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1. There Will Be Blood (2007)
R | 158 min | Drama
A story of family, religion, hatred, oil and madness, focusing on a turn-of-the-century prospector in the early days of the business.
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson | Stars: Daniel Day-Lewis, Paul Dano, Ciarán Hinds, Martin Stringer
Votes: 640,731 | Gross: $40.22M
2. Hotel Transylvania (2012)
PG | 91 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Dracula, who operates a high-end resort away from the human world, goes into overprotective mode when a boy discovers the resort and falls for the count's teenaged daughter.
Director: Genndy Tartakovsky | Stars: Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez
Votes: 280,852 | Gross: $148.31M
3. The Ghost and the Darkness (1996)
R | 110 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
A bridge engineer and an experienced old hunter begin a hunt for two lions after they start attacking local construction workers.
Director: Stephen Hopkins | Stars: Michael Douglas, Val Kilmer, Tom Wilkinson, John Kani
Votes: 65,944 | Gross: $38.62M
4. An Officer and a Spy (2019)
132 min | Drama, History, Thriller
In 1894, French Captain Alfred Dreyfus is wrongfully convicted of treason and sentenced to life imprisonment at Devil's island.
Director: Roman Polanski | Stars: Louis Garrel, Christophe Maratier, Pierre Poirot, Stéfan Godin
Votes: 21,077
5. The Great Silence (1968)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama, Western
A mute gunfighter defends a young widow and a group of outlaws against a gang of bounty killers in the winter of 1898, and a grim, tense struggle unfolds.
Director: Sergio Corbucci | Stars: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Klaus Kinski, Frank Wolff, Vonetta McGee
Votes: 18,095 | Gross: $0.05M
6. The Mummy (1959)
Unrated | 88 min | Adventure, Horror
In 1895, British archaeologists find and open the tomb of Egyptian Princess Ananka with nefarious consequences.
Director: Terence Fisher | Stars: Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Yvonne Furneaux, Eddie Byrne
Votes: 10,989
7. Albert Nobbs (2011)
R | 113 min | Drama, Romance
Albert Nobbs struggles to survive in late 19th-century Ireland, where women aren't encouraged to be independent. Posing as a man so she can work as a butler in Dublin's most elegant hotel, Albert meets a handsome painter and looks to escape the lie she has been living.
Director: Rodrigo García | Stars: Glenn Close, Mia Wasikowska, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Antonia Campbell-Hughes
Votes: 25,578 | Gross: $3.01M
8. Rough Riders (1997)
16+ | 240 min | Action, Drama, History
Undersecretary of the Navy Theodore Roosevelt resigns to form a volunteer militia unit called "The Rough Riders" to fight in the Spanish-American War.
Stars: Tom Berenger, Sam Elliott, Gary Busey, Brad Johnson
Votes: 2,281
9. The Tree of Wooden Clogs (1978)
Not Rated | 186 min | Drama, History
Peasant life in a feudal farm in rural Italy at the end of the 19th century.
Director: Ermanno Olmi | Stars: Luigi Ornaghi, Francesca Moriggi, Omar Brignoli, Antonio Ferrari
Votes: 6,889
10. The Four Feathers (1939)
Passed | 129 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
A timid 1880s British Army officer resigns, burning his last-day summons to war in Egypt. Accusing him of cowardice, his girlfriend and three friends give him white feathers. To gain redemption, he shadows his friends to save their lives.
Director: Zoltan Korda | Stars: John Clements, Ralph Richardson, C. Aubrey Smith, June Duprez
Votes: 6,584
11. Miss Marx (2020)
107 min | Biography, Drama, History
Bright and passionate, Eleanor links feminism and socialism. Partaking in workers' battles, she fights for women's rights and against child labor. Meeting Edward Aveling in 1883, her life is overtaken by a tragic love affair
Director: Susanna Nicchiarelli | Stars: Romola Garai, Patrick Kennedy, John Gordon Sinclair, Felicity Montagu
Votes: 1,108
12. 1898: Our Last Men in the Philippines (2016)
R | 105 min | Drama, History, War
In 1898, Spain sends a military squad to the town of Baler, the Philippines, to protect one of the last colonies of the Spanish Empire, to prevent rebellious natives from recovering their ... See full summary »
Director: Salvador Calvo | Stars: Luis Tosar, Javier Gutiérrez, Álvaro Cervantes, Karra Elejalde
Votes: 3,593
13. The Badlanders (1958)
Approved | 85 min | Western
Released from the Yuma Prison in 1898, ex-killer John McBain wants to go straight while ex-robber Peter Van Hoek seeks revenge but their destinies eventually converge in the mining town of Prescott.
Director: Delmer Daves | Stars: Alan Ladd, Ernest Borgnine, Katy Jurado, Claire Kelly
Votes: 1,687
14. Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues (1984 TV Movie)
100 min | Biography, Drama
Annie Sullivan Macy accompanies her student Helen Keller to Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1898 and supports her as she attends Radcliffe College.
Director: Alan Gibson | Stars: Blythe Danner, Mare Winningham, Perry King, Vera Miles
Votes: 160
15. El Presidente (2012)
162 min | Action, Biography, Drama
The life story of the first Philippine President. The story of the man who led the Filipino people to victory against its Spanish conquerors.
Director: Mark Meily | Stars: Jorge Estregan, Nora Aunor, Christopher De Leon, Cristine Reyes
Votes: 139
16. Heneral Luna (2015)
R | 118 min | Action, Biography, History
Set during the Philippine-American war, a short-tempered Philippine Revolutionary Army general faces an enemy more formidable than the American army: his own treacherous countrymen.
Director: Jerrold Tarog | Stars: John Arcilla, Arron Villaflor, Mon Confiado, Bing Pimentel
Votes: 2,519 | Gross: $0.20M
17. Baler (2008)
PG | 116 min | Drama, Romance, War
Baler is a love story between Feliza, the daughter of a rebel commander and Celso, a half-Spanish soldier, set during the twilight years of the Spanish regime in the Philippines. The young ... See full summary »
Director: Mark Meily | Stars: Phillip Salvador, Jericho Rosales, Anne Curtis, Andrew Schimmer
Votes: 103
18. The Adventures of Ociee Nash (2002)
G | 87 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
In 1898, spirited nine-year-old Ociee Nash lives with her father and brother in rural Mississippi until her father sends her to live with her refined aunt in Asheville, North Carolina.
Director: Kristen McGary | Stars: Skyler Day, Woofer, Anthony P. Rodriguez, Bill Butler
Votes: 419
19. The Judge and the Assassin (1976)
128 min | Crime, Drama, History
An unstable former French Sergeant commits many atrocities. A judge considers how this case could benefit or damage his career.
Director: Bertrand Tavernier | Stars: Philippe Noiret, Michel Galabru, Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Claude Brialy
Votes: 2,325
20. Dawson City: Frozen Time (2016)
120 min | Documentary, History
The history of Dawson City, the gold rush town that had a historical treasure of forgotten silent films buried in permafrost for decades until 1978.
Director: Bill Morrison | Stars: Michael Gates, Kathy Jones-Gates, Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Frank Barrett
Votes: 2,148 | Gross: $0.13M
21. Gold (I) (2013)
Not Rated | 101 min | Adventure, Drama, Western
In the summer of 1898, a small group of German compatriots head into the hostile northern interior of British Columbia in search for gold at the height of the Klondike Gold Rush.
Director: Thomas Arslan | Stars: Nina Hoss, Marko Mandic, Peter Kurth, Uwe Bohm
Votes: 1,344
22. The Turn of the Screw (1974 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 120 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
An English governess is hired to take care of two adorable orphans, who turn out to be not exactly what they seem to be.
Director: Dan Curtis | Stars: Lynn Redgrave, Megs Jenkins, John Barron, Anthony Langdon
Votes: 349
23. Smilin' Through (1941)
Passed | 100 min | Musical, Romance
John Carteret has long been depressed and lonely, because at his wedding years ago, his bride Moonyean was murdered. He accepts into his house Kathleen, Moonyean's 5-year-old orphaned niece... See full summary »
Director: Frank Borzage | Stars: Jeanette MacDonald, Brian Aherne, Gene Raymond, Ian Hunter
Votes: 457 | Gross: $1.89M
24. Santiago (1956)
Not Rated | 93 min | Adventure, Romance
A gun runner, dishonorably discharged from the military, is swept deeper into a revolution in Cuba when he crosses paths with an enemy from the past and a beautiful revolutionary and her son.
Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Alan Ladd, Rossana Podestà, Lloyd Nolan, Chill Wills
Votes: 320
25. Epicentro (2020)
Not Rated | 108 min | Documentary
An immersive portrait of Cuba, its people, and the role of cinema in political myth-making from Academy Award® nominee Hubert Sauper "Darwin's Nightmare".
Director: Hubert Sauper | Stars: Oona Chaplin, Fena LeChuck, Juan Padrón, Hubert Sauper
Votes: 293
26. Face of Fire (1959)
79 min | Drama
A local handyman saves a child in a fire, but the burns he receives disfigure his face so much that the townspeople avoid him.
Director: Albert Band | Stars: Cameron Mitchell, James Whitmore, Bettye Ackerman, Miko Oscard
Votes: 339
27. The Sainted Sisters (1948)
89 min | Comedy
After stealing 10 thousand dollars from a New York businessman, two female cons hide in a small Maine town where, against their will, they perform good deeds and become respectable.
Director: William D. Russell | Stars: Veronica Lake, Joan Caulfield, Barry Fitzgerald, George Reeves
Votes: 140
28. L'affaire Dreyfus (1899)
13 min | Short, Biography, Drama
Dramatized re-enactments of the events of the Dreyfus-affair from 1894 to 1899.
Director: Georges Méliès | Star: Georges Méliès
Votes: 705
29. Jezebeth (2011)
Not Rated | 80 min | Horror
In the attic of an ancestral home, a devil worshiping sadist, Jezebeth Blandy, at war with God, unwittingly discovers a nineteenth century diary that details the summoning of a demon.
Director: Damien Dante | Stars: Bree Michaels, Katie Auerbach, Colleena Corrigan, Galina Emmerich
Votes: 123
30. Los últimos de Filipinas (1945)
99 min | Drama, History, Romance
During the time of the Spanish-American War, the commandant of a Spanish detachment in Baler, in the Philippines, realizes that the native people of his district are planning an ... See full summary »
Director: Antonio Román | Stars: Armando Calvo, José Nieto, Guillermo Marín, Fernando Rey
Votes: 200
31. Mardi Gras Carnival (1898)
1 min | Documentary, Short
"This magnificent pageant is every year the mecca of tourists from all over the world. Our picture shows the following floats in the parade of 1899: No. 1, Corn; No. 2, Cherries; No. 3, Coffee; No. 4, Tea."
Votes: 120
32. The Launch of H.M.S. Albion (1898)
1 min | Documentary, Short, News
Director: Robert W. Paul
Votes: 220
33. The Rough Riders (1927)
137 min | Action, Drama, War
The story of the military unit organized by future U.S. President Teddy Roosevelt and its adventures in Cuba during the Spanish-American War of 1898.
Director: Victor Fleming | Stars: Noah Beery, Charles Farrell, George Bancroft, Charles Emmett Mack
Votes: 49 | Gross: $0.38M
34. An Execution by Hanging (1898)
Documentary, Short
"This is probably the only moving picture that was ever made of a genuine hanging scene. It was taken in the court yard of the Jacksonville jail, and shows the execution of a man. The man ... See full summary »
Star: Edward Heinson
Votes: 34
35. The Mark of Cain (1947)
88 min | Crime, Drama
An attractive young French girl instigates rivalry between two brothers when she becomes the bride of the younger one.
Director: Brian Desmond Hurst | Stars: Eric Portman, Sally Gray, Patrick Holt, Dermot Walsh
Votes: 127
36. Kingdom of Saturn: Cassini's Epic Quest (2017)
52 min | Documentary
Before the joint NASA/ESA Cassini-Huygens mission, humanity only knew what had been learned, decades earlier, with the previous limited, rapid "fly-by" Pioneer and Voyager missions. ... See full summary »
Director: Dave Brody | Star: Perry Norton
Votes: 78
37. Sweet Adeline (1934)
Approved | 87 min | Musical, Romance
In 1898, composer Sid Barnett manages to get his sweetheart, Adeline the beer-garden singer, to sing the lead in his new Broadway operetta; this infuriates Elysia, the erstwhile star. But ... See full summary »
Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Irene Dunne, Donald Woods, Hugh Herbert, Ned Sparks
Votes: 317
38. Shanghai Police (1898)
Documentary, Short
Passing out of the gates at the government offices, the Shanghai police pass in full view on their way to their respective stations.
Director: James H. White
Votes: 20
39. The Ball Game (1898)
1 min | Documentary, Short, Sport
"The Reading's [Pennsylvania] pitcher has just let a Newark [New Jersey] batsman walk to first. Our camera is stationed about twenty feet from the bag, and the satisfied grin of the runner ... See full summary »
Director: William Heise | Stars: Scoops Carey, Zane Grey, Scott Stratton
Votes: 212
40. Tossing a Nigger in a Blanket (1898)
1 min | Documentary, Short
"Company F, 1st Ohio Volunteers, initiating a new man. Nineteen times he bounces in the blanket, and each toss is funnier than the last one."
Director: William 'Daddy' Paley
Votes: 2,063
41. Haunted Ranch (1943)
Approved | 57 min | Drama, Music, Western
Both the Range Busters and Rance and his outlaw gang are looking for stolen gold bullion. To scare people away from the ranch where the gold is hidden, Rance has his man imitating ghosts. ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Emmett Tansey | Stars: John 'Dusty' King, David Sharpe, Max Terhune, Elmer
Votes: 119
42. Helmikuun manifesti (1939)
99 min | Drama
Directors: Yrjö Norta, T.J. Särkkä | Stars: Regina Linnanheimo, Tauno Palo, Laila Rihte, Eino Kaipainen
Votes: 122
44. Divers at Work on the Wreck of the 'Maine' (1898)
Not Rated | 1 min | Short, Drama, News
The battleship Maine is blown up in Havana harbor during the Spanish-American War.
Director: Georges Méliès
Votes: 676
45. Close View of the 'Brooklyn, ' Naval Parade (1898)
Short, News
"On Saturday morning, August 20, 1898, six grim battleships of Admiral Sampson's Squadron sailed into New York Harbor and up the Hudson to receive a welcome from the people and to fire a ... See full summary »
Director: James H. White
Votes: 98
46. Burro Pack Train on the Chilcoot Pass (1898)
1 min | Documentary, Short
During the Alaska gold rush, one way to reach the Klondike was over the Chilkoot Pass. A stationary camera is placed to see a ways down the curving trail. A pack train comes into view and ... See full summary »
Director: Thomas Crahan
Votes: 517
47. Lutteurs japonais (1898)
1 min | Documentary, Short, Action
Two men in traditional costume engage in a sword fight.
Director: Constant Girel
Votes: 73
48. A Tug in a Heavy Sea (1898)
Documentary, Short
"Many spectators who have viewed this picture on the Biograph have insisted that they have experienced the pangs of seasickness. The picture was taken from the deck of one tug which was ... See full summary »
49. Soldiers at Play (1898)
Documentary, Short
"Showing them in a game called 'cock fight,' in which they hop around on one foot with their arms folded. The whole affair is very laughable and sure to provoke a great outburst of mirth."
Director: William Nicholas Selig
50. Panorama from Top of a Moving Train (1898)
Not Rated | 1 min | Documentary, Short
With the cameraman atop a moving train car the viewer is given a one minute glimpse of a French urban area.
Director: Georges Méliès
Votes: 620