Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "19th-century-england"

1. Penny Dreadful (2014–2016)

TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Explorer Sir Malcolm Murray, American gunslinger Ethan Chandler, scientist Victor Frankenstein and medium Vanessa Ives unite to combat supernatural threats in Victorian London.

Stars: Josh Hartnett, Timothy Dalton, Eva Green, Reeve Carney

Votes: 131,044

2. Pride and Prejudice (1995)

TV-PG | 55 min | Drama, Romance

While the arrival of wealthy gentlemen sends her marriage-minded mother into a frenzy, willful and opinionated Elizabeth Bennet matches wits with haughty Mr. Darcy.

Stars: Colin Firth, Jennifer Ehle, Susannah Harker, Julia Sawalha

Votes: 92,292

3. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)

R | 116 min | Drama, Horror, Musical

The legendary tale of a barber who returns from wrongful imprisonment to 1840s London, bent on revenge for the rape and death of his wife, and resumes his trade while forming a sinister partnership with his fellow tenant, Mrs. Lovett.

Director: Tim Burton | Stars: Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman, Timothy Spall

Votes: 386,893 | Gross: $52.90M

4. North & South (2004)

TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Romance

North and South is a four-part adaptation of Elizabeth Gaskell's love story of Margaret Hale, a middle-class southerner who is forced to move to the northern town of Milton.

Stars: Daniela Denby-Ashe, Richard Armitage, Tim Pigott-Smith, Sinéad Cusack

Votes: 34,964

5. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016)

PG-13 | 108 min | Action, Comedy, Fantasy

Five sisters in 19th century England must cope with the pressures to marry while protecting themselves from a growing population of zombies.

Director: Burr Steers | Stars: Lily James, Sam Riley, Jack Huston, Bella Heathcote

Votes: 60,416 | Gross: $10.91M

6. Dorian Gray (2009)

R | 112 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

A corrupt young man somehow keeps his youthful beauty eternally, but a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all.

Director: Oliver Parker | Stars: Ben Barnes, Colin Firth, Rebecca Hall, John Hollingworth

Votes: 68,101

7. Ripper Street (2012–2016)

TV-MA | 59 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The streets of Whitechapel are the haunt of Detective Inspector Edmund Reid and his team of officers, who aim to maintain law and order in a place once terrorized by Jack the Ripper.

Stars: Matthew Macfadyen, Adam Rothenberg, MyAnna Buring, Jerome Flynn

Votes: 22,501

8. Sense & Sensibility (2008)

TV-14 | 58 min | Drama, Romance

The sisters Eleanor and Marianne Dashwood try to find love and security in the 1800's. These two sisters coudn't be more different. Where Eleanor is calm and always acts proper Marianne is passionate and usally forgets herself.

Stars: Dominic Cooper, Charity Wakefield, Hattie Morahan, Janet McTeer

Votes: 12,986

9. Oliver Twist (2005)

PG-13 | 130 min | Crime, Drama

An adaptation of the classic Dickens tale, where an orphan meets a pickpocket on the streets of London. From there, he joins a household of boys who are trained to steal for their master.

Director: Roman Polanski | Stars: Barney Clark, Ben Kingsley, Jeremy Swift, Ian McNeice

Votes: 34,275 | Gross: $1.99M

10. Dickensian (2015–2016)

TV-PG | 60 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama

Drama set within the fictional realms of Charles Dickens critically acclaimed novels, bringing together some of his most iconic characters as their lives intertwine in 19th century London.

Stars: Tuppence Middleton, Sophie Rundle, Alexandra Moen, Joseph Quinn

Votes: 4,049

11. Mrs. Brown (1997)

PG | 101 min | Biography, Drama, History

When Queen Victoria's husband Prince Albert dies, she finds solace in her trusted servant, Mr. John Brown, but their relationship also brings scandal and turmoil.

Director: John Madden | Stars: Judi Dench, Billy Connolly, Geoffrey Palmer, Antony Sher

Votes: 15,587 | Gross: $9.22M

12. A Christmas Carol (2019)

TV-MA | 43 min | Drama, Fantasy

In Steven Knight's gothic adaptation of Charles Dickens' iconic ghost story, Ebenezer Scrooge experiences a dark night of the soul - past, present and future.

Stars: Guy Pearce, Andy Serkis, Stephen Graham, Joe Alwyn

Votes: 12,549

13. Dark Angel (2016)

TV-14 | 125 min | Crime, Drama, History

A two-part drama about the Victorian serial killer Mary Ann Cotton.

Stars: Joanne Froggatt, Alun Armstrong, Isla McMonigle, Laura Morgan

Votes: 2,190

14. Black Butler (2014)

119 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

After her supposed death, a young woman returns as the son of her noble family to precede the family's prestigious company, with a demon at her side to avenge her parent's murder.

Directors: Kentarô Ohtani, Kei'ichi Sato | Stars: Hiro Mizushima, Ayame Gôriki, Yûka, Mizuki Yamamoto

Votes: 1,879

15. Salome's Last Dance (1988)

R | 89 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

On Guy Fawkes Day 1892m Oscar Wilde goes to a performance of his controversial, banned play 'Salome'. The 'theatre' is a brothel and the performers are prostitutes.

Director: Ken Russell | Stars: Glenda Jackson, Stratford Johns, Nickolas Grace, Douglas Hodge

Votes: 1,903 | Gross: $0.33M

16. Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments (2014 Video Game)

M | Adventure, Crime, Mystery

Taking place in London and its suburbs in 1894 and 1895, Sherlock Holmes is out to solve six high profile cases in this game of investigation in the tradition of Conan Doyle.

Stars: Charles Swift, Chris Anderson, Colin Mace, Danny Webb

Votes: 571

17. Assassin's Creed: Syndicate - Jack the Ripper (2015 Video Game)

M | Action, Adventure, Crime

20 years after the events of Assassin's Creed Syndicate, 'Jack the Ripper' has embarked on a brutal reign of terror that shocks London to its core and threatens the very existence of the Brotherhood of Assassins.

Directors: François Daubet, Scott Phillips | Stars: Victoria Atkin, Alec Newman, Paul Amos, Sam Crane

Votes: 476

18. Angel (1999–2004)
Episode: Darla (2000)

Unrated | 44 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy

Lindsey finds himself drawn to Darla as her mental state deteriorates.

Director: Tim Minear | Stars: David Boreanaz, Charisma Carpenter, Alexis Denisof, J. August Richards

Votes: 2,209

19. Angel (1999–2004)
Episode: Dear Boy (2000)

Unrated | 44 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy

Darla tries to drive Angel over the edge in hopes of getting him to embrace his dark side.

Director: David Greenwalt | Stars: David Boreanaz, Charisma Carpenter, Alexis Denisof, J. August Richards

Votes: 2,105

20. Angel (1999–2004)
Episode: Destiny (2003)

Unrated | 42 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy

Spike receives a mysterious box in the mail, which emits a flash that somehow re-corporealizes him. He's thrilled to be solid again, but it also causes reality to start deteriorating at ... See full summary »

Director: Skip Schoolnik | Stars: David Boreanaz, James Marsters, J. August Richards, Amy Acker

Votes: 1,936

21. 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: 4,348

22. Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–2003)
Episode: Fool for Love (2000)

TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy

After being bested in a fight by an ordinary vampire, Buffy asks Spike to explain how he killed two Slayers many years earlier.

Director: Nick Marck | Stars: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Nicholas Brendon, Alyson Hannigan, Marc Blucas

Votes: 3,990

23. Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–2003)
Episode: Lies My Parents Told Me (2003)

TV-PG | 42 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy

Robin Wood seeks revenge on Spike for killing his mother nearly 30 years ago, whilst everyone else tries to find out how The First has control over him.

Director: David Fury | Stars: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Nicholas Brendon, Emma Caulfield Ford, Michelle Trachtenberg

Votes: 3,150

24. Who Do You Think You Are? (2008– )
Episode: Julie Bishop (2020)

Documentary, Biography, History

Former Minister for Foreign Affairs, Julie Bishop, learns about her heroic ancestor who joined the Royal Navy as a teen, and how extreme poverty of industrial England forced her other ancestors to find new life in Australia.

Stars: Julie Bishop, Richard Mellick