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. 4 new

    Jigokumon

    1953 — a.k.a. Gate of Hell, in 9 top lists Check
  2. 8 new

    Aleksandr Nevskiy

    1938 — a.k.a. Alexander Nevsky, in 10 top lists Check
  3. 9 new

    Gibel Otrara

    1991 — a.k.a. The Fall of Otrar, in 2 top lists Check
  4. 10 new

    Le moine et la sorcière

    1987 — a.k.a. Sorceress, in 0 top lists Check
  5. 12 new

    Braveheart

    1995, in 19 top lists Check
  6. 16 new

    Krzyzacy

    1960 — a.k.a. Black Cross, in 3 top lists Check
  7. 18 new

    La passion de Jeanne d'Arc

    1928 — a.k.a. The Passion of Joan of Arc, in 27 top lists Check
  8. 20 new

    A Man for All Seasons

    1966, in 14 top lists Check
  9. 26 new

    Luther

    2003, in 0 top lists Check
  10. 27 new

    Cabeza de Vaca

    1991, in 1 top list Check
  11. 28 new

    Anne of the Thousand Days

    1969 — a.k.a. Anne of a Thousand Days, in 2 top lists Check
  12. 31 new

    Ivan Groznyy

    1944 — a.k.a. Ivan the Terrible, Part I, in 19 top lists Check
  13. 32 new

    Elizabeth

    1998, in 5 top lists Check
  14. 33 new

    Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes

    1972 — a.k.a. Aguirre, the Wrath of God, in 18 top lists Check
  15. 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
  16. 39 new

    Black Robe

    1991, in 3 top lists Check
  17. 40 new

    Cromwell

    1970, in 0 top lists Check
  18. 44 new

    Napoléon vu par Abel Gance

    1927 — a.k.a. Napoleon, in 24 top lists Check
  19. 46 new

    Russkiy kovcheg

    2002 — a.k.a. Russian Ark, in 9 top lists Check
  20. 47 new

    The Mission

    1986, in 6 top lists Check
  21. 48 new

    La prise de pouvoir par Louis XIV

    1966 — a.k.a. The Taking of Power by Louis XIV, in 6 top lists Check
  22. 49 new

    La Marseillaise

    1938, in 3 top lists Check
  23. 50 new

    La nuit de Varennes

    1982 — a.k.a. That Night in Varennes, in 1 top list Check
  24. 51 new

    Danton

    1983, in 4 top lists Check
  25. 56 new

    Le colonel Chabert

    1994 — a.k.a. Colonel Chabert, in 0 top lists Check
  26. 57 new

    Pan Tadeusz

    1999 — a.k.a. Pan Tadeusz: The Last Foray in Lithuania, in 0 top lists Check
  27. 61 new

    Lin zexu

    1959 — a.k.a. The Opium Wars, in 2 top lists Check
  28. 62 new

    Yapian zhanzheng

    1997 — a.k.a. The Opium War, in 0 top lists Check
  29. 64 new

    Shatranj Ke Khilari

    1977 — a.k.a. The Chess Players, in 4 top lists Check
  30. 72 new

    Il gattopardo

    1963 — a.k.a. The Leopard, in 18 top lists Check
  31. 74 new

    Utu

    1983, in 2 top lists Check
  32. 75 new

    San Michele aveva un gallo

    1972 — a.k.a. St. Michael Had a Rooster, in 2 top lists Check
  33. 77 new

    Zulu

    1964, in 8 top lists Check
  34. 81 new

    Guerra de Canudos

    1997 — a.k.a. The Battle of Canudos, in 0 top lists Check
  35. 82 new

    Daens

    1992, in 2 top lists Check
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    Gandhi

    1982, in 15 top lists Check
  37. 87 new

    José Rizal

    1998, in 1 top list Check
  38. 90 new

    Sarraounia

    1986, in 1 top list Check
  39. 92 new

    Viva Zapata!

    1952, in 2 top lists Check
  40. 93 new

    Sunshine

    1999, in 0 top lists Check
  41. 94 new

    55 Days at Peking

    1963, in 0 top lists Check
  42. 96 new

    Hong he gu

    1997 — a.k.a. Red River Valley, in 0 top lists Check
  43. 98 new

    L'albero degli zoccoli

    1978 — a.k.a. The Tree of Wooden Clogs, in 13 top lists Check
  44. 100 new

    Rosa Luxemburg

    1986, in 1 top list Check
  45. 102 new

    'Breaker' Morant

    1980 — a.k.a. Breaker Morant, in 5 top lists Check
  46. 105 new

    Bronenosets Potemkin

    1925 — a.k.a. Battleship Potemkin, in 27 top lists Check
  47. 106 new

    Goraczka (Dzieje jednego pocisku)

    1981 — a.k.a. Fever, in 2 top lists Check
  48. 108 new

    Actas de Marusia

    1975 — a.k.a. Letters from Marusia, in 2 top lists Check
  49. 111 new

    The Last Emperor

    1987, in 14 top lists Check
  50. 113 new

    Sibiriada

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