Historical drama film

The historical drama is a film genre in which stories are based more or less accurately upon historical events and famous persons. See also period piece[?].

Some well-known historical dramas are:

• Anne of the Thousand Days
• Barry Lyndon
• Beau Brummell
• The Battle of the Bulge[?]
• A Bridge Too Far
• A Night to Remember
• The Charge of the Light Brigade[?]
• Cromwell[?]
• Elizabeth
• Fire Over England[?]
• Gandhi
• Gladiator
• Gone With the Wind
• Henry V
• Henry VIII and His Six Wives[?]
• Lady Caroline Lamb
• Lady Jane[?]
• The Lion in Winter
• The Longest Day
• The Madness of King George
• A Man for All Seasons
• Mary, Queen of Scots
• Michael Collins
• Mrs. Brown
• The Private Life of Henry VIII
• Queen Christina[?]
• Ragtime
• Richard III (two versions)
• Roots
• Schindler's List[?]
• Sink the Bismarck![?]
• Spartacus
• Tora! Tora! Tora!
• Waterloo
• Young Bess
• Young Winston[?]