20 Movies that allow us to travel back in time without leaving the couch

The time we live in is, in a way, just one of the “pieces” of world history. And a trip to the past would certainly allow us to know, for example, the origin of certain myths and legends, to see up close the trajectory of important characters who were immortalized in the pages of books and even to observe the great changes that occurred in the way men and women relate to each other. dressed in the unfolding of the human presence on Earth. Maybe that’s precisely why both cinema producers and viewers feel so attracted to plots set in other times.

O awesome.club prepared a list of films whose stories take place in different eras, just so that you can travel through the universe of cinema and reach moments and places of relevance to History.

The film is set in the year 30,000 BC, and tells the story of Ao, the last Neanderthal, who suffers from the loss of his family group and decides to travel to southern Europe in an attempt to find survivors of his clan. In a world already occupied by homo sapiensa representative of the species, a woman named Aki, falls in love with Ao, and has a child with him.

IMDb Score: 6.4 / Year: 2010.

In a Paleolithic tribe, during the last ice age, a young man named Keda is presumed dead during a hunting expedition. Finding himself completely alone, he must learn to survive in the wild before winter arrives. However, the protagonist does not take long to find company: a wolf that was abandoned by his pack.

IMDb Score: 6.7 / Year: 2018.

The film is based on the biblical scriptures of the Exodus, in which Moses, a character played by actor Christian Bale, challenges Pharaoh Ramses II and, together with a group of slaves, begins the escape from Egypt in search of the Promised Land.

IMDb Score: 6.0 / Year: 2014.

The film takes place in Egypt in the 4th century, telling the story of Hypatia, a woman who is a philosopher, mathematician and passionate about astronomy. The character devoted herself to teaching men of the time, during a troubled period experienced by the city of Alexandria.

IMDb Score: 7.2 / Year: 2009.

It is a production about the life of Alexander the Great (356 BC – 323 BC), king of Macedonia, who began to rule at the age of 20. He expanded the borders of his domains so much that he became Pharaoh of Egypt and King of Persia.

IMDb Score: 5.6 / Year: 2004.

It tells the story of the legend of King Arthur (Clive Owen) and the Knights of the Round Table. Arthur, in addition to leading several disputes, lives a love story with Ginebra (Keira Knightley).

IMDb Score: 6.3 / Year: 2004.

Beautiful film that intertwines a love story with martial arts. The story takes place in the year 859 AD, in China, during the decline of the Tang dynasty, which is forced to face a series of rebellious groups. This results in a meeting between an officer and a young ballerina.

IMDb Score: 7.5 / Year: 2004.

The film is set in the 11th century and is an adaptation of the novel written by Noah Gordon. The book became a bestseller in 1986. It tells the story of Rob Cole (Tom Payne), a young man from England who, after his mother’s death, travels to Persia to study medicine under the tutelage of a wise doctor.

IMDb Score: 7.2 / Year: 2013.

The story of the film is based on several works by William Shakespeare. Set in the 14th century, production introduces us to Hal (Timotheé Chalamet), a prince who, despite having the prerogative to occupy the throne of England, decides to live freely among the plebs. However, the death of his tyrannical father forces him to face the fate of becoming King Henry V.

IMDb Score: 7.2 / Year: 2019.

The story shows how, from a British expedition to what is now the US state of Virginia, in 1607, the daughter of the Powhatan Indian chief, Pocahontas, and an ambitious colonizer meet to, in addition to living a passion, face the reality of the new world.

IMDb Score: 6.7 / Year: 2005.

The central plot takes place in the 18th century. In it, Felipe de Orleans, regent of France, devises a plan to seal peace with Spain: arranged marriages between his 12-year-old daughter, Miss de Montpensier, with the heir to the Spanish throne; and between Louis XV, the next King of France, and four-year-old Mariana Victoria, Infanta of Spain. However, things don’t go exactly as planned.

IMDb Score: 6.8 / Year: 2017.

The 1840s. A young German, like many other Europeans at the time, decides to emigrate to southern Brazil in search of a better life. The story can be described as a mix between historical chronicle and romantic fable.

IMDb Score: 7.9 / Year: 2013.

The film is set in London at the end of the 19th century, based on the book of the same name (The Prestige) by Christopher Priest. Its protagonists, Robert Angier (Hugh Jackman) and Alfred Borden (Christian Bale), are two famous rival illusionists. With each trick and each show, one tries to end the other.

IMDb Score: 8.5 / Year: 2006.

Chinese martial arts feature film. The historical time is the 1930’s and in this semi-biographical story, Ip Man, a great master of wing chun, becomes the first person to openly teach the practice of this martial art. The historical character is known to have been Bruce Lee’s master and mentor.

IMDb Score: 8.0 / Year: 2008.

The film is an adaptation based on a novel of the same name from the late 1930s, written by Winifred Watson. In the story, a middle-aged London governess named Guinevere Pettigrew (Frances McDormand) loses her job unfairly. However, in a surprise of life, she ends up in the glamorous world of high society and the everyday life of actress and singer Delysia Lafosse (Amy Adams).

The Brazilian and German production tells the lives of two sisters. Eurídice is 18 years old and dreams of becoming a professional pianist. Guida, 20 years old, her older sister, always motivates her younger sister to pursue her goals. Both live in Rio de Janeiro during the 1950s.

IMDb Score: 7.9 / Year: 2019.

In the feature, Eugenia “Skeeter” (Emma Stone), an aspiring writer living in the US state of Mississippi (1960s), returns from university to her hometown. She decides to put into practice a clandestine project to listen to black women who have spent their lives serving wealthy families and suffering racial discrimination.

IMDb Score: 8.1 / Year: 2011.

The feature film takes place in Dublin, Ireland, during the 1980s. A young man named Conor transfers from a private school to a public one. In order to face the changes and try to conquer a girl named Raphina, he invites her to star in the clips that his rock band wants to record. A film that combines music, comedy, drama and romance in perfect doses.

IMDb Score: 7.9 / Year: 2016.

The film is a dramatic comedy set in the American city of Los Angeles, during the 1990s. The protagonist, Stevie, a 13-year-old teenager, spends the summer with his new group of friends. At the same time, he is faced with problems in his home life.

IMDb Score: 7.4 / Year: 2018.

Science fiction feature in which the main characters, Silas (Nicholas Hoult) and Nia (Kristen Stewart), are diagnosed with a disease that awakens human emotions. This can cause them to be excluded from a society made up of people without emotions, so they decide to flee.

IMDb Score: 6.1 / Year: 2015.

Imagining both the past and the future can be a very interesting exercise, and putting them into practice with the help of cinema tends to be an exciting and fun adventure. Thus, we can see portrayed both real facts and legends, represented by characters capable of taking us to remote times.

Do you like watching movies that recreate situations and characters from history? If you could travel to a distant year, what would it be? Leave a comment justifying your choice!