List of films about the American Revolution explained

Below is an incomplete list of films which include events of the American Revolution. This list does not include documentaries or short films.

1910s

Year	width= 80	Country	Main title (Alternative title)	Original title (Original script)	width=100	Director	Subject
1914	United States	The Spy		Otis Turner	Drama, war. Based on the 1821 novel The Spy.
1915	United States	A Continental Girl		Joseph Adelman	Drama, war.
1916	United States	The Heart of a Hero		Emile Chautard	Drama, war. Based on the play Nathan Hale. Nathan Hale
1917	United States	Betsy Ross		Travers Vale George Cowl	Biography, drama, romance.
1917	United States	The Spirit of '76		Frank Montgomery	Drama, history, war.
1918	United States	The Beautiful Mrs. Reynolds		Arthur Ashley	Drama, history.

1920s

Year	width= 80	Country	Main title (Alternative title)	Original title (Original script)	width=100	Director	Subject
1922	United States	Cardigan		John W. Noble	Drama. Based on the novel Cardigan.
1924	United States	Janice Meredith		E. Mason Hopper E. J. Babille	Drama, history, romance, war. Based on a novel and the play Janice Meredith.
1924	United States	America		D. W. Griffith	Drama, history, war. Based on the novel The Reckoning.
1929	United Kingdom	The American Prisoner		Thomas Bentley	Drama. Based on the 1904 novel The American Prisoner.

1930s

Year	width= 80	Country	Main title (Alternative title)	Original title (Original script)	width=100	Director	Subject
1931	United States	Alexander Hamilton		John G. Adolfi	Biography, Drama, history. Based on the 1917 play Hamilton. Alexander Hamilton
1934	United States	The Pursuit of Happiness		Alexander Hall	Comedy, romance. Hessian
1936	United States	Daniel Boone		David Howard	Biography, family, western. Daniel Boone, Simon Girty
1939	United States	Drums Along the Mohawk		John Ford	Drama, romance, war, western. Based on the 1936 novel Drums Along the Mohawk.

1940s

Year	width= 80	Country	Main title (Alternative title)	Original title (Original script)	width=100	Director	Subject
1940	United States	The Howards of Virginia		Frank Lloyd	Drama, history, war. Based on a novel The Tree of Liberty.

1950s

Year	width= 80	Country	Main title (Alternative title)	Original title (Original script)	width=100	Director	Subject
1953	United States	Sangaree		Edward Ludwig	Drama, history. Based on the novel Sangaree.
1955	United States	The Scarlet Coat		John Sturges	Adventure, drama, history, romance, war. Benedict Arnold
1956	United States	Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer		Albert C. Gannaway Ismael Rodríguez	Drama, western. Daniel Boone
1957	United States	Johnny Tremain		Robert Stevenson	Adventure, family, war. Based on a novel Johnny Tremain.
1959	United Kingdom United States	The Devil's Disciple		Guy Hamilton	Comedy, history, romance, war. Based on the 1897 play The Devil's Disciple.
1959	Spain United States	John Paul Jones		John Farrow	Action, biography, history, romance, war. Based on the story "Nor'wester". John Paul Jones

1960s

Year	width= 80	Country	Main title (Alternative title)	Original title (Original script)	width=100	Director	Subject
1961	France Italy	La Fayette		Jean Dréville	Biography, drama, history, war. Gilbert du Motier

1970s

Year	width= 80	Country	Main title (Alternative title)	Original title (Original script)	width=100	Director	Subject
1970	Italy	Paths of War	Franco e Ciccio sul sentiero di guerra	Aldo Grimaldi	Comedy, western.
1972	United States	1776		Peter H. Hunt	Drama, family, history, musical. Based on the 1969 musical 1776.
1975	United States	Valley Forge		Fielder Cook	Drama, war. Based on the 1934 play Valley Forge.
1976	United States	Spirit of Seventy Sex		Stu Segall	Adult, comedy, history.

1980s

Year	width= 80	Country	Main title (Alternative title)	Original title (Original script)	width=100	Director	Subject
1985	United Kingdom Norway	Revolution		Hugh Hudson	Adventure, drama, history, war.
1989	United States	A More Perfect Union		Peter N. Johnson	Drama, history. Constitutional Convention

1990s

Year	width= 80	Country	Main title (Alternative title)	Original title (Original script)	width=100	Director	Subject
1995	United States	The Little Patriot		J. Christian Ingvordsen	Family, adventure.
1996	France	Beaumarchais	Beaumarchais l'insolent	Édouard Molinaro	Adventure, comedy, history, romance. Based on the play Beaumarchais. Pierre Beaumarchais

2000s

Year	width= 80	Country	Main title (Alternative title)	Original title (Original script)	width=100	Director	Subject
2000	United States Germany	The Patriot		Roland Emmerich	Action, drama, history, war.
2003	United States	The Deserter		Eric Bruno Borgman	Comedy, drama, history, war.
2009	United States	All for Liberty		Chris Weatherhead	Drama

2010s

Year	width= 80	Country	Main title (Alternative title)	Original title (Original script)	width=100	Director	Subject
2010	United States	Sybil Ludington		Kim Robinson	Drama, family, history. Sybil Ludington
2015	United States	Beyond the Mask		Chad Burns	Action, adventure, drama, romance.
2016	United States	The Culper Spy Adventure		James Canale III Michael Tessler Andrew Mastronardi	History.
2017	United States	One Life to Give		Leah Dunaief Michael Tessler Benji Dunaief	History.

2020s

Year	width= 80	Country	Main title (Alternative title)	Original title (Original script)	width=100	Director	Subject
2020	United States	Hamilton		Thomas Kail	War, Alexander Hamilton. Filming of the 2015 musical
2023	United States	The Battle of Camden		Christopher Forbes	War. Battle of Camden
2023	United States	The Battle of Hobkirk's Hill		Christopher Forbes	Battle of Hobkirk's Hill

Fantasy

Year	width= 80	Country	Main title (Alternative title)	Original title (Original script)	width=100	Director	Subject
1945	United States	Where Do We Go from Here?		Gregory Ratoff	Fantasy, musical.
1946	United States	The Time of Their Lives		Charles Barton	Comedy, family, fantasy.

Television films

Year	width= 80	Country	Main title (Alternative title)	Original title (Original script)	width=100	Director	Subject
1975	United States	First Ladies Diaries: Martha Washington		John J. Desmond	Biography, drama. Martha Washington
1976	United States	The Other Side of Victory		Bill Jersey
1986	United States			William A. Graham	Biography, drama, history. George Washington
1988	United States Canada	April Morning		Delbert Mann	Drama, history, war. Based on the novel April Morning.
1990	Canada	Divided Loyalties		Mario Azzopardi	Biography. Joseph Brant, Molly Brant
1993	United States	The Broken Chain		Lamont Johnson	Drama, war, action. Joseph Brant
1994	Canada	Mary Silliman's War		Stephen Surjik	Drama, history, war. Based on biography The Way of Duty. Mary Silliman
1995	United States	Taking Liberty		Stuart Gillard	Drama. Based on an unknown story.
2000	United States	The Crossing		Robert Harmon	Biography, drama, history, war. Based on the novel The Crossing. George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River, Battle of Trenton
2003	United States			Mikael Salomon	Drama, jistory. Benedict Arnold
2005	United States			Nadia Tass	Drama, family. Based on the novels about American Girl.

TV series

Year	width= 80	Country	Main title (Alternative title)	Original title (Original script)	width=100	Director	Subject
1959-1961	United States	The Swamp Fox		Harry Keller	Adventure, drama, family. Francis Marion, Banastre Tarleton
1964-1970	United States	Daniel Boone			Adventure, western. Daniel Boone
1970-1971	United States	The Young Rebels		Harve Bennett	Adventure.
1974	United States	Benjamin Franklin		Glenn Jordan	Biography, drama, history. Benjamin Franklin
1976	United States	The Adams Chronicles			Drama, history. John Adams
1978	United States	The Bastard		Lee H. Katzin	Drama, history, romance. Based on the 1974 novel The Bastard.
1979	United States	The Rebels		Russ Mayberry	Drama, history, war. Based on the 1975 novel The Rebels.
1979	United States	The Seekers		Sidney Hayers	Drama, history, war. Based on the 1975 novel The Seekers.
1982	East Germany	The great adventure of Kaspar Schmeck	Das große Abenteuer des Kaspar Schmeck	Gunter Friedrich	Adventure, drama, war. Based on a novel Das große Abenteuer des Kaspar Schmeck. Hessian
1984	United States	George Washington		Buzz Kulik	Biography, drama, history, war. George Washington
1987	United Kingdom Canada	The Devil's Disciple		David Hugh Jones	Comedy, drama, romance. Based on the 1897 play The Devil's Disciple.
1997	United States	Liberty! The American Revolution		Ellen Hovde and Muffie Meyer	Documentary, history, American Revolution
2002	United States	Benjamin Franklin		Ellen Hovde and Muffie Meyer	Documentary, history. Benjamin Franklin
2002-2003	United States	Liberty's Kids		Judy Reilly Marsha Goodman Einstein	Animation, adventure, family, history, war.
2008	United States	John Adams		Tom Hooper
2014-2017	United States				Drama, history, war. Based on the book Washington's Spies. Culper Ring
2015	United States	Sons of Liberty		Kari Skogland	Drama, history.
2015	Canada	The Book of Negroes		Clement Virgo	Drama, history, war. Based on the 2007 novel The Book of Negroes. Black Loyalist
2022	United States	Benjamin Franklin		Ken Burns	Documentary, biography, history.
2024	United States	Franklin		Tim Van Patten	Biography, drama, history. Based on the 2005 book A Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, and the Birth of America.

See also

• British Empire in fiction
• Commemoration of the American Revolution
• Founding Fathers of the United States
• Historical drama
• List of television series and miniseries about the American Revolution
• List of plays and musicals about the American Revolution
• List of films about revolution

Further reading

• Glancy, Mark. "The war of independence in feature films: The Patriot (2000) and the 'special relationship' between Hollywood and Britain." Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television 25.4 (2005): 523-545.
• Harrington. Hugh T. "Top 10 Revolutionary War Movies" Journal of the American Revolution (Jan. 25 2013) online
• Murray, Lawrence L. "Feature Films and the American Revolution: A Bicentennial Reappraisal." Film & History 5.3 (1975): 1-6.
• Rhoden, Nancy L. "Patriots, Villains, and the Quest for Liberty: How American Film has Depicted the American Revolution." Canadian Review of American Studies 37.2 (2007): 205-238.
• Schocket, Andrew M. "The American سكسي
• "Rebooted: Hamilton and Genre in Contemporary Culture." Journal of the Early Republic 37#2 (2017): 263-269.