List of films featuring imperialism as a major topic
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]
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 [ edit ] References [ edit ] ^ 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 .