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Theme: Historical Events in Fiction

11.22.63 (2016)

1 May 201621 March 2020

Rating: ★★★

Time Traveller Tries to Prevent the Assassination of JFK/Stephen King Adaptation

Director: Kevin Macdonald, Frederick E.O. Toye, James Strong, James Franco, …
Actors: James Franco, Sarah Gadon, George MacKay, Chris Cooper, …
Category: Fantasy

The 13th Warrior (1999)

31 August 199928 December 2018

Rating: ★★★

Vikings vs Neanderthals/Michael Crichton Adaptation

Director: John McTiernan, Michael Crichton
Actors: Antonio Banderas, Omar Sharif, Vladimir Kulich, Dennis Strohoi, …
Category: Science Fiction

300 (2007)

19 April 200725 March 2021

Rating: ★★★★

Fantasticised Historical Battle/Graphic Novel Adaptation

Director: Zack Snyder
Actors: Gerard Butler, Lena Headey, Dominic West, David Wenham, …
Category: Fantasy

300: Rise of an Empire (2014)

8 March 201425 March 2021

Rating: ★★½

Fantasticised Historical Battle

Director: Noam Murro
Actors: Sullivan Stapleton, Eva Green, Lena Headey, Hans Matheson, …
Category: Fantasy

Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter (2012)

10 July 201228 November 2019

Rating: ★

Secret History

Director: Timur Bekmambetov
Actors: Benjamin Walker, Dominic Cooper, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Anthony Mackie, …
Category: Horror

Abraham Lincoln vs. Zombies (2012)

11 March 201414 September 2019

Rating: ★★★

Secret History/The Asylum Mockbuster

Director: Richard Schenkman
Actors: Bill Oberst Jr., Baby Norman, Jason Vail, Don McGraw, …
Category: Horror

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai: Across the Eighth Dimension (1984)

7 August 19995 February 2019

Rating: ★★

Funky Inventor Hero vs Alien Invaders

Director: W.D. Richter
Actors: Peter Weller, John Lithgow, Ellen Barkin, Jeff Goldblum, …
Category: Science Fiction

Anastasia (1997)

31 March 199921 August 2019

Rating: ★★★

Animation/Amnesiac Russian Royal

Director: Don Bluth, Gary Goldman
Actors: Meg Ryan, John Cusack, Christopher Lloyd, Kelsey Grammer, …
Category: Fantasy

Apocalypto (2006)

11 February 20077 September 2019

Rating: ★★★

Mayan Culture Adventure

Director: Mel Gibson
Actors: Rudy Youngblood, Raoul Trujillo, Gerardo Tacarena, Delia Hernandez, …
Category: Fantasy

Army of Frankensteins (2014)

3 April 20166 August 2020

Rating: ★★

Frankenstein Monster Time Travels Back to the Civil War

Director: Ryan Bellgardt
Category: Horror

Asterix and Obelix: God Save Britannia (2012)

13 April 201310 December 2020

Rating: ★★★

Comic-Book Character

Director: Laurent Tirard
Actors: Gerard Depardieu, Catherine Deneuve, Edouard Baer, Guillaume Gallienne, …
Category: Fantasy

Asterix at the Olympic Games (2008)

7 March 200910 December 2020

Rating: ★★★

Comic-Book Character

Director: Frederic Forrestier, Thomas Langmann
Actors: Gerard Depardieu, Clovis Cornillac, Benoit Poelvoorde, Alain Delon, …
Category: Fantasy

Asterix in Britain (1986)

12 August 199916 November 2020

Rating: ★★½

Animation/Comic-Book Character

Director: Pino Van Lamsweerde
Actors: Jack Bearber, Bill Kearns, Gordon Heath
Category: Fantasy

Asterix: The Mansion of the Gods (2014)

5 November 201510 December 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Animation/Comic-Book Character

Director: Louis Clichy, Alexandre Astier
Category: Fantasy

Asterix vs Caesar (1985)

31 July 199923 September 2019

Rating: ★

Animation/Comic-Book Character

Director: Paul Brizzi, Gaetan Brizzi
Actors: Jack Bearber, Bill Kearns, Allen Wenger, Gordon Heath
Category: Fantasy

Back to the Future (1985)

9 May 199924 October 2019

Rating: ★★★★

Time Travel

Director: Robert Zemeckis
Actors: Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Crispin Glover, …
Category: Science Fiction

Balto (1995)

17 January 201025 October 2019

Rating: ★★★

Animation/Talking Husky Dogs

Director: Simon Wells
Actors: Miriam Margolyes, Lola Bates-Campbell, Kevin Bacon, Bridget Fonda, …
Category: Fantasy

Bedlam (1946)

11 April 20008 November 2019

Rating: ★★★★

18th Century Asylum Horrors

Director: Mark Robson
Actors: Boris Karloff, Anna Lee, Richard Fraser, Billy House, …
Category: Horror

The Bloody Judge (1970)

17 April 201019 February 2020

Rating: ★★

Historical Horror

Director: Jess Franco
Actors: Christopher Lee, Maria Rohm, Leo Genn, Margaret Lee, …
Category: Horror

The Body Snatcher (1945)

3 March 200023 February 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Grave Robbers

Director: Robert Wise
Actors: Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Henry Daniell, Russell Wade, …
Category: Horror

The Book Thief (2013)

16 May 201424 February 2020

Rating: ★★

Growing Up in Nazi Germany/Death Personified

Director: Brian Percival
Actors: Sophie Nélisse, Geoffrey Rush, Emily Watson, Ben Schnetzer, …
Category: Fantasy

Chariots of the Gods (1970)

14 March 201313 August 2020

Rating: ★★

Ancient Astronauts/Erich von Daniken Documentary

Director: Dr. Harald Reinl
Category: Science Fiction

Corridors of Blood (1958)

18 October 200414 March 2020

Rating: ★★★

19th Century Medical Experiments

Director: Robert Day
Actors: Boris Karloff, Christopher Lee, Francis de Wolff, Betta St John, …
Category: Horror

The Curse of King Tut’s Tomb (2006)

1 September 20071 June 2020

Rating: ★

Egyptian Archaeology Adventure

Director: Russell Mulcahy
Actors: Casper Van Dien, Jonathan Hyde, Leonor Varela, Malcolm McDowell, …
Category: Fantasy

The Da Vinci Code (2006)

21 June 200628 February 2021

Rating: ★★

Secret History of Christianity/Historical Conspiracy

Director: Ron Howard
Actors: Tom Hanks, Audrey Tautou, Ian McKellen, Jean Reno, …
Category: Fantasy

The Deceivers (1988)

7 June 20016 July 2020

Rating: ★★

Indian Thuggee Cults

Director: Nicholas Meyer
Actors: Pierce Brosnan, Saeed Jaffrey, Shashi Kapoor, David Robb
Category: Horror

The Devils (1971)

9 May 20017 March 2021

Rating: ★★★★

Historical Witch Persecution

Director: Ken Russell
Actors: Oliver Reed, Vanessa Redgrave, Gemma Jones, Dudley Sutton, …
Category: Horror

The Devil’s Backbone (2001)

30 November 200128 July 2020

Rating: ★★★

Spanish Civil War Ghost Story

Director: Guillermo Del Toro
Actors: Eduardo Noriega, Federico Luppi, Marisa Paredes
Category: Horror

The Final Countdown (1980)

29 August 201030 August 2018

Rating: ★★

Aircraft Carrier Time-Travels Back to Pearl Harbor

Director: Don Taylor
Actors: Kirk Douglas, Martin Sheen, James Farentino, Charles Durning, …
Category: Science Fiction

Free Birds (2013)

1 November 20139 November 2019

Rating: ★★

Animation/Time-Travelling Talking Turkeys

Director: Jimmy Hayward
Actors: Owen Wilson, Woody Harrelson, Amy Poehler, George Takei, …
Category: Fantasy

Hot Tub Time Machine 2 (2015)

22 February 201530 August 2018

Rating: ★

Time Travel Comedy

Director: Steve Pink
Actors: Rob Corddry, Craig Robinson, Clark Duke, Adam Scott, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)

10 September 20018 December 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Black Comedy/Divine Intervention

Director: Coen Brothers, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Actors: Tim Robbins, Paul Newman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Charles Durning, …
Category: Fantasy

Hugo (2011)

15 December 201110 June 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Children’s Film/Georges Melies Tribute

Director: Martin Scorsese
Actors: Ben Kingsley, Sacha Baron Cohen, Asa Butterfield, Chloe Grace Moretz, …
Category: Fantasy

Immoral Tales (1974)

1 June 20043 April 2019

Rating: ★★★★

Erotic Anthology/Countess Bathory Story

Director: Walerian Borowczyk
Actors: Paloma Picasso, Charlotte Alexandra, Fabrice Luchini, Lise Danvers, …
Category: Horror

The Journals of Knud Rasmussen (2006)

31 December 200625 September 2019

Rating: ★★★½

Inuit Culture and First Meeting with Europeans

Director: Norman Cohn, Zacharias Kunuk
Actors: Pakak Innukshuk, Leah Angutimarik, Natar Ungalaaq, Kim Bodina, …
Category: Fantasy

The King and I (1999)

31 December 199915 February 2020

Rating: ★

Animation

Director: Richard Rich
Actors: Miranda Richardson, Martin Vidnovic, Ian Richardson, Darrell Hammond, …
Category: Fantasy

Labyrinth (2012)

20 January 201415 January 2021

Rating: ★★

Cross-Historical Search for the Holy Grail

Director: Christopher Smith
Actors: Vanessa Kirby, Jessica Brown-Findlay, Katie McGrath, John Hurt, …
Category: Fantasy

Lady of Csejte (2015)

22 November 20173 April 2019

Rating: ★★

Countess Bathory Film

Director: Andrei Konst
Actors: Isabelle Allen, Svetlana Khodchenkova, Lucas Bond, Claudiu Trandafir, …
Category: Horror

The Last Legion (2007)

31 December 200820 June 2020

Rating: ★★½

Historical Adventure/Arthurian Origins

Director: Doug Lefler
Actors: Colin Firth, Ben Kingsley, Aishwarya Rai, Thomas Sangster, …
Category: Fantasy

Lunopolis (2009)

7 June 201230 August 2018

Rating: ★★½

Found Footage/Grand Conspiracy Mashup

Director: Matthew J. Avant
Actors: Matthew J. Avant, Hal Maynor IV, Dave Potter, Ray Blum, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Man From Earth (2007)

19 September 201025 July 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Immortal Man

Director: Richard Schenkman
Actors: David Lee Smith, Tony Todd, Richard Riehle, John Billingsley, …
Category: Science Fiction

Men in Black 3 (2012)

24 May 201230 August 2020

Rating: ★★

Alien Coverup Conspiracy Agency

Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
Actors: Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones, Josh Brolin, Jemaine Clement, …
Category: Science Fiction

Midnight’s Children (2012)

6 December 20123 August 2019

Rating: ★★★½

Modern History of India/Children With Superpowers

Director: Deepa Mehta
Actors: Satya Babha, Shahana Goswami, Rajat Kapoor, Ronit Roy, …
Category: Fantasy

Operation Avalanche (2016)

23 October 201630 August 2018

Rating: ★★★½

The Faking of the Moon Landing/Found Footage

Director: Matt Johnson
Actors: Matt Johnson, Owen Williams, Josh Boles, Jared Raab, …
Category: Science Fiction

Phoenix Forgotten (2017)

5 August 20172 December 2020

Rating: ★★

UFOs/Found Footage

Director: Justin Barber
Actors: Florence Hartigan, Luke Spencer Roberts, Chelsea Lopez, Justin Matthews, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Phoenix Incident (2015)

5 August 201730 August 2018

Rating: ★★

UFOs/Found Footage

Director: Keith Arem
Actors: Yuri Lowenthal, Travis Willingham, Troy Baker, Liam O'Brien, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Pit and the Pendulum (1991)

5 September 20129 August 2020

Rating: ★★

Edgar Allan Poe Adaptation/Inquisition Horrors

Director: Stuart Gordon
Actors: Lance Henriksen, Rona De Ricci, Jonathan Fuller, Frances Bay, …
Category: Horror

Pocahontas (1995)

8 November 200119 December 2020

Rating: ★★

Disney Animation/Historical Meeting Between English & Native Americans

Director: Mike Gabriel, Eric Goldberg
Actors: Irene Bedard, Mel Gibson, David Ogden Stiers, Linda Hunt, …
Category: Fantasy

Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World (1998)

31 December 199815 October 2019

Rating: ★★★

Disney Animation/Pocahontas Goes to England

Director: Tom Ellery, Bradley Raymond
Actors: Irene Bedard, Billy Zane, David Ogden Stiers, Donal Gibson, …
Category: Fantasy

Princess of the Sun (2007)

31 December 20075 April 2021

Rating: ★★★½

Ancient Egypt Adventure/Animation

Director: Philippe Leclerc
Category: Fantasy

Rasputin The Mad Monk (1966)

21 April 200819 June 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Hammer Historical Horror Film

Director: Don Sharp
Actors: Christopher Lee, Barbara Shelley, Richard Pasco, Francis Matthews, …
Category: Horror

Red Riding (2009)

31 January 201710 April 2019

Rating: ★★½

Hunt for a Serial Killer

Director: Julian Jarrold, James Marsh, Anand Tucker
Actors: Andrew Garfield, Rebecca Hall, John Henshaw, Eddie Marsan, …
Category: Horror

River Queen (2005)

25 February 200612 March 2019

Rating: ★★

Maori Wars Historical Epic/Precognitive Dream

Director: Vincent Ward
Actors: Samantha Morton, Kiefer Sutherland, Cliff Curtis, Temuera Morrison, …
Category: Fantasy

Russian Ark (2002)

9 October 200312 November 2019

Rating: ★★★★

Walk Through Russian History/Temporal Disjunctions

Director: Alexander Sokurov
Actors: Sergei Dreiden
Category: Fantasy

The Story of Mankind (1957)

18 February 201030 August 2018

Rating: ★

Heavenly Tribunal Judges Human History

Director: Irwin Allen
Actors: Ronald Colman, Vincent Price, Groucho Marx, Cedric Hardwicke, …
Category: Fantasy

Summer of Sam (1999)

12 July 199930 March 2021

Rating: ★★½

True Life Serial Killer/Urban Paranoia

Director: Spike Lee
Actors: John Leguizamo, Adrien Brody, Mira Sorvino, Jennifer Esposito, …
Category: Horror

The Time Travelers (1976)

18 February 201030 August 2018

Rating: ★★

Time Travel

Director: Alexander Singer
Actors: Richard Basehart, Tom Hallick, Sam Groom, Francine York, …
Category: Science Fiction

Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)

30 June 201126 June 2019

Rating: ★★

Live-Action Transformer Robots

Director: Michael Bay
Actors: Shia LaBeouf, Rosie Huntingdon-Whiteley, John Turturro, Patrick Dempsey, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Twelve Tasks of Asterix (1976)

13 January 201310 December 2020

Rating: ★★

Animation/Comic-Book Character

Director: René Goscinny, Henri Gruel, Albert Uderzo', Pierre Watrin
Category: Fantasy

Under the Rainbow (1981)

15 October 201330 August 2018

Rating: 0­

Comedy During the Making of The Wizard of Oz

Director: Steve Rash
Actors: Chevy Chase, Carrie Fisher, Billy Barty, Cork Hubbert, …
Category: Fantasy

The Water Diviner (2014)

22 May 201530 August 2018

Rating: ★★½

Post-World War I Drama/Magical Realism

Director: Russell Crowe
Actors: Russell Crowe, Olga Kurylenko, Yilmaz Erdogan, Dylan Georgiades, …
Category: Fantasy

Wraiths of Roanoke (2007)

25 April 201317 November 2020

Rating: ★★

Unsolved Mystery/ Malevolent Phantoms

Director: Matt Codd
Actors: Adrian Paul, Rhett Giles, Alex McArthur, George Calil
Category: Horror

X: First Class (2011)

5 June 201120 November 2020

Rating: ★★★

Comic-Book Superheroes/Origin Prequel

Director: Matthew Vaughn
Actors: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Kevin Bacon, Rose Byrne, …
Category: Science Fiction

X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)

29 April 20097 December 2019

Rating: ★★

Comic-Book Superhero

Director: Gavin Hood
Actors: Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber, Danny Huston, Lynn Collins, …
Category: Science Fiction

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  • Real-Life People in Fiction
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  • Asylums
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  • Romantic Comedies
  • Film Noir
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