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1. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)
Approved | 102 min | Musical, Romance, Western
When a backwoodsman in 1850s Oregon brings a wife home to his farm, his six brothers decide that they want to get married too.
Director: Stanley Donen | Stars: Jane Powell, Howard Keel, Jeff Richards, Russ Tamblyn
Votes: 27,119 | Gross: $9.40M
2. In the Heart of the Sea (2015)
PG-13 | 122 min | Action, Adventure, Biography
A recounting of a New England whaling ship's sinking by a giant whale in 1820, an experience that later inspired the great novel Moby-Dick.
Director: Ron Howard | Stars: Chris Hemsworth, Cillian Murphy, Brendan Gleeson, Ben Whishaw
Votes: 148,821 | Gross: $25.02M
3. The Legend of Zorro (2005)
PG | 129 min | Action, Adventure, Romance
Despite trying to keep his swashbuckling to a minimum, a threat to California's pending statehood causes the adventure-loving Don Alejandro de la Vega and his wife, Elena, to take action.
Director: Martin Campbell | Stars: Antonio Banderas, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Rufus Sewell, Alberto Reyes
Votes: 107,668 | Gross: $46.46M
4. Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)
PG | 107 min | Drama, Horror
Count Dracula moves from Transylvania to Wismar, spreading the Black Plague across the land. Only a woman pure of heart can bring an end to his reign of horror.
Director: Werner Herzog | Stars: Klaus Kinski, Isabelle Adjani, Bruno Ganz, Roland Topor
Votes: 40,566
5. The Abandons
Drama, Western | Filming
When a corrupt force of wealth and power covets the lands of a group of diverse and atypical families and tries to drive them out, they must pursue their Manifest Destiny.
Stars: Lena Headey, Gillian Anderson, Nick Robinson, Lucas Till
6. Chapelwaite (2021–2023)
TV-MA | 516 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
In the 1850s, Captain Charles Boone relocates his family to his ancestral home in the small, sleepy town of Preacher's Corners. Charles will soon have to confront the secrets of his family's history and fight to end the darkness.
Stars: Adrien Brody, Emily Hampshire, Jennifer Ens, Sirena Gulamgaus
Votes: 12,090
7. Orlando (1992)
PG-13 | 94 min | Biography, Drama, Fantasy
After Queen Elizabeth I commands him not to grow old, a young nobleman struggles with love and his place in the world.
Director: Sally Potter | Stars: Tilda Swinton, Billy Zane, Quentin Crisp, Jimmy Somerville
Votes: 18,732 | Gross: $5.29M
8. The Invisible Woman (2013)
R | 111 min | Biography, Drama, History
At the height of his career, Charles Dickens meets a younger woman who becomes his secret lover until his death.
Director: Ralph Fiennes | Stars: Ralph Fiennes, Felicity Jones, Kristin Scott Thomas, Tom Hollander
Votes: 10,482 | Gross: $1.23M
9. The Frisco Kid (1979)
PG | 119 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A Polish rabbi wanders through the Old West on his way to lead a synagogue in San Francisco. On the way, he is nearly burned at the stake by Native Americans and almost killed by outlaws.
Director: Robert Aldrich | Stars: Gene Wilder, Harrison Ford, Ramon Bieri, Val Bisoglio
Votes: 11,502 | Gross: $9.35M
10. Princess Cyd (2017)
Not Rated | 96 min | Drama, Romance
A 16-year-old girl visits her aunt in Chicago for the summer. While there, she falls for another girl, and she and her aunt challenge each other's sex and spirit.
Director: Stephen Cone | Stars: Marika Mashburn, Jessie Pinnick, Paul Brian Fagen, Keith Kupferer
Votes: 4,404
11. The Water Babies (1978)
94 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
This children's fantasy tells the story of a 12-year-old boy who discovers a complex underwater world where young children are held prisoner by an evil shark and an eel.
Directors: Lionel Jeffries, Miroslaw Kijowicz | Stars: James Mason, Bernard Cribbins, Billie Whitelaw, Joan Greenwood
Votes: 1,483
12. Blackadder's Christmas Carol (1988 TV Movie)
43 min | Comedy, History
After a genial spirit shows the benevolent Ebenezer Blackadder visions of his unscrupulous ancestors, he resolves to mend his generous ways.
Director: Richard Boden | Stars: Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Miranda Richardson, Stephen Fry
Votes: 13,964
13. Case départ (2011)
94 min | Comedy
Two black brothers send back to slavery time
Directors: Lionel Steketee, Fabrice Eboué, Thomas Ngijol | Stars: Fabrice Eboué, Thomas Ngijol, Stéfi Celma, Eriq Ebouaney
Votes: 3,180
14. Flashback (II) (2021)
94 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
A woman lawyer travels back in time and crosses paths with other women in history who fought for women's rights.
Director: Caroline Vigneaux | Stars: Emy Ltr, Sylvie Testud, Gad Elmaleh, Lannick Gautry
Votes: 908
15. Angel of the Night (1998)
R | 98 min | Comedy, Horror
Rebecca inherits her grandmother's gothic mansion and celebrates by bringing her best friend and her boyfriend for a weekend. While exploring the crypts, they find an old dusty book, which gives a detailed description of a vampire's life.
Director: Shaky González | Stars: Maria Stokholm, Mette Louise Holland, Tomas Villum Jensen, Svend Johansen
Votes: 893
16. The Moonstone (1996 TV Movie)
112 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When the fabulous Moonstone diamond is stolen, all the suspects appear to have alibis. Even the young girl who owns the diamond won't say whom she saw took it. A dear family friend calls in... See full summary »
Director: Robert Bierman | Stars: Greg Wise, Keeley Hawes, Terrence Hardiman, Mellan Mitchell
Votes: 544
17. Great Expectations (1974 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama
A humble orphan suddenly becomes a gentleman with the help of an unknown benefactor.
Director: Joseph Hardy | Stars: Michael York, Sarah Miles, James Mason, Margaret Leighton
Votes: 513
18. The Hunger (II) (2020)
90 min | Documentary, History
The Story of the Irish Famine of the 1840s.
Director: Ruán Magan | Stars: Liam Neeson, Cormac Ó'Gráda, Niamh Gallagher, Mary C. Kelly
Votes: 99
19. Belle Le Grand (1951)
Passed | 90 min | Drama, Western
After serving a prison sentence in 1850, a New Orleans woman becomes a rich gambler, opens a casino on the Barbary Coast, gets romantically involved with Nevada mine owners and watches over the interests of her little sister.
Director: Allan Dwan | Stars: Vera Ralston, John Carroll, William Ching, Hope Emerson
Votes: 199
20. Song of the Saddle (1936)
Approved | 58 min | Western
Frank Sr. sells his supplies to Hook, but then Hook has the Bannion Boys bushwhack his wagon to get the money back. Frank is murdered, but Junior gets away. He comes back 10 years later to ... See full summary »
Director: Louis King | Stars: Dick Foran, Alma Lloyd, Charles Middleton, Addison Richards
Votes: 170
21. The Luck of Roaring Camp (1982)
27 min | Short, Drama
A baby is born in a mining camp and soon orphaned. The miners band together to raise the baby and he brings them luck in finding gold.
Director: Kevin Hynes | Stars: Randy Quaid, Bert Remsen, William Sanderson, Vincent Schiavelli
22. Trilby (1947 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama
Stars: Sally Rogers, Abraham Sofaer, Bryan Coleman, Jack Lambert
23. Music and Macaroni (1955)
30 min | Drama, Family
Stars: Gwyn James, Eileen Way, Harold Kasket, Renate Brent
24. So Good to Share (1971)
24 min | Documentary, Short, History
Director: John Kingsford-Smith | Star: Scott Newman
25. The Friendly Fifties and the Sinister Sixties: 1850-1863 (1968)
59 min | Documentary
Canada expands west and founds new provinces like Manitoba and Alberta. Meanwhile, Civil War looms across the United States.
Directors: Ronald Dick, Pierre L'Amare | Star: J. Frank Willis
26. Quelle époque! 2 (1961 TV Movie)
Comedy, Fantasy, Musical
Director: Michel Ayats | Stars: Pierre-Louis, Micheline Dax, Anne Béranger, Franck Estange
27.
Death Valley Days (1952–1970)
Episode:
Birthright
(1965)
TV-PG | 25 min | Western
The town of Rough And Ready, California declares succession from the United States -- with unintended and undesirable consequences.
Director: Lee Sholem | Stars: Jason Evers, R.G. Armstrong, Susan Flannery, Arthur Peterson
Votes: 28
28.
Timecop (1997–1998)
Episode:
A Rip in Time
(1997)
TV-PG | 45 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Jack Logan travels to 1888 London in pursuit of a homicidal genius who has taken the place of Jack the Ripper.
Director: Allan Arkush | Stars: Ted King, Cristi Conaway, Don Stark, Kurt Fuller
Votes: 50
29.
Connections 2 (1994– )
Episode:
Something for Nothing
(1994)
Documentary
Director: Mike Slee | Star: James Burke
Votes: 14
30.
Murder, Mystery and My Family (2018– )
Episode:
Episode #2.8
(2019)
44 min | Documentary, Crime, History
Barristers Jeremy Dein and Sasha Wass investigate whether a young mother accused of poisoning her family in 1850 was hanged as a result of hearsay and gossip.
Director: Simon Cooper | Stars: Tony Hirst, Jeremy Dein, Sasha Wass, David Radford
31.
Peach's Australia (1975– )
Episode:
Follies
(1976)
30 min | Documentary, History
Director: Bill Steller | Star: Bill Peach
32.
Servants (2003)
Episode:
Episode #1.3
(2003)
Drama
William trips on a loose rug and drops young Harry,who eventually dies. Accusations fly amongst the servants as to who is to blame but the Earl concedes that it was an accident. However a ... See full summary »
Director: Tim Whitby | Stars: Daon Broni, Joe Absolom, Kenny Doughty, Shaun Parkes
33.
TopTenz (2010– )
Episode:
10 Lies You're Told About American Slavery
(2017)
11 min | Documentary
Since slavery is black blot on the reputation of the United States and a brutal practice it stands to reason that there would be a substantial revisionist history effort on the subject as ... See full summary »
Star: Simon Whistler
34.
Joe Scott (2006– )
Episode:
So Apparently Skyquakes Are a Thing: Answers with Joe
(2020)
14 min | Documentary, Short
For hundreds of years in various places around the world, usually around coastlines, people have been reporting a booming sound that can be brief or persist for more than a day. The source ... See full summary »
Star: Joe Scott
35.
Ryan Reeves (2014–2018)
Episode:
The History of Christmas Presents
(2016)
7 min | Documentary, History
Our current practices for celebrating Christmas began in the middle of the nineteenth century. It changed from a social community event to a private family event with Christmas trees, gift ... See full summary »
Star: Ryan Reeves
36.
Thomas SowellTV (2021– )
Episode:
Facts about Karl Marx Never Taught in Schools
(2021)
13 min | Documentary, History
Here is the struggle of Marx and Engles to survive in their early years. While Engles chaffed at working in his father's business which brought him a measure of wealth, Marx squandered his ... See full summary »
Star: Thomas Sowell
37.
Geography by Geoff (2022– )
Episode:
Why so few Americans Live in ihis Huge Area in the Middle of the Country
(2023)
8 min | Documentary
In the rain shadow east of the Rocky Mountains a large portion of the high plains is sparsely populated. The reasons involve history, climate and today, economics.
Star: Geoff Gibson
38.
Wendover Productions (2015– )
Episode:
Why California Has So Many Problems
(2023)
23 min | Documentary
By many measures California is like and island and sometimes acts like and independent country. That makes for some major benefits but also some intractable problems.
Star: Sam Denby
39.
The Matt Walsh Show (2018– )
The Reparations Grift Is Finally Collapsing
(2024 Podcast Episode)
News, Talk-Show
Director: Mark Jones | Star: Matt Walsh
Votes: 10
40.
Kathy Loves Physics & History (2017– )
Episode:
Entropy: Origin of the Second Law of Thermodynamics
(2019)
15 min | Documentary, History
Kathy explain the Rudolf Clausius' contributions to establishing the foundations of thermodynamics despite the unwarranted criticism of his peers.
Star: Kathy Joseph Balistreri
41.
American old west facts (2023– )
Episode:
What Life Was Really Like as an Old West Saloon Girl?
(2023)
9 min | Documentary, History
With relatively few jobs for women in the American West the role of saloon girl was particularly attractive. A woman could define her own job ranging form serving drinks to prostitution. ... See full summary »
42.
The Son (2017–2019)
Episode:
Marriage Bond
(2017)
TV-14 | 43 min | Drama, History, Western
Young Eli must navigate tribal politics; a crisis forces Pete and Sally into a decision that will change the family.
Director: Jeremy Webb | Stars: Pierce Brosnan, Jacob Lofland, Henry Garrett, Paola Núñez
Votes: 269
43.
The Son (2017–2019)
Episode:
The Prophecy
(2017)
TV-14 | 42 min | Drama, History, Western
Young Eli is forced to trust a strange ally to survive in 1849. In 1915, Eli's past guides him to a choice that puts him at odds with Phineas.
Director: Tom Vaughan | Stars: Pierce Brosnan, Jacob Lofland, Henry Garrett, Paola Núñez
Votes: 246
44.
The Son (2017–2019)
Episode:
Scalps
(2017)
TV-14 | 42 min | Drama, History, Western
The tribe faces an unexpected return in 1849. In 1915, Eli's plan for the future forces Pete into a life-or-death decision about his loyalties.
Director: Tom Vaughan | Stars: Pierce Brosnan, Jacob Lofland, Henry Garrett, Paola Núñez
Votes: 302
45.
The Terror (2018–2025)
Episode:
We Are Gone
(2018)
TV-14 | 54 min | Adventure, Drama, Horror
The expedition's epic journey reaches its climax as men find themselves in a final confrontation with the Inuit mythology they've trespassed into.
Director: Tim Mielants | Stars: Jared Harris, Tobias Menzies, Paul Ready, Adam Nagaitis
Votes: 2,718
46.
The Ben Shapiro Show (2015– )
Real Terror, Fake News
(2017 Podcast Episode)
49 min | News, Talk-Show
Terrorists attack in Barcelona, but the Left continues to talk about the statues in Charlottesville. Ben's old boss, Steve Bannon, is ousted from the Trump administration.
Stars: Ben Shapiro, Charlie Rose, Al Sharpton, Mark Steyn
47.
United Shades of America (2016–2022)
Episode:
The Canadian Way
(2018)
TV-PG | 42 min | Documentary, History, Reality-TV
Kamau visits Canada to see if it's all it's cracked up to be.
Stars: W. Kamau Bell, Russell Peters, Mark Nykanen, Chad McMullan
Votes: 21
48.
American Entrepreneurial Genius (2016)
Episode:
1826 - 1850
(2016)
History
Program 3 brings to light the Middle Period - a time of explosive growth in American business and entrepreneurship.