This is a list of 300 historical movies listed in chronological order, from prehistoric times to 1901. Many of the dates are approximate.

Establishment of America

[1492] Conquest of Paradise: Christopher Columbus. "Discovery" of America.
[1608] The New World: Founding of Jamestown, John Smith and Pocahontas

Colonial America

[1692] The Crucible: Salem Witch Trials
[1757] The Last of the Mohicans: French-Indian War

Revolutionary War

[1776] 1776: Debate over declaring independence (Musical)
[1776] The Patriot: Fictionalized characters and battles representing the revolutionary war

Early Independence

[1812] The Buccaneer: War of 1812, Battle of New Orleans. Andrew Jackson and Jean Lafitte
[1836] The Alamo: The battle of the Alamo, the most accurate of a group of very inaccurate movies depicting this event

Slavery

[1839] Amistad: Pre-Civil War Slave Trade
[1841] 12 Years a Slave: Slavery in mid-1800's
[1840-1860s] Harriet: Underground Railroad and Harriet Tubman

Civil War

[1861] Ride With the Devil: Early Civil War, Confederate perspective
[1861-1863] Glory: Civil War, 54th regiment the first all-black regiment int he Civil War
[1863] Gettysburg: Civil War, Battle of Gettysburg
[1863] Gangs of New York: Bloody Draft Riots. Slice of Life around Civil War (not about the war)
[1861-1869] Gone with the Wind: Southern life during the Civil War
[1865] Lincoln: Final months of the Civil War, 13th Amendment

Gilded Age

[1870] The Age of Innocence: Gilded Age

American West - Late 1800s

[1881-1882] The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford: American West in the late 19th century
[1899] Newsies: The newsboy strike

Turn of the Century

[1898-1910s] There Will Be Blood: Turn of the century American oil boom
[1900s] Yankee Doodle Dandy: Turn of the Century East Coast, during oil boom in California. The start of American theater and entertainment

World War I

[1909-1920s] Wilson: President Woodrow Wilson and World War I
[1914-1918] All Quiet on the Western Front: World War I, Trench warfare
[1914-1918] Wings: World War I, Aerial combat
[1921] The Immigrant: After World War I, immigration from war torn Europe to America

The Great Depression

[1909-1940s] The Color Purple: Great Depression, through the lens of southern a African Americans
[1930s] Grapes of Wrath: Great Depression

World War II

[1943-1945] Patton: World War II
[1945] Flags of Our Fathers: Battle of Iwo Jima
[1945-1946] The Best Years of Our Lives: End of World War II, the fallout of war for normal everyday Americans

Civil Rights - Part 1

[1947-1960s] Cadillac Records: Rise of minority cultural contributions in music
[1937-1970s] The Butler: Civil Rights over several decades and presidencies
[1944-1982] Forrest Gump: Civil Rights, Entirely fictional character, passing through many real and important events

Space Race

[1957] October Sky: Space Race, just after Sputnik
[1947-1963] The Right Stuff: Space Race
[1961] Hidden Figures: Inner workings of NASA, and racial tension
[1961-1967] First Man: The moon landing

Cuban Missile Crisis

[1961] Thirteen Days: Cuban Missile Crisis

Civil Rights - Part 2

[1960s] The Help: Slice of life for southern African Americans
[1943-1965] Malcolm X: Civil Rights, Malcolm X
[1964] Selma: Civil Rights, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Assassination of JFK

[1961-1969] JFK: Assassination of President John F. Kennedy

Cold War

[1964] Dr. Strangelove: Cold War, satirical

Vietnam War

[1965] Good Morning Vietnam: Slice of life for soldiers during the Vietnam War
[1967-1976] Born on the 4th of July: Vietnam War

Space Exploration

[1969-1970] Apollo 13: The aborted Apollo 13 mission

Richard Nixon

[1969-1974] Nixon: The Nixon presidency
[1972-1973] All the President's Men: Watergate

1970s

[1970-1978] Milk: First openly Gay elected to public office
[1976] Dazed and Confused: American bicentennial slice of life, 1970s

Iranian Hostage Crisis

[1979] Argo: Iranian hostage crisis

1980s

[1989] Do the Right Thing: 1980s slice of life, racial tensions

1990s

[1996] Richard Jewell: Centennial Olympic Park bombing
[1999] I'm Not Ashamed: Columbine High School shooting

War on Terror

[2001] United 93: September 11th 2001 "9/11"
[2001-2011] Zero Dark Thirty: War on Terror

Internet Age

[2003-2010] The Social Network: The Internet Age

Movies about pirates

Fantasy Movies

Action & Adventure Movies

List of Nominees and Winners

• ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

BURL IVES "The Big Country" - WINNER
THEODORE BIKEL "The Defiant Ones"
LEE J. COBB "The Brothers Karamazov"
ARTHUR KENNEDY "Some Came Running"
GIG YOUNG "Teacher's Pet"

• ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

WENDY HILLER "Separate Tables" - WINNERS
PEGGY CASS "Auntie Mame"
MARTHA HYER "Some Came Running"
MAUREEN STAPLETON "Lonelyhearts"
CARA WILLIAMS "The Defiant Ones"

• COSTUME DESIGN

"GIGI" Cecil Beaton - WINNER
"BELL, BOOK AND CANDLE" Jean Louis
"THE BUCCANEER" Ralph Jester, Edith Head, John Jensen
"A CERTAIN SMILE" Charles LeMaire, Mary Wills
"SOME CAME RUNNING" Walter Plunkett

• DIRECTING

"GIGI" Vincente Minnelli - WINNER
"CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF" Richard Brooks
"THE DEFIANT ONES" Stanley Kramer
"I WANT TO LIVE!" Robert Wise
"THE INN OF THE SIXTH HAPPINESS" Mark Robson

• FILM EDITING

"GIGI" Adrienne Fazan - WINNER
"AUNTIE MAME" William Ziegler
"COWBOY" William A. Lyon, Al Clark
"THE DEFIANT ONES" Frederic Knudtson
"I WANT TO LIVE!" William Hornbeck

• FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

"MY UNCLE" France - WINNER
"ARMS AND THE MAN" West Germany
"LA VENGANZA" Spain
"THE ROAD A YEAR LONG" Yugoslavia
"THE USUAL UNIDENTIFIED THIEVES" Italy

• ACTOR

DAVID NIVEN "Separate Tables" - WINNER
TONY CURTIS "The Defiant Ones"
PAUL NEWMAN "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"
SIDNEY POITIER "The Defiant Ones"
SPENCER TRACY "The Old Man and the Sea"

• ACTRESS

SUSAN HAYWARD "I Want to Live!" - WINNER
DEBORAH KERR "Separate Tables"
SHIRLEY MACLAINE "Some Came Running"
ROSALIND RUSSELL "Auntie Mame"
ELIZABETH TAYLOR "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"

• ART DIRECTION

"GIGI" Art Direction: William A. Horning, Preston Ames; Set Decoration: Henry Grace, Keogh Gleason - WINNER
"AUNTIE MAME" Art Direction: Malcolm Bert; Set Decoration: George James Hopkins
"BELL, BOOK AND CANDLE" Art Direction: Cary Odell; Set Decoration: Louis Diage
"A CERTAIN SMILE" Art Direction: Lyle R. Wheeler, John DeCuir; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott, Paul S. Fox
"VERTIGO" Art Direction: Hal Pereira, Henry Bumstead; Set Decoration: Sam Comer, Frank McKelvy

• SHORT SUBJECT (CARTOON)

"KNIGHTY KNIGHT BUGS" John W. Burton, Producer - WINNER
"PAUL BUNYAN" Walt Disney, Producer
"SIDNEY'S FAMILY TREE" William M. Weiss, Producer

• MUSIC (SONG)

Gigi in "Gigi" Music by Frederick Loewe; Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner - WINNER
Almost In Your Arms (Love Song From 'Houseboat') in "Houseboat" Music and Lyrics by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans
A Certain Smile in "A Certain Smile" Music by Sammy Fain; Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster
To Love And Be Loved in "Some Came Running" Music by James Van Heusen; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
A Very Precious Love in "Marjorie Morningstar" Music by Sammy Fain; Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster

• IRVING G. THALBERG MEMORIAL AWARD

Jack L. Warner - WINNER

• CINEMATOGRAPHY (BLACK-AND-WHITE)

"THE DEFIANT ONES" Sam Leavitt - WINNER
"DESIRE UNDER THE ELMS" Daniel L. Fapp
"I WANT TO LIVE!" Lionel Lindon
"SEPARATE TABLES" Charles Lang, Jr.
"THE YOUNG LIONS" Joe MacDonald

• CINEMATOGRAPHY (COLOR)

"GIGI" Joseph Ruttenberg - WINNER
"AUNTIE MAME" Harry Stradling, Sr.
"CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF" William Daniels
"THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA" James Wong Howe
"SOUTH PACIFIC" Leon Shamroy

• SPECIAL EFFECTS

"TOM THUMB" Visual Effects by Tom Howard - WINNER
"TORPEDO RUN" Visual Effects by A. Arnold Gillespie; Audible Effects by Harold Humbrock

• DOCUMENTARY (SHORT SUBJECT)

"AMA GIRLS" Ben Sharpsteen, Producer - WINNER
"EMPLOYEES ONLY" Kenneth G. Brown, Producer
"JOURNEY INTO SPRING" Ian Ferguson, Producer
"THE LIVING STONE" Tom Daly, Producer
"OVERTURE" Thorold Dickinson, Producer

• MUSIC (SCORING OF A MUSICAL PICTURE)

"GIGI" Andre Previn - WINNER
"THE BOLSHOI BALLET" Yuri Faier, G. Rozhdestvensky
"DAMN YANKEES" Ray Heindorf
"MARDI GRAS" Lionel Newman
"SOUTH PACIFIC" Alfred Newman, Ken Darby

• MUSIC (MUSIC SCORE OF A DRAMATIC OR COMEDY PICTURE)

"THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA" Dimitri Tiomkin - WINNER
"THE BIG COUNTRY" Jerome Moross
"SEPARATE TABLES" David Raksin
"WHITE WILDERNESS" Oliver Wallace
"THE YOUNG LIONS" Hugo Friedhofer

• DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE)

"WHITE WILDERNESS" Ben Sharpsteen, Producer - WINNER
"ANTARCTIC CROSSING" James Carr, Producer
"THE HIDDEN WORLD" Robert Snyder, Producer
"PSYCHIATRIC NURSING" Nathan Zucker, Producer

• BEST MOTION PICTURE

"GIGI" Arthur Freed, Producer - WINNER
"AUNTIE MAME" Warner Bros.
"CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF" Lawrence Weingarten, Producer
"THE DEFIANT ONES" Stanley Kramer, Producer
"SEPARATE TABLES" Harold Hecht, Producer

• SHORT SUBJECT (LIVE ACTION)

"GRAND CANYON" Walt Disney, Producer - WINNER
"JOURNEY INTO SPRING" Ian Ferguson, Producer
"THE KISS" John Patrick Hayes, Producer
"SNOWS OF AORANGI" New Zealand Screen Board
"T IS FOR TUMBLEWEED" James A. Lebenthal, Producer

• WRITING (SCREENPLAY--BASED ON MATERIAL FROM ANOTHER MEDIUM)

"GIGI" Alan Jay Lerner - WINNER
"CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF" Richard Brooks, James Poe
"THE HORSE'S MOUTH" Alec Guinness
"I WANT TO LIVE!" Nelson Gidding, Don Mankiewicz
"SEPARATE TABLES" Terence Rattigan, John Gay

• WRITING (STORY AND SCREENPLAY--WRITTEN DIRECTLY FOR THE SCREEN)

"THE DEFIANT ONES" Nedrick Young, Harold Jacob Smith - WINNER
"THE GODDESS" Paddy Chayefsky
"HOUSEBOAT" Melville Shavelson, Jack Rose
"THE SHEEPMAN" Story by James Edward Grant; Screenplay by William Bowers, James Edward Grant
"TEACHER'S PET" Fay Kanin, Michael Kanin

• SOUND

"SOUTH PACIFIC" Todd-AO Sound Department, Fred Hynes, Sound Director - WINNER
"I WANT TO LIVE!" Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Gordon E. Sawyer, Sound Director
"A TIME TO LOVE AND A TIME TO DIE" Universal-International Studio Sound Department, Leslie I. Carey, Sound Director
"VERTIGO" Paramount Studio Sound Department, George Dutton, Sound Director
"THE YOUNG LIONS" 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, Carl Faulkner, Sound Director

All my favorite movies.

radarr

Westerns from the late 1920's to 1989.