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Amazon Prime Video
86
7.7
/37209/
76
/668/
73
/567/
4.0
/33887/
100
/32/
87
/474/
96
/15/

Red River (1948)
Following the Civil War, headstrong rancher Thomas Dunson decides to lead a perilous cattle drive from Texas to Missouri. During the exhausting journey, his persistence becomes tyrannical in the eyes of Matthew Garth, his adopted son and protégé.
poster
86
8.1
/777067/
80
/18597/
79
/11713/
4.2
/640121/
95
/376/
90
/6135/
96
/57/
cc age 15+

12 Years a Slave (2013)
In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty as well as unexpected kindnesses Solomon struggles not only to stay alive, but to retain his dignity. In the twelfth year of his unforgettable odyssey, Solomon’s chance meeting with a Canadian abolitionist will forever alter his life.
poster
85
8.0
/8109/
77
/139/
74
/120/
4.2
/7336/
94
/17/
87
/40/

The Emigrants (1971)
Karl and Kristina Nilsson work on a farm in a cold and desolate area of 19th century rural Sweden. Growing privations, combined with increasing social and religious persecution, motivate the Nilssons and many of their neighbors to strike out for the United States. Following a treacherous ocean crossing and an equally grueling land passage, the emigrants find themselves in seemingly idyllic Minnesota.
poster
fuboTV
85
8.5
/1843599/
84
/52448/
81
/27304/
4.3
/2757473/
87
/295/
92
/16028/
81
/42/
cc age 18+

Django Unchained (2012)
With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner.
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Netflix
83
7.5
/170476/
76
/5436/
77
/2180/
3.9
/1508548/
86
/356/
94
/616/
78
/58/
cc age 16+

Frankenstein (2025)
Dr. Victor Frankenstein, a brilliant but egotistical scientist, brings a creature to life in a monstrous experiment that ultimately leads to the undoing of both the creator and his tragic creation.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
81
7.4
/48512/
71
/1182/
72
/1036/
3.8
/146829/
93
/71/
83
/988/
79
/19/

Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)
A real estate agent leaves behind his beautiful wife to go to Transylvania to visit the mysterious Count Dracula and formalize the purchase of a property in Wismar.
poster
Hoopla
79
7.5
/39837/
75
/757/
74
/686/
3.7
/20161/
91
/79/
87
/701/
63
/7/
cc age 15+

Little Big Man (1970)
Jack Crabb, looking back from extreme old age, tells of his life being raised by Indians and fighting with General Custer.
poster
Hoopla
79
7.3
/403037/
72
/9782/
71
/6161/
3.5
/466141/
86
/231/
81
/64752/
83
/39/
cc age 16+

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
The infamous story of Benjamin Barker, a.k.a Sweeney Todd, who sets up a barber shop down in London which is the basis for a sinister partnership with his fellow tenant, Mrs. Lovett. Based on the hit Broadway musical.
poster
79
7.6
/38647/
76
/1002/
72
/659/
3.8
/23595/
91
/22/
89
/740/
75
/7/

Jeremiah Johnson (1972)
A mountain man who wishes to live the life of a hermit becomes the unwilling object of a long vendetta by Indians when he proves to be the match of their warriors in one-to-one combat on the early frontier.
poster
Fandango at Home Free
77
7.3
/28878/
75
/761/
71
/556/
3.5
/30491/
89
/27/
87
/2793/
75
/7/
cc age 6+

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)
In 1850 Oregon, when a backwoodsman brings a wife home to his farm, his six brothers decide that they want to get married too.
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Criterion Channel
76
7.2
/6511/
68
/106/
68
/138/
3.9
/10731/
82
/34/
77
/105/

Lola Montès (1955)
Lola Montes, previously a great adventuress, is reduced to being the attraction of a circus after having been the lover of various important men.
poster
76
7.1
/5852/
68
/33/
65
/59/
3.5
/1203/
91
/77/
77
/98/
73
/27/

The Widow of Saint-Pierre (2000)
In 1850, on the isolated French island of Saint-Pierre, a murder shocks the natives. Two fishermen are arrested. One of them, Louis Ollivier, dies in custody. The other, Neel Auguste, is sentenced to death by the guillotine. The island is so small that it has neither a guillotine nor an executioner. While those are sent for Auguste is placed under the supervision of an army Captain.
poster
Kanopy
75
7.0
/4456/
68
/230/
73
/342/
3.5
/17194/
86
/70/
71
/8/
75
/17/

Kidnapped (2023)
The story of Edgardo Mortara, a young Jewish boy living in Bologna, Italy, who in 1858, after being secretly baptized, was forcibly taken from his family to be raised as a Christian. His parents’ struggle to free their son became part of a larger political battle that pitted the papacy against forces of democracy and Italian unification.
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Kanopy
78
75
7.4
/16103/
73
/271/
70
/209/
3.5
/15837/
96
/23/
82
/269/
82
/6/

Jezebel (1938)
In 1850s Louisiana, the willfulness of a tempestuous Southern belle threatens to destroy all who care for her.
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Netflix
74
6.7
/35259/
74
/2503/
73
/877/
3.4
/59971/
74
/233/
97
/5289/
66
/41/
cc age 12+

Harriet (2019)
The extraordinary tale of Harriet Tubman's escape from slavery and transformation into one of America's greatest heroes. Her courage, ingenuity and tenacity freed hundreds of slaves and changed the course of history.
poster
Kanopy
74
7.0
/10825/
71
/488/
73
/502/
3.6
/13751/
86
/4868/

Sissi (1955)
The young Bavarian princess Elisabeth, who all call Sissi, goes with her mother and older sister Néné to Austria where Néné will be wed to an emperor named Franz Joseph, Yet unexpectedly Franz runs into Sissi while out fishing and they fall in love.
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Disney Plus
74
7.0
/107822/
71
/3649/
69
/1482/
3.6
/316624/
78
/138/
76
/5936/
71
/29/
cc age 10+

Holes (2003)
After being wrongfully convicted for stealing a pair of shoes, Stanley Yelnats is sent away to Camp Green Lake, a boys detention facility where inmates are forced to dig holes all day in the hot desert sun as a form of character building. But Stanley and the other boys start to unravel a mystery, linked with the camps tough-as-nails warden —and possibly Stanley’s family itself.
poster
MGM Plus
73
7.6
/295940/
76
/9886/
72
/4277/
3.7
/233706/
77
/197/
86
/46741/
66
/33/
cc age 12+

Stardust (2007)
In a countryside town bordering on a magical land, a young man makes a promise to his beloved that he'll retrieve a fallen star by venturing into the magical realm. His journey takes him into a world beyond his wildest dreams and reveals his true identity.
poster
The CW
73
6.9
/74704/
69
/3899/
68
/2018/
3.6
/88133/
87
/211/
69
/309/
78
/44/
cc age 17+

The Sisters Brothers (2018)
Oregon, 1851. Hermann Kermit Warm, a chemist and aspiring gold prospector, keeps a profitable secret that the Commodore wants to know, so he sends the Sisters brothers, two notorious assassins, to capture him on his way to California.
poster
MGM Plus
73
7.1
/14758/
68
/297/
69
/187/
3.3
/5909/
79
/126/
75
/504/
71
/32/
cc age 11+

Nicholas Nickleby (2002)
Nicholas Nickleby, a young boy in search of a better life, struggles to save his family and friends from the abusive exploitation of his coldheartedly grasping uncle.
poster
72
7.1
/4624/
67
/80/
65
/81/
3.5
/1638/
67
/18/
77
/51/

Mountains of the Moon (1990)
The story of Captain Richard Francis Burton's and Lt. John Hanning Speke's expedition to find the source of the Nile river in the name of Queen Victoria's British Empire.
poster
Disney Plus
72
7.5
/339254/
78
/20197/
78
/9814/
3.5
/1051216/
56
/263/
86
/6884/
48
/43/
cc age 10+

The Greatest Showman (2017)
The story of American showman P.T. Barnum, founder of the circus that became the famous traveling Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus.
poster
71
7.0
/14288/
69
/456/
68
/324/
3.5
/24911/
85
/26/
77
/235/
65
/8/

The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
Baron Victor Frankenstein has discovered life's secret and unleashed a blood-curdling chain of events resulting from his creation: a cursed creature with a horrid face — and a tendency to kill.
poster
71
7.1
/25041/
72
/564/
70
/468/
3.5
/13766/
88
/25/
74
/376/
56
/6/

How the West Was Won (1962)
The epic tale of the development of the American West from the 1830s through the Civil War to the end of the century, as seen through the eyes of one pioneer family.
poster
The Roku Channel
71
7.2
/92697/
76
/5066/
76
/4794/
3.9
/235542/
69
/123/
77
/2147/
52
/29/
cc age 7+

Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002)
A captured mustang remains determined to return to his herd no matter what.
poster
MGM Plus
70
6.9
/21420/
71
/631/
67
/415/
3.4
/9991/
79
/33/
69
/231/
68
/7/

The First Great Train Robbery (1978)
In Victorian England, a master criminal makes elaborate plans to steal a shipment of gold from a moving train.
poster
70
7.4
/17942/
76
/657/
74
/318/
3.8
/10628/
39
/16/
79
/28/

Iron Monkey (1993)
In this Hong Kong variation of Robin Hood, corrupt officials of a Chinese village are robbed by a masked bandit known as "Iron Monkey", named after a benevolent deity. When all else fails, the Governor forces a traveling physician into finding the bandit.
poster
76
69
7.6
/8263/
73
/140/
70
/122/
3.7
/4492/
87
/15/
80
/150/

The Song of Bernadette (1943)
In 1858 Lourdes, France, adolescent peasant Bernadette has a vision of "a beautiful lady" in the Massabielle grotto - the townspeople assume this lady to be the Virgin Mary. Pompous government officials think the girl is insane, doing their best to suppress her and her followers, while the church wants nothing to do with the matter. But as Bernadette attracts wider and wider attention, the phenomenon overtakes everyone in the town, ultimately transforming their lives.
poster
68
6.6
/3922/
64
/67/
61
/47/
3.3
/1386/
81
/32/
69
/64/

Washington Square (1997)
In 1870s New York, spinster heiress Catherine Sloper is courted by the much younger, penniless Morris Townsend, much to the chagrin of her overprotective father. Catherine must decide whether to spend the rest of her life alone, or marry a man interested in her solely for her inheritence.
poster
Hoopla
78
67
7.5
/4342/
72
/54/
70
/50/
3.8
/4966/
91
/11/
85
/52/

The Chess Players (1977)
In the year 1856, Nawab Wajid Ali Shah is the King of Awadh, one of the last independent kingdoms of India. The British intend to control this rich land and send General Outram to clear way for an annexation. Pressure is mounting amidst intrigue and political maneuvers, but the Nawab whiles away his time in pursuit of pleasure and religious practice. The court is of no help either — noblemen Mir and Mirza ignore all duties and spend their days playing endless games of chess. Based on Munshi Premchand's short story of the same name. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with The Film Foundation in 2010.
poster
83
67
8.0
/5748/
76
/96/
75
/101/
4.2
/5026/
100
/9/
86
/17/

The New Land (1972)
A Swedish immigrant family struggles to adapt to their new life on the American frontier during the second half of the 19th century amidst civil war, native uprising and the lure of gold in California.
poster
The Roku Channel
65
6.1
/10835/
61
/290/
59
/208/
3.1
/4223/
76
/153/
44
/160/
75
/41/
cc age 17+

The Invisible Woman (2013)
In 1857, at the height of his fame and fortune, novelist and social critic Charles Dickens meets and falls in love with teenage stage actress Nelly Ternan. As she becomes the focus of his heart and mind, as well as his muse, painful secrecy is the price both must pay.
poster
74
64
7.6
/4255/
73
/103/
69
/79/
3.9
/2560/
69
/32/
82
/33/

Westward the Women (1951)
There's a deficit of good, honest women in the West, and Roy Whitman wants to change that. His solution is to bring a caravan of over 100 mail-order brides from Chicago to California. It will be a long, difficult and dangerous journey for the women. So Whitman hires hardened, cynical Buck Wyatt to be their guide across the inhospitable frontier. But as disaster strikes on the trail, Buck just might discover that these women are stronger than he thinks.
poster
Kanopy
68
61
6.5
/10975/
62
/118/
60
/65/
3.2
/2387/
85
/13/
73
/106/

Mangal Pandey - The Rising (2005)
The film begins in 1857, when India was ruled by the British East India Company. Mangal Pandey is a sepoy, a soldier of Indian origin, in the army of the East India Company. Pandey is fighting in the Anglo-Afghan Wars and saves the life of his British commanding officer, William Gordon. Gordon is indebted to Pandey and a strong friendship develops between them, transcending both rank and race.
poster
71
61
7.2
/7182/
69
/196/
72
/131/
3.5
/10548/
76
/26/

Pee Mak (2013)
Mak's friends just want to protect him, but his wife Nak won't let a small thing like her own death get in the way of true love.
poster
59
5.4
/395/
60
/3/
43
/3/
85
/571/
50
/4/

Hawmps! (1976)
In old-west Texas, the cavalry's horses can't take the heat. So the military sends them camels instead, and assigns one man to convince the unit that the camels are a good idea.
poster
Netflix
61
58
6.5
/15537/
65
/271/
69
/49/
3.1
/8524/
29
/14/
79
/39/

Maharaj (2024)
Based on a real-life historic court case, a bold journalist questions a revered leader's immoral behavior.
poster
58
6.3
/12213/
67
/252/
61
/158/
3.2
/4933/
54
/28/
67
/217/
38
/6/
cc age 11+

The Frisco Kid (1979)
Rabbi Avram arrives in Philadelphia from Poland en route to San Francisco where he will be a congregation's new rabbi. An innocent and inexperienced traveller, he is tricked by con men to pay for the trip to go west, then they leave him and his belongings scattered along a deserted road. He is befriended by a stranger, Tommy, who is a bank robber and have many adventures during their journey.
poster
Netflix
57
6.8
/19393/
71
/910/
78
/671/
2.9
/35762/
11
/28/
95
/469/
32
/7/
cc age 14+

Redeeming Love (2022)
A retelling of the biblical book of Hosea set against the backdrop of the California Gold Rush of 1850.
poster
62
57
6.4
/16618/
67
/194/
66
/52/
2.9
/2158/
45
/11/
75
/59/

Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi (2019)
Story of Rani Lakshmibai, one of the leading figures of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 and her resistance to the British Rule.
poster
Starz Apple TV Channel
74
57
6.9
/2923/
69
/69/
66
/62/
3.8
/4578/
100
/7/
65
/16/

Canyon Passage (1946)
In 1850s Oregon, a businessman is torn between his love of two very different women and his loyalty to a compulsive gambler friend who goes over the line.
poster
66
56
7.0
/5756/
70
/88/
65
/78/
3.3
/1923/
67
/6/
59
/66/

The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936)
In 1853, as the British and Russian empires compete to gain and maintain their place in the dreadful Great Game of political intrigues and alliances whose greatest prize is the domination of India and the border territories, Major Geoffrey Vickers must endure several betrayals and misfortunes before he can achieve his revenge at the Balaclava Heights, on October 25, 1854, the most glorious day of the Crimean War.
poster
64
56
6.6
/4686/
66
/113/
64
/82/
3.8
/13384/
47
/15/
66
/141/

Walker (1987)
William Walker and his mercenary corps enter Nicaragua in the middle of the 19th century in order to install a new government by a coup d'etat.
poster
MGM Plus
64
55
7.1
/6296/
72
/91/
68
/126/
3.7
/5269/
50
/12/
45
/28/
72
/4/

Burn! (1969)
The professional mercenary Sir William Walker instigates a slave revolt on the Caribbean island of Queimada in order to help improve the British sugar trade. Years later he is sent again to deal with the same rebels that he built up because they have seized too much power that now threatens British sugar interests.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
71
55
6.3
/2294/
65
/57/
58
/40/
3.2
/1106/
100
/5/
71
/34/
78
/10/

Barbarosa (1982)
Karl Westover, an inexperienced farm boy, runs away after unintentionally killing a neighbor, whose family pursues him for vengeance. He meets Barbarosa, a gunman of near-mythical proportions, who is himself in danger from his father-in-law Don Braulio, a wealthy Mexican rancher. Don Braulio wants Barbarosa dead for marrying his daughter against the father's will. Barbarosa reluctantly takes the clumsy Karl on as a partner, as both of them look to survive the forces lining up against them.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
56
55
5.6
/5538/
60
/313/
55
/145/
3.0
/17782/
71
/14/
46
/119/
48
/7/

Elvira's Haunted Hills (2002)
The setting is Carpathia. The year is 1851. When Elvira gets kicked out of an Inn for a slight monetary discrepancy, she is rescued by a local who takes her to stay at the castle in the hills high above the village. The fact that she happens to resemble the count's former "missing" wife opens a can of worms or two.
poster
Kanopy
54
5.1
/11285/
55
/1089/
58
/356/
2.8
/11323/
58
/186/
43
/6/
67
/30/
cc age 13+

Tesla (2020)
The story of the Promethean struggles of Nikola Tesla, as he attempts to transcend entrenched technology—including his own previous work—by pioneering a system of wireless energy that would change the world.
poster
MGM Plus
62
52
6.6
/4223/
61
/78/
60
/70/
3.4
/1582/
60
/5/
58
/68/

The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968)
During the Crimean War between Britain and Russia in the 1850s, a British cavalry division, led by the overbearing Lord Cardigan, engages in an infamously reckless strategic debacle against a Russian artillery battery.


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