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The following are examples of well-known historical dramas, and their subject matter.

'' Alexander Nevsky '' ( Alexander Nevsky )

'' All The President's Men '' (the Watergate scandal)

'' Anne Of The Thousand Days '' ( Anne Boleyn )

'' The Battle Of Algiers '' (the Algerian War Of Independence )

'' The Battleship Potemkin '' (the Battleship Potemkin Uprising )

'' Beau Brummell '' ( Beau Brummell )

'' Braveheart '' ( William Wallace )

'' 'Breaker' Morant '' ( Breaker Morant )

'' A Bridge Too Far '' ( Operation Market Garden )

'' The Charge Of The Light Brigade '' (the Charge Of The Light Brigade )

'' Cromwell '' ( Oliver Cromwell )

'' Elizabeth '' ( Elizabeth I Of England )

'' Downfall '' (the defeat of Adolf Hitler )

'' Fire Over England '' (the Spanish Armada )

'' Gandhi '' ( Mahatma Gandhi )

'' Gladiator '' (the reign of Commodus )

'' Glory '' (the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry )

'' Gone With The Wind '' (the American Civil War )

'' Good Night, And Good Luck '' ( Edward R. Murrow )

'' Henry V '' ( Henry V Of England )

'' Henry VIII And His Six Wives '' ( Henry VIII Of England )

'' Hotel Rwanda '' (the Rwandan Genocide )

'' Jesus Of Nazareth (movie) '' ( Jesus Christ )

'' Judgment At Nuremberg '' (the Nuremberg Trials )

'' Kagemusha '' (the Battle Of Nagashino )

'' The Killing Fields '' (the Khmer Rouge )

'' Lady Caroline Lamb '' ( Lady Caroline Lamb )

'' Lady Jane '' ( Lady Jane Grey )

'' The Lion In Winter '' ( Henry II Of England )

'' The Longest Day '' ( D-Day )

'' The Madness Of King George '' ( George III Of The United Kingdom )

'' A Man For All Seasons '' ( Thomas More )

'' Mary, Queen Of Scots '' ( Mary I Of Scots )

'' Michael Collins '' ( Michael Collins )

'' Mrs. Brown '' ( Queen Victoria and John Brown )

'' Mutiny On The Bounty '' (the Mutiny On The Bounty )

'' A Night To Remember '' (the '' Titanic '' disaster)

'' The Private Life Of Henry VIII '' ( Henry VIII Of England )

'' Queen Christina '' ( Christina Of Sweden )

'' Ragtime '' ( New York City in the 1910s )

'' Richard III '' (two versions) ( Richard III Of England )

'' The Right Stuff '' (the Project Mercury )

'' Roots '' (the Slave Trade )

'' Saving Private Ryan '' ( D-Day and its aftermath)

'' Schindler's List '' ( Oskar Schindler )

'' Sink The Bismarck! '' (the German Battleship Bismarck )

'' Spartacus '' ( Spartacus )

'' Titanic '' (the '' Titanic '' disaster)

'' Tora! Tora! Tora! '' (the Attack On Pearl Harbor )

'' Waterloo '' (the Battle Of Waterloo )

'' Young Bess '' ( Elizabeth I Of England )

'' Young Winston '' ( Winston Churchill )

'' Z '' (the assassination of Gregoris Lambrakis )