcheg

    2002 — a.k.a. Russian Ark, in 9 top lists Check
  15. 184 new

    Enemy at the Gates

    2001, in 0 top lists Check
  16. 234 new

    Hiroshima mon amour

    1959 — a.k.a. Hiroshima Mon Amour, in 17 top lists Check
  17. 154 new

    Seven Years in Tibet

    1997, in 1 top list Check
  18. 165 new

    Idi i smotri

    1985 — a.k.a. Come and See, in 27 top lists Check
  19. 173 new

    Underground

    1995, in 9 top lists Check
  20. 231 new

    La battaglia di Algeri

    1966 — a.k.a. The Battle of Algiers, in 29 top lists Check
  21. 1 new

    The Message

    1976 — a.k.a. Mohammad: Messenger of God, in 7 top lists Check
  22. 182 new

    Empire of the Sun

    1987, in 9 top lists Check
  23. 137 new

    Zemlya

    1930 — a.k.a. Earth, in 16 top lists Check
  24. 111 new

    The Last Emperor

    1987, in 15 top lists Check
  25. 20 new

    A Man for All Seasons

    1966, in 14 top lists Check
  26. 32 new

    Elizabeth

    1998, in 5 top lists Check
  27. 72 new

    Il gattopardo

    1963 — a.k.a. The Leopard, in 18 top lists Check
  28. 47 new

    The Mission

    1986, in 6 top lists Check
  29. 99 new

    Novecento

    1976 — a.k.a. 1900, in 6 top lists Check
  30. 31 new

    Ivan Groznyy

    1944 — a.k.a. Ivan the Terrible, Part I, in 19 top lists Check
  31. 77 new

    Zulu

    1964, in 8 top lists Check
  32. 255 new

    The Killing Fields

    1984, in 12 top lists Check
  33. 19 new

    1492: Conquest of Paradise

    1992, in 0 top lists Check
  34. 136 new

    Ba wang bie ji

    1992 — a.k.a. Farewell My Concubine, in 18 top lists Check
  35. 214 new

    Judgment at Nuremberg

    1961, in 7 top lists Check
  36. 34 new

    Ivan Groznyy. Skaz vtoroy: Boyarskiy zagovor

    1958 — a.k.a. Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot, in 15 top lists Check
  37. 147 new

    Kundun

    1997, in 1 top list Check
  38. 98 new

    L'albero degli zoccoli

    1978 — a.k.a. The Tree of Wooden Clogs, in 13 top lists Check
  39. 103 new

    Dersu Uzala

    1975, in 11 top lists Check
  40. 24 new

    Orlando

    1992, in 7 top lists Check
  41. 193 new

    Au revoir les enfants

    1987 — a.k.a. Au Revoir les Enfants, in 13 top lists Check
  42. 44 new

    Napoléon vu par Abel Gance

    1927 — a.k.a. Napoleon, in 24 top lists Check
  43. 124 new

    Oktyabr

    1927 — a.k.a. October (Ten Days that Shook the World), in 12 top lists Check
  44. 8 new

    Aleksandr Nevskiy

    1938 — a.k.a. Alexander Nevsky, in 10 top lists Check
  45. 170 new

    O thiasos

    1975 — a.k.a. The Travelling Players, in 11 top lists Check
  46. 13 new

    Kristin Lavransdatter

    1995 — a.k.a. Kransen, in 0 top lists Check
  47. 26 new

    Luther

    2003, in 0 top lists Check
  48. 200 new

    Popiól i diament

    1958 — a.k.a. Ashes and Diamonds, in 17 top lists Check
  49. 3 new

    Sanshô dayû

    1954 — a.k.a. Sansho the Bailiff, in 21 top lists Check
  50. 135 new

    Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters

    1985, in 6 top lists Check
Remove ads
Show all 293 movies

Last updated on Feb 25, 2023; source