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Revision as of 21:15, 23 May 2023
Greetings everyone,
Have you ever found yourself pondering what life was like in a different place or time? If so, you may be interested in this list of highly acclaimed films that depict various aspects of life.
Remember that they are artworks and deviates from the reality more or less. For real characters and events, the listed films should not exaggerate to an extent that affects the audience's judgement towards the characters and events.
In progress
time | country/region | film | time in film | country/region in film |
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1930 | United States of America | All Quiet on the Western Front | 1917 - 1918 | Germany |
1931 | United States of America | City Lights | 1931 | United States of America |
1936 | United States of America | Modern Times | 1936 | United States of America |
1939 | United States of America | Gone with the Wind | 1861 - 1865 | United States of America, Confederate States of America |
1943 | United States of America | For Whom the Bell Tolls | Spanish Civil War | Spain |
1948 | Italy | Ladri di biciclette
Bicycle Thieves |
1948 | Italy |
1953 | Japan | 東京物語
Tokyo Story |
1953 | Japan |
1953 | Spain | ¡Bienvenido, Mister Marshall!
Welcome Mr. Marshall! |
1953 | Spain |
1954 | Japan | 七人の侍
Seven Samurai |
Sengoku Era | Japan |
1957 | Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America | The Bridge on the River Kwai | 1943 | Thailand |
1959 | United States of America | Ben-Hur | 26 | Jerusalem |
1961 | Italy, United States of America | El Cid
El Cid |
11th century | Castile |
1962 | Great Britain and Northern Ireland | Lawrence of Arabia | World War I | Hejaz |
1965 | Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Italy, United States of America | Doctor Zhivago | 1905 - 1921 | Russia |
1966 - 1967 | Union of Soviet Socialist Republics | Война и мир
War and Peace |
1805 - 1812 | Russia |
1970 | United States of America | M*A*S*H | 1951 | Republic of Korea |
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United States of America |
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United States of America, Italy |
1974 | Syria | الحياة اليومية في قرية سورية
Everyday Life in a Syrian Village |
1974 | Syria |
1976 | United States of America | Taxi Driver | 1976 | United States of America |
1978 | Türkiye | Sürü
The Herd |
1973 - 1978 | Türkiye |
1978 | Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America | The Deer Hunter | 1968 - 1970 | United States of America, Republic of Vietnam |
1979 | Union of Soviet Socialist Republics | Москва слезам не верит
Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears |
1958 - 1978 | Union of Soviet Socialist Republics |
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United States of America |
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Vietnam War | Republic of Vietnam |
1980 | South Africa, Botswana | The Gods Must Be Crazy | 1980 | South Africa |
1981 | Federal Republic of Germany | Das Boot
Das Boot |
1941 | Germany |
1982 | Türkiye | Yol
Yol |
1982 | Türkiye |
1984 | People's Republic of China | 高山下的花环
Wreaths at the Foot of the Mountain |
1979 | People's Republic of China, Vietnam |
1984 | Great Britain and Northern Ireland | The Killing Fields | 1972 - 1978 | Khmer, Kampuchea |
1985 | United States of America | Out of Africa | 1913 - 1931 | Kenya |
1986 | Australia, United States of America | Crocodile Dundee | 1986 | Australia |
1986 | United States of America | Platoon | 1967 | Republic of Vietnam |
1987 | Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America | Full Metal Jacket | 1967 - 1968 | United States of America, Republic of Vietnam |
1987 | Iran | خانه دوست کجاست
Where Is the Friend's House? |
1987 | Iran |
1987 | United States of America | Empire of the Sun | World War II | China |
1987 | United States of America | Good Morning, Vietnam | 1965 | Republic of Vietnam |
1988 | Japan | 火垂るの墓
Grave of the Fireflies |
1944 - 1945 | Japan |
1991 | Hong Kong | 跛豪
To Be Number One |
1962 - 1973 | Hong Kong |
1992 | Iran | زندگی و دیگر هیچ
And Life Goes On |
1992 | Iran |
1991 | Italy | Mediterraneo
Mediterraneo |
1941 | Italy |
1993 | People's Republic of China, Hong Kong | 霸王别姬
Farewell My Concubine |
1924 - 1977 | Republic of China, People's Republic of China |
1993 | People's Republic of China, Hong Kong | 蓝风筝
The Blue Kite |
1950s - 1960s | People's Republic of China |
1993 | United States of America | Schindler's List | World War II | Germany |
1994 | Iran | زیر درختان زیتون
Through the Olive Trees |
1994 | Iran |
1994 | People's Republic of China, Republic of China | 活着
To Live |
1940s - 1960s | Republic of China, People's Republic of China |
1994 | United States of America | Forrest Gump | 1956 - 1981 | United States of America |
1995 | France | La Haine
La Haine |
1995 | France |
1995 | Iran | بادکنک سفيد
The White Balloon |
1995 | Iran |
1997 | Iran | بچههای آسمان
Children of Heaven |
1997 | Iran |
1997 | Italy | La vita è bella
Life Is Beautiful |
1939 - 1944 | Kingdom of Italy, Italian Social Republic |
1997 | Russia, United States of America | Брат
Brother |
1997 | Russia |
1998 | United States of America | Saving Private Ryan | 1944 | France |
1998 | United States of America | The Thin Red Line | 1942 | United States of America |
2000 | People's Republic of China | 鬼子来了
Devils on the Doorstep |
World War II | China |
2000 | Iran | Dema hespên serxweş / زمانی برای مستی اسبها
A Time for Drunken Horses |
2000 | Iran |
2000 | Iran, Italy, Japan | تخته سیاه
Blackboards |
1980s | Iran |
2000 | Italy, United States of America | Malèna
Malèna |
1940 - 1944 | Italy |
2000 | United States of America, Great Britain and Northern Ireland | Gladiator | 180 | Rome |
2001 | Germany | Der Tunnel
The Tunnel |
1961 | German Democratic Republic |
2001 | People's Republic of China | 紫日
Purple Sunset |
1945 | China |
2001 | United States of America | Pearl Harbor | 1940 - 1941 | United States of America |
2001 | Iran | باران
Baran |
2001 | Iran |
2002 | Brazil | Cidade de Deus
City of God |
1960s - 1970s | Brazil |
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Singapore |
I Not Stupid
I Not Stupid Too |
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Singapore |
2003 | Australia | Last Cab to Darwin | 1990s | Australia |
2003 | Germany | Good Bye Lenin! | 1989 - 1990 | German Democratic Republic, Federal Republic of Germany |
2003 | Great Britain and Northern Ireland | Cambridge Spies | 1934 - 1951 | Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
2003 | Italy | La meglio gioventù
The Best of Youth |
1966 - 2003 | Italy |
2004 | France, United States of America | Un long dimanche de fiançailles
A Very Long Engagement |
1919 | France |
2004 | Republic of Korea | 태극기 휘날리며
Taegukgi: The Brotherhood of War |
1950 | Republic of Korea |
2004 | United States of America, Great Britain and Northern Ireland, South Africa, Italy | Hotel Rwanda | 1994 | Rwanda |
2005 | France, Israel | Va, vis et deviens
Live and Become |
1980s - 1990s | Israel |
2005 | Germany | Sophie Scholl – Die letzten Tage
Sophie Scholl – The Final Days |
1942 - 1943 | Germany |
2005 | Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Germany, United States of America | Kingdom of Heaven | Third Crusade | Jerusalem |
2005 | United States of America, France, Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Japan | Good Night, and Good Luck | 1953 | United States of America |
2006 | Germany | Das Leben der Anderen
The Lives of Others |
1984 - 1991 | German Democratic Republic |
2006 | United States of America | Blood Diamond | 1999 | Sierra Leone |
2006 | United States of America, Great Britain and Northern Ireland | Borat! Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan | 2006 | United States of America |
2006 | United States of America | Flags of Our Fathers | 1944 | United States of America |
2006 | United States of America | Letters from Iwo Jima | 1944 | Japan |
2006 | United States of America | The Pursuit of Happyness | 1981 | United States of America |
2007 | Iran | بودا از شرم فرو ریخت
Buddha Collapsed out of Shame |
2001 | Afghanistan |
2007 | Poland | Katyń
Katyń |
1939 - 1943 | Poland |
2007 | United States of America | The Kite Runner | 1978 - 2000 | Afghanistan |
2008 | Canada | One Week | 2008 | Canada |
2008 | Germany, France, Czechia | Der Baader Meinhof Komplex
The Baader Meinhof Complex |
1967 - 1975 | Federal Republic of Germany |
2008 | Germany, Great Britain and Northern Ireland | Der Rote Baron
The Red Baron |
1916 - 1918 | Germany |
2008 | Great Britain and Northern Ireland | Slumdog Millionaire | 1990s - 2006 | India |
2008 | United States of America | The Hurt Locker | Iraq War | Iraq |
2009 | India | 3 Idiots | 2009 | India |
2009 | People's Republic of China | 南京!南京!
City of Life and Death |
1937 | China |
2011 | Republic of China | 賽德克·巴萊
Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale |
1895 - 1930 | Republic of Formosa, Japan |
2011 | Türkiye, Bosnia and Herzegovina | Bir Zamanlar Anadolu’da
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia |
2011 | Türkiye |
2011 | United States of America, India | War Horse | 1912 - 1918 | Great Britain and Ireland, France |
2012 | Afghanistan, France | سنگ صبور
The Patience Stone |
2008 | Afghanistan |
2012 | People's Republic of China | 一九四二
Back to 1942 |
1942 | China |
2013 | Australia | An Accidental Soldier | World War I | France |
2013 | Germany | Unsere Mütter, unsere Väter
Generation War |
1941 - 1945 | Germany |
2013 | Philippines, Singapore, Republic of China | 爸媽不在家
Ilo Ilo |
1997 | Singapore |
2013 | Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America, Luxembourg | 12 Years a Slave | 1841 | United States of America |
2013 | Türkiye | Eve Dönüş: Sarıkamış 1915
The Long Way Home |
1915 | Ottoman Empire |
2014 | Argentina, Spain | Relatos salvajes
Wild Tales |
2014 | Argentina |
2014 | Australia, United States of America | The Water Diviner | 1919 | Ottoman Empire |
2014 | France, Mauritania | Timbuktu
Timbuktu |
2012 | Mali |
2014 | Jordan, Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United Arab Emirates, Qatar | ذيب
Theeb |
1916 | Hejaz |
2014 | Türkiye | Kış Uykusu
Winter Sleep |
2014 | Türkiye |
2015 | Denmark, Germany | Under sandet
Land of Mine |
1945 | Denmark |
2016 | Poland | Wołyń
Volhynia |
1939 - 1943 | Poland, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Germany |
2016 | United States of America, Australia | Hacksaw Ridge | Pacific War | United States of America |
2017 | Canada | Luk'Luk'I | 2017 | Canada |
2017 | People's Republic of China | 芳华
Youth |
1970s - 1980s | People's Republic of China, Vietnam |
2017 | People's Republic of China, Republic of China | 相爱相亲
Love Education |
2017 | People's Republic of China |
2017 | Republic of China | 大佛普拉斯
The Great Buddha+ |
2017 | Republic of China |
2018 | Mexico | Roma
Roma |
1970 | Mexico |
2018 | Poland, France, Great Britain and Northern Ireland | Zimna wojna
Cold War |
1940s - 1960s | Poland, France |
2019 | Republic of Korea | 기생충
Parasite |
2019 | Republic of Korea |
2019 | United States of America | The Irishman | 1950s - 1970s | United States of America |
2022 | Germany | Im Westen nichts Neues
All Quiet on the Western Front |
1917 - 1918 | Germany |