Historical drama film - Definition and Overview

The historical drama is a film genre in which stories are based more or less accurately upon historical events and famous persons. See also period piece.

Some well-known historical dramas are:

• Anne of the Thousand Days
• Barry Lyndon
• Beau Brummell
• Battle of the Bulge
• A Bridge Too Far
• A Night to Remember
• The Charge of the Light Brigade
• Cromwell
• Elizabeth
• Fire Over England
• Gandhi
• Gladiator
• Gone With the Wind
• Henry V
• Henry VIII and His Six Wives
• Jesus of Nazareth (movie)
• Lady Caroline Lamb
• Lady Jane
• The Lion in Winter
• The Longest Day
• The Madness of King George
• A Man for All Seasons
• Mary, Queen of Scots
• Michael Collins
• Mrs. Brown
• The Private Life of Henry VIII
• Queen Christina
• Ragtime
• Richard III (two versions)
• Roots
• Schindler's List
• Sink the Bismarck!
• Spartacus
• Tora! Tora! Tora!
• Waterloo
• Young Bess
• Young Winston