List of films on imperialism

List of films featuring imperialism as a major topic

This article is a selection of films and series both fictional and non-fictional which involve imperialism as a major theme.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]

## Films

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Year  | Title  | Director  | Genre  | Themes

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1936  | A Message to Garcia | George Marshall | Historical drama | Spanish-American War
1939  | The Four Feathers | Zoltan Korda | Historical drama | Mahdist War
1941  | Ohm Krüger | Hans Steinhoff | Historical drama | Boer War
1945  | Burma Victory | Roy Boulting | Historical drama | Burma Campaign
1962  | Lawrence of Arabia | David Lean | Biographical | World War I
1966  | Khartoum | Basil Dearden | Historical drama | Siege of Khartoum
1967  | The Battle of Algiers | Gillo Pontecorvo | Historical drama | Algerian Revolution
1970  | Shangani Patrol | David Millin | Historical drama | British colonialism
1972  | Sambizanga | Sarah Maldoror | Historical drama | Angolan War of Independence
1972  | A Luta Continua | Robert Van Lierop | Historical drama | Mozambican War of Independence
1979  | Zulu Dawn | Douglas Hickox | Historical drama | Battle of Isandlwana
1980  | Lion of the Desert | Moustapha Akkad | Historical drama | Italy in Lybya
1982  | Gandhi | Richard Attenborough | Biographical | Indian Independence Movement
1982  | Missing | Costa-Gavras | Historical drama | Chilean coup of 1973
1985  | Revolution | Hugh Hudson | Historical drama | American Revolutionary War
1986  | Salvador | Oliver Stone | Historical drama | Salvadoran Civil War
1992  | The Crying Game | Neil Jordan | Historical drama | Revolution, Ireland
1995  | Braveheart | Mel Gibson | Historical drama | Revolution, Great Britain
1994  | Arende | Dirk de Villiers | Historical drama | Anglo Boer War
1996  | Michael Collins | Neil Jordan | Biographical | Revolution, Ireland
1997  | Rough Riders | John Milius | Historical drama | Spanish-American War
1998  | Jose Rizal | Marilou Diaz-Abaya | Biographical | Philippine Revolution
1999  | Adwa | Haile Gerima | Historical drama | Battle of Adwa
2000  | Lumumba | Raoul Peck | Biographical | Congolese National Movement
2000  | The Patriot | Roland Emmerich | Historical drama | American Revolutionary War
2006  | Thomas Sankara: The Upright Man | Robin Shuffield  | Documentary | Revolution, Burkina Faso
2007  | Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation | Charles Burnett | Historical drama | Namibian War of Independence
2007  | The War on Democracy | John Pilger | Historical drama | US Imperialism
2008  | Baler | Mark Meily | Historical drama | Philippine Revolution
2010  | Hidalgo: The story never told | Antonio Serrano | Biographical | Mexican War of Independence
2010  | Revolución: el cruce de los Andes | Leandro Ipiña  | Historical drama | Argentina War of Independence
2010  | Françafrique | Patrick Benquet  | Historical drama | African post colonialism
2010  | Outside the Law | Rachid Bouchareb | Historical drama | Revolution, Algeria
2010  | Amílcar Cabral | Ana Ramos Lisboa  | Documentary | Revolution, Guinea Bisseau
2012  | Toussaint Louverture | Philippe Niang  | Biographical | Haitian Revolution
2013  | Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom | Justin Chadwick | Biographical | Anti-Apartheid Movement
2013  | The Liberator | Alberto Arvelo  | Historical drama | Revolution, South America
2015  | Queen of the Desert | Werner Herzog | Historical drama | British colonialism
2016  | Kalushi | Mandla Dube  | Historical drama | Revolution, South Africa
2006  | Revolution Selfie | Steven de Castro  | Documentary | Revolution, Philippines
2019  | Ginnen Upan Seethala | Anuruddha Jayasinghe  | Biographical | Revolution, Sri Lanka

## See also

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* List of films about revolution
* List of films featuring colonialism
* List of films featuring slavery
* List of films that depict class struggle

## References

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1. ^ Grieveson, Lee; MacCabe, Colin (2017-10-26). Empire and Film. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-349-92498-1.
2. ^ Chapman, James; Cull, Nicholas J. (2009-07-15). Projecting Empire: Imperialism and Popular Cinema. Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 978-1-84511-940-9.
3. ^ Grieveson, Lee; MacCabe, Colin (2019-07-25). Film and the End of Empire. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-83871-570-0.
4. ^ Prince, Stephen (1992-06-30). Visions of Empire: Political Imagery in Contemporary American Film. Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 978-0-275-93662-4.
5. ^ Landy, Marcia (2001-01-01). The Historical Film: History and Memory in Media. A&C Black. ISBN 978-0-485-30096-3.
6. ^ Hughes-Warrington, Marnie (2007). History goes to the movies: studying history on film. London: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group. ISBN 978-0-415-32828-9.
7. ^ Rosenstone, Robert A. (2017). History on Film/Film on History. doi:10.4324/9781315113654. ISBN 9781315113654.
8. ^ Nowell-Smith, Geoffrey; Nowell-Smith, Project Director for European Filmography and Fellow of the European Humanities Research Center Geoffrey (1996-10-17). The Oxford History of World Cinema. Oxford University Press, UK. ISBN 978-0-19-811257-0.
9. ^ Jaikumar, Priya (2006-05-03). Cinema at the End of Empire: A Politics of Transition in Britain and India. Duke University Press. ISBN 978-0-8223-8774-9.