List of book-based war films (wars before 1775)

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A '''list of films that are based on war books'''.

==[[Classical antiquity]]==
===Theban civil war (before 1200 BC)===
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! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type !! Notes
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|''[[Hercules Unchained]]'' ''[[:it:Ercole e la regina di Lidia|Ercole e la regina di Lidia]]'' || 1959 || [[Pietro Francisci]]|| [[Italy]], [[France]], [[Spain]]||''[[Seven against Thebes]]'' <ref>Recipient of the ivy wreath for best tragedy at the Athenian [[Dionysia]] in 467 BC.</ref> || [[Aeschylus]] || 467 BC|| Play || The film freely adapts the play as a Hercules adventure.
|-
| ''[[Antigone (film)|Antigone]]'' ''[[:el:Αντιγόνη (ταινία)|Αντιγόνη]]'' || 1961 || [[Yorgos Javellas]]|| [[Greece]]||''[[Antigone (Sophocles)|Antigone]]'' <ref>Recipient of the ivy wreath for best tragedy at the Athenian [[Dionysia]] in 442 BC.</ref> || [[Sophocles]] || 442 BC|| Play ||''Antigone'' (the play) was written as a sequel to ''Seven against Thebes''.
|-
|}

===[[Trojan War]]===
c. 1200 BC

====Frequently filmed: ''[[Iliad|The Iliad]]''====
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! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
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|''[[Helen of Troy (film)|Helen of Troy]]'' || 1956 || [[Robert Wise]]|| USA, [[Italy]], [[France]]||''[[Iliad]]'' || [[Homer]] || 8th century BC|| [[Epic poem]]
|-
|''[[The Trojan Horse (1961 film)|The Trojan Horse]]'' || 1961 || [[:it:Giorgio Ferroni|Giorgio Ferroni]]|| [[Italy]] & [[France]]||''[[Iliad]]'' || [[Homer]] || 8th century BC|| Epic poem
|-
|''[[Troy (film)|Troy]]'' ♠ || 2004 || [[Wolfgang Petersen]]|| USA, [[Malta]], UK||''[[Iliad]]'' || [[Homer]] || 8th century BC|| Epic poem
|-
|}
* ♠ [[Paris (mythology)|Paris]] gives the sword of Troy to [[Aeneas]] whose story continues in ''The Aeneid''.

====Frequently filmed: ''[[Aeneid|The Aeneid]]''====
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! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
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|''[[The Last Glory of Troy]]'' || 1962 || [[Giorgio Venturini|Giorgio Rivalta]]|| [[Yugoslavia]], [[Italy]], [[France]]||''[[Aeneid]]'' || [[Virgil]] || 29–19 BC|| Epic poem
|-
|}

====Frequently filmed: ''[[The Trojan Women]]''====
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! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[Las troyanas]]'' || 1963 || [[Sergio Véjar]]|| [[Mexico]]||''[[The Trojan Women]]'' || [[Euripides]] || 415 BC|| Play
|-
|''[[The Trojan Women (film)|The Trojan Women]]'' || 1971 || [[Michael Cacoyannis]]|| UK, USA, [[Greece]]||''[[The Trojan Women]]'' || [[Euripides]] || 415 BC|| Play
|-
|}

===Wars of Israel with [[Philistia]] and [[Ammon]]===
c. 1000 BC

====Battle of the [[Valley of Elah]]====
{| class="wikitable"
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! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[David and Bathsheba]]'' || 1951 || [[Henry King (director)|Henry King]]|| USA||''[[Books of Samuel|1 Samuel]]'' || ''The Bible'' || ?|| [[Scripture]]
|-
|''[[King David (film)|King David]]'' || 1985 || [[Bruce Beresford]]|| UK & USA||''[[Books of Samuel|1 Samuel]]'' || ''The Bible'' || ?|| Scripture
|-
|}

===[[Greco-Persian Wars]]===
499 BC – 448 BC

====[[Battle of Marathon]]====
490 BC
{| class="wikitable"
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! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[La Battaglia di Maratona]]'' || 1959 || [[Jacques Tourneur]] & [[Mario Bava]]|| [[Italy]]||''[[Histories (Herodotus)|The Histories]]'' (uncredited) || [[Herodotus]] (uncredited) || 440 BC|| Non-fiction
|-
|}

====[[Battle of Thermopylae]]====
August or September 480 BC
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! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[The 300 Spartans]]'' ♣ || 1962 || [[Rudolph Maté]]|| USA||''[[Histories (Herodotus)|The Histories]]'' (uncredited) || [[Herodotus]] (uncredited) || 440 BC|| Non-fiction
|-
|''[[300 (film)|300]]'' || 2007 || [[Zack Snyder]]|| USA||''[[300 (comics)|300]]'' ♣ || [[Frank Miller (comics)|Frank Miller]] || 1998|| Graphic Novel
|-
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* ♣ His boyhood viewing of this film inspired [[Frank Miller (comics)|Frank Miller]] to create his own graphic novel.

====[[Battle of Salamis]]====
September 480 BC
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! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
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|''[[:fr:Les Perses#"Les Perses" de Jean Prat|Les Perses]]'' * || 1961 || [[:fr:Jean Prat (réalisateur)|Jean Prat]]|| [[France]]||''[[The Persians]]'' <ref>Recipient of the ivy wreath for best tragedy at the Athenian [[Dionysia]] in 472 BC.</ref> || [[Aeschylus]] || 472 BC <ref>''Πέρσαι'' is the oldest surviving play in the history of theatre.</ref>|| Play
|-
|''[[Die Perser]]'' * || 2003 || [[Martin Wuttke]]|| [[Germany]]||''[[The Persians]]'' || [[Aeschylus]] || 472 BC || Play
|-
|}
* * TV movie.

===[[Warring States Period|Chinese Warring States Period]]===
476 BC – 221 BC
{| class="wikitable"
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! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[A Battle of Wits (2006 film)|A Battle of Wits]]'' ''[[:zh:墨攻|墨攻]]'' || 2006 || [[Jacob Cheung]]|| [[Hong Kong]]||''[[Bokko]]'' ''[[:ja:墨攻|墨攻]]'' || [[Ken'ichi Sakemi]] || 1991|| Novel
|-
|}

===[[Peloponnesian War]]===
431 BC – 404 BC

====Home front====
=====Protest=====
======Frequently filmed: ''[[Lysistrata]]''======
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! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
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|''[[Lysistrata ou La grève des baisers]]'' ♠ || 1910 || [[Louis Feuillade]]|| [[France]]||''[[Lysistrata]]'' <ref>A similar comic theme was used in the Korean War series ''[[M*A*S*H (TV series)|M*A*S*H]]'', specifically, the Season 1 episode entitled "[[Edwina (M*A*S*H)|Edwina]]".</ref> || [[Aristophanes]] || 411 BC || Play
|-
|''[[Lysistrata (1976 film)|Lysistrata]]'' ♦ || 1976 || [[Ludo Mich]]|| [[Belgium]]||''[[Lysistrata]]'' || [[Aristophanes]] || 411 BC || Play
|-
|''[[Lysistrate]]'' * || 1982 || [[Inger Åby]] & [[Göran Järvefelt]]|| [[Sweden]]||''[[Lysistrata]]'' || [[Aristophanes]] || 411 BC || Play
|-
|''[[Komediya o Lisistrate]]'' || 1989 || [[Valeri Rubinchik]]|| [[USSR]], UK, [[Greece]]||''[[Lysistrata]]'' || [[Aristophanes]] || 411 BC || Play
|-
|''[[Lisístrata]]'' || 2002 || [[Francesc Bellmunt]]|| [[Spain]]||''[[Lysistrata]]'' || [[Aristophanes]] || 411 BC || Play
|-
|}
* ♠ The French title means ''Lysistrata, or The Kiss Strike''.
* ♦ This production was performed by a [...] cast in order to emphasize the anarchism of Aristophanes.<ref>Source: [[IMDb]] main section.</ref>
* * TV movie.

===[[Wars of Alexander the Great|Wars of Alexander]]===
336 BC – 323 BC
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! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[Alexander (film)|Alexander]]'' || 2004 || [[Oliver Stone]]|| [[Germany]], USA, [[Netherlands]], [[France]], UK, [[Italy]] ||''[[Alexander the Great (Fox book)|Alexander the Great]]'' <ref>Recipient of the [[James Tait Black Memorial Prize]] in 1973. '''Note: This date has the book winning an award prior to its publication.'''</ref><ref>Source: ''Lavington'' (q.v.), p. 269–270.</ref><ref>Source: DVD documentary. Oliver Stone refers to "Fox" and his "book".</ref> (uncredited) || [[Robin Lane Fox]] ♠ (uncredited) || 1974 || Non-fiction
|-
|}
* ♠ Fox is credited as historical advisor, rather than author.<ref>On the other hand, Fox is credited by the DVD documentary as "historical consultant / author".</ref>

===[[Kalinga War]]===
265 BC – 264 BC
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! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
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|''[[Asoka (2001 film)|Aŝoka]]'' || 2001 || [[Santosh Sivan]]|| [[India]]||''[[Edicts of Ashoka]]'' (uncredited) || [[Ashoka the Great]] (uncredited) || before 231 BC || [[Edict]]s
|-
|}

===[[Second Punic War]]===
218 BC – 201 BC

====Bulletin ... Film currently in development: ''[[Hannibal the Conqueror]]'' by [[director unknown]]====

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! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
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|''[[Cabiria]]'' || 1914 || [[Giovanni Pastrone]]|| [[Italy]]||''[[Salammbô (novel)|Salammbô]]'' || [[Gustave Flaubert]] || 1862 || Novel
|-
|''[[:it:Scipione l'Africano (film 1937)|Scipione l'africano]]'' <ref>Recipient of the highly coveted [[Mussolini Cup]] for Best Italian Film of 1937 at the [[Venice Film Festival]].</ref>
|| 1937 || [[Carmine Gallone]]|| [[Kingdom of Italy|Fascist Italy]]||''[[The Histories (Polybius)|The Histories]]'' (uncredited) || [[Polybius]] (uncredited) || before 120 BC || Non-fiction
|-
|''[[Hannibal the Conqueror]]'' || 201? || [[?]]|| [[?]]||''[[Hannibal (Leckie novel)|Hannibal]]'' || [[Ross Leckie (Scottish writer)|Ross Leckie]] || 200? || Novel
|-
|}

===Campaigns of [[Xiang Yu]]===
====[[Battle of Gaixia]]====
202 BC
{| class="wikitable"
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! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[Farewell My Concubine (film)|Farewell My Concubine]]'' ''[[:zh:霸王別姬 (電影)|霸王别姬]]'' || 1993 || [[Chen Kaige]]|| [[China]] ||''[[Farewell My Concubine (novel)|Farewell My Concubine]]'' || [[Lilian Lee]] || 1993 || Novel
|-
|}
* ♠ The traditional opera which is performed by the characters in the film dramatizes this battle.

===[[Third Servile War]]===
73 BC – 71 BC
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[Spartaco]]'' || 1913 || [[:it:Giovanni Enrico Vidali|Giovanni Enrico Vidali]]|| [[Italy]]||''[[Spartaco]]'' || [[:it:Raffaello Giovagnoli|Raffaello Giovagnoli]] || 1873 || Novel
|-
|''[[Spartacus (1960 film)|Spartacus]]'' || 1960 || [[Stanley Kubrick]]|| USA||''[[Spartacus (Fast novel)|Spartacus]]'' || [[Howard Fast]] <ref>Fast was awarded the [[Lenin Peace Prize]] in 1953.</ref> || 1951 || Novel
|-
|''[[Spartacus (2004 TV film)|Spartacus]]'' || 2004 || [[Robert Dornhelm]]|| USA||''[[Spartacus]]'' || [[Howard Fast]] || 1951 || Novel
|}

===[[Gallic Wars]]===
58 BC – 51 BC
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! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[Giulio Cesare, il conquistatore delle Gallie]]''|| 1962 || [[Tanio Boccia]]|| [[Italy]] ||''[[Commentarii de Bello Gallico]]'' (uncredited) || [[Julius Caesar]] (uncredited) || after 51 BC || Memoir
|-
|''[[:fr:Vercingétorix : La légende du druide roi|Vercingétorix]]'' ''[[Druids (film)|Druids]]''|| 2001 || [[:fr:Jacques Dorfmann|Jacques Dorfmann]]|| [[France]], Canada, [[Belgium]] ||''[[Commentarii de Bello Gallico]]'' (uncredited) || [[Julius Caesar]] (uncredited) || after 51 BC || Memoir
|-
|}

===[[Caesar's civil war|Great Roman Civil War]]===
49 BC – 44 BC
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! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
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|''[[Caesar and Cleopatra (film)|Caesar and Cleopatra]]''|| 1945 || [[Gabriel Pascal]]|| UK ||''[[Caesar and Cleopatra (play)|Caesar and Cleopatra]]'' || [[George Bernard Shaw]] <ref name="NobelShaw">Shaw was awarded the [[Nobel Prize in Literature]] in 1925.</ref>
|| 1898 || Play
|-
|''[[Cleopatra (1963 film)|Cleopatra]]'' ♠|| 1963 || [[Joseph L. Mankiewicz]]|| UK, USA, [[Switzerland]] ||''[[Cleopatra (Franzero book)|Cleopatra]]'' (?) || [[Carlo Mario Franzero]] || 19?? || Novel
|-
|''[[Cleopatra (1999 film)|Cleopatra]]'' * || 1999 || [[Franc Roddam]]|| [[Germany]] & USA ||''[[Memoirs of Cleopatra]]'' || [[Margaret George]] || 1998 || Novel
|-
|}
* ♠ The 1963 film is chiefly notable for its budget and for a performance by the [[callipygian]] [[Elizabeth Taylor]]. Scenes from which she is absent are mercifully better handled.
* * TV movie.

====Frequently filmed: ''[[Julius Caesar (play)|Julius Caesar]]''====
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! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
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|''[[Julius Caesar (1953 film)|Julius Caesar]]''|| 1953 || [[Joseph L. Mankiewicz]]|| USA ||''[[Julius Caesar (play)|Julius Caesar]]'' || [[William Shakespeare]] || 1599 || Play
|-
|''[[Julius Caesar (1970 film)|Julius Caesar]]''|| 1970 || [[Stuart Burge]]|| UK ||''[[Julius Caesar (play)|Julius Caesar]]'' || [[William Shakespeare]] || 1599 || Play
|-
|}

===[[Final War of the Roman Republic|Final Civil Wars of the Roman Republic]]===
45 BC –
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! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
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|''[[Antony and Cleopatra (1972 film)|Antony and Cleopatra]]''|| 1972 || [[Charlton Heston]]|| UK, [[Spain]], [[Switzerland]] ||''[[Antony and Cleopatra]]'' || [[William Shakespeare]] || 1606–1607 || Play
|-
|}

====[[Battle of Actium]]====
2 September 31 BC
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! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
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|''[[Cleopatra (1963 film)|Cleopatra]]'' ♠ || 1963 || [[Joseph L. Mankiewicz]]|| UK, USA, [[Switzerland]] ||''[[Cleopatra (Franzero book)|Cleopatra]]'' (?) || [[Carlo Mario Franzero]] || 19?? || Novel
|-
|}
* ♠ The 1963 film includes an admirable account of the battle. The series ''[[Rome (TV series)|Rome]]'', for budgetary reasons, deals with the aftermath of Actium, not the battle directly.

===[[Roman conquest of Britain]]===
43–96

====Bulletin ... film currently in production: ''[[Centurion (film)|Centurion]]'' by [[Neil Marshall]]====
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====Bulletin ... film currently in production: ''[[Glastonbury: Isle of Light]]'' by [[David M. Evans]]====
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====Bulletin ... film currently in development: ''Boudicca'' by [[director unknown]]====
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====Bulletin ... film currently in development: ''I, Claudius'' by [[Jim Sheridan]]====
{{Empty section|date=January 2011}}

===Frequently filmed: ''[[I, Claudius]]'' and ''[[Claudius the God]]''===
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|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[I, Claudius (TV series)|I, Claudius]]'' * || 1976 || [[Herbert Wise]]|| UK ||''[[I, Claudius]]'' <ref name="TaitGraves">Joint recipients of the [[James Tait Black Memorial Prize]] in 1934. '''Note: This date has the sequel winning an award prior to its publication.'''</ref><ref>Recipient of the [[Hawthornden Prize]] in 1935.</ref> || [[Robert Graves]] || 1934 || Novel
|-
|''[[I, Claudius (2010 film)|I, Claudius]]'' || 2010 || [[Jim Sheridan]]|| UK ||''[[I, Claudius]]'' || [[Robert Graves]] || 1934 || Novel
|-
|}
* * TV miniseries.

===[[First Jewish-Roman War|Jewish War]]===
66–73

====Siege of [[Masada]]====
72–73
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|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
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|''[[Masada (miniseries)|Masada]]'' ** || 1981 || [[Boris Sagal]]|| USA ||''[[The Antagonists]]'' || [[Ernest K. Gann]] || 1971 || Novel
|-
|''[[God on Trial]]'' ♠ * || 2008 || [[Andy de Emmony]]|| UK & USA || ''[[The Trial of God]]'' ''[[Le procès de Shamgorod tel qu'il se déroula le 25 février 1649]]'' (uncredited) || [[Elie Wiesel]] <ref name="NobelWies"/> (uncredited) || 1979 || Play
|-
|}
* ♠ The trial of God conducted by inmates at Auschwitz includes Masada as evidence.
* ** TV miniseries.
* * TV movie.

===[[End of the Han Dynasty]]===
====Frequently filmed: ''[[Romance of the Three Kingdoms]]''====
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! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
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|''[[Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon]]'' || 2008 || [[Daniel Lee Yan-Kong|Daniel Lee]]|| [[China]] || ''[[Romance of the Three Kingdoms]]''|| [[Luo Guanzhong]] (attributed) || c. 1400 || Novel
|-
|}

=====[[Battle of Red Cliffs]]=====
(赤壁之戰) 
208–209

======Bulletin ... film now in release: ''[[Red Cliff (film)|Red Cliff]]'' by [[John Woo]] (shortened Western EDition)======
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! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
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|''[[Red Cliff (film)|Red Cliff]]'' ''[[:zh:赤壁 (電影)|赤壁]]'' || 2008 || [[John Woo]]|| [[China]] || ''[[Records of Three Kingdoms|Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms]]''|| [[Chen Shou]] || before 297 || [[Chronicle]]
|-
|''[[Red Cliff (film)|Red Cliff]]'', Part 2 || 2009 || [[John Woo]]|| [[China]] || ''[[Records of Three Kingdoms|Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms]]''|| [[Chen Shou]] || before 297 || Chronicle
|-
|}

===[[Battle of Milvian Bridge]]===
312 ♠
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|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
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|''[[Fabiola (film)|Fabiola]]''|| 1949 || [[Alessandro Blasetti]]|| [[Italy]] ||''[[Fabiola (novel)|Fabiola]]'' ♦ || Cardinal [[Nicholas Patrick Wiseman]] || 1854 || Novel
|-
|''[[Constantine and the Cross]]''|| 1962 || [[Lionello De Felice]]|| [[Yugoslavia]] & [[Italy]] ||''[[De mortibus persecutorum]]'' (uncredited) || [[Lactantius]] (uncredited) || c. 320 || Non-fiction
|-
|}
* ♠ The battle where Emperor [[Constantine I|Constantine]]'s vision of <big>[[☧]]</big>, the [[chi rho]], led to the adoption of his motto "[[In hoc signo vinces]]".
* ♦ There are other film versions of ''Fabiola'', but the conflict between [[Constantine I|Constantine]] and [[Maxentius]] appears to be an addition specific to this film.

===[[Hunnic Empire|Hunnic Invasions]]===
====Campaigns of [[Attila the Hun|Attila]]====
434–453

=====[[Aquileia#Middle Ages|Razing of Aquileia]]=====
452

======Frequently filmed: ''[[Attila (opera)|Attila]]''======
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! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
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|''[[Attila (2001 film)|Attila]]'' * || 2001 || [[:fr:Josée Dayan|Josée Dayan]]|| [[France]] ||''[[Attila (opera)|Attila]]'' || [[Temistocle Solera]] & [[Francesco Maria Piave]] || 1846 || Libretto
|-
|}
* * TV performance.

===[[Piracy]]===
====Roman Empire====
=====Frequently filmed: ''[[Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ]]''=====
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! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
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|''[[Ben-Hur (1925 film)|Ben-Hur]]'' <ref name="NFR97">Inducted into the US [[National Film Registry]] in 1997.</ref> || 1925 || [[Fred Niblo]]|| USA||''[[Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ]]'' || Gen. [[Lew Wallace]] || 1880 || Novel
|-
|''[[Ben-Hur (1959 film)|Ben-Hur]]'' <ref name="NFR04">Inducted into the US [[National Film Registry]] in 2004.</ref> || 1959 || [[William Wyler]]|| USA||''[[Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ]]'' || Gen. [[Lew Wallace]] || 1880 || Novel
|-
|}
* The pirates in ''Ben-Hur'' are [[Chersonesos Taurica|Chersonesan]] and have travelled from the [[Euxine]] to the [[Aegean Sea|Ægean]] to face a Roman fleet sent by [[Sejanus]].<ref>''Ben-Hur'', Book Third, Chapter 1.</ref>

==[[Early Middle Ages|Dark Ages]]==
c. 500 – c. 1000

===[[Battle of Mons Badonicus|Battle of Badon Hill]]===
c. 500
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
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|''[[The Last Legion]]'' || 2007 || [[Doug Lefler]] || UK, [[Italy]], [[France]] ||''[[L'ultima legione]]'' || [[Valerio Massimo Manfredi]] || 2002 || Novel
|-
|}

===[[Gothic War (535–554)|Gothic War]]===
535–554
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! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
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|''[[Justinian and Theodora]]'' ♠ || 1910 || [[Otis Turner]] || USA ||''[[Justinian And Theodora: A Drama, Being A Chapter Of History And The One Gleam Of Light During The Dark Ages]]'' || [[Elbert Hubbard]] & [[Alice Hubbard]] || 1906 || Play
|-
|''[[Théodora]]'' || 1912 || [[Henri Pouctal]] || [[France]] ||''[[Théodora (play)|Théodora]]'' || [[Victorien Sardou]] || 1884 || Play
|-
|''[[Teodora]]'' || 1919 || [[Leopoldo Carlucci]] || [[Italy]] ||''[[Théodora (play)|Théodora]]'' || [[Victorien Sardou]] || 1884 || Play
|-
|''[[Kampf um Rom I]]'' || 1968 || [[Robert Siodmak]] & [[Andrew Marton]] (uncredited) & [[Sergiu Nicolaescu]] (uncredited)|| [[West Germany]], [[Italy]], [[Romania]] ||''[[A Struggle for Rome]]'' || [[Felix Dahn]] || 1876 || Novel
|-
|''[[Kampf um Rom II - Der Verrat]]'' || 1969 || [[Robert Siodmak]] & [[Andrew Marton]] (uncredited) & [[Sergiu Nicolaescu]] (uncredited)|| [[West Germany]], [[Italy]], [[Romania]] ||''[[A Struggle for Rome]]'' || [[Felix Dahn]] || 1876 || Novel
|-
|}
* ♠ The [[IMDb]] lists a story by [[Edward Bulwer-Lytton|Bulwer-Lytton]] as the source for this film. But there appears to be no such work. The 1906 play seems a more likely source.

===[[Swedish-Geatish wars]]===
Before 600

====Frequently filmed: ''[[Beowulf]]''====

{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
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|''[[Grendel Grendel Grendel]]'' α || 1981 || [[Alexander Stitt]]|| Australia ||''[[Grendel (novel)|Grendel]]'' || [[John Gardner (novelist)|John Gardner]] || 1971 || Novel
|-
|''[[The 13th Warrior]]''|| 1999 || [[John McTiernan]], [[Michael Crichton]] (uncredited)|| USA ||''[[Eaters of the Dead]]'' || [[Michael Crichton]] || 1976 || Novel
|-
|''[[Beowulf & Grendel]]''|| 2005 || [[Sturla Gunnarsson]]|| Canada, UK, [[Iceland]] ||''[[Beowulf]]'' || ''Beowulf'' poet || c. 700– c. 1000 || Epic poem
|-
|}
* α Animated film.

===Frequently filmed: ''[[Nibelungenlied|Das Nibelungenlied]]''===
Before 600
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! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
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|''[[Die Nibelungen: Siegfried]]''|| 1924 || [[Fritz Lang]]|| [[Weimar Republic|Germany]] ||''[[Nibelungenlied|Das Nibelungenlied]]'' (uncredited) || ''Nibelungenlied'' poet (uncredited) || c. 1200 || Epic poem
|-
|''[[Die Nibelungen: Kriemhilds Rache]]''|| 1924 || [[Fritz Lang]]|| [[Weimar Republic|Germany]] ||''[[Nibelungenlied|Das Nibelungenlied]]'' (uncredited) || ''Nibelungenlied'' poet (uncredited) || c. 1200 || Epic poem
|-
|}

===Campaigns of [[Muhammad]]===
====[[Battle of Badr]]====
17 March 624
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|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
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|''[[Mohammad, Messenger of God]]'' || 1977 || [[Moustapha Akkad]]|| [[Lebanon]], [[Libya]], [[Kuwait]] ||''[[Sirah Rasul Allah]]'' || [[Ibn Ishaq]] || before 767|| Non-fiction
|-
|}

====[[Battle of Uhud]]====
19 March 625
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|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[Mohammad, Messenger of God]]'' || 1977 || [[Moustapha Akkad]]|| [[Lebanon]], [[Libya]], [[Kuwait]] ||''[[Sirah Rasul Allah]]'' || [[Ibn Ishaq]] || before 767|| Non-fiction
|-
|''[[Muhammad: The Last Prophet]]'' || 2004 || [[Richard Rich (director)|Richard Rich]]|| USA ||''[[Sirah Rasul Allah]]'' || [[Ibn Ishaq]] || before 767|| Non-fiction
|-
|}

===[[Battle of Roncevaux Pass|Battle of Roncesvalles]]===
778
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[The Song of Roland (film)|The Song of Roland]]'' || 1978 || [[:fr:Frank Cassenti|Frank Cassenti]]|| [[France]] ||''[[La Chanson de Roland]]'' || ''Roland'' poet || 1040–1115 || Epic poem
|-
|}

===War of [[Wessex]] with the Danes===
868–878
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[Alfred the Great (film)|Alfred the Great]]''|| 1969 || [[Clive Donner]]|| UK ||''[[Vita Ælfredi regis Angul Saxonum]]'' (uncredited) || [[Asser]] (uncredited) || 893 || Non-fiction
|-
|}

===[[Viking|Viking Raids]]===
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[The Vikings (film)|The Vikings]]''|| 1958 || [[Richard Fleischer]]|| USA ||''[[The Viking (novel)|The Viking]]'' || [[Edison Marshall]] || 1951 <ref name="LC"/> || Novel
|-
|''[[The War Lord]]'' ♠|| 1965 || [[Franklin Schaffner]]|| USA ||''[[The Lovers (Stevens play)|The Lovers: a play in three acts]]'' || [[Leslie Stevens]] || 1956 <ref name="LC"/> || Play
|-
|}
* ♠ Normans fend off Vikings in the Early Middle Ages.

==Middle Ages==
===[[Norman Conquest]]===
1066
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[1066 and All That (1939 film)|1066 and All That]]'' * || 1939 || [[?]]|| UK ||''[[1066 and All That|1066 and All That: A Memorable History of England, comprising all the parts you can remember, including 103 Good Things, 5 Bad Kings and 2 Genuine Dates]]'' || [[W. C. Sellar]] & [[R. J. Yeatman]] || before 1930 || Chronicle
|-
|''[[Wilhelm Cuceritorul]]'' '''aka''' ''William the Conqueror'' || 1982 || [[Sergiu Nicolaescu]]|| [[Romania]] & [[France]] ||''[[Anglo-Saxon Chronicle]]'' (uncredited) || Chronicle compilers || before 1154 || Chronicle
|-
|''[[1066: The Battle for Middle Earth]]'' ** || May 2009 || [[Justin Hardy]]|| UK ||''[[Carmen de Hastingae Proelio]]'' <ref name="Jenner">Source: [http://www.channel4.com/programmes/1066/articles/1066-behind-the-story 1066: Behind the Story], researcher Greg Jenner, 17 April 2009.</ref> || [[Guy (Bishop of Amiens)|Guy of Amiens]] || 1067 || Epic poem
|-
|}
* * TV musical.
* ** TV miniseries.

===[[Reconquista]]===
====Bulletin ... upcoming film: ''[[King Conqueror]]'' by [[director unknown]]====
{{Empty section|date=January 2011}}

====[[El Cid#Conquest of Valencia|Conquest of Valencia]]====
1094–1102
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[El Cid (film)|El Cid]]''|| 1961 || [[Anthony Mann]]|| [[Italy]], USA, UK ||''[[Cantar de Mio Cid]]'' || ''Cid'' poet || before 1207 || Epic poem
|-
|}

===[[First Crusade]]===
1096–1099
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[Rytsarskiy roman]]'' * ''[[:ru:Рыцарский роман (фильм)|Рыцарский роман]]'' || 2000 || [[:ru:Иншаков, Александр Иванович|Aleksandr Inshakov]]|| [[Russia]] ||''[[Count Robert of Paris]]'' || [[Sir Walter Scott]] || 1832 || Novel
|-
|}
* * TV movie.

====Frequently filmed: ''[[Jerusalem Delivered|Gerusalemme liberata]]''====
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[Le tyran de Jérusalem]]''|| 1910 || [[:fr:Camille de Morlhon|Camille de Morlhon]]|| [[France]] ||''[[Jerusalem Delivered|La Jérusalem délivrée]]'' || [[Torquato Tasso]] || 1581 || Epic poem
|-
|''[[Gerusalemme liberata (1910 film)|Gerusalemme liberata]]''|| 1910 || [[:it:Enrico Guazzoni|Enrico Guazzoni]] ♠ || [[Italy]] ||''[[Jerusalem Delivered|Gerusalemme liberata]]'' || [[Torquato Tasso]] || 1581 || Epic poem
|-
|''[[:it:La Gerusalemme liberata (film 1957)|La Gerusalemme liberata]]''|| 1958 || [[Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia]]|| [[Italy]] & [[France]] ||''[[Jerusalem Delivered|Gerusalemme liberata]]'' || [[Torquato Tasso]] || 1581 || Epic poem
|-
|}
* ♠ Guazzoni released a version in 1913, and another in 1918. The 1918 version was reissued with sound in 1935.

===11th century Scotland===
1000–1099

====Frequently filmed: ''[[Macbeth]]''====
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[Macbeth (1908 film)|Macbeth]]''|| 1908 || [[J. Stuart Blackton]]|| USA ||''[[Macbeth]]'' || [[William Shakespeare]] || 1605? || Play
|-
|''[[Macbeth (1909 Italian film)|Macbeth]]''|| 1909 || [[Mario Caserini]]|| [[Italy]] ||''[[Macbeth]]'' || [[William Shakespeare]] || 1605? || Play
|-
|''[[Macbeth (1948 film)|Macbeth]]''|| 1948 || [[Orson Welles]]|| USA ||''[[Macbeth]]'' || [[William Shakespeare]] || 1605? || Play
|-
|''[[Throne of Blood]]'' ♠|| 1957 || [[Akira Kurosawa]]|| [[Japan]] ||''[[Macbeth]]'' || [[William Shakespeare]] || 1605? || Play
|-
|''[[Macbeth (1971 film)|The Tragedy of Macbeth]]''|| 1971 || [[Roman Polanski]]|| UK & USA ||''[[Macbeth]]'' || [[William Shakespeare]] || 1605? || Play
|-
|''[[:it:Macbeth (Carmelo Bene)|Macbeth horror suite di Carmelo Bene da William Shakespeare]]'' *|| 1997 || [[Carmelo Bene]]|| [[Italy]] ||''[[Macbeth]]'' || [[William Shakespeare]] || 1605? || Play
|-
|}
* ♠ Feudal Japan is the setting in Kurosawa's version.
* * TV movie.

===[[The Anarchy]]===
1135–1154

====Bulletin ... film currently in development: ''[[The Pillars of the Earth#TV Series|The Pillars of the Earth]]''====
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[The Pillars of the Earth#TV Series|The Pillars of the Earth]]'' * || 2010 || ''In Development'' || [[Germany]] & Canada ||''[[The Pillars of the Earth]]'' || [[Ken Follett]] || 1989 || Novel
|-
|}
* * TV movie.

====[[Shrewsbury Castle#History|Siege of Shrewsbury Castle]]====
1138
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[One Corpse Too Many]]'' * || 1994 || [[?]] || UK ||''[[One Corpse Too Many]]'' || "[[Edith Pargeter|Ellis Peters]]" || 1979 || Novel
|-
|}
* * TV movie.

===[[Guelphs and Ghibellines|Wars of the Guelphs and Ghibellines]]===
====Campaigns of [[Frederick Barbarossa]]====
1155–1177

=====[[Battle of Legnano]]=====
29 May 1176
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[La battaglia di Legnano (film)|La battaglia di Legnano]]'' '''aka''' ''Barbarossa''|| 1910 || [[Mario Caserini]]|| [[Italy]] ||''[[La battaglia di Legnano]]'' ♠ (unconfirmed)|| [[Salvadore Cammarano|Salvatore Cammarano]] (unconfirmed) || 1849 || '''Libretto''' ||-||-||-
|-
|}
* ♠ It is a reasonable supposition that Italian filmmmakers based their story on [[Giuseppe Verdi|Verdi]]'s opera ''[[La battaglia di Legnano]]''.

===[[Genpei War]]===
1180–1185

====[[Battle of Dan-no-ura]]====
25 April 1185
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[Kwaidan (film)|Kwaidan]]'' ♠ || 1964 || [[Masaki Kobayashi]]|| [[Japan]] ||''[[Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things]]'' || [[Lafcadio Hearn]] || 1904 || '''Folk tales''' ||-||-||-
|-
|}
* ♠ One segment of this anthology film concerns the battle.

===[[Igor Svyatoslavich|Rus–Cuman War]]===
c. 1185
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[Prince Igor (film)|Prince Igor]]'' ''[[:ru:Тихомиров, Роман Иринархович#Режиссёр|Князь Игорь]]'' || 1970 || [[:ru:Тихомиров, Роман Иринархович|Roman Tikhomirov]]|| [[USSR]] ||''[[Prince Igor]]'' || [[Alexander Borodin]] || before 1887 || '''Libretto''' ||-||-||-
|-
|}
* ♠ The poem's [[Old East Slavic]] title is "Слово о плъку Игоревѣ", using the [[Early Cyrillic alphabet|older]] pre-Russian Revolution [[orthography]].

===[[Third Crusade]]===
1187–1192
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-

|''[[Al Nasser Salah Ad-Din (film)|Al Nasser Salah Ad-Din]]'' '''[[:ar:الناصر صلاح الدين (فيلم)|الناصر صلاح الدين]]'''|| 1963 || [[Youssef Chahine]]|| [[Egypt]] ||''[[Al Nasser Salah Ad-Din]]'' ''An-Nāṣir Ṣalāḥ ad-Dīn'' || [[Naguib Mahfouz]] <ref>Mahfouz was awarded the [[Nobel Prize in Literature]] in 1988.</ref> || 195? || Novel
|}
<!--Adding an Arabic link really twists the table. Here it is originally:
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[Al Nasser Salah Ad-Din (film)|Al Nasser Salah Ad-Din]]''|| 1963 || [[Youssef Chahine]]|| [[Egypt]] ||''[[Al Nasser Salah Ad-Din]]'' ''An-Nāṣir Ṣalāḥ ad-Dīn'' || [[Naguib Mahfouz]] <ref>Mahfouz was awarded the [[Nobel Prize in Literature]] in 1988.</ref> || 195? || Novel
|}

[[:ar:الناصر صلاح الدين|الناصر صلاح الدين (فيلم(]]
[[:ar:الناصر صلاح الدين (فيلم)|الناصر صلاح الدين]]
-->

====Frequently filmed: ''[[The Talisman (Scott novel)|The Talisman]]''====
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[Il talismano]]''|| 1911 || [[Cinès]]|| [[Italy]] ||''[[The Talisman (Scott novel)|The Talisman]]'' || [[Sir Walter Scott]] || 1825 || Novel
|-
|''[[Richard the Lion-Hearted (1923 film)|Richard the Lion-Hearted]]''|| 1923 || [[Chester Withey]]|| USA ||''[[The Talisman (Scott novel)|The Talisman]]'' || [[Sir Walter Scott]] || 1825 || Novel
|-
|''[[King Richard and the Crusaders]]''|| 1954 || [[David Butler(director)|David Butler]]|| USA ||''[[The Talisman (Scott novel)|The Talisman]]'' || [[Sir Walter Scott]] || 1825 || Novel
|-
|''[[Richard lvinoye serdtse]]'' ''[[Ричард Львиное Сердце]]''|| 1992 || [[:ru:Герасимов, Евгений Владимирович|Yevgeni Gerasimov]]|| [[Russia]] ||''[[The Talisman (Scott novel)|The Talisman]]'' || [[Sir Walter Scott]] || 1825 || Novel
|-
|''[[Rytsar Kennet]]'' ''[[Рыцарь Кеннет]]''|| 1993 || [[:ru:Герасимов, Евгений Владимирович|Yevgeni Gerasimov]]|| [[Russia]] ||''[[The Talisman (Scott novel)|The Talisman]]'' || [[Sir Walter Scott]] || 1825 || Novel
|-
|}

====Frequently filmed: ''[[Nathan the Wise]]''====
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|}

====[[Battle of Montgisard]]====
25 November 1177
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[Arn - Tempelriddaren]]'' ''[[Arn: The Knight Templar]]''|| 2007 || [[Peter Flinth]]|| [[Sweden]], [[Denmark]], [[Norway]] ||''[[Arn: The Knight Templar]]'' || [[Jan Guillou]] || 195? || Novel
|-
|}

===[[Timeline of Mongol conquests|Mongol Invasions]]===
1206–c. 1300

====Campaigns of [[Genghis Khan]]====
1206–1227

=====Bulletin ... film currently in production: ''[[The Great Khan]]'' by [[Sergei Bodrov]]=====
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[Genghis Khan: To the Ends of the Earth and Sea]]''|| 2007 || [[Shinichirō Sawai]]|| [[Japan]] & [[Mongolia]]||''[[Chi hate umi tsukiru made: shōsetsu Chingisu Hān]]'' || [[Seiichi Morimura]] || 198? || Novel
|-
|''[[Mongol (film)|Mongol]]'' ''[[:ru:Монгол (фильм)|Монгол]]''|| 2007 || [[Sergei Bodrov]]|| [[Kazakhstan]], [[Russia]], [[Mongolia]], [[Germany]] ||''[[The Secret History of the Mongols]]'' (uncredited) || Mongol chronicler (uncredited) || after 1227 || Non-fiction
|-
|}

===[[Children's Crusade]]===
1212
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[Crusade in Jeans (film)|Crusade in Jeans]]''|| 2006 || [[Ben Sombogaart]]|| [[Netherlands]] ||''[[Crusade in Jeans]]'' || [[Thea Beckman]] || 1973 || Novel
|-
|}

===[[First Barons' War]]===
1215–1217
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[King John (film)|King John]]''|| 1899 || [[Walter Pfeffer Dando]] & [[William K.L. Dickson]]|| UK ||''[[The Life and Death of King John|King John]]'' || [[William Shakespeare]] || c. 1598 || Play
|-
|}

===[[Northern Crusades]]===
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[The Seventh Seal]]'' ''[[:sv:Det sjunde inseglet|Det sjunde inseglet]]''|| 1957 || [[Ingmar Bergman]]|| [[Sweden]] || ''[[Wood Painting]]'' ''Trämålning'' || [[Ingmar Bergman]] || 1954 || Play
|-
|''[[:et:Malev (film)|Malev]]''|| 2005 || [[Kaaren Kaer]]|| [[Estonia]] || ''[[Chronicle of Henry of Livonia]]'' || [[Henry of Livonia]] || c. 1224 || Chronicle
|-
|}

====[[Battle of the Ice]]====
5 April 1242
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[Alexander Nevsky (film)|Alexander Nevsky]]'' ''[[:ru:Александр Невский (фильм)|Александр Невский]]'' || 1938 || [[Sergei Eisenstein]] & [[Dmitri Ivanovich Vasilyev|Dmitri Vasilyev]] <ref>Dmitri Ivanovich Vasilyev, Дмитрий Иванович Васильев, († 1984) has no page (as of June 2009) at Russian Wikipedia. He appears only on a disambiguation page, described as a советский кинорежиссёр or Soviet film director. Linguists may note that the Russian word for film director is a combination of the German ''Kino'' (cinema) and the French ''régisseur'' (manager, director).</ref>|| [[USSR]] || ''[[?]]''|| [[?]] || ? || Non-fiction
|-
|}

===[[Second Barons' War]]===
1264–1267
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[The Black Rose]]'' || 1950 || [[Henry Hathaway]]|| USA ||''[[The Black Rose]]'' || [[Thomas B. Costain]] || 1945 || Novel
|-
|}

===[[War of the Sicilian Vespers]]===
1282–1302

====[[Sicilian Vespers]]====
30 March 1282 
Films based on this rebellion tend to be performances of [[Giuseppe Verdi|Verdi]]'s opera ''[[I vespri siciliani]]''.
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[Vespro siciliano]]''|| 1949 || [[:it:Giorgio Pàstina|Giorgio Pàstina]]|| [[Italy]] ||''[[Lu rebellamentu di Sichilia|Cronica di lu rebellamentu di Sichilia contra re Carlu]]'' || [[Atanasiu di Iaci]] (attributed)|| c. 1290 || Chronicle
|-
|}

===[[Battle of the Field of Blackbirds]]===
15 June 1389
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[Boj na Kosovu|Battle of Kosovo]]'' ''[[:sr:Бој на Косову (филм)|Бој на Косову]]''|| 1989 || [[Zdravko Šotra]]|| [[Yugoslavia]] ||''[[Boj na Kosovu]]'' || [[:sr:Љубомир Симовић|Ljubomir Simović]] || 19?? || Play
|-
|}

===[[Polish-Lithuanian–Teutonic War|Polish–Teutonic War]]===
1409–1411

====[[Battle of Grunwald]]====
15 July 1410
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[Krzyżacy]]''|| 1960 || [[Aleksander Ford]]|| [[Poland]] ||''[[The Teutonic Knights (novel)|The Teutonic Knights]]'' || [[Henryk Sienkiewicz]] <ref name="NobelSien">Sienkiewicz was awarded the [[Nobel Prize in Literature]] in 1905.</ref> || 1900 || Novel
|-
|}

===[[Hundred Years' War]]===
1337–1453

====[[Battle of Poitiers (1356)|Battle of Poitiers]]====
19 September 1356
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[A Knight's Tale]]'' || 2001 || [[Brian Helgeland]]|| USA ||''[[The Canterbury Tales]]'' (uncredited) || [[Geoffrey Chaucer]] (uncredited) || before 1400 || Poem
|-
|}

====[[Battle of Shrewsbury]]====
21 July 1403
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[Chimes at Midnight]]'' ♠ || 1965 || [[Orson Welles]]|| [[France]], [[Spain]], [[Switzerland]] ||''[[Five Kings]]'' || [[Orson Welles]] || 1939 || Play
|-
|}
* ♠ An Orson Welles film that is very highly regarded by those who have succeeded in seeing it.

====[[Battle of Agincourt]]====
25 October 1415

=====Bulletin ... film currently in development: ''[[Azincourt (novel)#Film adaptation|Azincourt]]'' by [[director unknown]]=====
{{Empty section|date=January 2011}}

=====Frequently filmed: ''[[Henry V (play)|Henry V]]''=====
Also, Siege of [[Harfleur]] 
1415
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[Henry V (1944 film)|The Chronicle History of King Henry the Fift with His Battell Fought at Agincourt in France]]'' || 1944 || [[Laurence Olivier]]|| UK ||''[[Henry V (play)|Henry V]]'' || [[William Shakespeare]] || 1599 || Play
|-
|''[[Henry V (1989 film)|Henry V]]'' || 1989 || [[Kenneth Branagh]]|| UK ||''[[Henry V (play)|Henry V]]'' || [[William Shakespeare]] || 1599 || Play
|-
|}

====[[Siege of Orléans]]====
1428–1429
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[Joan of Arc (1948 film)|Joan of Arc]]'' || 1948 || [[Victor Fleming]]|| UK ||''[[Joan of Lorraine]]'' || [[Maxwell Anderson]] || 1946 || Play
|-
|''[[Jeanne oder Die Lerche]]'' * || 1956 || [[Franz Peter Wirth]]|| [[West Germany]] ||''[[:fr:L'Alouette|L'Alouette]]'' || [[Jean Anouilh]] || 1953 || Play
|-
|''[[Saint Joan (film)|Saint Joan]]'' || 1957 || [[Otto Preminger]]|| USA ||''[[Saint Joan (play)|Saint Joan]]'' <ref>Nominated for the [[Tony Award for Best Revival]] in 1993.</ref> || [[George Bernard Shaw]] <ref name="NobelShaw"/> || 1923 || Play
|-
|}
* * TV movie.

====What if ...====
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[The High Crusade (film)|The High Crusade]]'' Δ ''[[:de:High Crusade – Frikassee im Weltraum|High Crusade – Frikassee im Weltraum]]'' || 1994 || [[:de:Klaus Knoesel|Klaus Knoesel]] & [[Holger Neuhäuser]]|| [[Germany]] ||''[[The High Crusade]]'' || [[Poul Anderson]] || 1960 || Novel
|-
|''[[Timeline (film)|Timeline]]'' || 2003 || [[Richard Donner]]|| USA ||''[[Timeline (film)|Timeline]]'' || [[Michael Crichton]] || 1999 || Novel
|-
|}
* Δ The film preserves the story's date but shifts the context to (a period resembling) the Third Crusade.

===[[Ottoman–Hungarian Wars]]===
1366–15??

====[[Siege of Eger]]====
1552
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[Egri csillagok (1923 film)|Egri csillagok]]'' || 1923 || [[Paul Fejos]] [[Fejős Pál|Fejős Pál]]|| [[Hungary]] ||''[[Eclipse of the Crescent Moon]]'' ''[[:hu:Egri csillagok|Egri csillagok]]'' || [[Géza Gárdonyi]] || 1899 || Novel
|-
|''[[:hu:Egri csillagok (film)|Egri csillagok]]'' || 1968 || [[:hu:Várkonyi Zoltán|Zoltán Várkonyi]]|| [[Hungary]] ||''[[Eclipse of the Crescent Moon]]'' ''[[:hu:Egri csillagok|Egri csillagok]]'' || [[Géza Gárdonyi]] || 1899 || Novel
|-
|}

====What if ...====
=====Frequently filmed: ''[[János Vitéz]]''=====
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[János vitéz (1924 film)|János vitéz]]'' || 1924 || [[Alfréd Deésy]]|| [[Hungary]] ||''[[János Vitéz]]'' || [[Sándor Petöfi]] || 1845 || Poem
|-
|}

===[[:de:Grafschaft Haag#Geschichte|Ox War of 1421]]===
1421–1422 (not to be confused with the [[:de:Ochsenkrieg 1611|Ox War of 1611]])

====Frequently filmed: ''[[Der Ochsenkrieg]]''====
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[Der Ochsenkrieg (1920 film)|Der Ochsenkrieg]]'' || 1920 || [[Franz Osten]]|| [[Weimar Republic|Germany]] ||''[[Der Ochsenkrieg]]'' || [[Ludwig Ganghofer]] || 1914 || '''Novel'''
|-
|''[[Der Ochsenkrieg (1943 film)|Der Ochsenkrieg]]'' || 1943 || [[:de:Hans Deppe|Hans Deppe]]|| [[[...] Germany]] ||''[[Der Ochsenkrieg]]'' || [[Ludwig Ganghofer]] || 1914 || '''Novel'''
|-
|''[[Der Ochsenkrieg (1987 film)|Der Ochsenkrieg]]'' ** || 1987 || [[:de:Sigi Rothemund|Sigi Rothemund]]|| [[West Germany]] & [[Czechoslovakia]] ||''[[Der Ochsenkrieg]]'' || [[Ludwig Ganghofer]] || 1914 || '''Novel'''
|-
|}
* ** TV miniseries.

===[[Skanderbeg|Ottoman-Albanian War]]===
1443–14??
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[The Great Warrior Skanderbeg]]'' '''aka''' ''[[Великий воин Албании Скандербег]]'' || 1953 || [[Sergei Yutkevich]]|| [[USSR]] & [[Albania]] ||''[[Historia de vita et gestis Scanderbegi, Epirotarum Principis]]'' || [[Marin Barleti]] || c. 1510 || Non-fiction
|-
|}

===[[Wars of the Roses]]===
1453–1487

====Frequently filmed: ''[[The Black Arrow: A Tale of the Two Roses|The Black Arrow]]''====
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[The Black Arrow (1948 film)|The Black Arrow]]'' || 1948 || [[Gordon Douglas (director)|Gordon Douglas]]|| USA ||''[[The Black Arrow: A Tale of the Two Roses]]'' || [[Robert Louis Stevenson]] || 1888 || '''Novel''' || ''[[The Black Arrow (TV series)|The Black Arrow]]'' || 1958 || UK
|-
|''[[Chyornaya strela]]'' ''[[:ru:Чёрная стрела (фильм)|Чёрная стрела]]'' || 1985 || [[:ru:Тарасов, Сергей Сергеевич|Sergei Tarasov]]|| [[USSR]] ||''[[The Black Arrow: A Tale of the Two Roses]]'' || [[Robert Louis Stevenson]] || 1888 || Novel
|-
|''[[Black Arrow (1985 film)|Black Arrow]]'' * || 1985 || [[John Hough (director)|John Hough]]|| USA & [[Spain]] ||''[[The Black Arrow: A Tale of the Two Roses]]'' || [[Robert Louis Stevenson]] || 1888 || Novel
|-
|''[[:it:La freccia nera (miniserie televisiva)|La freccia nera]]'' ♠ * || 2006 || [[:it:Fabrizio Costa|Fabrizio Costa]]|| [[Italy]] ||''[[The Black Arrow: A Tale of the Two Roses]]'' || [[Robert Louis Stevenson]] || 1888 || '''Novel''' || ''[[:it:La freccia nera (sceneggiato televisivo)|La freccia nera]]'' || 1968–1969 || [[Italy]]
|-
|}

* ♠ Inspired by Stevenson, this Italian version is set in the [[County of Tyrol|Tyrol]], rather than England.
* * TV movie.

====[[Battle of Bosworth Field]]====
22 August 1485

=====Frequently filmed: ''[[Richard III (play)|Richard III]]''=====
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[Richard III (1912 film)|Richard III]]'' || 1912 || [[André Calmettes]] & [[James Keane (director)|James Keane]]|| [[France]] & USA ||''[[Richard III (play)|Richard III]]'' || [[William Shakespeare]] || 1591 || Play
|-
|''[[Richard III (1955 film)|Richard III]]'' || 1955 || [[Laurence Olivier]]|| UK ||''[[Richard III (play)|Richard III]]'' || [[William Shakespeare]] || 1591 || Play
|-
|''[[Richard III (1995 film)|Richard III]]'' ♠ || 1995 || [[Richard Loncraine]]|| UK & USA ||''[[Richard III (play)|Richard III]]'' || [[William Shakespeare]] || 1591 || Play
|-
|}
* ♠ This version is set in a Fascist Britain.

===[[Burgundian Wars]]===
1474–1477
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[Charles the Bold (film)|Charles the Bold]]'' ''[[La fin de Charles le Téméraire]]'' || 1910 || [[:fr:Georges Denola|Georges Denola]]|| [[France]] ||''[[Anne of Geierstein|Anne of Geierstein, or The Maiden of the Mist]]'' || [[Sir Walter Scott]] || 1829 || Novel
|-
|}

==16th century==
===[[Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire]]===
1519–1521
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[The Fall of Montezuma]]'' || 1912 || [[Harry McRae Webster]]|| USA ||''[[Historia verdadera de la conquista de la Nueva España]]'' (uncredited) || [[Bernal Díaz del Castillo]] ♠ (uncredited) || 1576 || Memoir
|-
|''[[Captain from Castile]]'' || 1947 || [[Henry King (director)|Henry King]]|| USA ||''[[Captain From Castile]]'' || [[Samuel Shellabarger]] || 1945 || Novel
|-
|''[[:fr:La Controverse de Valladolid (téléfilm)|La Controverse de Valladolid]]'' ♦ * || 1992 || [[:fr:Jean-Daniel Verhaeghe|Jean-Daniel Verhaeghe]]|| [[France]] ||''[[:fr:La Controverse de Valladolid|La Controverse de Valladolid]]'' || [[Jean-Claude Carrière]] || 1992 || Novel
|-
|''[[Fray Bartolomé de las Casas (film)|Fray Bartolomé de las Casas]]'' || 1993 || [[Sergio Olhovich]]|| [[Mexico]] ||''[[Bonfire at Dawn|Bonfire at Dawn: an historical tableau in four acts based on the life and passion of Fray Bartolomé de las Casas]]'' ''[[Las Casas, una hoguera en el amanecer]]'' || [[Jaime Salom]] || 1986 <ref name="LC"/> || Play
|-
|}
* ♠ Díaz appears in the film as a character, while Prescott is the eminent historian of his century in English.
* ♦ The film is about the [[Valladolid debate]] between [[Bartolomé de Las Casas]] and [[Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda]].
* * TV movie.

====[[Nueva Galicia|Conquest of New Galicia]]====
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===[[Battle of Mactan]]===
27 April 1521 (This skirmish resulted in the death of [[Ferdinand Magellan|Magellan]] before he had completed his [[Circumnavigation#Notable circumnavigations|circumnavigation of the globe]].)

===[[German Peasants' War]]===
1524–1525

====Frequently filmed: ''[[Luther (play)|Luther]]''====
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[Luther (1973 film)|Luther]]'' || 1973 || [[Guy Green (filmmaker)|Guy Green]]|| USA ||''[[Luther (play)|Luther]]'' <ref>Recipient of the [[Tony Award for Best Play|Tony Award]] in 1964.</ref><ref>Recipient of the [[New York Drama Critics' Circle#Best Play|New York Drama Critics' Circle Award]] for Best Play in 1964.</ref> || [[John Osborne]] || 1961 || Play
|-
|}

===[[Russo-Kazan Wars]]===
1467–1552

====Bulletin ... Film recently released: ''[[:ru:Иван Грозный (телесериал)|Ivan the Terrible]]'' by [[Andrei Andreyevich Eshpai|Andrei Eshpai]]====
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====[[Siege of Kazan (1552)|Fall of Kazan]]====
1552
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[:ru:Борис Годунов (фильм, 1954)|Boris Godunov]]'' ♠ || 1954 || [[Vera Stroyeva]]|| [[USSR]] ||''[[Boris Godunov (opera)|Boris Godunov]]'' || [[Modest Mussorgsky]] || 1874 || '''Libretto''' ||-||-||-
|-
|}
* ♠ A song about [[Ivan IV of Russia|Ivan the Terrible]] and the Fall of Kazan is sung by [[Boris Godunov (opera)#Roles|Varlaam]], a drunken vagabond monk, at an inn on the Lithuanian border.

===[[Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire]]===
1526–1572
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[The Royal Hunt of the Sun (film)|The Royal Hunt of the Sun]]'' || 1969 || [[Irving Lerner]]|| UK ||''[[The Royal Hunt of the Sun]]'' || [[Peter Shaffer]] || 1964 || Play
|-
|}

====[[Inca Civil War]]====
1525–1527

===[[Conquest of Chile|Spanish conquest of Chile]]===
1541–1598

====Bulletin ... film currently in production: ''Finis Terrae: La voluntad de ser'' by [[director unknown]]====
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[La Araucana (film)|La Araucana]]''|| 1971 || [[Julio Coll]]|| [[Chile]], [[Italy]], [[Spain]], [[Peru]] ||''[[La Araucana]]'' ''[[:es:La Araucana|La Araucana]]'' || [[Alonso de Ercilla]] || 1569/ 1578/ 1589 || Epic poem
|-
|}

====[[Arauco War]]====
1536–1883
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[Cautiverio Feliz (film)|Cautiverio Feliz]]'' ''[[:es:Cautiverio feliz#Teatro y cine|Cautiverio Feliz]]'' || 1998 || [[:es:Cristian Sánchez|Cristián Sánchez]]|| [[Chile]] ||''[[Cautiverio feliz]]'' ''[[:es:Cautiverio feliz|Cautiverio feliz]]'' || [[Francisco Núñez de Pineda y Bascuñán|Francisco Núñez de Pineda y Bascuñán]] || 1673/ 1863 || Memoir
|-
|}

===[[Great Italian Wars]]===
1494–1559

====[[Italian War of 1551–59]]====
1551–1559

=====[[Battle of St. Quentin (1557)|Battle of St. Quentin]]=====
1557
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[The Return of Martin Guerre]]'' || 1982 || [[Daniel Vigne]]|| [[France]] ||''[[Arrest Memorable]]'' (uncredited) || [[Jean de Coras]] (uncredited) || 1565 || Memoir
|-
|}
* ♠ Davis was a consultant on the film.

===[[Russo-Swedish War (1554–1557)|Russo-Swedish War of 1554]]===
1554–1557 (followed by the [[Livonian War]] [''q.v.''])
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[Gustav Vasa (film)|Gustav Vasa]]'' * || 1965 || [[:sv:Henrik Dyfverman|Henrik Dyfverman]]|| [[Sweden]] ||''[[Gustav Vasa (play)|Gustav Vasa]]'' || [[August Strindberg]] || 1899 || Play
|-
|''[[Kustaa Vaasa (film)|Kustaa Vaasa]]'' * || 1969 || [[:fi:Mirjam Himberg|Mirjam Himberg]]|| [[Finland]] ||''[[Gustav Vasa (play)|Gustav Vasa]]'' || [[August Strindberg]] || 1899 || Play
|-
|}
* * TV movie.

===[[Livonian War]]===
1558–1582 (coincident with the [[Northern Seven Years' War]] [''q.v.''])
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[Erik XIV (1965 film)|Erik XIV]]'' * || 1965 || [[:fi:Mirjam Himberg|Mirjam Himberg]]|| [[Finland]] ||''[[Erik XIV (play)|Erik XIV]]'' || [[August Strindberg]] || 1899 || Play
|-
|''[[Viimne reliikvia]]''|| 1969 || [[Grigori Kromanov]]|| [[USSR]] ([[Estonian SSR]]) || ''[[Furst Gabriel or Last Days of the Pirita Monastery]]'' || [[Eduard Bornhöhe]] || 1893 || Novel
|-
|''[[Kolme katku vahel (film)|Kolme katku vahel]]'' * || 1970 || [[Virve Aruoja]]|| [[USSR]] ([[Estonian SSR]]) || ''[[:et:Kolme katku vahel|Kolme katku vahel]]'' || [[Jaan Kross]] || 1970 || Novel
|-
|''[[Erik XIV (1974 film)|Erik XIV]]'' * || 1974 || [[:sv:Kurt-Olof Sundström|Kurt-Olof Sundström]]|| [[Sweden]] ||''[[Erik XIV (play)|Erik XIV]]'' || [[August Strindberg]] || 1899 || Play
|-
|}
* * TV movie.

===Takeda campaigns===
====[[Battles of Kawanakajima|Fourth Battle of Kawanakajima]]====
1561
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[Samurai Banners]]'' ''[[:ja:風林火山 (映画)|Fūrin Kazan]]'' || 1969 || [[Hiroshi Inagaki]]|| [[Japan]] || ''[[The Samurai Banner of Furin Kazan]]'' ♠ ''[[:ja:風林火山 (小説)|Fūrin Kazan]]'' 風林火山 || [[Yasushi Inoue]] || 1955 || Novel
|-
|''[[Fūrin Kazan (Taiga drama)|Fūrin Kazan]]'' *** ''[[:ja:風林火山 (NHK大河ドラマ)|Fūrin Kazan]]'' || 2007 || [[Kazuhiko Shimizu]]|| [[Japan]] || ''[[The Samurai Banner of Furin Kazan]]'' ♠ ''[[:ja:風林火山 (小説)|Fūrin Kazan]]'' 風林火山 || [[Yasushi Inoue]] || 1955 || Novel
|-
|}
* ♠ In addition, Japanese Wikipedia lists 3 radio adaptations of Inoue's novel between 1969 and 2006.
* *** TV series.

===[[French Wars of Religion]]===
1562–1598

====[[St. Bartholomew's Day massacre]]====
1572

=====Frequently filmed: ''[[La Reine Margot (novel)|La Reine Margot]]''=====
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[La Reine Margot (1994 film)|Queen Margot]]'' || 1994 || [[Patrice Chéreau]]|| [[France]] ||''[[La Reine Margot (novel)|La Reine Margot]]'' || [[Alexandre Dumas, père]] || 1845 || Novel
|-
|}

===[[Northern Seven Years' War]]===
1563–1570
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[Erik XIV (1965 film)|Erik XIV]]'' * || 1965 || [[:fi:Mirjam Himberg|Mirjam Himberg]]|| [[Finland]] ||''[[Erik XIV (play)|Erik XIV]]'' || [[August Strindberg]] || 1899 || Play
|-
|''[[Erik XIV (1974 film)|Erik XIV]]'' * || 1974 || [[:sv:Kurt-Olof Sundström|Kurt-Olof Sundström]]|| [[Sweden]] ||''[[Erik XIV (play)|Erik XIV]]'' || [[August Strindberg]] || 1899 || Play
|-
|}
* * TV movie.

===[[Sengoku period|Japanese Warring States Period]]===
1467–1600

====[[Battle of Nagashino]]====
1575
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[Kagemusha]]'' || 1980 || [[Akira Kurosawa]] || [[Japan]] || ''[[Kōyō Gunkan]]'' (uncredited) || [[Kōsaka Masanobu]] (attributed) || 1616 || Non-fiction
|-
|}

===[[Eighty Years' War]]===
1568–1648 
(The [[Dutch Revolt]] merges into the [[Thirty Years' War]].)
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[Alatriste]]''|| 2006 || [[Agustín Díaz Yanes]]|| [[Spain]] ||''[[Captain Alatriste|The Adventures of Captain Alatriste]]'' || [[Arturo Pérez-Reverte]] || 1996 || '''Novels''' ||-||-||-
|-
|}

====Occupation of the Spanish Netherlands====
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[Carnival in Flanders (film)|Carnival in Flanders]]'' <ref>According to French Wikipédia, the film is discussed by [[Tuesday Weld]] and [[Steve McQueen]] in ''Le Kid de Cincinnati'' (''[[The Cincinnati Kid]]'').</ref> ''[[:fr:La Kermesse héroïque|La Kermesse héroïque]]''|| 1935 || [[Jacques Feyder]]|| [[France]] & [[[...] Germany]] ||"[[La Kermesse héroïque]]" (?) || [[:fr:Charles Spaak|Charles Spaak]] || 1929 || Story
|-
|}

===[[Anglo–Spanish War (1585)|Anglo–Spanish War of 1585]]===
1585–1604
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[The Sea Hawk (1924 film)|The Sea Hawk]]'' ♠ || 1924 || [[Frank Lloyd]]|| USA ||''[[The Sea Hawk]]'' || [[Rafael Sabatini]] || 1915 || Novel
|-
|''[[Young Bess]]'' || 1953 || [[George Sidney]]|| USA ||''[[Young Bess]]'' || [[Margaret Irwin]] || 1944 || Novel
|-
|}
* ♠ A [[Cornishman]] joins [[Barbary Coast]] corsairs and fights the Spanish. The better-known 1940 [[Errol Flynn]] film does not follow the novel.

====[[Spanish Armada|Battle of Gravelines]]====
1588
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[Fire Over England]]'' || 1937 || [[William K. Howard]]|| UK ||''[[Fire Over England (novel)|Fire Over England]]'' || [[A. E. W. Mason]] || 1936 || Novel
|-
|}

==17th century==
===[[The Time of Troubles]]===
1598–1613

====[[Polish–Muscovite War (1605–1618)]]====
1605–1618

=====[[Polish–Muscovite War (1605–1618)#The Polish invasion (1605–1606)|Polish Invasion of 1605]]=====
1605
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[:ru:Борис Годунов (фильм, 1954)|Boris Godunov]]'' || 1954 || [[Vera Stroyeva]]|| [[USSR]] ||''[[Boris Godunov (opera)|Boris Godunov]]'' || [[Modest Mussorgsky]] || 1874 || '''Libretto''' ||-||-||-
|-
|}

=====[[Polish–Muscovite War (1605–1618)#The war resumes (1611)|Retaking of Moscow]]=====
1612
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[Minin and Pozharsky (film)|Minin and Pozharsky]]'' ''[[:ru:Минин и Пожарский (фильм)|Минин и Пожарский]]'' || 1939 || [[Vsevolod Pudovkin]] & [[Mikhail Doller]]|| [[USSR]] ||''[[Russians at the Beginning of the XVII Century]]'' ''[[Русские в начале XVII века]]'' || [[Viktor Shklovsky]] || 193? || Novel
|-
|}

===[[Thirty Years' War]]===
1618–1648
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[The Last Valley]]''|| 1971 || [[James Clavell]]|| UK & USA ||''[[The Last Valley (novel)|The Fat Valley]]'' || [[The Last Valley (novel)#About the author|J.B. Pick]] || 1959 || Novel
|-
|}

====Frequently filmed: ''[[Wallenstein (play)|Wallenstein]]''====
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[Wallenstein, 1. Teil - Wallensteins Macht]]'' || 1925 || [[:de:Rolf Randolf|Rolf Randolf]]|| [[Weimar Republic|Germany]] ||''[[Wallenstein (play)|Wallenstein]]'' Part 1 || [[Friedrich Schiller]] (uncredited)(unconfirmed) || 1799 || Play
|-
|''[[Wallenstein, 2. Teil - Wallensteins Tod]]'' || 1925 || [[:de:Rolf Randolf|Rolf Randolf]]|| [[Weimar Republic|Germany]] ||''[[Wallenstein (play)|Wallenstein]]'' Part 2 || [[Friedrich Schiller]] (uncredited)(unconfirmed) || 1799 || Play
|-
|}
* * TV movie.

====Frequently filmed: ''[[Simplicius Simplicissimus]]''====
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[Simplicius Simplicissimus (film)|Simplicius Simplicissimus]]'' *|| 1961 || [[Hans Hartleb]]|| [[West Germany]] ||''[[Simplicius Simplicissimus]]'' || [[Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen|Christoffel von Grimmelshausen]] || 1668 || Novel
|-
|''[[:de:Des Christoffel von Grimmelshausen abenteuerlicher Simplicissimus|Abenteuerlicher Simplizissimus]]'' *|| 1975 || [[Fritz Umgelter]]|| [[West Germany]] & [[France]] ||''[[Simplicius Simplicissimus]]'' || [[Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen|Christoffel von Grimmelshausen]] || 1668 || Novel
|-
|''[[Simplicius (film)|Simplicius]]'' *|| 1999 || [[:de:Thomas Grimm|Thomas Grimm]]|| [[Switzerland]] ||''[[Simplicius Simplicissimus]]'' || [[Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen|Christoffel von Grimmelshausen]] || 1668 || Novel
|-
|}
* * TV movie.

====Frequently filmed: ''[[The Betrothed (Manzoni novel)|I Promessi Sposi]]''====
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|}

====Frequently filmed: ''[[Mother Courage and Her Children]]''====
[[Bertolt Brecht|Brecht]]'s principal character was inspired by the ''Landstörtzerin Courasche'' from Grimmelshausen (see above).

<ref>Nominated for the [[Tony Award for Best Play|Tony Award]] in 1963.</ref> 
<ref>Brecht was awarded the [[Lenin Peace Prize]] in 1954.</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|}

====Siege of [[Arras]]====
1640

=====Frequently filmed: ''[[Cyrano de Bergerac (play)|Cyrano de Bergerac]]''=====
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[Cyrano de Bergerac (1950 film)|Cyrano de Bergerac]]''|| 1950 || [[Michael Gordon (film director)|Michael Gordon]]|| USA ||''[[Cyrano de Bergerac (play)|Cyrano de Bergerac]]'' <ref>Nominated for the [[Tony Award for Best Revival]] in 1985.</ref> || [[Edmond Rostand]] || 1897 || Play
|-
|''[[Cyrano de Bergerac (1990 film)|Cyrano de Bergerac]]''|| 1990 || [[Jean-Paul Rappeneau]]|| [[France]] ||''[[Cyrano de Bergerac (play)|Cyrano de Bergerac]]'' || [[Edmond Rostand]] || 1897 || Play
|-
|}

====[[Battle of Rocroi]]====
19 May 1643
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[Alatriste]]''|| 2006 || [[Agustín Díaz Yanes]]|| [[Spain]] ||''[[Captain Alatriste|The Adventures of Captain Alatriste]]'' || [[Arturo Pérez-Reverte]] || 1996 || '''Novels''' ||-||-||-
|-
|}

====Pictorials====
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! # !! Artist !! Work !! Date !! Type !! Country
|-
|[[Jacques Callot]] || ''[[Les Grandes Misères de la guerre]]'' || 1633 || [[Etching]]s || [[Lorraine (duchy)|Lorraine]]
|-
|}

===[[Siege of La Rochelle]]===
1627–1628 <ref>The final [...] war epic, ''[[Kolberg (film)|Kolberg]]'', premiered at the besieged naval base in La Rochelle in 1945.</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[Under the Red Robe]]'' || 1923 || [[Alan Crosland]]|| USA ||''[[Under the Red Robe]]'' || [[Stanley J. Weyman]] || 1894 || Novel
|-
|''[[Under the Red Robe]]'' || 1937 || [[Victor Sjöström]]|| UK & USA ||''[[Under the Red Robe]]'' || [[Stanley J. Weyman]] || 1894 || Novel
|-
|}

====Frequently filmed: ''[[The Three Musketeers]]''====
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[The Four Musketeers (film)|The Four Musketeers]]'' ♠ || 1974 || [[Richard Lester]]|| [[Spain]] & [[Panama]]||''[[The Three Musketeers]]'' || [[Alexandre Dumas, père]] || 1844 || Novel
|-
|}
* ♠ These versions of the story mention La Rochelle.

===[[Shimabara Rebellion]]===
1637–1638

====Bulletin ... film now in production: ''Silence'' by [[Martin Scorsese]]====
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[Silence (2010 film)|Silence]]'' || 2010 || [[Martin Scorsese]]|| USA? ||''[[Silence (novel)|Silence]]'' ''[[:jp:沈黙|沈黙]]'' <ref>Recipient of the [[Tanizaki Prize]] in 1966.</ref> || [[Shusaku Endo]] || 1966 || Novel
|-
|}

===[[Battle of Mbororé]]===
11 March 1641
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[The Mission (1986 film)|The Mission]]'' ♠ || 1986 || [[Roland Joffé]]|| UK || "[[1 Corinthians 13]]" '''from''' ''[[First Epistle to the Corinthians|1 Corinthians]]'' || [[Paul of Tarsus|St. Paul]] || c. 55 || Scripture/ Epistle
|-
|}
* ♠ The film, in general, depicts the Guarani War of 1756, but it also incorporates this earlier battle.<ref>Source: [[The Mission (film)#Historical basis|Historical basis for ''The Mission'']].</ref>

===[[English Civil War]]===
1642–1651 (followed by the [[Commonwealth of England|Commonwealth]], the [[The Protectorate|Protectorate]] and the [[English Restoration|Restoration]])
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[Witchfinder General (film)|Witchfinder General]]'' || 1968 || [[Michael Reeves]]|| UK ||''[[Witchfinder General (novel)|Witchfinder General]]'' || [[Ronald Bassett]] || 1966 || Novel
|-
|''[[Winstanley (film)|Winstanley]]'' || 1975 || [[Kevin Brownlow]]|| UK ||''[[Comrade Jacob]]'' || [[David Caute]] || 1962 || Novel
|-
|''[[The Devil's [...]]]'' * || 2008 || [[Marc Munden]]|| UK ||''[[Wicked Women in the 17th Century]]'' || [[Martine Brant]] || 200? || [[Thesis]] ||-||-||-
|-
|}
* * TV movie.

====[[Battle of Naseby]]====
14 June 1645

=====Frequently filmed: ''[[The Children of the New Forest]]''=====
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[Children of the New Forest (1998 film)|Children of the New Forest]]'' || 1998 || [[Andrew Morgan (director)|Andrew Morgan]]|| UK ||''[[The Children of the New Forest]]'' || [[Frederick Marryat|Captain Marryat]] || 1847 || Novel
|-
|}

====[[Third English Civil War]]====
1649–1651

=====[[Battle of Worcester]]=====
3 September 1651
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[The Royal Oak (film)|The Royal Oak]]'' || 1923 || [[Maurice Elvey]]|| UK ||''[[The Royal Oak]]'' || [[Henry Hamilton (playwright)|Henry Hamilton]] & [[Augustus Harris]] || 188? || Play
|-
|''[[The Moonraker]]'' || 1958 || [[David MacDonald (director)|David MacDonald]]|| UK ||''[[The Moonraker (play)|The Moonraker]]'' || [[Arthur Watkin|Arthur Watkyn]] || 19?? || Play
|-
|}

======Frequently filmed: ''[[The Children of the New Forest]]''======
{|style="background:silver;"
|(See above)
|-
|}

====[[English Restoration]]====
1660
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[Forever Amber (film)|Forever Amber]]'' || 1947 || [[Otto Preminger]]|| USA ||''[[Forever Amber (novel)|Forever Amber]]'' || [[Kathleen Winsor]] || 1944 || Novel
|-
|''[[The First Churchills]]'' ** || 1969 || [[David Giles (director)|David Giles]]|| UK ||''[[Marlborough: His Life and Times]]'' || [[Winston Churchill]] <ref name="NobelChurch">Churchill was awarded the [[Nobel Prize in Literature]] in 1953.</ref> || 1933–1938 || '''Biography''' ||-||-||-
|-
|''[[Restoration (film)|Restoration]]'' || 1995 || [[Michael Hoffman (American director)|Michael Hoffman]]|| USA & UK ||''[[Restoration (Tremain novel)|Restoration]]'' || [[Rose Tremain]] || 1989 || Novel
|-
|''[[Charles II: The Power and the Passion]]'' ** || 2003 || [[Joe Wright]]|| UK ||''[[King Charles II (biography)|King Charles II]]'' (uncredited) || Lady [[Antonia Fraser]] (uncredited) || 1979 || '''Biography''' ||-||-||-
|-
|''[[Stage Beauty]]'' || 2004 || Sir [[Richard Eyre]]|| UK & USA ||''[[Compleat Female Stage Beauty]]'' || [[Jeffrey Hatcher]] || 200? || Play
|-
|''[[The Libertine (2005 film)|The Libertine]]'' || 2004 || [[Laurence Dunmore]]|| UK ||''[[The Libertine (play)|The Libertine]]'' || [[Stephen Jeffreys]] || 1994 || Play
|-
|}
* ** TV miniseries.

===[[Masaniello|Masaniello's Revolt]]===
1647 <ref>Does this event have a conventional name in English? (The editor has coined "[[Masaniello]]'s Revolt".) Italian Wikipedia does not give it a name either, calling it "''la rivolta popolare animata da Masaniello e [[Giulio Genoino]] contro il regime vicereale spagnolo''". Accurate, but not helpful.</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[The Dumb Girl of Portici (film)|The Dumb Girl of Portici]]'' || 1916 || [[Lois Weber]] & [[Phillips Smalley]]|| USA ||''[[La muette de Portici]]'' ♠ || [[Germain Delavigne]] & [[Eugène Scribe]] || 1828 || '''Libretto''' ||-||-||-
|-
|}
* ♠ A silent film based on the libretto to [[Daniel Auber|Auber]]'s opera.

===[[Khmelnytsky Uprising]]===
1648–1654
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[Le procès de Shamgorod]]'' * || 1982 || [[:fr:Yves-André Hubert|Yves-André Hubert]]|| [[France]] || ''[[The Trial of God]]'' ''[[Le procès de Shamgorod tel qu'il se déroula le 25 février 1649]]'' || [[Elie Wiesel]] <ref name="NobelWies">Wiesel was awarded the [[List of Nobel Peace Prize laureates|Nobel Peace Prize]] in 1986.</ref> || 1979 || Play
|-
|''[[With Fire and Sword (film)|With Fire and Sword]]'' || 1999 || [[Jerzy Hoffman]]|| [[Poland]] ||''[[With Fire and Sword]]'' || [[Henryk Sienkiewicz]] <ref name="NobelSien"/> || 1884 || Novel
|-
|}
* * TV movie.

====Frequently filmed: ''[[Taras Bulba]]''====
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[Taras Bulba (1924 film)|Taras Bulba]]'' || 1938 || [[Vladimir Strizhevsky]] & [[Joseph N. Ermolieff]]|| [[[...] Germany]] ||''[[Taras Bulba]]'' || [[Nikolai Gogol]] || 1835 || Novel
|-
|''[[Tarass Boulba]]'' || 1936 || [[Alexis Granowsky]]|| [[France]] & UK ||''[[Taras Bulba]]'' || [[Nikolai Gogol]] || 1835 || Novel
|-
|''[[The Rebel Son]]'' || 1938 || [[Adrian Brunel]], [[Albert de Courville]], [[Alexis Granowsky]]|| UK ||''[[Taras Bulba]]'' || [[Nikolai Gogol]] || 1835 || Novel
|-
|''[[Taras Bulba (1962 film)|Taras Bulba]]'' || 1962 || [[J. Lee Thompson]]|| [[Yugoslavia]] & USA ||''[[Taras Bulba]]'' || [[Nikolai Gogol]] || 1835 || Novel
|-
|}

===[[Deluge (history)|The Deluge]]===
1655–1660
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|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[Colonel Wolodyjowski (film)|Colonel Wolodyjowski]]'' || 1969 || [[Jerzy Hoffman]]|| [[Poland]] ||''[[Fire in the Steppe]]'' || [[Henryk Sienkiewicz]] <ref name="NobelSien"/> || 1888 || Novel
|-
|''[[The Deluge (film)|The Deluge]]'' || 1974 || [[Jerzy Hoffman]]|| [[Poland]] ||''[[The Deluge (novel)|The Deluge]]'' || [[Henryk Sienkiewicz]] <ref name="NobelSien"/> || 1886 || Novel
|-
|}

===[[Ottoman wars in Europe#1657–1683 Conclusion of Wars with Habsburgs|Ottoman-Habsburg War of 1663]]===
1663–1664 ([[:de:Türkenkrieg 1663/1664|Türkenkrieg 1663–1664]])
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[Der Cornet - Die Weise von Liebe und Tod]]'' || 1955 || [[Walter Reisch]]|| [[West Germany]] ||"[[The Lay of the Love and Death of Cornet Christoph Rilke]]" "[[:de:Die Weise von Liebe und Tod des Cornets Christoph Rilke|Die Weise von Liebe und Tod des Cornets Christoph Rilke]]" || [[Rainer Maria Rilke]] || 1906 || Story
|-
|}

===[[Second Anglo-Dutch War|Second Dutch War]]===
1665–1667

====Capture of [[New Amsterdam]]====
(now New York City) 
27 August 1664
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[Peter Stuyvesant (film)|Peter Stuyvesant]]'' ♠ || 1924 || [[Frank Tuttle]]|| USA ||''[[The Dutch and English on the Hudson|Dutch and English on the Hudson: a chronicle of colonial New York]]'' || [[Maud Wilder Goodwin|Maud W. Goodwin]] || 1919 || Non-fiction
|-
|}
* ♠ Under Dutch governor [[Peter Stuyvesant|Stuyvesant]]'s harsh rule, Englishman [[George Baxter (New Amsterdam)|George Baxter]] revolts. He fails, but appeals to [[Charles II of England|King Charles]]. The smuggling of goods duty free into New England is an issue. English ships arrive in harbour. Townsfolk petition for surrender. Stuyvesant complies.<ref>Source: ''Hartley'' (q.v.), p. 78. The information on this film at the [[IMDb]] is incomplete.</ref>

===[[Third Dutch War]]===
1672–1674

====Frequently filmed: ''[[The Black Tulip]]''====
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|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[Das Fest der schwarzen Tulpe]]'' || 1920 || [[:de:Marie Luise Droop|Marie Luise Droop]] & [[Muhsin Ertuğrul]] || [[Weimar Republic|Germany]] ||''[[The Black Tulip|La Tulipe noire]]'' || [[Alexandre Dumas, père]] || 1850 || Novel
|-
|''[[The Black Tulip (1921 film)|The Black Tulip]]'' ''[[:nl:De Zwarte Tulp (film)|De Zwarte Tulp]]'' || 1921 || [[Maurits Binger]] & [[Frank Richardson (director)|Frank Richardson]] || [[Netherlands]] & UK ||''[[The Black Tulip|La Tulipe noire]]'' || [[Alexandre Dumas, père]] || 1850 || Novel
|-
|}

====[[Franco-Dutch War]]====
1672–1678

=====[[Scanian War]]=====
1675–1679
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|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[:sv:Snapphanar (film)|Snapphanar]]'' '''aka''' ''Scanian Guerrilla''|| 1941 || [[:sv:Åke Ohberg|Åke Ohberg]]|| [[Sweden]] ||''[[Snapphanar]]'' || [[:sv:Karl Ragnar Gierow|Karl Ragnar Gierow]] || 194? || Novel
|-
|}

===[[Palmares (quilombo)#From Palmares to Angola Janga|Palmares War]]===
(''Guerra dos escravos'') 
1675–1677 
1679–1695
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[:pt:Ganga Zumba (filme)|Ganga Zumba]]''|| 1963 || [[Carlos Diegues|Cacá Diegues]]|| [[Brazil]] ||''[[Ganga Zumba (book)|Ganga Zumba]]'' || [[João Felício dos Santos]] || 196? || '''Non-fiction'''? ||-||-||-
|-
|''[[:pt:Quilombo (filme)|Quilombo]]''|| 1984 || [[Carlos Diegues|Cacá Diegues]]|| [[Brazil]] & [[France]] ||''[[Ganga Zumba (book)|Ganga Zumba]]'' || [[João Felício dos Santos]] || 196? || Non-fiction?
|-
|}

===[[Monmouth Rebellion]]===
1685
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[The First Churchills]]'' * || 1969 || [[David Giles (director)|David Giles]]|| UK ||''[[Marlborough: His Life and Times]]'' || [[Winston Churchill]] <ref name="NobelChurch"/> || 1933–1938 || Biography
|-
|}
* * TV miniseries.

====Frequently filmed: ''[[Lorna Doone]]''====
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|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[Lorna Doone (1922 film)|Lorna Doone]]'' || 1922 || [[Maurice Tourneur]]|| USA ||''[[Lorna Doone|Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor]]'' || [[R.D. Blackmore]] || 1869 || Novel
|-
|''[[Lorna Doone (1934 film)|Lorna Doone]]'' || 1934 || [[Basil Dean]]|| UK ||''[[Lorna Doone|Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor]]'' || [[R.D. Blackmore]] || 1869 || Novel
|-
|''[[Lorna Doone (2001 film)|Lorna Doone]]'' || 2001 || [[Mike Barker (film director)|Mike Barker]]|| UK ||''[[Lorna Doone|Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor]]'' || [[R.D. Blackmore]] || 1869 || Novel
|-
|}

====Frequently filmed: ''[[Captain Blood (novel)|Captain Blood]]''====
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[Captain Blood (1935 film)|Captain Blood]]'' || 1935 || [[Michael Curtiz]]|| USA ||''[[Captain Blood (novel)|Captain Blood: His Odyssey]]'' || [[Rafael Sabatini]] || 1922 || Novel
|-
|}

===[[Glorious Revolution]]===
1688–1689
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[The First Churchills]]'' * || 1969 || [[David Giles (director)|David Giles]]|| UK ||''[[Marlborough: His Life and Times]]'' || [[Winston Churchill]] <ref name="NobelChurch"/> || 1933–1938 || '''Biography''' ||-||-||-
|-
|}
* * TV miniseries.

====Frequently filmed: ''[[The Man Who Laughs]]''====
The novel concerns the cruelties of [[James II of England|King James II]].
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[The Man Who Laughs (1928 film)|The Man Who Laughs]]'' || 1928 || [[Paul Leni]]|| USA ||''[[The Man Who Laughs]]'' ''[[:fr:L'Homme qui rit|L'Homme qui rit]]'' || [[Victor Hugo]] || 1869 || Novel
|-
|}

===[[Nine Years' War]]===
1688–1697
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[The First Churchills]]'' ** || 1969 || [[David Giles (director)|David Giles]]|| UK ||''[[Marlborough: His Life and Times]]'' || [[Winston Churchill]] <ref name="NobelChurch"/> || 1933–1938 || '''Biography''' ||-||-||-
|-
|''[[The King's [...]]]'' ''[[:fr:La putain du roi|La putain du roi]]''|| 1990 || [[Axel Corti]]|| UK, [[Austria]], [[France]], [[Italy]] ||''[[Jeanne de Luynes, comtesse de Verue]]'' || [[Jacques Tournier]] || 19?? || Novel
|-
|}
* ** TV miniseries.

===Piracy and privateering===
17th century
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|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[Frenchman's Creek (film)|Frenchman's Creek]]'' || 1944 || [[Mitchell Leisen]]|| USA ||''[[Frenchman's Creek (novel)|Frenchman's Creek]]'' || [[Daphne du Maurier]] || 1942 || Novel
|-
|''[[Frenchman's Creek (TV film)|Frenchman's Creek]]'' * || 1998 || [[Ferdinand Fairfax]]|| UK ||''[[Frenchman's Creek (novel)|Frenchman's Creek]]'' || [[Daphne du Maurier]] || 1942 || Novel
|-
|}
* * TV movie.

====[[Jacques l'Hermite#Professional life|Blockade of Callao]]====
May 1624
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|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[Pirates in Callao]]'' α || 2005 || [[Eduardo Schuldt]]|| [[Peru]] ||''[[:es:Piratas en el Callao (película animada)|Piratas en el Callao]]'' || [[:es:Hernán Garrido Lecca|Hernán Garrido Lecca]] || 199? || '''Children's book''' ||-||-||-
|-
|}
* α Animated film.

==18th century==
===[[Great Northern War]]===
1700–1721
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[:ru:Пётр Первый (фильм)|Peter the First, Part Two]]'' || 1938 || [[:ru:Петров, Владимир Михайлович (режиссёр)|Vladimir Petrov]]|| [[USSR]] ||''[[Peter the First]]'' <ref>The novel was awarded the [[Stalin Prize]] in 1941.</ref> || [[Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy|Alexei Tolstoy]] || 1929–1934 || Novel
|-
|''[[:pl:Hrabina Cosel (film)|Hrabina Cosel]]'' || 1968 || [[Jerzy Antczak]]|| [[Poland]] ||''[[:pl:Hrabina Cosel|Hrabina Cosel]]'' ♠ || [[Józef Ignacy Kraszewski]] || 1873 || Novel
|-
|''[[Epitaph für einen König]]'' * || 1969 || [[Fritz Umgelter]]|| [[West Germany]] ||''[[Carl XII (play)|Carl XII]]'' || [[August Strindberg]] || 1901 || Play
|-
|''[[Karl XII (1974 film)|Karl XII]]'' * || 1974 || [[:sv:Keve Hjelm|Keve Hjelm]]|| [[Sweden]] ||''[[Carl XII (play)|Carl XII]]'' || [[August Strindberg]] || 1901 || Play
|-
|''[[:de:Sachsens Glanz und Preußens Gloria|Sachsens Glanz und Preußens Gloria: Gräfin Cosel]]'' * || 1985 || [[:de:Hans-Joachim Kasprzik|Hans-Joachim Kasprzik]]|| [[East Germany]] ||''[[:pl:Hrabina Cosel|Hrabina Cosel]]'' ♠ || [[Józef Ignacy Kraszewski]] || 1873 || Novel
|-
|''[[Peter the Great (TV series)|Peter the Great]]'' * || 1986 || [[Marvin J. Chomsky]] & [[Lawrence Schiller]]|| USA ||''[[Peter the Great: His Life and World]]'' <ref>Recipient of the [[Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography|Pulitzer Prize]] in 1981.</ref> || [[Robert K. Massie]] || 1980 || Non-fiction
|-
|}
* ♠ Part 1 of the [[:de:Sachsentrilogie|Saxon Trilogy]], about [[Anna Constantia of Brockdorff|Countess Cosel]], [[Augustus II the Strong]], and [[Charles XII of Sweden]].
* * TV movie.

===[[War of the Spanish Succession]]===
1701–1714
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[The First Churchills]]'' * || 1969 || [[David Giles (director)|David Giles]]|| UK ||''[[Marlborough: His Life and Times]]'' || [[Winston Churchill]] <ref name="NobelChurch"/> || 1933–1938 || '''Biography''' ||-||-||-
|-
|}
* * TV miniseries.

===[[War of the Austrian Succession]]===
1740–1748
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[:de:Sachsens Glanz und Preußens Gloria|Sachsens Glanz und Preußens Gloria: Brühl]]'' * || 1985 || [[:de:Hans-Joachim Kasprzik|Hans-Joachim Kasprzik]]|| [[East Germany]] ||''[[Bruehl (Kraszewski novel)|Bruehl]]'' ♠ || [[Józef Ignacy Kraszewski]] || 1874 || Novel
|-
|}
* ♠ Part 2 of the [[:de:Sachsentrilogie|Saxon Trilogy]], about [[Heinrich von Brühl]], [[Frederick Augustus Rutowsky]], and [[Augustus III of Poland|Friedrich August II]].
* * TV movie.

====[[Jacobite rising|Second Jacobite Rebellion]]====
(aka The '45) 
1745–1746 
The rebellion broke out as Great Britain was heavily involved in the ''War of the Austrian Succession'', 
just as the ''Easter Rebellion'' broke out as Britain was heavily involved in ''World War I''.

=====Frequently filmed: ''[[Redgauntlet]]''=====
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|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|}

=====[[Battle of Culloden]]=====
1746
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[Culloden (film)|Culloden]]'' <ref>Recipient of the [[British Academy Television Awards|BAFTA Award]] for Specialised Programmes in 1965.</ref> * || 1964 || [[Peter Watkins]]|| UK ||''[[Culloden (book)|Culloden]]'' || [[John Prebble]] || 1962 || Non-fiction
|-
|}
* * TV movie.

=====Justice and Retribution=====
======Frequently filmed: ''[[Kidnapped (novel)|Kidnapped]]''======
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|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|}

===[[Seven Years' War]]===
1754–1763
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[Fridericus]]'' || 1937 || [[Johannes Meyer (director)|Johannes Meyer]]|| [[[...] Germany]] ||''[[Fridericus (novel)|Fridericus]]'' || [[Walter von Molo]] || 1918 || Novel
|-
|''[[Barry Lyndon]]'' || 1975 || [[Stanley Kubrick]]|| UK ||''[[The Luck of Barry Lyndon]]'' || [[William Makepeace Thackeray]] || 1844 || Novel
|-
|''[[:de:Sachsens Glanz und Preußens Gloria|Sachsens Glanz und Preußens Gloria: Brühl]]'' * || 1985 || [[:de:Hans-Joachim Kasprzik|Hans-Joachim Kasprzik]]|| [[East Germany]] ||''[[Bruehl (Kraszewski novel)|Bruehl]]'' ♠ || [[Józef Ignacy Kraszewski]] || 1874 || Novel
|-
|''[[:de:Sachsens Glanz und Preußens Gloria|Sachsens Glanz und Preußens Gloria - Aus dem siebenjährigen Krieg]]'' * || 1987 || [[:de:Hans-Joachim Kasprzik|Hans-Joachim Kasprzik]]|| [[East Germany]] ||''[[Z siedmioletniej wojny]]'' ♦ || [[Józef Ignacy Kraszewski]] || 1875 || Novel
|-
|}
* ♠ Part 2 of the [[:de:Sachsentrilogie|Saxon Trilogy]], about [[Heinrich von Brühl]], [[Frederick Augustus Rutowsky]], and [[Augustus III of Poland|Friedrich August II]].
* ♦ Part 3 of the [[:de:Sachsentrilogie|Saxon Trilogy]], about [[Heinrich von Brühl]], [[Augustus III of Poland]], and [[Frederick II of Prussia]].
* * TV movie.

====[[French and Indian War]]====

(Known in the USA as the '''French and Indian War'''. Known in Canada as the '''Seven Years' War'''.)
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[Northwest Passage (film)|Northwest Passage]]'' || 1940 || [[King Vidor]]|| USA ||''[[Northwest Passage (novel)|Northwest Passage]]'' || [[Kenneth Roberts (author)|Kenneth Roberts]] <ref name="PulitRoberts">Roberts was awarded a [[Pulitzer Prize Special Citations and Awards|Pulitzer Prize Special Citation]] in 1957 for his historical novels.</ref> || 1937 || Novel
|-
|''[[Northwest Passage (TV series)|Northwest Passage]]'' || 1958–1959 || [[Otto Lang (film producer)|Otto Lang]]|| USA ||''[[Northwest Passage (novel)|Northwest Passage]]'' || [[Kenneth Roberts (author)|Kenneth Roberts]] <ref name="PulitRoberts"/> || 1937 || Novel
|-
|}

=====Frequently filmed: ''[[The Pathfinder (novel)|The Pathfinder]]''=====
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[The Pathfinder (film)|The Pathfinder]]'' || 1952 || [[Sidney Salkow]]|| USA ||''[[The Pathfinder, or The Inland Sea|The Pathfinder]]'' || [[James Fenimore Cooper]] || 1840 || Novel
|-
|}

=====[[Battle of Fort Necessity]]=====
3 July 1754
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[George Washington (miniseries)|George Washington]]'' * || 1984 || [[Buzz Kulik]]|| USA ||''[[George Washington: The Forge of Experience]]'' || [[James Thomas Flexner]] || 1965 || Biography
|-
|}
* * TV movie.

=====[[Battle of the Monongahela]]=====
9 July 1755
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[George Washington (miniseries)|George Washington]]'' * || 1984 || [[Buzz Kulik]]|| USA ||''[[George Washington: The Forge of Experience]]'' || [[James Thomas Flexner]] || 1965 || Biography
|-
|}
* * TV movie.

=====[[Battle of Fort William Henry|Siege of Fort William Henry]]=====
3–9 August 1757

======Frequently filmed: ''[[The Last of the Mohicans]]''======
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[The Last of the Mohicans (1920 American film)|The Last of the Mohicans]]'' <ref name="NFR95">Inducted into the US [[National Film Registry]] in 1995.</ref> || 1920 || [[Clarence Brown]] & [[Maurice Tourneur]]|| USA ||''[[The Last of the Mohicans]]'' || [[James Fenimore Cooper]] || 1826 || Novel
|-
|''[[The Last of the Mohicans (serial)|The Last of the Mohicans]]'' || 1932 || [[Ford Beebe]] & [[B. Reeves Eason]]|| USA ||''[[The Last of the Mohicans]]'' || [[James Fenimore Cooper]] || 1826 || Novel
|-
|''[[The Last of the Mohicans (1936 film)|The Last of the Mohicans]]'' || 1936 || [[George B. Seitz]]|| USA ||''[[The Last of the Mohicans]]'' || [[James Fenimore Cooper]] || 1826 || Novel
|-
|''[[Der letzte Mohikaner]]'' || 1965 || [[Harald Reinl]]|| [[West Germany]], [[Italy]], [[Spain]]||''[[The Last of the Mohicans]]'' || [[James Fenimore Cooper]] || 1826 || Novel
|-
|''[[Uncas, el fin de una raza]]'' || 1965 || [[Mateo Cano]]|| [[Spain]], [[Italy]] ||''[[The Last of the Mohicans]]'' || [[James Fenimore Cooper]] || 1826 || Novel
|-
|''[[Ultimul Mohican]]'' || 1968 || [[Sergiu Nicolaescu]], [[Jean Dréville]], [[:fr:Pierre Gaspard-Huit|Pierre Gaspard-Huit]]|| [[Romania]] & [[France]]||''[[The Last of the Mohicans]]'' || [[James Fenimore Cooper]] || 1826 || Novel
|-
|''[[The Last of the Mohicans (1992 film)|The Last of the Mohicans]]'' || 1992 || [[Michael Mann (film director)|Michael Mann]]|| USA ||''[[The Last of the Mohicans]]'' || [[James Fenimore Cooper]] || 1826 || Novel
|-
|''[[The Last of the Mohicans (1971 mini-series)|The Last of the Mohicans]]'' ** || 1971 || [[David Maloney]]|| UK ||''[[The Last of the Mohicans]]'' || [[James Fenimore Cooper]] || 1826 || Novel
|-
|}
* ** TV miniseries.

=====[[Battle of Fort Duquesne]]=====
15 September 1758
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[Gateway to the West (film)|Gateway to the West]]'' ♠ || 1924 || [[Webster Campbell]]|| USA ||''[[The Conquest of New France]]'' || [[George MacKinnon Wrong|George M. Wrong]] || 1910 || Non-fiction
|-
|}
* ♠ Prime Minister [[Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne|Newcastle]] asks [[Robert Dinwiddie|Dinwiddie]] of Virginia to oust the French. Dinwiddie settles on Washington ([[Arthur Vinton]]). But the defeat of the French at [[Fort Le Boeuf]] is followed by Washington's defeat at Fort Duquesne, then his retreat to [[Broad Meadows]] and surrender.<ref>Source: ''Hartley'' (q.v.), p. 160. The information on this film at the [[IMDb]] is incomplete and incorrect.</ref>

=====[[Battle of the Plains of Abraham]]=====
13 September 1759
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[Wolfe and Montcalm (film)|Wolfe and Montcalm]]'' ♠ || 1924 || [[Kenneth S. Webb]]|| USA ||''[[The Conquest of New France]]'' || [[George MacKinnon Wrong|George M. Wrong]] || 1910 || Non-fiction
|-
|}
* ♠ ''De facto'' <ref>At the time, [[Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne|Newcastle]] was nominally in charge, but only with the understanding that Pitt would be running the war. Source: ''[[Encyclopædia Britannica]]'', Micropedia, Vol. 9, p. 478. 2007.</ref> [[William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham|William Pitt]] is determined to oust the French. [[James Wolfe|Wolfe]] ([[Arthur Hohl]]) takes the outpost at [[Beauport, Quebec City|Beauport]], then lands at the [[Anse-au-Foulon|"Faloun"]] (Wolfe's Cove). Outside Quebec, French and Indians face the British. Wolfe and [[Louis-Joseph de Montcalm|Montcalm]] perish.<ref>"The battle [shows] gruesome scenes of agony as Wolfe and Montcalm die. [...] There is a real question [...] as to the appropriateness of the [final] reel to classroom use. There is a definite and gory glorification of war. The long scenes of the death agonies of Wolfe and Montcalm seem unnecessary." (''Hartley'')</ref><ref>Source: ''Hartley'' (q.v.), p. 161. The information on this film at the [[IMDb]] is incomplete.</ref>

===[[Guarani War]]===
1756
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
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|-
|''[[The Mission (1986 film)|The Mission]]'' || 1986 || [[Roland Joffé]]|| UK || "[[1 Corinthians 13]]" '''from''' ''[[First Epistle to the Corinthians|1 Corinthians]]'' || [[Paul of Tarsus|St. Paul]] || c. 55 || '''Scripture'''/ '''Epistle''' ||-||-||-
|-
|}

===[[Pontiac's Rebellion|Pontiac's War]]===
1763–1766

====[[Siege of Fort Pitt]]====
June – August 1763
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
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|''[[Unconquered]]'' || 1947 || [[Cecil B. DeMille]]|| USA ||''[[Unconquered, a Novel of the Pontiac Conspiracy]]'' <ref>The [[IMDb]] lists ''The Judas Tree'' (1933, 360 pp.) as the title of the source novel. ''Unconquered'', the novel (1947, 440 pp.), appeared in the same year as the film. Could that be a retitled reprint? The 1948 edition of ''Unconquered'' had only 376 pages.</ref> || [[Neil H. Swanson]] || 1947 <ref name="LC">Publication details for this title have been confirmed by the catalogue of the US [[Library of Congress]]. Source: [http://catalog.loc.gov/ Library of Congress Online Catalog].</ref>¤ || Novel
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|}

====[[Black Boys|Black Boys Uprising]]====
1769
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! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
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|''[[Allegheny Uprising]]'' || 1939 || [[William A. Seiter]]|| USA ||''[[The First Rebel|The First Rebel: Being a lost chapter of our history and a true narrative of America's first uprising against English military authority]]'' || [[Neil H. Swanson]] || 1937 || Novel
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|}

===[[Anglo-Mysore Wars|Mysore Wars]]===
1766–1799 <ref>The traditional name Mysore Wars is [http://www.tigerandthistle.net/tipu321.htm still in use].</ref>

====[[Third Anglo-Mysore War|Third Mysore War]]====
1789–1792
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|''[[The Sword of Tipu Sultan]]'' * || 1990 || [[Akbar Khan]] & [[Sanjay Khan]]|| [[India]] ||''[[The Sword of Tipu Sultan]]'' || [[Bhagwan Gidwani]] || 198? || Novel
|-
|}
* * TV movie.

===[[Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774)|Russo-Turkish War of 1768]]===
1768–1774

====What if ...====
=====Frequently filmed: ''[[Baron Munchausen]]''=====
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|''[[Münchhausen (film)|Münchhausen]]'' || 1943 || [[Josef von Báky]]|| [[[...] Germany]] ||''[[The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen]]'' || [[Rudolf Erich Raspe]] ♠ || 1785 || Stories
|-
|''[[The Fabulous Baron Munchausen|Baron Prášil]]'' || 1961 || [[Karel Zeman]]|| [[Czechoslovakia]] ||''[[The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen]]'' || [[Rudolf Erich Raspe]] ♠ || 1785 || Stories
|-
|''[[The Adventures of Baron Munchausen]]'' || 1988 || [[Terry Gilliam]]|| UK & [[West Germany]] ||''[[The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen]]'' || [[Rudolf Erich Raspe]] ♠ || 1785 || Stories
|-
|}
* ♠ The Munchausen stories were published in English by [[Rudolf Erich Raspe|Raspe]], then translated back into German by [[Gottfried August Bürger|Bürger]]. The historical [[Baron Münchhausen]] († 1797), a German in Russian service at a somewhat earlier period, had been a notable teller of tall tales.

===[[Pugachev's Rebellion]]===
1774–1775

====Frequently filmed: ''[[The Captain's Daughter]]''====
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! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source work !! Author !! Date !! Type
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|''[[La figlia del capitano]]'' ''[[:it:La figlia del capitano|La figlia del capitano]]'' || 1947 || [[Mario Camerini]]|| [[Italy]] ||''[[The Captain's Daughter]]'' ''[[:ru:Капитанская дочка (повесть)|Капитанская дочка]]'' || [[Alexander Pushkin]] || 1836 || Novel
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|''[[Kapitanskaya Dochka]]'' ''[[:ru:Капитанская дочка (фильм, 1959)|Капитанская дочка]]'' || 1959 || [[:ru:Каплуновский, Владимир Павлович|Vladimir Kaplunovsky]]|| [[USSR]] ||''[[The Captain's Daughter]]'' ''[[:ru:Капитанская дочка (повесть)|Капитанская дочка]]'' || [[Alexander Pushkin]] || 1836 || Novel
|-
|''[[Russkiy Bunt]]'' ''[[:ru:Русский бунт (фильм)|Русский бунт]]'' || 1999 || [[:ru:Прошкин, Александр Анатольевич|Aleksandr Proshkin]]|| [[Russia]] ||''[[The Captain's Daughter]]'' ''[[:ru:Капитанская дочка (повесть)|Капитанская дочка]]'' || [[Alexander Pushkin]] || 1836 || Novel
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|}

''For later conflicts, see the [[List of films based on war books — 1775–1898]].''

==References==
Unless otherwise stated, the source for film information is the [[IMDb]].

===Notes===
{{Reflist}}

===Bibliography===
* Clarke, James. ''Virgin Film: War Films'', [[Virgin Books]], London, 2006.
* [[Sebastian Faulks|Faulks, Sebastian]] and Jörg Hensgen. ''[[The Vintage Book of War Stories]]'', Vintage, London, 1999.
* Hartley, William H., Ed.D. ''Selected Films for American History and Problems'', Teachers College, [[Columbia University]], New York, 1940.
* Lavington, Stephen. ''Virgin Film: Oliver Stone'', [[Virgin Books]], London, 2004.
* ''100 Greatest War Movies'', special issue of ''[[Military History Magazine]]'', Weider History Group, [[Leesburg, Virginia]], 2007.

==See also==
* [[List of films based on war books]]
* [[List of films based on war books — 1775–1898]]
* [[List of films based on war books — 1898–1926]]
* [[List of films based on war books — 1927–1945]]
* [[List of films based on war books — post-1945]]
* [[List of films based on war books — peace]]

* [[War film]]
* [[War novel]]
* [[List of war films]]
* [[List of United States military books]]
* [[Assassinations in fiction]]

* [[Middle Ages in film]]

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[[Category:Lists of films based on media|Books]]
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[[Category:War drama films|*1]]
[[Category:Classical war films|*1]]
[[Category:Films set in ancient Rome|*1]]
[[Category:Fiction set in Roman Britain]]
[[Category:Films set in the Viking Age|*1]]
[[Category:Macbeth on screen]]
[[Category:English Civil War fiction]]
[[Category:French and Indian War]]

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List of book-based war films (wars before 1775)

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List of films based on war books – pre-1775

List of films based on war books — pre-1775

List of book-based war films (1775–1898 wars)

List of films based on war books – 1898–1926

List of films based on war books – 1775–1898