Film and Television
They are expensive and lavish to produce, because they require elaborate and panoramic settings, on-location filming, authentic period costumes, inflated action on a massive scale and large casts of characters. Biographical films are often less lavish versions than this genre. They are often called costume dramas, since they emphasise the world of a period setting: historical pageantry, costuming and wardrobes, locale, spectacle, decor and a sweeping visual style. They often transport viewers to other worlds or eras: ancient times, biblical times, the Middle Ages, the Victorian era, or turn-of-the-century America.
- Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. (1951)
- Spartacus (1960)
- Cleopatra (1963)
- Braveheart (1995)
- Hercules (1997)
- Titanic (1997)
- Hornblower (TV series) (1998-2003)
- The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999)
- The 13th Warrior (1999)
- Gladiator (2000)
- Attila (2001)
- Asoka (2001)
- Alexander (2004)
- King Arthur (2004)
- Spartacus (TV miniseries) (2004)
- Troy (2004)
- Deadwood (2004-2006)
- Rome (2005-2007)
- The New World (2005)
- Tristan + Isolde (2006)
- Apocalypto (2006)
- Marie Antoinette (2006)
- The Tudors (2007 - 2010) (TV)
- Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007)
- 300 (2007)
- Agora (2009)
- Spartacus: Blood and Sand (2010) (TV)
- Centurion (2010)
- The Eagle of the Ninth (2011)
- The Borgias (2011) (TV)
- A Weaver on the Horizon (2010) (TV)
- Hugo (2011)
- Muhteşem Yüzyıl (2010 - ) (TV)
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