Period films

Period films are movies that take place during a particular time period. The time era being presented is always in the past and is reflective of a real world setting. Movies that take place in the future are classified under science fiction and are not period films. Movie that take place in fictional realities, or fictional locations, such as Aladdin are not considered period films either. To make things even more inclusive, the time era being presented in the movie needs to take place more than just a few years ago. The idea is that it is supposed to represent a snapshot from a particular era in world history. Period films differ slightly from historical films in that they usually embody a fictional storyline set within the trappings of an real-world time period.

Medieval Europe

• Gladiator

Renaissance era

• Richard III (1955)
• Shakespeare in Love
• Tower of London (1939)
• Tower of London (1962)

17th century

• Crucible, The
• Love at Stake

18th century

• Barry Lyndon
• Bride, The
• Patriot, The

19th century

• Count of Monte Cristo, The (2002)
• Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920)
• Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)
• Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941)
• Gothic (1986)
• Illusionist, The
• Legend of Tarzan, The
• Mary Reilly (1996)

The Roaring Twenties

• Mobsters (1991)
• St. Valentine's Day Massacre, The (1967)

Prohibition/Depression era

• Legend of Bagger Vance, The
• Mobsters (1991)

The 1960s

• Help, The
• Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

The 1970s

• Hillside Strangler, The

War films

American Civil War

• Warrens of Virginia, The (1915)
• Warrens of Virginia, The (1924)

Vietnam War

• Full Metal Jacket (1987)

Other periods

• Aladdin (1992)
• Aladdin and the King of Thieves (1996)
• Return of Jafar, The (1994)
• Titanic

See also

• Period films
• Historical films