In the history of Chinese and Western film, countless screenplays have been based on historical incidents, novels and plays. Western examples include Les Amours de la Reine Elisabeth and Frankenstein.
中西方電影史上由歷史、戲劇故事改編成電影的例子，不勝枚舉，西方如《伊莉莎白女王》、《科學怪人》等。