Forgive me if this one's been done before, but what is your favourite historical film? I'm meaning those set prior to the 20th Century as I imagine there would otherwise be a plethora of World War II films (nothing wrong with them but I suppose they could take up a whole thread to themselves).
Three I love are Anne Of A Thousand Days, Zulu and A Man For All Seasons. I suppose if pressed I'd have to go with Zulu.
Probably lots of others I can't recall right now.
I've always liked Mary, Queen of Scots and A Man For All Seasons from those dealing with the Tudor period. And The Mudlark for the Victorian period. There are lots more based on 19th century literature or earlier but those aren't strictly 'historical' by your definition (although try telling TV channel 'Yesterday' that) so I won't go into those.
i enjoyed 'the madness of king george'!
I'd have to go for 'El Cid' and 'A Lion in Winter'.
I`d have to of course go for Oliver! Ok its a musical but very historically correct, probably more than some other period dramas I have seen.
Another of my favorites is Wuthering heights with Laurence Olivier, very atmospheric!
One film I was very disapointed with was `the other bolelyn girl`, I thought it was rubbbish! I am a fan of Phillipa Gregory but thought this film could have been better, it didn`t do the book justice IMO.
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Gosh so many, off the top of my head and in no particular order :
Khartoum
Billy Budd
Tudor Rose
Mary Queen Of Scots
Saraband For Dead Lovers
Why do none of these have happy endings
Dersu Uzala
Le Retour de Martin Guerre
Cyrano de Bergerac
The Crucible
The Last of the Mohicans
The Age of Innocence
Barry Lyndon
Pickwick Papers
The Fearless Vampire Killers
Jamaica Inn
Glory
Ride With the Devil
Gladiator
The History of Mr Polly
Tom Jones
The Importance of Being Earnest
Ivan the Terrible
Jude
The General
Kagemusha
Kwaidan
The Last Temptation of Christ
Master and Commander
The New World
Nosferatu
Orlando
Pirates of the Caribbean
Ran
Rashomon
Sanjuro
Yojimbo
Gone to Earth
The Tempest
Throne of Blood
Time Bandits
Treasure Island
The Name of the Rose
Nick
From Hell with Johnny Depp telling the story of Jack the Ripper.
300 Excellently choreographed battle sequences and a gripping storyline.
Master and Commander Great cast.
Amistad Harrowingly historically accurate.
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999) Hauntingly supernatural.
Spartacus
Hero (2004) For the settings and costimes alone.
Excalibur
Elizabeth (1998)
Last of the Mohicans
The Elephant Man
The King and I
Not really a film but James Clavell's Shogun (1980) deserves a mention.
The Greatest Story Ever Told
A Tale of Two Cities (1958)
The Eagle Has Two Heads
The Pickwick Papers (1952)
In no particular order ....
Prince of Foxes
The Virgin Spring
Zulu
The Royal Hunt Of The Sun
They Died With Their Boots On
The Three Musketeers/The Four Musketeers (Richard Lester)
Beatrice Cenci
Hamlet (Laurence Olivier)
Queimada
Treasure Island (Fraser C Heston)
A Man For All Seasons
Mutiny On The Bounty (Lewis Milestone)
One Eyed Jacks
The Great Silence
most Sherlock Holmes films
.... plus many more.
The Adventures of Robin Hood is simply the best film ever made
name='dpgmel']Gosh so many, off the top of my head and in no particular order :
Khartoum
Billy Budd
Tudor Rose
Mary Queen Of Scots
Saraband For Dead Lovers
Why do none of these have happy endings
They couldn't afford happy endings back then
Steve
The Man Who Would Be King
Quest for Fire
name='Nick Dando']Barry Lyndon
Kubrick's "Barry Lyndon" is really in a class all by itself. Beautifully photographed, Kubrick's attention to detail is amazing, and best of all there's no modern day sensibilities that creep into so many "historicals."
Forgot to mention :
The Duellists
The Draughtsman's Contract
Far From The Madding Crowd
name='dpgmel']Forgot to mention :
The Duellists
The Draughtsman's Contract
Far From The Madding Crowd
Jude being too cheerful?
No love for Gainsborough on this thread?There are few better ways of spending a Sunday afternoon than curling up on sofa with The Man in Grey. But enough of my private life...my fave 1940s historical has to be The Wicked Lady
I understand Hardy only wrote his novels as entertainments to fund his poetry:
Thank god he did not take them seriously
Which reminds me of a favourite I don't recall in the list ,Polanski's Tess ( I had not read the book, that was a miserable trip home from the pictures!)
No one else has mentioned it, so I will, The Private Life of Henry VIII. May have faded a bit, but the way Laughton plays Henry, that's how I'll always see him - as a gluttonous pig, not a GQ model.
name='will.15']No one else has mentioned it, so I will, The Private Life of Henry VIII. May have faded a bit, but the way Laughton plays Henry, that's how I'll always see him - as a gluttonous pig, not a GQ model.
Personally I don't rate TPLOHE .... but the mention of Laughton reminds of the superb Hunchback of Notre Dame.
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