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. 9 new

    Gibel Otrara

    1991 — a.k.a. The Fall of Otrar, in 2 top lists Check
  2. 59 new

    November 1828

    1979, in 0 top lists Check
  3. 61 new

    Lin zexu

    1959 — a.k.a. The Opium Wars, in 2 top lists Check
  4. 62 new

    Yapian zhanzheng

    1997 — a.k.a. The Opium War, in 0 top lists Check
  5. 66 new

    Szegénylegények

    1966 — a.k.a. The Round-Up, in 8 top lists Check
  6. 77 new

    Zulu

    1964, in 8 top lists Check
  7. 81 new

    Guerra de Canudos

    1997 — a.k.a. The Battle of Canudos, in 0 top lists Check
  8. 86 new

    Tjoet Nja' Dhien

    1988, in 1 top list Check
  9. 90 new

    Sarraounia

    1986, in 1 top list Check
  10. 101 new

    To vlemma tou Odyssea

    1995 — a.k.a. Ulysses' Gaze, in 2 top lists Check
  11. 102 new

    'Breaker' Morant

    1980 — a.k.a. Breaker Morant, in 5 top lists Check
  12. 105 new

    Bronenosets Potemkin

    1925 — a.k.a. Battleship Potemkin, in 27 top lists Check
  13. 112 new

    Xi meng ren sheng

    1993 — a.k.a. The Puppetmaster, in 11 top lists Check
  14. 113 new

    Sibiriada

    1979 — a.k.a. Siberiade, in 2 top lists Check
  15. 117 new

    La victoire en chantant

    1976 — a.k.a. Black and White in Color, in 2 top lists Check
  16. 119 new

    Paths of Glory

    1957, in 26 top lists Check
  17. 121 new

    Ararat

    2002, in 0 top lists Check
  18. 127 new

    Der Fangschuß

    1976 — a.k.a. Coup de grâce, in 1 top list Check
  19. 129 new

    Csillagosok, katonák

    1967 — a.k.a. The Red and the White, in 8 top lists Check
  20. 138 new

    Land and Freedom

    1995, in 6 top lists Check
  21. 146 new

    Al-lail

    1992, in 1 top list Check
  22. 155 new

    Libertarias

    1996 — a.k.a. Freedomfighters, in 0 top lists Check
  23. 156 new

    Ng yuet baat yuet

    2002, in 0 top lists Check
  24. 157 new

    Il giardino dei Finzi Contini

    1970 — a.k.a. The Garden of the Finzi-Continis, in 9 top lists Check
  25. 158 new

    Europa Europa

    1990 — a.k.a. Europa Europe, in 6 top lists Check
  26. 162 new

    ...a pozdravuji vlastovky

    1972 — a.k.a. And Give My Love to the Swallows, in 0 top lists Check
  27. 163 new

    Ballada o soldate

    1959 — a.k.a. Ballad of a Soldier, in 16 top lists Check
  28. 164 new

    Das Boot ist voll

    1981 — a.k.a. The Boat Is Full, in 1 top list Check
  29. 165 new

    Idi i smotri

    1985 — a.k.a. Come and See, in 27 top lists Check
  30. 166 new

    The Pianist

    2002, in 21 top lists Check
  31. 170 new

    O thiasos

    1975 — a.k.a. The Travelling Players, in 11 top lists Check
  32. 173 new

    Underground

    1995, in 9 top lists Check
  33. 182 new

    Empire of the Sun

    1987, in 9 top lists Check
  34. 185 new

    Pokolenie

    1955 — a.k.a. A Generation, in 2 top lists Check
  35. 187 new

    Stalingrad

    1993, in 1 top list Check
  36. 191 new

    Ningen no jôken

    1959 — a.k.a. The Human Condition I: No Greater Love, in 13 top lists Check
  37. 192 new

    Rosenstrasse

    2003, in 0 top lists Check
  38. 193 new

    Au revoir les enfants

    1987 — a.k.a. Au Revoir les Enfants, in 13 top lists Check
  39. 194 new

    It Happened Here

    1964, in 1 top list Check
  40. 195 new

    Kanal

    1957, in 11 top lists Check
  41. 196 new

    La notte di San Lorenzo

    1982 — a.k.a. Night of the Shooting Stars, in 4 top lists Check
  42. 197 new

    Transport z ráje

    1963, in 1 top list Check
  43. 198 new

    Ningen no jôken

    1959 — a.k.a. The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity, in 12 top lists Check
  44. 200 new

    Popiól i diament

    1958 — a.k.a. Ashes and Diamonds, in 16 top lists Check
  45. 201 new

    Nobi

    1959 — a.k.a. Fires on the Plain, in 6 top lists Check
  46. 202 new

    Ningen no jôken

    1961 — a.k.a. The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer, in 12 top lists Check
  47. 203 new

    Setouchi shonen yakyu dan

    1984 — a.k.a. MacArthur's Children, in 0 top lists Check
  48. 204 new

    Biruma no tategoto

    1956 — a.k.a. The Burmese Harp, in 12 top lists Check
  49. 205 new

    Camp de Thiaroye

    1988, in 6 top lists Check
  50. 208 new

    Kuroi ame

    1989 — a.k.a. Black Rain, in 6 top lists Check
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