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51. Vidocq (2001)
R | 98 min | Action, Crime, Fantasy
Paris, 1830: Vidocq is killed by a mirror masked man. A thief turned investigator, he was working on a case of men killed by lightning. His biographer tries to solve the case.
Director: Pitof | Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Guillaume Canet, Inés Sastre, André Dussollier
Votes: 23,135
52. The Count of Monte Cristo (1934)
Passed | 113 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
After greedy men have Edmond Dantes unjustly imprisoned for 20 years for innocently delivering a letter entrusted to him, he escapes to get his revenge on them.
Director: Rowland V. Lee | Stars: Robert Donat, Elissa Landi, Louis Calhern, Sidney Blackmer
Votes: 3,247
53. Les Misérables (1935)
Approved | 108 min | Drama, History, Romance
In early-19th-century France, an ex-convict who failed to report to parole is relentlessly pursued over a 20-year period by an obsessive policeman.
Director: Richard Boleslawski | Stars: Fredric March, Charles Laughton, Cedric Hardwicke, Rochelle Hudson
Votes: 3,934
54. RBG (2018)
PG | 98 min | Documentary, Biography
The exceptional life and career of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who has developed a breathtaking legal legacy while becoming an unexpected pop culture icon.
Directors: Julie Cohen, Betsy West | Stars: Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Ann Kittner, Harryette Helsel, Nina Totenberg
Votes: 15,078 | Gross: $14.02M
55. Hunderby (2012–2015)
30 min | Comedy
Set in the 1830s, this black comedy centers on a woman who is washed ashore after her ship is wrecked off the English coast.
Stars: Julia Davis, Alexandra Roach, Alex Macqueen, Rufus Jones
Votes: 1,242
56. Two for Texas (1998 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 96 min | Crime, Drama, Western
Two escapees from a brutal Louisiana penal colony join Sam Houston's forces in the effort to gain vengeance for the massacre at the Alamo.
Director: Rod Hardy | Stars: Kris Kristofferson, Scott Bairstow, Irene Bedard, Tom Skerritt
Votes: 323
57. Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)
Passed | 100 min | Biography, Drama, History
A fictionalized account of the early life of the American president as a young lawyer facing his greatest court case.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Henry Fonda, Alice Brady, Marjorie Weaver, Arleen Whelan
Votes: 9,182
58. Under Capricorn (1949)
Approved | 117 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A young gentleman goes to Australia where he reunites with his now married childhood sweetheart, only to find out she has become an alcoholic and harbors dark secrets.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotten, Michael Wilding, Margaret Leighton
Votes: 8,125
59. The Body Snatcher (1945)
Approved | 78 min | Horror, Thriller
A ruthless doctor and his young prize student find themselves continually harassed by their murderous supplier of illegal cadavers.
Director: Robert Wise | Stars: Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Henry Daniell, Edith Atwater
Votes: 10,206
60. Riverboat (1959–1961)
60 min | Adventure, Western
Grey Holden wins a river boat in a poker game, which he then pilots, along with his crew, in various adventures along the Mississippi River. This action series is set in the nineteenth century.
Stars: Darren McGavin, Dick Wessel, Jack Lambert, Burt Reynolds
Votes: 228
61. Martin Chuzzlewit (1994)
385 min | Drama
Old Martin Chuzzlewit is nearing his death. Who will inherit his riches? With such a prize to play for, the Chuzzlewit family bring forth all of their cunning, greed and selfishness. Adapted from the novel by Charles Dickens.
Stars: Emma Chambers, Julia Sawalha, Keith Allen, Philip Franks
Votes: 981
62. Les misérables (2000)
400 min | Drama, History
Ex-convict Jean Valjean's pursuit of redemption and peace clashes with Javert's rigid enforcement of law. Their conflict impacts lives, including Fantine's daughter Cosette, against the backdrop of 19th-century France.
Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Christian Clavier, John Malkovich, Virginie Ledoyen
Votes: 4,574
63. Oliver Twist (I) (1982 TV Movie)
103 min | Crime, Drama
The classic Charles Dickens tale of an orphan boy who escapes the horrors of the orphanage only to be taken in by a band of thieves and pickpockets.
Director: Clive Donner | Stars: George C. Scott, Tim Curry, Michael Hordern, Timothy West
Votes: 566
64. The Horseman on the Roof (1995)
R | 118 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
In a time of war and disease, a young officer gallantly tries to help a young woman find her husband.
Director: Jean-Paul Rappeneau | Stars: Olivier Martinez, Juliette Binoche, Pierre Arditi, François Cluzet
Votes: 6,401 | Gross: $1.88M
65. Wide Sargasso Sea (2006 TV Movie)
TV-MA | 84 min | Drama, Romance
The first Mrs. Rochester recalls how she met her future husband and eventually came to be imprisoned in the attic at Thornfield Hall.
Director: Brendan Maher | Stars: Rafe Spall, Rebecca Hall, Nina Sosanya, Victoria Hamilton
Votes: 741
66. Oliver Twist (1999)
386 min | Crime, Drama
An orphan named Oliver Twist (Sam Smith) meets a pickpocket on the streets of London. From there, he joins a household of boys who are trained to steal for their master.
Stars: Sam Smith, David Ross, Julie Walters, Annette Crosbie
Votes: 841
67. Masterpiece Theatre: Bleak House (1985)
391 min | Drama, Crime
The great case of Jarndyce and Jarndyce drags on, an obsession to all involved. Then a question of inheritance becomes a question of murder.
Stars: Denholm Elliott, Suzanne Burden, Jonathan Moore, Diana Rigg
Votes: 416
68. The Last Command (1955)
Passed | 110 min | History, War, Western
Moderate Jim Bowie leads rebellious Texicans--and Davy Crockett--in a last-ditch stand against his old friend, Santa Ana.
Director: Frank Lloyd | Stars: Sterling Hayden, Anna Maria Alberghetti, Richard Carlson, Arthur Hunnicutt
Votes: 944
69. The Adventures of Jim Bowie (1956–1958)
30 min | Adventure, Western
The adventures of frontier hero Jim Bowie are brought to life in this popular children's television series.
Stars: Scott Forbes, William Schallert, John Laing, Joyce Vanderveen
Votes: 279
70. Our Hospitality (1923)
Passed | 65 min | Comedy, Romance, Thriller
A man returns to his Appalachian homestead. On the trip, he falls for a young woman. The only problem is her family has vowed to kill every member of his family.
Directors: John G. Blystone, Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Natalie Talmadge, Joe Keaton, Joe Roberts
Votes: 12,503 | Gross: $1.17M
71. Confession of a Child of the Century (2012)
TV-MA | 120 min | Drama, Romance
Paris, 1830: Octave, betrayed by his mistress, sinks into despair and debauchery. His father's death leads him to the country where he meets Brigitte, a widow who is ten years his elder. ... See full summary »
Director: Sylvie Verheyde | Stars: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Pete Doherty, August Diehl, Lily Cole
Votes: 665
72. Lust of the Vampire (1957)
82 min | Horror
Paris. Young girls are found dead, drained from their blood. A journalist investigates these murders while the beautiful Gisele, from a noble family, tries to seduce him.
Directors: Riccardo Freda, Mario Bava | Stars: Gianna Maria Canale, Carlo D'Angelo, Dario Michaelis, Wandisa Guida
Votes: 1,943
73. Scarlet and Black (1993)
238 min | Drama, Romance
The story of an ambitious but impoverished young man who seduces women of social class in order to improve his own prospects in 19th century France.
Stars: Ewan McGregor, Christopher Fulford, Alice Krige, T.P. McKenna
Votes: 516
74. The House of the Seven Gables (1940)
Approved | 89 min | Drama, Thriller
Based on the novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne, this classic film follows a family feud between two brothers and an ancient curse that haunts them.
Director: Joe May | Stars: George Sanders, Margaret Lindsay, Vincent Price, Dick Foran
Votes: 1,521
75. Across the Wide Missouri (1951)
Passed | 78 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
Trapper Flint Mitchell and other mountain men from the Rendezvous join forces to enter virgin trapping territory but must contend with a resentful Blackfoot chief.
Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Clark Gable, Ricardo Montalban, John Hodiak, Adolphe Menjou
Votes: 2,288
76. Joseph Smith: Prophet of the Restoration (2011)
60 min | Biography, Drama, History
Joseph Smith: The Prophet of the Restoration focuses on some of the events during the life of Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, which was both filmed and distributed ... See full summary »
Directors: T.C. Christensen, Gary Cook | Stars: Nathan Mitchell, Tayva Patch, Rick Macy, David Nibley
Votes: 881
77. The Work and the Glory (2004)
PG | 118 min | Romance, Drama
In the 1820s, the Benjamin Steed family moves to Palmyra in upstate New York, and becomes involved with the new Mormon religion and its founder, Joseph Smith.
Director: Russell Holt | Stars: Sam Hennings, Eric Johnson, Alexander Carroll, Brenda Strong
Votes: 1,199 | Gross: $3.35M
78. Eagle's Wing (1979)
PG | 111 min | Western
A white trapper steals a white mustang called "Eagle Wing" from a Kiowa Indian, who pursues him to get his horse back.
Director: Anthony Harvey | Stars: Martin Sheen, Sam Waterston, Harvey Keitel, Stéphane Audran
Votes: 925
79. Kamouraska (1973)
R | 124 min | Drama, History
Quebec, the 1830s and 1840s. As she attends the bedside of Jérôme, her second husband, Élisabeth recalls her youth, her marriage to her first husband, Antoine, life in remote Kamouraska ... See full summary »
Director: Claude Jutra | Stars: Geneviève Bujold, Richard Jordan, Marcel Cuvelier, Philippe Léotard
Votes: 421
80. Kill! (1968)
Not Rated | 115 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
Two ronin - an ex-samurai and an ex-farmer - get caught up in a local official's complex game of murder and betrayal.
Director: Kihachi Okamoto | Stars: Tatsuya Nakadai, Etsushi Takahashi, Yuriko Hoshi, Tadao Nakamaru
Votes: 3,184
81. Abraham Lincoln (1930)
Passed | 96 min | Biography, Drama, War
An episodic biography of the 16th President of the United States.
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Walter Huston, Una Merkel, William L. Thorne, Lucille La Verne
Votes: 1,713
82. The Man from the Alamo (1953)
Approved | 79 min | Western
During the Alamo siege, John Stroud is sent to Ox Bow to protect the townsfolk but, following a massacre, he infiltrates Jess Wade's gang of turncoat renegades supporting the Mexicans.
Director: Budd Boetticher | Stars: Glenn Ford, Julie Adams, Chill Wills, Hugh O'Brian
Votes: 2,154
83. Song of Love (1947)
Approved | 119 min | Drama, Music, Romance
Composer Robert Schumann struggles to compose his symphonies while his loving wife Clara offers her support. Also helping the Schumanns is their lifelong friend, composer Johannes Brahms.
Director: Clarence Brown | Stars: Katharine Hepburn, Paul Henreid, Robert Walker, Henry Daniell
Votes: 1,150
84. Oliver Twist (1985)
360 min | Drama
An orphan named Oliver Twist meets a pickpocket on the streets of London. From there, he joins a household of boys who are trained to steal for their master.
Stars: Ben Rodska, Eric Porter, Michael Attwell, Pip Donaghy
Votes: 363
85. The Count of Monte Cristo (1979)
350 min | Adventure, Drama, History
A TV mini-series adaptation of the classic Alexandre Dumas novel. Edmond Dantes is falsely accused by those jealous of his good fortune, and is sentenced to spend the rest of his life in ... See full summary »
Stars: Jacques Weber, Carla Romanelli, Jean-François Poron, Christiane Krüger
Votes: 169
86. The Pickwick Papers (1985)
360 min | Drama
The story follows Samuel Pickwick and three other members of The Pickwick Club as they travel throughout the English countryside by coach observing the phenomena of life and human nature, ... See full summary »
Stars: Nigel Stock, Clive Swift, Alan Parnaby, Jeremy Nicholas
Votes: 285
87. The Story of Vickie (1954)
108 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
England, the 19th century. Young Victoria is crowned to be the queen of England. She aims to do her best in order to help her country prosper. However, the family and her trustful advisor, ... See full summary »
Director: Ernst Marischka | Stars: Romy Schneider, Adrian Hoven, Magda Schneider, Karl Ludwig Diehl
Votes: 1,108
88. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1982)
540 min | Drama
A young, compassionate man struggles to save his family and friends from the abusive exploitation of his cold-hearted, grasping uncle.
Stars: David Threlfall, Alun Armstrong, Roger Rees, Bob Peck
Votes: 548
89. Catherine Cookson's Tilly Trotter (1999)
216 min | Romance, Drama
Young woman Tilly falls for a local farmer. Despite hardship she perseveres with resilience and self-belief. Her journey takes her from poverty to happiness. True love grows unexpectedly over time. Tilly stays strong-willed through it all.
Stars: Carli Norris, Simon Shepherd, Gavin Abbott, Neil Armstrong
Votes: 526
90. Legacy (1993)
53 min | Drama, History, Western
The story of the Mormon pioneers from the 1830's to the 1890's. The movie follows the experiences of Eliza Williams from New York to Missouri to Illinois to Utah. Eliza endures sickness, ... See full summary »
Director: Kieth Merrill | Stars: Kathleen Beller, Benton Jennings, Steve Abolt, Neill Barry
Votes: 528
91. Chopin: Desire for Love (2002)
R | 134 min | Drama, Romance, Music
A tangled web of unruly passion lies at the center of this drama, chronicling the stormy affair between the great piano virtuoso Frédéric Chopin and the flamboyant feminist writer George Sand.
Director: Jerzy Antczak | Stars: Piotr Adamczyk, Danuta Stenka, Adam Woronowicz, Bozena Stachura
Votes: 810
92. Moby Dick (1930)
Passed | 80 min | Adventure, Drama
In this extremely loose adaptation of Melville's classic novel, Ahab is revealed initially not as a bitter and vengeful madman, but as a bit of a lovable scamp. Ashore in New Bedford, he ... See full summary »
Director: Lloyd Bacon | Stars: John Barrymore, Joan Bennett, Lloyd Hughes, Noble Johnson
Votes: 641
93. Oliver Twist (I) (1922)
Passed | 98 min | Drama
An orphan named Oliver Twist 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: Frank Lloyd | Stars: Jackie Coogan, James A. Marcus, Aggie Herring, Lewis Sargent
Votes: 941 | Gross: $4.36M
94. The First Texan (1956)
Approved | 82 min | Biography, History, Western
Eastern lawyer Sam Houston moves to Texas. At the request of President Jackson, he leads the Texan independence movement and wins the decisive battle against the Mexican army to gain Texas independence.
Director: Byron Haskin | Stars: Joel McCrea, Felicia Farr, Jeff Morrow, Wallace Ford
Votes: 603
95. The Dybbuk (1937)
Unrated | 108 min | Drama, Fantasy, Musical
The mystical love story between Chonen, a poor Talmud student, and Lea, a girl from a wealthy family, depicts the traditional folk culture of Polish Jews before WW2.
Director: Michal Waszynski | Stars: Avrom Morewski, Ajzyk Samberg, Mojzesz Lipman, Lili Liliana
Votes: 717
96. The Opium War (1997)
153 min | Drama, History, War
Qing official Lin Zexu burns the opium of British traders in a bid to end the opium trade. Incensed by his actions, the British traders appeal to their government, leading to the First Opium War and the eventual cessation of Hong Kong.
Director: Jin Xie | Stars: Guoan Bao, Liankun Lin, Sihung Lung, Debra Beaumont
Votes: 600
97. Deaf Smith & Johnny Ears (1973)
PG | 91 min | Drama, Western
In 1836, an agent of the now independent Republic of Texas who can't hear or speak, and his hearing companion, infiltrate a rebel pocket who oppose to the integration of Texas to the United States. Can they save the Republic?
Director: Paolo Cavara | Stars: Anthony Quinn, Franco Nero, Pamela Tiffin, Franco Graziosi
Votes: 751
98. The Work and the Glory II: American Zion (2005)
PG-13 | 100 min | Drama, Western
In November of 1833, the state of Missouri turned a blind eye as hundreds of its peaceful inhabitants were hunted down and driven from their homes in the dead of night. Against this ... See full summary »
Director: Sterling Van Wagenen | Stars: Sam Hennings, Brenda Strong, Eric Johnson, Alexander Carroll
Votes: 778 | Gross: $2.03M
99. Perdida (2023)
115 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Film adaptation of the best-seller "Perdida", by Carina Rissi.
Directors: Katherine Chediak Putnam, Luiza Shelling Tubaldini, Dean W. Law | Stars: Giovanna Grigio, Bruno Montaleone, Bia Arantes, Luciana Paes
Votes: 266
100. Manganinnie (1980)
90 min | Adventure, Drama, History
Aboriginal woman Manganinnie survives a Black Line raid which claims the life of her husband, Meenopeekameena.
Director: John Honey | Stars: Mawuyul Yanthalawuy, Anna Ralph, Phillip Hinton, Elaine Mangan
Votes: 187