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poster
84
8.3
/9439/
81
/87/
75
/148/
4.4
/16912/
80
/2/

War and Peace (1967)
The love story of young Countess Natasha Rostova and Count Pierre Bezukhov is interwoven with the Great Patriotic War of 1812 against Napoleon's invading army.
poster
MGM Plus
83
7.6
/45893/
78
/5150/
79
/1908/
4.1
/323324/
97
/88/
94
/49/
75
/10/
cc age 13+

The Count of Monte Cristo (2024)
Edmond Dantès becomes the target of a sinister plot and is arrested on his wedding day for a crime he did not commit. After 14 years in the island prison of Château d’If, he manages a daring escape. Now rich beyond his dreams, he assumes the identity of the Count of Monte-Cristo and exacts his revenge on the three men who betrayed him.
poster
The Roku Channel
83
7.6
/43562/
74
/768/
74
/952/
3.9
/44235/
100
/26/
90
/958/
89
/6/

Love and Death (1975)
In czarist Russia, a neurotic soldier and his distant cousin formulate a plot to assassinate Napoleon.
poster
Disney Plus
82
7.6
/236756/
72
/10986/
71
/7845/
3.4
/541488/
97
/128/
78
/9844/
96
/15/
cc age 6+

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1938)
A beautiful girl, Snow White, takes refuge in the forest in the house of seven dwarfs to hide from her stepmother, the wicked Queen. The Queen is jealous because she wants to be known as "the fairest in the land," and Snow White's beauty surpasses her own.
poster
Britbox Apple TV Channel
79
7.6
/12515/
77
/267/
71
/139/
3.7
/11319/
87
/30/
83
/1013/
cc age 10+

Persuasion (1995)
Living with her snobby family on the brink of bankruptcy, Anne Elliot is an unconforming woman with modern sensibilities. When Frederick Wentworth – the dashing one she once sent away – crashes back into her life, Anne must choose between putting the past behind her or listening to her heart when it comes to second chances.
poster
Britbox Apple TV Channel
79
7.7
/135909/
76
/2628/
74
/1800/
3.9
/197221/
97
/67/
90
/6620/
84
/21/
cc age 11+

Sense and Sensibility (1995)
The Dashwood sisters, sensible Elinor and passionate Marianne, learn that their prospects of marriage seem doomed by their family's sudden loss of fortune. After Henry Dashwood dies unexpectedly, his estate must pass on by law to his son. These circumstances leave Mr. Dashwood's wife and daughters without a home and with barely enough money to live on. As Elinor and Marianne struggle to find romantic fulfillment in a society obsessed with financial and social status, they must learn to mix sense with sensibility in their dealings with both money and men.
poster
74
7.4
/27400/
74
/545/
70
/360/
3.5
/12305/
57
/54/
86
/1038/

Immortal Beloved (1994)
A chronicle of the life of infamous classical composer Ludwig van Beethoven and his painful struggle with hearing loss. Following Beethoven's death in 1827, his assistant, Schindler, searches for an elusive woman referred to in the composer's love letters as "immortal beloved." As Schindler solves the mystery, a series of flashbacks reveal Beethoven's transformation from passionate young man to troubled musical genius.
poster
Criterion Channel
74
6.9
/29622/
66
/566/
66
/474/
3.7
/30724/
83
/173/
69
/1417/
81
/34/
cc age 12+

Bright Star (2009)
In 1818, high-spirited young Fanny Brawne finds herself increasingly intrigued by the handsome but aloof poet John Keats, who lives next door to her family friends the Dilkes. After reading a book of his poetry, she finds herself even more drawn to the taciturn Keats. Although he agrees to teach her about poetry, Keats cannot act on his reciprocated feelings for Fanny, since as a struggling poet he has no money to support a wife.
poster
Kanopy
74
7.4
/29322/
72
/593/
72
/607/
3.9
/36690/
74
/62/
83
/382/
70
/13/
cc age 11+

The Duellists (1977)
In 1800, as Napoleon Bonaparte rises to power in France, a rivalry erupts between Armand and Gabriel, two lieutenants in the French Army, over a perceived insult. For over a decade, they engage in a series of duels amidst larger conflicts, including the failed French invasion of Russia in 1812, and shifts in the political and social systems of Europe.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
73
7.4
/17580/
75
/418/
72
/280/
3.4
/14271/
80
/550/

Persuasion (2007)
Living with her snobby family on the brink of bankruptcy, Anne Elliot is an unconforming woman with modern sensibilities. When Frederick Wentworth – the dashing one she once sent away – crashes back into her life, Anne must choose between putting the past behind her or listening to her heart when it comes to second chances.
poster
Kanopy
70
6.4
/1871/
64
/47/
65
/47/
3.4
/2957/
88
/51/
48
/13/
69
/15/

Amour Fou (2014)
Heinrich wishes to conquer death through love, and when he meets Henriette, the wife of a business acquaintance, she expresses interest in a suicide pact when she learns she has a terminal illness.
poster
MGM Plus
70
6.6
/43790/
68
/963/
66
/653/
3.3
/40255/
84
/55/
76
/2751/
66
/23/
cc age 10+

Emma (1996)
Emma Woodhouse is a congenial young lady who delights in meddling in other people’s affairs. She is perpetually trying to unite men and women who are utterly wrong for each other. Despite her interest in romance, Emma is clueless about her own feelings, and her relationship with gentle Mr. Knightley.
poster
Criterion Channel
77
69
7.2
/5487/
69
/97/
71
/87/
3.5
/3715/
100
/11/
83
/102/

That Hamilton Woman (1941)
The story of courtesan and dance-hall girl Emma Hamilton, including her relationships with Sir William Hamilton and Admiral Horatio Nelson and her rise and fall, set during the Napoleonic Wars.
poster
Netflix
68
6.0
/6663/
63
/355/
59
/112/
2.9
/19458/
83
/117/
82
/88/
65
/31/
cc age 10+

Mr Malcolm's List (2022)
When she fails to meet an item on his list of requirements for a bride, Julia Thistlewaite is jilted by London’s most eligible bachelor, Mr. Malcolm. Feeling humiliated and determined to exact revenge, she convinces her friend Selina Dalton to play the role of his ideal match. Soon, Mr. Malcolm wonders whether he’s found the perfect woman...or the perfect hoax.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
75
66
7.4
/3721/
72
/108/
67
/59/
3.6
/2812/
88
/8/
78
/55/

The Count of Monte Cristo (1934)
After greedy men have Edmound Dantes unjustly imprisoned for 20 years for innocently delivering a letter entrusted to him, he escapes to revenge himself on them.
poster
66
6.5
/1505/
53
/16/
51
/25/
3.8
/1459/
70
/64/
52
/95/
74
/23/

The Duchess of Langeais (2007)
At a Spanish cloister, a celebrated French general of the Napoleonic Wars recognizes the voice of one of the nuns and recalls how, five years ago, she was the Duchess of Langeais, and he her most persistent suitor.
poster
Kanopy
77
65
7.6
/4186/
77
/56/
71
/54/
3.6
/1710/
85
/13/
86
/102/

Les Misérables (1935)
In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France.
poster
Hoopla
74
65
6.4
/4608/
70
/85/
67
/62/
3.4
/2929/
100
/10/
75
/127/

On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1970)
Daisy Gamble, an unusual woman who hears phones before they ring, and does wonders with her flowers, wants to quit smoking to please her fiancé, Warren. She goes to a doctor of hypnosis to do it. But once she's under, her doctor finds out that she can regress into past lives and different personalities, and he finds himself falling in love with one of them.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
71
64
7.0
/6674/
70
/127/
65
/134/
3.2
/3468/
89
/9/
73
/264/

Emma (1996)
Emma Woodhouse is a congenial young lady who delights in meddling in other people’s affairs. She is perpetually trying to unite men and women who are utterly wrong for each other. Despite her interest in romance, Emma is clueless about her own feelings, and her relationship with gentle Mr. Knightley.
poster
Criterion Channel
77
64
7.3
/3146/
72
/59/
66
/68/
3.8
/5155/
95
/21/
82
/36/

An Actor's Revenge (1963)
In Edo Japan, a kabuki actor seeks revenge against the three men who drove his parents to their deaths years ago.
poster
64
7.3
/14190/
72
/323/
71
/217/
3.9
/15917/
27
/11/
83
/206/

Waterloo (1970)
After defeating France and imprisoning Napoleon on Elba, ending two decades of war, Europe is shocked to find Napoleon has escaped and has caused the French Army to defect from the King back to him. The best of the British generals, the Duke of Wellington, beat Napolean's best generals in Spain and Portugal, but now must beat Napoleon himself with an Anglo Allied army.
poster
63
6.5
/5896/
66
/250/
67
/151/
3.5
/7938/
67
/162/
42
/43/
66
/34/
cc age 13+

Peterloo (2018)
An epic portrayal of the events surrounding the infamous 1819 Peterloo Massacre, where a peaceful pro-democracy rally at St Peter’s Field in Manchester turned into one of the bloodiest and most notorious episodes in British history. The massacre saw British government forces charge into a crowd of over 60,000 that had gathered to demand political reforms and protest against rising levels of poverty.
poster
Kanopy
63
61
6.7
/11655/
68
/279/
66
/259/
3.4
/9921/
50
/10/
63
/211/

War and Peace (1956)
The love story of young Countess Natasha Rostova and Count Pierre Bezukhov is interwoven with the Great Patriotic War of 1812 against Napoleon's invading army.
poster
Fandor
72
61
6.8
/3139/
69
/75/
65
/116/
3.5
/2953/
100
/5/
62
/39/

Black Venus (2010)
The true story of Saartje Baartman, a black South African worker who moves to London with her master in the early 19th century. Although she dreams of being an artist, once in Europe she is exploited as a sideshow attraction due to her large buttocks and genitalia.
poster
60
6.5
/1110/
66
/26/
67
/15/
57
/7/
70
/16/

The Journey of August King (1995)
The Journey of August King is a multi-dimensional drama about a North Carolina farmer in 1815. August King, a widower, is on his way home as he does every year after selling his produce and purchasing the stock and goods he will need to survive the winter. On his journey, he comes upon a run-away slave, a young woman about 19 and August King must decide to violate the law and help this slave to freedom or else leave her to be hunted down and, ultimately, returned to her slave owner.
poster
Apple TV
59
6.3
/183076/
63
/8634/
63
/2973/
2.9
/548476/
58
/342/
58
/933/
64
/62/
cc age 16+

Napoleon (2023)
An epic that details the checkered rise and fall of French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte and his relentless journey to power through the prism of his addictive, volatile relationship with his wife, Josephine.
poster
The Roku Channel
67
57
6.5
/4916/
65
/406/
63
/644/
3.2
/7513/
80
/15/
70
/5/

Return of the Hero (2018)
France, 1809. Captain Neuville is called to the front, leaving his future bride heartbroken. Her sister decides to write letters on his behalf to cheer her up.
poster
84
57
8.5
/4639/
80
/176/
78
/83/
4.0
/8027/
100
/1/

National Theatre Live: Frankenstein (2011)
Childlike in his innocence but grotesque in form, Frankenstein’s bewildered creature is cast out into a hostile universe by his horror-struck maker. Meeting with cruelty wherever he goes, the friendless Creature, increasingly desperate and vengeful, determines to track down his creator and strike a terrifying deal. Urgent concerns of scientific responsibility, parental neglect, cognitive development and the nature of good and evil are embedded within this thrilling and deeply disturbing tale.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
57
5.8
/12445/
60
/451/
61
/297/
2.7
/14349/
60
/5/
54
/684/

Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning (2004)
Set in 19th Century Canada, Brigitte and her sister Ginger take refuge in a Traders' Fort which later becomes under siege by some savage werewolves. But when one of the girls is bitten, they have no one to turn to but themselves.
poster
Kanopy
55
6.4
/19390/
68
/1256/
70
/1047/
3.2
/47446/
40
/121/
48
/83/
49
/28/
cc age 13+

Mary Shelley (2017)
The love affair between poet Percy Shelley and Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin resulted in the creation of an immortal novel, “Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus.”
poster
Hoopla
58
54
5.7
/9850/
60
/229/
56
/180/
3.3
/18051/
60
/15/
49
/218/

Gothic (1987)
Living on an estate on the shores of Lake Geneva, Lord Byron is visited by Percy and Mary Shelley. Together with Byron's lover Claire Clairmont, and aided by hallucinogenic substances, they devise an evening of ghoulish tales. However, when confronted by horrors, ostensibly of their own creation, it becomes difficult to tell apparition from reality.
poster
Criterion Channel
78
53
8.1
/1966/
74
/40/
74
/52/
4.2
/3905/

War and Peace, Part IV: Pierre Bezukhov (1967)
As Moscow is set ablaze by the retreating Russians, the Rostovs flee their estate, taking wounded soldiers with them, and unbeknownst to them, also Andrei. Pierre, dressed as a peasant, tries to assassinate Napoleon but is taken prisoner. As the French are forced to retreat, he's marched for months with the Grande Armée, until being freed by a raiding party. Part four of the four-part adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's 1869 novel.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
53
5.9
/167484/
61
/7340/
57
/3490/
2.5
/94530/
34
/192/
50
/6506/
42
/35/
cc age 17+

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012)
President Lincoln's mother is killed by a supernatural creature, which fuels his passion to crush vampires and their slave-owning helpers.
poster
63
52
6.5
/4061/
66
/73/
63
/50/
3.0
/1623/
70
/10/
54
/68/

Hawaii (1966)
Abner Hale, a rigid and humorless New England missionary, marries the beautiful Jerusha Bromley and takes her to the exotic island kingdom of Hawaii, intent on converting the natives. But the clash between the two cultures is too great and instead of understanding there comes tragedy.
poster
Kanopy
55
52
6.3
/12115/
60
/239/
61
/236/
3.0
/9851/
54
/24/
36
/162/
52
/13/

Jamaica Inn (1939)
In early 19th-century Cornwall, young Mary Yellan travels to live with her aunt and uncle at the remote Jamaica Inn, where she discovers the inn is a front for a violent gang of wreckers who lure ships to their doom along the coast. As she becomes entangled in their crimes, Mary must fight to survive and uncover the truth behind the terror that haunts the moors.
poster
Hoopla
51
5.9
/131170/
61
/4030/
58
/2884/
2.7
/76178/
38
/179/
39
/11558/
51
/36/
cc age 14+

The Brothers Grimm (2005)
Folklore collectors and con artists, Jake and Will Grimm, travel from village to village pretending to protect townsfolk from enchanted creatures and performing exorcisms. However, they are put to the test when they encounter a real magical curse in a haunted forest with real magical beings, requiring genuine courage.
poster
Kanopy
59
50
6.2
/4130/
60
/118/
60
/109/
3.1
/4601/
52
/368/

The Skull (1965)
Esoterica collector Dr Maitland buys an unusual skull from his ordinary source; the artifact is what remains of the Marquis De Sade. Much too soon, Maitland discovers that the skull is turning him into a frenzied killer.
poster
Criterion Channel
74
46
7.3
/2547/
65
/52/
71
/78/
3.8
/5427/
88
/8/

A Man There Was (1917)
Terje Vigen, a sailor, suffers the loss of his family through the inflexibility of another man. Years later, when his enemy's family finds itself dependent on his benevolence, Terje must decide whether to avenge himself.
poster
Hoopla
63
46
6.4
/3870/
67
/104/
59
/63/
3.1
/848/
64
/3559/

The Fighting Kentuckian (1949)
John Breen (John Wayne), a Kentucky militiaman falls in love with French exile Fleurette De Marchand (Vera Ralston). He discovers a plot to steal the land that Fleurette's exiles plan to settle on and aims to foil it.
poster
52
45
5.4
/4504/
58
/101/
56
/126/
2.8
/3127/
53
/17/
34
/70/

Frankenstein Unbound (1990)
The ultimate weapon, claimed to be safe for mankind, produces global side-effects including time slides and disappearances. The scientist behind the project and his car are zapped from the year 2031 to 1817 in Switzerland where he meets Dr. Victor Frankenstein, Mary Shelley and others.
poster
Criterion Channel
83
45
8.3
/2101/
74
/43/
75
/57/
4.3
/4192/
100
/2/

War and Peace, Part III: The Year 1812 (1966)
In 1812, as Napoleon's army invades Russia, Kutuzov asks Bolkonsky to join him as a staff officer, yet the prince requests a command in the field. Pierre sets out to watch the armies' impending confrontation. As the Battle of Borodino rages, he volunteers to assist in an artillery battery. Part three of the four-part adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's 1869 novel.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
58
45
5.8
/3086/
54
/89/
64
/81/
2.9
/4521/

The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism (1967)
In the Olden Tymes, Count Regula is drawn and quartered for killing twelve virgins in his dungeon torture chamber. Thirty-five years later, he comes back to seek revenge on the daughter of his intended thirteenth victim and the son of his prosecutor in order to attain immortal life.
poster
Kanopy
65
45
6.4
/2998/
68
/79/
64
/49/
3.2
/805/
66
/845/

The Buccaneer (1958)
During the War of 1812 against Britain: General Andrew Jackson has only 1,200 men left to defend New Orleans when he learns that a British fleet will arrive with 60 ships and 16,000 men to take the city. In this situation an island near the city becomes strategically important to both parties, but it's inhabited by the last big buccaneer: Jean Lafitte. Although Lafitte never attacks American ships, the governor hates him for selling merchandise without taxes - and is loved by the citizens for the same reason. When the big fight gets nearer, Lafitte is drawn between the fronts. His heart belongs to America, but his people urge him to join the party that's more likely to win.
poster
Hoopla
72
43
7.0
/1438/
61
/17/
67
/41/
3.6
/1247/
100
/5/
62
/7/

Allonsanfan (1974)
After the 1815 Restoration, an aging revolutionary finds himself reluctantly involved in an attempted insurrection in Southern Italy while growing increasingly disillusioned with his cause.
poster
Hoopla
63
43
6.4
/1952/
66
/60/
65
/146/
3.1
/1161/
61
/68/

Jacquou the Rebel (2007)
In 1815, young Jacquou lives an idyllic peasant life with his parents in the Périgord region of France. But one day, his childhood happiness is cruelly ended when his father is arrested, after a dispute with the arrogant Count de Nansac. With both his parents dead, Jacquou is adopted by Bonal, a kind priest, under whose influence he grows into an assured, morally upright young man. Now an adult, Jacquou has one desire. To repay the Count de Nansac for the evil he once inflicted on his parents...
poster
69
42
6.9
/2205/
65
/38/
64
/71/
3.3
/1079/
83
/6/
67
/8/

Colonel Chabert (1994)
When Colonel Chabert returns from the war, he discovers that he has lost everything.
poster
Criterion Channel
76
42
7.9
/2121/
69
/47/
70
/64/
4.0
/4458/
86
/2/

War and Peace, Part II: Natasha Rostova (1966)
As 1809 nears its end, Natasha attends her first ball, where Andrei falls in love with her with the intent of marriage. However, as her father demands they wait, the prince travels abroad, leaving Natasha in desperate longing. But she meets Anatol Kuragin and forgets Andrei. Part two of the four-part adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's 1869 novel.
poster
57
41
6.4
/3885/
61
/48/
66
/49/
3.3
/1781/
20
/5/
69
/23/

Désirée (1954)
In Marseilles, France in 1794, Desiree Clary, a young millinery clerk, becomes infatuated with Napoleon Bonaparte, but winds up wedding General Jean-Baptiste Berandotte, an aid to Napoleon who later joins the forces that bring about the Emperor's downfall. Josephine Beauharnais, a worldly courtesan marries Napoleon and becomes Empress of France, but is then cast aside by her spouse when she proves unable to produce an heir to the throne.


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