MOVIES ABOUT THE NINETEENTH CENTURY

 

1800s

The Merchant of Venice

Laurence Olivier

Reset Shakespeare in the 1800's, Jew problems

Venice

1800's

Billy Budd

Peter Ustinov, Robert Ryan

Story of Law vs. Justice on the high seas

Atlantic

1800

The Bounty (Mutiny on the)

Mel Gibson, Anthony Hopkins, Olivier

The story of the famous voyage

South Pacific

1810

Master and Commander

Russell Crowe

Adventure on the high seas of the British Empire

Atlantic-Pacific

1812

The Last Warrior

Nobody Important

Story of Tecumseh, the Indians last best hope

Ohio

1812

Desiree

Marlon Brando

The amazing general of Revolutionary France

France

1812

Napoleon

Christian Clavier, Isabella Rossilini

The amazing general of Revolutionary France

France

1812

The Final Invasion

Documentary

The War of 1812

Washington DC

1812

Pan Tadeusz

Boguslaw Linda

Napoleon comes to Poland and the Poles join him

Poland

1812

War and Peace

Audrey Hepburn, Henry Fonda

Napoleon's Grand Armee is coming to Russia

Russia

1812

The Buccaneer

Yul Brenner

Battle of New Orleans, and pirates

Louisiana

1814

The Count of Monte Christo

Jim Caviezel

The Classic tale of Revenge in Napoleon's time

France

1815

Waterloo

Nobody Important

The great story of the final Napoleonic battle

Belgium

 

1820

Amistad

Morgan Freeman, Anthony Hopkins

Story of a revolt on a slave ship and the aftermath

Atlantic

1820

Mountain Men

Charlton Heston, Brian Keith

Story of fur trappers in the pristine Rockies, Indians

Colorado

1840

The Alamo

John Wayne

The epic story of an American struggle with Mexico

Texas

1845

Jeremiah Johnson

Robert Redford

Epic of the Rocky Mountains, he lives there

Wyoming

1850

Unconquered

Gary Cooper

Indians and White Men on the frontier

Kansas

1850

Man in the Wilderness

Richard Harris

He survives the nature of 19th Century America

Nebraska

1855

Charge of the Light Brigade

Errol Flynn

Crimean War between Russia and England

Russia

1855

Anna and the King

Jodie Foster

Story of Anna the American and the King of Siam

Thailand

1860

Gone with the Wind

Vivian Leigh

The grand story of the Battle of Atlanta

Georgia

1860

Glory

Denzel Washington, Matthew Brodrick

A Negro regiment fighting in the Civil War

Massachuttes

1860

Gods and Generals

Stephen Lang, Robert Duvall, Daniels

Epic of the Civil War, first battles to Gettysburg

Virginia

1862

Gettysburg

Jeff Daniels, Robert Duvall

The greatest battle of the American Civil War

Pennsylvania

1864

The Red Badge of Courage

Audie Murphy

Civil War soldier's psychological heroism

Virginia

1865

Birth of a Nation

WD Griffith

Story of the crushing of Dixie, Reconstruction

Virginia

 

1870

Dances with Wolves

Kevin Costner

On the frontier of white and indian civilizations

Kansas

1870

A Christmas Carol

George C. Scott

The Christmas classic from Victorian England

England

1870

Treasure Island

Bobbie Driscoll

The famous story of discovery and values

Pacific

1870

Moby Dick

Gregory Peck

Captain Ahab and the famous great white shark

Atlantic

1870

The Outlaw Josey Wales

Clint Eastwood

Civil War vet reverts to warriorism to save his town

Old West

1875

The Man who would be King

Michael Caine, Sean Connery

Supreme story of Brits in India, in Kafiristan

India

1875

Son of the Morning Star

Nobody Important

General Custer and the last stand at Little Big Horn

Montana

1879

Shaka Zulu

Edward Fox, Robert Powell

The rise and fall of Africa's greatest native emperor

South Africa

1879

Zulu Dawn

Peter o'Toole

The story of the worst defeat of the British Empire

South Africa

1880

Zulu

Michael Caine

The British in southern Africa, fighting Zulu tribesmen

South Africa

1880

Wyatt Earp

Kevin Costner, Dennis Quaid

Classic lawman of the American west, Earp is human

Old West

1880

The Brothers Karamazov

Yul Brenner, William Shatner

Classic Russian story of intrigue

Russia

1880

The Lives of a Bengal Lancer

Gary Cooper

British Empire and the colonies in Hindustan

India

1880

Kim

Errol Flynn, Dean Stockwell

Rudyard Kipling's boy growing up in British- India

India

1880

Gunga Din

Carey Grant

Rudyard Kipling's India again, halarious adventure!

India

1880

Butch Cassidy & Sundance Kid

Robert Redford, Paul Newman

Life in the Old West for two outlaw friends

Old West

1880

Young Guns

Keifer Southerland, Charlie Sheen

Life in the Old West for a superhuman gunfighter

Old West

1880

Great Expectations

Anthony Hopkins

Classic tale of Pip in Victorian England

England

1880

Unforgiven

Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman

Tale of the old west... Eastwood style

Old West

 

1885

Carry on up the Khyber

Sid James, Kenneth Williams

Funny story of Imperial British India and Afghanistan

India

1885

Khartoum

Charlton Heston

Sudan during a holy war, British Empire and Islam

Sudan

1885

A Passage to India

Peggy Ashcroft, Alec Guinness

Coming face to face with colonial India

India

1886

Around the World in 80 Days

Nobody Important

A haughty British guy is bet he can't do it, can he?

England

1886

20000 Leagues Under the Sea

Kirk Douglas

Captain Nemo and the Nautilus's advanture

Atlantic

1890

Promised Land

Andzrej Wajda

A Polish city sees corruption come with industry

Poland

1890

Gangs of New York

Leonardo Di Caprio

The conflict between Irish Americans and new Irish

New York

1890

Lord Jim

Peter o'Toole

British Imperial sailor in all ports of the old world

Mediterranean

1890

Rio Bravo

John Wayne, Dean Martin

Three guys shootin the breeze in the Old West

Old West

1890

The Barbarian and the Geisha

John Wayne

A 19th C. American in Late Japanese culture

Japan

1890

The Last Samarai

Tom Cruise

An American's experience in a Japan on the brink

Japan

1890

Heart of Darkness

John Malkovich, Tim Roth

An English merchant on the rivers of colonial Africa

West Africa

1890

The Four Feathers

Clements, Zoltan Korda, Miklos Rozsa

British soldier wants to stay home not go to Africa

East Africa

1898

Rough Riders

Tom Berenger, Gary Busey

Teddy Roosevelt and the Spanish American War

Cuba

1900

Beau Geste

Gary Cooper

Three brothers in the Victorian era

England

1900

The Wind and the Lion

Sean Connery, Candice Bergen

Americans kidnapped in the desert of Morocco, TR

North Africa

1900

The Drum

Zoltan Korda, Sabu

Grand epic from the British Empire' Indian Raj

India

1900

Flame over India

Kenneth Moore

A British officer must save a prince from Muslims

India

  

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