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1. The Promised Land (2023)
R | 127 min | Biography, Drama, History
The story of Ludvig Kahlen who pursued his lifelong dream: To make the heath bring him wealth and honor.
Director: Nikolaj Arcel | Stars: Mads Mikkelsen, Amanda Collin, Simon Bennebjerg, Melina Hagberg
Votes: 16,509
2. Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)
PG-13 | 136 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Jack Sparrow and Barbossa embark on a quest to find the elusive fountain of youth, only to discover that Blackbeard and his daughter are after it too.
Director: Rob Marshall | Stars: Johnny Depp, Penélope Cruz, Ian McShane, Geoffrey Rush
Votes: 564,264 | Gross: $241.06M
3. The Last of the Mohicans (1992)
R | 112 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Three trappers protect the daughters of a British Colonel in the midst of the French and Indian War.
Director: Michael Mann | Stars: Daniel Day-Lewis, Madeleine Stowe, Russell Means, Eric Schweig
Votes: 187,700 | Gross: $75.51M
4. Barry Lyndon (1975)
PG | 185 min | Adventure, Drama, War
An Irish rogue wins the heart of a rich widow and assumes her dead husband's aristocratic position in 18th-century England.
Director: Stanley Kubrick | Stars: Ryan O'Neal, Marisa Berenson, Patrick Magee, Hardy Krüger
Votes: 183,109
5. Roots (1977)
TV-14 | 74 min | Biography, Drama, History
A dramatization of author Alex Haley's family line from ancestor Kunta Kinte's enslavement to his descendants' liberation.
Stars: LeVar Burton, Robert Reed, John Amos, Louis Gossett Jr.
Votes: 18,882
6. Casanova (2005)
R | 112 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
The fabled romantic Giacomo Casanova, after failing to win the affection of the Venetian woman Francesca Bruni, strives to discover the real meaning of love.
Director: Lasse Hallström | Stars: Heath Ledger, Sienna Miller, Jeremy Irons, Oliver Platt
Votes: 56,337 | Gross: $11.30M
7. Brigadoon (1954)
Passed | 108 min | Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Two Americans on a hunting trip in Scotland become lost. They encounter a small village, not on the map, called Brigadoon, in which people harbor a mysterious secret, and behave as if they were still living two hundred years in the past.
Director: Vincente Minnelli | Stars: Gene Kelly, Van Johnson, Cyd Charisse, Elaine Stewart
Votes: 9,371
8. The Devil's Bath (2024)
121 min | Drama, History, Horror
Austria in the 18th century. Forests surround villages. Killing a baby gets a woman sentenced to death. Agnes readies for married life with her beloved. But her mind and heart grow heavy. A gloomy path alone, evil thoughts arising.
Directors: Severin Fiala, Veronika Franz | Stars: Anja Plaschg, Maria Hofstätter, David Scheid, Tim Valerian Alberti
Votes: 253
9. Eyes of Fire (1983)
R | 86 min | Drama, Horror, Western
A preacher is accused of adultery, and he and his followers are chased out of town. They become stranded in an isolated forest, which is haunted by the spirits of French colonists controlled by evil.
Director: Avery Crounse | Stars: Dennis Lipscomb, Guy Boyd, Rebecca Stanley, Sally Klein
Votes: 2,266
10. The Nun (1966)
GP | 140 min | Drama
Suzanne is forced against her will to take vows as a nun and three mothers superior treat her in radically different ways. Suzanne's virtue brings disaster to everyone in this faithful adaptation of a bitter attack on religious abuses.
Director: Jacques Rivette | Stars: Anna Karina, Liselotte Pulver, Micheline Presle, Francine Bergé
Votes: 3,242 | Gross: $0.03M
11. Ekaterina (2014–2023)
44 min | Biography, Drama, History
The life of Russian Empress Ekaterina II (Catherine the Great), a German-born princess who came to Russia as the wife of Peter III, chosen by her aunt Elizabeth, and who, once in power, transformed the Russian empire.
Stars: Marina Aleksandrova, Michael Gor, Vladimir Yaglych, Pavel Tabakov
Votes: 1,684
12. Fanny Hill (2007)
60 min | Drama, Romance
Orphaned by smallpox, young Lancashire country lady Fanny Hill cheerfully accepts her friend Esther Davies's offer to join the London 'working girls' with Mrs. Brown, a madam who recruits ... See full summary »
Stars: Rebecca Night, Alison Steadman, Emma Stansfield, Hugo Speer
Votes: 1,149
13. The Last of the Mohicans (1936)
Passed | 91 min | Adventure, Drama, Western
During the brutal French and Indian War, the legendary scout Hawkeye is prevailed upon to escort Major Duncan Heyward, and the two daughters of Fort William Henry commander Colonel Munro -- Alice and Cora -- to safety through.
Director: George B. Seitz | Stars: Randolph Scott, Binnie Barnes, Henry Wilcoxon, Bruce Cabot
Votes: 1,626
14. Kidnapped (1960)
Approved | 97 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
In Scotland in 1751, young David Balfour is shanghaied aboard a ship where he meets Jacobite rebel Alan Breck Stewart with whom he escapes to the Scottish Highlands, dodging the redcoats.
Director: Robert Stevenson | Stars: Peter Finch, James MacArthur, Bernard Lee, John Laurie
Votes: 1,609
15. Catherine the Great (2015–2024)
49 min | Biography, Drama, History
The story of Catherine the Great from the time she came to Russia as the bride of the heir to the Russian throne.
Stars: Yulia Snigir, Pavel Derevyanko, Viktoriya Agalakova, Mark Bogatyryov
Votes: 355
16. Lady Oscar (1979)
124 min | Drama, History, Romance
The story of Lady Oscar, a female military commander who served during the time of the French Revolution.
Director: Jacques Demy | Stars: Catriona MacColl, Barry Stokes, Patrick Allen, Nicholas Amer
Votes: 655
17. Black Jack (1979)
R | 105 min | Adventure, Comedy
When honest young Tolly is forced on the run with 'Black Jack,' adventure and mishap are never far away. Based on Leon Garfield's popular novel, Ken Loach's 'Black Jack' is a dark, complex adventure film set in the 18th century.
Director: Ken Loach | Stars: Stephen Hirst, Louise Cooper, Jean Franval, Phil Askham
Votes: 761
18. Allegheny Uprising (1939)
Approved | 81 min | Adventure, Drama, History
In 1759, in Pennsylvania's Allegheny Valley, local settlers and Indian fighters try to persuade the British authorities to ban the trading of alcohol and arms with the marauding Indians.
Director: William A. Seiter | Stars: Claire Trevor, John Wayne, George Sanders, Brian Donlevy
Votes: 1,800
19. The Diary of an Innocent Boy (1968)
X | 103 min | Comedy, Romance
Young innocent aristocrat Benjamin comes to live with his Countess aunt. Her lover teaches him the techniques of seduction and sends him to test them, first on the maids, then on the upper class Anne and finally on the countess herself.
Director: Michel Deville | Stars: Michèle Morgan, Michel Piccoli, Pierre Clémenti, Catherine Deneuve
Votes: 703
20. City of Vice (2008)
50 min | Crime, Drama, History
In 18th-century London, novelists Henry and John Fielding fight crime on the perilous streets of Covent Garden, determined to clean up the city rife with prostitution, gambling, and villainy before modern policing.
Stars: Ian McDiarmid, Francis Magee, Steve Speirs, Alice O'Connell
Votes: 522
21. The Last of the Mohicans (1920)
Not Rated | 73 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
In the midst of the French and Indian War, the eldest daughter of a British officer develops an attraction towards an Indian ally who is the last living warrior of his tribe, the Mohicans.
Directors: Clarence Brown, Maurice Tourneur | Stars: Wallace Beery, Barbara Bedford, Alan Roscoe, Lillian Hall
Votes: 1,443
22. The Howards of Virginia (1940)
Approved | 116 min | Drama, History, War
Just prior to the American War of Independence, aristocratic Virginian Jane Peyton marries unsophisticated rustic farmer and surveyor Matt Howard who takes her to his Shenandoah Valley plantation and later goes to war.
Director: Frank Lloyd | Stars: Cary Grant, Martha Scott, Cedric Hardwicke, Alan Marshal
Votes: 1,262
23. Arcane Sorcerer (1996)
96 min | Horror
A seminary student, Giacomo Vigetti, is convicted by the Papal State of seducing a young girl. He is forced to flee and takes refuge with an excommunicated priest. Unfortunately, the priest... See full summary »
Director: Pupi Avati | Stars: Carlo Cecchi, Stefano Dionisi, Arnaldo Ninchi, Andrea Scorzoni
Votes: 917
24. Northwest Passage (1958–1959)
25 min | Adventure
Major Robert Rogers organized "Rogers Rangers" to search for the alleged waterway across the United States during the French and Indian War (1754-1759). Helping Rogers, an experienced ... See full summary »
Stars: Keith Larsen, Buddy Ebsen, Don Burnett, Philip Tonge
Votes: 120
25. The Broken Chain (1993 TV Movie)
93 min | Drama, War, Action
The story of two Iroquis brothers caught in the midst of the Revolutionary War.
Director: Lamont Johnson | Stars: Eric Schweig, Wes Studi, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Pierce Brosnan
Votes: 426
26. The Last of the Mohicans (1971)
344 min | Adventure, Drama, War
Three trappers protect a British colonel's daughters in the midst of the French and Indian War.
Stars: Andrew Crawford, Tim Goodman, Kenneth Ives, John Abineri
Votes: 229
27. The War That Made America (2006)
Documentary, History, War
This was the war between the French and Indians, and the early colonists, 1754, before the Revolution.
Stars: Larry Nehring, Charles Misulia, Michael L. Colosimo, Bryan Stefancyk
Votes: 177
28. Frontier Rangers (1959)
83 min | Adventure
Major Robert Rogers and his Rangers hunt a French and Indian War spy.
Director: Jacques Tourneur | Stars: Keith Larsen, Buddy Ebsen, Don Burnett, Lisa Gaye
Votes: 146
29. Winners of the Wilderness (1927)
Passed | 68 min | Drama, History, War
Able wilderness fighter Colonel O'Hara loves Rene, daughter of the commander of the French forces during the French and Indian War. The Indians, under Pontiac, kidnap Rene. O'Hara hopes to rescue and wed her.
Director: W.S. Van Dyke | Stars: Tim McCoy, Joan Crawford, Edward Connelly, Roy D'Arcy
Votes: 214
30. Mission of Danger (1960)
80 min | Adventure, Western, War
Digest of 3 "Northwest Passage" (1958) 30-minute episodes: 2 by director George Waggner, and the central episode, 'The Break-Out' (first aired 19 October 1958), by Jacques Tourneur.
Directors: Jacques Tourneur, George Waggner | Stars: Keith Larsen, Buddy Ebsen, Don Burnett, Taina Elg
Votes: 142
31. Spirit Warriors the Shortcut (2003)
85 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Picking up from where they left off, the Spirit Warriors stumble upon a black hole to the Netherworld in their search for an ancient mystical, powerful amulet. Now that they have found the ... See full summary »
Director: Chito S. Roño | Stars: Vhong Navarro, Jhong Hilario, Danilo Barrios, Spencer Reyes
Votes: 348
32. Kidnapped (1986 TV Movie)
55 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
In Scotland in 1751, young David Balfour is shanghaied aboard a ship where he meets Jacobite rebel Alan Breck Stewart with whom he escapes to the Scottish Highlands, dodging the redcoats.
Stars: Tom Burlinson, Matthew Fargher, Wallas Eaton, Judith Fisher
Votes: 52
33. The Rebellious Red Gauntlets (1970– )
30 min | Adventure, Family
Stars: Jack Watson, Roddy McMillan, James Grant, Andrew Robertson
Votes: 11
34. Eliska a Damián (2023– )
Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
A campy soap opera pastiche about naive time-travelling 18th century prince Damián and a sarcastic businesswoman from 21st century Prague, Eliska, crossing each other's paths.
Stars: Emma Smetana, Robert Urban, Hana Drozdová, Ján Burda
Votes: 35
35. Der Choral von Leuthen (1933)
91 min | Biography, Drama, History
The story of the rise to power of King Frederick II (aka "Frederick the Great") of Prussia of his military campaigns to make Prussia a major power in Europe.
Directors: Carl Froelich, Walter Supper, Arzén von Cserépy | Stars: Otto Gebühr, Olga Tschechowa, Elga Brink, Harry Frank
Votes: 78
36. Der Polizeiminister 1759-1820 Joseph Fouché (1970 TV Movie)
93 min | Drama
Director: Günter Gräwert | Stars: Ferdy Mayne, Wolfgang Büttner, Otto Kurth, Franz Rudnick
Votes: 9
37. Die Schlacht bei Lobositz (1968 TV Movie)
120 min | Drama, War
Director: Franz Peter Wirth | Stars: Bruno Ganz, Harald Leipnitz, Ernst Fritz Fürbringer, Regine Lutz
Votes: 17
38. Take It Like a Man (2007)
16 min | Short, Comedy, Fantasy
A human-cat hybrid falls in love with a zombie.
Director: Attila | Stars: Attila, Fleur the Cat, Idris Hudson, Mitch McGuire
39. Clothes Make the Pirate (1925)
90 min | Adventure
The film is a comedy that centers on a disgruntled 18th century Bostonian, played by Errol, who while wishing that he was a pirate, dons the clothes and play-acts the part. He is mistaken ... See full summary »
Director: Maurice Tourneur | Stars: Leon Errol, Dorothy Gish, Nita Naldi, George F. Marion
Votes: 23
40. Marion du Faouët (1997 TV Movie)
205 min | Biography
Director: Michel Favart | Stars: Carole Richert, Laurent Malet, Bruno Todeschini, Vincent Winterhalter
Votes: 14
41. François Baillairgé, peintre, sculpteur et architecte, 1759-1830 (1984)
26 min | Short
Director: François Brault
42. History File: Britain 1500-1750 (2000– )
History
Educational programme that explores four key themes in British history. Sites of historic significance are visited to increase understanding.
Star: Steve Purbrick
43. Priscilla and the Pequot (1911)
Short, Action, Drama
Priscilla, the wife of John Branscomb, a Puritan settler, hears a faint knock on the cabin door. Stepping outside she finds Ponus, a Pequot Indian, who has been badly injured by a bear. ... See full summary »
Star: Irene Shannon
44.
American Experience (1987– )
Episode:
George Washington: The Man Who Wouldn't Be King
(1992)
Approved | 90 min | Documentary, Biography, History
The personal development of George Washington is the focus as Producer David Sutherland brings to life a uniquely human Washington who transformed himself from social climber into a patriot willing to give up everything for a higher cause.
Director: David Sutherland | Stars: David McCullough, Robert Dawidoff, Thad Tate, Paul Longmore
Votes: 51
45.
Angel (1999–2004)
Episode:
The Prodigal
(2000)
Unrated | 39 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
Angel seeks to solve a mystery involving Kate's father after a normally peaceful demon attacks a delivery man on the subway.
Director: Bruce Seth Green | Stars: David Boreanaz, Charisma Carpenter, Alexis Denisof, Elisabeth Röhm
Votes: 2,159
46.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–2003)
Episode:
Becoming: Part 1
(1998)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
Angel plots to revive an ancient demon bent on sweeping everything on earth into hell itself.
Director: Joss Whedon | Stars: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Nicholas Brendon, Alyson Hannigan, Charisma Carpenter
Votes: 4,349
47.
Doctor Who (2005–2022)
Episode:
The Girl in the Fireplace
(2006)
TV-PG | 45 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
The Doctor, Mickey and Rose land on a spaceship in the 51st century only to find 18th century Versailles on board, the time of Madame De Pompadour! To find out what's going on the Doctor must enter Versailles and save Madame De Popmpadour but it turns into an emotional roller coaster for the Doctor.
Director: Euros Lyn | Stars: David Tennant, Billie Piper, Noel Clarke, Sophia Myles
Votes: 12,740
48.
Forever Knight (1992–1996)
Episode:
Francesca
(1996)
Not Rated | 45 min | Crime, Fantasy, Horror
Nick and Tracy track down a murderer who is the reincarnation of a seductress vampire Nick knew long ago.
Director: Nigel Bennett | Stars: Geraint Wyn Davies, Catherine Disher, Nigel Bennett, Ben Bass
Votes: 29
49.
Great Composers (1997– )
Episode:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1756-1791
(1997)
Documentary, Music
Director: Francesca Kemp | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Imogen Cooper, Robert Levin, Eric Wyrick
Votes: 13
50.
Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans (1957)
Episode:
Hawkeye's Homecoming
(1957)
Approved | 26 min | Adventure, Drama, Western
Hawkeye finds out that his brother has joined the British army and is now a "redcoat". However, when he is murdered by a treacherous Indian companion, Hawkeye seeks revenge.
Director: Sidney Salkow | Stars: John Hart, Lon Chaney Jr., Michael Ansara, Max Showalter
Votes: 50