Historical drama film
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
- The 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
- 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
