List of historical films set in Near Eastern and Western civilization

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
• The Battle of the Bulge
• A Bridge Too Far
• A Night to Remember
• Cromwell
• Elizabeth
• Gandhi
• Gone With the Wind
• Henry V
• Lady Caroline Lamb
• Lady Jane Grey
• The Lion in Winter
• The Longest Day
• A Man for All Seasons
• Mary, Queen of Scots (movie)
• Mrs. Brown
• The Private Life of Henry VIII
• Ragtime
• Richard III (two versions)
• Roots
• Schindler's List
• Sink the Bismarck!
• Spartacus
• Tora! Tora! Tora!
• Waterloo