Historical Films and TV Series in Chronological Order
On this page you'll find films and television series arranged solely by the historical year in which their plots are set.
To establish this order, I use the Gregorian calendar as the chronological axis, dividing dates into BC (before Christ) and AD (after Christ). This way, all productions share a single numerical timeline, from the most remote prehistory to recent history.
Included are both feature films and series (miniseries, period dramas, historical fiction or any serialized format). I do not judge their budget, artistic quality, or fidelity to actual events. A production may be an impeccable document or take dramatic liberties; what matters here is the temporal context its creators chose to develop the story.
(Note: the abbreviation c. before a year means circa, that is, approximately. In some cases the production does not indicate an exact date, so I place it based on the historical events it narrates, the characters that appear or the context it represents. That is why you will see entries such as c. 1300 BC or c. 1050 BC, which should be understood as an approximation within a reasonable margin).
That said, all that's left is to browse and discover fictions ordered by year. Enjoy the journey!
A final note: keeping everything on a single page eventually became unwieldy, so from the 19th century onward the journey continues on this page, where the timeline carries on without losing its thread
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65,000,000 BC – Dinosaur (2000)
Aladar, an Iguanodon raised by a clan of lemurs, must lead a herd of dinosaurs on a desperate migration to survive after the devastating meteor shower that destroys their home.
65,000,000 BC – 65 (2023)
After a crash, the alien pilot Mills discovers he is stranded on prehistoric Earth, where he must survive alongside a young girl against dinosaurs and the impending catastrophe that will wipe them out.
1,000,000 BC – One Million Years B.C. (1966)
A man from a primitive tribe is exiled and must survive in a hostile world populated by dinosaurs and rival tribes, in a classic prehistoric adventure tale.
80,000 BC – Quest for Fire (1981)
In the Paleolithic, three members of a hominid tribe embark on a dangerous journey to find a new source of fire and save their community.
43,000 BC – Out of Darkness (2022)
A group of Upper Paleolithic humans struggle to survive in a hostile landscape, confronting Neanderthals and an unknown threat that stalks them in the dark.
c. 40,000–35,000 BC – The Clan of the Cave Bear (1986)
A young Cro-Magnon woman is adopted and raised by a clan of Neanderthals after being orphaned, in a story about survival and the clash between two human species.
28,000 BC – Ao: The Last Neanderthal (2010)
A young Neanderthal, the last of his kind, sets out on a journey across Asia and Europe in search of other humans like him, as Cro-Magnons expand across the continent.
20,000 BC – Alpha (2018)
In the Last Ice Age, a young man wounded on a hunt is left for dead and must survive on his own, forging an unexpected friendship with an injured wolf that will change the future of humanity.
3300 BC – Iceman (2017)
The fictional story of Ötzi, the Iceman, a Neolithic hunter whose mummy was found in the Alps in 1991, and who lived and died in the Copper Age.
10,000 BC – 10,000 BC (2008)
D'Leh, a young mammoth hunter from the Yagahl tribe, sets out to rescue his beloved Evolet, who has been captured by slave-riding horsemen, venturing into a world of prophecies, prehistoric beasts, and primitive civilizations.
2,900 BC – Land of the Pharaohs (1955)
Pharaoh Khufu, obsessed with amassing wealth for his afterlife, commissions the architect Vashtar to build an impregnable pyramid in exchange for the freedom of his enslaved people.
c. 1900 BC – Sodom and Gomorrah (1962)
Lot and his Hebrew tribe arrive in the twin cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, where vice reigns, shortly before both are destroyed by divine fire.
c. 1352–1330 BC – The Egyptian (1954)
Sinuhe, an orphan abandoned in the Nile and raised by a physician, becomes Pharaoh Akhenaten's personal surgeon. His friendship with General Horemheb and his love for the courtesan Nefer draw him into the political and religious intrigues that threaten to divide Egypt during the Amarna revolution.
1332–1323 BC – Tut (2015)
The young Pharaoh Tutankhamun ascends the throne as a child and must confront the conspiracies of his vizier Ay, his general Horemheb and the high priest Amon, who vie for power in an Egypt divided by Akhenaten's heresy.
c. 1300 BC - The Ten Commandments (1953)
The life of Moses, from being discovered as an infant in the bulrushes by the Pharaoh's daughter to his ultimate destiny of leading the enslaved Hebrews out of Egypt to freedom.
c. 1300 BC - The Prince of Egypt (1998)
An adaptation of the Book of Exodus that follows the life of Moses, from his time as a prince of Egypt to his destiny as the prophet chosen by God to lead the Hebrews out of slavery.
c. 1300 BC - Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014)
A modern reinterpretation of the story of Moses and his struggle to free his people from the Pharaoh.
c. 1200–1180 BC - The Odyssey (1997)
Odysseus's return to Ithaca after the Trojan War, facing creatures, gods, and legendary challenges.
c. 1200–1180 BC – The Odyssey (2026)
King Odysseus undertakes a perilous journey back to Ithaca after the Trojan War, confronting mythological creatures and the wrath of the gods while his wife Penelope and son Telemachus hold the kingdom together.
1193 BC - Troy (2004)
A tale of romance, betrayal, and power set in ancient Greece, where the forbidden love between Paris, Prince of Troy, and Helen, Queen of Sparta, ignites a devastating war that will consume a civilization.
1100 BC – Helen of Troy (1956)
Prince Paris of Troy is shipwrecked in Sparta and falls in love with Helen, the wife of King Menelaus. Their elopement sparks the war between Greece and Troy, pitting heroes such as Achilles, Agamemnon and Ulysses against each other during the siege of the city.
c. 1100 BC – Pharaoh (1966)
The young Ramses XIII ascends the throne of an impoverished Egypt threatened by the Assyrians. His attempt to limit the power of the priestly caste, which controls the country's wealth, sparks a political and spiritual struggle that will define his reign.
c. 1050 BC – Creation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms (2023)
King Yin Shou of the Shang dynasty, manipulated by the fox spirit Daji, becomes a tyrant who brings down the wrath of heaven. The immortal Jiang Ziya descends from Mount Kunlun with the List of the Gods to find the chosen one who will save the world, while the young Ji Fa discovers Yin Shou's true nature and decides to rebel.
c. 1046 BC – Creation of the Gods II: Demonic Force (2025)
The Shang dynasty's army, led by Taishi Wen Zhong, marches against the city of Xiqi. Ji Fa and Jiang Ziya, aided by the immortals of Kunlun, organize the defense of their homeland in a battle that pits humans, immortals and demons against each other.
c. 1000 BC – The House of David (2025– )
In ancient Israel, the young shepherd David is anointed by the prophet Samuel as the future king, and his rise leads him to confront the giant Goliath and the fall of King Saul.
753 BC – The First King (2019)
Two shepherd brothers, Romulus and Remus, embark on a journey that will lead one of them to become the founder of the greatest empire the world has ever seen, but only one can rule.
8th century BC – Romulus (2020)
An epic tale of the genesis of Rome, told through the story of Romulus and his twin brother Remus in the 8th century B.C., seen through the eyes of three people marked by death, loneliness, and violence.
480 BC – The 300 Spartans (1962)
The essentially true story of how Spartan King Leonidas led an extremely small army of 300 of his personal bodyguards to hold off an invading Persian army more than twenty times its size at the narrow pass of Thermopylae.
480 BC – 300 (2006)
In the ancient Battle of Thermopylae, King Leonidas and 300 Spartans fight against Xerxes and his massive Persian army, facing insurmountable odds.
490–480 BC – 300: Rise of an Empire (2014)
Greek general Themistocles of Athens attempts to unite all of Greece by leading a naval charge against the massive invading Persian forces led by the mortal-turned-god Xerxes and Artemisia, the vengeful commander of the Persian navy.
370 BC – Battle of Witz (2006)
In China during the Warring States period, the state of Zhao sends an army of 100,000 men to attack the small state of Liang. A wandering strategist arrives in the besieged city and offers his services to defend it, using unconventional tactics against a vastly superior enemy.
336–323 BC – Alexander the Great (1956)
The biography of the 4th-century B.C. Macedonian warrior-king Alexander the Great, chronicling his military conquests and his complex relationships with his mother, his wife, and his closest friend.
346–323 BC – Alexander (2004)
The story of Alexander the Great, the Greek hero and world-conqueror, a man torn between his teacher Aristotle, his warrior father, and his own boundless ambition.
280 BC – The Colossus of Rhodes (1961)
On the island of Rhodes, which has just erected the gigantic statue of Helios, the Greek military hero Dario returns to visit his uncle and becomes embroiled in two conspiracies to overthrow the tyrannical King Xerxes: one led by the Rhodian patriots and another by the Phoenicians. Amid the intrigues, he falls in love with Diala, the sculptor’s daughter.
227 BC – Little Big Soldier (2010)
During China's Warring States Period, a veteran Liang soldier who has survived decades of war by playing dead captures a wounded Wei general and attempts to claim his reward, only to find himself on a journey that changes both their lives.
c. 274–232 BC – Asoka (2001)
Tells the life of Emperor Ashoka of the Maurya dynasty: from his youth as a warrior prince in Magadha, beset by his brothers' betrayals, to his brutal conquest of the kingdom of Kalinga. After witnessing the devastation and death he has caused, he renounces violence and embraces Buddhism, dedicating the rest of his life to spreading the faith across India.
245 BC – Kingdom (2019)
War orphan Shin dreams of becoming a great general. His fate changes when he meets the young King Ying Zheng of Qin, whom he helps restore to the throne amid the Warring States period.
245–244 BC – Kingdom 2: Far and Away (2022)
After regaining the throne, Shin receives his first major mission: to defend Qin's frontier from the Wei state's army in the bloody battle of the Dakan Plain.
244 BC – Kingdom 3: Flame of Destiny (2023)
The neighboring state of Zhao launches a sudden attack on Qin. Shin and his companions must face a powerful enemy as the legendary general Wang Qi returns to the battlefield.
244–243 BC – Kingdom 4: Return of the Great General (2024)
The war against Zhao continues. As Qin struggles for unification, General Wang Qi assumes supreme command in a decisive battle that will determine the fate of both kingdoms.
241 BC – Kingdom 5: The Battle of the Soul (2026)
A coalition of the six remaining states marches against Qin. Shin and the Qin army must defend Hangu Pass in the largest battle the series has shown to date.
150–139 BC – Hispania: The Legend (2010–2012)
Viriato, a humble Lusitanian shepherd, has his life destroyed by the arrival of Roman troops under the praetor Galba. After his village is massacred, he vows vengeance and leads a band of Hispanian rebels in a guerrilla war against Rome for the freedom of Hispania.
82–44 BC – Julius Caesar (2002)
The miniseries follows the life of Julius Caesar, from his youth fleeing Sulla's proscriptions, through his campaigns in Gaul and Egypt, to his rise as Rome's supreme dictator.
73–71 BC – Spartacus (1960)
A classic of historical cinema depicting the rebellion of the Thracian slave Spartacus against the Roman Republic, known as the Third Servile War.
73–71 BC – Spartacus (2010–2013)
Series that chronicles Spartacus's life from slavery to the uprising that challenged Rome, showing the brutality of the Roman system and the struggle for freedom.
60–52 B.C. – Druids (2001)
After witnessing his father's betrayal and execution by the Romans in 60 B.C., the young Gallic chieftain Vercingetorix is raised by druids and resolves to unite the Gallic tribes against Julius Caesar's invading legions, leading them to a final stand at the Battle of Alesia in 52 B.C.
50 BC – Asterix and Obelix (various films)
The year is 50 BC. Gaul is entirely occupied by the Romans. Well, not entirely... One small village of indomitable Gauls still holds out against the invaders. And life is not easy for the Roman legionaries who garrison the fortified camps of Totorum, Aquarium, Laudanum and Compendium...
50 BC–54 AD – I, Claudius (1976)
The story of the Roman Empire narrated by Emperor Claudius, from the civil wars of 50 BC to his death in 54 AD, covering the reigns of Augustus, Tiberius and Caligula.
44 BC – Julius Caesar (1956)
Account focused on Julius Caesar's final days, the conspiracies in the Senate and his assassination, showing the collapse of the Roman Republic.
42–30 BC – Cleopatra (1963)
The life of Cleopatra VII, her relationships with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony, and the final conflict that led to Rome's absolute dominance under Octavian.
31 BC – Just Before Christ (2019)
Spanish parody set in a Roman military camp in Thrace; the story unfolds during the civil war between Octavian and Mark Antony in the months leading up to the Battle of Actium (31 BC).
52–27 BC – Rome (2005–2007)
HBO series that portrays the end of the Roman Republic, from Julius Caesar's rise to the ascendancy of Octavian and Mark Antony, blending politics, war and personal intrigues.
44 BC – 19 AD – Domina (2021–2023)
After Julius Caesar's assassination, Livia Drusilla must navigate Rome's civil wars and political intrigues to avenge her father and secure her children's future, becoming Emperor Augustus's most influential wife and adviser.
c. 4 BC–1 AD – The Nativity Story (2006)
Film that tells the story of Mary and Joseph, the birth of Jesus and the Massacre of the Innocents ordered by King Herod the Great.
1–33 AD – King of Kings (1961)
Classic adaptation of the life of Jesus, from his birth to the crucifixion, set within the political and religious context of the Roman Empire.
30–33 AD – The Passion of the Christ (2004)
Account focused on Jesus's final hours, from his arrest to his crucifixion, presented with an intense, realistic approach.
33 AD – Barabbas (1961)
Fictional story that follows Barabbas's life after being released in place of Jesus, exploring the consequences of the crucifixion.
26–33 AD – Ben-Hur (1959)
The story of Judah Ben-Hur, a Jewish prince betrayed and condemned to slavery, whose life intersects with Jesus's during Roman rule in Judea.
26–33 AD – Ben-Hur (2016)
New adaptation of Judah Ben-Hur's story, set in the same period as Jesus's ministry and crucifixion.
26 AD– … – The Chosen (2017– )
Series that depicts the life and ministry of Jesus of Nazareth from the perspective of those around him, in Roman-ruled Judea.
33 AD – Risen (2016)
Film that recounts the events following the crucifixion from the viewpoint of a Roman tribune charged with investigating the disappearance of the body.
33–38 AD – The Robe (1953)
Roman tribune Marcellus Gallio is sent to Judea, where he supervises Jesus's crucifixion. After winning his robe at auction, he is tormented by guilt and embarks on a journey that leads him to embrace Christianity.
37–41 AD – Caligula (1979)
The rise and fall of the Roman emperor Caligula, whose brief but extravagant reign was marked by excess, cruelty and sexual scandal.
39–41 AD – Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954)
Sequel to The Robe. In Caligula's Rome, the Christian slave Demetrius is sent to fight in the gladiatorial arena while the emperor seeks Jesus's robe for its supposed magical powers.
43–61 AD – Britannia (2018–2021)
Series set during the Roman invasion of Britain under Emperor Claudius, depicting the clash between the Roman legions and the Celtic tribes, and mixing history, politics and mystical elements.
48 BC – Dragon Blade (2015)
Huo An, commander of the Silk Road Protectorate, is betrayed and sentenced to hard labor. His fate crosses with the Roman general Lucio, who flees to China after rescuing a prince. Together they must join forces to stop the corrupt consul Tiberio, who threatens to seize control of the Silk Road.
AD 64 – Quo Vadis (1951)
Set during the reign of Nero, it depicts the persecution of Christians after the Great Fire of Rome and the clash between imperial power and the Christian faith.
72–73 AD – Masada (1981)
In the first century A.D., following the destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem, nearly a thousand Jewish Zealots take refuge in the mountain fortress of Masada, where they hold out against the Roman Tenth Legion led by Flavius Silva, a siege that ends in mass suicide when defeat becomes imminent.
AD 79 – Pompeii (2014)
Milo, a slave turned gladiator, fights to save his beloved Cassia and his best friend when Mount Vesuvius erupts over Pompeii.
AD 79–81 – Those About to Die (2024)
Series set during the reigns of Vespasian and Titus, focused on the world of Roman spectacles, chariot races and gladiators in the early days of the Colosseum.
AD 117 – Centurion (2010)
The Roman soldier Quintus Dias, the sole survivor of a Pict attack, joins the legendary Ninth Legion to venture into enemy territory and rescue his general, in the context of the Roman invasion of Britain.
AD 140 – The Eagle (2011)
The Roman centurion Marco Aquila travels to the north of Britain to recover the Ninth Legion's golden eagle, which vanished twenty years earlier under his father's command, thereby restoring his family's honor.
AD 180–192 – The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964)
Emperor Marco Aurelio names his general Livio as successor over his son Cómodo, triggering a succession crisis that will mark the start of Rome's decline.
AD 180 – Gladiator (2000)
The story of the Roman general Máximo Décimo Meridio, betrayed by Lucio Aurelio Cómodo after the death of Emperor Marco Aurelio and forced to fight as a gladiator.
c. AD 200 – Gladiator II (2024)
Sequel set several decades after the first film, exploring a new phase of the Roman Empire and the Colosseum's legacy in a period of imperial decay.
190–280 AD – Three Kingdoms (2010)
Long story of the rivalry, intrigues and wars of the late Eastern Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period, from Dong Zhuo's entry into Luoyang in 190 AD to the Sima family's usurpation of Wei and the eventual unification under Jin.
AD 208 – Red Cliff I (2008)
The ambitious prime minister Cao Cao manipulates the emperor into declaring war on the western kingdoms, forcing leaders Liu Bei and Sun Quan to form an alliance to stop his advance.
AD 208 – Red Cliff II (2009)
The alliance between Liu Bei and Sun Quan prepares the final defense against Cao Cao's army, culminating in the great naval battle of Red Cliffs with decisive strategies and ruses.
c. AD 220–280 – Shadow (2018)
During the Three Kingdoms era, a kingdom's commander uses a double to deceive his own king and reclaim power, amid betrayals and court conspiracies.
228–265 AD – Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon (2008)
Zhao Zilong, a humble soldier of the kingdom of Shu, rises to become a legendary general as the wars between the kingdoms of Wei, Shu, and Wu divide China. Decades later, now an old man, he embarks on his final campaign against Wei in a mission that will lead him to either glory or death.
3rd century BC – Hero (2002)
In the Warring States period, a warrior called Sin Nombre arrives at the King of Qin's palace to recount how he defeated three legendary assassins who threatened his life, in a story about the unification of China.
AD 391–415 – Agora (2009)
The astronomer Hipatia of Alexandria struggles to preserve knowledge as religious uprisings between pagans and Christians escalate.
AD 400–453 – Attila (2001)
The miniseries recounts the rise of Atila, from his youth as a hostage in Rome to becoming the leader of the Huns who challenged the Roman Empire.
450–460 AD – Hua Mulan (2009)
In 5th-century China during the Northern Wei dynasty, young Hua Mulan disguises herself as a man to take her ailing father's place in the imperial army and fight the nomadic Rouran tribes threatening the northern borders. Based on the legendary Chinese ballad.
AD 467 – King Arthur (2004)
Arthur, a Roman officer of Sarmatian origin, must carry out his final mission in Britain before being discharged, confronting the Saxons and native Picts in the last days of Roman rule.
AD 476 – The Last Legion (2007)
The young emperor Rómulo Augusto is deposed by Odoacro and flees Rome with a band of loyalists, traveling to Britain in search of the legendary Ninth Legion.
5th century AD – The Winter King (2023)
Arthur Pendragon, the exiled son of King Uther, returns to Britain to try to unite the warring tribes and keep the peace in a kingdom fractured by war.
AD 507 – Beowulf (2007)
The mighty warrior Beowulf travels to Denmark to aid King Hrothgar, whose realm is terrorized by the monster Grendel, setting off a chain of events that pit him against the creature's mother.
AD 610–632 – The Message (1976)
A chronicle of the early days of Islam, from the first revelation of the Archangel Gabriel to Mahoma in Mecca to the prophet's death in Medina, covering the persecution of the first Muslims, the Hegira and the triumphant return to Mecca.
AD 645 – The Great Battle (2018)
Yang Manchun and the troops of the kingdom of Goguryeo defend the fortress of Ansi from the siege by the Tang dynasty's army, in one of the most decisive battles in Korean history.
7th century AD – Desert Warrior (2025)
In pre-Islamic Arabia, Princess Hind flees into the desert after refusing to become the concubine of the Sasanian emperor Kisra, and with the help of a mysterious bandit seeks to unite the nomadic tribes to oppose him.
700 AD – Warriors of Heaven and Earth (2003)
In the western territories of China during the Tang Dynasty, a military officer escorting a caravan carrying a sacred Buddhist relic must join forces with a bandit and a Japanese emissary to defend it from pursuing enemies across the Silk Road.
c. AD 750–800 – The Vikings (1958)
The Viking chieftain Ragnar raids the coasts of Northumbria and fathers a son with the English queen. Twenty years later, that son, raised as a slave, and Ragnar's legitimate son contend for the throne and the love of a princess amid Norse incursions into England.
AD 778 – Irati (2022)
In the 8th-century Pyrenees, the young noble Eneko must fulfill a promise to his father: recover his body buried alongside Charlemagne's treasure after the Battle of Roncevaux. To achieve this he relies on Irati, an enigmatic pagan who guides him through a forest where ancient Basque legends still live.
c. 8th–9th century AD – The Assassin (2015)
In Tang-dynasty China, the assassin Nie Yinniang is tasked with killing her cousin, a military governor, and must choose between carrying out her duty or following her conscience.
AD 793–821 – Vikings (2013–2020)
The series follows farmer and warrior Ragnar Lothbrok and his family as they explore and raid new lands.
AD 859 – House of Flying Daggers (2004)
In the decadent Tang dynasty, two captains devise a plan to capture the mysterious rebel leader, but the man assigned to the mission falls in love with the guide who must lead him to her.
c. AD 870–878 – Alfred the Great (1969)
Prince Alfred of Wessex abandons his religious vocation to lead the Christian resistance against the Danish Viking invasion in 9th-century England.
AD 872–920 – The Last Kingdom (2015–2022)
The Saxon Uhtred, raised by Danes, fights to reclaim his home at Bebbanburg while helping King Alfredo of Wessex defend the last English kingdom.
AD 895–914 – The Northman (2022)
The Viking prince Amleth vows to avenge his father's murder by his uncle, and years later infiltrates the Icelandic farm where his enemy lives as a slave to fulfill his promise.
AD 922 – The 13th Warrior (1999)
Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan, an Arab noble exiled from Baghdad for courting the wrong woman, is sent as an ambassador to distant lands. On his journey he joins a band of Viking warriors heading north to face a horde of savages who attack their villages and devour their people; the group's seer names him the thirteenth warrior they need to complete the mission.
AD 924–937 – Seven Kings Must Die (2023)
After King Edward's death, Uhtred of Bebbanburg and his allies travel across a fractured realm to unite England, while a coalition of Scots, Vikings, and Britons challenges Saxon rule, culminating in the Battle of Brunanburh.
986 AD – Saving General Yang (2013)
During the early Northern Song dynasty, the Khitan army abducts the legendary general Yang Ye. His seven sons set out on a desperate mission to rescue him, riding into a deadly trap that will test their loyalty and sacrifice.
993–1057 AD – Ermessenda (2011)
The life of Ermessenda of Carcassonne, Countess of Barcelona, Girona and Osona, who ruled for over sixty years in 11th-century Catalonia. In an era dominated by men, she became one of the most powerful women in Catalan history, facing the political intrigues of the counties, family conflicts over power, and the difficult relationship with her son Berenguer Ramon I, who never forgave her for not allowing him to rule alone.
1002–1018 AD – Vinland Saga (2019–2023)
Thorfinn, son of the warrior Thors, seeks vengeance against Askeladd as the Danish invasion of England advances.
1002–1066 AD – Vikings: Valhalla (2022–2024)
A hundred years after the events of Vikings, Leif Erikson, Freydis, and Harald Sigurdsson live through the last decades of the Viking Age, from the St. Brice's Day massacre to the Battle of Stamford Bridge.
c. 1021 AD – The Physician (2013)
In 11th-century England, the young Rob Cole, orphaned after his mother's death, travels to Persia to study medicine under the sage Ibn Sina, confronting religious prejudice and the limits of contemporary knowledge.
1034 AD – The Physician II (2025)
After fleeing Isfahan, Rob Cole and his family arrive in London hoping to share the medical knowledge he learned in Persia. However, they face court intrigues and the clash between science and faith, and are forced to establish an improvised hospital at the city gates.
1050–1066 AD – King and Conqueror (2025)
The miniseries explores the rivalry between Harold of Wessex and William of Normandy, former allies who clash for the English throne after the death of Edward the Confessor, culminating in the Battle of Hastings.
11th century AD – The War Lord (1965)
In 11th-century Normandy, a Norman knight is sent to a coastal village to rebuild a defensive castle, but his arrival alters the villagers' customs and sparks a conflict between duty and desire.
c. 1050 AD – El Cid (1961)
In the second half of the 11th century, Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, El Cid Campeador, becomes a legend through his campaigns against the Muslims and his role in the Reconquest, from his youth to his death.
1135–1174 AD – The Pillars of the Earth (2010)
In 12th-century England, amid the anarchy over the disputed throne, a monk, a builder, and a noblewoman struggle to raise a Gothic cathedral in Kingsbridge while surviving the era's feudal and religious conflicts.
1150–1187 AD – Arn: The Knight Templar (2007)
Arn Magnusson is born in 1150 in West Sweden and, after being raised in a monastery and separated from his beloved Cecilia, is sent to the Holy Land as a Knight Templar to atone for his penance.
1155–1170 AD – Becket (1964)
Thomas Becket, chancellor and friend of King Henry II of England, is appointed Archbishop of Canterbury; his loyalty to the Church brings him into conflict with the monarch.
1192 AD – Arn: The Kingdom at Road's End (2008)
After twenty years of exile, Arn returns to his homeland hoping to reunite with Cecilia and unite feuding lineages, using the builders and craftsmen he brought with him to forge the nascent kingdom of Sweden.
1162–1206 AD – Mongol (2007)
Follows the dramatic early years of Temüjin, from his birth in 1162 to his rise as Genghis Khan and the unification of the Mongol tribes.
1183 AD – The Lion in Winter (1968)
At Christmas 1183, King Henry II of England gathers his family at Chinon castle to name his successor. His wife, Eleanor of Aquitaine, whom he has kept imprisoned since 1173, and his three surviving sons—Richard, Geoffrey, and John—engage in a complex web of alliances, betrayals, and ambitions to sway the king's decision.
1186–1187 AD – Kingdom of Heaven (2005)
Balian, a French blacksmith fleeing his homeland, becomes a defender of Jerusalem during Saladin's siege.
1187–1192 AD – Saladin (1963)
Sultan Saladin unites the Arab peoples to recover Jerusalem during the Third Crusade, facing Richard the Lionheart and the Christian armies.
1190–1192 AD – Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)
After returning from the Crusades, Robin of Locksley becomes an outlaw and leads a band of rebels in Sherwood Forest against the sheriff of Nottingham.
1193–1194 AD – Ivanhoe (1952)
The Saxon knight Wilfred of Ivanhoe returns from the Crusades to discover his king, Richard the Lionheart, imprisoned in Austria. To raise the ransom and restore him to the throne, Ivanhoe must confront the usurper John Lackland and seek the help of Robin Hood, in an England divided between Saxons and Normans.
1199 AD – Robin and Marian (1976)
After twenty years fighting as a crusader in the Holy Land, an aging Robin Hood returns to England with Little John to find things largely unchanged: the Sheriff of Nottingham still oppresses the people and his beloved Marian has retired to a convent. When Richard the Lionheart dies and disorder erupts, Robin rallies his men once more for a final battle.
1199–1200 AD – Robin Hood (2010)
Robin Longstride, an archer in King Richard the Lionheart's army, returns to England after the king's death and leads a rebellion against the crown's corruption.
1199–1227 AD – Legends of the Condor Heroes: The Gallants (2025)
Set in China's Southern Song Dynasty, the story follows Guo Jing, a young man raised in the Mongolian steppes who becomes a master of martial arts, as he navigates the bloody conflict between the Mongols, the Jin Dynasty, and the Song Empire, and fights to defend his homeland.
1215 AD – Ironclad (2011)
In 13th-century England, a Templar knight and a small group of barons defend Rochester Castle against the army of the tyrannical King John, who seeks revenge after being forced to sign the Magna Carta.
1216 AD – Ironclad: Battle for Blood (2014)
A year after the siege of Rochester, a band of mercenaries gathers to protect a fortress from Celtic raiders, while one survivor struggles with the trauma of atrocities committed in the past.
1225–1250 AD – Diriliş: Ertuğrul (2014–2019)
Ertuğrul, the father of Osman I, leads the Kayı tribe in their struggle to find a homeland in 13th-century Anatolia, facing crusaders, Mongols, and internal betrayals.
1237 AD – Furious (2017)
The knight Evpaty Kolovrat seeks revenge against the Golden Horde of the Great Khan Batu after the sacking of his village, Ryazan.
1247 AD – The Death of Robin Hood (2026)
An aging, isolated Robin Hood, consumed by guilt over past killings and betrayals, is found gravely wounded and cared for at a remote priory by Sister Brigid. There he must face the consequences of his actions when his former companion Little John asks him for one final mission and a young man seeks vengeance for atrocities committed during their wars.
1260–1270 AD – Marco Polo (2014–2016)
Narrates the adventures of the Venetian explorer at Kublai Khan's court, a world of political betrayals and intrigue.
1280–1314 AD – Braveheart (1995)
William Wallace leads the Scottish rebellion against the English occupation under King Edward I of England.
1291–1307 AD – Knightfall (2017–2019)
After the fall of Acre, the surviving Knights Templar attempt to recover the Holy Grail while King Philip IV of France conspires to destroy the order.
1299–1326 AD – Kuruluş: Osman (2019–2025)
The series chronicles the rise of Osman Bey, founder of the Ottoman Empire, from the death of his father Ertuğrul to the conquest of Bursa in 1326.
1304–1307 AD – Outlaw King (2018)
Robert the Bruce, crowned King of Scotland, leads a guerrilla war against the English occupation of King Edward I in a struggle for independence.
1307 AD – William Tell (2024)
In 14th-century Switzerland, the hunter William Tell, who had sworn never to use violence again after the Crusades, is forced to lead a rebellion against the oppression of the Austrian forces of the Holy Roman Empire.
1319–1384 AD – Cathedral of the Sea (2018)
In 14th-century Barcelona, a fugitive serf named Arnau Estanyol arrives in the city and rises from a lowly bastaix (porters who carried stones for the construction of Santa Maria del Mar) to a wealthy and respected citizen, only to be targeted by the Inquisition and the jealous nobility.
1327 AD – The Name of the Rose (1986)
The Franciscan friar William of Baskerville and his novice Adso arrive at a Benedictine abbey in the Italian Alps to investigate a series of mysterious murders, amid heresy, the Inquisition, and secrets hidden in its library.
1327–1361 AD – World Without End (2012)
Set 150 years after The Pillars of the Earth, four children from Kingsbridge see their lives changed by the Black Death, the Hundred Years' War, and the social upheavals of 14th-century England.
1348 AD – The Decameron (2024)
As the Black Death ravages Florence, a group of nobles and their servants take refuge in a villa in the Italian countryside. There, amid luxury, rivalries and despair, they try to survive the chaos while waiting for the plague to end.
1375 AD – Musa the Warrior (2001)
A group of Koryo warriors escorting a diplomatic mission to Ming China is stranded in a war-torn land, where they must protect a Chinese princess from Mongol forces while fighting for their own survival.
1386 AD – The Last Duel (2021)
In 14th-century France, the knight Jean de Carrouges and the squire Jacques Le Gris face each other in a duel to the death after Marguerite de Carrouges accuses Le Gris of rape.
1387 AD – Heirs to the Land (2022)
Hugo Llor, a twelve-year-old boy living on the streets of late-medieval Barcelona, struggles to get by and become an apothecary while confronting the city's injustices.
1394–1410 AD – Knights of the Teutonic Order (1960)
In late 14th-century Poland, the young knight Zbyszko of Bogdaniec falls in love with Danusia, a court lady. When the Teutonic Order kidnaps Danusia and murders her father, Zbyszko and his uncle join Poland and Lithuania's fight against the Teutonic Knights, a conflict that culminates in the decisive Battle of Grunwald in 1410.
14th century AD – A Knight's Tale (2001)
William, a young commoner with an exceptional talent for jousting, poses as a noble knight after his master's death, traveling across Europe in medieval tournaments while defying the rules of the nobility.
1402 AD – Medieval (2022)
The story of the legendary Czech warlord Jan Žižka, who confronted the Teutonic Order and the Holy Roman Empire almost two decades before the start of the Hussite Wars.
1412–1431 AD – The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999)
The young peasant Joan of Arc, guided by divine visions, leads the French army against the English during the Hundred Years' War, until her capture and execution by burning at the stake.
1413–1422 AD – The King (2019)
Prince Hal of England, a wayward young man estranged from court, is crowned Henry V and must face war with France and the political intrigues that threaten his reign.
1415 AD – Henry V (1989)
The young King Henry V of England invades France during the Hundred Years' War, culminating in the decisive Battle of Agincourt.
1428–1456 AD – Rise of the Raven (2024)
The series tells the life of Janos Hunyadi, the Hungarian commander who led the resistance against Ottoman expansion in Europe, culminating in the siege of Belgrade.
1429–1492 AD – Medici (2016–2019)
The rise of the Medici family in Renaissance Florence, from Cosimo the Elder to Lorenzo the Magnificent, in an era of artistic splendor and bloody political conspiracies.
1451–1453 AD – Conquest 1453 (2012)
Sultan Mehmet II rises to the Ottoman throne and besieges Constantinople, culminating in the city's fall in 1453 and the end of the Byzantine Empire.
1451–1504 AD – Isabel (2012–2014)
The life of Isabel I of Castile, from her childhood in Ávila to her death, recounting her struggle for the throne, her marriage to Ferdinand of Aragon, and the unification of Spain.
1462 AD – Dracula Untold (2014)
Vlad III of Wallachia, the Romanian prince raised as a hostage of the Ottoman Empire, turns to a dark power to defend his people from the Ottoman threat.
15th century AD – Deliler (2018)
During the reign of Mehmet II, a group of seven Ottoman warriors is tasked with ending the tyranny of Vlad the Impaler.
15th century AD – The Great Wall (2016)
Two European mercenaries arrive in Song dynasty China in search of gunpowder and discover that the Great Wall was not built solely to defend against the Mongols.
1464–1485 AD – The White Queen (2013)
In 15th-century England, three different but equally ruthless women compete for the throne during the Wars of the Roses, a bitter dispute between the houses of York and Lancaster for the crown.
1472 AD – Sophia (2016)
In the second half of the 15th century, the Byzantine princess Sophia Palaiologina arrives in Moscow to marry Tsar Ivan III. Her intelligence and ambition lead her to help her husband unify Russia, expel the Mongol invaders and lay the foundations of the future empire.
1485–1493 AD – 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992)
Christopher Columbus pursues his dream of reaching the Indies by sailing west, from his arrival at the court of the Catholic Monarchs to the discovery of America in 1492.
1485–1499 AD – The White Princess (2017)
After the Wars of the Roses, Elizabeth of York is forced to marry Henry Tudor to unite the feuding families, in a story told from the female perspective of the English court.
1491–1492 AD – Assassin's Creed (2016)
Callum Lynch, a descendant of a secret society, relives the memories of his ancestor Aguilar in 1491 Spain, during the Inquisition and the Granada War.
1492–1503 AD – Borgia (2006)
The rise of Rodrigo Borgia to the papacy as Alexander VI and his struggle to control Italy through his children, Cesare and Lucrezia, in Renaissance Rome.
1492–1503 AD – The Borgias (2011–2013)
The series depicts the papacy of Alexander VI and his family's intrigues to dominate Renaissance Italy, combining murders, wars, and marriage alliances.
1492–1522 AD – Conquistadores: Adventum (2017–2018)
The series narrates the first thirty years of the discovery and conquest of America, from Christopher Columbus's departure in 1492 to Juan Sebastián Elcano's return after the first circumnavigation of the globe in 1522.
1491–1548 AD – The Legend of Suriyothai (2001)
In 16th-century Thailand, the young Suriyothai marries one of the sons of the King of Ayutthaya, despite being in love with a cousin of her husband. Over nearly six decades, her life becomes intertwined with dynastic struggles, civil wars, and the Burmese invasion, until she becomes a key figure who gives her life to protect the kingdom and her husband, King Maha Chakkraphat.
1496–1555 AD – Mad Love (2001)
Infanta Joanna of Castile marries Philip the Handsome and, after his death, her growing jealousy and instability lead to her confinement by her father, Ferdinand the Catholic, while her son Charles becomes king.
1501–1536 AD – The Spanish Princess (2019–2020)
Infanta Catherine of Aragon arrives in England to marry the heir to the throne, eventually becoming Henry VIII's first wife amid palace intrigues and religious conflicts.
1500–1558 AD – Charles, King-Emperor (2015–2016)
The life of Charles I of Spain and Charles V of the Holy Roman Empire, from his birth in 1500 to his death in 1558, covering his reign over a global empire.
1504–1506 AD – The Broken Crown (2016)
After the death of Isabella the Catholic in 1504, Ferdinand of Aragon and Philip the Handsome clash over control of Castile, in a power struggle whose main victim is Joanna the Mad.
1505–1525 AD – Luther (2003)
The Augustinian monk Martin Luther confronts the corruption of the Catholic Church, posts his 95 Theses in Wittenberg and sparks the Protestant Reformation, from his entry into the monastery to his excommunication and the translation of the Bible into German.
1506 AD – Leonardo (2021)
In 1506 Milan, the Renaissance genius Leonardo da Vinci is arrested for the murder of Caterina de Cremona, and through his memories his life, works, and the mysteries surrounding his relationships with his muses and patrons are explored.
1509–1547 AD – The Tudors (2007–2010)
Drama set during the reign of Henry VIII that recounts his numerous marriages and the most consequential episodes of his court, marked by betrayal, intrigue, and the excesses of the tyrant.
1511 AD – Apocalypto (2006)
The young Maya hunter Jaguar Claw is captured to be sacrificed in a ritual, but he manages to escape and embarks on a desperate flight to save his family on the eve of the Spaniards' arrival.
1519 AD – Hernán (2019)
Hernán Cortés lands on the Gulf Coast of Mexico and leads the conquest of the Mexica Empire, in a series that explores the conflict from multiple perspectives.
1519–1522 AD – Boundless (2022)
The expedition commanded by Ferdinand Magellan departs Seville in 1519 to seek a route to the Indies, with Juan Sebastián Elcano completing the first circumnavigation three years later.
1519–1589 AD – The Serpent Queen (2022–2024)
The series chronicles Catherine de' Medici's rise to power in the sixteenth-century French court, from her arrival as an orphaned teenager to becoming one of Europe's most influential and feared queens, as she navigates palace intrigue, religious wars, and family betrayals to maintain control of France.
1520–1536 AD – The Other Boleyn Girl (2008)
Sisters Anne and Mary Boleyn compete for the favor of King Henry VIII in a court where family ambition drives them into a power game that will end on the scaffold.
1520–1566 AD – Magnificent Century (2011–2014)
The story of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent, from his accession to the throne in 1520 until his death in 1566, and his passionate relationship with Hürrem Sultan, the slave who became his wife.
1526 AD – The Profession of Arms (2001)
Italy, sixteenth century. Giovanni de' Medici, known as Giovanni dalle Bande Nere, leads the papal troops against Charles V's German Landsknechts, who descend on the peninsula to threaten the Papal States. The film portrays his final campaign days, the cannon wound that causes his death, and the twilight of a way of waging war in the face of the advance of modern artillery.
1528–1535 AD – A Man for All Seasons (1966)
In 1528, Thomas More, statesman, philosopher and devout Catholic, is part of King Henry VIII's high council, who has decided to divorce his wife, sparking a conflict that will lead More to the scaffold.
1529–1535 AD – Wolf Hall (2015–2025)
In 1520s England, Thomas Cromwell rises to power in Henry VIII's court, helping the king annul his marriage and break with Rome amid a context of succession crisis and civil war.
1531–16th century AD – Inés of My Soul (2020)
Young Inés Suárez leaves Spain in 1531 for the New World, where she becomes a key figure in the conquest of Chile alongside Pedro de Valdivia.
c. 1540 AD – Gold (2017)
A group of Spanish conquistadors ventures into the Central American jungle in search of a golden city, facing the expedition's dangers and their own ambitions.
1544–1547 AD – Firebrand (2023)
While Henry VIII is on the battlefields of France, his sixth and final wife, Catherine Parr, serves as regent, confronting Tudor court intrigues and the threat of suffering the same fate as the previous queens.
1542–1587 AD – Mary, Queen of Scots (1971)
During the sixteenth century, the Catholic Mary Stuart, Queen of Scotland, becomes embroiled in more than two decades of religious and political conflict with her cousin, the Protestant Queen Elizabeth I of England, amid intrigues in her homeland.
1554–1558 AD – Elizabeth (1998)
England, 1554. After the death of Queen Mary Tudor, which leaves the country mired in financial instability and religious crisis, the young Princess Elizabeth ascends the throne and must rapidly transform from an ingenuous girl into a shrewd and ruthless stateswoman.
1557 AD – God of War (2017)
During the Ming dynasty, the Chinese coast is ravaged by Japanese wokou pirates. General Qi Jiguang is sent to lead a ragtag army against the invaders, transforming a band of farmers and miners into a disciplined fighting force that will change the course of the campaign.
1560 AD – Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972)
A Spanish expedition sails down the Amazon in search of El Dorado. Lope de Aguirre, after deposing his leader, rebels against the Crown and leads his men into madness and destruction.
1560–1561 AD – El Dorado (1988)
The expedition led by Pedro de Ursúa in search of the mythical city of gold becomes a struggle for survival and power in the Amazon jungle, with Lope de Aguirre at the center.
1561–1587 AD – Mary Queen of Scots (2018)
Mary Stuart returns from France in 1561 after the death of Francis II to rule a country governed by regents, facing opposition from Catholics and rivalry with her cousin Elizabeth I of England.
1572–1573 AD – Kenau (2014)
During the siege of the Dutch city of Haarlem by the Spanish army, Kenau Simonsdochter Hasselaer, a timber merchant, leads an army of 300 women in the city's defense while coping with the grief over her younger daughter's execution and conflict with her elder daughter.
1573–1575 AD – Kagemusha, The Shadow of the Warrior (1980)
A thief is spared execution to become the double of Lord Takeda Shingen, hiding his death to protect the clan until the Battle of Nagashino.
1575–1580 AD – The Captive (2025)
The young Miguel de Cervantes is captured at sea by Algerian corsairs and sold as a hostage to the Bey of Algiers, where he spends five years attempting to escape to regain his freedom.
1582–1596 AD – Hamnet (2025)
The film depicts Agnes and William Shakespeare's marriage in Elizabethan England, and how the death of their son Hamnet at eleven inspires the writing of Hamlet.
1583–1588 AD – Lope (2010)
The young soldier Lope de Vega returns from war to a Madrid under construction, torn between true love and a relationship that could launch his career as a playwright in the years before he becomes one of the great figures of the Golden Age.
1585–1588 AD – Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007)
In 1585, Queen Elizabeth I must face betrayal from her own family, conspirators seeking to seize her throne, and the threat of the Spanish Armada, at the zenith of her reign.
1586 AD – Seven Samurai (1954)
A poor farming village hires seven masterless samurai to defend them from a band of bandits who raid them every harvest, during the Sengoku period of feudal Japan.
1587 AD – The Plague (2018)
In sixteenth-century Seville, a bubonic plague epidemic unleashes chaos in a city that is the gateway to the Americas, while a group of characters struggles to survive amid inequality and religious fanaticism.
1592 AD – Hansan: Rising Dragon (2022)
During the Japanese invasion of Korea, Admiral Yi Sun-sin leads the Joseon fleet in the Battle of Hansan Island, where his innovative turtle ships turn the tide of the war.
1593 AD – Shakespeare in Love (1998)
In Elizabethan London, the young playwright William Shakespeare struggles with writer's block while falling in love with a noblewoman who disguises herself as a man to act on stage.
1596–1597 AD – Nova Zembla (2011)
The crew of navigator Willem Barentsz becomes trapped in the Arctic ice during their attempt to find a maritime route to the Indies via the North Pole. Isolated and with no hope of rescue, the men must survive an endless winter in a desolate land.
1597 AD – The Admiral: Roaring Currents (2014)
Admiral Yi Sun-sin, demoted and with only 12 ships, faces a Japanese fleet of over 300 vessels in the Myeongnyang Strait, in one of the most decisive naval victories in history.
1598 AD – Noryang: Deadly Sea (2023)
The Imjin War comes to an end when the Korean–Ming alliance intercepts the withdrawing Japanese fleet in the Noryang Strait, in Admiral Yi Sun-sin's final and bloody battle.
1598–1603 AD – Anonymous (2011)
In late sixteenth-century Elizabethan England, a nobleman of Queen Elizabeth I's court is accused of being the true author of the works attributed to William Shakespeare, amid political intrigues and conspiracies for the throne.
c. 15th Century AD – Rapa Nui (1994)
On the remote Easter Island, the love between a young man of the "Long Ears" tribe and a woman of the "Short Ears" tribe defies the rigid hierarchies of their society. Their story unfolds against a backdrop of competition for power and the construction of the giant moai statues.
c. 1600 AD – Shogun (2024)
In 1600 Japan, on the eve of a civil war that will define a century, the English navigator John Blackthorne is shipwrecked on Japanese shores and becomes entangled in the power intrigues between Lord Toranaga and his rivals.
Early Edo period (after 1600 AD) – Azumi (2003)
In the aftermath of the Battle of Sekigahara, a young woman named Azumi is raised in seclusion to become a lethal assassin. Along with nine other orphans, she is trained to eliminate the corrupt warlords who threaten to plunge Japan back into civil war.
c. 1600–1614 AD – The Countess (2009)
Hungarian countess Erzsébet Báthory, known as the Blood Countess, becomes obsessed with preserving her youth and beauty, leading her to commit a series of crimes in early 17th-century Hungary.
1603–1605 AD – Gunpowder (2017)
In early 17th-century London, a group of English Catholics led by Robert Catesby conspires to blow up Parliament and kill King James I in the plot known as the Gunpowder Plot.
1603–1651 AD – Magnificent Century: Kösem (2015–2017)
The life of Kösem Sultan, the Greek slave who entered Ahmed I's harem and became one of the most powerful women in Ottoman history, ruling the empire for decades.
1604–1618 AD – 1612 (2007)
During the Time of Troubles and the Polish–Russian War, a young actor becomes involved in the intrigues of the Moscow court and the struggle for the throne after the death of Tsar Boris Godunov.
1607–1610 AD – The New World (2005)
The love story between explorer John Smith and the native princess Pocahontas unfolds during the founding of the English colony at Jamestown, against the backdrop of the first encounters between European and Native American cultures.
1610 AD – The Night (2025)
In the Basque mountains of 1610, in the midst of a witch hunt, a woman named Kattalin flees her husband and ventures into the forest, where a supernatural presence pursues her as she seeks her freedom.
1634 AD – Black Robe (1991)
In New France in 1634, French Jesuit Father Laforgue embarks on a dangerous canoe journey to the lands of the Huron. Accompanied by a young interpreter and guided by a group of Algonquians, he must face the harsh winter, the tensions between settlers and natives, and the distrust of those he sees as his future converts.
1615–1628 AD – Mary & George (2024)
In 17th-century England, Mary Villiers uses the beauty and charm of her son George to rise at the court of King James I, turning her family into one of the most powerful in the realm.
1619–1622 AD – Jamestown (2017–2019)
A group of English women arrives at the Jamestown colony to marry the early settlers, facing the harsh life of the New World, conflicts with Native Americans, and the rise of tobacco.
1619–1623 AD – Benedetta (2021)
In 17th-century Italy, a nun named Benedetta Carlini experiences religious and erotic visions, and her relationship with another sister in the convent challenges the norms of the Church and society.
1619–1630 AD – Harakiri (1962)
In Edo-period Japan, a masterless samurai arrives at the Ii clan residence requesting to commit harakiri, but his plea conceals a story of tragedy and revenge that exposes the hypocrisy of the warrior caste.
1619–1630 AD – Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai (2011)
In 17th-century feudal Japan, an impoverished samurai requests to perform the ritual suicide at the Ii clan residence, but his appearance triggers a series of revelations that question the samurai code of honor.
c. 1620 AD – 14 Blades (2010)
During the Ming dynasty, Qinglong, the leader of the emperor's secret Jinyiwei assassins, is betrayed by a corrupt official and becomes a fugitive. Armed with the fourteen blades of his office, he must protect a princess and expose a conspiracy that threatens the throne
1620–1621 AD – Saints and Strangers (2015)
Two-part miniseries that chronicles the voyage of the 102 Mayflower passengers from England to the New World, their first harsh winter in Plymouth, and the celebration of the first Thanksgiving alongside the Pokanoket tribe in 1621.
1620–1645 AD – Alatriste (2006)
Captain Diego Alatriste, a veteran of the Spanish Tercios, survives as a swordsman in the Madrid of Philip IV, in an imperial Spain mired in the decadence and corruption of the court.
1627 AD – The Three Musketeers: D'Artagnan (2023)
The young Gascon D'Artagnan travels to Paris to join King Louis XIII's musketeers and becomes embroiled in Cardinal Richelieu's conspiracy to destabilize the French crown.
1627–1628 AD – The Three Musketeers: Milady (2023)
War between Catholics and Huguenots erupts and the musketeers must join forces with the mysterious Milady to thwart a plot that threatens to deliver France to the English.
1630 AD – The VVitch (2015)
A Puritan settler family is banished from their community and establishes a farm isolated near a forest, where supernatural forces begin to tear apart their faith and sanity.
1636 AD – War of Arrows (2011)
Nam-yi, Joseon's greatest archer, seeks to rescue his sister kidnapped during the second Manchu invasion of Korea led by the newly established Qing dynasty.
c. 1640 AD – Silence (2016)
In mid-17th-century Japan, two Portuguese Jesuit priests travel to a country that has banned Christianity to find their missing mentor, facing persecution and a crisis of faith.
1640–1658 AD – Cromwell (1970)
Oliver Cromwell, a Puritan landowner and Member of Parliament, leads the opposition to King Charles I's tyranny. The struggle culminates in the English Civil War, the king's execution, and Cromwell's rise as Lord Protector.
c. 1648 AD – With Fire and Sword (1999)
In the turbulent Polish-Ukrainian borderlands of the 17th century, during the Khmelnytsky Uprising, a Polish colonel falls in love with a noblewoman promised to another man, while Cossacks and Poles clash in a brutal civil war that ravages the region.
1650 AD – Wolfwalkers (2020)
Young Robyn travels to Ireland with her father, a hunter hired to wipe out the last wolf pack in Kilkenny. Her life changes when she meets Mebh, a mysterious girl who lives in the forest and who, according to legend, can transform into a wolf while she sleeps.
1653–1677 AD – The Admiral (Michiel de Ruyter) (2015)
In 17th-century Holland, legendary admiral Michiel de Ruyter leads the Dutch fleet against enemy powers and internal struggles that threaten to destroy the young republic.
1667–1678 AD – Versailles (2015–2018)
The series depicts the construction of the Palace of Versailles and the political, romantic, and military intrigues that marked the reign of Louis XIV, the Sun King.
1670 AD – 1670 (2023– )
In 17th-century Poland, an eccentric and somewhat clumsy nobleman runs the village of Adamczycha. Between family disputes, clashes with the peasants and his obsession with becoming a famous figure, he must deal with his community's problems while trying not to lose his mind.
1683 AD – The Day of the Siege: September 11, 1683 (2012)
In the summer of 1683, 300,000 warriors of the Ottoman Empire lay siege to Vienna. When the city is on the brink of falling, Polish King John III Sobieski comes to its aid with his cavalry, in a decisive battle that marks the end of Ottoman expansion in Europe.
1692 AD – The Crucible (1996)
In the Puritan town of Salem, Massachusetts, a group of teenage girls is caught practicing forbidden rituals. To avoid punishment, the girls accuse several innocents of witchcraft, unleashing a witch hunt that will destroy the community.
1701–1702 AD – 47 Ronin (1962)
After their lord's ritual suicide, a group of masterless samurai plots for nearly two years to avenge him against the courtier responsible for his death, in Tokugawa shogunate Japan.
1708 AD – The Conquest of Siberia (2019)
Young officer Ivan Demarin is sent by Peter the Great to Tobolsk, deep in Siberia, to investigate a conspiracy among local princes seeking the gold of Yarkand. There he meets his first love and is drawn into a conflict that threatens to destabilize the Russian frontier.
1714 AD / 1917 AD – Outlander: Blood of My Blood (2025– )
Prequel to Outlander that tells, in two parallel timelines, the love stories of Jamie Fraser's parents, Brian Fraser and Ellen MacKenzie, in the Scottish Highlands of 1714, and those of Claire Beauchamp, Henry Beauchamp and Julia Moriston in England during the First World War, in 1917.
1715–1720 AD – Black Sails (2014–2017)
On the island of New Providence, Captain Flint and a crew of pirates fight to survive and keep their territory free in the Caribbean during the Golden Age of Piracy.
1717–1720 AD – Our Flag Means Death (2022–2023)
Aristocrat Stede Bonnet abandons his comfortable life to become a pirate, and in his clumsy adventure he meets the fearsome Captain Blackbeard, with whom he forges an unexpected relationship.
c. 1719 AD – Prey (2022)
Naru, a young Comanche woman, dreams of becoming a hunter. When an alien predator arrives on the Great Plains, she must use all her wits and knowledge of the land to protect her tribe from a technologically superior threat.
1720–1728 AD – Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
Captain Jack Sparrow and young blacksmith Will Turner join forces to rescue Elizabeth Swann, kidnapped by the cursed crew of the Black Pearl, racing to break an ancient Aztec curse.
c. 1720–1730 AD – Farinelli, il castrato (1994)
The life of Carlo Broschi, "Farinelli", the most famous castrato of the 18th century, and his complex relationship with his brother and composer, in an era when his voice was acclaimed in the courts of Europe.
1724 AD – La Vida Breve (2025)
Louis I, son of Philip V, is a sixteen-year-old forced to inherit the throne of Spain after his father's abdication. His reign, the shortest in Spanish history, lasts barely 229 days, during which he must deal with a rebellious wife, a deranged father and a conspiring stepmother.
1725 AD – Samurai Rebellion (1967)
In Edo-period Japan, a veteran samurai is forced to rebel against his feudal lord when the latter demands an obedience that violates his honor and that of his family.
1734 AD – Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
Jack Sparrow must settle a blood debt with Davy Jones, the fearsome captain of the Flying Dutchman, while Will and Elizabeth become entangled in a struggle for control of the seas.
1734 AD – Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)
The crew of the Black Pearl sails to the ends of the world to rescue Jack, while the East India Company and the pirate lords clash in a final battle over the fate of piracy.
1738–1763 AD – Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)
Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, a young man with an extraordinary sense of smell, becomes obsessed with capturing the scent of young women, leading him to commit a series of murders in 18th-century France to create the perfect perfume.
1740–1789 AD – Barry Lyndon (1975)
The Irishman Redmond Barry rises socially through deceit and marriage, from his flight after a duel to his downfall, in a story about ambition and decadence.
1743–1755 AD – Young Washington (2026)
In colonial 18th-century North America, young George Washington is marked by the death of his father and the guardianship of his half-brother Lawrence. Years later, as an officer in the Virginia militia, he is sent to the frontier to investigate a series of violent deaths, an assignment that drags him into the center of the global conflict between the British and French for control of the continent.
1743–1779 AD – Outlander (2014–2026)
Claire Randall, a 1945 combat nurse, is mysteriously transported to 18th-century Scotland. There she meets the warrior Jamie Fraser and together they become involved in the Jacobite uprisings and the colonial life of North America, in a story that spans from 1743 to 1779.
c. 1750 AD – Fanfan la Tulipe (2003)
In 18th-century France, during the Seven Years' War, the young and womanizing Fanfan enlists in Louis XV's army to escape a forced marriage, becoming an unexpected hero.
1750 AD – Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)
Jack Sparrow is forcibly recruited by the fearsome Captain Blackbeard to find the legendary Fountain of Youth, in a race that pits him against the Spanish, the English and his own past.
1751 AD – Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017)
A young Henry Turner seeks out Jack Sparrow to break the curse that plagues his father, while Captain Salazar and his ghost crew escape the Devil's Triangle to exact revenge on Jack.
1750–1768 AD – The Mission (1986)
The Spanish Jesuit Gabriel ventures into the Amazon jungle to found a mission and convert the Guaraní, while the slave hunter Rodrigo Mendoza seeks redemption after killing his brother.
1750–1865 AD – Roots (2016)
The story of Kunta Kinte, a Mandinka warrior captured in the Gambia in 1750 and sold into slavery in America, and of his descendants over several generations as they endure slavery, struggle for freedom, and ultimately witness the end of the Civil War.
1755 AD – The Promised Land (2023)
In mid-18th-century Denmark, veteran captain Ludvig Kahlen sets out to conquer the Jutland heath, a barren territory no one has managed to tame, to win wealth and honor before the king. However, his ambition will pit him against a ruthless landowner who will not tolerate rivals.
1757 AD – The Last of the Mohicans (1992)
At the height of the Seven Years' War, Hawkeye, a white man raised by Mohicans, and his companions escort a British colonel's daughters through hostile territory, while the French and their Native allies threaten to take Fort William Henry.
1762 AD – Casanova (2005)
In 18th-century Venice, the legendary seducer Giacomo Casanova falls in love with the only woman who seems immune to his charms, Francesca. To win her, he must pretend to be engaged to another and face the city authorities who consider him a scandal.
1763 AD – Harlots (2017–2019)
London, 1763. Margaret Wells, a businesswoman who runs a brothel, struggles to support her daughters in a world where one in five women earns her living selling sex. Her attempt to climb the social ladder pits her against Lydia Quigley, the owner of a luxury brothel who pulls the strings of the city.
c. 1763 AD – Mozart's Sister (2010)
1760s. Nannerl Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus's older sister, was a child prodigy on the harpsichord and violin, but her talent was overshadowed by her brother's. Her father, Leopold, relegates her to the background because she is a woman, preventing her from developing a career as a composer.
1762–1796 AD – The Great (2020–2023)
The young German princess Catherine arrives at the Russian court to marry Emperor Peter III, but she soon discovers her new home is a world of brutality and chaos and decides to seize power for herself, in a satirical, anachronistic take on her long reign.
1766 AD – Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001)
Naturalist Grégoire de Fronsac is sent by Louis XV to the Gévaudan region to investigate the Beast, a creature that savagely devours peasants. There, along with his Iroquois blood brother Mani, he will uncover a conspiracy that goes far beyond a simple animal.
c. 1768–1774 AD – Jeanne du Barry (2023)
The story of Jeanne Bécu, a woman of humble origins who, thanks to her intelligence and charm, becomes the last official favorite of King Louis XV, scandalizing the court of Versailles.
1769–1783 AD – Belle (2013)
The illegitimate mixed-race daughter of a Royal Navy admiral is raised by her aristocratic great-uncle, the Lord Chief Justice of England, and his wife at Kenwood House. As she comes of age, her personal struggle for identity and love becomes intertwined with her great-uncle's landmark rulings that will help bring an end to the slave trade in England.
1770 AD – A Royal Affair (2012)
In late 18th-century Denmark, young Queen Caroline Matilda, married to the unstable King Christian VII, falls in love with the court physician, Johann Friedrich Struensee. Together they will try to introduce Enlightenment ideas into the country, defying the powerful nobility.
1770–1789 AD – Marie Antoinette (2006)
The Austrian archduchess Marie Antoinette arrives in France at fourteen to marry the future Louis XVI, and her life at the court of Versailles becomes a symbol of monarchical excess before the Revolution.
1770–1793 AD – Marie Antoinette (2022)
The archduchess Marie Antoinette arrives in France at just fourteen to marry the dauphin Louis, and the series follows her rise to the throne and her life at the court of Versailles until the outbreak of the French Revolution.
1770–1826 AD – John Adams (2008)
The miniseries chronicles the life of John Adams, the second President of the United States, from the Boston Massacre in 1770 to his death in 1826, covering his role in the founding of the nation and the early years of the republic.
c. 1774 AD – The Testament of Ann Lee (2025)
In 18th-century England, Ann Lee becomes the spiritual leader of the Shaker community, a persecuted religious sect that emigrates to the United States in search of freedom to practice its faith.
1776 AD – Revolution (1985)
At the height of the American War of Independence (1775–1783), a trapper named Tom Dobb is forced to enlist in the revolutionary army to protect his son, witnessing the horrors and contradictions of the conflict.
1776–1781 AD – The Patriot (2000)
The widower Benjamin Martin, a war veteran, joins the colonial militia in South Carolina to avenge his son's death at the hands of the cruel Colonel Tavington, during the American Revolutionary War.
1776–1781 AD – TURN: Washington's Spies (2014–2017)
During the American Revolutionary War, a Long Island farmer forms a spy ring for George Washington, infiltrating the British army and changing the course of the conflict.
1776–1783 AD – Franklin (2024)
The miniseries chronicles the nine years Benjamin Franklin spent in France during the American War of Independence, with the mission of securing French support for the revolutionary cause.
1777–1783 AD – Lafayette: The Immortal Warrior (1962)
The young French noble Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, leaves his comfortable life in France to join the American revolutionary cause, becoming a major general under George Washington.
c. 1780 AD – The Duchess (2008)
In the late 18th century, Georgiana Spencer becomes the Duchess of Devonshire and the center of the social and political life of her era. Her unhappy marriage and love scandals turn her into an icon, but also a prisoner of the strict rules of the English aristocracy.
c. 1780 AD – Valmont (1989)
In pre-revolutionary 18th-century France, Viscount Valmont and the Marquise de Merteuil, two libertine aristocrats, play a dangerous game of seduction and manipulation that tests their own rules and feelings.
1782 AD – A Tale of Two Cities (2026)
London, 1782. Amid tensions between France and England, young Lucie Manette receives a message from Paris: her father, whom she believed dead for nearly twenty years, may be alive. Her search leads her into a love triangle between a French idealist and an unstable lawyer, while the specter of the French Revolution looms over them all.
1781–1791 AD – Amadeus (1984)
The composer Antonio Salieri, court musician to Emperor Joseph II, narrates his obsessive rivalry with the brilliant Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, whom he admires and envies in equal measure, from Mozart's arrival in Vienna in 1781 to his death in 1791.
1781–1801 AD – Poldark (2015–2019)
After fighting in the American Revolutionary War, Captain Ross Poldark returns to his native Cornwall to find his father dead, his estate in ruins and his beloved fiancée with another man. Determined to rebuild his life, he confronts the powerful local landowners while forging a new future with Demelza, his servant turned wife.
1782–1810 AD – Chief of War (2025)
The series follows the Hawaiian warrior Ka'iana in his struggle to unify the Pacific islands before the arrival of Western colonizers, in a period of shifting conflicts and alliances that transformed Hawaii.
1783–1830 AD – The Liberator (2013)
Epic biography of Simón Bolívar that traces his life from his aristocratic youth in Caracas to his struggle for South America's independence from the Spanish Empire, covering his military campaigns and his vision of a unified nation.
1787 AD – The Bounty (1984)
In 1787, Captain Bligh and officer Fletcher Christian set sail for Tahiti. The relationship between them deteriorates during the voyage, leading to a mutiny that reflects the tensions between naval discipline and the desire for freedom.
1787 AD – Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)
Captain William Bligh, a man of iron, commands the Bounty on a mission in the South Seas. His severity and mistreatment of the crew provoke Fletcher Christian to rebel, taking control of the ship.
1788 AD – The Madness of King George (1994)
England, 1788. King George III, at the height of his power, falls into a deep mental health crisis that incapacitates him from governing, sparking a political struggle between his son, the Prince of Wales, and the government over the regency.
1788 AD – The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant (2005)
Australia, 1788. Mary Bryant, a young convict sentenced for a minor crime, is deported to the penal colony of Botany Bay. After years of misery and suffering, she leads a desperate escape with her family in a small boat, embarking on one of the most incredible voyages ever recorded.
1789–1794 AD – The French Revolution (1989)
The French Revolution from the convening of the Estates-General in 1789 to the execution of Louis XVI in 1793 and the end of the Terror in 1794, told from the perspectives of protagonists on both sides.
c. 1787–1807 AD – Amazing Grace (2006)
The story of British parliamentarian William Wilberforce, who dedicated his life to the fight for the abolition of the slave trade in the British Empire, facing the powerful economic interests of his time.
1789 AD – Delicious (2021)
In 1789 France, on the eve of the Revolution, a chef dismissed from a noble house decides to open his own restaurant, giving rise to a new culinary concept while defying the rigid rules of the estate-based society.
1792–1809 AD – Goya's Ghosts (2006)
The painter Francisco de Goya becomes embroiled in the intrigues of the Spanish Inquisition when his muse is accused of heresy, in a tale that spans late-18th-century Spain to the Napoleonic Wars.
1794 AD – Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994)
In 1794, Arctic explorer Robert Walton rescues Victor Frankenstein, a Swiss scientist consumed by guilt. Victor recounts how, obsessed with conquering death, he created a being from body parts, an act that unleashed a tragedy for him and for everyone he loved.
1793–1821 AD – Napoleon (2023)
The film follows the rise and fall of Napoleon Bonaparte, from his role in the French Revolution to his final defeat at Waterloo and his death on Saint Helena.
1795–1821 AD – Napoleon (2002)
The miniseries traces the life of Napoleon Bonaparte from his rise as a general during the French Revolution to his death in exile on the island of Saint Helena.
1799 AD – Sleepy Hollow (1999)
New York constable Ichabod Crane, an advocate of scientific methods, is sent to the village of Sleepy Hollow to investigate a series of beheadings that the locals attribute to a headless horseman.
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