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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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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Braveheart
1995, in 19 top lists Check -
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Lawrence of Arabia
1962, in 40 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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Gandhi
1982, in 15 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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The Last Emperor
1987, in 15 top lists Check -
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Dersu Uzala
1975, in 11 top lists Check -
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Elizabeth
1998, in 5 top lists Check -
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A Man for All Seasons
1966, in 14 top lists Check -
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Seven Years in Tibet
1997, in 1 top list Check -
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Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
1985, in 6 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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Ivan Groznyy
1944 — a.k.a. Ivan the Terrible, Part I, in 19 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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The Message
1976 — a.k.a. Mohammad: Messenger of God, in 7 top lists Check -
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Kundun
1997, in 1 top list Check -
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Tóngnián wangshì
1985 — a.k.a. A Time to Live, a Time to Die, in 8 top lists Check -
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Danton
1983, in 4 top lists Check -
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Xi meng ren sheng
1993 — a.k.a. The Puppetmaster, in 11 top lists Check -
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Viva Zapata!
1952, in 2 top lists Check -
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Cry Freedom
1987, in 1 top list Check -
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1492: Conquest of Paradise
1992, in 0 top lists Check -
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La prise de pouvoir par Louis XIV
1966 — a.k.a. The Taking of Power by Louis XIV, in 6 top lists Check -
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The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith
1978, in 5 top lists Check -
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Le retour de Martin Guerre
1982 — a.k.a. The Return of Martin Guerre, in 2 top lists Check -
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Luther
2003, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Private Life of Henry VIII
1933, in 4 top lists Check -
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Daens
1992, in 2 top lists Check -
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Vatel
2000, in 0 top lists Check -
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Cromwell
1970, in 0 top lists Check -
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Korczak
1990, in 0 top lists Check -
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Lumumba
2000, in 2 top lists Check -
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Rosa Luxemburg
1986, in 1 top list Check -
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Agoniya
1981 — a.k.a. Rasputin, in 1 top list Check -
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Die weiße Rose
1982 — a.k.a. The White Rose, in 0 top lists Check -
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Zvezda plenitelnogo schastya
1975 — a.k.a. The Star of Fascinating Happiness, in 0 top lists Check -
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...a pozdravuji vlastovky
1972 — a.k.a. And Give My Love to the Swallows, in 0 top lists Check -
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Bethune: The Making of a Hero
1990 — a.k.a. Dr. Bethune, in 0 top lists Check -
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José Rizal
1998, in 1 top list Check -
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Nasser 56
1996, in 0 top lists Check
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