MOVIES ABOUT RENAISSANCE,

COLONIAL AND ELIZABETHAN TIMES

 

1492

1492 Conquest of Paradise

Gerard Depardieu, Sigorney Weaver

Story of Columbus and the Ocean Blue

Spain-Caribbean

1510

The Agony and the Ecstasy

Charlton Heston, Rex Harrison

Story of Michaelangelo

Italy

1530

Captain From Castile

Tyrone Power

Cortez and Spanish conquest of the Mexico

Spain-Mexico

1536

Highlander

Sean Connery, Christopher Lambert

A Scottish Immortal fights for the prize

Scotland

1540

The Six Wives of Henry VIII

Keith Mitchell

The entire debacle of Henry and his women

England

1540

Anne of a Thousand Days

Richard Burton, Genevieve Bujold

Anne Boleyn and Henry VIII

England

1540

A Man for All Seasons

Paul Scofield

Thomas More and Henry VIII

England

1565

Mary Queen of Scots

Vanessa Redgrave

Story of Queen Mary

England

1565

Mary of Scotland

Katherine Hepburn

Story of Queen Mary

England

1575

Ivan the Terrible

Nikolai Cherkasov

Shows how Russia needed a strong leader

Russia

1585

Romeo and Juliet

Whiting, Olivia Hussey

Shakespeare's Famous Italian love story

Italy

1588

Fire Over England

Vivian Leigh, Laurence Olivier

Story of England and the Spanish Armada

England

1588

The Sea Hawk

Errol Flynn

Story of the Spanish Armada

England

1595

The Crimson Pirate

Burt Lancaster

Classic pirate adventure on the Spanish Main

Spain-Atlantic

1600

Hamlet

Mel Gibson

Shakespeare's Famous Danish story

Denmark

 

1600

Elizabeth

Cate Blanchette

Story of Queen Elizabeth I

England

1602

Twelfth Night

Helen Bonham Carter

Shakespeare's witty play

Italy

1604

Othello

Lawrence Olivier

Shakespeare's Famous story from Italy

Venice

1605

MacBeth

Orson Welles

Shakespeare's Famous story

Scotland

1620

Mayflower

Anthony Hopkins

The famed story of the ship that began a colony

Massachusetts

1620

Squanto

Xavier Koller

The bold story of this Indian hero

Massachusetts

1630

The Last Valley

Michael Caine

Germany during the 30 Years War

Germany

1648

With Fire and Sword

Jerzy Hoffmann, Henryk Sienkiewicz

Story of a Cossack uprising (Ogniem I Mieczem)

Poland

1655

The Deluge (Potop)

Jerzy Hoffmann, Henryk Sienkiewicz

Story of Swedish invasion of Poland

Poland

1660

Pan Wolodyowski

Jerzy Hoffmann, Henryk Sienkiewicz

Story of Turkish invasion of Poland

Poland

1660

Shogun

Richard Chamberlain

The amazing story of Feudal Japan

Japan

1650

The Black Swan

Tyrone Power

Colonial problems in the Caribbean

Spainish Caribbean

1692

The Crucible

Daniel Day-Lewis, Winona Rider

Witch hunts in early America

Massachusetts

 

 

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