List of Historical Drama Films - Films Set in The 18th and 19th Centuries

Films Set in The 18th and 19th Centuries

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Title Release date Time period Notes on setting
The Sovereign's Servant 2007 1709 Battle of Poltava
Travel notes by Secret Chancellery' Forwarder 2009–2010 1710–1721 TV Series about the reign of Peter the Great
Rob Roy, the Highland Rogue 1953 1713 Scottish folk hero Robert Roy MacGregor
Rob Roy 1995 1713 Scottish folk hero Robert Roy MacGregor
Blackbeard 2006 1718 the infamous pirate Edward Teach
King of the Wind 1990 1727 England
The Scarlet Empress 1934 1729–1796 Catherine II of Russia, the "enlightened despot" who reigned as Empress of Russia
Catherine the Great 1995 1729–1796 Catherine II of Russia
The Rise of Catherine the Great 1934 1740s early years of Catherine II of Russia
Young Catherine 1991 1744 early years of Catherine II of Russia
Chasing the Deer 1994 1745–1746 Jacobite Rising of 1745
The Master of Ballantrae 1953 1745–1746 Jacobite Rising of 1745
The Master of Ballantrae 1984 1745–1746 Jacobite Rising of 1745
Horseman 2003 1747 deals with the struggle of Dalmatians between two empires and two faiths and with the possibility of love affair between a Christian soldier and a Muslim noblewoman.
The Amazing Grace 2006 1748 tells the story of John Newton's transformation from slave trader to Anglican priest; story is set in Calabar, Nigeria
Plunkett & Macleane 1999 1748 Loosely based on The Gentlemen Highwaymen Will Plunkett & Captain James MacLaine
Treasure Island 1934 c. 1750 adaptation of the famous pirate story by Robert Louis Stevenson
Treasure Island 1950 c. 1750 adaptation of the famous pirate story by Robert Louis Stevenson
Treasure Island 1972 c. 1750 adaptation of the famous pirate story by Robert Louis Stevenson
Treasure Island 1990 c. 1750 adaptation of the famous pirate story by Robert Louis Stevenson
Roots 1977 1750–1880 the slave trade
Casanova 2005 1753–1757 Giacomo Casanova
A Tale of Two Cities 1911 1755–1792 England and France during the French Revolution
A Tale of Two Cities 1935 1755–1792 England and France during the French Revolution
A Tale of Two Cities 1958 1755–1792 England and France during the French Revolution
A Tale of Two Cities 1980 1755–1792 England and France during the French Revolution
A Tale of Two Cities 1989 1755–1792 England and France during the French Revolution
Amadeus 1984 1756–1791 Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Barry Lyndon 1975 1756–1789 the Seven Years' War, etc.
The Last of the Mohicans 1992 1757 French and Indian War
Northwest Passage 1940 1757 French and Indian War - Robert Rogers
Clive of India 1935 1757 Robert Clive in India and the Battle of Plassey
The Mission 1986 c. 1760-1763 Jesuit missionaries in South America
Mozart's Sister 2010 1763 the early life of Maria Anna Mozart, older sister of Wolfgang Mozart
Brotherhood of the Wolf 2001 1764–1767 based on a real-life series of killings that took place in France in the 18th century and on the famous legend around the Beast of Gévaudan
Les Deux Fragonard 1989 c. 1768

story of the painter Jean-Honoré Fragonard his cousin, the anatomist Honoré Fragonard, called "Cyprien Fragonard" in the movie, and the supposed model for The Swing
The Duchess 2008 1770s - 1790s The life of Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire
Marie Antoinette 1938 1774–1792 French queen Marie Antoinette
Marie Antoinette 2006 1774–1792 French queen Marie Antoinette
Drums Along the Mohawk 1939 1776 settlers during the American Revolution
The Crossing 2000 1776 the crossing of the Delaware River and the Battle of Trenton
Revolution 1985 1776–1777 fictionalized story of the American Revolution in New York
Benedict Arnold: A Question of Honor 2003 1776–1782 Benedict Arnold, both an early hero of the American Revolution and a notorious traitor
The Patriot 2000 1776–1781 based on Continental Army officer Francis Marion during the American War of Independence
The Affair of the Necklace 2001 1780s Courtesan takes revenge by scamming Marie Antoinette, Cardinal de Rohan, and others, kindling flames of the French Revolution
Botany Bay 1953 1787 Fictional story about the First Fleet sailing to New South Wales
The Madness of King George 1994 1788 the deteriorating mental health of George III of the United Kingdom, King of Great Britain and Ireland
Mutiny on the Bounty 1962 1789 the mutiny on the Bounty
The Bounty 1984 1789 the mutiny on the Bounty
The French Revolution 1989 1789–1794 French Revolution
The Scarlet Pimpernel 1934 1792 French Revolution
The Scarlet Pimpernel 1982 1792 French Revolution
The Red Violin 1998 1793 one section of the film is set in Vienna in 1793
Danton 1983 1794 conflict between Georges Danton and Maximilien Robespierre
Beau Brummell 1954 c. 1795 Beau Brummell, a 19th century arbiter of fashion in England who popularized the man's suit and necktie
Désirée 1954 1799–1815 the love story between Désirée Clary and Napoleon I
Napoléon 1927 1799–1815 Napoléon I of France
Napoléon 2002 1799–1815 Napoléon I of France
Vanity Fair 2004 1803–1814 the Napoleonic Era
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World 2003 1803–1805 during the Napoleonic Wars
War and Peace 1956 1803–1815 Russia during the Napoleonic Era
War and Peace 2007 1803–1815 Russia during the Napoleonic Era
War and Peace 1972 1803–1815 Russia during the Napoleonic Era
The Duellists 1977 1804–1814 the Napoleonic Wars
Conquest 1937 1806–1816 the love story between Marie Walewska and Napoleon I
Amazing Grace 2006 1807 William Wilberforce's campaign to abolish slavery in the British Empire
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. 1951 1807 the Napoleonic Wars
Lady Caroline Lamb 1972 c. 1810-1828 Lady Caroline Lamb, the British aristocrat, novelist and Lord Byron's lover
Waterloo 1970 1815 Battle of Waterloo
Les Misérables 1934 1815–1832 France after Napoleon I
Les Misérables 1935 1815–1832 France after Napoleon I
Les Misérables 1995 1815–1832 France after Napoleon I
Les Misérables 1998 1815–1832 France after Napoleon I
Les Misérables 2000 1815–1832 France after Napoleon I
The Count of Monte Cristo 1934 1815–1838 France after Napoleon I
The Count of Monte Cristo 1975 1815–1838 France after Napoleon I
The Count of Monte Cristo 2002 1815–1838 France after Napoleon I
Shaka Zulu 1986 1816–1828 Shaka, a Zulu King
Bright Star 2009 1818–1821 the last three years of poet John Keats' life
El Santo de la Espada 1970 1821–1822 José de San Martín and the emancipation of South America
Bouboulina 1959 1821–1829 Laskarina Bouboulina, heroine of the Greek War of Independence
The Deceivers 1988 1825 British officer in India investigates the thugee cult
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser 1974 1828–1833 Germany - Kaspar Hauser
Kaspar Hauser 1993 1828–1833 Germany - Kaspar Hauser
The Horseman on the Roof 1995 1832 Second cholera pandemic in France
The Alamo 1960 1836 Battle of the Alamo
The Alamo 2004 1836 Battle of the Alamo
The Young Victoria 2009 1837 - 1840s Early reign of Queen Victoria and her marriage to Albert, Prince Consort
Amistad 1997 1839–1841 mutiny aboard a ship containing African slaves bound for the Cuba, and the subsequent trial
Song of Love 1947 1840–1856 the marriage of Robert and Clara Schumann and their close friendship with Johannes Brahms
The Emigrants 1971 1840s the Swedish immigrants in Minnesota
Gangs of New York 2002 1846–1863 New York City during the American Civil War
Eureka Stockade 1949 1854 Peter Lalor and the gold miners' rebellion at the Eureka Stockade (Ballarat, Australia)
The Charge of the Light Brigade 1968 1854 the disaster of the Crimean War known as the Charge of the Light Brigade
Mountains of the Moon 1990 1857–1858 journey of Richard Francis Burton and John Hanning Speke in their expedition to central Africa
Ride with the Devil 1999 1861–1864 pro-Confederate guerrilla fighters in Missouri
Gone with the Wind 1939 1861–1877 Georgia (U.S. state) during the American Civil War and the Reconstruction
Mrs. Brown 1997 1861–1883 Queen Victoria and John Brown
Glory 1989 1862–1863 the American Civil War from the Battle of Antietam to the Second Battle of Fort Wagner
Gettysburg 1993 1863 the Battle of Gettysburg in the American Civil War
Wyatt Earp 1994 1863–1884 events leading up to and following the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Lincoln 2012 Early 1865 Events chronicling the last few months of the life of Abraham Lincoln.
The Conspirator 2011 April 1865 Based on the events of the aftermath of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
Dances with Wolves 1990 c. 1865-1870 the American Civil War and shortly after in the American West and interaction with the Lakota Sioux
Young Winston 1972 1874–1902 the biography Winston Churchill before he became Britain's World War II-era Prime Minister
Centennial Summer 1946 1876 set in Philadelphia at the time of the Centennial Exposition
Wild Bill 1995 1876 the last days of legendary lawman Wild Bill Hickok
Deadwood 2004–2006 1876–1877 historical drama based on actual diaries of residents of Deadwood, South Dakota, includes the last days of Wild Bill Hickok
The Last Samurai 2003 1876–1877 in the wake of the Meiji Restoration in the Empire of Japan, 1876–1877
Zulu Dawn 1979 1879 the Battle of Isandlwana during the Anglo-Zulu War
Zulu 1964 1879 the Battle of Rorke's Drift during the Anglo-Zulu War
Thousand Pieces of Gold 1991 1880s Chinese immigrant woman in the American Old West
From Hell 2001 1881 Set in London, about the Jack the Ripper murders
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford 2007 1881–1892 the end of Jesse James' career as a criminal and the man who eventually kills him, Robert Ford in 1882
The Miracle Worker 1962 1880-1887 The early childhood of Helen Keller, her infancy contraction of blindness and deafness and Anne Sullivan's arrival
Tombstone 1993 1881–1884 events leading up to and following the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
The Four Feathers 1939 1882–1888 during the British army's Gordon Relief Expedition
The Four Feathers 2002 1882–1888 during the British army's Gordon Relief Expedition
Khartoum 1966 1884 Gordon's defence of the Sudanese city of Khartoum from the forces of the Mahdist army during the Siege of Khartoum
Geronimo: An American Legend 1993 1886 events leading up to the capture of Geronimo
Jack the Ripper 1988 1888 based on the famous unsolved series of murders that took place in Whitechapel, London
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 1969 1890s-1908 Butch Cassidy and Harry Longabaugh
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee 2007 1890 Wounded Knee Massacre
Heaven's Gate 1980 1892 the Johnson County War
Gandhi 1982 1893–1948 Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
Rough Riders 1997 1898 the Battle of San Juan Hill, part of the Spanish–American War

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