Historical Films

Ancient to Early Modern Europe

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Kensington Video
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San Diego, CA 92116
(619) 584-7725
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For descriptions of the following films, see: Internet Movie Database

See also my Historical Films, 1700 to present

Ancient Greece
See also Ancient History in the Movies (Internet History Sourcebook)
The Odyssey (miniseries, 1997)
Helen of Troy (2003)
Troy (2004)
Alexander (2004)

Ancient Rome
Quo Vadis (1951)
Julius Caesar (1953)
Attila (1954)
Ben-Hur (1959)
Sparticus (1960)
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966)
Antony and Cleopatra (1973)
I Claudius (miniseries, 1976)
Life of Brian (1979)
Caligula (1980)
The History of the World, Part I (1981)
Cleopatra (TV, 1999)
Gladiator (2000)
Druids (2000)
Attila (TV, 2001)
Rome (TV< 2005-07)

The Middle Ages
See also Medieval History in the Movies (Internet Medieval Sourcebook)
Saladin (1963)
Becket (1964)
The War Lord (1965)
Camelot (1967)
Lion in Winter (1968)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
Excalibur (1981)
Black Adder (TV, 1982)
The Name of the Rose (1986)
Crusades (1995)
First Knight (1995)
Braveheart (1995)
Ladyhawke (1985)
The Sorceress (French, 1987)
Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey (1988)
Stealing Heaven (1988)
Francesco (1994)
The Crusades (TV, 1995)
Dragonheart (1996)
The Thirteenth Warrior (1999)
The Mists of Avalon (2001)
A Knight's Tale (2001)
Mad Love (2002)
The Fellowship of the Rign (2001)
The Lord of the Rings (2002)
Lion in Winter (TV, 2003)
Timeline (2003)
King Arthur (2004)
Kingdom of Heaven (2005)
Tristan and Isolde (2006)

14th-15th century Europe
Henry V (1989)
Richard III (1995)
Looking for Richard (1996)
Joan of Arc (TV, 1999)
Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999)
The Reckoning (2001)
Guilty Pleasures (2007)

Renaissance & Reformation
The Agony and the Ecstacy (1965)
Caravaggio (1986)
Ever After (1998)
Rembrandt (1999)
Juana la Loca ("Mad Love") (2002)
Luther (2003)
Artemesia (1998)

Discovery
"Aguirre, dez Zorn Gottes" (Aguirre, the Wrath of God) (1973)
Christopher Columbus (1985)
The Mission (1986)
Black Robe (1991)
1492: The Conquest of Paradise (1992)
The New World (2006)

Early Modern Life
The Return of Martin Guerre (1982, French with English subtitles)

16th-century England
A Man for All Seasons (1966)
Anne of a Thousand Days (1969)
Mary Queen of Scots (1971)
Elizabeth R (miniseries, 1972)
Black Adder II (1986)
Lady Jane (1986)
As You Like It (1992)
Othello (1995)
Hamlet (1996)
Romeo + Juliet (1996)
Shakespeare in Love (1998)
Elizabeth (1998)
Mary Queen of Scots (2006)
Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007)

The Wars of Religion
Queen Margot (1994)
Secret Passage (2002)

17th-century Europe
Cromwell (1970)
The Last Valley (1970)
Winstanley (1975)
The Draughtsman's Contract (1982)
By the Sword Divided (TV, 1983)
Cyrano de Bergerac (1990)
The Three Musketeers (1993)
Lorna Doone (miniseries, 1993)
Restoration (1995)
Dangerous Beauty (1998)
Vatel (2000)
The Musketeers (2001)
To Kill a King (2003)
Girl with a Pearl Earring (2004)
Stage Beauty (2004)
The Libertine (2004)
Casanova (2005)