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Films & Shows Set in the British Empire

Runs from15001997497 years wide

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Early Modern Era 50% · Revolutionary Era 33% · World Wars Era 6% · Contemporary Era 10%

37
titles
28 films · 9 series (37 eps) · 37 through the places inside it
3.7/5
average rating
across 37 rated titles
0%
of the span is tagged
0 of 198 titles set inside it

See the British Empire on the timelineEvery year from 1500 to 1997 the archive holds, and what is set in them

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

Inside this Archive

1525The Tudorsvia Kingdom of EnglandTV series · 1 episode · set in 15253.2/51535A Man for All Seasonsvia Kingdom of EnglandFilm · 1966 · set in 1535 · depicts 1529 – 15353.8/51561Mary Queen of Scotsvia Kingdom of EnglandFilm · 2018 · initially set in 15613.1/51607The New Worldvia VirginiaFilm · 2005 · initially set in 1607 · depicts 1608 – 16153.8/51630The Witchvia New EnglandFilm · 2015 · set in 16303.8/51705The Favouritevia Kingdom of EnglandFilm · 2018 · initially set in 17054.0/51750Barry Lyndonvia Kingdom of IrelandFilm · 1975 · initially set in 1750 · depicts 1756 – 17634.4/51776The Patriotvia South CarolinaFilm · 2000 · initially set in 17763.5/51776Turn: Washington's Spiesvia New YorkTV series · 1 episode · set in 17764.0/51788Banishedvia Colony of New South WalesTV series · 1 episode · set in 17883.5/51819Peterloovia ManchesterFilm · 2018 · set in 18193.5/51837Victoriavia United KingdomTV series · 1 episode · set in 18373.8/51843The Young Karl Marxvia ManchesterFilm · 2017 · initially set in 18433.4/51846The Terrorvia Canadian ArcticTV series · 10 episodes · initially set in 18464.0/51870Utuvia Colony of New ZealandFilm · 1983 · set in 18703.6/51890Sherlock Holmesvia LondonFilm · 2009 · set in 18903.5/51893Gandhivia NatalFilm · 1982 · initially set in 18933.8/51897Kesarivia British RajFilm · 2019 · set in 18973.3/51912Downton Abbeyvia United KingdomTV series · 1 episode · set in 19123.9/51912Indiana Jones and the Last Crusadevia PetraFilm · 1989 · initially set in 19124.1/51916Lawrence of Arabiavia United KingdomFilm · 1962 · initially set in 19164.4/51916Michael Collinsvia Ireland (UK)Film · 1996 · initially set in 19163.5/51919Chariots of Firevia United KingdomFilm · 1981 · initially set in 1919 · depicts 1919 – 19243.5/51925The King's Speechvia LondonFilm · 2010 · initially set in 19253.8/51926Oppenheimervia CambridgeFilm · 2023 · initially set in 19264.2/51926The Dressmakervia VictoriaFilm · 2015 · initially set in 19263.4/51928The Imitation Gamevia United KingdomFilm · 2014 · initially set in 1928 · depicts 1939 – 19453.9/51932Munich: The Edge of Warvia LondonFilm · 2021 · initially set in 19323.4/51935Atonementvia United KingdomFilm · 2007 · initially set in 19354.0/51935Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doomvia British RajFilm · 1984 · set in 19353.7/51940Darkest Hourvia LondonFilm · 2017 · set in 19403.6/51941The Pacificvia GuadalcanalTV series · 10 episodes · initially set in 19414.1/51942Band of Brothersvia United KingdomTV series · 10 episodes · initially set in 19424.4/51944Churchillvia LondonFilm · 2017 · set in 19443.0/51944Red Tailsvia United KingdomFilm · 2012 · initially set in 19442.9/51947The Crownvia LondonTV series · 2 episodes · initially set in 19474.1/51979The Iron Ladyvia United KingdomFilm · 2011 · initially set in 19792.9/5

37 titles · in the order the archive depicts them. A series counts once, regardless of however many of its episodes carry the tag. 37 titles here come through the places 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 British Empire, in the order they happened, each with the titles that depict it. Press a name to read about it in the threads below.

  1. 1450–1750
    Witch TrialsAtrocity and Persecution
  2. 1527–1603
    English ReformationReligious

    The great political and religious transformations underwent in Tudor England as a result of Henry VIII's break with the Catholic Church and the establishment of the Church of…

  3. 1607
    Founding of JamestownExploration

    The establishment of the first permanent English colony in the New World in Virginia Colony.

  4. 1781
    Siege of YorktownMilitary
  5. 1819
    Peterloo MassacreAtrocity and Persecution
  6. 1539–1903
    Northwest PassageExploration

    The Northwest Passage was a long sought-after route across Northern Canada's waterways that offered the chance to navigate from the Atlantic to the Pacific ocean by sea without…

  7. 1897
    Battle of SaragarhiMilitary

    A famous last stand by twenty-one Sikh soldiers of the British Indian Army to hold the Saragarhi outpost against thousands of Afghan tribesmen following an uprising near what is…

  8. 1912
    Sinking of the TitanicDisaster

    The tragic sinking of the largest ocean liner in the world in 1912 after collision with an iceberg in the North Atlantic Ocean.

  9. 1916
    Easter RisingPolitical
  10. 1930
    Salt MarchSocial

    A famous non-violent demonstration by Indian Independence leader Mahatma Gandhi in 1930.

  11. 1936–1937
    Abdication Crisis of Edward VIIIPolitical
  12. 1940
    Dunkirk EvacuationMilitary

    The surrounding and subsequent evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force and allied forces from the town of Dunkirk in Northern France in 1940.

  13. 1940–1948
    Tuskegee AirmenMilitary
  14. 1941
    Attack on Pearl HarborMilitary

    The surprise strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the American naval base of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

  15. 1939–1945
    Battle of the AtlanticMilitary

    The contest between the Allied and European Axis powers during the Second World War for control of the Atlantic sea lanes.

  16. 1941–1945
    The HolocaustAtrocity and Persecution

    The systematic extermination of Jewish people across Europe as perpetuated by Nazi Germany and its allies during World War II.

  17. 1939–1945
    Bletchley Park CodebreakersScience and Technology

    The covert effort by the United Kingdom's Government Code and Cypher School, operating out of the Bletchley Park country estate, to break Axis communication encryption during…

  18. 1942–1943
    Guadalcanal CampaignMilitary

    The brutal struggle for control over the Solomon island of Guadalcanal in the South Pacific during World War II.

  19. 1944
    D-DayMilitary

    The largest invasion by sea in human history, D-Day is the popularized name for Operation Neptune, or the Allied invasion of the German-occupied Normandy coast in June 1944.

  20. 1942–1947
    Manhattan ProjectScience and Technology

    The secret World War II project to create the world's first nuclear weapons.

  21. 1947
    Partition of IndiaPolitical

    Following the dissolution of the British Raj and British control over the Indian subcontinent after World War II, the territory was divided between two new states, the Dominion…

  22. 1982
    Falklands WarMilitary

    The 1982 conflict waged between Argentina and the United Kingdom over control of the South Atlantic Falkland islands.

Sub-Periods

The periods the archive places in the British Empire: named stretches of its history, such as a reign or an age. The number is how many of this page’s titles carry each.

Cinematic Introduction

Every title set during the British Empire, 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
Lawrence of Arabia1962
Most recent
Oppenheimer2023

9 of these were made while the British Empire was still going on: A Man for All Seasons (1966), Barry Lyndon (1975), Utu (1983), Gandhi (1982), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), Lawrence of Arabia (1962), Michael Collins (1996), Chariots of Fire (1981), Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984).

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.

Political51

Military20

Science and Technology14

Exploration4

Private individual4

Athlete2

Writing and Thought2

Institution1

Religious1

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.

English Reformationpull it on the timeline

Process

The great political and religious transformations underwent in Tudor England as a result of Henry VIII's break with the Catholic Church and the establishment of the Church of England. While a part of the wider Protestant Reformation, the English Reformation was particularly intertwined with the politics of 16th century England, ebbing and flowing with the decisions of the monarch and political elite.

3 titles set here · filed under 1527

Also runs throughProtestant Reformation3Tudor England3

Northwest Passagepull it on the timeline

Network

The Northwest Passage was a long sought-after route across Northern Canada's waterways that offered the chance to navigate from the Atlantic to the Pacific ocean by sea without having to round Cape Horn in South America.

filed under 1846

Also runs throughVictorian Era

Battle of Saragarhipull it on the timeline

Event

A famous last stand by twenty-one Sikh soldiers of the British Indian Army to hold the Saragarhi outpost against thousands of Afghan tribesmen following an uprising near what is today modern Pakistan.

filed under 1897

Also runs throughVictorian Era

Sinking of the Titanicpull it on the timeline

Event

The tragic sinking of the largest ocean liner in the world in 1912 after collision with an iceberg in the North Atlantic Ocean. The great loss of life in the wake of inadequate preparations and poor response times from nearby rescue triggered international outrage that would go on to transform maritime safety regulation globally.

filed under 1912

Also runs throughEdwardian Era2

Salt Marchpull it on the timeline

Event

A famous non-violent demonstration by Indian Independence leader Mahatma Gandhi in 1930. Since the British colonial administration had established a legal monopoly on the production of salt, Gandhi chose the act of illegally producing salt, an everyday necessity, and peaceful marching as a symbol that could unify Indians against colonial rule.

filed under 1930

Also runs throughIndian Independence

Dunkirk Evacuationpull it on the timeline

Event

The surrounding and subsequent evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force and allied forces from the town of Dunkirk in Northern France in 1940. The evacuation cemented itself in the popular imagination with the mass deployment of British civilian craft to help rescue trapped soldiers as the German forces surrounding them closed their encirclement.

2 titles set here · filed under 1940

Also runs throughWestern Front (World War II)3Interwar Years

Attack on Pearl Harborpull it on the timeline

Event

The surprise strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the American naval base of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Intended to be a decisive blow that would cripple the American Pacific Fleet in anticipation of war with the United States, the strike left over 2,400 Americans dead and several capital ships, notably four American battleships, sunk. However, the absence of American aircraft carriers from port on the day of the attack left the fleet in better overall shape afterwards than Japanese planners had hoped.

filed under 1941

Also runs throughPacific War3World War II2

Battle of the Atlanticpull it on the timeline

Event

The contest between the Allied and European Axis powers during the Second World War for control of the Atlantic sea lanes. The campaign was defined by Germany's attempts to starve the United Kingdom into submission through submarine warfare and the Allies' subsequent efforts to combat the undersea threat.

filed under 1941

Also runs throughWorld War II3

The Holocaustpull it on the timeline

Event

The systematic extermination of Jewish people across Europe as perpetuated by Nazi Germany and its allies during World War II. The genocide was conducted in various stages and by various means over the course of the war, though none more identifiable with the atrocity than the death camps such as Auschwitz-Birkenau, Belzec, Treblinka, and Sobibor. In all, some six million Jews would perish from 1941-1945.

filed under 1941

Its parts, pulled with it:

Also runs throughWorld War II5Eastern Front (World War II)2Western Front (World War II)

Bletchley Park Codebreakerspull it on the timeline

Institution

The covert effort by the United Kingdom's Government Code and Cypher School, operating out of the Bletchley Park country estate, to break Axis communication encryption during the Second World War. Perhaps most famously, the codebreakers at Bletchley Park were able to crack the encryption created by Germany's Enigma machine, allowing the Allies to quickly decipher intercepted German messages and gain vital military intelligence.

filed under 1942

Also runs throughWorld War II

Guadalcanal Campaignpull it on the timeline

Event

The brutal struggle for control over the Solomon island of Guadalcanal in the South Pacific during World War II. With its key location threatening access to Australia, the island became the site of a prolonged campaign between Japanese and American / ANZAC forces on land, at sea, and in the air.

filed under 1942

Also runs throughPacific War

D-Daypull it on the timeline

Event

The largest invasion by sea in human history, D-Day is the popularized name for Operation Neptune, or the Allied invasion of the German-occupied Normandy coast in June 1944. After months of planning, experience gained from previous invasions in Italy and in the Pacific, and extensive preparation efforts, the Allies were successfully able to secure a beachhead from which they were able to push out towards the rest of France, liberating Paris by August 1944 and greatly accelerating the end of the Second World War in Europe.

filed under 1944

Also runs throughWestern Front (World War II)8World War II

Manhattan Projectpull it on the timeline

Project

The secret World War II project to create the world's first nuclear weapons. After years of development and billions of dollars spent, the project culminated in 1945 with the Trinity Test detonation conducted in the New Mexico desert on July 16, 1945 and the Atomic Bombings of Japan the following month.

filed under 1945

Also runs throughCold WarWorld War II

Partition of Indiapull it on the timeline

Event

Following the dissolution of the British Raj and British control over the Indian subcontinent after World War II, the territory was divided between two new states, the Dominion of India and the Dominion of Pakistan. With Pakistan being a Muslim-majority territory and India being a Hindu-majority territory, millions of people became displaced as religious divisions sparked the mass movement of people across the new boundaries and fierce violence. Hundreds of thousands of people were killed as a result.

filed under 1947

Also runs throughIndian Independence

Saltiness Across the Realm

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

Archive Density

0%0 of the 198 titles the archive sets between 1500 and 1997 are tagged British Empire itself.

19%With the places inside it: 37 of the same 198 titles are tagged British Empire or a place inside it.

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.

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241 years on the timeline fall inside the boundaries, 47 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 88 genre taggings across 37 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.

RelationPeriodRunsShared yearsShared threadsTitles
Part of itEdwardian Era1901–19141901–1914Sinking of the Titanic2
Part of itRegency Era1811–18201811–1820Peterloo Massacre1
Part of itVictorian Era1837–19011837–1901Battle of SaragarhiNorthwest Passage8
BeforeLate Middle Ages1300–15001500none shared13
ConcurrentAge of Discovery1415–16501500–1650Founding of Jamestown6
ConcurrentFeudal Japan1185–18681500–1868none shared5
ConcurrentItalian Renaissance1453–15271500–1527none shared1
ConcurrentRurikid Dynasty862–15981500–1598none shared1
ConcurrentSpanish Colonization of the Americas1493–16971500–1697none shared3
ConcurrentSpanish Golden Age1492–16591500–1659none shared2
ConcurrentTudor England1485–16031500–1603English Reformation3
BoundedProtestant Reformation1517–16481517–1648English Reformation4
BoundedWar of the League of Cognac1526–15301526–1530none shared1
BoundedCounter-Reformation1545–16481545–1648Witch Trials5
BoundedReign of Akbar1556–16051556–1605none shared1
BoundedFrench Wars of Religion1562–15981562–1598none shared1
BoundedAzuchi–Momoyama Period1568–16001568–1600none shared2
BoundedRusso-Turkish Wars1568–19181568–1918none shared1
BoundedWar of Cyprus1570–15731570–1573Witch Trials1
BoundedImjin War1592–15981592–1598none shared1
BoundedStuart England1603–17141603–1714Founding of Jamestown2
BoundedGreat Puritan Migration1620–16401620–1640Witch Trials1
BoundedAge of Enlightenment1685–18151685–1815none shared8
BoundedWar of the Spanish Succession1701–17141701–1714none shared1
BoundedPeshwa Era1713–18181713–1818none shared1
BoundedSeven Years' War1756–17631756–1763none shared1
BoundedIndustrial Revolution1760–18701760–1870Peterloo Massacre3
BoundedAge of Revolutions1774–18491774–1849Peterloo Massacre19
BoundedAmerican Revolution1775–17831775–1783Siege of Yorktown2
BoundedAmerican Frontier1783–19121783–1912none shared17
BoundedFrench Revolution1789–17991789–1799none shared6
BoundedHaitian Revolution1791–18041791–1804none shared1
BoundedNapoleonic Wars1792–18151792–1815none shared11
BoundedFilibuster Wars1803–18601803–1860none shared1
BoundedPeninsular War1807–18141807–1814none shared3
BoundedSpanish-American Wars of Independence1808–18301808–1830none shared1
BoundedAntebellum South1812–18611812–1861none shared1
BoundedCentury of Humiliation1839–19491839–1949none shared1
BoundedNew Zealand Wars1845–18721845–1872none shared1
BoundedAmerican Civil War1861–18651861–1865none shared6
BoundedWars of German Unification1864–18711864–1871none shared1
BoundedOld West1865–18951865–1895none shared14
BoundedMeiji Era1868–19121868–1912none shared1
BoundedGilded Age1869–19011869–1901none shared2
BoundedIndian Independence1885–19481885–1948Partition of IndiaSalt March1
Bounded1905 Revolution1905–19071905–1907none shared1
BoundedMexican Revolution1910–19201910–1920none shared1
BoundedWestern Front (World War I)1914–19181914–1918none shared6
BoundedWorld War I1914–19181914–1918Easter Rising11
BoundedArab Revolt1916–19181916–1918none shared1
BoundedInterwar Years1918–19391918–1939Abdication Crisis of Edward VIIIDunkirk EvacuationEaster Rising14
BoundedIrish War of Independence1919–19211919–1921Easter Rising1
BoundedRoaring Twenties1920–19291920–1929none shared4
BoundedIrish Civil War1922–19231922–1923Easter Rising1
BoundedGreat Depression1929–19391929–1939none shared2
BoundedSecond Sino-Japanese War1937–19451937–1945none shared2
BoundedWorld War II1937–19451937–1945Abdication Crisis of Edward VIIIAttack on Pearl HarborBattle of the AtlanticBletchley Park CodebreakersD-DayManhattan ProjectThe HolocaustTuskegee Airmen47
BoundedWestern Front (World War II)1939–19451939–1945D-DayDunkirk EvacuationThe Holocaust12
BoundedEastern Front (World War II)1941–19451941–1945The Holocaust8
BoundedPacific War1941–19451941–1945Attack on Pearl HarborGuadalcanal Campaign11
ConcurrentCold War1946–19911946–1991Falklands WarManhattan Project32
BoundedFrench Indochina War1946–19541946–1954none shared2
ConcurrentInformation Age1947–present1947–1997none shared1
ConcurrentApartheid1948–19941948–1994none shared1
BoundedKorean War1950–19531950–1953none shared1
BoundedAlgerian War1954–19621954–1962none shared2
BoundedAmerican Civil Rights Movement1954–19681954–1968none shared3
BoundedSpace Race1955–19751955–1975none shared4
BoundedVietnam War1955–19751955–1975none shared6
BoundedYears of Lead1968–19741968–1974none shared1
ConcurrentColombian Drug War1970–19931970–1993none shared1
BoundedAbertura1974–19851974–1985none shared1
ConcurrentIran-Iraq War1980–19881980–1988none shared1
ConcurrentPost-Cold War Era1991–present1991–1997none shared15
ConcurrentSierra Leone Civil War1991–20021991–1997none shared1
ConcurrentBosnian War1992–19951992–1995none shared1
AfterWar on Terror2001–20214 years laternone shared2