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83
8.1
/128573/
77
/1200/
73
/616/
3.9
/34121/
95
/64/
93
/1053/
84
/21/
cc age 11+

Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India (2001)
The year is 1893 and India is under British occupation. In a small village, the tyrannical Captain Russell has imposed an unprecedented land tax on its citizens. Outraged, Bhuvan, a rebellious farmer, rallies the villagers to publicly oppose the tax. Russell offers a novel way to settle the dispute: he challenges Bhuvan and his men to a game of cricket, a sport completely foreign to India. If Bhuvan and his men can defeat Russell's team, the tax will be repealed.
poster
Disney Plus
77
8.1
/1308551/
80
/42266/
78
/21812/
4.0
/1710688/
79
/216/
86
/1450985/
63
/40/
cc age 12+

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
When wily Captain Barbossa steals Jack Sparrow's ship and kidnaps the governor's beautiful daughter, Elizabeth, her childhood friend Will Turner joins forces with Jack to save her and recapture Jack's ship, the Black Pearl.
poster
fuboTV
76
7.5
/563860/
76
/19921/
73
/9893/
3.6
/732302/
77
/138/
82
/22502/
57
/14/
cc age 11+

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
After arriving in India, Indiana Jones is asked by a desperate village to find a mystical stone. He agrees – and stumbles upon a secret cult plotting a terrible plan in the catacombs of an ancient palace.
poster
74
7.2
/92067/
72
/1863/
71
/1492/
3.4
/58835/
62
/90/
82
/2106/
69
/18/
cc age 13+

Out of Africa (1985)
Tells the life story of Danish author Karen Blixen, who at the beginning of the 20th century moved to Africa to build a new life for herself. The film is based on her 1937 autobiographical novel.
poster
Hoopla
78
67
7.5
/4368/
72
/54/
70
/50/
3.8
/5186/
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
fuboTV
69
63
6.7
/5488/
67
/152/
64
/91/
3.2
/2686/
83
/6/
73
/120/

The Black Swan (1942)
When notorious pirate Henry Morgan is made governor of Jamaica, he enlists the help of some of his former partners in ridding the Caribbean of buccaneers. When one of them apparently abducts the previous governor's pretty daughter and joins up with the rebels, things are set for a fight.
poster
Hoopla
76
58
8.2
/18206/
74
/136/
70
/67/
3.6
/2235/
86
/16/

The Legend of Bhagat Singh (2002)
Born in British India, Bhagat Singh witnesses numerous atrocities during his childhood and grows up to become one of the most fearless freedom fighters in the country.
poster
Criterion Channel
79
55
8.0
/2787/
71
/21/
82
/38/
4.1
/5133/

The Land (1970)
Set in 1933, the mayor informs the peasants that the share of irrigation of their land will be split equally between them and feudal lord Mahmoud Bey. The peasants send Mohamed Effendi to submit a petition to the government. Mahmoud Bey then proposes a project that would require taking part of the peasants' lands.
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54
6.5
/2225/
51
/37/
46
/13/
3.3
/387/
51
/67/
50
/173/
47
/19/

Before the Rains (2007)
Set in southern India in the late 1930s, this provocative tale traces the story of three people caught in an inexorable web of forbidden romance and dangerous secrets. After a British spice planter falls in love with his alluring servant, an idealistic young man finds himself torn between his ambitions and his family, his village and his past.
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56
52
6.2
/8856/
63
/171/
60
/182/
3.2
/8301/
53
/17/
34
/101/
61
/12/

Under Capricorn (1949)
A British ex-convict in colonial Australia and his fragile wife, haunted by the past crime that binds them, struggle to rebuild their lives when a young newcomer stirs long-buried passions and secrets.
poster
75
50
7.9
/3142/
72
/49/
70
/31/
3.6
/2256/
84
/19/

Madrasapattinam (2010)
Amy, the wife of an English governor, falls in love with Parithi, a villager, and they run away. However, they are caught and she is taken back to London. Years later, she comes back in search of him.
poster
70
45
7.1
/2098/
65
/31/
71
/27/
3.6
/1139/
77
/163/

Guns at Batasi (1964)
An anachronistic martinet RSM on a remote Colonial African army caught in a local coup d'etat must use his experience to defend those in his care.
poster
69
44
6.4
/2252/
66
/28/
59
/34/
3.3
/879/
100
/5/
62
/17/

Bhowani Junction (1956)
Anglo-Indian Victoria Jones seeks her true identity amid the chaos of the British withdrawal from India.
poster
72
41
7.7
/3532/
73
/28/
69
/17/
3.5
/1538/

Kerala Varma Pazhassi Raja (2009)
Set in the backdrop of the seventeenth century, the royal family of Kottayam is ruled by Pazhassi. The British government begins to impose heavy taxes on the locals in the Thalassery region of Kerala.
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60
35
7.3
/1865/
60
/16/
50
/11/
3.4
/310/
47
/17/
71
/157/
57
/4/

Gandhi, My Father (2007)
Unable to live in his father's gigantic shadow, Mahatma Gandhi's eldest son, Harilal, gets distraught and resorts to alcoholism.
poster
66
33
6.7
/2232/
73
/34/
66
/68/
3.4
/763/
60
/9/

Bonnie Scotland (1935)
Stan and Ollie stow away to Scotland expecting to inherit the MacLaurel estate. When things don't quite turn out that way, they unwittingly enlist in the Scottish army and are posted to India.
poster
The Roku Channel
33
4.6
/3577/
54
/236/
47
/75/
2.6
/516/
8
/13/
19
/22/
19
/8/

The Lovers (2015)
The Lovers is an epic romance time travel adventure film. Helmed by Roland Joffé from a story by Ajey Jhankar, the film is a sweeping tale of an impossible love set against the backdrop of the first Anglo-Maratha war across two time periods and continents and centred around four characters — a British officer in 18th century colonial India, the Indian woman he falls deeply in love with, an American present-day marine biologist and his wife.
poster
72
27
7.5
/606/
73
/3/
53
/6/
87
/301/

Junoon (1978)
Set during the 1857 War of Independence, an obsessed Indian Nawab desires to wed a young Anglo-Indian woman, but the girl's obstinate mother stands between them.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
59
26
6.6
/1169/
65
/20/
57
/23/
3.4
/467/
63
/8/
37
/10/

Conduct Unbecoming (1975)
A company of British soldiers in colonial India is shaken when the widow of their most honored hero is assaulted. A young officer must defend a fellow lieutenant from the charges in an unusual court-martial, while investigating the deepening mystery behind the attack.
poster
56
22
4.6
/1521/
45
/14/
72
/10/
3.0
/205/
61
/43/

Kisna (2005)
The film is set in the India of the tumultuous 1930's when nationalists fighting for the country's independence rose up as one, urging the British to quit. At this time, a young Indian, Kisna befriends and then shields a British girl Katherine, from an enraged mob of nationalists including Kisna's own uncle and brother. Katherine is the young daughter of a ruthless British collector. Kisna takes it upon himself to escort Katherine to the safety of the British High Commission in New Delhi, who will arrange for her to board a ship home. A tender attraction develops between Kisna and Katherine during the journey, a love story that is torn between 'Karma' (the noble deed) and 'Dharma' (the duty). Laxmi, the Indian girl Kisna is engaged to, forms the third point in an emotional triangle involving the Indo-British romantic pair
poster
56
17
6.2
/918/
48
/8/
59
/6/
3.2
/274/
50
/185/

Carlton-Browne of the F.O. (1959)
Great Britain has had an international agreement for the last 50 years with a small pacific island. It has been ignored until the death of their king brings it to the attention of the Foreign Office in Whitehall. They decide to send Cadogan de Vere Carlton-Browne to re-establish friendly relations.
poster
MGM Plus
47
14
5.6
/1136/
57
/12/
54
/24/
3.1
/352/
9
/6/

Sundown (1941)
Englishmen fighting Nazis in Africa discover an exotic mystery woman living among the natives and enlist her aid in overcoming the Germans.
poster
50
8
5.3
/469/
65
/4/
45
/13/
38
/5/

The Green Goddess (1930)
An airplane carrying three Brits crash lands in the kingdom of Rukh. The Rajah holds them prisoner because the British are about to execute his three half-brothers in neighboring India.
poster
?
6.5
/75/
50
/1/

The Green Goddess (1923)
The Green Goddess is a 1923 American silent adventure film based on the play The Green Goddess by William Archer. Set during the British Raj, it stars George Arliss as the Rajah of Rukh, into whose land arrive three British subjects, played by Alice Joyce, David Powell, and Harry T. Morey.
poster
?
4.2
/20/
30
/2/

Old Loves and New (1926)
Gervas Carew's wife, Elinor, has deserted him while he was fighting for France, for Lord Clyde Geraldine, a cad of the first order, but Elinor, in turn is cast off when Lord Geraldine turns his attention to an Irish lass, Marny. Marny has no idea of Geraldine's past nor his brutal nature.
poster
52
?
6.5
/152/
20
/1/
72
/6/

The Long Winter (1999)
In 1838, François-Xavier Bouchard fights beside his Québec countrymen and the English minority.
poster
?
6.2
/36/
90
/1/
90
/1/

The Massacre That Shook the Empire (2019)
On 13 April 1919, British troops shot hundreds of peaceful protesters dead in India. Writer Sathnam Sanghera retraces the build-up to the massacre and examines its legacy.
poster
52
?
6.4
/147/
55
/2/
48
/2/

The Sun Never Sets (1939)
The Randolph family have a tradition of working in the British colonial service. Clive comes home from a mission in the Gold Coast of Africa accompanied by his wife Helen. He discovers his younger brother John, is not keen on following in his footsteps. John is then persuaded to try colonial service by his grandfather. He is accompanied by Clive who has been sent to investigate the source of a series of radio broadcasts that are sewing unrest throughout the world. These may be linked to Hugo Zurof, a man plotting to rule the world.
poster
50
?
7.0
/156/
10
/1/
70
/1/

Staying On (1980)
A british colonel and his wife decide to remain in India after the departure of the British raj in the 1940s.
poster
?
5.1
/66/
60
/1/
30
/2/

A Dangerous Woman (1929)
The commissioner of an African outpost lives with a woman who drives the white men to their deaths with her seductive ways. The commissioner learns that his brother will be his next assistant, and the woman begins working her wiles on him....
poster
70
?
7.5
/145/
65
/5/

John A.: Birth of a Country (2011)
A riveting political thriller starring Shawn Doyle (John A. Macdonald), Peter Outerbridge (George Brown) and David LaHaye (George-Etienne Cartier) and set during the struggles that take Canada from colony to country.
poster
52
?
5.9
/395/
37
/4/
62
/4/

The Planter's Wife (1952)
The wife of a rubber plantation owner must put her marriage problems on hold when her family is forced to defend themselves during a native uprising.
poster
61
?
5.4
/881/
56
/11/
75
/3/

23rd March 1931: Shaheed (2002)
Bhagat Singh, a freedom fighter, is arrested for killing the British official responsible for the death of his mentor Lala Lajpatrai. He is ultimately hanged for his misdeed.
poster
63
?
6.4
/142/
63
/7/

The Shanghai Drama (1938)
A Russian emigrant sings in a Shanghai nightclub under the assumed name of Kay Murphy. All she dreams of is a peaceful life with her daughter Vera. But this is only a pipe dream as she has been forced by her former lover Ivan to work for a secret criminal organization, "The Black Dragon". Vera, who studies in a Hong Kong boarding-school, knows nothing about her mother's past. When Ivan, who is also Vera's father, resurfaces and blackmails Kay, the young woman is determined to fight back...
poster
?

Wolfe or the Conquest of Quebec (1914)
General Wolfe, appointed commander of the expedition against Quebec, comes to bid his mother goodbye. Before sailing, the general calls upon his sweetheart, Katherine Lowther. She presents him with a locket containing a miniature of herself. Wolfe places the jewel on a chain about his neck. Mignon Mars and her brother, Hubert, of a Canadian family, are captured by a body of men attached to the Royal Americans. Lieutenant Arleigh, the officer in charge, secures their release. Mignon loses her heart to the young officer. General Montcalm arrives at Quebec and takes command of the French forces.


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