History Through the Movies

* = historical fiction

Ancient Greece:
Troy (2004)
300 Spartans (1961)
Alexander the Great (1956)
Alexander(2004)

Imperial Rome:
Spartacus (1960)
Cleopatra (1963)
Ben Hur (1959)
The Passion* (2004)
Gladiator (2000)

The Middle Ages:
The 13th Warrior (1998)
The Vikings (1958)
Kingdom of Heaven (2005)
Braveheart (1995)

17th Century:
Cromwell (1970)

18th Century:
The Patriot* (2000)

19th century:
Master and Commander* (2004)
Mangal Pandey (2005)
Third Man on the Mountain* (1959)
The Mask of Zorro* (1999)
Gods and Generals (2002)
Gangs of New York (2003)
Lagaan* (2001)
Tombstone (1993)
Zulu (1964)

20th Century:
Gandhi (1982)
Infinity (1996)
Enemy at the Gates (2001)
Patton (1970)
Schindler's List (1993)
The Great Escape (1963)
Saving Private Ryan* (1998)
A Beautiful Mind (2002)
Apollo 13 (1995)
October Sky (1999)
Good Bye Lenin!* (2004)
Black Hawk Down (2001)
Behind Enemy Lines* (2002)


This page last modified: 6 January 2020 by Bradley James Wogsland.