Here are some films that highlight different aspects of early modern Europe. I have linked them to the Internet Movie Database so that you can find out who plays in them, what they are about, and so on. Wikipedia can also be a useful first stop for this kind of information.

Keep in mind that such films are interpretations of the past, not a record of what actually happened. They can help us to visualize the past, but they are just as likely to reveal something about the assumptions and concerns of the people who made them.

To learn more about the historical value of these and other films set in early modern Europe, see Sharon Howard's excellent Early Modernity on Film, which has helped me many times over the years.

• Le Retour de Martin Guerre [The Return of Martin Guerre], directed by Daniel Vigne, 1982.

• Winstanley, directed by Kevin Brownlow, 1975.

• Vredens Dag [Day of Wrath], directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer, 1943.

• Barry Lyndon, directed by Stanley Kubrick, 1975.

• Ridicule, directed by Patrice Leconte, 1996.

• Dangerous Liasons, directed by Stephen Frears, 1988.

• La Religieuse [The Nun], directed by Jacques Rivette, 1966