The 13th Warrior (1999)
Rating: ★★★
Vikings vs Neanderthals/Michael Crichton Adaptation
Anastasia (1997)
Rating: ★★★
Animation/Amnesiac Russian Royal
Apocalypto (2006)
Rating: ★★★
Mayan Culture Adventure
Bathory (2008)
Rating: ★★★
Historical Countess Bathory Story
The Beguiled (2017)
Rating: ★★½
Southern Gothic
The Bloody Judge (1970)
Rating: ★★
Historical Horror
The Book Thief (2013)
Rating: ★★
Growing Up in Nazi Germany/Death Personified
Burke & Hare (1972)
Rating: ★★
19th Century Grave Robbers
Corridors of Blood (1958)
Rating: ★★★
19th Century Medical Experiments
The Countess (2009)
Rating: ★★★
Historical Countess Bathory Story
De Sade (1969)
Rating: ★★
Marquis de Sade Biopic
The Deceivers (1988)
Rating: ★★
Indian Thuggee Cults
The Devils (1971)
Rating: ★★★★
Historical Witch Persecution
Fellini’s Casanova (1976)
Rating: ★★★★
Fantasticised Historical Biography
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
Rating: ★★★★★
Deformity/Historical Romance
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (1956)
Rating: ★★★
Deformity/Historical Romance
The Journals of Knud Rasmussen (2006)
Rating: ★★★½
Inuit Culture and First Meeting with Europeans
The King and I (1999)
Rating: ★
Animation
King Arthur (2004)
Rating: ★★
Arthurian Legends
Labyrinth (2012)
Rating: ★★
Cross-Historical Search for the Holy Grail
Lady of Csejte (2015)
Rating: ★★
Countess Bathory Film
The Last Legion (2007)
Rating: ★★½
Historical Adventure/Arthurian Origins
Marquis de Sade (1996)
Rating: ★★
Marquis De Sade Biopic
Matthew Hopkins – Witchfinder General (1968)
Rating: ★★★½
Historical Witch Persecutions
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999)
Rating: ★★
Historical Epic
The Miracle (1959)
Rating: 0
Statue of the Virgin Mary Comes to Life/Catholic Historical Romance
The Monk (2011)
Rating: ★★
Monk’s Temptation by the Devil
The Most Assassinated Woman in the World (2018)
Rating: ★★
Real-Life Grand Guignol Theatre
The Northman (2022)
Rating: ★★★★
Viking Film
Nostradamus (1994)
Rating: ★★
Historical Biopic of a Clairvoyant
Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World (1998)
Rating: ★★★
Disney Animation/Pocahontas Goes to England
Princess of the Sun (2007)
Rating: ★★★½
Ancient Egypt Adventure/Animation
Quills (2000)
Rating: ★★★
The Marquis de Sade Story
Rasputin The Mad Monk (1966)
Rating: ★★★★
Hammer Historical Horror Film
River Queen (2005)
Rating: ★★
Maori Wars Historical Epic/Precognitive Dream
Russian Ark (2002)
Rating: ★★★★
Walk Through Russian History/Temporal Disjunctions
Tower of London (1962)
Rating: ★★★
Richard III Historical Horror
Tristan + Isolde (2006)
Rating: ★★★
Historical Romance
Vlad the Impaler (1979)
Rating: ★★
The Historical Dracula
Vlad the Impaler (2000)
Rating: ★★
The Historical Dracula
The Water Diviner (2014)
Rating: ★★½
Post-World War I Drama/Magical Realism
Waxworks (1924)
Rating: ★★★★
Historical Anthology/German Expressionism
The Weight of Water (2000)
Rating: ★★
Historical Murder Mystery
The Witch: A New-England Folktale (2015)
Rating: ★★★★
Puritan Era Fear of Witches