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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  1. 167 new

    Schindler's List

    1993, in 35 top lists Check
  2. 122 new

    Lawrence of Arabia

    1962, in 40 top lists Check
  3. 5 new

    Rashômon

    1950 — a.k.a. Rashomon, in 34 top lists Check
  4. 14 new

    Det sjunde inseglet

    1957 — a.k.a. The Seventh Seal, in 25 top lists Check
  5. 18 new

    La passion de Jeanne d'Arc

    1928 — a.k.a. The Passion of Joan of Arc, in 27 top lists Check
  6. 119 new

    Paths of Glory

    1957, in 26 top lists Check
  7. 105 new

    Bronenosets Potemkin

    1925 — a.k.a. Battleship Potemkin, in 27 top lists Check
  8. 166 new

    The Pianist

    2002, in 21 top lists Check
  9. 23 new

    Ran

    1985, in 25 top lists Check
  10. 165 new

    Idi i smotri

    1985 — a.k.a. Come and See, in 27 top lists Check
  11. 231 new

    La battaglia di Algeri

    1966 — a.k.a. The Battle of Algiers, in 29 top lists Check
  12. 33 new

    Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes

    1972 — a.k.a. Aguirre, the Wrath of God, in 18 top lists Check
  13. 12 new

    Braveheart

    1995, in 19 top lists Check
  14. 183 new

    Das Boot

    1981 — a.k.a. The Boat, in 15 top lists Check
  15. 234 new

    Hiroshima mon amour

    1959 — a.k.a. Hiroshima Mon Amour, in 17 top lists Check
  16. 72 new

    Il gattopardo

    1963 — a.k.a. The Leopard, in 18 top lists Check
  17. 84 new

    Gandhi

    1982, in 15 top lists Check
  18. 3 new

    Sanshô dayû

    1954 — a.k.a. Sansho the Bailiff, in 21 top lists Check
  19. 44 new

    Napoléon vu par Abel Gance

    1927 — a.k.a. Napoleon, in 24 top lists Check
  20. 193 new

    Au revoir les enfants

    1987 — a.k.a. Au Revoir les Enfants, in 13 top lists Check
  21. 103 new

    Dersu Uzala

    1975, in 11 top lists Check
  22. 200 new

    Popiól i diament

    1958 — a.k.a. Ashes and Diamonds, in 17 top lists Check
  23. 136 new

    Ba wang bie ji

    1992 — a.k.a. Farewell My Concubine, in 18 top lists Check
  24. 38 new

    Vredens dag

    1943 — a.k.a. Day of Wrath, in 13 top lists Check
  25. 173 new

    Underground

    1995, in 9 top lists Check
  26. 214 new

    Judgment at Nuremberg

    1961, in 7 top lists Check
  27. 111 new

    The Last Emperor

    1987, in 15 top lists Check
  28. 31 new

    Ivan Groznyy

    1944 — a.k.a. Ivan the Terrible, Part I, in 19 top lists Check
  29. 137 new

    Zemlya

    1930 — a.k.a. Earth, in 16 top lists Check
  30. 191 new

    Ningen no jôken

    1959 — a.k.a. The Human Condition I: No Greater Love, in 13 top lists Check
  31. 46 new

    Russkiy kovcheg

    2002 — a.k.a. Russian Ark, in 9 top lists Check
  32. 131 new

    Jalsaghar

    1958 — a.k.a. The Music Room, in 14 top lists Check
  33. 255 new

    The Killing Fields

    1984, in 12 top lists Check
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    A Man for All Seasons

    1966, in 14 top lists Check
  35. 170 new

    O thiasos

    1975 — a.k.a. The Travelling Players, in 11 top lists Check
  36. 37 new

    Saikaku ichidai onna

    1952 — a.k.a. The Life of Oharu, in 12 top lists Check
  37. 181 new

    Obchod na korze

    1965 — a.k.a. The Shop on Main Street, in 14 top lists Check
  38. 202 new

    Ningen no jôken

    1961 — a.k.a. The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer, in 12 top lists Check
  39. 98 new

    L'albero degli zoccoli

    1978 — a.k.a. The Tree of Wooden Clogs, in 13 top lists Check
  40. 209 new

    Bei qing cheng shi

    1989 — a.k.a. A City of Sadness, in 10 top lists Check
  41. 163 new

    Ballada o soldate

    1959 — a.k.a. Ballad of a Soldier, in 16 top lists Check
  42. 198 new

    Ningen no jôken

    1959 — a.k.a. The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity, in 12 top lists Check
  43. 204 new

    Biruma no tategoto

    1956 — a.k.a. The Burmese Harp, in 12 top lists Check
  44. 124 new

    Oktyabr

    1927 — a.k.a. October (Ten Days that Shook the World), in 12 top lists Check
  45. 8 new

    Aleksandr Nevskiy

    1938 — a.k.a. Alexander Nevsky, in 10 top lists Check
  46. 99 new

    Novecento

    1976 — a.k.a. 1900, in 6 top lists Check
  47. 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
  48. 135 new

    Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters

    1985, in 6 top lists Check
  49. 236 new

    Meghe Dhaka Tara

    1960 — a.k.a. The Cloud-Capped Star, in 12 top lists Check
  50. 11 new

    Yeelen

    1987, in 9 top lists Check
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