Our ever-growing timeline of historical movies discussed on the History in Film podcast, from creation (at the bottom), through the present day (at the top). Current count – 131 episodes.
Thirteen Lives (2022) – Thailand 2018 CE
Midnight in Paris (2011) – France ~2011 CE
Four Lions (2010) – United Kingdom ~2010 CE
About Elly (2009) – Iran ~2009 CE
The Big Short (2015) – United States 2005-2008 CE
Beasts of No Nation (2015) – West Africa ~2005 CE
The Social Network (2010) – United States 2003-2008 CE
Wadjda (2012) – Saudi Arabia ~2005 CE
Moolaadé (2004) – Burkina Faso ~2004 CE
American Sniper (2014) – Iraq/US ~2001-2013 CE
The Hurt Locker (2008) – Iraq 2004 CE
Paradise Now (2005) – Palestine ~2004 CE
United 93 (2006) – United States 2001 CE
Traffic (2000) – United States/Mexico 2000 CE
Whale Rider (2002) – New Zealand ~2000 CE
The Kite Runner (2007) – Afghanistan/US ~2000 CE
The Sea Inside (2004) – Spain 1998 CE
Invictus (2009) – South Africa 1990-1995 CE
No Man’s Land (2001) – Bosnia 1994 CE
Hotel Rwanda (2004) – Rwanda 1994 CE
Good Bye Lenin! (2003) – Germany 1989-1990 CE
Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure (1989) – California 1988 CE
Tanna (2015) – Vanuatu ~1987 CE
4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days (2007) – Romania ~1987 CE
Charlie Wilson’s War (2007) – Afghanistan/US 1980-1989 CE
City of God (2002) – Brazil ~1968-1980 CE
The Killing Fields (1984) – Cambodia 1973-1976 CE
Munich (2005) – Israel ~1972-1979 CE
The Last King of Scotland (2006) – Uganda 1970-1976 CE
Platoon (1986) – Vietnam 1967 CE
The Year of Living Dangerously (1982) – Indonesia 1965 CE
Zodiac (2007) – United States 1969-1978 CE
Belfast (2021) – Northern Ireland 1969-1970 CE
The Right Stuff (1983) – United States 1947-1963 CE
Lumumba (2000) – Congo 1960 CE
The Battle of Algiers (1966) – Algeria 1954-1957 CE
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) – United States 1954 CE
The Motorcycle Diaries (2004) – South America 1952 CE
Evita (1996) – Argentina 1934-1952 CE
Ikiru (1952) – Japan ~1952 CE
The Last Emperor (1987) – China ~1908-1952 CE
Gandhi (1982) – South Africa/India 1893-1948 CE
Kon-Tiki (2012) – Polynesia 1947 CE
Grave of the Fireflies (1988) – Japan 1945 CE
Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) – Japan 1945 CE
Downfall (2004) – Germany 1945 CE
The Imitation Game (2014) – Great Britain ~1940-1945 CE
Schindler’s List (1993) – Poland 1939-1945 CE
Pan’s Labyrinth (2006) – Spain 1944 CE
Casablanca (1942) – Morocco 1941 CE
Ip Man (2008) – China 1933 CE
Hugo (2011) – France 1931 CE
Cabaret (1972) – Germany 1931 CE
The Sand Pebbles (1966) – China 1926 CE
Inherit the Wind (1960) – United States 1925 CE
RRR (2022) – India ~1920 CE
The Wind that Shakes the Barley (2006) – Ireland 1920 CE
Viva Zapata! (1952) – Mexico 1909-1919 CE
Doctor Zhivago (1965) – Russia ~1913-1922 CE
Paths of Glory (1957) – France 1915 CE
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) – Germany/France 1914-1918 CE
Lawrence of Arabia (1962) – Middle East ~1917 CE
Gallipoli (1981) – Australia/Ottoman Empire 1915 CE
Pather Panchali (1955) – Bengal 1910s CE
Titanic (1997) – England 1912 CE
Embrace of the Serpent (2015) – Amazon 1909 CE
Fiddler on the Roof (1971) – Russia 1905 CE
Battleship Potemkin (1925) – Russia 1905 CE
Breaker Morant (1980) – South Africa 1902 CE
The Ghost and the Darkness (1996) – Kenya 1898 CE
Time After Time (1979) – England 1893 CE
The Life of Emile Zola (1937) – France 1862-1902 CE
Loving Vincent (2017) – France 1888-1891 CE
The Miracle Worker (1962) – United States 1887 CE
Tombstone (1993) – United States 1879-1882 CE
Zulu (1964) – South Africa 1879 CE
The Emigrants (1971) – Sweden/US ~1844-1855 CE
Amistad (1997) – United States 1839-1841 CE
Master and Commander (2003) – at sea 1805 CE
The Patriot (1928) – Russia ~1801 CE
The French Revolution (1989) – France 1788-1794 CE
Farewell, My Queen (2012) – France 1789 CE
Amadeus (1984) – Austria ~1781-1791 CE
The Madness of King George (1994) – England 1788-1789 CE
The Last of the Mohicans (1992) – New York 1757 CE
Myn Bala (2012) – Kazakhstan ~1722-1729 CE
The Favourite (2018) – England ~1710 CE
Silence (2016) – Japan ~1633-1685 CE
Tukaram (2012) – India ~1618-1645 CE
The Three Musketeers (1973) – France 1625 CE
Shakespeare in Love (1997) – England 1593 CE
Dangerous Beauty (1998) – Venice ~1570s CE
Intolerance (1916) pt. 2 – France 1572 CE
Aguirre: The Wrath of God (1972) – South America 1560-1561 CE
Ivan the Terrible (1944) – Russia 1547-1569 CE
A Man for All Seasons (1966) – England 1529-1535 CE
The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965) – Italy ~1505-1512 CE
Richard III (1955) – England ~1471-1485 CE
Vlad Tepes (1979) – Wallachia/Romania 1456-1462 CE
The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) – France 1431 CE
The Last Duel (2021) – France 1386 CE
The Warrior (2001) – China/Korea 1375 CE
A Knight’s Tale (2001) – England/France 1356 CE
The Seventh Seal (1957) – Sweden ~1350 CE
Braveheart (1995) – Scotland/England 1280-1314 CE
Alexander Nevsky (1938) – Russia 1242 CE
The Last King (2016) – Norway 1204 CE
Kings of the Sun (1963) – North America ~1200 CE
Mongol (2008) – Mongolia 1172-1206 CE
The Lion in Winter (1968) – England/France 1183 CE
Becket (1964) – England 1155-1174 CE
The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021) – Scotland ~1040-1057 CE
The Physician (2013) – Persia 1021-1037 CE
Sansho the Bailiff (1954) – Japan 11th century
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) – England 932 CE
Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame (2010) – China 690 CE
The Message (1976) – Saudi Arabia 610-629 CE
Excalibur (1981) – England ~520 CE
Red Cliff (2008) – China 208 CE
The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964), Gladiator (2000) – Rome 180 CE
Ben-Hur (1959) – Judea ~30 CE
The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) – Jerusalem, Roman Empire ~30 CE
Cleopatra (1963) – Rome, Egypt 48-30 BCE
Spartacus (1960) – Rome 73-71 BCE
Hero (2002) – China 227 BCE
Asoka (2001) – India 298-261 BCE
Intolerance (1916) pt. 1 – Babylon 539 BCE
Troy (2004) – Greece ~1100 BCE
Prince of Egypt (1998) – Egypt ~1200 BCE
Quest for Fire (1981) – pre-history, early man ~80,000 BCE
Introduction, The Tragedy of Man (2011) – creation