Historical Fiction

See Category:Historical Fiction for the description that used to be here.

Anime & Manga
see also Jidai Geki


 * Mademoiselle Butterfly, set in the 1930s with geishas.
 * Peacemaker Kurogane, covering the pre-Meiji period from The Shinsengumi point of view.
 * Rose of Versailles, set in pre-revolutionary France.
 * Rurouni Kenshin, set in the early Meiji period.
 * Vinland Saga, chronicling the rise to power of Cnut the Great in the Viking Age, amongst other things.
 * Historie, set in the time of Alexander the Great.
 * Sakura Gari is set in the Taishou Era.
 * Shut Hell, set in the early 13th Century, during Genghis Khan's time.
 * Hakuouki is another Shinsengumi tale, this one casting the members of the group as Estrogen Brigade Bait.
 * Honey Honey no Suteki na Bouken is set in Vienna, 1907.
 * Le Chevalier d'Eon, set in 18th Century Europe.
 * Kaze to Ki no Uta set in 1880 in France.

Film
see Category:Historical Films and Category:Historical Animated Films
 * Arn the Knight Templar, dealing with the Crusades and the establishment of Sweden as a kingdom.
 * Ever After, during the French Renaissance. Complete with Leonardo da Vinci (and the Mona Lisa).
 * Ben-Hur, set during Jesus' lifetime.
 * The Robe, set during the reigns of Tiberius and Caligula.
 * Quo Vadis, set during Nero's reign
 * Spartacus, a retelling of Spartacus' revolt.
 * Gladiator, also set during Commodus' reign.
 * Forrest Gump inserts the title character at various points in American history from Elvis Presley to Hurricane Camille.
 * Gone with the Wind, set during the Civil War and featuring an iconic burning of Atlanta.
 * Master and Commander
 * Pearl Harbor - Unlike other Pearl Harbor movies, you have to sit through Developing Doomed Characters first.
 * Gangs of New York, set just before the Civil War draft riots, which break out during the climax.
 * Titanic is set during the 1912 sinking of the famous ship.
 * U-571, set during World War II

Literature
See Historical Fiction Literature

Live Action TV
See Historical Series

Theatre

 * Henry IV
 * Henry VI

Web comics
See Category:Historical Webcomics

Western Animation

 * Liberty's Kids, set in The American Revolution.
 * Princess Sissi, a German series that takes a lot of liberties with the story of Elizabeth of Bavaria's life.
 * Pocahontas
 * Mulan
 * Anastasia
 * An American Tail, though taking place in a Mouse World, mirrors what life was like for immigrants in New York during the 1880's.