Frankie Muniz, Justin Berfield, Bryan Cranston, Jane Kaczmarek, Christopher Masterson, and Erik Per Sullivan in Malcolm in the Middle (2000)

Lisa Dwan, Lochlann O'Mearáin, Justin Pierre, and Vincent Walsh in Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog (1998)

This list attempt to compile the best movies that might supplement a study of 17th and 18th centuries. This is not a comprehensive list, but hopefully gives a well-rounded sampling.

To assist you in finding what you may be interested in (there will be some overlap), here is a table of contents: The New World Colonial Period - 1 Literature of the 1600s - 11 Imperial Age (Europe 1600-1700) - 20 The arts - 44 Scientific Revolution - 54 Europe of 1700s - 59 Literature of the 1700s - 74 Pirates - 80 Americas Pre-Revolutionary War - 87 The US Revolutionary War - 101 The French Revolution - 117 US post-Revolution - 127 Far East -132 *Note that I have very, very little of non-European/American history in this list. See my previous list (Middle Ages through Elizabethan era) or the next list (The 19th Century) for a more extensive section with that focus.

My criteria for a movie/show to be included were that: 1) It had to fall within the historical time-frame given, 2) It had to receive at least a star rating of 6.0 from IMDb, 3) It had to be at least be theoretically possible to FIND the movie somewhere, such as on Netflix or Amazon. 

As I am not an expert on history nor have I actually watched most of the movies listed here, I make no promises about the relevance or appropriateness of any movie listed.  *Parental Discretion Advised*

I would welcome any comments or suggestions.

List of Movies Concerning the History and Literature of the Colonial and Revolutionary Period (1600-1800AD)

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