Early Modern (1454-1700)
Title | Release date | Time period | Notes on setting |
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Richard III | 1955 | 1452–1485 | Richard III of England |
Black Arrow | 1985 | 1455–1485 | adaptation of the Robert Louis Stevenson novel about the Lancastrian hero in the Wars of the Roses |
The Conclave | 2006 | 1458 | depicting this tense, politically charged Papal election |
Tower of London | 1939 | 1462-1483 | during the reign of Edward IV of England |
Tower of London | 1962 | 1483-1485 | during the reign of Richard III of England |
Princes in the Tower | 2005 | 1490s | the trial of Perkin Warbeck, who claimed to be prince Richard, rightful heir to the throne before his untimely death in the Tower as a child |
Christopher Columbus | 1985 | 1492 | the discovery and conquest of the New World by Christopher Columbus |
Christopher Columbus: The Discovery | 1992 | 1492 | the discovery and conquest of the New World by Christopher Columbus |
1492: Conquest of Paradise | 1992 | 1492–1506 | the discovery and conquest of the New World by Christopher Columbus |
Los Borgia | 2006 | 1492–1503 | the family life and papacy of Rodrigo Borgia, widely considered to be the epitome of papal corruption of the era |
The Borgias | 2011 | 1492–1503 | the family life and papacy of Rodrigo Borgia, widely considered to be the epitome of papal corruption of the era |
The Agony and the Ecstasy | 1965 | 1508–1512 | the painting of the Sistine Chapel |
Luther | 2003 | 1505–1530 | Martin Luther |
Henry VIII and His Six Wives | 1972 | 1509–1547 | Henry VIII of England |
The Private Life of Henry VIII | 1933 | 1509–1547 | Henry VIII of England |
Henry VIII | 2003 | 1509–1547 | Henry VIII of England |
The Tudors | 2007–2010 | 1509–1547 | Henry VIII of England |
The Other Conquest | 1998 | 1521 | Mexico, depicting the secret adherence to traditional religious beliefs of the converted Aztec survivors |
Wara Wara | 1930 | 16th century | romance set at the time of the Spanish conquest of Bolivia |
Apocalypto | 2006 | 1502 | Yucatan, Mexico, the declining period of the Maya civilization |
The Headsman | 2005 | c. 1525 | an executioner in Tyrol (part of the Holy Roman Empire) |
A Man for All Seasons | 1966 | 1525–1535 | Thomas More |
Anne of the Thousand Days | 1969 | 1525–1536 | Anne Boleyn, Queen Consort of King Henry VIII and the mother of Queen Elizabeth I |
The Other Boleyn Girl | 2008 | 1525–1536 | Anne and Mary Boleyn |
Ivan the Terrible | 1944, 1958 | 1530–1584 | two-part film about Ivan IV of Russia |
Ivan the Terrible | 2009 | 1530–1584 | 19-episodes TV Series about Ivan IV of Russia |
Czar | 2009 | 1530–1584 | film about Ivan IV of Russia |
The Royal Hunt of the Sun | 1969 | 1532 | Pizarro's capture of Atahualpa |
Young Bess | 1953 | 1535–1558 | from the death of Anne Boleyn to the corronation of Elizabeth I of England |
Mary of Scotland | 1936 | 1542–1587 | Mary, Queen of Scots |
Mary, Queen of Scots | 1971 | 1542–1587 | Mary, Queen of Scots |
Gunpowder, Treason & Plot | 2004 | 1542–1605 | the reigns of Mary, Queen of Scots and her son James I of England |
The Return of Martin Guerre | 1982 | 1548–1588 | France - a true case of late medieval identity theft |
Lady Jane | 1986 | 1553 | about Lady Jane Grey, the uncrowned queen regent of the Kingdom of England for nine days |
The Virgin Queen | 2005 | 1558–1603 | the reign of Elizabeth I of England |
Elizabeth R | 1971 | 1558–1603 | the reign of Elizabeth I of England |
Elizabeth | 1998 | 1558-15?? | the early reign of Elizabeth I of England |
Aguirre, the Wrath of God | 1972 | 1560 | Lope de Aguirre's ill-fated expedition down the Amazon |
El Greco | 2007 | 1567–1600 | Greek biographical film about the life of the Greek painter of the Spanish Renaissance, Doménikos Theotokópoulos, known as El Greco |
La Reine Margot | 1994 | 1572 | France during the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre |
Elizabeth I | 2005 | 1578–1603 | the last 25 years of Elizabeth I of England's reign |
Elizabeth: The Golden Age | 2007 | 1585–1590 | the Spanish Armada |
Fire Over England | 1937 | 1588 | the Spanish Armada |
Mihai Viteazul | 1970 | 1593–1601 | Michael the Brave, prince of Wallachia, Moldavia and Transylvania |
The Merchant of Venice | 2004 | 1596 | Republic of Venice |
Shōgun | 1980 | 1600 | loosely based on the adventures of William Adams, an English sailor who travelled to Japan in 1600 and served as a samurai and advisor to the shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu |
The New World | 2005 | 1608 | the colonization of Jamestown, Virginia |
1612 | 2007 | 1612 | Russia during the Time of Troubles |
The Last Valley | 1970 | c. 1618-1648 | Germany during the Thirty Years' War |
Molière | 1978 | 1622–1673 | the French playwright Molière |
Day of Wrath | 1943 | 1624 | using a fictitious witchcraft trial as a metaphor for the then current Nazi persecution of Jews |
The Three Musketeers | Several adaptations (1903–2011) | 1625–1673 | Based on the novels (' The Three Musketeers') by Alexandre Dumas |
Cardinal Richelieu (film) | 1935 | 1626–1642 | the life of the great 17th century French statesman Cardinal Richelieu and his dealings with Louis XIII of France |
Alatriste | 2006 | 1643 | Life of a Spanish soldier (Capitaine Alatriste) until the battle of Rocroi based on the novel by Arturo Perez-Reverte |
Queen Christina | 1933 | 1632–1654 | Queen Christina of Sweden |
Le Roi danse | 2000 | 1632–1687 | Jean-Baptiste Lully |
Black Robe | 1991 | 1634 | Jesuit missionary among the Hurons |
The Devils | 1971 | 1634 | the life and trial of Urbain Grandier, who was convicted of witchcraft and burned |
The Devil's Whore | 2008 | 1638–1660 | the English Civil War and the reign of Oliver Cromwell |
Witchfinder General | 1968 | 1640s | during the English Civil War |
Barbara | 1997 | 1640 | Faroe Islands |
Cromwell | 1970 | 1640–1653 | the English Civil War and the dissolution of the Rump Parliament |
Molière | 2007 | 1645 | the French playwright Molière |
The Libertine | 2004 | 1647–1680 | life of the poet John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester |
With Fire and Sword | 1999 | 1648–1654 | the Khmelnytsky Uprising in Ukraine |
To Kill a King | 2003 | 1648–1658 | the reign of Oliver Cromwell |
Charles II: The Power and The Passion | 2003 | 1649–1685 | the reign of Charles II of England |
The Deluge | 1974 | 1655–1660 | Poland - the Second Northern War |
The Man in the Iron Mask | 1977 | 1660–1667 | France in the reign of Louis XIV |
Colonel Wolodyjowski | 1968 | 1668 | the Ottoman invasion of Poland |
Vatel | 2000 | 1671 | France during the life of master chef François Vatel |
The Prince of Homburg | 1997 | 1675 | adaptation of the Heinrich von Kleist play fictionalizing the deeds of Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg in the Battle of Fehrbellin against Sweden |
Witchhammer | 1970 | 1678–1696 | Northern Moravia witch trials |
The Red Violin | 1998 | 1681 | one section of the film is set in 1681 in Cremona |
Peter the Great | 1984 | 1682–1725 | the reign of Peter I of Russia |
The Cantor of St Thomas's | 1984 | 1685–1750 | Johann Sebastian Bach |
The Crucible | 1996 | 1692–1693 | dramatization of the Salem witch trials that took place in Province of Massachusetts Bay |
Tous les matins du monde | 1991 | late 17th century | Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe |
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