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Aravaan (Tamil: அரவான்) (2012) – Indian Tamil-language epic historical film based on the history of Madurai from 1310 to 1910 [12] Argo (2012) – historical thriller film based on the "Canadian Caper", in which Tony Mendez led the rescue of six U.S. diplomats from Tehran, Iran, under the guise of filming a science-fiction film ...
The historical drama or period drama is a film genre in which stories are based upon historical events and famous people. Some historical dramas are docudramas, which attempt to accurately portray a historical event or biography to the degree the available historical research will allow.
List of films set in ancient Rome; List of films set in ancient Greece; List of films set in ancient Egypt; List of war films and TV specials; List of English Civil War films
Under the Red Robe (1923) – historical drama film depicting a real historical event, the Day of the Dupes, the timing is the autumn of 1630 when Cardinal Richelieu was Chief Minister for Louis XIII [180] The Virgin Queen (1923) – British historical film depicting the life of the English Queen Elizabeth I [181]
Battle of Britain (1969) – British historical war film documenting the events of the Battle of Britain, when in the summer and autumn of 1940 the British RAF inflicted a strategic defeat on the Luftwaffe and so ensured the cancellation of Operation Sea Lion, Adolf Hitler's plan to invade Britain [239]
The Lark Farm (Italian: La masseria delle allodole) (2007) – Italian historical film about the Armenian genocide [93] The Last Legion (2007) – international co-production historical action film loosely inspired by the events of 5th-century European history, notably the collapse of the Western Roman Empire [94]
The Private Life of Samuel Pepys (2003) – British historical comedy film portraying historical diarist Samuel Pepys [97] Radio (2003) – biographical sport drama film based on the true story of T. L. Hanna High School football coach Harold Jones and a young man with an intellectual disability, James Robert "Radio" Kennedy [98]
1776 (1972) – historical musical drama film depicting a fictionalized account of the events leading up to the signing of the Declaration of Independence [72]; Aguirre, the Wrath of God (German: Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes) (1972) – West German-Mexican-Peruvian epic historical drama film about Spanish soldier Lope de Aguirre, who lead a group of conquistadores down the Amazon River in South ...