Clothes in historical movies can show the really distant past as a friendly foreign land, perhaps even a lot like the here and now.

"They'll think we're going to a costume party or making a historical movie or something."

The company mainly produced historical movies, usually adaptations of novels.

"The new trend is for these historical, political movies," a young Chinese journalist said regretfully the other day.

Drove the best part of a mile down a private driveway to a white-painted house that should have been in a historical movie.

This street is popularized by its usage as a set in many historical movies.

With the detail required for a modern historical movie it is easy to introduce anachronisms.

The Last Emperor is a historical movie released in 1987.

The nearly-silent pantomime tells a story of making a historical movie.

To show the students the impact of historical events on their country the school has screened historical movies.