List of films set in the past

This is a list of live action theatrical films set prior to the year they were released. It is intended to include mostly historical and/or biographical films, but also any other films which are unambiguously known to take place in a past date. It must not include, however, films with only flashbacks or other short scenes set in the past.

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Title	Released	(Main) setting
Scarface	1932	1920s
Stagecoach	1939	1880
Winchester '73	1950	1876
Vera Cruz	1954	1861–64
Ben-Hur	1959	26
El Cid	1961	1000s
The Fall of the Roman Empire	1964	180
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly	1966	1861–65
The Godfather	1972	1945–1950s
Highlander	1986	1500s–1985
The Last Temptation of Christ	1988	-1–33
Titanic	1997	1912
Unforgiven	1992	1881
Asterix & Obelix Take On Caesar	1999	-50
Sleepy Hollow	1999	1799
Gladiator	2000	180
A Beautiful Mind	2001	1947
A Knight's Tale	2001	1300s
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone	2001	1991–92
The Cat's Meow	2001	1924
Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra	2002	-50
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	2002	1992–93
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl	2003	1700s
Downfall	2004	1945
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	2004	1993–94
Olga	2004	1908–42
Kingdom of Heaven	2005	1184
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe	2005	1940
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire	2005	1994–95
300	2006	-479
Bandidas	2006	1850s
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	2006	1700s
The Illusionist	2006	1889
The Pursuit of Happyness	2006	1981
Arn – The Knight Templar	2007	1150 (c.)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix	2007	1995–96
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End	2007	1700s
10,000 BC	2008	-10,000
Asterix at the Olympic Games	2008	-50
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas	2008	1941–45
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian	2008	1941
Agora	2009	391
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	2009	1996–97
Sherlock Holmes	2009	1891
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1	2010	1997
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader	2010	1942 (c.)
Captain America: The First Avenger	2011	1941–45
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2	2011	1997–98
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides	2011	1700s
Season of the Witch	2011	1300s–1400s
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows	2011	1891
Super 8	2011	1979
Asterix and Obelix: God Save Britannia	2012	-50
Les Misérables	2012	1815
Captain Phillips	2013	2009
The Book Thief	2013	1938–45
Exodus: Gods and Kings	2014	-1300
Predestination	2014	1945–92
Concussion	2015	2002

See also

• List of films set in the future
• List of films set in ancient Egypt
• List of films set in ancient Rome
• List of World War II films
• List of films and TV series set in the 1920s

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