Historical Fiction - Film and Television

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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