This article is a selection of films and series both fictional and non-fictional which involve imperialism as a major theme.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]
Films
Year
|
Title
|
Director
|
Genre
|
Themes
|
1936
|
A Message to Garcia
|
George Marshall
|
Historical drama
|
Spanish-American War
|
1939
|
The Four Feathers
|
Zoltan Korda
|
Historical drama
|
Mahdist War
|
1941
|
Ohm Krüger
|
Hans Steinhoff
|
Historical drama
|
Boer War
|
1945
|
Burma Victory
|
Roy Boulting
|
Historical drama
|
Burma Campaign
|
1962
|
Lawrence of Arabia
|
David Lean
|
Biographical
|
World War I
|
1966
|
Khartoum
|
Basil Dearden
|
Historical drama
|
Siege of Khartoum
|
1967
|
The Battle of Algiers
|
Gillo Pontecorvo
|
Historical drama
|
Algerian Revolution
|
1970
|
Shangani Patrol
|
David Millin
|
Historical drama
|
British colonialism
|
1972
|
Sambizanga
|
Sarah Maldoror
|
Historical drama
|
Angolan War of Independence
|
1972
|
A Luta Continua
|
Robert Van Lierop
|
Historical drama
|
Mozambican War of Independence
|
1979
|
Zulu Dawn
|
Douglas Hickox
|
Historical drama
|
Battle of Isandlwana
|
1980
|
Lion of the Desert
|
Moustapha Akkad
|
Historical drama
|
Italy in Lybya
|
1982
|
Gandhi
|
Richard Attenborough
|
Biographical
|
Indian Independence Movement
|
1982
|
Missing
|
Costa-Gavras
|
Historical drama
|
Chilean coup of 1973
|
1985
|
Revolution
|
Hugh Hudson
|
Historical drama
|
American Revolutionary War
|
1986
|
Salvador
|
Oliver Stone
|
Historical drama
|
Salvadoran Civil War
|
1992
|
The Crying Game
|
Neil Jordan
|
Historical drama
|
Revolution, Ireland
|
1995
|
Braveheart
|
Mel Gibson
|
Historical drama
|
Revolution, Great Britain
|
1994
|
Arende
|
Dirk de Villiers
|
Historical drama
|
Anglo Boer War
|
1996
|
Michael Collins
|
Neil Jordan
|
Biographical
|
Revolution, Ireland
|
1997
|
Rough Riders
|
John Milius
|
Historical drama
|
Spanish-American War
|
1998
|
Jose Rizal
|
Marilou Diaz-Abaya
|
Biographical
|
Philippine Revolution
|
1999
|
Adwa
|
Haile Gerima
|
Historical drama
|
Battle of Adwa
|
2000
|
Lumumba
|
Raoul Peck
|
Biographical
|
Congolese National Movement
|
2000
|
The Patriot
|
Roland Emmerich
|
Historical drama
|
American Revolutionary War
|
2006
|
Thomas Sankara: The Upright Man
|
Robin Shuffield
|
Documentary
|
Revolution, Burkina Faso
|
2007
|
Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation
|
Charles Burnett
|
Historical drama
|
Namibian War of Independence
|
2007
|
The War on Democracy
|
John Pilger
|
Historical drama
|
US Imperialism
|
2008
|
Baler
|
Mark Meily
|
Historical drama
|
Philippine Revolution
|
2010
|
Hidalgo: The story never told
|
Antonio Serrano
|
Biographical
|
Mexican War of Independence
|
2010
|
Revolución: el cruce de los Andes
|
Leandro Ipiña
|
Historical drama
|
Argentina War of Independence
|
2010
|
Françafrique
|
Patrick Benquet
|
Historical drama
|
African post colonialism
|
2010
|
Outside the Law
|
Rachid Bouchareb
|
Historical drama
|
Revolution, Algeria
|
2010
|
Amílcar Cabral
|
Ana Ramos Lisboa
|
Documentary
|
Revolution, Guinea Bisseau
|
2012
|
Toussaint Louverture
|
Philippe Niang
|
Biographical
|
Haitian Revolution
|
2013
|
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
|
Justin Chadwick
|
Biographical
|
Anti-Apartheid Movement
|
2013
|
The Liberator
|
Alberto Arvelo
|
Historical drama
|
Revolution, South America
|
2015
|
Queen of the Desert
|
Werner Herzog
|
Historical drama
|
British colonialism
|
2016
|
Kalushi
|
Mandla Dube
|
Historical drama
|
Revolution, South Africa
|
2006
|
Revolution Selfie
|
Steven de Castro
|
Documentary
|
Revolution, Philippines
|
2019
|
Ginnen Upan Seethala
|
Anuruddha Jayasinghe
|
Biographical
|
Revolution, Sri Lanka
|
|
See also
References
- ^ Grieveson, Lee; MacCabe, Colin (2017-10-26). Empire and Film. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-349-92498-1.
- ^ Chapman, James; Cull, Nicholas J. (2009-07-15). Projecting Empire: Imperialism and Popular Cinema. Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 978-1-84511-940-9.
- ^ Grieveson, Lee; MacCabe, Colin (2019-07-25). Film and the End of Empire. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-83871-570-0.
- ^ Prince, Stephen (1992-06-30). Visions of Empire: Political Imagery in Contemporary American Film. Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 978-0-275-93662-4.
- ^ Landy, Marcia (2001-01-01). The Historical Film: History and Memory in Media. A&C Black. ISBN 978-0-485-30096-3.
- ^ Hughes-Warrington, Marnie (2007). History goes to the movies: studying history on film. London: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group. ISBN 978-0-415-32828-9.
- ^ Rosenstone, Robert A. (2017). History on Film/Film on History. doi:10.4324/9781315113654. ISBN 9781315113654.
- ^ Nowell-Smith, Geoffrey; Nowell-Smith, Project Director for European Filmography and Fellow of the European Humanities Research Center Geoffrey (1996-10-17). The Oxford History of World Cinema. Oxford University Press, UK. ISBN 978-0-19-811257-0.
- ^ Jaikumar, Priya (2006-05-03). Cinema at the End of Empire: A Politics of Transition in Britain and India. Duke University Press. ISBN 978-0-8223-8774-9.