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9:45 am
April 11, 2011
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A bit of fun for film fans, what are the best historical films you've ever seen? They don't have to be good, but you like them for your own reasons, they also don't have to be true, just cover a period in history (so, at a pinch, pretty well anything goes). As Easter has just passed I thought 13 would be a good number for a maximum, although any number up to that is fine. Let's see how many duplicates appear on the lists. My 13 (and I had to leave a good few out!) in date order are:
Ben-Hur (1959)
Spartacus (1960)
Zulu (1964)
Khartoum (1966)
Anne Of The Thousand Days (1969)
Cross Of Iron (1977)
Sophie's Choice (1982)
Out Of Africa (1985)
The English Patient (1996)
Elizabeth (1998)
Gladiator (2000)
Kingdom Of Heaven (2005)
The Reader (2008)
11:34 am
June 7, 2010
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Hmmm…. this is a toughie. The list is off the top of my head (not always a good idea).
Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)
Pride and Prejudice (2005)
The Duchess (2008)
Elizabeth (1998)
Atonement (2007)
Ever After (1998)
Mary Queen of Scots (1971)
I'm sure there are more, but that's all for now.
"By daily proof you shall find me to be to you both loving and kind" Anne Boleyn
11:00 am
February 24, 2010
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Gone With The Wind (1939)
From Here To Eternity (1953)
Spartacus (1960)
Cleopatra (1963)
Romeo and Juliet (1968)
Lion In Winter (1968)
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)
Dances With Wolves (1990)
Braveheart (1995)
Elizabeth (1998)
Gladiator (2000)
Deadwood (HBO series 2004-2006)
Robin Hood (2010)
6:44 am
January 17, 2011
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Here are my favourite films – Not in any order!
Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)
A Man For All Seasons (1966)
The Other Boleyn Girl (2008)
Young Bess (1953)
Lady Jane (1986)
Troy (2004)
The Last Of The Mohicans (1992)
The Battle Of Britain (1969)
The Damn Busters (1955)
Dark Blue World (2001)
Memphis Belle (1990)
6:44 am
January 17, 2011
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Here are my favourite films – Not in any order!
Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)
A Man For All Seasons (1966)
The Other Boleyn Girl (2008)
Young Bess (1953)
Lady Jane (1986)
Troy (2004)
The Last Of The Mohicans (1992)
The Battle Of Britain (1969)
The Damn Busters (1955)
Dark Blue World (2001)
Memphis Belle (1990)
11:06 am
December 5, 2010
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does 'Carry on Henry' count..? Appart from that it's mainly documentaries and TV though I do love Anne of the Thousand Days.
I wish to confess to you and tell you my secret, which is that I am no angel. -Queen Elizabeth I
7:53 am
December 31, 2010
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Some of my favorites are……
Anne of a Thousand Days
Mary Queen of Scots
Schindler's List
Elizabeth R with Glenda Jackson
Elizabeth I The Virgin Queen (Masterpiece Theatre)
Last of the Mohicans
Marie Antoinette with Kirsten Dunst (enjoyed the music, costumes and set)
Elizabeth and Golden Age with Cate Blanchett
The Magdalene Sisters (not sure if this is considered history film) VERY MOVING!!
The Tudors (TV)
Gone With the Wind
7:15 pm
January 9, 2010
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My favourite historical movies in no particular order:
Last of the Mohicans
La Reine Margot
Hero
Anne of the Thousand Days
The Young Victoria
The Kings' Speech
Lady Jane
Russian Ark (covers a whole range of periods of Russian history)
Gladiator
Ed Wood
Gosford Park
Amazing Grace
Bright Star
Elizabeth
Henry VIII and his Six Wives
24 Hour Party People
Control
And are TV series allowed? 'Cos some of my faves would be: Rome, The Tudors, Elizabeth R, The Six Wives of Henry VIII, Mad Men, Robin of Sherwood, Jeeves and Wooster.
Oh, and of course, Blackadder!!!!!
7:55 pm
November 18, 2010
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It's amazing how many of us think of WWII as history. I grew up with relatives who had fought in either WWI and WWII, I used to listen to them talk about thier experiences.
It's always bunnies.
8:38 pm
January 9, 2010
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^ That's so true, Anyanka. The last two films I listed, 24 Hour Party People and Control are both set in the Manchester music scene of the '70's and '80's, which while I was alive at the time, I consider history! Gosh I'm old, now that I think about it…. 
But I suppose it depends on how long ago something happened for it to be considered history?
1:38 am
April 11, 2011
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StephanieM said:
Some of my favorites are……
The Magdalene Sisters (not sure if this is considered history film) VERY MOVING!!
Yes, Stephanie, this is history as the Magdalene “Laundries” are very much a part of Irish history, institutions that should have been abolished long before they were (in my opinion). A good, thought provoking film.
10:19 am
February 24, 2010
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Anyanka said:
It's amazing how many of us think of WWII as history. I grew up with relatives who had fought in either WWI and WWII, I used to listen to them talk about thier experiences.
Same here. I grew up in the 60's and 70's and that is considered history now. **sigh** It seems like it was only yesterday.
