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Films & Shows Set during the Age of Revolutions

Runs from1774184975 years wide

Shelfmark Liber CXXVII

Revolutionary Era

19
titles
16 films · 3 series (4 eps) · 17 through its sub-periods
3.5/5
average rating
across 19 rated titles
7%
of the span is tagged
2 of 29 titles set inside it

See the Age of Revolutions on the timelineEvery year from 1774 to 1849 the archive holds, and what is set in them

Compare the titles of the Age of Revolutions in the CanonsWhat every title on it shares, what two or three share, and what is proper to one

Inside this Archive

1751Toussaint Louverturevia French RevolutionTV series · 2 episodes · initially set in 17513.5/51770Marie Antoinettevia French RevolutionFilm · 2006 · initially set in 17703.6/51776The Patriotvia American RevolutionFilm · 2000 · initially set in 17763.5/51776Turn: Washington's Spiesvia American RevolutionTV series · 1 episode · set in 17764.0/51792Goya's Ghostsvia Peninsular WarFilm · 2006 · initially set in 17923.2/51792La Marseillaisevia French RevolutionFilm · 1938 · set in 17923.7/51793Napoleonvia French RevolutionFilm · 2023 · initially set in 17932.9/51794Désiréevia French RevolutionFilm · 1954 · initially set in 17943.2/51794Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Storyvia French RevolutionTV series · 1 episode · set in 17943.6/51800The Duellistsvia Napoleonic WarsFilm · 1977 · initially set in 18003.9/51805Master and Commander: The Far Side of the Worldvia Napoleonic WarsFilm · 2003 · set in 18054.0/51808Agustina of Aragonvia Peninsular WarFilm · 1950 · set in 18083.0/51808La Guerrillavia Peninsular WarFilm · 1973 · set in 18083.0/51812The Liberatorvia Spanish-American Wars of IndependenceFilm · 2013 · initially set in 18123.2/51814Waterloovia Napoleonic WarsFilm · 1970 · initially set in 18143.7/51815Les Misérablesvia Napoleonic WarsFilm · 2012 · initially set in 18153.6/51815The Count of Monte Cristovia Napoleonic WarsFilm · 2002 · initially set in 18153.8/51819PeterlooFilm · 2018 · set in 18193.5/51843The Young Karl MarxFilm · 2017 · initially set in 18433.4/5

19 titles · in the order the archive depicts them. A series counts once, regardless of however many of its episodes carry the tag. 17 titles here come through the periods inside this one rather than its own tag, and are counted only because they are set inside these boundaries.

The Chronicle

The events and themes the archive follows through the Age of Revolutions, in the order they happened, each with the titles that depict it. Press a name to read about it in the threads below.

  1. 1184–1870
  2. 1525–1850
  3. 1781
  4. 1798
    Battle of the PyramidsMilitary

    The confrontation fought in the shadow of the Pyramids of Giza between the forces of Napoleon's Egyptian expedition and Murad Bey's Mamluk forces under the banner of the Ottoman…

    Napoleon
  5. 1799
  6. 1805
    Battle of AusterlitzMilitary

    Napoleon's crowning victory over the forces of the Third Coalition in 1805.

    Napoleon
  7. 1815
    Battle of WaterlooMilitary

    The culmination of Napoleon's Hundred Days Campaign to restore himself to power over the French Empire and resoundingly defeat the forces of the Seventh Coalition.

    NapoleonWaterloo
  8. 1819
    Peterloo MassacreAtrocity and PersecutionPeterloo
  9. 1832
  10. 1848
  11. 1848

Sub-Periods

The periods the archive counts as part of the Age of Revolutions. Their titles are gathered on this page where they are set inside its boundaries. The number represents how many titles in these sub-periods are also directly attached to this period and how many are just inherited rather being directly tagged with the Age of Revolutions.

Cinematic Introduction

Every title set during the Age of Revolutions, by the decade it came out. A series is placed on the chart by its first season and counts as one title entity.

First on screen
La Marseillaise1938
Most recent
Napoleon2023

FilmsSerieseach bar is the titles released that decade

Cast of Characters

The historical people the archive’s titles put on screen in this period, grouped by what they are known for. The number is how many titles set here they appear in.

Writing and Thought1

Historical Threads

A thread follows one event or historical theme across the archive, wherever and whenever it appears. Pick a tab to read one; they are in the order they are filed on the timeline. Pulling a thread opens up a narrowed timeline view filtered to every year that thread touches.

Battle of the Pyramidspull it on the timeline

Event

The confrontation fought in the shadow of the Pyramids of Giza between the forces of Napoleon's Egyptian expedition and Murad Bey's Mamluk forces under the banner of the Ottoman Empire. The battle was a total victory for the French, securing the way to Cairo and breaking the power of the Mamluk forces in Lower Egypt, though the French defeat at the Battle of the Nile soon after would damper much of its success.

filed under 1798

Also runs throughNapoleonic Wars

Battle of Austerlitzpull it on the timeline

Event

Napoleon's crowning victory over the forces of the Third Coalition in 1805. Through careful selection of the terrain and swift movement of his forces, Napoleon was able to lure coalition forces into a fatal trap. Though the victory and the close of the War of the Third Coalition would not end fighting on the European continent for long, the resulting Peace of Pressburg would have a number of repercussions on the European political landscape, including, ultimately, the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire.

filed under 1805

Also runs throughFrench RevolutionNapoleonic Wars

Battle of Waterloopull it on the timeline

Event

The culmination of Napoleon's Hundred Days Campaign to restore himself to power over the French Empire and resoundingly defeat the forces of the Seventh Coalition. Facing off initially against British forces under the command of Arthur Wellesley, Napoleon's army ultimately failed to defeat the British before Prussian reinforcements under the command of Gebhard von Blücher arrived to firmly turn the tide of battle in the coalition's favor.

2 titles set here · filed under 1815

Also runs throughNapoleonic Wars2 titlesFrench Revolution

Saltiness Across the Period

No title set here has been given a saltiness score yet. That is unrated, which is not the same as accurate.

Archive Density

7%2 of the 29 titles the archive sets between 1774 and 1849 carry the Age of Revolutions tag.

66%With its sub-periods: 19 of the same 29 titles carry Age of Revolutions or one of American Revolution, French Revolution, Haitian Revolution and 3 others.

This measure can help illustrate cinematic hotspots within a time period by comparing which years of the overarching, actual historical time period are backed up by a cinematic release.

  1. 17740 of 1 title set in 1774 carries this period
  2. 1775nothing set here
  3. 17760 of 2 titles set in 1776 carry this period · 2 with sub-periods
  4. 17780 of 1 title set in 1778 carries this period · 1 with sub-periods
  5. 17800 of 1 title set in 1780 carries this period · 1 with sub-periods
  6. 17810 of 2 titles set in 1781 carry this period · 2 with sub-periods
  7. 1782nothing set here
  8. 1783nothing set here
  9. 17850 of 2 titles set in 1785 carry this period · 1 with sub-periods
  10. 17880 of 1 title set in 1788 carries this period
  11. 17890 of 2 titles set in 1789 carry this period · 2 with sub-periods
  12. 1791nothing set here
  13. 17920 of 2 titles set in 1792 carry this period · 2 with sub-periods
  14. 17930 of 1 title set in 1793 carries this period · 1 with sub-periods
  15. 17940 of 3 titles set in 1794 carry this period · 3 with sub-periods
  16. 17950 of 1 title set in 1795 carries this period · 1 with sub-periods
  17. 17970 of 1 title set in 1797 carries this period · 1 with sub-periods
  18. 17980 of 1 title set in 1798 carries this period · 1 with sub-periods
  19. 17990 of 2 titles set in 1799 carry this period · 2 with sub-periods
  20. 18000 of 1 title set in 1800 carries this period · 1 with sub-periods
  21. 18010 of 1 title set in 1801 carries this period · 1 with sub-periods
  22. 18020 of 1 title set in 1802 carries this period · 1 with sub-periods
  23. 18030 of 1 title set in 1803 carries this period · 1 with sub-periods
  24. 18040 of 3 titles set in 1804 carry this period · 3 with sub-periods
  25. 18050 of 2 titles set in 1805 carry this period · 2 with sub-periods
Show all 52 yearsShow the first 25 only · 27 more years, from 1806 to 1848
  1. 18060 of 1 title set in 1806 carries this period · 1 with sub-periods
  2. 1807nothing set here
  3. 18080 of 3 titles set in 1808 carry this period · 3 with sub-periods
  4. 18090 of 1 title set in 1809 carries this period · 1 with sub-periods
  5. 18100 of 2 titles set in 1810 carry this period · 2 with sub-periods
  6. 1811nothing set here
  7. 18120 of 4 titles set in 1812 carry this period · 4 with sub-periods
  8. 18140 of 3 titles set in 1814 carry this period · 3 with sub-periods
  9. 18150 of 5 titles set in 1815 carry this period · 5 with sub-periods
  10. 18160 of 1 title set in 1816 carries this period · 1 with sub-periods
  11. 1818nothing set here
  12. 18191 of 2 titles set in 1819 carry this period · 2 with sub-periods
  13. 1820nothing set here
  14. 18230 of 4 titles set in 1823 carry this period · 1 with sub-periods
  15. 18290 of 1 title set in 1829 carries this period · 1 with sub-periods
  16. 18300 of 1 title set in 1830 carries this period · 1 with sub-periods
  17. 18320 of 1 title set in 1832 carries this period · 1 with sub-periods
  18. 18370 of 1 title set in 1837 carries this period
  19. 18380 of 1 title set in 1838 carries this period · 1 with sub-periods
  20. 1839nothing set here
  21. 18410 of 1 title set in 1841 carries this period
  22. 18431 of 2 titles set in 1843 carry this period
  23. 18441 of 2 titles set in 1844 carry this period
  24. 1845nothing set here
  25. 18460 of 2 titles set in 1846 carry this period
  26. 18471 of 2 titles set in 1847 carry this period
  27. 18481 of 2 titles set in 1848 carry this period

52 years on the timeline fall inside the boundaries, 10 of them with nothing set there yet. The dark part of each bar is the share carrying this period; the lighter part beside it, the share carrying one of its sub-periods instead.

Share of the 43 genre taggings across 19 titles set in this period. A title filed under three genres is in three of these slices, so this is a share of taggings rather than of titles.

Also on the Timeline

Part of and part of it are declared by the archive: one period counted as belonging to another, whatever their dates. Periods overlap freely so concurrent means the two spans share years, and the shared stretch is named. Bounded means it lies wholly inside this one, beginning and ending more than 10 years within its boundaries. Before and after are the nearest periods lying outside this one, with the gap in years shown instead. A shared thread is what the two have in common besides the calendar, and a period lying wholly outside this one can still share one.

Periods before, during, inside and after Age of Revolutions, with their year ranges, the years they share with it, the threads they share with it, and how many titles the archive holds of each.
RelationPeriodRunsShared yearsShared threadsTitles
Part of itAmerican Revolution1775–17831775–1783none shared2 titles in the archive
Part of itFrench Revolution1789–17991789–1799none shared6 titles in the archive
Part of itHaitian Revolution1791–18041791–1804none shared1 title in the archive
Part of itNapoleonic Wars1792–18151792–1815none shared11 titles in the archive
Part of itSpanish-American Wars of Independence1808–18301808–1830none shared1 title in the archive
BeforeSeven Years' War1756–176311 years earliernone shared1 title in the archive
ConcurrentAge of Enlightenment1685–18151774–1815none shared8 titles in the archive
ConcurrentFeudal Japan1185–18681774–1849none shared5 titles in the archive
ConcurrentIndustrial Revolution1760–18701774–1849Communist ManifestoPeterloo MassacreRevolutions of 18483 titles in the archive
ConcurrentPeshwa Era1713–18181774–1818none shared1 title in the archive
ConcurrentRusso-Turkish Wars1568–19181774–1849none shared1 title in the archive
ConcurrentAmerican Frontier1783–19121783–1849none shared17 titles in the archive
ConcurrentFilibuster Wars1803–18601803–1849none shared1 title in the archive
BoundedPeninsular War1807–18141807–1814none shared3 titles in the archive
BoundedRegency Era1811–18201811–1820Peterloo Massacre1 title in the archive
ConcurrentAntebellum South1812–18611812–1849none shared1 title in the archive
ConcurrentVictorian Era1837–19011837–1849Communist ManifestoRevolutions of 18488 titles in the archive
ConcurrentCentury of Humiliation1839–19491839–1849none shared1 title in the archive
ConcurrentNew Zealand Wars1845–18721845–1849none shared1 title in the archive
AfterAmerican Civil War1861–186512 years laternone shared6 titles in the archive