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. 1 new

    The Message

    1976 — a.k.a. Mohammad: Messenger of God, in 7 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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    Jigokumon

    1953 — a.k.a. Gate of Hell, in 9 top lists Check
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    Rashômon

    1950 — a.k.a. Rashomon, in 34 top lists Check
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    Shin Heike monogatari

    1955 — a.k.a. Taira Clan Saga, in 5 top lists Check
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    El Naser Salah el Dine

    1963 — a.k.a. Saladin, in 0 top lists Check
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    Aleksandr Nevskiy

    1938 — a.k.a. Alexander Nevsky, in 10 top lists Check
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    Gibel Otrara

    1991 — a.k.a. The Fall of Otrar, in 2 top lists Check
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    Le moine et la sorcière

    1987 — a.k.a. Sorceress, in 0 top lists Check
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    Yeelen

    1987, in 9 top lists Check
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    Braveheart

    1995, in 19 top lists Check
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    Kristin Lavransdatter

    1995 — a.k.a. Kransen, in 0 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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    The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey

    1988, in 3 top lists Check
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    Krzyzacy

    1960 — a.k.a. Black Cross, in 3 top lists Check
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    Yeoin janhoksa moulleya moulleya

    1984, in 1 top list 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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    1492: Conquest of Paradise

    1992, in 0 top lists Check
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    A Man for All Seasons

    1966, in 14 top lists Check
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    Jericó

    1991 — a.k.a. Jericho, in 2 top lists Check
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    Ran

    1985, in 25 top lists Check
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    Orlando

    1992, in 7 top lists Check
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    Luther

    2003, in 0 top lists Check
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    Cabeza de Vaca

    1991, in 1 top list Check
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    Anne of the Thousand Days

    1969 — a.k.a. Anne of a Thousand Days, in 2 top lists Check
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    The Private Life of Henry VIII

    1933, in 4 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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    Elizabeth

    1998, in 5 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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    Adanggaman

    2000, in 0 top lists Check
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    Yo, la peor de todas

    1990 — a.k.a. I, the Worst of All, in 2 top lists Check
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    Saikaku ichidai onna

    1952 — a.k.a. The Life of Oharu, in 12 top lists Check
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    Vredens dag

    1943 — a.k.a. Day of Wrath, in 13 top lists Check
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    Black Robe

    1991, in 3 top lists Check
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    Cromwell

    1970, in 0 top lists Check
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    Winstanley

    1975, in 1 top list Check
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    Quilombo

    1984, in 0 top lists Check
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    Vatel

    2000, in 0 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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    La última cena

    1976 — a.k.a. The Last Supper, in 2 top lists Check
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    Russkiy kovcheg

    2002 — a.k.a. Russian Ark, in 9 top lists Check
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    The Mission

    1986, in 6 top lists Check
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    La Marseillaise

    1938, in 3 top lists Check
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    La nuit de Varennes

    1982 — a.k.a. That Night in Varennes, in 1 top list Check
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    Danton

    1983, in 4 top lists Check
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    Ceddo

    1977, in 5 top lists Check
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    Fontane Effi Briest

    1974 — a.k.a. Effi Briest, in 2 top lists Check
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    Max Havelaar of de koffieveilingen der...

    1976 — a.k.a. Max Havelaar, in 0 top lists Check
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    The Emperor's New Clothes

    2001, in 0 top lists Check
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    Le colonel Chabert

    1994 — a.k.a. Colonel Chabert, in 0 top lists Check
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