Year 1916 movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant year 1916 movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful and independent film films and TV shows about / with world war one, soldier, great war, death, military, danger, explosion, trench warfare, battles and murder plots mostly in Drama, War and History genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as year 1916: 12 Days of Terror (2004), 21 Brothers (2011), The Road Dance (2021), Tolkien (2019), Many Wars Ago (1970), Rasputin (1996), Theeb (2014), The Trench (1999), Becoming Colette (1991), The Last Front (2024).
Best films
List of year 1916 movies
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: South Africa
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
July of 1916 was a time of record heat, a polio epidemic, and a World War in Europe. But beachgoers in New Jersey are threatened by a even greater terror: a shark that has suddenly developed a taste for human flesh. Starting July 1st and lasting ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, disturbing, scary, natural horror ...
Plot:
shark, animal attack, killer shark, killer animal, shark attack, beach, creature feature, creature, water, sea monster, danger, death ...
Time:
year 1916, 2000s, 1910s
Place:
new jersey
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
21 Brothers tells the story of the Canadian 21st Battalion as they prepare for the battle of Courcellette in WWI. Taking place in real time, the film follows Sgt. Reid as he must get his men ready for the impending battle. Not only must he prep his ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, captivating, psychological, exciting
Plot:
world war one, military, young soldier, soldier, death, recruitment, tragedy, trench warfare, casualty of war, battles, wartime, war ...
Time:
year 1916, 20th century, 1910s
Place:
germany
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A young girl lives in the Outer Hebrides in a small village in the years just before WWI. Isolated and hard by the shore, her life takes a dramatic change when a terrible tragedy befalls her.
Style:
costume drama, crying
Plot:
pregnant from rape, mother daughter relationship, rape, conscription, constable, doctor, world war one, women, love, morning sickness, nightmare, photograph ...
Time:
year 1916, 1910s
Place:
new york, scotland
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
England, early 20th century. The future writer and philologist John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892-1973) and three of his schoolmates create a strong bond between them as they share the same passion for literature and art, a true fellowship that ...
Style:
bleak, suspenseful, suspense, rough, retro ...
Plot:
world war one, teenage boy, orphan, boys' school, male friendship, priest, writers, treasure, friendship, soldier, coming of age, young soldier ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century, year 1914, year 1916, edwardian era ...
Place:
oxford university, birmingham alabama, europe, england
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Italy, Yugoslavia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
On the Italian/Austrian front during World War I, a disastrous Italian attack upon the Austrian positions leads to a mutiny among the decimated Italian troops.
Style:
historical drama, serious, realistic, captivating, rough ...
Plot:
world war one, death penalty, great war, soldier, war, man killed, death, stupidity, military officer, execution, military police, combat casualty ...
Time:
1910s, year 1916, 20th century
Place:
alps, italy
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA, Hungary
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Into an era seething with war and revolution, a man comes with an incredible power to heal a nation...or destroy it. Based on the true story of one of the most powerful and mysterious figures in Russian history.
Style:
mysterious, esoteric, captivating, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
czar, royal family, murder, biopic, visionary, drunk, occult, political intrigue, realism, magical, world war one, royalty ...
Time:
year 1916, edwardian era
Place:
russia
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12K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: Jordan, UK, Qatar, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
In the Ottoman province of Hijaz during World War I, a young Bedouin boy experiences a greatly hastened coming of age as he embarks on a perilous desert journey to guide a British officer to his secret destination.
Style:
captivating, realistic, tense, serious, exciting ...
Plot:
desert, coming of age, world war one, survival, bedouin, arab, boy, sheik, journey, escapades, danger, teaching the ways of the world ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century, year 1916, 2010s, 1920s
Place:
middle east, jordan, saudi arabia, africa, arabia ...
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: France, UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The Trench tells the story of a group of young British soldiers on the eve of the Battle of the Somme in the summer of 1916, the worst defeat in British military history. Against this ill-fated backdrop, the movie depicts the soldiers' ...
Style:
independent film, realistic, serious, bleak, gloomy ...
Plot:
world war one, young man, soldier, military, great war, battlefield, world war, 007, world war two, nature, intrigue, holocaust ...
Time:
year 1916, 1910s
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France, Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Erotic French author Colette during her formative years in Paris at the turn of the century, married to a hedonistic bounder who publishes her writings under his name until she leaves him to embark on her own career.
Style:
period piece, epic, independent film, erotic
Plot:
writers, lesbian, high society, poet, magician, art, women, marriage, lesbianism, female nudity, sexuality, butt ...
Time:
year 1991, year 1916, 1900s, 1890s, turn of the century
Place:
paris france, france
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: Belgium
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
In the war-struck country of Belgium, one man puts up a last fight.
Plot:
forbidden love, cavalry charge, world war one, village, burial, allies, baker, pistol, claustrophobia, army, psychopath, courage ...
Time:
year 1917, year 1915, year 1918, year 1914, year 1916
Place:
antwerp, brussels belgium
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Austria, Italy, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A young Austrian soldier in World War I fights his way through the Alps to rescue his Italian girlfriend and escape the impending explosion that will rock the mountain.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological
Plot:
world war one, italian history, bomb, wartime, soldier, mission, threat, life is a bitch, military officer, military, military life, sexual blackmail ...
Time:
year 1915, year 1916
Place:
austria, italy, australia
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, Mexico, France
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A darker version of the classic children's fairy tale of a wooden puppet that transforms into a real living boy.
Style:
fairy tale, 3d animation, visually stunning, period piece, exciting ...
Audience:
kids, date night
Plot:
magic, stop motion, pinocchio, grief, church, whale, father son relationship, puppet, boy, glory, little boy, children ...
Time:
2020s, 1940s, 20th century, 1910s, year 1916 ...
Place:
italy, europe
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Genre: Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
An adaptation of the Broadway musical The Color Purple, based on the acclaimed novel and its film adaptation.
Style:
period drama, complex, queer cinema
Plot:
domestic abuse, sister sister relationship, domestic violence, forgiveness, wife abuse, violence, husband wife relationship, african american protagonist, black american, black, racism, lgbt ...
Time:
1900s, edwardian era, 1910s, 20th century, 1930s ...
Place:
georgia, southern usa, tennessee, memphis, africa
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Genre: Comedy, Musical, War
Country: UK
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
A movie about the First World War based on a stage musical of the same name, portraying the "Game of War" and focusing mainly on the members of one family (last name Smith) who go off to war. Much of the action in the movie revolves around ...
Style:
cynical, humorous, satirical, thought provoking, captivating ...
Plot:
world war one, anti war, soldier, dark humor, military, great war, satire, army, railway, british history, broadway, world war ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century, year 1969, year 1917, year 1915 ...
Place:
england, europe, brighton, britain, france
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A burglar falls for an heiress as she dies in his arms. When he learns that he has the gift of reincarnation, he sets out to save her.
Style:
romantic, captivating, fairy tale, stylized, sweet ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night, teens, chick flick
Plot:
angel, power of love, fall in love, love story, true love, love and romance, supernatural ability, medieval, imaginary, heir, magic, white horse ...
Time:
year 2014, 19th century, year 1916
Place:
grand central station manhattan new york city, new york, america, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Three unemployed actors accept an invitation to a Mexican village to replay their bandit fighter roles, unaware that it is the real thing.
Style:
funny, parody, humorous, spoof, feel good ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, family friendly, teens
Plot:
farce, stupidity, satire, dumb, actor, justice, rescue, gang, friendship, fish out of water, dishonesty, buddies ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century, year 1916, 80s
Place:
mexico, latin america
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Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, War
Country: UK
Duration: 156 min.
Story:
A young pilot in the German air force of 1918, disliked as lower-class and unchivalrous, tries ambitiously to earn the medal offered for 20 kills.
Style:
retro, exciting, serious, realistic, sex comedy ...
Plot:
world war one, biplane, ambition, fighter plane, fighter pilot, aviation, class differences, german army, chivalry, soldier, military, air attack ...
Time:
1910s, year 1966, year 1916, 1930s, 70s
Place:
germany, berlin germany, england, france
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA, Hungary, Canada
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Disney’s live-action adaptation of its iconic theme park ride.
Style:
scenic, captivating, funny, light, costume drama ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, kids, family friendly
Plot:
jungle, amazon river, danger, snake, artifact, amazon jungle, jungle adventure, treasure, dangerous animal, amazon rainforest, myth, native tribe ...
Time:
1910s, 16th century, 2020s, future, year 1916 ...
Place:
brazil, spain, europe, south america, london
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Genre: Animation
Country: France
Duration: 80 min.
TV show
Story:
In 1916, laconic adventurer Corto Maltese is in Paramaribo, Surinam visiting his mystic female friend Java. He helps a young heir haunted by voodoo spirits, delivers some weapons to rebels in Brazil and hunts for treasure with Rasputin.
Plot:
superhero, tomb raider, steamship, professor, murder, military, map, heir, rebel, tarot card, hidden treasure, spirit ...
Time:
year 1916, 1910s
Place:
south america
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Genre: Adventure, Family, History
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
September, 1916. As Corporal Henri Defense, young Indiana Jones has become a motorcycle courier stationed near the trenches at Verdun. His friend Remy is still in the trenches, and both grow more disillusioned about the war each day. Chosen to sneak ...
Style:
tension, period piece, bleak, suspense, educational ...
Plot:
indiana jones, treasure hunt, world war one, trench warfare, deception, espionage, female spy, european, seduction, moral ambiguity, loss of innocence, coming of age ...
Time:
year 1916
Place:
paris france
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Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
During World War I, a German U-boat sinks a British ship and takes the survivors on board. After it takes a wrong turn, the submarine takes them to the unknown land of Caprona, where they find dinosaurs and neanderthals.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, captivating, light, entertaining ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
dinosaur, world war one, adventurer, ancient mystery, prehistoric creature, submarine, time travel, lost world, prehistoric animal, pterodactyl, iceberg, good versus evil ...
Time:
prehistoric times, prehistory, year 1916, 1940s
Place:
antarctica, fictional island
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Russia, Ukraine, Czech Republic
Duration: 48 min.
Story:
In a parody of Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) rouge Jehi knight Vade Dartus attacks small Russian town with little success.
Style:
mockbuster, experimental, parody, exciting, feel good ...
Plot:
alien invasion, space adventure, invasion, accident, death, escape, boy, star wars, alien, village, victim, fan ...
Time:
year 2015, year 1916
Place:
russia, moscow russia, paris france
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
In the early 1920s, Georges Laffont, traumatized by the horrific trench warfare, decides to leave his life behind and travel to West Africa. In the vast territories of Upper Volta he - with the help of Diofo, artist and also survivor of the Great ...
Style:
sincere, disturbing, rough, melancholic
Plot:
traumatized man, male objectification, brother brother relationship, self discovery, life, wartime, getting home, african tribe, african, deafness, traumatic experience, topless woman ...
Time:
1920s, year 2016, post world war one, year 1916
Place:
africa, france, west africa
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Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
A true-life drama in the 1920s, centering on British explorer Col. Percy Fawcett, who discovered evidence of a previously unknown, advanced civilazation in the Amazon and disappeared whilst searching for it.
Style:
inspirational, meditative, period piece, exciting, costume drama ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
explorer, jungle, survival, expedition, travel, archaeology, journey, tribe, amazon jungle, conquistador, world war one, destiny ...
Time:
1920s, year 2016, future, 1900s, year 2017 ...
Place:
south america, ireland, england, bolivia, america ...
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A true story, Bela Kiss was one of the the most brutal serial killers, who killed 23 young women during the beginning of the first World War. The blood-drained bodies were found in metal barrels, conserved in alcohol. According to rumors, he was ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, tense, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, danger, bank robber, trapped, murder, ghost, rescue, violence, death, secret hideout, military ...
Time:
year 1916, 21st century
Place:
belgium
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A young soldier testifies of his thoughts about the first world war, between disillusion, fear and hate, following his path through the letters he sends to his lover.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, rough, exciting
Plot:
world war one, battlefield, soldier, military, self mutilation, bombing, death of friend, desperation, wounded, love, youth, hiding ...
Time:
1910s, year 1917, year 1915, year 1914, year 1916
Place:
france
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Romania, West Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
In 1916, shortly before Romania's entry in World War One Romanian Army Lieutenant Tudor Gheorghiu is posted to a border patrol unit on Romania's border with Austria-Hungary. Not receiving any news from his wife he persuades the commanding ...
Style:
tension, historical drama, intense, melancholic, romantic ...
Plot:
jealousy, infidelity, obsession, love triangle, romantic rivalry, jealous husband, betrayal, romantic obsession, inheritance, world war one, army, lieutenant ...
Time:
1910s, year 1916
Place:
romania
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Australia
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
The true story of Australia's cat-and-mouse underground mine warfare – one of the most misunderstood, misrepresented and mystifying conflicts of WW I. It was a secret struggle BENEATH the Western Front that combined daring engineering, ...
Style:
tense, realistic, serious, emotional, bleak ...
Plot:
world war one, military, great war, human spirit, hopes, trench warfare, tunnel, danger, world war, life is a bitch, heroes, brutality ...
Time:
20th century, year 1916, 1910s
Place:
gallipoli, belgium, germany, australia, europe
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, Mystery, Romance, War
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
It was the sister ship of the infamous Titanic... and its final destiny was the same. Experience the true untold story of Britannic, a tumultuous, epic voyage of human passion, courage and betrayal aboard an ill-fated ocean liner bound for a ...
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, period drama
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
ship, titanic, world war one, disaster, espionage, betrayal, military, cruise, survival, escapades, secret agent, undercover ...
Time:
1910s, year 1916
Place:
mediterranean sea, greece, europe, balkan
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Biopic of American artist Georgia O'Keeffe and her husband, photographer Alfred Stieglitz.
Style:
serious, tense, emotional, realistic, captivating ...
Plot:
biopic, painter, artist, art, couples, rise to the top, destructive relationship, love and romance, artists and showbiz, obsession, lifestyle, couple relations ...
Time:
20th century, 1920s, 1930s, year 1929, year 1932 ...
Place:
usa, new mexico, new york, manhattan new york city, wisconsin
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