Historical Fiction Movies
Kinora's catalogue lists 46 films set in a real historical period, spanning 1940–2024. Each is tagged by where and when it takes place — filter by real-world setting, era, and environment, or open any film for its full tagged world.
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- 2007
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
Urbandir. Cristian Mungiu - 2022
All Quiet on the Western Front
Ruraldir. Edward Berger - 1984
Amadeus
Urbandir. Miloš Forman - 1966
Andrei Rublev
Ruraldir. Andrei Tarkovsky - 1969
Army of Shadows
Urbandir. Jean-Pierre Melville - 2022
Babylon
Urbandir. Damien Chazelle - 1975
Barry Lyndon
Ruraldir. Stanley Kubrick - 2019
Beanpole
Urbandir. Kantemir Balagov - 1972
Cabaret
Urbandir. Bob Fosse - 1985
Come and See
Rural · Wildernessdir. Elem Klimov - 1990
Dances with Wolves
Wilderness · Ruraldir. Kevin Costner - 2017
Dunkirk
Coastal Seadir. Christopher Nolan - 1993
Farewell My Concubine
Urbandir. Chen Kaige - 1994
Forrest Gump
Rural · Urban · Coastal Seadir. Robert Zemeckis - 2000
Gladiator
Urbandir. Ridley Scott - 2013
Ida
Rural · Urbandir. Paweł Pawlikowski - 2013
Inside Llewyn Davis
Urbandir. Joel Coen - 1962
Jules and Jim
Urbandir. François Truffaut - 1997
L.A. Confidential
Urbandir. Curtis Hanson - 1962
Lawrence of Arabia
Desertdir. David Lean - 1994
Legends of the Fall
Rural · Wilderness · Mountaindir. Edward Zwick - 2021
Licorice Pizza
Suburbandir. Paul Thomas Anderson - 2003
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Coastal Seadir. Peter Weir - 1968
Memories of Underdevelopment
Urbandir. Tomás Gutiérrez Alea - 1960
Mughal-e-Azam
Urbandir. K. Asif - 2006
Pan's Labyrinth
Rural · Undergrounddir. Guillermo del Toro - 1975
Picnic at Hanging Rock
Wilderness · Ruraldir. Peter Weir - 1945
Rome, Open City
Urbandir. Roberto Rossellini - 2002
Russian Ark
Urbandir. Aleksandr Sokurov - 1954
Sansho the Bailiff
Rural · Coastal Seadir. Kenji Mizoguchi - 2015
Son of Saul
Undergrounddir. László Nemes - 1960
Spartacus
Ruraldir. Stanley Kubrick - 2006
Still Life
Urbandir. Jia Zhangke - 1957
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Wilderness · Ruraldir. David Lean - 2024
The Brutalist
Urbandir. Brady Corbet - 1971
The Conformist
Urbandir. Bernardo Bertolucci - 1978
The Deer Hunter
Urban · Wildernessdir. Michael Cimino - 2001
The Devil's Backbone
Ruraldir. Guillermo del Toro - 2018
The Favourite
Urbandir. Yorgos Lanthimos - 1974
The Godfather Part II
Urban · Ruraldir. Francis Ford Coppola - 1940
The Grapes of Wrath
Ruraldir. John Ford - 1963
The Leopard
Urban · Ruraldir. Luchino Visconti - 2006
The Lives of Others
Urbandir. Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck - 1979
The Marriage of Maria Braun
Urban · Suburbandir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder - 1998
The Thin Red Line
Wilderness · Island · Coastal Seadir. Terrence Malick - 1997
Titanic
Coastal Seadir. James Cameron
Frequently asked
How many movies are set in a real historical period?
Kinora's catalogue lists 46 films set in a real historical period, spanning 1940–2024.
What are some movies set in a real historical period?
Films set in a real historical period in our catalogue include 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007), All Quiet on the Western Front (2022), Amadeus (1984), Andrei Rublev (1966), and Army of Shadows (1969).
What is the oldest movie set in a real historical period?
The Grapes of Wrath (1940) is the earliest film set in a real historical period in our catalogue; the most recent is The Brutalist (2024).