List of history-related films and series

The list of history-related films and series includes films and series that are set in an earlier era or deal with a historical event . If several epochs are touched, the entry appears accordingly in these epochs, provided that the epoch occurs significantly in the film or in the series.

The list does not include:

• Documentaries, docudramas;
• pure genre films (westerns, medieval spectacles, adventure films, etc.) without any actual historical reference;
• Humorous depictions primary, highly aestheticized or mythological character, take on the heavy anachronisms in buying or looking like Say substances , fantasy , science fiction , steampunk , etc .;
• Films that deal with events that happened a few years ago, but which do not appear to belong to another epoch;
• Films that are already listed in another linked list or article (for example Lutherfilm );
• Short series that in their entirety do not reach a feature length.

An entry provides information on the film title, the film year (usually the year of publication), the time covered (in the case of general biographies, the life data of the person), and makes some comments about the film genre, possibly famous screenwriters or authors of a novel, directors and actors.

Prehistory and early history

Serious films about the people of prehistory and early history (from which the first written documents are already available) are extremely rare. The world is alien to today's viewers and offers little glamor. More common are clothes like Caveman (1981) with Ringo Starr . Prehistoric animals and sometimes people appear on the sidelines in adventure and fantasy films in which today's people get into a prehistoric area, for example through time travel, space travel or expeditions to remote parts of the world. A classic of such stories are films based on Jules Verne's novel Journey to the Center of the Earth .

• In the beginning there was fire (1981), a group of stone age people are looking for fire
• Ayla and the Bear Clan (1986), film with Daryl Hannah based on the novel series by Jean M. Auel , in Europe 35,000 years ago, when the Cro-Magnon ousted the Neanderthals
• 10.000 BC (2008), film by Roland Emmerich about members of a Stone Age tribe who are dragged off by an equestrian culture
• Ao, the last Neanderthal (2010)

antiquity

Bible

See: List of Bible Adaptations

Bible adaptations largely strive for historical credibility, but remain closely related to their genre and the original narrative.

Egypt

The film mostly deals with epochs from Egyptian history that are approaching the Roman conquest and that revolve around Julius Caesar and Cleopatra. The earlier epochs, such as the pyramid building, rarely appear in films.

• Sudan (1945), film about the pharaoh Chephren (3rd millennium BC)
• Sinuhe the Egyptians (1954), film about a 14th century BC Egyptian doctor. Chr.
• Land of the Pharaohs (1955), film by Howard Hawks about building a pyramid
• Pharaoh (1966), Polish film based on the novel by Bolesław Prus
• Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014), film about Ramses and the Israeli journey to the consecrated land
• Tut (2015), three-part mini-series about the pharaoh Tutankhamun (1332–1323 BC) in Egypt with Ben Kingsley as Eje and Nonso Anozie as haremhab

Ancient Greece

The ancient Greece stands as well as many other branches of ancient history in the shadow of more famous Roman Empire. In films, the periods from the Persian Wars to Alexander the Great (approx. 500 to 300 BC) were shown. Nevertheless, elements of ancient Greece have found their way into sagas such as Jason and the Argonauts (1963) and into fantasy films such as Percy Jackson - Thieves in Olympus (2010).

• Helena (1924), biography of Helena
• Sikandar (1941), Battle of the Hydaspes
• The Fall of Troy (1956), Trojan War
• Alexander the Great (1956), biography of Alexander the Great with Richard Burton
• The Lion of Sparta (1960), film about the Persian War and the Battle of Thermopylae (480 BC)
• The Colossus of Rhodes (1961), a sandal film by Sergio Leone about the statue on Rhodes around 280 BC. Chr.
• Alexander (2004), biography by Oliver Stone about Alexander the great
• Troy (2004), a film about the Trojan War with Brad Pitt as Achilles . The film is based on the Iliad , but dispenses with any supernatural aspects of the mythological material.
• 300 (2007), adaptation of the comic novel by Frank Miller, a film about the battle of Thermopylae (480 BC), enriched with fantastic elements
• 300: Rise of an Empire (2014), sequel to the film 300 ; depicts the sea battles at Artemision and Salamis in a fictional manner
• Troy - Fall of a City (2018), 8-part mini-series about the fall of Troy inspired by the Iliad .

Rome

Ancient Rome has inspired many filmmakers since the beginning of film history. It provided the backdrop for monumental films, adventure stories, political intrigue, and early Christianity. In the former territory of the Roman Empire there are many countries with their own film production.

From the beginnings to the civil wars

• Cabiria (1914), Italian film about a patrician daughter in the third century BC who is kidnapped by pirates
• Hannibal (1959), Italian film about the fictional love between a Roman patrician and the Carthaginian general Hannibal (around 246 BC to 183 BC)

Civil wars up to the Principate of Augustus (133–31 BC)

• Cleopatra (1934), with Claudette Colbert as Cleopatra
• Caesar and Cleopatra (1945), film with Claude Rains and Vivien Leigh
• Spartacus (1960), film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Howard Fast , Politics and the slave revolt in the late phase of the republic
• Cleopatra , (1963) with Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton
• Cleopatra (1999), two-part TV film with Leonor Varela as Cleopatra and Timothy Dalton as Julius Caesar
• Druids (2001), film about the Gaul Vercingetorix (around 82 BC to 46 BC)
• Julius Caesar , two-part TV series by Uli Edel about the life of Caesar
• Spartacus (2004), film or mini-series based on the novel of the same name by Howard Fast , Politics and the slave revolt in the late phase of the republic
• Rome (2005–2007), TV series about the final phase of the Roman civil war under Caesar and Octavian
• Spartacus (2010-2013), US television series about the largely fictional life story of Spartacus and the slave revolt named after him

Imperial times

• The last days of Pompeii (1908), film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
• The last days of Pompeii (1913), film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
• Ben Hur (1925), film about the fictional Jewish prince and contemporary of Jesus, Judah Ben Hur, adaptation of the novel by Lew Wallace
• The last days of Pompeii (1926), film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
• In the Sign of the Cross (1932), film about the persecution of Christians under Emperor Nero
• The Last Days of Pompeii (1935), a film against the backdrop of the volcanic eruption, it uses the characters in the novel by Edward Bulwer-Lytton but not the plot
• Quo Vadis? (1951), a film based on the novel by Henryk Sienkiewicz about Christian lovers under Nero
• The Robe (1953), early Christianity in the Roman Empire
• The Gladiators (1954), a film about the persecution of Christians under Caligula
• Ben Hur (1959), film with Charlton Heston about the (fictional) Judah Ben Hur based on the novel of the same name by Lew Wallace
• The last days of Pompeii (1959), film adaptation of the novel by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
• The fall of the Roman Empire (1964), film about the Roman Empire at the time of the emperors Mark Aurel and Commodus
• Ich, Claudius - Kaiser und Gott (UK 1976), 13 part British history series by BBC, running time 650 min. based on a novel by Robert Graves
• Masada (US 1981), 8 part miniseries about the conquest of the Jewish festivals of Masada at the end of the Jewish War (73 AD)
• The last days of Pompeii (1984), miniseries against the backdrop of the volcanic eruption, based on the novel by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
• Gladiator (2000), film about a former general who has to fight as a gladiator after the reign of Mark Aurelius
• Augustus - Mein Vater der Kaiser (2003), two-part TV series in which the aged Augustus ( Peter O'Toole ) looks back on his life
• Ben Hur (2010), two-part TV series about (fictional) Jehuda Ben Hur based on the novel of the same name by Lew Wallace
• Centurion (2010), directed by Neil Marshall , about the border war between Romans and Picts in Scotland, the film deals with the (fictional) fate of the Legio VIIII Hispana , which has disappeared from historical records since the reign of Hadrian (117-138), and the construction of Hadrian's Wall . The action takes place around 122 AD
• The Eagle of the Ninth Legion (2011), directed by Kevin Macdonald based on a novel by Rosemary Sutcliff , deals with the (fictional) fate of the Legio VIIII Hispana and the story of a centurion who, 20 years after its disappearance in Scotland, tries to regain the legionary eagle and thus the honor to restore his family. The action takes place in Roman northern England and free Scotland around 138 AD.
• Pompeii (2014), film about the fall of Pompeii in AD 79.
• Resurrected (2015), film about the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ from the perspective of a Roman legionnaire
• Ben Hur (2016), remake of the 1959 feature film of the same name, Ben Hur
• Britannia (2017), TV series about the Roman invasion of Britain in AD 43 under the leadership of Aulus Plautius played by David Morrissey

Late antiquity and the Great Migration

• Attila, the Hun King (1954), biography about the Hun King Attila
• Attila, the Scourge of God (1954), biography about Attila, King of the Huns
• Alboin, King of the Lombards (1961), film about Alboin's conflict with the Gepids
• Battle for Rome (1968), film about the Ostrogoths battle for Italy
• Attila - The Hun (2001), miniseries directed by Dick Lowry , biography of Attila , describes the political conditions in the Roman Empire at the time and the relationship between Attila ( Gerard Butler ) and Flavius ​​Aëtius ( Powers Boothe ).
• King Arthur (2004), fictional historical interpretation of the Arthurian legend . The film combines several theories of origin of the Arthurian legend. Arthur and the knights of the round table are the Roman officer Artorius and his Sarmatian cavalry division, who remain in England after the Roman troops have withdrawn. There, together with their former enemies, the Picts , they organize the defense against a Saxon invading army on Hadrian's Wall .
• The Last Legion (2007), film with Colin Firth and Ben Kingsley based on the novel by Valerio Massimo Manfredi , the film begins in 476 with the end of the Western Roman Empire and then develops a fictional historical background of the Excalibur sword from the Arthurian legend
• Agora - The Pillars of Heaven (2009), film about the mathematician Hypatia (around 355–415) in Alexandria

Asia

• Little Buddha (1993), on Buddha ; While the first half of the film deals with the story of a reincarnation of a Buddhist priest in the present, the second half tells the story of the founder of the religion Gautama Siddharta .
• The Emperor and His Assassin (1998), a film by Chen Kaige about Qin Shihuangdi
• Hero (2002), film by Zhang Yimou about Qin Shihuangdi and the establishment of the Chinese Empire (around 220 BC)
• Gautama Buddha (2007), Indian feature film ( Telugu ) about the life of Gautama Siddharta and his time
• Red Cliff (2008), film about the Battle of Chibi (AD 208), one of the most famous battles in Chinese history and the beginning of the Three Kingdoms period .
• Confucius (2010), Chow Yun-Fat as Confucius (approx. 551–479 BC)
• White Vengeance (2011), film about the power struggle between Liu Bang and Xiang Yu after the collapse of the Qin dynasty (206 BC)

middle Ages

• Joan the Woman (1917), British persistence film about a soldier who sees Jeanne d'Arc in danger and who witnesses her fate
• Alexander Newski (1938), Sergei Eisenstein's propaganda film about the Novgorod struggle against the Teutonic Order
• Heinrich V (1944), a film with Laurence Olivier based on the play by William Shakespeare
• Ivanhoe - The Black Knight (1952), film adaptation of Walter Scott's novel Ivanhoe
• The Iron Knight of Falworth (1954), a classic knight film set in England at the time of Henry IV.
• Saint Joan (1957), about Charles VII , who remembers Joan of Arc in 1456 , based on a play by George Bernard Shaw
• The Crusaders (1960), film adaptation by Aleksander Ford , based on the novel of the same name by Henryk Sienkiewicz . The focus is on the events surrounding the Battle of Tannenberg (Polish: Grunwald) on July 15, 1410.
• Becket (1963), a film about Thomas Becket (1118–1170)
• The Normans Are Coming (1965), film about a group of Normans fighting the Frisians
• The Lion in Winter (1968), film adaptation of the play by James Goldmann about Eleanor of Aquitaine
• Brother Sun, Sister Moon (1972), film about the young Francis of Assisi (1181–1226)
• Pope Johanna (1972), film about the legend of Pope Joan
• Robin and Marian (1976), film with Sean Connery and Audrey Hepburn about the aged Robin Hood
• Die Menschen vom Domplatz (1979), SWF series about a 13th century city against the backdrop of a cathedral building
• Marco Polo (1982), four-part award-winning television series about Marco Polo (approx. 1254–1324)
• John Wycliffe (1984), film by Tony Tew over the English clergyman John Wycliffe , 14th century
• The Name of the Rose (1986), adaptation of the novel by Umberto Eco about a series of murders in a northern Italian monastery
• Robin Hood: The Thief King (1991), adventure film with Kevin Costner
• Braveheart (1995), film by and with Mel Gibson about the Scottish freedom fighter William Wallace
• Joan of Arc (1999)
• Jeanne d'Arc - The Woman of the Millennium (1999)
• The Popess (2009), film about Popess Joan , who is said to have occupied the Holy See in the 9th century.
• Barbarossa (2009), on Frederick I (Barbarossa, 1122–1190) in Northern Italy and his conflict with the city of Milan and the Lombards League .
• Robin Hood (2010), a film by Ridley Scott with the background to the actual Robin Hood theme
• Ironclad - Until the Last Warrior (2011), about the siege of Rochester Castle by Johann Ohneland ( Paul Giamatti ) in 1215
• Borgia (2011–2014), German-French-Austrian television series about the Spanish aristocratic Borgia family
• The Borgias (2011), American TV series (director: Neil Jordan ) about the Italian noble Borgia family with Jeremy Irons as Rodrigo Borgia / Pope Alexander VI.
• The White Queen (2013), British television series about the fight for the throne of the feuding houses of Lancaster and York ( Wars of the Roses ) in the late English Middle Ages
• The Medici rulers of Florence (2016), TV series about the Medici noble family in Italy in the 15th century.
• Maximilian - Das Spiel von Macht und Liebe (2017), Austrian-German television film (Director: Andreas Prochaska ) about Maximilian I (HRR) and Maria von Burgund
• Knightfall (2017-), TV series about the fall of the Templars in France at the beginning of the 14th century and their conflict with Philip the Fair (1268-1314)
• Outlaw King (2018), historical film of the Scottish uprising under Robert the Bruce against the English rule of King Edward I (called "Hammer of the Scots")

Early Islam and Crusades

• Crusader - Richard the Lionheart (1935), film by Cecil B. DeMille
• Storm over Persia (1957), biography of Omar Chajjam
• El Cid (1961), film about El Cid around 1080 during the Reconquista
• The gates of paradise (1968), film about the children's crusade
• Mohammed - The Messenger of God (1976)
• Die Löwen der Alhambra (1990), mini-series about the fall of the Emirate of Granada with Horst Buchholz as Abu l-Hasan Ali
• Die Kreuzritter - The Crusaders (2001), two-part miniseries about the Crusades under Pope Urban II.
• Kingdom of Heaven (2005), film directed by Ridley Scott about a French man who climbed up in Jerusalem from 1184–1187 (before the capture by Saladin )
• Arn - Der Kreuzritter (2007), film about a Swedish crusader

Vikings

• Prince Eisenherz (1954), film about a fictional Viking prince at the Camelot court
• The Vikings (1958), film about a group of Vikings who are in conflict with the Anglo-Saxons
• Raid der Vikings (1963), film about Danish Vikings who are looking for a golden bell and thus come into conflict with the Moors of southern Spain (contains many anachronisms)
• The Normans Are Coming (1965), film about a group of Normans fighting the Frisians
• Alfred the Great - Vanquisher of the Vikings (1968), about the young Alfred the Great of England (around 849 to 899)
• Vikings (2012-), Canadian-Irish TV series about the Viking Ragnar Lodbrok and his experiences
• Northmen - A Viking Saga (2014), about a group of Vikings in Scotland
• The Last Kingdom (2015), BBC television series based on the novel The Last Kingdom about England in the 9th century and the conflict between Anglo-Saxons and Danes (Vikings)

Asia

• Sevenfold Vengeance (1961), film about the conflict between the Kyrgyz and the Circassians
• In the Kingdom of Kublai Khan (1964), film about Marco Polo at the court of Kublai Khan
• Genghis Khan (1965), film with Omar Sharif as Genghis Khan
• Marco Polo in the Kingdom of Kublai Khan (1975), Eastern on Marco Polo's work at the court of Kublai Khan
• Marco Polo (1982), four-part award-winning television series about Marco Polo (approx. 1254–1324)
• Adi Shankaracharya (1983), Indian feature film ( Sanskrit ) about the life of the Hindu philosopher Adi Shankara and his time
• Marco Polo (2007) , TV film about Marco Polo
• The Mongol (2007), elaborately staged feature film about Genghis Khan's youth and his rise to ruler over all Mongols.
• Marco Polo (2014), TV series about Marco Polo at the court of Kublai Khan

America before Columbus

• Kings of the Sun (1963), film about a Mayan tribe in North America
• Atanarjuat - The Fast Runner (2001), Canadian film in the Inuit plays
• Apocalypto (2006), a film by Mel Gibson about armed conflicts in the Maya empire around 1500, shortly before the arrival of the Europeans

Early modern period (1500 to 1789)

See also: List of filmed works by William Shakespeare

• The Assassination of the Duke of Guise (1908), French film about the murder of Heinrich von Guise in 1588
• Fire Over England (1936), British film about England during the Spanish Armada in 1588
• Ivan the Terrible I (1944), Sergei Eisenstein's film about the youth of Tsar Ivan IV (continued by Ivan the Terrible II 1958)
• Diane - Courtesan of France (1956), film about Diana of Poitiers , Henry II's mistress of France
• Taras Bulba (1962), film adaptation of Nikolai Wassiljewitsch Gogol 's novel of the same name about the conflict between Poles and Cossacks in the middle of the 17th century
• Michelangelo - Inferno and Ecstasy (1965), film about Michelangelo Buonarroti in Rome
• Queen for a Thousand Days (1969), film about Anne Boleyn , wife of King Henry VIII of England .
• Hector, the Knight Without Fear and Blame (1976), film with Bud Spencer about the duel of Barletta at the beginning of the 16th century
• The Return of Martin Guerre (1982), film with Gérard Depardieu based on a criminal case from the 16th century
• Flesh and Blood (1985), a film by Paul Verhoeven about mercenaries at the beginning of the 16th century
• Nostradamus (1994), biography of Nostradamus
• Il mestiere delle armi (2001), about the last week of the mercenary leader Giovanni dalle Bande Nere (1498–1526)
• The Favorite (2018), about Queen Anne Stuart and intrigues at the British royal court at the beginning of the 18th century

America, Africa, Oceania and voyages of discovery

• Christopher Columbus (1949), biography
• Christopher Columbus (1985), Italian-American-German two-part TV series
• Black Robe - On the Iroquois River (1991), about a Jesuit mission in New France around 1634
• 1492 Conquering Paradise (1992), film about Columbus' journey to America
• The Fall of the Sun Empire (1969), film about the conquest of the Inca Empire and the assassination of the Inca king Atahualpa. Linguistically questionable and exaggerated presentation of Atahualpas.
• Wind and Stars (1987), four-part television series about James Cook (1728–1779)
• Christopher Columbus: The Explorer (1992), film directed by John Glen about Columbus' efforts before his American voyage
• Rapa Nui - Rebellion in Paradise (1994), a story produced by Kevin Costner about a social and environmental conflict on Easter Island in the early 18th century before the arrival of Europeans
• Robinson Crusoe (1997), free adaptation of the novel with Pierce Brosnan about the stranded man in the early 18th century
• Robinson Crusoe (2003), free novel adaptation with Pierre Richard and Nicolas Cazalé about the stranded man who is settled in the middle of the 18th century.
• Nova Zembla , film about a Dutch sea expedition to find the Northeast Passage
• Black Sails (2014), TV series about pirates in the Caribbean around 1715, which integrates historical pirates and events into their (fictional) plot.
• Jamestown (2017), a television series about the early years of Jamestown (c. 1619–1622) with George Yeardley as governor, deals with the arrival of the first women, the first slaves and the Jamestown massacre

Reformation and religious wars

See also: Lutherfilm

• Favorite of a Queen (1939), film about Elizabeth I.
• A Man for Every Season (1966), film about Thomas More
• Michael Kohlhaas - the rebel (1969), film adaptation of a literary film based on Heinrich von Kleist by Volker Schlöndorff about the horse dealer Hans Kohlhase (16th century)
• Maria Stuart, Queen of Scotland (1971), biography of Maria Stuart
• Richelieu (1977), 6-part television series about Armand-Jean du Plessis, duc de Richelieu (1585–1642), cardinal and first minister under King Louis XIII. from France
• The death of the white horse (1985), German Peasants' War 1524 in Franconia
• Lady Jane - Queen for Nine Days (1986), film about the life of Jane Gray
• Ich, Thomas Müntzer, Sichel Gottes (1989), GDR film about Thomas Müntzer
• The Bartholomew's Night (1994), film about the murder of Huguenots on Bartholomew's Night (1572) based on the novel by Alexandre Dumas
• Elizabeth (1998), film about the young Elizabeth I.
• Juana la Loca (2001), about Johanna the Mad (1479–1555) played by Pilar López de Ayala
• Shadow of the Sword (2005), film about the Inquisition and its executors
• Alatriste (2006), Spanish monumental film about the war between Spain and the Netherlands
• Elizabeth - The Golden Kingdom (2007), film about Queen Elizabeth I of England during the conflict with Spain
• The Tudors (2007-2010), TV series about Henry VIII.
• The Queen's Sister (2008), film about the two Boleyn sisters Mary ( Scarlett Johansson ) and Anna ( Natalie Portman ) and their relationship with Henry VIII ( Eric Bana )
• Henri 4 (2010), biography of Henry IV of France
• The Princess of Montpensier (2010), the story of a duchess during the Huguenot Wars
• Michael Kohlhaas (2013) (2013), film adaptation of the literature by Heinrich Kleist , which in turn was inspired by the historical figure of Hans Kohlhase .
• Reign (2013-), series about the life of the young Maria Stuart
• Wolves (2015), British miniseries about politics and intrigue at the court of Henry VIII based on the books by Hilary Mantel
• Gunpowder (2017), BBC miniseries about the Gunpowder Plot (1605)
• Maria Stuart, Queen of Scotland (2018), biography of Maria Stuart

Thirty Years' War

• Queen Christine (1933), film about Christina of Sweden played by Greta Garbo
• Christina - Between Throne and Love (1974), film about Christina of Sweden played by Liv Ullmann
• Des Christoffel von Grimmelshausen's adventurous Simplicissimus (1975), four-part ZDF television film
• Richelieu (1977), Franco-German television series based on the biography of Philippe Erlanger about the statesman Armand-Jean du Plessis, duc de Richelieu
• Wallenstein (1978), ZDF television film based on the biography of Golo Mann about the general Albrecht von Wallenstein
• The Forgotten Valley (1971), a film about a village that has been spared from war in 1641
• The Girl King (2015), a film about Christina of Sweden

Absolutism and Enlightenment 1650–1789

• The old and the young king (1935), Nazi film (but no conditional film ) about the conflict between the Prussian Crown Prince Frederick and his father, who in 1730 on the execution of Hans Hermann von Katte leads
• Marie-Antoinette (1938), film with Norma Shearer and Tyrone Power
• The Great King (1942), Nazi propaganda film about Frederick the Great
• Beau Brummell (1954), film with Stewart Granger as the bon vivant George Bryan Brummell (1778–1840)
• On the green beach of the Spree ; Part 3: Prussian fairy tale (1960) by director Fritz Umgelter . The film depicts how a Chilean baron ( Peter Pasetti ) gets caught in the battle of Kunersdorf on his trip to Europe during the Seven Years' War .
• Cromwell - War to the King (1970), historical drama with a strong focus on the opponents Oliver Cromwell and Karl. I in the English Civil War , played by Richard Harris and Alec Guinness
• Barry Lyndon (1975), Stanley Kubrick's film about an Irish adventure seeking social advancement
• Sachsens Glanz und Preussens Gloria (1985/1987), GDR TV multi-part series about Saxony and Prussia in the years 1697–1763
• King George (1994), about the British King George III.
• Rob Roy (1995), film about the Scottish "Robin Hood" and folk hero Robert Roy MacGregor in 18th century Scotland
• Restoration - Time of Sensuality (1995) A film about a doctor in the time of Charles II of England
• Ridicule - From the ridiculousness of appearances (1996) Film about the decadent life at the late absolutist court of the French King Louis XVI.
• Liebeslust und Freiheit (2000), an erotic comedy about the encyclopedist Denis Diderot , mid-18th century
• The Queen's Collar (2001), film about the so-called collar affair
• To Kill a King (2003), about the English Civil War and the relationship between Oliver Cromwell and Thomas Fairfax
• Marie Antoinette (2006), film by Sofia Coppola with Kirsten Dunst as French Queen Marie Antoinette (1755–1793)
• The Queen and the Personal Physician (2012), a literary film adaptation of a novel by Bodil Steensen-Leth and is set in Denmark in the late 18th century. It depicts the rise and fall of the doctor Johann Friedrich Struensee at the Danish royal court.
• The Great Fire (2014), miniseries about the Great Fire of London (1666)
• Versailles (2015), series about the life of the “Sun King” Louis XIV and his court in Versailles .

Eastern Europe, Russia and the Ottoman Empire

• Peter the Great (1986), multi-part television series on Peter the Great (1672–1725) with Maximilian Schell , Omar Sharif , Laurence Olivier and Vanessa Redgrave
• Catherine the Great (1995), multi-part television series about Catherine the Great (1729–1796) played by Catherine Zeta-Jones
• 1612 - Attack of the Crusaders (2007), Russian film about the war between Poland-Lithuania and Russia
• Pact of the Beasts - The Sovereign's Servant (2007), film about the Great Northern War and the Battle of Poltava (1709)
• Bathory (2008), with Anna Friel as Elisabeth Báthory
• The Countess (2009), about Elisabeth Báthory (1560–1614), who was convicted as a serial killer , played by Julie Delpy , who also directed
• September Eleven 1683 (2012), about the siege of Vienna in 1683 and the battle on Kahlenberg
• Catherine the Great (2019), four-part TV series about Catherine the Great (1729–1796) played by Helen Mirren

Asia and Pacific

• Harakiri (1962), a film about early 17th century Japan
• Mutiny on the Bounty (1962), film with Marlon Brando based on the novel by Charles Bernard Nordhoff and James N. Hall
• Kagemusha - The Warrior's Shadow (1980), Akira Kurosawa's film about the war between the Tokugawa and Takeda clans in 16th century Japan , which won the Golden Palm
• Shogun (1980), TV series about an English sailor in Japan during the Tokugawa Shogunate
• Gonza the Lance Fighter (1986), a film about 18th century Japan
• Wing Chun (1994), about the founding legend of the fighting style Wing Chun with Michelle Yeoh as Yim Wing Chun, played during the Manchu dynasty (1644–1911)
• 47 Rōnin (1994), a film about the story of the 47 Rōnin , a samurai conflict at the beginning of the 18th century in Japan
• Bang Rajan - Battle of the Lost (2000), Thai film about a Siamese empire in the 18th century
• The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant (2005), about the prisoner Mary Briant (1765 - after 1794) who sailed with the First Fleet to Australia and was one of the first prisoners of the newly established British penal colony in Sydney .
• Nomad - The Warrior (2005), French-Kazakh film about the Kazakh steppe in the early 18th century
• The Admiral - Roaring Currents (2014), film about the naval battle of Myongnyang (1597) during the Japanese invasion of Korea ( Imjin War )
• Silence (2016), film about the persecution of Christians in the wake of the Shimabara uprising in Japan in the 17th century

North America 1650-1776

• The Last of the Mohicans (1936), film about the battle for Fort William Henry during the French and Indian War in 1757, based on the novel of the same name by James Fenimore Cooper
• Nordwest-Passage (1939), adventure film about a British punitive expedition against Indians in the French and Indian War 1754–1764
• The Witches of Salem (1957, FRG title: witch hunt), film about a witch trial in the British colony of Massachusetts at the end of the 17th century, based on Arthur Miller
• Witch Hunt (1996), film about a witch hunt in Salem in 1692, based on a play by Arthur Miller
• The Last of the Mohicans (1992), film about the battle for Fort William Henry during the French and Indian War in 1757, based on the novel of the same name by James Fenimore Cooper
• The New World (2005), film about the founding of Jamestown

Cultural history

• Casanova (1927), film about Giacomo Casanova (1725–1798) portrayed Iwan Ilyich Mosschuchin
• Adrian the Tulip Thief (1966), ARD television series with Heinz Reincke , set in the Netherlands in 1637
• Goya - or the terrible path of knowledge (1971), film adaptation of the novel by Lion Feuchtwanger about the Spanish painter Francisco de Goya (1746–1828)
• The color of the pomegranate (1969), film about the life of the Armenian musician Sayat Nova (1712–1795)
• Amadeus (1984), Miloš Forman's film about the alleged murderer of Antonio Salieri against Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Cyrano von Bergerac (1990), a film with Gérard Depardieu about the writer Cyrano de Bergerac (1619–1655)
• Ludwig van B. - My Immortal Beloved (1994), biography Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827) played by Gary Oldman
• Marquise - Dangerous Intrigue (1997), film about the cast of Molières at the court of Louis XIV.
• The King Dances (2000) film adaptation of Jean-Baptiste Lully's life at the court of Louis XIV by Gérard Corbiau
• Vatel (2000), film about the French chef François Vatel
• Casanova (2005), film about Giacomo Casanova (1725–1798) portrayed Heath Ledger
• Casanova (2005), miniseries about Giacomo Casanova (1725–1798) portrayed by Peter O'Toole (in old age) and David Tennant (in midlife)
• Klang der Stille (2006), about Ludwig van Beethoven and a fictional assistant in 1824
• The Amazing Grace (2006), film about the former slave trader and later abolitionist and clergyman John Newton (1725–1807)
• Tulip Fever (2017), a story against the backdrop of the tulip mania (ca.1637) during the Dutch Golden Age

Long 19th century

French Revolution and Napoleon

• Two Orphans in the Storm (1921), American film about two peasant children in the Paris of the Revolution
• Napoleon (1927), French film by Abel Gance about Napoleon Bonaparte from the cadet school to the Italian campaign
• Danton (1931), German film about the revolutionary Georges Danton (1759–1794)
• Schwarzer Jäger Johanna (1934), German film with Marianne Hoppe , set in Braunschweig in 1809 and thematizes the underground war against Napoleon
• Escape from Paris (1935), American film based on a novel by Charles Dickens
• Kolberg (1945), a so-called persistence film by Veit Harlan , with Heinrich George as mayor of Kolberg, which was attacked by Napoleonic troops in 1806
• The King's Admiral (1951), film about a fictional British frigate captain Horatio Hornblower in 1807 during the Anglo-French naval war
• War and Peace American film adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's novel War and Peace
• A handful of heroes (1967), German-Italian war film with Horst Frank about a Prussian officer after the defeat at Jena in 1806
• War and Peace (1966–1967), Soviet film based on the novel by Leo Tolstoy
• Waterloo (1970), Italian-Soviet film
• The Duelists (1977), film by Ridley Scott based on a novel by Joseph Conrad , about two hussar officers in the Napoleonic army
• The Prince Regent (1979), 8-part TV series by the BBC about the Prince of Wales and later King George IV.
• Escape to Varennes (1982), French-Italian film about Ludwig's flight in 1791
• Danton (1983), French film
• The French Revolution (1989), multinational television film
• The Snipers (1993–1997, 2006, 2008), British television series about the fictional soldier Richard Sharpe against the backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars
• Jefferson in Paris (1994), American film with Nick Nolte as Thomas Jefferson during his time as the American ambassador in Paris
• Horatio Hornblower (1998-2003), feature film series about the career of (fictional) Horatio Hornblower based on the novel by CS Forester , describes the Royal Navy at the time of the Napoleonic Wars
• The Lady and the Duke (2001), French film by Éric Rohmer about the relationship between an English lady and a French duke against the backdrop of the Ancien Régime and the Revolution
• Andreas Hofer - The Freedom of the Eagle (2002), TV film about the uprising of Andreas Hofer in Tyrol
• Napoleon (2002), four-part feature film about Napoleon ( Christian Clavier ) with Isabella Rossellini as Joséphine de Beauharnais , Gérard Depardieu as Joseph Fouché and John Malkovich as Charles Talleyrand .
• Master & Commander - Until the End of the World (2003), British-French naval war in Napoleon's time , based on a novel by Patrick O'Brian
• Goya's Spirits (2006), on the Inquisition and Revolution in Spain from 1792 to 1809
• Amazing Grace (2006), on William Wilberforce (1759–1833) and the abolition of the slave trade
• War and Peace (2007), TV series about the novel Leo Tolstoy
• The Duchess (2008), via Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (1757-1806) played by Keira Knightley

South America 1800–1850

• Simón Bolívar (1942), Mexican film about Simón Bolívar by Miguel Contreras Torres , with Julián Soler as Bolívar
• Simón Bolívar (1969), Italian-Spanish-Venezuelan film about Simón Bolívar by Alessandro Blasetti , with Maximilian Schell as Bolívar
• Libertador (2013), Spanish-Venezuelan film about Simón Bolívar (1783–1830) by Alberto Arvelo , with Édgar Ramírez as Bolívar

Europe 1815-1850

• Nosferatu - A Symphony of Horror (1922), horror film, which is set in 1838, among other places, in Wismar in northern Germany
• Gösta Berling (1924), a fragmentary Swedish film with Greta Garbo based on the novel by Selma Lagerlöf
• Pride and Prejudice (1940), American film adaptation of the novel by Jane Austen with Greer Garson and Laurence Olivier
• Hell where is your victory (1940), a film with Bette Davis about a girl teacher in France in the 1840s
• Children of Olympus (1943–1945), French film about the Parisian theater environment around 1835
• The Orphan of Lowood (1943), American film with Orson Welles based on the novel Jane Eyre , set in England in the 1830s
• Oliver Twist (1948), film with Alec Guinness based on the novel by Charles Dickens
• Der Schinderhannes (1958), a film based on the play by Carl Zuckmayer about the robber captain Johannes Bückler
• Addio, piccola mia (1979), DEFA film about the life and death of the medical doctor, writer and revolutionary Georg Büchner
• Lenz oder Freiheit (1986), ARD four-parter about an eyewitness to the Baden Revolution (1848/49) based on the novel by Stefan Heym
• The Resurrection of Colonel Chabert (1994), a literary film based on Honoré de Balzac with Gérard Depardieu about a former colonel of Napoleon who wants to regain his property in Paris
• Victoria & Albert (2001), two-part TV series about the British Queen Victoria (1819–1901) and her German husband Albert von Sachsen-Coburg and Gotha (1819–1861)
• Vanity Fair (2004), film adaptation of the novel by William Makepeace Thackeray about the rise of a woman in London in 1848
• Oliver Twist (2005), Roman Polański's adaptation of the novel by Charles Dickens
• Young Victoria (2009), film with Emily Blunt about the young English Queen Victoria in the 1830s
• Victoria (2016), eight-part miniseries about the first years of Queen Victoria's reign , played by Jenna Coleman
• The young Karl Marx (2017), a partially biographical historical drama about the life of Karl Marx in the 1840s, the first period of his collaboration with Friedrich Engels and the beginning of his political work. With August Diehl in the role of Karl Marx and directed by Raoul Peck .
• Mary Shelley (2017), film about British writer Mary Shelley (1797-1851) portrayed by Elle Fanning
• Peterloo (2018), about the Peterloo massacre (1819) in England
• Gentleman Jack (2019), series about the English landowner, mountaineer and self-confessed lesbian Anne Lister (1791–1840)

Asia 1815-1850

• The Opium War (1997), Chinese film about the events of the First Opium War against Great Britain in the 1830s and 1840s

Europe 1850–1914

• Bismarck (1940), Nazi propaganda film
• The Discharge (1942), Nazi film about Bismarck's discharge in 1890
• The Song of Bernadette (1943), an American film based on the novel by Franz Werfel about the canonized Bernadette Soubirous , is set in France in the mid-19th century
• The Sword of Monte Christo (1951), film about a fictional intrigue against Napoleon III.
• Der Hauptmann von Köpenick (1956), a film by Helmut Käutner about the alleged captain von Köpenick who confiscated the Köpenick city treasury in 1906, with Heinz Rühmann
• Viva l'Italia! (1961), a film by Roberto Rossellini about Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807–1882)
• The Leopard (1963) (1963), Visconti's film adaptation of the novel by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa about the annexation of Sicily to the emerging kingdom of Italy in the Risorgimento
• The Light Brigade attack (1968), film with Vanessa Redgrave about the 1854 Light Brigade attack during the Crimean War
• The Great Train Robbery (1979), film with Sean Connery about a railroad robbery in 1855. The loot is gold, which is used to finance the Crimean War.
• The Elephant Man (1980), black and white film by David Lynch about the deformed Joseph Merrick 1881
• Rosa Luxemburg (1986), film biography of the revolutionary by Margarethe von Trotta
• Bismarck (1990), ZDF two-part series with Uwe Ochsenknecht as Bismarck
• Der Hauptmann von Köpenick (1997), TV film about the alleged Captain von Köpenick , with Harald Juhnke
• The White Ribbon - A German Children's Story (2009), takes place in northern Germany in 1913/1914
• A dark desire (2011), film is about the affair between CG Jung and his patient Sabina Spielrein , in which Sigmund Freud also plays a leading role.
• Suffragette - Actions Instead of Words (2015), about the suffragette movement in England at the beginning of the 20th century with Meryl Streep as Emmeline Pankhurst (1858–1928)
• Das Sacher (2016), two-part TV series about the famous Viennese Hotel Sacher at the turn of the century
• Victoria & Abdul (2017), about the aging British Queen and Empress of India Victoria (1819–1901) and her young Indian servant Abdul Karim (Munshi) (1863–1909)
• The Professor and the Madman (2019), on James Murray (1837–1915) and William C. Minor (1834–1920) and their role in the genesis of the Oxford English Dictionary

Asia 1850-1914

• Anna and the King of Siam (1946), with Rex Harrison about Anna Leonowens at the royal court in Bangkok
• The King and I (1956), based on the musical of the same name about Anna Leonowens
• 55 Days in Beijing (1963), American film with Charlton Heston about the suppression of the Boxer Rebellion around 1900
• Anna and the King (1999), about Anna Leonowens at the court of the Siamese king
• The Rising (2005), Indian film about the independence fighter Mangal Pandey
• Last Samurai (2003), film about the beginning of the Meiji Restoration , a fictional story inspired by the events of the Satsuma rebellion and the historical figure of Jules Brunet .
• The Sword with no Name (2008), the story of the Korean Empress Myeongseong (1851–1895) enriched with fictional elements
• The Woman Knight of Mirror Lake (2011), film about the Chinese revolutionary and feminist Qiu Jin (1875–1907) towards the end of the Qing Dynasty (1644–1911)

Oceania 1850-1914

• Hawaii (1966), a film about the decline of Hawaiian culture in the first half of the 19th century
• Lawless - The Story of Ned Kelly (2003), film about the Australian bandit Ned Kelly
• Princess Kaiulani (2009), about the Hawaiian heir to the throne Victoria Kaʻiulani (1875–1899)
• The Legend of Ben Hall (2016), film about the Australian bushranger Ben Hall (1837–1865)

Colonies and world travel

• Rhodes of Africa (1936), about the British politician Cecil Rhodes (1853–1902)
• Ohm Krüger (film) (1941), anti-British propaganda film about the South African politician Paul Kruger
• Khartoum (1966), feature film with Laurence Olivier and Charlton Heston as about the Mahdi uprising in Sudan in 1885
• The Man Who Wanted to Be King (1975), adventure film based on Rudyard Kipling's story about two British soldiers of fortune who posed as tribal rulers in Afghanistan
• Charles Darwin's Voyage (1978), biography of Charles Darwin focusing on his world tour aboard HMS Beagle
• The Struggle of the Black Queen (1986), a literary adaptation based on Abdoulaye Mamani about the Sarraounia's resistance to the French Voulet-Chanoine mission in Africa
• 1898. Los últimos de Filipinas (2016), film about the 377-day siege of 50 Spanish soldiers trapped in the Philippine city of Baler

North America 1776-1918

• Moby Dick (1930), based on the novel by Herman Melville
• Alexander Hamilton (1931), film about the first US Treasury Secretary, Alexander Hamilton
• Young Mr. Lincoln (1939), directed by John Ford
• Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940), directed by John Cromwell
• Viva Zapata! (1952), about the Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata
• Alamo (1960), film about the Battle of the Alamo in the Texan War of Independence in 1836
• Roots (1977), the story of a black family in the USA, beginning with the enslavement of the family father in West Africa in 1767, adaptation of the novel by Alex Haley of the same name
• Washington Square (1997), Agnieszka Holland's film about New York before the Civil War
• Amistad (1997), Steven Spielberg's film with Morgan Freeman about a Spanish slave ship that reached the United States in 1839
• Gray Owl (1999), about the English trapper, writer and conservationist Gray Owl (1888–1938) played by Pierce Brosnan
• Gangs of New York (2002), Martin Scorsese's film about New York 1846–1863
• Alamo - The Dream, the Fate, the Legend (2004), film with Dennis Quaid about the Texan uprising in 1835/1836
• Iron Road (2009), miniseries about the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway at the end of the 19th century
• Copper - Justice is brutal , series about New York City and the Five Points neighborhood shortly after the Draft Riots (1863)
• Hatfields & McCoys (2012), film adaptation of the Hatfield-McCoy feud (1863-1891)
• 12 Years a Slave (2013), film adaptation of the autobiographical novel by Solomon Northup published in 1853
• The Better Angels (2014), film about the childhood and youth of Abraham Lincoln
• Texas Rising (2015), 10-part miniseries about the Texan War of Independence (1835–1836) and the making of the Texas Rangers
• Underground (2016), a series about the Underground Railroad in Georgia before the Civil War
• Roots (2016), miniseries about the story of a black family in the USA, remake of the novel by Alex Haley
• The Terror (2018), TV series about the fate of the Franklin Expedition (1845–1848) enriched with some fantastic elements
• Harriet (2019), film about American escape worker and suffragette Harriet Tubman (1820-1913)

War of Independence

• Winter That Was a Summer (1976), ARD television play by Fritz Umgelter about Germans in the War of Independence based on the novel by Sandra Paretti
• Revolution (1985), film about the war of independence
• The Patriot (2000), a film by Roland Emmerich with Mel Gibson about a war hero who is dragged against the British against his will
• John Adams - Freedom for America (2008), seven-part biography of the second US President John Adams ( Paul Giamatti )
• Turn: Washington's Spies (2014), TV series about the Culper Ring (espionage organization)
• Sons of Liberty (2015), three-part miniseries about the Sons of Liberty

Frontier

• Gold Rush (1925), comedy by and with Charles Chaplin about the Klondike gold rush at the end of the 19th century
• That was the Wild West (1962)
• Cheyenne (1964), Battle of the Cheyenne against the US Army
• No Mercy for Ulzana (1972), film the raid of the Apache chief Ulzana (1821-1909)
• Jeremiah Johnson (1972), film about the Mountain Men John Jeremiah Johnson (1824–1900) played by Robert Redford
• Heaven's Gate (1980), film about a conflict between large American farmers and Eastern European immigrants in Wyoming around 1890
• Dances with Wolves (1990), Northern States officer, is wounded in 1864 and then lives among Indians
• Geronimo - Eine Legende (1993), about the Apache chief Geronimo (1829–1909)
• Deadwood (2004–2006), early years of the gold rush town of Deadwood (around 1876)
• Into the West (2005), miniseries about the colonization of the West and the fall of Indian cultures from 1820 to 1895
• The murder of Jesse James by the coward Robert Ford (2007), about the bandit Jesse James ( Brad Pitt ) and his murder by Robert Ford ( Casey Affleck ).
• Hell on Wheels (2011-2016), about the initial phase of the construction of the first transcontinental railroad in America at the end of the Civil War (1865) with Colm Meaney in the role of the railroad baron Thomas Durant.
• Klondike (2014), miniseries about the Klondike gold rush (1896–1899)
• The Revenant (2015), film about the experiences of the fur hunter Hugh Glass (1783–1833) on an expedition of the Rocky Mountain Fur Company in the winter of 1823/1824

Civil War

• The Birth of a Nation (1915), racist film about two families against the backdrop of civil war and the slave issue
• The General (1926), comedy film with Buster Keaton
• Gone with the Wind (1939), love tragedy in the southern states based on the novel by Margaret Mitchell
• The Last Orders (1959), film with John Wayne about a cavalry brigade destroying infrastructure in the south
• Alvarez Kelly (1966), Western War of Civil War cattle theft, the plot of which is loosely based on the historic Beefsteak Raid .
• The Blues and the Grays (1982), miniseries about the civil war
• Torches in the Storm (1985, 1986, 1994), TV series, story of a northern and a southern family during the civil war
• Glory (1989), a film about the first black regiment in the civil war
• Gettysburg (1993), film adaptation of the Battle of Gettysburg , which marks a turning point in the war in favor of the Northern States.
• Who rides with the devil (1999), about a group of fictional bushwhackers who fight independently of the regular army on the southern side in the civil war
• Gods and Generals (2003), on the early stages of the war, Prehistory of Gettysburg
• On the Road to Cold Mountain (2003), about a love of the times of the Civil War and the difficulties that the war brought with it. (with Nicole Kidman , Jude Law and Renée Zellweger from Anthony Minghella )
• The Lincoln Conspiracy (2010), on the trial of Mary Surratt , indicted as an accomplice of Lincoln assassin John Wilkes Booth
• Lincoln (2012), about Abraham Lincoln's pre-war presidency, starring Daniel Day-Lewis , Sally Field and Tommy Lee Jones , directed by Steven Spielberg
• The Birth of a Nation (2016), about the slave revolt of Nat Turner (1800–1831)

Urban America 1870–1918

• The Great Ziegfeld (1936), film about revue producers at the end of the 19th century
• Citizen Kane (1940), a film by and with Orson Welles about the life of a newspaper entrepreneur, shows episodes from the 1870s to the present day
• Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942), film with James Cagney about the vaudeville artist George M. Cohan (1878–1942)
• The Time of Innocence (1993), a film directed by Martin Scorsese about a relationship drama in New York in the 1870s

Africa

• Shaka Zulu (1986), TV series about the Zulu chief Shaka (1787–1822)

Culture, science and technology

• Louis Pasteur (1935), biography of Louis Pasteur
• Paul Ehrlich - A life for research (1940), biography about Paul Ehrlich
• Young Edison (1940), biography of Thomas Alva Edison's childhood and adolescence
• The Great Edison (1940), biography of Edison in adulthood and the invention of the light bulb
• Clara Schumann's great love (1947) biography about Clara Schumann
• The great Caruso (1951), film with Mario Lanza about the tenor Enrico Caruso (1873–1921)
• Franz Schubert - A life in two sentences (1953), biography about Franz Schubert
• Vincent van Gogh - A Life of Passion (1956), biography of Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890) played by Kirk Douglas
• Freud (1962), biography of the psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud
• Tschaikowsky - Genie und Wahnsinn (1970), biography about Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
• Mahler (1974), biography about Gustav Mahler
• Nickelodeon (1976), film with Burt Reynolds about the early film industry around 1910
• Charles Darwin's Voyage (1978), biography of Charles Darwin focusing on his world tour aboard HMS Beagle
• Egon Schiele - Exzesse (1981), biography about Egon Schiele
• A Mountain on the Back of the Moon (1983), Swedish film about the mathematician Sofja Kovalevskaja
• The Iron Way (1984), ZDF series about the early railways in Germany
• Il giovane Toscanini (1988), film about the conductor Arturo Toscanini (1867–1957)
• Dr. Robert Schumann, Devil Romantic (1999), TV film about the composer Robert Schumann (1810–1856)
• Balzac - A life full of passion (1999), two-part TV series about the writer Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850) with Gérard Depardieu
• Klimt (2006), biography about Gustav Klimt
• A Russian Summer (2009), a film about the last year of Leo Tolstoy's life
• The Invisible Woman (2013), a film about Charles Dickens , played by Ralph Fiennes
• Mr. Turner - Master of Light (2014), a film about the British painter William Turner (1775-1851)
• The Poetry of Infinite (2015), film about the Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan (1887–1920)
• Queen of the Desert (2015), about the British historian and explorer Gertrude Bell (1868–1926)
• Florence Foster Jenkins (2016), biopic about the singer Florence Foster Jenkins (1868–1944) played by Meryl Streep
• A Quiet Passion (2016), film about the American poet Emily Dickinson (1830–1886), portrayed by Cynthia Nixon
• Genius (2017–2018), television series about historical geniuses, season 1 about Albert Einstein (1879–1955) and season 2 about Pablo Picasso (1881–1973)
• Edison - A Life Full of Light (2017), a film about Thomas Edison (1847–1931) and George Westinghouse (1846–1914) and the first American power grid
• Marie Curie - Elements of Life (2019), film about the natural scientist and Nobel Prize winner Marie Curie (1867–1934)
• Tesla (2020), film about the inventor, physicist and electrical engineer Nikola Tesla (1956-1943) played by Ethan Hawke

Age of World Wars 1914–1945

First World War and post-war chaos

• The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921), American film about relatives fighting on different sides
• The Great Parade (1925), American film about young Americans who experience the Western Front
• Four Sons (1928), American film by John Ford about a Bavarian widow whose sons are on opposing sides
• Nothing New in the West (1930), anti-war film about a German soldier on the Western Front, based on the novel by Erich Maria Remarque
• Western Front 1918 (1930), German anti-war film by Georg Wilhelm Pabst about four infantrymen on the Western Front in the last months of the war
• Kreuzer Emden (1932), film about the German cruiser SMS Emden
• Morgenrot (1933), film about crashed submarine drivers
• Shock Troop 1917 (1934), Nazi propaganda film based on a novel by Hans Zöberlein about the life of German soldiers on the Western Front
• The Great Illusion (1937), French film about air officers in a German prisoner of war camp
• Sergeant York (1941), American film by Howard Hawks based on the memories of the highly decorated Alvin C. York , about a drinker played by Gary Cooper who becomes religious and is conscripted into military service against his will
• The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943), British film about a British and a German officer from the Boer War to World War II
• Roads to Fame (1957), American film by Stanley Kubrick with Kirk Douglas about incompetent French warfare on the Western Front in 1916
• King of Hearts (1967), French film about a small town at the end of the war
• Johnny Goes to War (1971), American film about a gun-loving war volunteer who is badly wounded
• Nothing New in the West (1979), American-British remake
• Legends of Passion (1994), three sons of a colonel ( Anthony Hopkins ) fight in the Canadian Army on the Western Front
• Merry Christmas (2005), multinational film about fraternities between war opponents Christmas 1914
• Einstein and Eddington (2008), about the physicists Albert Einstein and Arthur Stanley Eddington against the backdrop of the First World War (approx. 1914–1921)
• The Assassination - Sarajevo 1914 (2014), German-Austrian-Czech film about the assassination attempt on the Austro-Hungarian heir to the throne Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie Chotek

Italian-Austrian mountain front

• Mountains in Flames (1931), film by and with Luis Trenker , who uses it to process his experiences on the mountain front
• In Another Country (1957), American film starring Rock Hudson as a Red Cross employee on the mountain front
• Battalion of the Lost (1970), socially critical Italian film by Francesco Rosi against the backdrop of the mountain front 1916

Air war

• Wings (1927), American film about two young Americans who are enthusiastic about flying and who sign up for the Air Force
• Twilight Start (1931), American film by Howard Hawks about an air squadron
• Höllenflieger (1930), American love story with Jean Harlow against the backdrop of the Air War in Europe
• The Blue Max (1966), a film with George Peppard about a German aviator and the hunt for awards
• Manfred von Richthofen - The Red Baron (1971), a film by Roger Corman about the life of Manfred von Richthofen
• Battle in the Clouds (1976), British-French film about a British aviator who takes care of his girlfriend's brother, with Malcolm McDowell and Christopher Plummer
• Flyboys (2006), American film about a love story against the background of the double-decker air battles in 1916
• Der Rote Baron (2008), German film with Matthias Schweighöfer as Manfred von Richthofen

War outside Europe

• The Last Patrol (1934), American film directed by John Ford , set in the Mesopotamian desert
• Die Reiter von Deutsch-Ostafrika (1934), German film by Herbert Selpin about the war in East Africa
• African Queen (1951), love story by John Huston with Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn against the backdrop of the First World War in German East Africa
• Lawrence of Arabia (1962), about the British adventurer Thomas E. Lawrence , who calls the Arab peoples against Turkish rule
• Longing for Africa (1976), colonial-critical and pacifist farce by Jean-Jacques Annaud about conditions in French Equatorial Africa and the neighboring German Cameroon in 1915
• Gallipoli (1981), Australian film about the 1915 Battle of Gallipoli in Turkey
• Ode to Joy (2005), Japanese film about German soldiers who were captured after the battle for Tsingtao in 1914 and taken to a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp

Home front

• The Ladies of the Coast (1979), a drama about women in Normandy before and during the First World War

Russian revolutions and civil war

• Battleship Potemkin (1925), Soviet propaganda film by Sergei Eisenstein about the Russian Revolution in 1905
• Doctor Zhivago (1965), film based on Boris Pasternak 's novel of the same name
• Agonia (shot 1966–1974, first shown in 1981), a film about Rasputin

Europe between the wars

• My Life for Ireland (1941), Nazi propaganda film about the battles of the Irish against Great Britain
• Schicksal (1942), German film with Heinrich George about Bulgaria in the peace treaty of 1919 and after
• The King's Speech (2010), film about the British King George VI. who successfully combats his stuttering.
• War of Dreams (Clash of Futures) (2018), documentary drama series for the project of the same name, describes 13 personal fates in Europe in the interwar period.

Weimar Republic

• Blood Brotherhood (1941), Nazi propaganda film ( reserved film ) about war comrades in the Weimar Republic and the Third Reich until 1939
• Affaire Blum (1948), DEFA feature film about the Magdeburg judicial scandal in 1925/1926
• Cabaret (1972), film adaptation of a musical, a triangular story about the background of the declining Weimar Republic
• Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980), WDR series based on the novel by Alfred Döblin about a socially failed person in Berlin in 1928
• Hanussen (1988), about the fortune teller Erik Jan Hanussen , played by Klaus Maria Brandauer
• Shadow of the Vampire (2000) satirical horror film starring John Malkovich about the production of the 1921 film Nosferatu
• Sass (2001), about the Berlin burglars Franz and Erich Sass
• Babylon Berlin (since 2017), German crime series set in Berlin around 1929

History of culture and science

• Young Edison and The Great Edison (1940), biography about Thomas Alva Edison
• Madame Curie (1943), biography about Marie Curie
• Sauerbruch - That was my life (1954), biography about Ferdinand Sauerbruch
• Lindbergh - My Flight Over the Ocean (1957) A film about Charles A. Lindbergh's crossing of the Atlantic
• The Josephine Baker Story (1991), about Josephine Baker , a symbolic figure of the Jazz Age or the Roaring Twenties , played by Lynn Whitfield
• Chaplin (1992), biography of Charles Chaplin
• Shadowlands (1993), about the love story between the British writer CS Lewis (1898–1963) and the American writer Joy Davidman (1915–1960)
• Wittgenstein (1993), biography about the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein
• Carrington (1995), film about the painter Dora Carrington (1893-1932), played by Emma Thompson and the painter Lytton Strachey (1880-1932), played by Jonathan Pryce
• Marie Curie - A passionate researcher (1996), Marie Curies biography
• Comedian Harmonists (1997), a film by Joseph Vilsmaier about the German singing group Comedian Harmonists
• Marlene (2000), biography of Marlene Dietrich played by Katja Flint
• Miss Potter (2006), film about the British children's author Beatrix Potter (1866–1943) played by Renée Zellweger
• Albert Schweitzer - A Life for Africa (2009), biography about Albert Schweitzer
• Amelia (2009), biography about the life of the aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart
• Käthe Kruse (2015), TV film biography about the life of the doll maker Käthe Kruse
• The Danish Girl (2015), film about the intersexual Danish painter Lili Elbe (1882–1931)
• Tolkien (2019), film about the youth and early adult years of the writer JRR Tolkien (1892–1973)

Prohibition and Depression in the USA 1919–1939

• The Roaring Twenties (1939), a film by Raoul Walsh with James Cagney about World War II veterans who turn criminals during the prohibition era
• Bonnie and Clyde (1967), a gangster film with Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway about the gangster couple Bonnie and Clyde , is set during the Great Depression in the 1930s
• The Color Purple (1985), story of a black woman in the southern states in the first half of the 20th century, film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Alice Walker
• Once upon a time in America (1984), Sergio Leone's Mafia film , which is set mainly during the prohibition era
• The Untouchables (1987), crime thriller with Kevin Costner , Robert De Niro and Sean Connery about fighting the gangster Al Capone in the Prohibition era
• A river rises from the middle (1992), film about two brothers in rural America in the 1920s
• The Gray Man , film about the serial killer Albert Fish (1870–1936)
• Mrs. Parker and her vicious circle (1994), about the writer and critic Dorothy Parker (1893-1967) and the famous literary circle she co-founded Algonquin Round Table (1919-1929)
• The Stranger Son (2008), film about Los Angeles in the 1920s, the plot of which takes up events related to the Wineville Chicken murders .
• Public Enemies (2009), a true story based feature film about gangster John Dillinger
• Boardwalk Empire (2010-2014), television series about Atlantic City during Prohibition , inspired by the biography of Enoch L. Johnson
• The Last of Robin Hood (2013), played by the Hollywood actor Errol Flynn (1909-1959) by Kevin Kline
• Bessie (2015), film about the jazz and blues singer Bessie Smith (1894–1937)
• Time for Legends (2016), about the athlete Jesse Owens at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin
• Gangster Land (2017), about gangsters Jack "Machine Gun" McGurn (1903-1936) and Al Capone (1899-1947) and the Chicago outfit
• Te Ata (2017), about the Chickasaw Indian Te Ata Fisher (1895–1995) and her career as a Broadway actress and storyteller.
• Capone (2020), about the gangster Al Capone (1899–1947) played by Tom Hardy

Latin America

• Cristiada (2012), on the Guerra Cristera in Mexico (1926–1929) and the martyr José Sánchez del Río

Asia, the Orient and the Middle East

• Nine hours for eternity (1963), about the Gandhi assassin Nathuram Godse embodied by Horst Buchholz
• Gandhi (1982), award-winning film by Richard Attenborough on Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948) supported by Ben Kingsley is embodied
• Ri Kōran (2007), two-part biographical film about the Japanese actress Yoshiko Ōtaka (1920–2014) against the background of the relationship between Japan and China in the 20th century

Africa

• Omar Mukhtar - Lion of the Desert (1981), about Umar al-Muchtar ( Anthony Quinn ) and the Libyan guerrilla war against the Italian colonial power, 1931

Oceania

• Long Walk Home (2002), film about the re-education of the Aborigines in Australia in the 1930s based on an authentic case (see also Stolen Generations ).

National Socialism

• Guernica (2016), film about the air raid on Guernica (1937)

Dictatorship and Resistance in Germany

see also list of films about Adolf Hitler

• The Seventh Cross (1944), film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Anna Seghers about Nazi Germany in the 1930s
• July 20th (1955), with Wolfgang Preiss as Stauffenberg , directed by the former resistance fighter Falk Harnack
• Operation Daybreak (1975), film about the assassination attempt on Reinhard Heydrich in 1942 ( Operation Anthropoid ) directed by Lewis Gilbert
• Mephisto (1981), about an actor who sacrifices his convictions for professional success, based on the book of the same name by Klaus Mann , with Klaus Maria Brandauer , director: István Szabó
• The White Rose (1982), about the White Rose resistance movement with Lena Stolze as Sophie Scholl
• Jokehnen - Or how long do you travel from East Prussia to Germany? (1986), with Armin Mueller-Stahl film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Arno Surminski , directed by Michael Lähn
• Georg Elser - Eine aus Deutschland (1989), film with Klaus Maria Brandauer about the Hitler assassin Georg Elser
• Hitlerjunge Salomon (1989), film about Sally Perel , who remains undetected as a Jew in the Hitler Youth and the army
• Swing Kids (1993), film about the swing youth in the Third Reich
• Aimée & Jaguar (1998), film about the memoirs of Lilly Wust and other contemporary witnesses based on the book of the same name by Erica Fischer
• Hitler - Rise of Evil (2003), biopic about Adolf Hitler played by Robert Carlyle
• Stauffenberg (2004), TV film with Sebastian Koch as Stauffenberg
• Sophie Scholl - The Last Days (2005), a film about the White Rose resistance movement , which has won several silver bears , with Julia Jentsch as Sophie Scholl
• Negroes, Negroes, chimney sweeps! (2006), film adaptation of the autobiography of the same name by the German-Liberian Hans-Jürgen Massaquoi about his youth in the Weimar Republic and in Hitler's Germany
• Operation Walküre - Das Stauffenberg Assassination (2008), with Tom Cruise about the assassination attempt of July 20, 1944
• Elser - He would have changed the world (2015), film by Oliver Hirschbiegel about Georg Elser (1903–1945) and his failed assassination attempt on Hitler.
• A hidden life (2019), film drama by Terrence Malick about the life of Franz Jägerstätter .

Persecution of the Jews

See also : List of films about the Holocaust

• The Diary of Anne Frank (1959), a classic film about the fate of Anne Frank that has won three Oscars
• Bloody Snow (1984), German-Polish Holocaust drama based on the memories of Artur Brauner
• Hidden (1984), about a German noblewoman ( Jacqueline Bisset ) who hid a Jew ( Jürgen Prochnow ) in Berlin during the Second World War
• Auf Wiedersehen, Kinder (1987), the story of Jewish children in France who were hidden in a convent school during the German occupation.
• The Bertinis (1988), a multi-part series on the history of the Giordanos in Hamburg during the Nazi era.
• My life with Anne Frank (1988), about the Jewish girl Anne Frank who was hiding from the National Socialists in Amsterdam
• Schindler's List (1993), a film about Oskar Schindler and the Holocaust
• Holy Week (1995), Polish film by Andrzej Wajda about a Jewish woman in occupied Poland
• Anne Frank (2001) TV film about the life of Anne Frank, which was awarded two Emmys and describes for the first time her time in the concentration camp.
• The Wannsee Conference (2001), film about the Wannsee Conference in 1942 with Kenneth Branagh as Reinhard Heydrich and Stanley Tucci as Adolf Eichmann
• The Pianist (2002), film about the Warsaw Ghetto
• The Last Hiding Place (2002), German-Swiss film about Jews in Poland in 1942
• Der Stellvertreter (2002), a film about SS officer Kurt Gerstein (1905–1945) based on the play of the same name by Rolf Hochhuth
• Babij Yar - The Forgotten Crime (2003), German-Belarusian film about the murder of the Jews by Babyn Yar
• Rosenstrasse (2003), a film by Margarethe von Trotta about women who demonstrated for their Jewish husbands in 1943 ( Rosenstrasse Protest )
• Fateless - Roman eines Schicksallosen (2005), Hungarian-German-English film about a Jewish boy who experienced several concentration camps, based on the novel by Imre Kertész
• Die Fälscher (2007), film about the National Socialists' counterfeiting program that employed concentration camp prisoners as counterfeiters .
• Jud Suss - Film Without a Conscience (2010), about the genesis of the propaganda film Jud Suss
• A blind hero - The love of Otto Weidt (2013), about the Righteous Among the Nations Otto Weidt

Second World War

• Germany, Pale Mother (1980), German film about a young couple during the war

Western Front and Western Powers

• Kesselschlacht (1949), film about the Battle of the Bulge in 1944
• Die Brücke (1959), German film about a group of young Wehrmacht soldiers shortly before the end of the war
• The Longest Day (1962), about the Normandy invasion in 1944
• Who Bite the Grass (1962), about a US combat unit in Lorraine (Director: Don Siegel )
• Busted Chains (1963), about British and American soldiers trying to escape from a prisoner-of-war camp in Germany
• Dunkirk, June 2, 1940 (1964), French film about the Battle of Dunkirk in 1940
• The Last Battle (1965), American film about the Battle of the Bulge in 1944
• Keyword “Schweres Wasser” (1965), British film by Anthony Mann about an action in Norway in 1942 to prevent a German atomic bomb from being built
• The Night of the Generals (1966), British-French film (fiction) by Anatole Litvak about a Wehrmacht general as a woman murderer
• Is Paris on fire? (1966), French film about the liberation of Paris in 1944
• Die Brücke von Remagen (1969), American film based on the Allies' first Rhine crossing in 1945
• The Secret of Santa Vittoria (1969), American comedy with Anthony Quinn set in Italy in April 1945
• Outbreak of 28 (1970), British-Irish film about a prisoner-of-war camp in Scotland
• The Eagle Has Landed (1976), German soldiers try to kidnap Winston Churchill in England; based on a novel by John Sturges
• The Arnhem Bridge (1977), film about Operation Market Garden in the Netherlands in 1944
• The Love of Charlotte Gray (2001), British film directed by Gillian Armstrong about a couple in France during the war
• Band of Brothers (2001), ten-part television series about the experiences of the paratroopers from the Easy Company between 1942 and 1945
• Colditz - Flucht in die Freiheit (2005), British two-part TV series about the escape of two officers from a German prisoner of war camp to Switzerland
• The Last Mission (2006), British film about an art theft against the backdrop of Operation Market Garden
• The Black Book (2006), a film about the resistance in Holland, shortly after the liberation, whose main character Rachel Stein ( Carice van Houten ) is inspired by the historical resistance fighter Esmée van Eeghen .
• Die Brücke (2008), German remake of the film of the same name from 1959
• Dunkirk (2017), about the Battle of Dunkirk (1940)
• The Darkest Hour (2017), about Winston Churchill (1874-1965) during World War II
• The Catcher Was a Spy (2018), about the American baseball player and spy Moe Berg (1902–1972), played by Paul Rudd , during the Second World War

Eastern Front, Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union

• The Final Act (1955), about Hitler's last ten days and the collapse of Nazi Germany
• One Generation (1955), Polish film by Andrzej Wajda about young people who grow up in occupied Poland
• The Canal (1957), Polish film by Andrzej Wajda about the Warsaw Uprising
• Lotna (1959), Polish film by Andrzej Wajda about a cavalry horse during the German invasion of Poland
• On the green beach of the Spree ; Part 1: Jürgen Wilms' diary (1960) by director Fritz Umgelter . The film depicts the preparations for and the invasion of the Soviet Union from the perspective of a German corporal between June and October 1941. With Hinrich Rehwinkel and Wilmut Borell in the leading roles.
• The Gleiwitz case (1961), GDR film about the fake attack on the Gleiwitz transmitter in 1939
• The Living and the Dead (1963), Soviet film about the war in the Soviet Union in 1941
• Atentát (1964), Czechoslovak film about Operation Anthropoid (Assassination attempt on Reinhard Heydrich 1942)
• Liberation (1969), Soviet-East German-Italian film about the war between the Soviet Union and Germany from 1943 to 1945
• Steiner - The Iron Cross (1973), German / British war film by Sam Peckinpah
• Operation Daybreak (1975), British film about Operation Anthropoid (assassination attempt on Reinhard Heydrich in 1942)
• The first Polka (1979), German film with Maria Schell , which deals with the fictitious attack on the Gleiwitz transmitter
• The Bunker (1981), played by Anthony Hopkins over the last few days of Adolf Hitler
• Come and See (1985), a Soviet film set in Belarus in 1943 and about a youth who joins the partisans
• Korczak (1990), Polish film by Andrzej Wajda about the last weeks of life of the pedagogue Janusz Korczak in Warsaw in 1942
• Stalingrad (1993), German film about soldiers in Stalingrad
• Duel - Enemy at the Gates (2001), confrontation between a German and a Soviet sniper against the backdrop of the Battle of Stalingrad
• Der Untergang (2004), about the last days of Adolf Hitler ( Bruno Ganz ) based on the book of the same name by the historian Joachim Fest and the memories of Traudl Junge
• The Katyn Massacre (2007), Polish film about the Katyn Massacre
• Our mothers our fathers (2013), three-part German television film about five friends in World War II
• Anthropoid (2016), British film about Operation Anthropoid (assassination attempt on Reinhard Heydrich 1942)
• HHhH (2017), French film about Operation Anthropoid (assassination attempt on Reinhard Heydrich 1942)
• Milada , film about the politician and women's rights activist Milada Horáková (1901–1950) played by Ayelet Zurer

Resistance, underground movements

• Army in the Shadow (1969), film about the work and activities of the Resistance
• Uprising (2001), TV film about the Warsaw Ghetto uprising
• Defiance - For my brothers who never gave up (2008), film about the Bielski partisans
• Max Manus (2008), Norwegian feature film about the Norwegian resistance fighter of the same name
• Female Agents - Secret Command Phoenix (2008), agent thriller with Sophie Marceau about women in the Resistance
• The Heavy Water War (2015), mini-series about the Norwegian heavy water sabotage

Air and bomb war

• Der Kommandeur (1949), American film with Gregory Peck about the American bombing raids in England from 1942 onwards
• May 1943 - The Destruction of the Dams (1955), British film about Operation Chastise , which aimed to destroy German dams in 1943
• Battle of Britain (1969), British film directed by Guy Hamilton with Michael Caine about the Battle of Britain in 1940

Naval warfare

• Steel wings (1950), American film about the Battle of Guadalcanal 1942/1943
• Frogmen (1951), American film with Richard Widmark about the war in the South Pacific
• The Great Atlantic (1952), British film about a convoy escort
• No Time for Heroism (1955), American film about a naval freighter in the Pacific, with Henry Fonda
• The Last Voyage of the Bismarck (1960), British film by Lewis Gilbert about the battleship Bismarck in the North Atlantic in 1941
• Das Boot (film) (1981), German film about the submarine war in the Atlantic from the perspective of a submarine crew on a patrol in winter 1941
• The Green Devils of the Mekong (1982), Australian-Taiwanese film with Mel Gibson about the fight over a Japanese diplomat who tried to defecate but crashes in a plane

Southern Europe and Africa

• Rommel, the desert fox (1951), American film about Erwin Rommel , field marshal of the German Africa Corps
• Die Kanonen von Navarone (1961), British-American film with Gregory Peck and David Niven about a command designed to destroy German cannons on a Greek island in 1943
• Escape to Athena (1979) British film with Roger Moore , Telly Savalas and David Niven , set in Greece in 1944
• The Glorious (1984), French-Tunisian film with Jean-Paul Belmondo about a group of Foreign Legionnaires in Tunisia in 1943

German home front, escape and displacement

• Kinder, Mütter und ein General (1955), German film about boys in uniform at the end of the war
• The last act (1955), German-Austrian film by Georg Wilhelm Pabst about the last days of the war in Berlin, also in the Führerbunker , with Albin Skoda as Adolf Hitler
• Factory of the Officers (1960), German film about intrigues in an army war school
• The adventures of Werner Holt (1965), GDR film about a young soldier towards the end of the war
• Eine Liebe in Deutschland (1983), German-French film by Andrzej Wajda about a German who falls in love with a Polish prisoner of war
• Dresden (2005), ZDF two-part, love film against the background of the Allied air raid on Dresden in February 1945
• Die Flucht (2007), two-part German television film about the flight of the German population from East Prussia
• Die Gustloff (2008), ZDF two-parter about the ship loaded with German refugees from the East

War in East Asia

• Flames over the Far East (1954), British film about Burma in 1945, with Gregory Peck
• Bloody Beach (1967), about the fight for a Filipino island
• Torah! Torah! Torah! (1970), film about the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941
• The Girl Toshiko (1979), Japanese film about a Japanese girl in the final stages of World War II (Director: Yuten Tachibana)
• Furyo - Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983), British-Japanese film about a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp on Java
• The Last Emperor (1987), a film by Bernardo Bertolucci about Puyi , who in 1908 became emperor of China at the age of two, experienced revolution and civil war and later offered himself to the Japanese
• Empire of the Sun (1987), film directed by Steven Spielberg about a British boy in Shanghai in 1941 a Japanese internment device
• The Last Fireflies (1988), anime about the end of the Second World War in Japan and the struggle for survival of two children
• Farewell to the King - They called him Leroy (1989), natives are to be mobilized in the jungles of Borneo to fight Japan
• 1942: A Love Story (1994), Indian drama about two lovers against the backdrop of World War II and India, which is striving for independence
• The Narrow Ridge (1998), island battle in the Pacific between Japanese and Americans, based on a novel by James Jones
• Pearl Harbor (2001), fictional film against the backdrop of the Japanese attack in 1941 and the Doolittle Raid in 1942
• The Great Raid - Liberation Day (2005), American-Australian film about the Philippines at the end of the war
• Flags of Our Fathers (2006), Clint Eastwood's film about the story of the "war heroes" in the famous photo Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima , which symbolizes the conquest of the Japanese island of Iwojima
• Letters from Iwo Jima (2006), Clint Eastwood's film about the Battle of Iwo Jima from a Japanese perspective
• Australia (2007/2008), film about lovers in Australia against the backdrop of World War II, especially the Japanese air raid on Darwin in 1942
• The Children of the Silk Road (2008), Canadian-Australian-Chinese film directed by Roger Spottiswoode , set in the undeclared Sino-Japanese war
• John Rabe (2009), about John Rabe , who protected Chinese civilians from attacks by the Japanese army in Shanghai during the 1937 Sino-Japanese War.
• The Pacific (2010), series about soldiers of the 1st Marine Division in the Pacific War
• Unbroken (2014), film about Louis Zamperini's experiences during his time as a prisoner of war in Japan.
• Midway - For Freedom (2019), film about the Battle of Midway (1942) which stopped the Japanese offensive in the Central Pacific.

Cultural history

• The Glenn Miller Story (1953), film about the jazz musician Glenn Miller , who became successful during the economic crisis, played in front of soldiers in the war and had an airplane accident in 1944.
• The Imitation Game (2014), film about Alan Turing played by Benedict Cumberbatch
• Professor Marston & The Wonder Women (2017), about the American psychologist William Moulton Marston (1893–1947), who developed one of the first lie detectors and invented the cartoon character Wonder Woman .

Cold War 1945–1990

Europe

• Z (1969), a film by Costa-Gavras about Greece shortly before the start of the Greek military dictatorship , inspired by the Lambrakis affair .
• The Confession (1970), a film by Costa-Gavras about Artur London (played by Yves Montand ) and the Stalinist Slansky trial in Czechoslovakia in the early 1950s
• Karol - A Man Who Became Pope (2005)
• Children of Glory (2006), film about the Hungarian uprising and the Melbourne blood game in 1956
• Die Hetzjagd (2008), film about Serge and Beate Klarsfeld and the hunt for Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie (1913–1991)
• Apprenticeship years of power (L'École du pouvoir) (2009), mini-series about the time of the French change of power by the socialists with François Mitterrand in 1981 from the perspective of several ENA Elite students
• The Iron Lady (2011), Margaret Thatcher's biography portrayed by Meryl Streep
• The Crown (2016), TV series about Elizabeth II's early years in office .
• 6 Days (2017), film about the hostage-taking in the Iranian embassy in London in 1980
• All the money in the world (2017), film about J. Paul Getty (1892–1976), played by Christopher Plummer and his kidnapped grandson John Paul Getty III (1956–2011)
• The Death of Stalin (2017), film satire about the power struggle in the Soviet Union after the death of Stalin (1953)
• Trust (2018), TV series about J. Paul Getty (1892–1976), played by Donald Sutherland and his kidnapped grandson John Paul Getty III (1956–2011)
• A Very English Scandal (2018), miniseries about the British politician Jeremy Thorpe (1929-2014)
• Mrs. Wilson , miniseries about the writer and spy Alexander Wilson (1893–1963) and his widow
• Stockholm (2018), film about the hostage-taking at Norrmalmstorg in Stockholm in 1973, which later gave rise to the term Stockholm Syndrome .
• Secret of a Life , film based on the biography of KGB spy Melita Norwood (1912-2005)
• Chernobyl (2019), 5-part mini-series about the Chernobyl nuclear disaster (1986)
• The Trial of Christine Keeler (2019), mini-series about the Profumo affair (1962/63) and the mannequin Christine Keeler (1942-2017)
• The Children of Windermere (2020), about Jewish orphans who survived the Holocaust and who were cared for at Windermere in northern England.

Occupied Germany 1945–1949

• The judgment of Nuremberg (1961), court film, the plot of which is based on the Nuremberg legal process, but uses fictional characters.
• Nuremberg - In the Name of Humanity (2000), two-part feature film about the Nuremberg trial of the major war criminals .
• The Airlift - Only the Sky Was Free (2005), two-part TV series about the Berlin Airlift 1948/1949
• Anonyma - Eine Frau in Berlin (2008), German-Polish film with Nina Hoss about the Soviet rapes in occupied Berlin in 1945
• Phoenix (2014), German film about the return of a Jewish woman after her imprisonment in Auschwitz

Federal Republic of Germany 1949–1969

• The miracle of Lengede (2003) , two-part TV series about the Lengede mine disaster in 1963
• Das Wunder von Bern (2003), a film by Sönke Wortmann about Germans in the post-war period and their experiences with the 1954 World Cup
• Almanya - Willkommen in Deutschland (2011), a film about Turkish guest workers in Germany, with a flashback to the 1960s
• Im Labyrinth des Schweigens (2014), a film about the prehistory of the Frankfurt Auschwitz Trials under Attorney General Fritz Bauer in the early 1960s
• Der Staat gegen Fritz Bauer (2015), film about the public prosecutor Fritz Bauer (1903–1968) and coming to terms with the Nazi past in post-war Germany
• Bridge of Spies - The Negotiator (2016), film about the exchange of agents between Rudolf Iwanowitsch Abel and Francis Gary Powers on the Glienicke Bridge and its history

Federal Republic of Germany 1970–1990

• The terrible girl (1990), black film comedy about a schoolgirl who uncovered machinations in her hometown during the times of National Socialism and is therefore persecuted as a nest-polluter, based on the case of Anna Elisabeth Rosmus , directed by Michael Verhoeven
• You are not alone - The Roy Black Story (1996), TV movie about the pop singer Roy Black
• 23 - Nothing Is As It Seems (1998), feature film about the KGB hack
• The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008), feature film about the RAF from 1967 to 1977, based on the book by Stefan Aust
• Der Fall Barschel (2016), TV film about the Barschel affair , one of the biggest political scandals in Germany
• Wackersdorf (2018), feature film about the construction and protests against the Wackersdorf reprocessing plant
• The Golden Glove (2019), about the serial killer Fritz Honka (1935–1998) based on the novel of the same name by Heinz Strunk

GDR

• Sonnenallee (1999), a film about young people in the 1970s and Sonnenallee in Berlin during the GDR era.
• The Tunnel (2001), film about the construction and escape through a tunnel under the Berlin Wall in the 1960s based on a true story, Tunnel 29 , with Heino Ferch and Nicolette Krebitz , directed by Roland Suso Richter .
• The Lives of Others (2006), film about an interception by the State Security in the GDR in 1984
• Prague Embassy (2007), film about the occupation of the German embassy by GDR refugees in Prague in the summer of 1989 with Christoph Bach , directed by Lutz Konermann
• Weissensee (2010), TV series about family conflicts with the "state power"
• Barbara (2012), The doctor Barbara is transferred to a provincial hospital after the Charité Berlin has submitted an application to leave the country. The film deals with an attempt to leave the country, surveillance by the Stasi, GDR youth welfare and a love that developed in this environment in the summer of 1980.

United States

• The Valachi Papers (1972), about the Mafioso Joe Valachi (1903-1971), who testified against the New York Mafia in 1963 as a key witness.
• The Marcus-Nelson Murders (1973), crime film about the Career Girls Murders and the conviction of George Whitmore, Jr , one of the court cases, the 1966 Miranda ruling of the Supreme Court of the United States led.
• Helter Skelter - Night of the Long Knives (1976), about the Manson Familx and their crimes in 1969 based on the book of the same name by former prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi
• The Untouchables (1976), film with Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman about the exposure of the Watergate affair, based on the book All the President's Men by Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward
• Coming Home (1977), a film about the difficulties Vietnam veterans have after their return home
• Robert Kennedy and His Times (1985), TV series about the life of Robert F. Kennedy up to his assassination
• Angel Heart (1987), thriller with Mickey Rourke and Robert De Niro about a private investigator in the USA in the 1950s
• Mississippi Burning (1988), directed by Alan Parker about the 1964 murder of American civil rights activists
• JFK - Crime Scene Dallas (1991), Oliver Stone's conspiracy theory about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy
• Jimmy Hoffa (1992), about union leader Jimmy Hoffa played by Jack Nicholson
• ... and life goes on (1993), the story of AIDS is told based on the experiences of doctors involved, based on the non-fiction book by the journalist Randy Shilts
• Nixon (1995), a film about US President Richard M. Nixon
• Apollo 13 (1995), film with Tom Hanks about the near miss of the Apollo 13 moon mission in 1970
• Truman (1995), about American President Harry Truman played by Gary Sinise
• Apollo 11 (1996), TV film about the first moon landing in 1969
• Thirteen Days (2000), film about the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962
• Monster (2002), film about serial killer Aileen Wuornos played by Charlize Theron
• The Rosa Parks Story (2002), about Rosa Parks (1913–2005) played by Angela Bassett
• Wonderland (2003), about the porn actor John Holmes (1944–1988) and the Wonderland murders (1981)
• Gacy (2003), film about serial killer John Wayne Gacy from the late 1970s
• Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005), film by George Clooney on the journalist Edward R. Murrow during the McCarthy era
• Bobby (2006), film about the assassination of Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy
• Mad Men (2007–), moral painting of US society in the early 1960s based on an advertising agency in New York
• American Gangster (2007), about the gangster and drug dealer Frank Lucas played by Denzel Washington
• Frost / Nixon (2008), film about a famous television interview by journalist David Frost with former American president Richard Nixon in 1977
• You're not walking alone (2010), film about the autistic scientist Temple Grandin (* 1947)
• Thurgood (2011), TV film about Thurgood Marshall (1908-1993) the first black judge on the US Supreme Court , played by Laurence Fishburne
• J. Edgar (2011), film directed by Clint Eastwood about FBI director J. Edgar Hoover played by Leonardo DiCaprio
• The Kennedys (2011), in 8 parts (45 min. Each) about the American President John F. Kennedy and his family
• Hannah Arendt (2011), about Hannah Arendt and the Eichmann trial .
• Betty & Coretta (2013), about civil rights activists Coretta Scott King (1927–2006) and Betty Shabazz (1936–1997)
• Mob City (2013), TV series about the Mafia and Kosher Nostra in Los Angeles and the criminal careers of Meyer Lansky , Bugsy Siegel and Mickey Cohen .
• Liberace - Too much of a good thing is wonderful , about the pianist and entertainer Liberace (1919–1987) played by Michael Douglas
• Selma (2014), on the Selma to Montgomery Marches (1965) of the American civil rights movement
• Pawn Sacrifice (2014), feature film about Bobby Fischer and the 1972 World Chess Championship
• Aquarius (2015), TV series about the murderer Charles Manson at the end of the 1960s against the backdrop of the Vietnam War and social and cultural conflicts in the USA.
• The Astronaut Wives Club (2015), TV series about the American space programs ( Mercury , Gemini , Apollo ) in the 1960s from the perspective of astronaut women.
• Trumbo (2015), film about screenwriter Dalton Trumbo (1905–1976), one of the so-called Hollywood Ten who was blacklisted during the McCarthy era .
• Black Mass (2015), film about the gangster James J. Bulger played by Johnny Depp
• LBJ (2016), about US President Lyndon B. Johnson (1908–1973) played by Woody Harrelson
• Hands of Stone (2016), film about the boxer Roberto Durán
• Barry (2016), film about the later US President Barack Obama's student days
• Loving (2016), on the Loving v. Virginia (1967), the United States Supreme Court ruling overturned federal laws prohibiting multiracial marriages.
• Jackie: The First Lady (2016), about Jackie Kennedy (1929–1994) played by Natalie Portman
• Confirmation (2016), about the controversial appointment of Clarence Thomas , played by Wendell Pierce , as federal judge in 1990
• The Founder (2017), about Ray Kroc (1902–1984) and the establishment of the McDonald's Corporation
• Detroit (2017), on the 1967 Detroit race riots
• Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House (2017), about FBI agent Mark Felt (1913-2008), who played a key role in the Watergate Affair (1974) as the "Deep Throat" informant .
• Marshall (2017), about the young Thurgood Marshall (1908–1993) in 1941
• Die Verlegerin (2017), about the publication of the Pentagon Papers in 1971 with Meryl Streep as publisher, directed by Steven Spielberg
• Manhunt: Unabomber (2017), series about the hunt for Unabomber Ted Kaczynski (* 1942)
• Chappaquiddick (2017), about Senator Ted Kennedy (1932–2009) and his car accident on Chappaquiddick Island (1969), which resulted in the death of an employee and aroused great media attention.
• When We Rise (2017), series about LGBT movement based in part on the book When We Rise: My Life in the Movement by American LGBT activist Cleve Jones .
• BlacKkKlansman (2018), about the black police officer Ron Stallworth (* 1953) and his investigation into the Ku Klux Klan Ender of the 1970s
• Departure for the Moon (2018), about Neil Armstrong and first moon landing in 1969
• The Spitzenkandidat (2018), about the politician American politician Gary Hart and his presidential candidacy in 1988 played by Hugh Jackman
• A crook & gentleman (2018), film about breakout artist and bank robber Forrest Tucker (1920–2004) played by Robert Redford
• Charlie Says (2018), about the Manson Family and the murder of Sharon Tate (1969)
• Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile (2019), about the serial killer Ted Bundy (1946–1989)
• The Hot Zone (2019), TV series about the discovery of the Ebola virus in Africa (1976) and an outbreak in Reston , USA (1989) based on the non-fiction book of the same name by Richard Preston
• Mrs. America (2020), miniseries about the conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly (1924-2016) played by Cate Blanchett

Asia

• The Killing Fields (1984), British film with Sam Waterston about the genocide of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia in 1975
• Bandit Queen (1994), about the Indian bandit and later politician Phoolan Devi
• Jinnah (1998), film about Muhammad Ali Jinnah , the founder of Pakistan
• Brotherhood - When Brothers Must Shoot Each Other (2004), South Korean film set against the backdrop of the Korean War
• The Ninth Company (2005), Russian film about a Soviet unit at the end of the Soviet intervention in Afghanistan
• Charlie Wilson's War (2007), film with Tom Hanks about an American member of Congress who meddles in the Soviet war in Afghanistan in the 1980s.
• The Stoning of Soraya M. (2008), about the stoning of the Iranian Soraya Manutchehri for alleged adultery (1986), based on the book La Femme Lapidée by the French-Iranian journalist Freidoune Sahebjam
• Argo (2012), film about the Canadian Caper (1979), the rescue of 6 US citizens from Iran during the hostage-taking of Tehran .

China

• The Soong Sisters (1996), the story of the Soong sisters who are at the center of Chinese history in the first half of the 20th century
• Kundun (1997), a film by Martin Scorsese about the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet in the years 1937–1959
• Seven Years in Tibet (1997), film about Heinrich Harrer's experiences in Tibet
• Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress (2002), film adaptation of the novel Dai Sijie about life in China during the Cultural Revolution .

Vietnam War

• Those Going Through Hell (1978), (anti) war film by Michael Cimino
• Apocalypse Now (1979), anti-war film set during the Vietnam War.
• Platoon (1986), Oliver Stone's film about war and its effect on soldiers
• Full Metal Jacket (1987), Stanley Kubrick's film about the Vietnam War and the training before it
• Hamburger Hill (1987), film by John Irvin about the Battle of Hamburger Hill in 1969
• Born on July 4th (1989), film about the soldier ( Vietnam War ) and later peace activist Ron Kovic , played by Tom Cruise
• Between Heaven and Hell (1993), experiences of a Vietnamese woman during the Vietnam War and later in the USA, film adaptation of the autobiographical novel by Le Ly Hayslip
• Tigerland (2000), film about the training of recruits for the Vietnam War
• The Quiet American (2002), a film adaptation of the novel by Graham Greene , the plot of which is set against the backdrop of the French Vietnam War .

Africa

• Cry for Freedom (1987), film about the South African freedom fighter Steve Biko and the journalist Donald Woods
• Black Hawk Down (2001), war film about the Battle of Mogadishu 1993
• Hotel Rwanda (2004), film about a hotel that saved the lives of people in the genocide in Rwanda (1994)
• The Last King of Scotland - In the Clutches of Power (2006), film about the dictator Idi Amin
• Catch a Fire (2006), thriller about the apartheid era in South Africa
• Goodbye Bafana (2007), a film about Nelson Mandela while he was imprisoned on Robben Island
• Mandela - The Long Road to Freedom (2013), film based on Mandela's autobiography The Long Road to Freedom
• The Siege of Jadotville (2016), film about a UN mission during the Congo crisis (1960-1965)
• 7 days in Entebbe (2018), film about Operation Entebbe (1976)
• Escape from Pretoria (2020), film about the breakout of political prisoners and anti-apartheid activists Tim Jenkin , Stephen Lee and Alex Moumbaris from Pretoria Central Prison in 1979

middle East

• Exodus (1960), American film with Paul Newman about the arrival of Jewish refugees in Palestine after World War II
• Munich (2005), film about the hostage-taking at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich and the persecution of those responsible by the Israeli secret service Mossad
• Gelobtes Land (The Promise) , four-part series by Peter Kosminsky about the Palestine conflict, the plot of which takes place in the 1940s and 2005.
• Confirmation (2016), on Anita Hill and Clarence Thomas, and Thomas ' appointment as Justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1991
• War Machine (2017), satirical film about the US war in Afghanistan at the beginning of Obama's presidency , the main character of which is General Glen McMahon ( Brad Pitt ) based on Stanley A. McChrystal .

Latin America

• The Comedians' Hour (1967), based on the novel by Graham Greene, the action takes place against the backdrop of the dictatorship of François Duvalier in Haiti
• Che! (1968), biography of Che Guevara
• Missing (1982), the golden palm- winning political thriller about the assassination of Charles Horman during the 1973 coup in Chile with Jack Lemmon in the role of his father and Sissy Spacek in the role of his wife
• Under Fire (1983), political thriller set against the backdrop of the collapse of the dictator Somoza in Nicaragua
• Salvador (1986), Oliver Stone's film about the effects of American foreign policy in Salvador
• Fidel & Che (2002), film about the friendship between Fidel Castro and Che Guevara
• Machuca, mein Freund (2004), about the friendship of 2 children from different social classes against the background of the coup in Chile in 1973
• Young Che's Journey (2004), a film about Che Guevara's trips to South America
• The Good Shepherd (2006), spy thriller by and with Robert De Niro and Matt Damon about the 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion
• Black Carnation (2007), about the Swedish ambassador Harald Edelstam during the coup in Chile in 1973
• Che - Guerrilla and Che - Revolución (2008), Che Guevara's life during the Cuban Revolution and in Bolivia
• Der deutsche Freund (2012), a relationship film against the background of German and Argentine political developments from the 1950s to the 1990s with integrated documentary material
• Narcos (2015), miniseries about Pablo Escobar , the leader of the Medellín cartel and the Cali cartel
• Colonia Dignidad - There is no turning back (2016), feature film about the Colonia Dignidad in Chile (1973)

Oceania

• A Scream in the Dark (1988), about a media and judicial scandal in Australia at the center of which are Pastor Michael Chamberlain (1944-2017) played by Sam Neill and his wife Lindy (1948) played by Meryl Streep .
• The Dish (2000), film about the role of Parkes Observatory in broadcasting the moon landing (1969)
• House of Bond (2017), miniseries about the Australian entrepreneur Alan Bond (1938-2015)
• Operation Buffalo (2020), TV series about the British hydrogen bomb tests in the South Australian desert in 1956

Cultural history

• Coal Miner's Daughter (1980), film about the country singer Loretta Lynn , by Sissy Spacek is embodied
• Sweet Dreams (1985), a film about country singer Patsy Cline (1932–1963)
• Sid and Nancy (1986), about the relationship between punk musician Sid Vicious (1957–1979) played by Gary Oldman and Nancy Spungen (1958–1978) played by Chloe Webb
• Great Balls of Fire - Jerry Lee Lewis - A Life for Rock'n'Roll (1989), film about singer Jerry Lee Lewis in the 1950s, with Dennis Quaid and Winona Ryder
• The Doors (1991), a film about the rock group The Doors and their lead singer Jim Morrison
• Tina - What's Love Got to Do with It? (1993), about the singer Tina Turner (* 1939) played by Angela Bassett
• Backbeat (1994), a film about the early Beatles and their time in Hamburg
• Selena - An American Dream (1997), about the Tejano singer Selena Quintanilla-Pérez (1971-1995) played by Jennifer Lopez
• Mr. Rock 'n' Roll: The Alan Freed Story (1999), the story of radio presenter Alan Freed and the genesis of rock 'n' roll
• A Beautiful Mind - Genie und Wahnsinn (2001), about the schizophrenic mathematician and Nobel laureate in economics John Nash (1928–2015) played by Russell Crowe
• Iris (2001), on the writer and philosopher Iris Murdoch (1919–1999) who suffered from Alzheimer's in old age
• Hawking - The Search for the Beginning of Time (2004), British TV series about the physicist Stephen Hawking (1942-2018)
• Walk the Line (2005), film about Johnny Cash played by Joaquin Phoenix
• Elvis (2005), two-part television series about the singer Elvis Presley
• Milk (2008), biopic with Sean Penn about American gay activist Harvey Milk in the 1970s
• The Damned United (2009), sports drama about English soccer coach Brian Clough when he was with Leeds United in 1974
• The man with the bassoon (2011), film adaptation of Udo Jürgens' autobiography as a television twister
• House of Versace - A life for fashion (2013), history of the fashion company Versace and the founding family of the same name.
• Masters of Sex (2013), television series about Masters and Johnson and their studies of human sexual behavior
• Grace of Monaco (film) (2014), a film about Princess Gracia Patricia of Monaco in the 1960s
• Cilla (2014), three-part biography of the British singer Cilla Black (1943-2015)
• The Discovery of Infinity (2014), about the physicist Stephen Hawking (1942-2018)
• Experimenter (2015), film about Stanley Milgram portrayed by Peter Sarsgaard and the Milgram experiment named after him (1961)
• I Saw the Line (2015), film about country musician Hank Williams played by Tom Hiddleston
• Miles Ahead (2015), played by Don Cheadle about jazz trumpeter Miles Davis (1926–1991)
• Pelé - The Film (2016), biographical feature film about the Brazilian footballer Pelé
• Elvis & Nixon (2016), film about a meeting between the King of Rock'n'Roll Elvis Presley and US President Richard Nixon in 1970
• Hidden Figures - Unrecognized Heroines (2016), about African-American scientists at NASA in their early days.
• Christine (2016), about the depressed journalist and presenter Christine Chubbuck (1944–1974), who committed suicide in front of the camera.
• Nina (2016), about the jazz singer Nina Simone (1933–2003) played by Zoe Saldana
• Battle of the Sexes (2017), a film about Billie Jean King and the Battle of the Sexes (1973)
• Borg / McEnroe (2017), about tennis rivals Björn Borg and John McEnroe
• Alberto Giacometti (2017), about the painter Alberto Giacometti and the writer Alberto Giacometti
• Rebel in the Rye (2017), biographical film about the writer JD Salinger (1919-2010)
• Early Promise (2017), film adaptation of the autobiography of the same name by the French diplomat and writer Roman Gary (1914–1980), played by Pierre Niney with Charlotte Gainsbourg in the role of his mother
• Bohemian Rhapsody (2018), biographical film about Freddie Mercury (1946–1991) and the band Queen
• Gundermann (2019), film about the songwriter Gerhard Gundermann (1955–1998)
• Judy (2019), biographical film about the actress Judy Garland (1922–1969)
• I Am Woman (2019), a film about the Australian singer and feminist Helen Reddy (* 1941) played by Tilda Cobham-Hervey

Time since the fall of the Berlin Wall

• Inside Wikileaks - The Fifth Estate (2013), film about the history of WikiLeaks
• Gold - Greed Has a New Color (2016), story of a scandal in gold mining loosely based on the Bre-X scandal (1997)

Europe

• The Queen (2006), film about Elizabeth II played by Helen Mirren
• Whistleblower - On a Dangerous Mission (2010), film about the police trainer Kathryn Bolkovac ( Rachel Weisz ) and a scandal about forced prostitution in Bosnia in the 1990s.
• Diana (2013), about the life of Diana, Princess of Wales (1961–1997)
• The perpetrators - Today is not every day , the victims - don't forget me and the investigators - only for official use (all 2016), ARD feature film trilogy on the National Socialist Underground with Anna Maria Mühe as Beate Zschäpe , directed by Christian Schwochow
• Murdered for Being Different (2017), film about the murder of British teenager Sophie Lancaster by a youth gang (2007)
• Official Secrets (2019), film about the English secret service worker and whistleblower Katharine Gun (* 1974) played by Keira Knightley
• Brexit: The Uncivil War (2019), film about the 2016 Brexit referendum , the focus is on the political advisor Dominic Cummings played by Benedict Cumberbatch as
• Kursk (2018), about the sinking of the Russian nuclear submarine K-141 Kursk in the Barents Sea in 2000
• The Two Popes (2019), film about the Popes Benedict XVI. (* 1927) and Franziskus (* 1936) played by Anthony Hopkins and Jonathan Pryce
• Just one woman (2019), about Hatun Sürücü (1982-2005) who died in an honor killing in 2005 .

Asia

• A Courageous Path (2007) about the kidnapping and murder of journalist Daniel Pearl in Pakistan.
• The Lady (2011), a film about the Burmese opposition politician and Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi, portrayed by Michelle Yeoh

middle East

• Three Kings - It's Nice To Be King (1999), a war film set against the backdrop of the Armistice Agreement of the Second Gulf War and the subsequent uprisings against Saddam Hussein .
• Syriana (2005), film about the political situation in the Middle East , the consequences of American foreign policy and the emergence of Islamic extremism.
• Jarhead - Welcome to the Dirt (2005), film about the Second Gulf War (1990/1991)
• The Husseins: At the center of power , about the dictator Saddam Hussein (1937-2006) and his family in Iraq
• Green Zone (2010), political thriller set at the beginning of the US Army occupation of Iraq.

United States

• Two Mothers for Zachary (1996), about a historic guardianship dispute Bottoms vs. Bottoms in Virginia in the early 1990s.
• Takedown (2000), a film about the hacker Kevin Mitnick
• World Trade Center (2006), film about the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001
• Powerless (2007), a film that deals with the extraordinary renditions carried out at the instigation of the Bush government as part of the war on terror .
• Battle in Seattle (2007), about the events also known as the "Battle of Seattle" around the ministerial conference of the economics and trade ministers of the WTO in Seattle in 1999 and escalating criticism of globalization
• W. - A Misunderstood Life (2008), film about US President George W. Bush
• Recount (2008), film about the controversial US presidential election of 2000
• Fair Game - Nothing is more dangerous than the truth (2010), film about the Plame affair and the events on the eve of the Iraq war
• The Social Network (2010), film about Mark Zuckerberg and the development of Facebook
• Game Change - The Sarah Palin Effect (2012), film about the US presidential campaign directed by John McCain ( Ed Harris ) and Sarah Palin ( Julianne Moore ) in 2008.
• Zero Dark Thirty (2012), film about the US hunt for Osama bin Laden
• Next stop: Fruitvale Station (2013), film about the 2009 African American Oscar Grant assassination
• The Moment of Truth (2015), film about the journalist, newscaster and presenter Dan Rather (* 1931), his producer Mary Maples (* 1956) and their roles in the Rathergate scandal (2004).
• Steve Jobs (2015), film about hi-tech entrepreneur and co-founder of Apple Steve Jobs (1955–2011)
• Madoff (2016), two-part TV series ( ABC ) by Raymond De Felitta about the financial fraudster Bernie Madoff with Richard Dreyfuss in as Bernie Madoff
• The Wizard of Lies (2016), TV movie ( HBO ) directed by Barry Levinson about the Madoff scandal, starring Robert De Niro as Bernie Madoff
• masterminds (2016), on the Loomis Fargo bank robbery on October 4, 1997, which stole around $ 17 million in cash.
• Sully (2016), film about the flight captain Chesley B. Sullenberger , played by Tom Hanks , and his emergency landing in the Hudson River in 2009 ( US Airways flight 1549 )
• Snowden (2016), film by Oliver Stone about Edward Snowden (* 1983) played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt
• Deepwater Horizon (2016), film about the sinking of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in spring 2010
• Confirmation (2016), on Anita Hill and Clarence Thomas, and Thomas ' appointment as Justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1991
• War Machine (2017), satirical film about the US war in Afghanistan at the beginning of Obama's presidency , the main character of which is General Glen McMahon ( Brad Pitt ) based on Stanley A. McChrystal .
• I, Tonya (2017), about ice skater Tonya Harding and her competitor Nancy Kerrigan
• Megan Leavy (2017), about the US military policeman and dog handler Megan Leavy (* 1983)
• The Looming Tower (miniseries) (2018), miniseries about problems between the FBI and CIA in the run-up to the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 based on the non-fiction book The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11
• Waco (2018), miniseries about the FBI siege of the Branch Davidians ("waco siege") in February 1993
• Vice - The Second Man (2018), film about the US politician and Vice President Dick Cheney (* 1941)
• The Richard Jewell case (2019), about the security guard Richard Jewell (1962-2007) and the bomb attack at the 1996 Olympic Games
• Bombshell - The End of Silence (2019), film about Fox News and the presenters Gretchen Carlson (* 1966) and Megyn Kelly (* 1970) who work there
• Trial by Fire (2018), film about Cameron Todd Willingham (1968-2004), who was executed in 2004 despite a highly controversial trial.
• The Loudest Voice (2019), mini-series about Roger Ailes (1940-2017) played by Russel Crowe , and Fox News
• Unbelievable (2019), miniseries about a rape series in Colorado and Washington (2008-2011)
• Unorthodox (2020), a miniseries about the emancipation of a Satmar Jew, is loosely based on the autobiography of Deborah Feldman
• The Outpost (2020), about an incident in the Afghan war based on the book Outpost, to Untold Story of American Valor by journalist Jake Tapper

Latin America

Africa

• Invictus (2008), a film about Nelson Mandela and the South African rugby team in the 1990s
• Endgame (2009), a film about the end of apartheid in South Africa
• Queen of Katwe (2016), biographical film about the Ugandan chess player Phiona Mutesi (* 1996)

Oceania

See also

• List of film actors of historical figures
• List of biographies according to the characters portrayed
• List of war films

Individual evidence

1. ↑ www.pandorafilm.de: A hidden life. Retrieved March 4, 2020 .