List of book-based war films (1775–1898 wars)
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This is '''list of war films based on books''' for wars that took place between 1775 and 1898.
==American Revolutionary War (1775–1783)==
===Politics===
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!Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source<br />work !! Author !! Date !! Type
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|''[[The Declaration of Independence (1924 film)|The Declaration of Independence]]'' || 1924 || [[Kenneth S. Webb]]|| USA ||''[[Eve of the Revolution]]'' || [[Carl L. Becker|Carl Becker]] || 1918 || Non-fiction
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|''[[America (1924 film)|America]]'' || 1924 || [[D.W. Griffith]]|| USA ||''[[America; or, The Sacrifice]]'' || [[Robert W. Chambers]] || 1924 || Novel
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|''[[The Adams Chronicles]]'' || 1976 || [[Paul Bogart]] & [[James Cellan Jones]]|| USA ||''[[Diary and Autobiography of John Adams]]'' '''aka'''<br />''[[The Adams Papers]]'' || [[John Adams]] & [[L.H. Butterfield]] (editor) || 1961 || Diary
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|''[[John Adams (TV miniseries)|John Adams]]'' || 2008 || [[Tom Hooper (director)|Tom Hooper]]|| USA ||''[[John Adams (book)|John Adams]]'' || [[David McCullough]] || 2001 || Non-fiction
|}
===Military Operations===
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! Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source<br />work !! Author !! Date !! Type
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|''[[The Spirit of Lafayette]]'' || 1919 || [[James Vincent]]|| USA ||''[[The Spirit of Lafayette]]'' || [[James Mott Hallowell]] || 1918 <ref name="LC"/> || Non-fiction
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|''[[Cardigan (film)|Cardigan]]'' || 1922 || [[John W. Noble]]|| USA ||''[[Cardigan (novel)|Cardigan]]'' || [[Robert W. Chambers]] || 1901 || Novel
|-
|''[[Janice Meredith (film)|Janice Meredith]]'' || 1924 || [[E. Mason Hopper]]|| USA ||''[[Janice Meredith]]'' || [[Paul Leicester Ford]] || 1901 || Novel
|-
|''[[The Howards of Virginia]]'' || 1940 || [[Frank Lloyd]]|| USA ||''[[The Tree of Liberty (novel)|The Tree of Liberty]]'' || [[Elizabeth Page]] || 1939 || Novel
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|''[[The Eve of the Revolution]]'' || 1924 || [[Kenneth S. Webb]]|| USA ||''[[Eve of the Revolution]]'' || [[Carl L. Becker|Carl Becker]] || 1918 || Non-fiction
|-
|''[[Johnny Tremain (film)|Johnny Tremain]]'' || 1957 || [[Robert Stevenson (director)|Robert Stevenson]]|| USA ||''[[Johnny Tremain]]'' || [[Esther Forbes]] || 1944 || Novel
|-
|''[[April Morning (film)|April Morning]]'' || 1988 || [[Delbert Mann]]|| USA ||''[[April Morning]]'' || [[Howard Fast]] || 1961 || Novel
|-
|''[[America (1924 film)|America]]'' || 1924 || [[D.W. Griffith]]|| USA ||''[[America; or, The Sacrifice]]'' || [[Robert W. Chambers]] || 1924 || Novel
|-
|''[[The Crossing (2000 film)|The Crossing]]'' || 2000 || [[Robert Harmon]]|| USA ||''[[The Crossing (1971 novel)|The Crossing]]'' || [[Howard Fast]] || 1971 || Novel
|-
|''[[Drums Along the Mohawk]]'' || 1939 || [[John Ford]]|| USA ||''[[Drums Along the Mohawk]]'' || [[Walter D. Edmonds]] || 1936 || Novel
|-
|''[[Vincennes (film)|Vincennes]]'' || 1923 || [[Edwin L. Hollywood]]|| USA ||''[[The Old Northwest]]'' || [[Frederic Austin Ogg|Frederic A. Ogg]] || 1919 || Non-fiction
|-
|''[[The Scarlet Coat]]'' || 1955 || [[John Sturges]]|| USA ||"[[Betrayal on the Hudson]]" (uncredited) || [[Hollister Noble]] & [[Sidney Harmon]] (uncredited) || 195? || Story
|-
|''[[Yorktown (film)|Yorktown]]'' || 1924 || [[Webster Campbell]]|| USA ||''[[Washington and His Comrades in Arms]]'' || [[George MacKinnon Wrong|George M. Wrong]] || 1918 || Non-fiction
|-
|''[[John Paul Jones (film)|John Paul Jones]]'' || 1959 || [[John Farrow]]|| USA ||"[[Nor'wester (story)|Nor'wester]]" || [[Clements Ripley]] || 195? || Story
|}
===Home front===
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!Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source<br />work !! Author !! Date !! Type
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|''[[The Frontier Woman]]'' || 1924 || [[Webster Campbell]]|| USA ||''[[Pioneers of the Old Southwest: a Chronicle of the Dark and Bloody Ground]]'' || [[Constance Lindsay Skinner|Constance L. Skinner]] || 1921 || Non-fiction
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==French Revolution (1789–1799)==
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!Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source<br />work !! Author !! Date !! Type
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|''[[Scaramouche (1923 film)|Scaramouche]]'' || 1923 || [[Rex Ingram (director)|Rex Ingram]]|| USA ||''[[Scaramouche (novel)|Scaramouche]]'' || [[Rafael Sabatini]] || 1921 || Novel
|-
|''[[Scaramouche (1952 film)|Scaramouche]]'' || 1952 || [[George Sidney]]|| USA ||''Scaramouche'' || Rafael Sabatini || 1921 || Novel
|-
|''[[Start the Revolution Without Me]]'' || 1970 || [[Bud Yorkin]]|| USA ||''[[The Corsican Brothers]]'' || [[Alexandre Dumas, père]] || 1844 || Novella
|-
|''[[That Night in Varennes]]''<br />''[[:fr:La Nuit de Varennes|La Nuit de Varennes]]'' || 1982 || [[Ettore Scola]]|| France & Italy ||''[[La Nuit de Varennes (novel)|La Nuit de Varennes ou l'Impossible n'est pas français]]'' || [[:fr:Catherine Rihoit|Catherine Rihoit]] || 1982 || Novel
|-
|''[[The Lady and the Duke]]'' || 2001 || "[[Éric Rohmer]]"|| France ||''[[Ma vie sous la révolution]]'' || [[Grace Elliott]] || 1859 || Memoir
|-
|''[[A Tale of Two Cities (1935 film)|A Tale of Two Cities]]'' || 1935 || [[Jack Conway (filmmaker)|Jack Conway]]|| USA ||''[[A Tale of Two Cities]]'' || [[Charles Dickens]] || 1859 || Novel
|-
|''[[The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934 film)|The Scarlet Pimpernel]]'' || 1934 || [[Harold Young (director)|Harold Young]]|| UK ||''[[The Scarlet Pimpernel]]'' || [[Baroness Orczy]]|| 1903 & 1905 || Play & Novel
|-
|''[[Orphans of the Storm]]'' || 1921 || [[D.W. Griffith]]|| USA ||''[[:fr:Les Deux Orphelines (théâtre)|Les deux orphelines]]'' || [[Adolphe d'Ennery]] & [[:fr:Eugène Cormon|Eugène Cormon]]|| 1874 & 1877 || Play & Novel
|}
===French Revolutionary Wars (1792–1802)===
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!Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source<br />work !! Author !! Date !! Type !!Events Portayed
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|''[[:fr:Quatre-vingt-treize (film)|Quatre-vingt-treize]]'' || 1920 || [[André Antoine (actor)|André Antoine]],<br />[[Léonard Antoine]],<br />[[Albert Capellani]]|| France ||''[[Ninety-Three]]''<br />''[[:fr:Quatrevingt-treize|Quatrevingt-treize]]'' || [[Victor Hugo]] || 1874 || Novel || [[Chouannerie|Chouan counter-revolution]]
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|''[[:fr:Les Chouans (film, 1947)|Les Chouans]]'' || 1946 || [[:fr:Henri Calef|Henri Calef]]|| France ||''[[Les Chouans|Les Chouans ou la Bretagne en 1799]]'' || [[Honoré de Balzac]] || 1829 || Novel || Chouan counter-revolution
|-
|''[[:fr:Quatrevingt-treize (téléfilm)|Quatrevingt-treize]]'' || 1962 || [[:fr:Alain Boudet (réalisateur)|Alain Boudet]]|| France ||''[[Ninety-Three]]''<br />''[[:fr:Quatrevingt-treize|Quatrevingt-treize]]'' || [[Victor Hugo]] || 1874 || Novel || Chouan counter-revolution
|-
|''[[:fr:Chouans !|Chouans!]]'' || 1988 || [[Philippe de Broca]]|| France ||''[[Les Chouans|Les Chouans ou la Bretagne en 1799]]'' <ref>French Wikipédia: « ''Libre adaptation du roman d'Honoré de Balzac.'' » Retrieved on 2009-07-20.</ref> (uncredited) || [[Honoré de Balzac]] (uncredited) || 1829 || Novel || Chouan counter-revolution
|-
|''[[The Frogs and the Lobsters|Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters]]'' || 1999 || [[Andrew Grieve]]|| UK ||''[[Mr. Midshipman Hornblower]]'' || "[[C.S. Forester]]" || 1950 || Novel || [[Invasion of France (1795)|Invasion of France in 1795]]
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|''[[The Even Chance|Hornblower: The Even Chance]]'' || 1998 || Andrew Grieve|| UK ||''Mr. Midshipman Hornblower'' || C.S. Forester || 1950 || Novel ||
|-
|''[[The Examination for Lieutenant|Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant]]'' || 1998 || Andrew Grieve|| UK ||''Mr. Midshipman Hornblower'' || C.S. Forester || 1950 || Novel ||
|-
|''[[The Duchess and the Devil|Hornblower: The Duchess and the Devil]]'' || 1999 || Andrew Grieve|| UK ||''[[Mr. Midshipman Hornblower]]'' || C.S. Forester || 1950 || Novel ||
|}
===Napoleonic Wars===
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!Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source<br />work !! Author !! Date !! Type
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|''[[The Young Mr. Pitt]]'' || 1942 || [[Carol Reed]]|| UK & USA||''[[The Young Mr. Pitt (novel)|The Young Mr. Pitt]]'' || [[Valentine Browne, 6th Earl of Kenmare|Viscount Castlerosse]] || 194? || Novel
|}
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|+POWs
!Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source<br />work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[The Secret of St. Ives]]'' || 1949 || [[Phil Rosen]]|| USA ||''[[St. Ives (novel)|St. Ives: Being The Adventures of a French Prisoner in England]]'' || [[Robert Louis Stevenson]] & [[Arthur Quiller-Couch]] || 1898 || Novel
|-
|''[[St. Ives (1998 film)|St. Ives]]'' || 1998 || [[Harry Hook]]|| France, Germany, Ireland, UK ||''St. Ives: Being The Adventures of a French Prisoner in England'' || Robert Louis Stevenson & Arthur Quiller-Couch || 1898 || Novel
|}
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|+Espionage
!Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source<br />work !! Author !! Date !! Type
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|''[[The Reluctant WIDOW (film)|The Reluctant Widow]]'' || 1950 || [[Bernard Knowles]]|| UK || ''[[The Reluctant Widow]]'' || [[Georgette Heyer]] || 1946 || Novel
|}
====Land operations====
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!Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source<br />work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[The Two Sergeants]]'' <br />''[[:it:I due sergenti (film 1936)|I due sergenti]]''|| 1936 || [[:it:Enrico Guazzoni|Enrico Guazzoni]]|| Italy || ''[[I due sergenti|I due sergenti: romanzo dell'epoca napoleonica: sulla trama del dramma di D'Aubigny]]'' || [[:it:Paolo Lorenzini|Paolo Lorenzini]] || 1932 || Novel
|-
|''[[Suvorov (film)|Suvorov]]''<br />''[[:ru:Суворов (фильм)|Суворов]]''|| 1941 || [[Vsevolod Pudovkin]] & [[Mikhail Doller]]|| USSR || [[saying|maxim]]s '''from'''<br />''[[The Science of Victory]]'' || [[Generalissimo#Russia and the Soviet Union|Generalissimo]]<br />[[Field Marshal|Marshal]]<br />[[Alexander Suvorov]] || 18?? || Manual
|-
|''[[Kolberg (film)|Kolberg]]''|| 1945 || [[Veit Harlan]] & [[Wolfgang Liebeneiner]]|| [[[...] Germany]] || ''[[Joachim Nettelbeck, Bürger zu Colberg. Eine Lebensbeschreibung, von ihm selbst aufgezeichnet.]]'' || [[Joachim Nettelbeck]] || 1821 || Memoir
|-
|''[[The Ashes (film)|The Ashes]]'' <br />''[[:pl:Popioły (film)|Popioły]]''|| 1965 || [[Andrzej Wajda]]|| Poland || ''[[:pl:Popioły (powieść)|Popioły]]'' || [[Stefan Żeromski]] || 1902 || Novel
|-
|''[[The Duellists]]''|| 1977 || [[Ridley Scott]]|| UK || "[[The Duel (Conrad story)|The Duel]]" || [[Joseph Conrad]] || 1908 || Story
|-
|''[[War in the Highlands]]''<br />''[[La Guerre dans le Haut Pays]]''|| 1999 || [[:fr:Francis Reusser|Francis Reusser]]|| Switzerland, France, [[Belgium]] || ''[[La Guerre dans le Haut-Pays]]'' || [[Charles Ferdinand Ramuz]] || 1915 || Novel
|-
|''[[Brigadier Gerard (1915 film)|Brigadier Gerard]]'' || 1915 || [[Bert Haldane]]|| USA ||''[[Brigadier Gerard|The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard]]'' || [[Arthur Conan Doyle]] || 1896 || Stories
|-
|''[[The Fighting Eagle]]'' || 1927 || [[Donald Crisp]]|| USA ||''The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard'' || Arthur Conan Doyle || 1896 || Stories
|-
|''[[War and Peace (1915 film)|War and Peace]]''|| 1915 || [[Vladimir Gardin]] & [[Yakov Protazanov]]|| [[Russian Empire]] || ''[[War and Peace]]'' || [[Leo Tolstoy]] || 1863–1869 || Novel
|-
|''[[War and Peace (1956 film)|War and Peace]]''|| 1956 || [[King Vidor]]|| Italy & USA || ''War and Peace'' || Leo Tolstoy || 1863–1869 || Novel
|-
|''[[War and Peace (1968 film)|War and Peace]]''|| 1968 || [[Sergei Bondarchuk]]|| USSR || ''War and Peace'' || Leo Tolstoy || 1863–1869 || Novel
|}
====Naval operations====
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!Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source<br />work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[Nelson (1918 film)|Nelson]]'' || 1918 || [[Maurice Elvey]]|| UK || ''[[The Life of Nelson]]'' || [[Robert Southey]] || 1813 || Non-fiction
|-
|''[[Nelson (1926 film)|Nelson]]'' || 1926 || [[Walter Summers]]|| UK || ''The Life of Nelson'' || Robert Southey || 1813 || Non-fiction
|-
|''[[H.M.S. Defiant]]''|| 1962 || [[Lewis Gilbert]]|| UK & USA || ''[[Mutiny (novel)|Mutiny]]'' || [[Frank Tilsley]] || 19?? || Novel
|-
|''[[Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World|Master and Commander:<br />The Far Side of the World]]'' || 2003 || [[Peter Weir]]|| USA || ''[[Master and Commander]]''<br />([[Aubrey–Maturin series]]) || [[Patrick O'Brian]] || 1969 || Novel
|-
|''[[Captain Horatio Hornblower]]'' || 1951 || [[Raoul Walsh]]|| USA & UK ||''[[The Happy Return]]'' || "C.S. Forester" || 1937 || Novel
|-
|''[[Midshipman Easy (1915 film)|Midshipman Easy]]'' || 1915 || [[Maurice Elvey]] || UK ||''[[Mr Midshipman Easy]]'' || [[Frederick Marryat|Captain Marryat]] || 1836 || Novel
|-
|''[[Midshipman Easy]]'' || 1935 || [[Carol Reed]] || UK ||''Mr Midshipman Easy'' || Captain Marryat || 1836 || Novel
|-
|''[[Sea Devils]]''|| 1953 || [[Raoul Walsh]]|| USA || ''[[Toilers of the Sea]]'' & ''[[:fr:Les Travailleurs de la mer|Les Travailleurs de la mer]]'' || [[Victor Hugo]] || 1866 || Novel
|}
====Peninsular War (1807–1814)====
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!Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source<br />work !! Author !! Date !! Type !! Portrays
|-
|''[[The Pride and the Passion]]''|| 1957 || [[Stanley Kramer]]|| USA || ''[[The Gun (novel)|The Gun]]'' || "[[C.S. Forester]]" || 1933 || Novel|| [[Peninsular War]]
|-
|''[[Rózaniec z granatów]]'' || 1970 || [[Jan Rutkiewicz]]|| Poland || ''[[Rózaniec z granatów]]'' (?) || [[:pl:Ksawery Pruszyński|Ksawery Pruszyński]] || 196? || Story || Peninsular War
|-
|''[[Sangre de mayo]]''<br />''[[:es:Sangre de mayo|Sangre de mayo]]''|| 2008 || [[José Luis Garci]]|| [[Spain]] || ''[[:es:La Corte de Carlos IV|La Corte de Carlos IV]]''<br />'''from''' ''[[Episodios nacionales]]'' || [[Benito Pérez Galdós]] || 187? || Novel || Peninsular War
|-
|''[[The Adventures of Gerard]]'' || 1970 || [[Jerzy Skolimowski]]|| UK & Switzerland ||''[[Brigadier Gerard|The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard]]'' || [[Arthur Conan Doyle]] || 1896 || Short Story|| Peninsular War
|-
|''[[The Saragossa Manuscript (film)|The Saragossa Manuscript]]''<br />''[[:pl:Rękopis znaleziony w Saragossie (film)|Rękopis znaleziony w Saragossie]]'' || 1965 || [[Wojciech Has]]|| Poland || ''[[The Manuscript Found in Saragossa|The Saragossa Manuscript]]''<br />''[[:fr:Manuscrit trouvé à Saragosse|Manuscrit trouvé à Saragosse]]'' {{Fr icon}}<br />''[[:pl:Rękopis znaleziony w Saragossie (powieść)|Rękopis znaleziony w Saragossie]]'' {{Pl icon}} || [[Jan Potocki]] (disputed) || 1815 || Novel|| [[Siege of Saragossa (1809)|Siege of Saragossa]] in the Peninsular War.
|}
==Other 18th Century Wars==
===Haitian Revolution (1791–1804)===
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!Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source<br />work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[Lydia Bailey (film)|Lydia Bailey]]'' || 1952 || [[Jean Negulesco]]|| USA ||''[[Lydia Bailey]]'' || [[Kenneth Roberts (author)|Kenneth Roberts]] || 1947 || Novel
|-
|''[[San Domingo (film)|San Domingo]]'' || 1970 || [[Hans-Jürgen Syberberg]]|| [[West Germany]] ||''[[:de:Die Verlobung in St. Domingo|Betrothal in St. Domingo]]'' || [[Heinrich von Kleist]]|| 1811 || Novella
|}
===Irish Rebellion of 1798===
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!Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source<br />work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[The Fighting O'Flynn]]'' || 1949 || [[Arthur Pierson (director)|Arthur Pierson]]|| USA ||''[[The O'Flynn]]'' || [[Justin Huntly McCarthy]] || 19?? || Novel
|}
==19th century==
===Finnish War===
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!Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source<br />work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[:sv:Fänrik Ståls sägner (film, 1910)|Fänrik Ståls sägner]]'' || 1910 || [[:sv:Carl Engdahl|Carl Engdahl]]|| Sweden ||''[[The Tales of Ensign Stål]]'' || [[Johan Ludvig Runeberg]] || 1848–1860 || Epic poem
|-
|''[[:sv:Fänrik Ståls sägner-del I|Fänrik Ståls sägner - del I]]'' || 1926 || [[:sv:John W. Brunius|John W. Brunius]]|| Sweden ||''The Tales of Ensign Stål'' || Johan Ludvig Runeberg|| 1848 || Epic poem
|-
|''[[:sv:Fänrik Ståls sägner-del II|Fänrik Ståls sägner - del II]]'' || 1926 || [[:sv:John W. Brunius|John W. Brunius]]|| Sweden ||''The Tales of Ensign Stål'' || Johan Ludvig Runeberg || 1860 || Epic poem
|-
|''[[Sven Tuuva the Hero]]''<br />''[[:fi:Sven Tuuva|Sven Tuuva]]'' || 1958 || [[Edvin Laine]]|| Finland ||''The Tales of Ensign Stål'' || Johan Ludvig Runeberg || 1848–1860 || Epic poem
|}
===Spanish American wars of independence===
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!Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source<br />work !! Author !! Date !! Type !! Event Portrayed
|-
|''[[La Guerra Gaucha|La guerra gaucha]]''<br />''[[:es:La guerra gaucha (película)|La guerra gaucha]]'' || 1942 || [[Lucas Demare]] || Argentina ||''[[La guerra gaucha (novel)|La guerra gaucha]]'' || [[Leopoldo Lugones]] || 1905 || Novel || [[Argentine War of Independence]]
|-
|''[[The Knight of the Sword]]''<br />''[[El Santo de la Espada]]'' || 1970 || [[Leopoldo Torre Nilsson]] || Argentina ||''[[El Santo de la Espada (novel)|El Santo de la Espada]]'' || [[Ricardo Rojas (writer)|Ricardo Rojas]] || 1933 || Novel ||[[Battle of San Lorenzo]] in the Argentine War of Independence
|-
|''[[The Knight of the Sword]]'' & '[[El Santo de la Espada]]'' || 1970 || [[Leopoldo Torre Nilsson]] || Argentina ||''[[El Santo de la Espada (novel)|El Santo de la Espada]]'' || Ricardo Rojas|| 1933 || Novel || [[Battle of Maipú]] in the [[Chilean War of Independence]]
|-
|''[[The Knight of the Sword]]''<br />''[[El Santo de la Espada]]'' || 1970 || [[Leopoldo Torre Nilsson]] || Argentina ||''[[El Santo de la Espada (novel)|El Santo de la Espada]]'' || Ricardo Rojas || 1933 || Novel || [[Peruvian War of Independence]]
|}
===War of 1812===
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|- "
!Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source<br />work !! Author !! Date !! Type !!Event Portrayed
|-
|''[[The Buccaneer (1958 film)|The Buccaneer]]''|| 1958 || [[Anthony Quinn]]|| USA || ''[[Lafitte, the Pirate]]'' || [[Lyle Saxon]] || 1930 || Novel || Battle of New Orleans
|-
|''[[Captain Caution (film)|Captain Caution]]''|| 1940 || [[Richard Wallace (director)|Richard Wallace]]|| USA || ''[[Captain Caution]]'' || [[Kenneth Roberts (author)|Kenneth Roberts]] || 1934 || Novel ||
|}
===Caucasian War (1817–1864)===
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|- "
!Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source<br />work !! Author !! Date !! Type !!Event
|-
|''[[The White Warrior]]''<br />''[[:it:Agi Murad, il diavolo bianco|Agi Murad, il diavolo bianco]]'' || 1959 || [[Riccardo Freda]]|| Italy ||''[[Hadji Murat (novel)|Hadji Murat]]'' || [[Leo Tolstoy]] || 1904/1912 || Novel
|}
===Chilean Civil War (1829–1830)===
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!Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source<br />work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[Héroes (Chilean miniseries)|Héroes, la gloria tiene su precio]]'' || 2007 || [[:es:Cristián Galaz|Cristián Galaz]], [[:es:Gustavo Graef-Marino|Gustavo Graef-Marino]], [[Ricardo Larraín]], [[Rodrigo Sepúlveda]]|| Chile || ''[[Balmaceda y la contrarevolución de 1891]]'' || [[Hernán Ramírez Necochea]] || 1972 || Non-fiction
|}
===November Uprising (1830–1831)===
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!Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source<br />work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[Droga w swietle ksiezyca]]'' || 1973 || [[Witold Orzechowski]]|| Poland || "?" || [[Ambrose Bierce]] || 18?? || Stories
|}
===Texas Revolution (1835–1836)===
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|- "
!Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source<br />work !! Author !! Date !! Type !! Event Portrayed
|-
|''[[Martyrs of the Alamo]]''|| 1915 || [[Christy Cabanne]]|| USA || ''[[Martyrs of the Alamo]]'' (?) || [[Theodosia Harris]] || 191? || Novel || [[Battle of the Alamo]]
|-
|''[[The Alamo (1960 film)|The Alamo]]''|| 1960 || [[John Wayne]]|| USA || ''[[Thirteen Days to Glory|Thirteen Days to Glory: The Siege of the Alamo]]'' (uncredited) || [[Lon Tinkle]] (uncredited)<ref>Historian Lon Tinkle, an advisor on the film, had his name removed due to its lack of historical authenticity.</ref> || 1958 || Non-fiction ||Battle of the Alamo
|-
|''[[The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory]]'' || 1987 || [[Burt Kennedy]]|| USA || ''Thirteen Days to Glory: The Siege of the Alamo''|| Lon Tinkle || 1958 || Non-fiction ||Battle of the Alamo
|-
|''[[The Alamo (2004 film)|The Alamo]]'' || 2004 || [[John Lee Hancock]]|| USA || ''[[?]]'' (uncredited) || [[José Enrique de la Peña]] (uncredited) || 1836? || Memoir || Battle of San Jacinto
|}
===War of the Farrapos (1835–1845)===
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!Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source<br />work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[:pt:Netto Perde Sua Alma|Netto Perde Sua Alma]]'' || 2001 || [[:pt:Tabajara Ruas|Tabajara Ruas]] &<br />[[Beto Souza]]|| Brazil ||''[[:pt:Netto Perde Sua Alma|Netto Perde Sua Alma]]'' || [[:pt:Tabajara Ruas|Tabajara Ruas]] || 2001 || Novel
|-
|''[[:pt:Paixão de Gaúcho|Paixão de Gaúcho]]'' || 1957 || [[:pt:Walter George Durst|Walter George Durst]]|| Brazil ||''[[O gaúcho|O Gaúcho]]'' || [[José de Alencar]] || 1870 || Novel
|-
|''[[Coração de Gaúcho]]'' || 1920 || [[Luiz de Barros]]|| Brazil ||''O Gaúcho'' || José de Alencar || 1870 || Novel
|}
===Canadian Rebellions of 1837===
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!Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source<br />work !! Author !! Date !! Type !! Event Portrayed
|-
|''[[:fr:Quelques arpents de neige (film)|Quelques arpents de neige]]'' || 1972 || [[Denis Héroux]]|| Canada || ''[[Candide]]'' || [[Voltaire]] || 1758 || Novel || [[Lower Canada Rebellions]]
|}
===Missouri Mormon War===
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!Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source<br />work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[The Work and the Glory: A House Divided|The Work and the Glory III: A House Divided]]'' || 2006 || [[Sterling Van Wagenen]]|| USA || ''[[The Work and the Glory#Books|Truth Will Prevail]]'' || [[Gerald N. Lund]] || 1992 || Novel
|}
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|- style="background:#ccc;"
|+[[Zion's Camp]]
!Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source<br />work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[The Work and the Glory: American Zion (film)|The Work and the Glory: American Zion]]'' <ref>The film involves "[[Joseph Smith, Jr.|Joseph Smith]] and his '1834 Zion's Camp Expedition--an army of 250 men carrying bayonets and muskets.' [... This] army invades Missouri".<br />Source: [http://www.mormoninfo.org/news-info/film-reviews/lds-films/work-and-glory-ii-american-zion ''The Work and the Glory II: American Zion''] review, Steve Klein, MormonInfo.org, 28 October 2005. Retrieved 2010-07-07.</ref> || 2005 || [[Sterling Van Wagenen]]|| USA || ''[[The Work and the Glory#Books|Like a Fire is Burning]]'' || [[Gerald N. Lund]] || 1991 || Novel
|}
===The Great Trek===
9 April 1838
{| class="wikitable" style=width:90%
|- "
!Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source<br />work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[Die Voortrekkers]]'' || 1973 || [[David Millin]]|| [[South Africa]] ||''[[The Great Trek (book)|The Great Trek]]'' || [[Oliver Ransford]] || 1972 <ref name="BL">Publication details for this title have been confirmed by the catalogue of the [[British Library]].<br />Source: [http://catalogue.bl.uk/ British Library Integrated Catalogue].</ref><sup>¤<!--Main ref--></sup> || Non-fiction
|}
===The Great Game (1838–1907)===
<!--Not using the earliest 1813 date-->
{| class="wikitable sortable" style=width:90%
|- "
!Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source<br />work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[The Lives of a Bengal Lancer]]'' || 1935 || [[Henry Hathaway]]|| USA ||''[[The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (book)|The Lives of a Bengal Lancer]]'' || [[Francis Yeats-Brown]] || 1930 || Memoir
|-
|''[[Wee Willie Winkie (film)|Wee Willie Winkie]]'' || 1937 || [[John Ford]]|| USA ||''[[Wee Willie Winkie (story)|Wee Willie Winkie]]'' || [[Rudyard Kipling]] || 1888 || Story
|-
|''[[The Drum (1938 film)|The Drum]]'' || 1938 || [[Zoltan Korda]]|| UK ||''[[The Drum (novel)|The Drum]]'' || [[A. E. W. Mason]] || 1937 || Novel
|-
|''[[Kim (film)|Kim]]'' || 1950 || [[Victor Saville]]|| USA ||''[[Kim (novel)|Kim]]'' || Rudyard Kipling || 1901 || Novel
|-
|''[[King of the Khyber Rifles (film)|King of the Khyber Rifles]]'' || 1953 || [[Henry King (director)|Henry King]]|| USA ||''[[King of the Khyber Rifles]]'' || [[Talbot Mundy]] || 1916 || Novel
|-
|''[[The Man Who Would Be King (film)|The Man Who Would Be King]]'' || 1975 || [[John Huston]]|| USA ||"[[The Man Who Would Be King]]" || Rudyard Kipling || 1888 || Story
|-
|''[[Kim (television film)|Kim]]'' || 1984 || [[John Howard Davies]]|| UK ||''Kim'' || Rudyard Kipling || 1901 || Novel
|}
===First Opium War (1839–1842)===
{| class="wikitable" style=width:90%
|- "
!Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source<br />work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[Tai-Pan (film)|Tai-Pan]]'' || 1986 || [[Daryl Duke]]|| USA || ''[[Tai-Pan (novel)|Tai-Pan]]'' || [[James Clavell]] || 1966 || Novel
|}
===Revolutions of 1848===
====Hungarian Revolution of 1848====
{| class="wikitable" style=width:90%
|- "
!Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source<br />work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[Föltámadott a tenger|The Rising Sea]]''<br />''[[:hu:Föltámadott a tenger|Föltámadott a tenger - Petőfi és Bem]]'' || 1953 || [[László Ranódy]], [[Mihály Szemes]], [[:hu:Nádasdy Kálmán|Kálmán Nádasdy]]|| [[Hungary]] || ''[[Két férfi]]'' <ref>Source: [[IMDb]].</ref> || [[Gyula Illyés]] || 1936? || Novel
|-
|''[[The Eagle and the Eaglet]]''<br />''[[A sas meg a sasfiók]]''<ref>The film is about revolutionary poet and hero [[Sándor Petõfi]] and his son [[:hu:Petőfi Zoltán|Zoltán]]</ref> || 1975 || [[Miklós Hajdúfy]] || [[Hungary]] || ''[[Zoltánka]]'' || [[Gyula Krúdy]] || 192? <ref name=nBL>No publication details for this title are available at the [[British Library]].<br />Source: [http://catalogue.bl.uk/ British Library Integrated Catalogue].</ref> || Novel
|}
====Schleswig Wars====
{| class="wikitable" style=width:90%
|- "
!Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source<br />work !! Author !! Date !! Type !! Event Portrayed
|-
|''[[Royal Flash]]'' || 1975 || [[Richard Lester]]|| UK || ''[[Royal Flash]]'' || [[George MacDonald Fraser]] || 1970 || Novel ||[[First Schleswig War]]
|-
|''[[:dk:Tine (film)|Tine]]'' || 1964 || [[:dk:Knud Leif Thomsen|Knud Leif Thomsen]]|| [[Denmark]] || ''[[Tine (novel)|Tine]]'' || [[Herman Bang]] || 1889 || Novel || [[Second Schleswig War]]
|}
====Wars of Italian Independence (1848–1866)====
{| class="wikitable" style=width:90%
|- style="background:#ccc;"
|+ Early Insurrections
!Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source<br />work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[Vanina Vanini (film)|Vanina Vanini]]''|| 1961 || [[Roberto Rossellini]]|| Italy || ''[[Vanina Vanini]]'' || [[Stendhal]] || 183? || Novella
|-
|''[[The Horseman on the Roof]]''<br />''[[:fr:Le hussard sur le toit (film)|Le hussard sur le toit]]''|| 1995 || [[Jean-Paul Rappeneau]]|| France || ''[[The Horseman on the Roof (novel)|The Horseman on the Roof]]'' & ''[[:fr:Le Hussard sur le toit (roman)|Le hussard sur le toit]]'' || [[Jean Giono]] || 1951 || Novel
|}
{| class="wikitable" style=width:90%
|- style="background:#ccc;"
|+ [[Italian unification]]
!Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source<br />work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[1860 (film)|1860]]''|| 1934 || [[Alessandro Blasetti]]|| Italy || "[[La processione incontro a Garibaldi]]" || [[Gino Mazzucchi]] || 19?? || Story
|-
|''[[The Leopard (film)|The Leopard]]''|| 1963 || [[Luchino Visconti]]|| Italy || ''[[The Leopard|Il Gattopardo]]'' || [[Giuseppe di Lampedusa]] || 1958 || Novel
|}
{| class="wikitable" style=width:90%
|- style="background:#ccc;"
|+ [[Second Italian War of Independence]]
!Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source<br />work !! Author !! Date !! Type !!Event Portrayed
|-
|''[[Radetzky March (1965 film)|Radetzky March]]'' & ''[[:de:Radetzkymarsch (1965)|Radetzkymarsch]]'' || 1965 || [[Michael Kehlmann]]|| [[West Germany]], [[Austria]] || ''[[Radetzky March (novel)|Radetzky March]]'' || [[Joseph Roth]] || 1932 || Novel ||[[Battle of Solferino]]
|}
===Crimean War (1853–1856)===
{| class="wikitable" style=width:90%
|- "
!Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source<br />work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[Florence Nightingale (film)|Florence Nightingale]]'' || 1915 || [[Maurice Elvey]] || UK || ''[[The Life of Florence Nightingale]]'' || [[Edward Tyas Cook]] || 1913 || Non-fiction
|}
===Indian Rebellion of 1857===
{| class="wikitable" style=width:90%
|- style="background:#ccc;"
|+Sepoy Mutany
!Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source<br />work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[The Campbells Are Coming]]'' || 1915 || [[Francis Ford (actor)|Francis Ford]]|| USA || ''[[The Campbells Are Coming]]'' (?) || [[Emerson Hough]] || 19?? || Story
|-
|''[[Bengal Brigade]]''|| 1954 || [[László Benedek|Laslo Benedek]]|| USA || ''[[Bengal Tiger (novel)|Bengal Tiger]]'' || [[Hall Hunter]] || 195? || Novel
|-
|''[[The Chess Players]]''|| 1977 || [[Satyajit Ray]]|| [[India]] || "[[Shatranj ke khiladi]]"<br />([[Hindi|हिंदी]]) /<br />"Shatranj ki bazi" ([[Urdu|اردو]])|| [[Munshi Premchand]] || 193? || Story
|}
===Utah War (1857–1858)===
{| class="wikitable" style=width:90%
|- "
!Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source<br />work !! Author !! Date !! Type !! Event Portrayed
|-
|''[[September Dawn]]'' || 2007 || [[Christopher Cain]] || USA || ''[[The Confessions of John D. Lee|Mormonism Unveiled; Or The Life and Confessions of the Late Mormon Bishop John D. Lee]]''<br /><ref>Screenwriter [[Carole Whang Schutter|Schutter]] lists 48 sources in her novelization. She considers this book to be particularly significant: ''[[White Flag: America's First 9/11]]'', by [[Wayne Capurro]].</ref> (uncredited) || [[John D. Lee]] (uncredited) || 1877 || Memoir || [[Mountain Meadows massacre]]
<!--CONFIRM IT IS SAME INCIDENT AND NOT A SIMILAR ONE FROM THE SAME PERIOD
This incident may be known best through the [[Sherlock Holmes]] novel, ''[[A Study in Scarlet]]'', by [[Arthur Conan Doyle]].
-->
|}
===American Civil War (1861–1865)===
====Politics and Diplomacy====
{| class="wikitable" style=width:90%
|- "
!Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source<br />work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[The Crisis (film)|The Crisis]]''|| 1916 || [[Colin Campbell (director)|Colin Campbell]]|| USA || ''[[The Crisis (novel)|The Crisis]]''|| [[Winston Churchill (novelist)|Winston Churchill]] || 1901 || Novel
|-
|''[[The Perfect Tribute]]'' || 1935 || [[Edward Sloman]]|| USA || "[[The Perfect Tribute (story)|The Perfect Tribute]]"|| [[Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews]] || 1906 || Story
|-
|''[[The Perfect Tribute]]'' || 1991 || [[Jack Bender]]|| USA || "[[The Perfect Tribute (story)|Lincoln Got No Applause at Gettysburg: The Perfect Tribute]]"|| Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews || 1906/1987 (retitled)|| Story
|}
====Military====
{| class="wikitable sortable" style=width:90%
|- style="background:#ccc;"
|+Regular Operations
!Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source<br />work !! Author !! Date !! Type !!Event Portrayed
|-
|''[[A Time Out of War]]'' || 1954 || [[Denis Sanders]]|| [[USA]] || "[[Pickets]]" from ''[[The Haunts of Men]]'' <ref>Source: [http://www.fortunecity.com/roswell/goldendawn/31/herrick.html Films of Robert W. Chambers], Larry Loc. Retrieved on 2009-08-30.</ref> || [[Robert W. Chambers]] || 1898 || Story||
|-
|''[[Au coeur de la vie]]''|| 1963 || [[Robert Enrico]]|| France || "[[The Mocking-Bird]]"|| [[Ambrose Bierce]] || 1890? || Story||
|-
|''[[Journey to Shiloh]]''|| 1968 || [[William Hale (director)|William Hale]]|| USA || ''[[Journey to Shiloh]]''|| [[Heck Allen]] || 1960 || Novel||
|-
|''[[The Private History of a Campaign That Failed (film)|The Private History of a Campaign That Failed]]'' || 1981 || [[Peter H. Hunt]]|| USA &<br />[[West Germany]] ||"[[The Private History of a Campaign That Failed]]" || "[[Mark Twain]]" || 1885 || StoryMemoir ||
|-
|''[[The Colt (film)|The Colt]]'' || 2005 || [[Yelena Lanskaya]]|| USA ||"[[Zherebyonok]]" || [[Mikhail Sholokhov]] || 192? || Story ||
|-
|''[[Ambrose Bierce: Civil War Stories]]'' (Segment 1) || 2006 || [[Don Maxwell (director)|Don Maxwell]]|| USA || "[[One Kind of Officer]]" from ''Civil War Stories''|| Ambrose Bierce || 1890? || Story ||
|-
|''[[Dog Jack]]''|| 2009 || [[Edward T. McDougal]]|| USA || ''[[Dog Jack]]''|| [[Florence W. Biros]] || © 1990 <ref name="LC">Publication details for this title have been confirmed by the catalogue of the US [[Library of Congress]].<br />Source: [http://catalog.loc.gov/ Library of Congress Online Catalog].</ref><sup>¤<!--Main ref--></sup> || Novel ||
|-
|''[[Gods and Generals (film)|Gods and Generals]]''|| 2003 || [[Ronald F. Maxwell]]|| USA || ''[[Gods and Generals (novel)|Gods and Generals]]''|| [[Jeffrey Shaara]] || 1998 || Novel||
|-
|''[[Glory (1989 film)|Glory]]''|| 1989 || [[Edward Zwick]]|| USA || ''[[Lay This Laurel]]''|| [[Lincoln Kirstein]] || 1973 || Non-fiction||
|-
|''[[The Red Badge of Courage (film)|The Red Badge of Courage]]'' || 1951 || [[John Huston]]|| USA || ''[[The Red Badge of Courage]]''|| [[Stephen Crane]] || 1895 || Novel||
|-
|''[[Gettysburg (film)|Gettysburg]]''|| 1993 || [[Ronald F. Maxwell]]|| USA || ''[[The Killer Angels]]'' || [[Michael Shaara]] || 1974 || Novel || [[Battle of Gettysburg]]
|-
|''[[Chickamauga (film)|Chickamauga]]'' || 1962 || [[Robert Enrico]]|| France || "[[Chickamauga (story)|Chickamauga]]"|| [[Ambrose Bierce]] || 1890? || Story || [[Battle of Chickamauga]]
|-
|''[[Cold Mountain (film)|Cold Mountain]]''|| 2003 || [[Anthony Minghella]]|| USA || ''[[Cold Mountain (novel)|Cold Mountain]]'' || [[Charles Frazier]] || 1997 || Novel || [[Battle of the Crater]]
|-
|''[[Dixie (1924 film)|Dixie]]'' || 1924 || [[Webster Campbell]]|| USA ||''[[The Day of the Confederacy]]'' || [[W.M. Stephenson]] || 1919 || Non-fiction||
|-
|''[[Sahara (2005 film)|Sahara]]''|| 2005 || [[Breck Eisner]]|| USA ||''[[Sahara (novel)|Sahara]]'' || [[Clive Cussler]] || 1992 || Novel||
|}
{| class="wikitable" style=width:90%
|- style="background:#ccc;"
|+Intelligence and Espionage
!Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source<br />work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[Operator 13]]''|| 1934 || [[Richard Boleslavsky]]|| USA || ''[[Secret Service Operator 13]]''|| [[Robert W. Chambers]] || 1934 <ref name="LC"/> || Stories
|-
|''[[The Man from Dakota]]''|| 1940 || [[Leslie Fenton]]|| USA || ''[[Arouse and Beware]]''|| [[MacKinlay Kantor]] || © 1936 <ref name="LC"/> || Novel
|}
{| class="wikitable" style=width:90%
|- style="background:#ccc;"
|+Military Justice
!Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source<br />work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[Ambrose Bierce: Civil War Stories]]'' (Segment 2) || 2006 || [[Don Maxwell (director)|Don Maxwell]]|| USA || "[[The Story of Conscience]]" from ''[[Civil War Stories]]''|| Ambrose Bierce || 1890 || Story
|-
|''[[The Bridge (1929 film)|The Bridge]]'' || 1929 || [[Charles Vidor]]|| USA || ''[[Civil War Stories]]''|| Ambrose Bierce || 1890 || Story
|-
|''[[An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (film)|An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge]]''|| 1962 || [[Robert Enrico]]|| France || "[[An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge]]"|| Ambrose Bierce || 1890 || Story
|-
|''[[Ambrose Bierce: Civil War Stories]]'' (Segment 3) || 2006 || Don Maxwell & [[Brian James Egen]]|| USA || "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" from ''Civil War Stories''|| Ambrose Bierce || 1890 || Story
|-
|''[[The Beguiled]]''|| 1971 || [[Don Siegel]]|| USA || ''[[A Painted Devil]]''|| [[Thomas Cullinan (author)|Thomas Cullinan]] || 196? || Novel
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable" style=width:90%
|- style="background:#ccc;"
|+ Raids and Irregular Operations
!Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source<br />work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[Dark Command]]''|| 1940 || [[Raoul Walsh]]|| USA || ''[[Dark Command (novel)|The Dark Command: A Kansas Iliad]]'' <ref>[http://www.miskatonic.org/rara-avis/biblio/burnett.html Rara-Avis bibliography of W.R. Burnett]</ref>|| [[W.R. Burnett]] || 1938 || Novel
|-
|''[[The Raid (film)|The Raid]]'' || 1954 || [[Hugo Fregonese]]|| USA || ''[[Affair at St. Albans]]''|| [[Herbert Ravenel Sass]] || 195? || Non-fiction? <!-- Confederates plan an attack on Vermont from their base in Canada.-->
|-
|''[[The Horse Soldiers]]''|| 1959 || [[John Ford]]|| USA || ''[[The Horse Soldiers]]''|| [[Harold Sinclair (novelist)|Harold Sinclair]] || © 1956 <ref name="LC"/> || Novel
|-
|''[[The Outlaw Josey Wales]]'' || 1976 || [[Clint Eastwood]]|| USA || ''[[Gone to Texas: The Rebel Outlaw Josey Wales]]''|| [[Asa Carter|Forrest Carter]] || 1973 || Novel
|-
|''[[Ride with the Devil (film)|Ride with the Devil]]''|| 1999 || [[Ang Lee]]|| USA || ''[[Woe to Live On]]''|| [[Daniel Woodrell]] || 1998 || Novel
|-
|''[[The General (1927 film)|The General]]'' || 1927 || [[Clyde Bruckman]] & [[Buster Keaton]]|| USA ||''[[Daring and Suffering: A History of the Great Railroad Adventure]]'' (uncredited) || [[William Pittenger (soldier)|William Pittenger]] (uncredited) || 1863 || Memoir
|-
|''[[The Great Locomotive Chase (film)|The Great Locomotive Chase]]''|| 1956 || [[Francis D. Lyon]]|| USA ||''Daring and Suffering: A History of the Great Railroad Adventure'' (uncredited) || William Pittenger (uncredited) || 1863 || Memoir
|}
====Homefront====
{| class="wikitable" style=width:90%
|- "
!Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source<br />work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[Band of Angels]]''|| 1957 || [[Raoul Walsh]]|| USA || ''[[Band of Angels]]''|| [[Robert Penn Warren]] || 1955 || Novel
|-
|''[[Dear America: When Will This Cruel War Be Over?]]'' *|| 2000 || [[?]]|| USA || ''[[When Will This Cruel War Be Over?: the Civil War Diary of Emma Simpson]]''|| [[Barry Denenberg]] || 1996 <ref name="LC"/> || Novel
|-
|''[[So Red the Rose (film)|So Red the Rose]]'' || 1935 || [[King Vidor]]|| USA ||''[[So Red the Rose (novel)|So Red the Rose]]'' || [[Stark Young]] || 1934 || Novel
|-
|''[[Gone with the Wind (film)|Gone with the Wind]]'' || 1939 || [[Victor Fleming]]|| USA || ''[[Gone with the Wind]]''<br />|| [[Margaret Mitchell]] || 1936 ||Novel
|-
|''[[Raintree County (film)|Raintree County]]'' || 1957 || [[Edward Dmytryk]]|| USA ||''[[Raintree County (novel)|Raintree County]]'' || [[Ross Lockridge, Jr.]] || 1948 || Novel
|}
===Franco-Mexican War===
{| class="wikitable" style=width:90%
|- "
!Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source<br />work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[Präriejäger in Mexiko: Benito Juarez]]''|| 1988 || [[Hans Knötzsch]]|| [[East Germany]] || ''[[Präriejäger in Mexiko]]'' || [[Karl May]] || 1925? || Novel
|}
===War of the Triple Alliance (1864–1870)===
{| class="wikitable" style=width:90%
|- "
!Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source<br />work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[:pt:Netto Perde Sua Alma|Netto Perde Sua Alma]]'' || 2001 || [[:pt:Tabajara Ruas|Tabajara Ruas]] &<br />[[Beto Souza]]|| Brazil ||''[[:pt:Netto Perde Sua Alma|Netto Perde Sua Alma]]'' || [[:pt:Tabajara Ruas|Tabajara Ruas]] || 2001 || Novel
|}
===Glorious Revolution in Spain (1868)===
{| class="wikitable" style=width:90%
|- "
!Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source<br />work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[The Fencing Master (film)|The Fencing Master]]''<br />''[[:es:El maestro de esgrima (película)|El maestro de esgrima]]'' || 1992 || [[Pedro Olea]]|| [[Spain]] ||''[[The Fencing Master]]'' || [[Arturo Pérez-Reverte]] || 1988 || Novel
|}
===Franco-Prussian War (1870–1871)===
{| class="wikitable" style=width:90%
|- "
!Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source<br />work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[Mademoiselle Fifi (film)|Mademoiselle Fifi]]'' || 1944 || [[Robert Wise]]|| USA ||"[[Mademoiselle Fifi (short story)|Mademoiselle Fifi]]" || [[Guy de Maupassant]] || 1882 || Story
|-
|''[[The Green Mare]]'' || 1959 || [[Claude Autant-Lara]]|| France ||''[[La Jument verte]]'' || [[Marcel Aymé]] || 1933 || Novel
|-
|''[[Komunaris chibukhi]]'' || 1929 || [[Kote Mardjanishvili]]|| USSR ||''[[Pipe of a Communard]]'' || [[Ilya Ehrenburg]] || 19??|| Novel
|}
===French colonial conflicts in North Africa===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style=width:90%
|- "
!Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source<br />work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[Under Two Flags (1936 film)|Under Two Flags]]'' || 1936 || [[Frank Lloyd]]|| USA ||''[[Under Two Flags (novel)|Under Two Flags]]'' || [[Ouida]] || 1867 || Novel
|-
|''[[Fort Saganne]]'' || 1984 || [[Alain Corneau]]|| France ||''[[:fr:Fort Saganne (roman)|Fort Saganne]]'' || [[:fr:Louis Gardel|Louis Gardel]] || 1980 || Novel
|-
|''[[Beau Geste (1926 film)|Beau Geste]]'' || 1926 || [[Herbert Brenon]]|| USA ||''[[Beau Geste]]'' || [[P.C. Wren]] || 1924 || Novel
|-
|''[[Beau Sabreur (film)|Beau Sabreur]]'' || 1928 || [[John Waters (1920s director)|John Waters]]|| USA ||''[[Beau Sabreur]]'' || P.C. Wren || 1926 || Novel
|-
|''[[Beau Ideal (film)|Beau Ideal]]'' || 1931 || Herbert Brenon|| USA ||''[[Beau Ideal]]'' || P.C. Wren || 1928 || Novel
|-
|''[[Beau Geste (1939 film)|Beau Geste]]'' || 1939 || [[William A. Wellman]]|| USA ||''Beau Geste'' || P.C. Wren || 1924 || Novel
|-
|''[[Hermoso ideal (film)|Hermoso ideal]]'' || 1948 || [[:es:Alejandro Galindo|Alejandro Galindo]]|| [[Mexico]] ||''Beau Ideal'' || P.C. Wren || 1928 || Novel
|-
|''[[Beau Geste (1966 film)|Beau Geste]]'' || 1966 || [[Douglas Heyes]]|| USA ||''Beau Geste'' || P.C. Wren || 1924 || Novel
|}
===US Indian Wars===
{| class="wikitable" style=width:90%
|- "
!Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source<br />work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[Dances with Wolves]]'' || 1990 || [[Kevin Costner]]|| USA ||''[[Dances with Wolves]]'' || [[Michael Blake (author)|Michael Blake]] || 1988 || Novel
|}
====''Tonquin'' Incident====
June 1811
{| class="wikitable" style=width:90%
|- "
!Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source<br />work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[This Woman Is Mine]]'' <ref>[http://thetyee.ca/Life/2008/03/14/SuicideIn1811/ The [...] Bomber of Clayoquot Sound, Revived], ''[[The Tyee]]'', Claudia Cornwall, March 14, 2008.</ref> || 1941 || [[Frank Lloyd]]|| USA ||"[[I, Jack Lewis]]" || [[Gilbert W. Gabriel]] || 194? || Story
|}
====Apache Wars====
1851–1886
{| class="wikitable" style=width:90%
|- "
!Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source<br />work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[Rio Grande (film)|Rio Grande]]'' || 1950 || [[John Ford]]|| USA ||"Mission with No Record" || [[James Warner Bellah]] || 1947 || Story
|-
|''[[Only the Valiant]]'' || 1951 || [[Gordon Douglas (director)|Gordon Douglas]]|| USA ||''[[Only the Valiant (novel)|Only the Valiant]]'' || [[Charles Marquis Warren]] || 1943 || Novel
|-
|''[[Hondo (film)|Hondo]]'' || 1953 || [[John Farrow]]|| USA ||"[[The Gift of Cochise]]" || [[Louis L'Amour]] || 194? || Story
|-
|''[[A Distant Trumpet]]'' || 1964 || [[Raoul Walsh]]|| USA ||''[[A Distant Trumpet (novel)|A Distant Trumpet]]'' || [[Paul Horgan]] || 1951 || Novel
|-
|''[[Duel at Diablo]]'' || 1966 || [[Ralph Nelson]]|| USA ||''[[Apache Rising]]'' || [[Marvin H. Albert]] || 1957 || Novel
|}
====Sioux War of 1865====
{| class="wikitable" style=width:90%
|- "
!Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source<br />work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[Soldier Blue]]''|| 1970 || [[Ralph Nelson]]|| USA ||''[[Arrow in the Sun]]'' || [[Theodore V. Olsen]] || 196? || Novel
|}
====Black Hills War (1876–1877)====
{| class="wikitable sortable" style=width:90%
|- "
!Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source<br />work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson]]''|| 1976 || [[Robert Altman]]|| USA ||''[[Indians (play)|Indians]]'' || [[Arthur Kopit]] || 1969 || Play
|-
|''[[Tonka (film)|Tonka]]''|| 1958 || [[Lewis R. Foster]]|| USA ||''[[Tonka (novel)|Tonka]]'' || [[David Appel (novelist)|David Appel]] || 195? || Novel
|-
|''[[The Glory Guys]]''|| 1965 || [[Arnold Laven]]|| USA ||''[[The Dice of God]]'' || [[Hoffman Birney]] || 1956 || Novel
|-
|''[[Little Big Man]]''|| 1970 || [[Arthur Penn]]|| USA ||''[[Little Big Man (novel)|Little Big Man]]'' || [[Thomas Berger (novelist)|Thomas Berger]] || 1964 || Novel
|-
|''[[Son of the Morning Star]]'' *|| 1991 || [[Mike Robe]]|| USA ||''[[Son of the Morning Star|Son Of The Morning Star: Custer And The Little Bighorn]]''|| [[Evan S. Connell]] || 1984 || Non-fiction
|}
====Cheyenne War (1878–1879)====
{| class="wikitable" style=width:90%
|- "
!Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source<br />work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[White Feather]]'' || 1955 || [[Robert D. Webb]]|| USA ||''[[White Feather]]'' (?) || [[John Prebble]] || 195? || Story (?)
|}
===Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)===
{| class="wikitable" style=width:90%
|- "
!Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source<br />work !! Author !! Date !! Type !! Events Portrayed
|-
|''[[:bg:Под игото (филм)|Under the Yoke]]''|| 1952 || [[Dako Dakovski]]|| [[Bulgaria]] ||''[[Under the Yoke]]'' || [[Ivan Vazov]] || 1893 || Novel ||
|-
|''[[The Turkish Gambit (film)|The Turkish Gambit]]'' || 2005 || [[Dzhanik Faiziyev]]|| [[Russia]] & [[Bulgaria]]||''[[The Turkish Gambit]]'' || [[Boris Akunin]] || 1998 || Novel || [[Siege of Plevna]]
|}
===Zulu War (1879)===
{| class="wikitable" style=width:90%
|- "
!Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source<br />work !! Author !! Date !! Type !! Events Portrayed
|-
|''[[Zulu Dawn]]'' || 1979 || [[Douglas Hickox]]|| USA, [[South Africa]] ||''[[Zulu Dawn]]'' || [[Cy Endfield]] || 1979|| Non-fiction || [[Battle of Isandlwana]]
|-
|''[[Zulu (film)|Zulu]]'' || 1964 || [[Cy Endfield]]|| UK || "Slaughter in the Sun" || [[John Prebble]] || 1958 || Article || [[Rorke's Drift|Siege of Rorke's Drift]]
|}
===War of the Pacific (1879–1883)===
{| class="wikitable" style=width:90%
|- "
!Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source<br />work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''Adiós al Séptimo de Línea'' || 2010 || [[:es:Alex Bowen|Alex Bowen]] & [[Diego Rougier]] || Chile || ''[[:es:Adiós al Séptimo de Línea|Adiós al Séptimo de Línea]]'' || [[:es:Jorge Inostroza|Jorge Inostrosa Cuevas]] || 1955 || novel
|}
===First Boer War (1880–1881)===
{| class="wikitable" style=width:90%
|- "
!Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source<br />work !! Author !! Date !! Type !! Events Portrayed
|-
|''[[Majuba (film)|Majuba]]'' || 1968 || [[David Millin]]|| South Africa ||''[[The Hill of Doves]]'' || [[Stuart Cloete]] || 1941|| Novel || [[Battle of Majuba Hill]]
|}
===North-West Rebellion (1885)===
{| class="wikitable" width:90%
|- "
!Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source<br />work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[North West Mounted Police (film)|North West Mounted Police]]'' || 1940 || [[Cecil B. DeMille]]|| USA ||''[[The Royal Canadian Mounted Police]]'' <ref>Publisher: [[Carrick & Evans]], New York, 1938.</ref> (uncredited) || [[R.C. Fetherstonhaugh]] (uncredited) || 1938 <ref name="LAC">Publication details for this title have been confirmed by the catalogue of [[Library and Archives Canada]].<br />Source: [http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/lac-bac/search/lib Library Search].</ref><ref name="BL"/> || Non-fiction
|}
===Colombian Civil War of 1885===
{| class="wikitable" style=width:90%
|- "
!Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source<br />work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[Love in the Time of Cholera (film)|Love in the Time of Cholera]]'' || 2007 || [[Mike Newell (director)|Mike Newell]] || USA & [[Colombia]] || ''[[Love in the Time of Cholera]]'' || [[Gabriel García Márquez]] || 1985 || Novel
|}
===First Matabele War (1893)===
{| class="wikitable" style=width:90%
|- "
!Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source<br />work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[Shangani Patrol (film)|Shangani Patrol]]'' || 1970 || David Millin|| [[Rhodesia]] || ''[[A Time to Die (book)|A Time to Die]]'' || [[Robert Cary (author)|Robert Cary]] || 1968 || Non-fiction
|}
===War of Canudos (1896–1897)===
{| class="wikitable" style=width:90%
|- "
!Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source<br />work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[Antônio Conselheiro e a Guerra dos Pelados]]'' || 1977 || [[:pt:Guga de Oliveira|Guga de Oliveira]]|| Brazil ||''[[Os Sertões]]'' aka ''Rebellion in the Backlands'' || [[Euclides da Cunha]] || 1902 || Non-fiction
|-
|''[[:pt:Guerra de Canudos (filme)|Guerra de Canudos]]'' || 1997 || [[:pt:Sérgio Rezende|Sérgio Rezende]]|| Brazil ||''Os Sertões'' aka<br />''Rebellion in the Backlands'' (uncredited) || Euclides da Cunha (uncredited) || 1902 || Non-fiction
|}
===War of the Suan (1898)===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style=width:90%
|- "
!Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source<br />work !! Author !! Date !! Type
|-
|''[[Young Winston]]'' || 1972 || [[Richard Attenborough]]|| UK ||''[[My Early Life|My Early Life: A Roving Commission]]'' || [[Winston Churchill]] || 1930 || Memoir
|-
|''[[The Light That Failed]]'' || 1939 || [[William A. Wellman]]|| USA ||''[[The Light That Failed]]'' || [[Rudyard Kipling]] || 1890 || Novel
|-
|''[[Four Feathers]]'' || 1915 || [[J. Searle Dawley]]|| USA ||''[[The Four Feathers]]'' || [[A. E. W. Mason]] || 1902|| Novel
|-
|''[[The Four Feathers (1921 film)|The Four Feathers]]'' || 1921 || [[:fr:René Plaissetty|René Plaissetty]] || UK ||''The Four Feathers'' || A. E. W. Mason || 1902|| Novel
|-
|''[[The Four Feathers (1929 film)|The Four Feathers]]'' || 1929 || [[Merian C. Cooper]], [[Lothar Mendes]], & [[Ernest B. Schoedsack]]|| USA ||''The Four Feathers'' || A. E. W. Mason || 1902|| Novel
|-
|''[[The Four Feathers (1939 film)|The Four Feathers]]'' || 1939 || [[Zoltan Korda]]|| UK ||''The Four Feathers'' || A. E. W. Mason|| 1902|| Novel
|-
|''[[Storm Over the Nile]]'' || 1955 || [[Zoltan Korda]] & [[Terence Young (director)|Terence Young]]|| UK ||''The Four Feathers'' || A. E. W. Mason || 1902|| Novel
|-
|''[[The Four Feathers (1977 film)|The Four Feathers]]'' || 1977 || [[Don Sharp]]|| UK ||''The Four Feathers'' || A. E. W. Mason|| 1902|| Novel
|-
|''[[The Four Feathers (2002 film)|The Four Feathers]]'' || 2002 || [[Shekhar Kapur]]|| UK & USA ||''The Four Feathers'' || A. E. W. Mason || 1902|| Novel
|}
===Scramble for Africa (1880–1914)===
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|- "
!Film !! Date !! Director !! Country !! Source<br />work !! Author !! Date !! Type!!Events Portrayed
|-
|''[[Sarraounia (film)|Sarraounia]]'' || 1986 || [[Med Hondo]]|| France & [[Burkina Faso]] ||''[[Sarraounia (novel)|Sarraounia]]'' || [[Abdoulaye Mamani]] || 1980 || Novel || [[Battle of Lougou]]
|}
''For later conflicts, see the [[List of films based on war books — 1898–1926]].''
==References==
Unless otherwise stated, the source for film information is the [[IMDb]].
===Bibliography===
* Clarke, James. ''Virgin Film: War Films'', [[Virgin Books]], London, 2006.
*[[Stephen Crane|Crane, Stephen]] with [[Kate Lyon]] (ghostwriter). ''Great Battles of the World'', [[J. B. Lippincott]], Philadelphia, 1900.
* [[Leslie Halliwell|Halliwell, Leslie]]. ''Halliwell's Film Guide to 8,000 English Language Films'', [[Rupert Hart-Davis|Hart-Davis, MacGibbon]], London, 1977; [[Granada (company)|Granada Publishing]], London, 1979.
* Hartley, William H., Ed.D. ''Selected Films for American History and Problems'', Teachers College, [[Columbia University]], New York, 1940.
* [[John Keegan|Keegan, John]]. ''The Battle for History: Re-fighting World War Two'' ([[Barbara Frum]] lecture series), [[Random House of Canada|Vintage Canada]], Toronto, 1995.<br />Republished by [[Vintage Books]], New York, 1996.
* Pearce, Kenneth. ''A Traveller's History of Mexico'', [[Windrush Press]], [[Moreton-in-Marsh]], Glos., with [[Orion Publishing Group|Cassell & Co.]], London, 2002.
* Wertheim, Stanley. ''A Stephen Crane Encyclopedia'', [[Greenwood Press]], [[Westport, Connecticut]], 1997.
* ''100 Greatest War Movies'', special issue of ''[[Military History Magazine]]'', Weider History Group, [[Leesburg, Virginia]], 2007.
===Notes===
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==See also==
* [[List of films based on war books]]
* [[List of films based on war books — pre-1775]]
* [[List of films based on war books — 1898–1926]]
* [[List of films based on war books — 1927–1945]]
* [[List of films based on war books — post-1945]]
* [[List of films based on war books — peace]]
* [[War film]]
* [[War novel]]
* [[List of war films]]
* [[List of United States military books]]
* [[Assassinations in fiction]]
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