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)