List of films on imperialism explained
This article is a selection of films and series both fictional and non-fictional which involve imperialism as a major theme.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]
Films
| Year | Title | Director | Genre | Themes |
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| 1936 | A Message to Garcia | George Marshall | Historical drama | Spanish-American War |
| 1939 | The Four Feathers | Zoltan Korda | Historical drama | Mahdist War |
| 1941 | Ohm Krüger | Hans Steinhoff | Historical drama | Boer War |
| 1945 | Burma Victory | Roy Boulting | Historical drama | Burma Campaign |
| 1962 | Lawrence of Arabia | David Lean | Biographical | World War I |
| 1966 | Khartoum | Basil Dearden | Historical drama | Siege of Khartoum |
| 1967 | The Battle of Algiers | Gillo Pontecorvo | Historical drama | Algerian Revolution |
| 1970 | | David Millin | Historical drama | British colonialism |
| 1972 | Sambizanga | Sarah Maldoror | Historical drama | Angolan War of Independence |
| 1972 | A Luta Continua | Robert Van Lierop | Historical drama | Mozambican War of Independence |
| 1979 | Zulu Dawn | Douglas Hickox | Historical drama | Battle of Isandlwana |
| 1980 | Lion of the Desert | Moustapha Akkad | Historical drama | Italy in Lybya |
| 1982 | Gandhi | Richard Attenborough | Biographical | Indian Independence Movement |
| 1982 | Missing | Costa-Gavras | Historical drama | Chilean coup of 1973 |
| 1985 | Revolution | Hugh Hudson | Historical drama | American Revolutionary War |
| 1986 | Salvador | Oliver Stone | Historical drama | Salvadoran Civil War |
| 1992 | The Crying Game | Neil Jordan | Historical drama | Revolution, Ireland |
| 1995 | Braveheart | Mel Gibson | Historical drama | Revolution, Great Britain |
| 1994 | Arende | Dirk de Villiers | Historical drama | Anglo Boer War |
| 1996 | Michael Collins | Neil Jordan | Biographical | Revolution, Ireland |
| 1997 | Rough Riders | John Milius | Historical drama | Spanish-American War |
| 1998 | Jose Rizal | | Biographical | Philippine Revolution |
| 1999 | Adwa | Haile Gerima | Historical drama | Battle of Adwa |
| 2000 | Lumumba | Raoul Peck | Biographical | Congolese National Movement |
| 2000 | The Patriot | Roland Emmerich | Historical drama | American Revolutionary War |
| 2006 | | Robin Shuffield | Documentary | Revolution, Burkina Faso |
| 2007 | | Charles Burnett | Historical drama | |
| 2007 | The War on Democracy | John Pilger | Historical drama | US Imperialism |
| 2008 | Baler | Mark Meily | Historical drama | Philippine Revolution |
| 2010 | Hidalgo: The story never told | Antonio Serrano | Biographical | Mexican War of Independence |
| 2010 | | Leandro Ipiña | Historical drama | Argentina War of Independence |
| 2010 | Françafrique | Patrick Benquet | Historical drama | African post colonialism |
| 2010 | Outside the Law | Rachid Bouchareb | Historical drama | Revolution, Algeria |
| 2010 | Amílcar Cabral | Ana Ramos Lisboa | Documentary | Revolution, Guinea Bisseau |
| 2012 | Toussaint Louverture | Philippe Niang | Biographical | Haitian Revolution |
| 2013 | | Justin Chadwick | Biographical | Anti-Apartheid Movement |
| 2013 | The Liberator | Alberto Arvelo | Historical drama | Revolution, South America |
| 2015 | Queen of the Desert | Werner Herzog | Historical drama | British colonialism |
| 2016 | Kalushi | Mandla Dube | Historical drama | Revolution, South Africa |
| 2006 | Revolution Selfie | Steven de Castro | Documentary | Revolution, Philippines |
| 2019 | Ginnen Upan Seethala | Anuruddha Jayasinghe | Biographical | Revolution, Sri Lanka |
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See also
Notes and References
- Book: Grieveson . Lee . Empire and Film . MacCabe . Colin . 2017-10-26 . Bloomsbury Publishing . 978-1-349-92498-1 . en.
- Book: Chapman . James . Projecting Empire: Imperialism and Popular Cinema . Cull . Nicholas J. . 2009-07-15 . Bloomsbury Academic . 978-1-84511-940-9 . en.
- Book: Grieveson . Lee . Film and the End of Empire . MacCabe . Colin . 2019-07-25 . Bloomsbury Publishing . 978-1-83871-570-0 . en.
- Book: Prince, Stephen . Visions of Empire: Political Imagery in Contemporary American Film . 1992-06-30 . Bloomsbury Academic . 978-0-275-93662-4 . en.
- Book: Landy, Marcia . The Historical Film: History and Memory in Media . 2001-01-01 . A&C Black . 978-0-485-30096-3 . en.
- Book: Hughes-Warrington, Marnie . History goes to the movies: studying history on film . 2007 . Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group . 978-0-415-32828-9 . London.
- Book: Rosenstone, Robert A. . History on Film/Film on History . 2017 . 10.4324/9781315113654. 9781315113654 .
- Book: Nowell-Smith . Geoffrey . The Oxford History of World Cinema . Nowell-Smith . Project Director for European Filmography and Fellow of the European Humanities Research Center Geoffrey . 1996-10-17 . Oxford University Press, UK . 978-0-19-811257-0 . en.
- Book: Jaikumar, Priya . Cinema at the End of Empire: A Politics of Transition in Britain and India . 2006-05-03 . Duke University Press . 978-0-8223-8774-9 . en.
