The movies are grouped by time period and geographical location.

Ricardo Montalban and Rhonda Fleming in The Queen of Babylon (1954)

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Toshirô Mifune, Minoru Chiaki, Yoshio Inaba, Daisuke Katô, Isao Kimura, Seiji Miyaguchi, Takashi Shimura, and Keiko Tsushima in Seven Samurai (1954)

Erma - it’s gonna be Jodi.  Benji - but I don’t want her to arrest me anymore.   Erma - then Don’t snuggle them up. 

My made-up troubled lion logos (Brock Corydon)

James Earl Jones, Kathy Griffin, Alfre Woodard, Scott Adsit, Carlos Alazraqui, Kristen Alderson, Kristen Ariza, Michael Beattie, Bob Bergen, Sebastian Cavazza, Cedric The Entertainer, Dane Cook, Walt Dohrn, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Penny Johnson Jerald, John Kani, Florence Kasumba, Beyoncé, Phil LaMarr, Danny Mann, Mike Mitchell, Don Rickles, Seth Rogen, Amy Sedaris, Peter Sohn, Aron Warner, Christopher Knights, John Oliver, Keegan-Michael Key, Will.i.am, Kristen DeLuca, Christopher Lee Parson, J. Lee, Donald Glover, Eric André, Billy Eichner, Teri Reeves, Ryan Potter, Chance the Rapper, Kristen Phaneuf, JD McCrary, Josh McCrary, and Shahadi Wright Joseph in The Lion King (2019)

This is a list of 450 historical movies listed in chronological order, from prehistoric times to 1901. Many of the dates are approximate. "J'eus un rêve : le mur des siècles m'apparut." [I had a dream: The wall of the centuries appeared to me.] —Victor Hugo, La Légende des siècles [The Legend of the Ages], 1859. I'm watching the shadow play of history on the wall of the centuries...

450 Historical Movies in Chronological Order

Ron Perlman, Rae Dawn Chong, Nicholas Kadi, and Everett McGill in Quest for Fire (1981)

Brad Pitt, Sean Bean, Saffron Burrows, Eric Bana, Orlando Bloom, Rose Byrne, Diane Kruger, and Garrett Hedlund in Troy (2004)

Obviously many of these are nowhere near historically accurate.

The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots (1895)

Christian Slater, Hugh Grant, Jerry Seinfeld, Jim Gaffigan, Melissa McCarthy, Mikey Day, Amy Schumer, Kyle Mooney, Drew Tarver, and Morgan West in Unfrosted (2024)

A timeline listing 250+ films set in Antiquity and the Middle Ages. Peplum films are predominantly Italian productions from the 50s, 60s and 80s. Of course, the actors generally wore tunics.                                                                                   Greek Myths, the Bible, Ancient Egypt, Babylon, Roman Empire, Barbarian Invasions, Saracens, Vikings, Crusaders

Peplum Chronicles — The Threads of Ancient History

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