| The King | A retelling of Henry V's story starring Timothée Chalamet. | Jane Petrie | October 11 in theaters, November 1, 2019, on Netflix |
| Catherine the Great | Helen Mirren in a four-part miniseries about the Russian monarch. | Maja Meschede | October 21, 2019, on HBO |
| The Current War: Director's Cut | The story of Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse finally comes to theaters. Starring Benedict Cumberbatch. | Michael Wilkinson | October 25, 2019 |
| Dickinson | A comedy series based on the world of writer Emily Dickinson. | | November 1, 2019, on Apple TV |
| Harriet | The story of Harriet Tubman, who helped free hundreds of slaves from the South after escaping from slavery herself in 1849. | Paul Tazewell | November 1, 2019 |
| Lady and the Tramp | A live-action remake of the Disney classic. Set in the 1900s. | Colleen Atwood & Timothy A. Wonsik | November 12, 2019 |
| The Warrior Queen of Jhansi | The true story of Lakshmibai, the historic Queen of Jhansi who fiercely led her army against the British East India Company in the infamous mutiny of 1857. | Swati Bhise, Riyaz Ali Merchant, & Vidhi Singhania | November 15, 2019 |
| The Crown | Season 3 of QEII's life story gets a new cast, starring Olivia Colman. | Amy Roberts | November 17, 2019, on Netflix |
| The Aeronauts | "Pilot Amelia Wren and scientist James Glaisher find themselves in an epic fight for survival while attempting to make discoveries in a hot air balloon." | Alexandra Byrne | December 6, 2019 |
| The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel | Season 3 takes this NYC stand-up comic into 1960. | Donna Zakowska | December 6, 2019, on Amazon |
| Portrait of a Lady on Fire | "On an isolated island in Bretagne at the end of the 18th century, a female painter is obliged to paint a wedding portrait of a young woman." | Dorothée Guiraud | December 6, 2019 |
| 1917 | A World War I movie starring Richard Madden, Benedict Cumberbatch, & Colin Firth. | Jacqueline Durran | December 25, 2019 |
| Little Women | Another big-screen adaption of the Louisa May Alcott story. | Jacqueline Durran | December 25, 2019 |
| Barkskins | A disparate group of outcasts who must navigate brutal hardships, competing interests, and tangled loyalties at the crossroads of civilization in late 1600s New France. | Anna Terrazas | 2019 on NatGeo Channel |
| Beecham House | "A look at the lives of residents living in a Delhi mansion during the cusp of 19th century." | Joanna Eatwell | 2019 on PBS |
| Carmilla | A love story inspired by the gothic novel of the same name. | John Bright | 2019 |
| Death Comes as the End | Another Agatha Christie murder mystery, this one set in ancient Egypt! | | 2019 |
| Dracula | "TV series inspired by Bram Stoker's Dracula, which follows the bloodthirsty count as he travels from Transylvania to London." | | 2019 on Netflix |
| Robert the Bruce | The story of nobleman-turned-outlaw hero who was was crowned king of Scots in the 14th century. | Vicki Hales | 2019 |
| True History of the Kelly Gang | The story of Australian bush-ranger Ned Kelly and his gang as they flee from authorities during the 1870s. | Alice Babidge | 2019 |
| World on Fire | "WWII drama centered on the lives of ordinary people affected by the war." | Nic Ede | 2019 on PBS |
| Year of the Rabbit | "Detective Inspector Rabbit, oft inebriated, sleuths his way across Victorian London." | | 2019 |
| The Personal History of David Copperfield | Dickens adaptation with Tilda Swinton, Gwendoline Christie, Hugh Laurie, Peter Capaldi, and more. | Suzie Harman | January 10, 2020 |
| Sanditon | An 8-part miniseries based on Jane Austen's unfinished final novel. | Sam Perry | January 12, 2020, on PBS |
| The Voyage of Doctor Dolittle | Robert Downey Jr. stars as the man who can talk to animals. | Jenny Beavan | January 17, 2020 |
| Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears | Phryne and friends solve a big-screen mystery in the 1920s. | Margot Wilson | February 2020 on Acorn |
| Outlander | Season 5 gets caught up in the American Revolution. | Nina Ayres | February 16, 2020, on Starz |
| Mulan | A young Chinese maiden disguises herself as a male warrior in order to save her father. A live-action film based on Disney's 'Mulan.' | Bina Daigeler | March 27, 2020 |
| Death on the Nile | Kenneth Branagh directs and stars as Hercule Poirot in a remake of the Agatha Christie mystery. | Sammy Sheldon & Mary Zophres | October 9, 2020 |
| Ammonite | The story of paleontologist Mary Anning and her relationship with a London woman during the 1840s. Starring Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan. | Michael O'Connor | 2020 |
| Belgravia | Julian Fellowes is adapting his novel, set in 1840s London, about the mixing of the aristocracy with the emerging industrial nouveau riche. | | 2020 |
| Blonde | A fictionalized chronicle of the inner life of Marilyn Monroe. | Jennifer Johnson | 2020 |
| Come Away | A prequel to the stories of Peter Pan and Alice in Wonderland, beginning in the 19th century. | Louise Stjernsward | 2020 |
| Dead Still | "In 1880s Ireland, a renowned memorial photographer investigates the murders of his recently deceased subjects." | Kathy Strachan | 2020 on Acorn TV |
| Enola Holmes | Based on Nancy Springer's young-adult mystery novels about Sherlock Holmes' younger sister. | Consolata Boyle | 2020 |
| The Great | "A royal woman living in rural Austria during the seventeenth century is forced to choose between her own personal happiness and the future of Russia, when she marries an Emperor." | | 2020 on Hulu |
| Louis Wain | Biopic of an English artist who rose to prominence at the end of the 19th century. Starring Benedict Cumberbatch & Claire Foy. | | 2020 on Amazon |
| Ma Rainey's Black Bottom | "When Ma Rainey, the "Queen of the Blues," makes a record in a studio in Chicago, 1927, tensions boil between her, her white agent and producer, and bandmates." | | 2020 on Netflix |
| Madam C.J. Walker | Miniseries about America’s first black, self-made female millionaire set in the 1900s. | | 2020 on Netflix |
| Penny Dreadful: City of Angels | "Series inspired by 'Penny Dreadful, set in 1938 Los Angeles, exploring a mix of supernatural and reality with characters connected to the deity Santa Muerte and the Devil." | | 2020 on Showtime |
| Radioactive | "A story of the scientific and romantic passions of Marie and Pierre Curie, and the reverberation of their discoveries throughout the 20th century." | Consolata Boyle | 2020 |
| Six Minutes to Midnight | "Summer 1939. Influential families in Nazi Germany have sent their daughters to a finishing school in an English sea side town to learn the language and be ambassadors for a future looking National Socialist. A teacher there sees what is coming and is trying to raise the alarm. But no one is listening." | Lucinda Wright | 2020 |
| Taboo | Season 2 of the gritty 1810s-set Tom Hardy series. | | 2020 |
| The War of the Worlds | "In London during the Edwardian era, George and Amy's attempt to start a life together is interrupted by a Martian invasion of Earth." | Howard Burden | 2020 |
| 1066 | The story of the most famous date in English history. | Piero Risani | |
| All Creatures Great and Small | A new adaption of books about a 1930s veterinarian in the Yorkshire Dales. | | PBS |
| Bach | A biopic of composer Johann Sebastian Bach starring Gérard Depardieu. | | |
| Banking on Mr. Toad | Biopic of writer Kenneth Grahame and the birth of his iconic story "The Wind in the Willows." | | |
| Benedetta | "A 17th-century nun in Italy suffers from disturbing religious and erotic visions. She is assisted by a companion, and the relationship between the two women develops into a romantic love affair." | Pierre-Jean Larroque | |
| The Black Count | The story of Thomas-Alexandre Dumas, the first black soldier to become a brigadier general in the French military. | | |
| The Book of Vision | "Eva, a mysterious doctor, is searching for an answer to her urgent dilemma, as she unravels the secrets of 18th-century physician Dr. Anmuth and his patients through studying his Book of Vision." | Mariano Tufano | |
| Casanova, Last Love | Aging Casanova goes to London, falls in love. | Pierre-Jean Larroque | |
| Catherine the Great | Biopic starring Keira Knightley, directed by Barbra Streisand | | |
| The Chess Machine | Set in late 1700s Italy, this dramatic action thriller centers on a life-sized mannequin that can beat the world's greatest chess players. | | |
| Cortés | "Spanish Conquistador Hernán Cortés leads an expedition to bring down the Aztec Empire during the 15th century." | | Amazon |
| The Count of Monte Cristo | A new TV miniseries adaption of the Alexander Dumas novel. | | |
| The Curse of the Buxom Strumpet | "Upper Trollop, 1713. An illness takes hold of the villagers turning them into unfeeling creatures who eat anything they can get their hands on. Lord Fortitude must lead the small band of survivors and escape to France." | | |
| The Devil in the White City | "An architect works to build up the 1893 Worlds Fair, while a serial killer uses the fair to attract and kill women." | | |
| Doctor Zhivago | TV series based on the novel set during the Russian Revolution. | | |
| Elisabeth | An adaptation of the German musical about Empress Elisabeth (Sissi) of Austria. Directed by Shekar Kapur. | | |
| Emperor | Action epic about a young girl who seeks revenge on the holy roman Emperor Charles V for the death of her father. | Francesca Sartori | |
| Fanny Lye Deliver'd | "Set on an isolated farm in Shropshire in 1657, the story of Fanny Lye, a woman who learns to transcend her oppressive marriage and discover a new world of possibility." | Michael O'Connor | |
| The Farnsworth House | The story of the relationship in 1947 between architect Mies Van der Rohe and his client Dr. Edith Farnsworth building the landmark Farnsworth House near Chicago. | | |
| Flying Horse | A biopic of pioneering photographer Eadweard Muybridge, following the courtship and love affair between Muybridge's wife, Flora, and Harry Larkyns. | | |
| The Gilded Age | TV series set in 1880s New York City created by Downton Abbey's Julian Fellowes. | | HBO |
| Hallelujah! | Composer George Frideric Handel prepares for the premiere of his masterpiece, 'Messiah.' | | |
| The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara | "The treatment of a young Jewish boy, forcibly raised as a Christian in 19th century Italy, creates a furor which pits the Papacy itself against forces of democracy and Italian unification." | | |
| The King | "King Kamehameha fulfills his life-long prophecy of uniting the Hawaiian islands." | | |
| The Luminaries | "Adventure mystery set in the midst of New Zealand's 1860's gold rush." | Edward K. Gibbon | |
| The Marquis | "The doomed and passionate relationship between the Marquis de Montespan and his wife Athénaïs, who became mistress to Louis XIV." | | |
| Maya Lord | "The story of 16th-century Spaniard, Gonzalo Guerrero, who was held captive by a Mayan tribe and eventually converts to their ways and beliefs and fights for them against the Spanish." | | |
| The Medusa | Set during the turmoil of post-Napoleonic France, the story centers on an artist obsessed with the disaster of a Naval vessel named the Medusa. | | |
| Miss Scarlet and the Duke | TV series about a female detective in 1880s London. | Leonie Prendergast | A&E Network |
| The Night Circus | "In the 19th century, two young prodigy illusionists are groomed to battle out their fathers' age-old rivalry in an enchanted circus created just for their competition. They complicate matters by falling in love." | | |
| The Nightingale | The lives of two sisters living in France are torn apart at the onset of World War II. Based on Kristin Hannah's novel. | | |
| Rebecca | Another adaptation of the Daphne du Maurier novel, starring Lily James. | Julian Day | Netflix |
| The Rising: 1916 | "To free their people from centuries of oppression, a young polio survivor and his old firebrand mentor plan a secret rebellion against the British Empire." | | |
| Roosevelt | A biopic about President Theodore Roosevelt starring Leonardo DiCaprio. | | |
| Untitled James Miranda Barry Project | Rachel Weisz as the early female doctor who disguised herself as a man in order to practice. | | |
| The Underground Railroad | "A young woman named Cora makes an amazing discovery during her attempt to break free from slavery in the deep south." | | Amazon |
| Why Not Choose Love: A Mary Pickford Manifesto | Biopic of early film actress Mary Pickford. | Amit Gajwani | |
| The Woman King | The story of the 18th-century female warriors of the African Kingdom of Dahomey. | | |
| Young Woman and the Sea | "The story of Trudy Ederle, who in 1926, was the first woman to ever swim across the English Channel." | | |
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