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Tales of the Taira Clan
Tales of the Taira Clan (新・平家物語, Shin Heike monogatari; Taira Clan Saga) is Kenji Mizoguchi's 1955 Daiei color film adapting Eiji Yoshikawa's novel, starring Raizo Ichikawa as young Taira no Kiyomori in 1137 Kyoto.
Tea with Mussolini
Tea with Mussolini (Un tè con Mussolini) is Franco Zeffirelli's 1999 semi-autobiographical Italy-UK comedy-drama, written with John Mortimer, about the Scorpioni expatriate women raising young Luca in fascist Florence; Maggie Smith won a BAFTA.
Temptation of a Monk (诱僧)
Temptation of a Monk (誘僧, You Seng) is a 1993 Hong Kong period film by Clara Law, adapted from Lilian Lee's novel, starring Joan Chen and Wu Hsing-kuo as a Tang dynasty general turned monk after the Xuanwu Gate Incident; Venice Golden Lion nominee, banned in China.
Thank You for Your Service (2017 film)
Thank You for Your Service (2017) is Jason Hall's directorial debut war drama, adapted from David Finkel's 2013 book, starring Miles Teller as Sgt. Adam Schumann, about Iraq veterans facing PTSD and VA bureaucracy; released October 27, 2017, grossing $9.4 million.
That Night in Varennes
That Night in Varennes (La Nuit de Varennes, Italian Il mondo nuovo) is Ettore Scola's 1982 French-Italian historical drama about a stagecoach of passengers, including Restif de la Bretonne, Casanova, and Thomas Paine, who follow Louis XVI's 1791 flight and witness his arrest at Varennes; Cannes competitor and triple David di Donatello winner.
The 21
The 21 is a 2024 animated short film (also known as 21 Martyrs) directed by Tod Polson honoring the 21 Coptic Christians beheaded by ISIS in Libya in 2015, made in Neo-Coptic iconography style by 70+ artists from 24+ countries and shortlisted for the 2025 Oscar for Best Animated Short.
The 47
The 47 (El 47) is a 2024 Spanish biographical drama by Marcel Barrena starring Eduard Fernández as bus driver Manolo Vital, who in 1978 drove a line 47 bus to Torre Baró; it shared the 2025 Goya for Best Film.
The 47 Ronin (元禄忠臣蔵) (1941 film)
Genroku Chūshingura (元禄忠臣蔵), released in English as The 47 Ronin, is Kenji Mizoguchi's two-part 1941–1942 Shochiku film adapting Mayama Seika's kabuki cycle about the Akō rōnin vendetta, a government-commissioned wartime production that became a box-office failure and later a celebrated formalist work.
The 47 Ronin (四十七人の刺客) (1994 film)
The 47 Ronin (四十七人の刺客, Shijūshichinin no Shikaku) is a 1994 Toho jidaigeki directed by Kon Ichikawa, starring Ken Takakura as Ōishi Kuranosuke, reinterpreting Chūshingura as an information and economic war.
The Assassins (铜雀台)
The Assassins (铜雀台, Tong Que Tai) is Zhao Linshan's 2012 Chinese historical drama, starring Chow Yun-fat as an aging Cao Cao targeted by trained assassins Ling Ju and Mu Shun; 107 minutes, released 26 September 2012.
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (film)
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008), Mark Herman's adaptation of John Boyne's novel, stars Asa Butterfield and Jack Scanlon as boys on opposite sides of a concentration camp fence; a mixed-reception Holocaust drama widely criticized in education research.
The Burmese Harp (ビルマの竪琴)
The Burmese Harp (ビルマの竪琴, Biruma no Tategoto) is Kon Ichikawa's 1956 Nikkatsu antiwar film, adapted by Natto Wada from Takeyama Michio's novel, about soldier Mizushima becoming a monk in Burma; San Giorgio Prize winner, Oscar-nominated, remade in color in 1985.
The Counterfeiters (הזייפנים)
The Counterfeiters (Hebrew: הזייפנים; original title Die Fälscher) is Stefan Ruzowitzky's 2007 Austrian-German drama, winner of the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar, about Salomon Sorowitsch and Operation Bernhard, the Nazi counterfeiting scheme at Sachsenhausen.
The Crucified Lovers (近松物語)
The Crucified Lovers (近松物語, Chikamatsu Monogatari; also A Story from Chikamatsu) is Kenji Mizoguchi's 1954 Daiei film adapting Chikamatsu Monzaemon's 1715 play, starring Kazuo Hasegawa and Kyoko Kagawa as lovers falsely accused of adultery in 17th-century Kyoto.
The Damned (1969 film)
The Damned (La caduta degli dei, Götterdämmerung), Luchino Visconti's 1969 Italy–West Germany melodrama about the von Essenbeck steel family amid the Nazi rise, noted for its X rating, Night of the Long Knives sequence, Jarre score, and Oscar-nominated screenplay.
The Day After
The Day After is ABC's 1983 made-for-TV nuclear-war drama directed by Nicholas Meyer, set in Lawrence, Kansas, watched by over 100 million viewers on November 20, 1983; distinct from the 1909 Griffith short and Hong Sang-soo's 2018 film.
The Deer Hunter
The Deer Hunter (1978), Michael Cimino's Vietnam War drama starring Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken, John Savage, and Meryl Streep; won five Oscars including Best Picture; famous and controversial for its Russian roulette scenes.
The Devils (film)
The Devils is a 1971 British historical drama directed by Ken Russell, starring Oliver Reed as Urbain Grandier and Vanessa Redgrave, adapted from Aldous Huxley's book The Devils of Loudun.
The Dumbfounded King
The Dumbfounded King (El rey pasmado) is a 1991 Spanish-French-Portuguese satirical historical comedy by Imanol Uribe, adapted from Torrente Ballester's 1989 novel, in which young Philip IV's wish to see the queen naked scandalizes the Church; it won eight Goyas.
The Empress Dowager (倾国倾城)
The Empress Dowager (傾國傾城) is a 1975 Shaw Brothers historical drama directed by Li Han-hsiang, starring Lisa Lu as Cixi and Ti Lung as Guangxu; it won three 1975 Golden Horse Awards and was followed by The Last Tempest (1976).
The Empress Yang Kwei Fei
The Empress Yang Kwei Fei (楊貴妃, Yokihi) is Kenji Mizoguchi's 1955 first color film, the first Japan–Hong Kong co-production with Shaw Brothers, starring Machiko Kyo as the Tang consort Yang Guifei, based on Bai Juyi's Song of Everlasting Sorrow.
The Endless Trench
The Endless Trench (La trinchera infinita) is a 2019 Spanish-French drama by Arregi, Garaño, and Goenaga about a Republican who hides in his house for over 30 years after the Spanish Civil War, inspired by the real 'topos' and the 1977 book Los topos.
The Face Reader (관상)
The Face Reader (관상) is a 2013 South Korean period drama directed by Han Jae-rim, starring Song Kang-ho, about a Joseon face reader caught in a 1455 royal coup.
The Fall of the Roman Empire (film)
The Fall of the Roman Empire is Anthony Mann's 1964 Samuel Bronston epic starring Sophia Loren, Stephen Boyd, Alec Guinness, and Christopher Plummer as Commodus, set in 180 A.D.; its huge cost bankrupted Bronston and inspired Gladiator.
The Fortress (남한산성)
The Fortress (남한산성, Namhansanseong) is Hwang Dong-hyuk's 2017 Korean historical drama adapted from Kim Hoon's novel, depicting King Injo's 47-day siege at Namhansanseong during the 1636 Qing invasion and the surrender debate between ministers Choi Myung-kil and Kim Sang-heon.
The Founding of a Republic (建国大业)
The Founding of a Republic (建国大业, Jianguo Daye) is a 2009 Chinese historical drama by Han Sanping and Huang Jianxin, made for the PRC's 60th anniversary with 83 star cameos; it became the highest-grossing Chinese-language film in China.
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (Il giardino dei Finzi-Contini): 1970 Vittorio De Sica film adapted from Giorgio Bassani's 1962 novel about a wealthy Jewish family in Ferrara under fascist racial laws; Golden Bear 1971, Oscar Best Foreign Language Film 1972.
The Great War of Archimedes (アルキメデスの大戦)
The Great War of Archimedes (アルキメデスの大戦, Arukimedesu no taisen) is a 2019 Japanese historical drama by Takashi Yamazaki, based on Norifusa Mita's manga, in which mathematician Kai Tadashi tries to stop the battleship Yamato's construction through cost analysis; it earned ¥1.93 billion in Japan.
The King and the Clown (왕의 남자)
The King and the Clown (왕의 남자, Wang-ui namja) is Lee Joon-ik's 2005 South Korean historical drama about clowns Jang-saeng and Gong-gil in King Yeonsan's court; a record-breaking box-office hit based on the play Yi.
The King's Warden (왕과 산다는 남자)
The King's Warden (왕과 산다는 남자) is a 2026 South Korean historical drama directed by Jang Hang-jun. It is set in 1457 during the exile of King Danjong.