British colonial movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant british colonial movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out serious, realistic, captivating, period drama, independent film and exciting films and TV shows about / with british colonial, society, british empire, colonialism, heroes, horse, battles, escapades, political unrest and politics plots mostly in Drama, Adventure and History genres shot in UK, USA, India and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as british colonial: The Happy Valley (1986), Noble House (1988), Before the Rains (2007), Out of Africa (1985), Guns at Batasi (1964), The Four Feathers (1978), Heat and Dust (1983), Tai-Pan (1986), Lawrence of Arabia (1962), The Legend of Bhagat Singh (2002).

List of british colonial movies

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The Happy Valley (1986)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: In 1940 Kenya as their country prepares for war, the local aristocratic social set lives a decadent, self-indulgent lifestyle, that leads to murder. The same events were also dramatised in the feature film White Mischief, which was released seven ...
Style: independent film, crying
Plot: corporal punishment, serial killer, cheetah, teacher, african, father daughter relationship, racial slur, horse, girl, sex, marital infidelity, governess ...
Time: 1940s, year 1941
Place: africa, kenya
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 7.6
 2K
Noble House (1988)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 355 min.
TV show
Story: Ian Struan Dunross is chairman of Struan & Co, the oldest and largest of the British-East Asia trading companies. To the Chinese, that also makes him "Tai-Pan" ("supreme leader") of the "Noble House". ...
Style: action adventure, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Plot: business tycoon, espionage, corporation, 007, politics, escapades, rise to the top, danger, rivalry, murder, spy, survival ...
Place: china, hong kong, asia
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Before the Rains (2007)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, India, UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Set in southern India in the late 1930s, this provocative tale traces the story of three people caught in an inexorable web of forbidden romance and dangerous secrets. After a British spice planter falls in love with his alluring servant, an ...
Style: sincere, touching, sentimental, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot: forbidden love, interracial romance, taboo, master and servant, sex, love affair, social differences, love and romance, society, dishonesty, hindu, hidden treasure ...
Time: 1930s, year 2007, year 1937
Place: india, asia, england, europe
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 7.1
 86K
Out of Africa (1985)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 161 min.
Story: Out of Africa tells the story of the life of Danish author Karen Blixen, who at the beginning of the 20th century moved to Africa to build a new life for herself. The film is based on the autobiographical novel by Karen Blixen from 1937.
Style: touching, emotional, realistic, period piece, romantic ...
Audience: chick flick, date night
Plot: love story, colonialism, infidelity, writers, love and romance, love, mentor, unlikely friendships, adaptation, love affair, fall in love, destructive relationship ...
Time: 1910s, 1920s, 20th century, victorian era, year 1985 ...
Place: africa, kenya, south africa, denmark
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Guns at Batasi (1964)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story: An anachronistic martinet RSM on a remote Colonial African army caught in a local coup d'etat must use his experience to defend those in his care.
Style: captivating, thought provoking, exciting, serious, realistic ...
Plot: world war two, british empire, revolution, conflict, world war, great war, african, cold war, politics, coup d'etat, colonialism, army ...
Time: 20th century, 60s
Place: africa
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The Four Feathers (1978)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: They made him a hero by branding him a coward . . . the story of a man who conquered fear.
Plot: british empire, men's rights, revolution, combat, conservative, islam, religious, military, historical event, arab, cowardice, disguise ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era
Place: sudan
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Heat and Dust (1983)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 130 min.
Story: The parallel story of Anne and her grand-aunt Olivia in their experiences in India
Style: realistic, romantic drama, historical drama, costume drama, contemplative ...
Plot: love triangle, colonialism, jazz, indian woman, british empire, extramarital affair, self discovery, interracial relations, prince, flashback, orgasm, scandal ...
Time: 1920s, year 1983, 20th century, 80s
Place: india, asia, kashmir
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 5.6
 2K
Tai-Pan (1986)
Genre: Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story: The film begins following the British victory of the first Opium War and the seizure of Hong Kong. Although the island is largely uninhabited and the terrain unfriendly, it has a large port that both the British government and various trading ...
Style: independent film, epic, serious, realistic
Plot: rivalry, chivalry, sorcery, seafaring, british history, interracial relations, historical event, businessman, competition, ocean, adventurer, dishonesty ...
Time: year 1986, 1840s, victorian era, 19th century
Place: hong kong, china, asia, england, europe ...
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Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 218 min.
Story: The story of British officer T.E. Lawrence's mission to aid the Arab tribes in their revolt against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. Lawrence becomes a flamboyant, messianic figure in the cause of Arab unity but his psychological ...
Style: epic, captivating, breathtaking, visually appealing, visually stunning ...
Audience: date night, teens, family outing, kids
Plot: desert, world war one, military, british empire, camel, imperialism, historical character, battles, islam, politics, great war, train ...
Time: 1910s, 20th century, 1920s, year 1962, victorian era ...
Place: middle east, saudi arabia, ottoman empire, arabia, africa ...
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Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India (2001)
Genre: Drama, Musical, Sport
Country: India, USA
Duration: 224 min.
Story: Lagaan tells the tale of the Indian village Champaner, beset by drought and British colonialism in the year 1893. Without a drop of rain in months, the worried villagers of Champaner decide to ask the local authorities for a temporary repeal of ...
Style: patriotic, realistic, inspirational, semi serious, uplifting ...
Plot: love triangle, village, patriotism, british raj, sikh, cricket, caste system, colonialism, self esteem, friendship, jealousy, poverty ...
Time: 19th century, year 2001, 2000s, 50s, 1800s ...
Place: britain, middle east, nebraska, asia, europe ...
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The Legend of Bhagat Singh (2002)
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, History
Country: India
Duration: 155 min.
Story: The Legend of Bhagat Singh is a 2002 Indian historical biographical film about Bhagat Singh, a freedom fighter who fought for Indian independence.It shows in detail how Singh came to develop his views on the British Raj and his struggle for Indian ...
Style: realistic, patriotic, serious, emotional, sincere ...
Plot: revolution, freedom fighter, sikh, police brutality, patriotism, patriot, fighting the system, social decay, indian history, injustice, danger, life is a bitch ...
Time: 1930s, 1920s, 20th century
Place: asia, india
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 7.4
 2K
Sandokan (1976)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Italy, France, West Germany, UK
Duration: 286 min.
TV show
Story: In this mini-series in six parts from 1976 the Indian actor Kabir Bedi plays the lead role. Carol Andre plays Lady Marianna Guillonk and as Sandokans best friend Yanez de Gomera we see Phillipe Leroy. The noble prince Sandokan is a fighter of the ...
Style: retro, atmospheric, cult classic, vintage
Audience: kids
Plot: pirate, sword fight, courage, peplum, manhunt, captain, queen, fight for freedom, heroes, swashbuckler, father daughter relationship, love ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 70s
Place: southeast asia, india, borneo
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A Town Like Alice (1981)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Australia
Duration: 301 min.
TV show
Story: Set against the brutal chaos of World War II, a love story begins that will take two lovers through a living nightmare of captivity, across three continents and two decades. From the steamy jungles of Malaya to the dusty and desolate outback of ...
Style: vintage, period drama
Plot: world war two, love, post war, prisoner, wartime, jungle, skating, pow, japanese army, australian outback, inheritance, british ...
Time: post world war two, 1940s
Place: australia, malaysia
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 6.6
 8K
Zulu Dawn (1979)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: Netherlands, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: In 1879, the British suffer a great loss at the Battle of Isandlwana due to incompetent leadership. Cy Endfield co-wrote the epic prequel Zulu Dawn 15 years after his enormously popular Zulu. Set in 1879, this film depicts the catastrophic Battle of ...
Style: action adventure, historical drama, cult classic, realistic, serious ...
Plot: imperialism, battles, british empire, war, colonialism, zulu, medieval, revolution, death, victory, army life, european history ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, year 1979, 1870s
Place: africa, south africa
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 4.6
 3K
The Lovers (2015)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Belgium, India, Australia, China, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: The Lovers is an epic romance time travel adventure film. Helmed by Roland Joffé from a story by Ajey Jhankar, the film is a sweeping tale of an impossible love set against the backdrop of the first Anglo-Maratha war across two time periods and ...
Style: exciting, captivating, touching, serious, teen ...
Audience: teens
Plot: time travel, battles, fall in love, impossible love, rivalry, escapades, vengeance, treasure hunt, eternal love, dishonesty, rescue, husband wife relationship ...
Time: georgian era, 2010s, future, 18th century, 2020s ...
Place: india, asia, australia, boston
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The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 139 min.
Story: A chronicle of events that led to the British involvement in the Crimean War against Russia and which led to the siege of Sevastopol and the fierce Battle of Balaclava on October 25, 1854 which climaxed with the heroic, but near-disastrous calvary ...
Style: epic, factual, harsh, serious, exciting ...
Plot: british history, politics, british army, military, british soldier, visceral, battles, assassination, wartime, justice, anti war, tragic hero ...
Time: 19th century, 1850s, victorian era
Place: england, crimea, europe, turkey, istanbul turkey ...
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 8.0
 240K
Gandhi (1982)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, India, USA, South Africa
Duration: 191 min.
Story: In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes all worldly possessions to take up the cause of Indian independence. Faced with armed resistance from the British government, Gandhi adopts a policy of ...
Style: epic, spiritual, inspirational, political, uplifting ...
Audience: kids, teens
Plot: protest, biopic, idealism, life philosophy, politics, independence, freedom, british empire, leadership, human spirit, religious intolerance, indian history ...
Time: 1930s, 1920s, 19th century, victorian era, 1940s ...
Place: india, south africa, britain, los angeles, new delhi ...
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 7.7
 42K
Zulu (1964)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 138 min.
Story: In 1879, during the Zulu wars, man of the people Lt. John Chard (Stanley Baker) and snooty Lt Gonville Bromhead (Michael Caine) were in charge of defending the isolated Natal outpost of Rorke's Drift from tribal hordes, holding out during an ...
Style: realistic, epic, factual, suspense, psychological ...
Plot: military, war, british empire, siege, british colonialism, british army, colonialism, human spirit, battles, zulu, soldier, historical event ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 1800s, ancient times, 1870s
Place: africa, south africa, britain, united kingdom
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 6.8
 8K
Khartoum (1966)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 134 min.
Story: English General Charles George Gordon, a devout Christian, is appointed military governor of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan by the Prime Minister. Ordered to evacuate Egyptians from the Sudan, Gordon stays on to protect the people of Khartoum, who are under ...
Style: epic, realistic, factual, talky, suspenseful ...
Plot: islam, imperialism, military, culture clash, politics, colonialism, siege, british empire, wartime, battles, revolution, war ...
Time: 19th century, 1880s, victorian era, year 1966
Place: africa, sudan, england, belgium, london ...
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Carry On... Up the Khyber (1968)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Sir Sidney Ruff-Diamond looks after the British outpost near the Khybar pass. Protected by the kilted Third Foot and Mouth regiment, you would think they were safe. But the Khazi of Kalabar has other ideas. He wants all the British dead! But his ...
Style: parody, spoof, double entendre, slapstick comedy, not serious ...
Plot: carry on, british raj, british empire, satire, battles, princess, dinner, palace, photograph, soldier, british army, indian history ...
Time: 19th century, 1800s, 1890s
Place: india, scotland, afghanistan, asia
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Conduct Unbecoming (1975)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A company of British soldiers in colonial India is shaken when the widow of their most honored hero is assaulted. A young officer must defend a fellow lieutenant from the charges in an unusual court-martial, while investigating the deepening mystery ...
Style: action thriller, serious, realistic, independent film, suspense ...
Plot: military, courtroom, courtroom drama, chess, women, lawyer, american civil war, law, battles, sexuality, power relations, legal ...
Time: 19th century, year 1975, victorian era, 1870s
Place: india, europe, england, asia
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Silver Spoon, Sterling Shackles (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: Hong Kong
TV show
Story: The 1930s Hong Kong is the time of the East and West cultural shock. Women started fighting for their rights and status, changing the 'men superior to women' image. Famous barrister Sir Arthur Chung studied in England and lives a British ...
Style: dramatic, atmospheric, entertaining, captivating
Plot: wealth, wealthy family, family relations, rich man, rich, relationships, parents and children, society, lifestyle, british colonial
Time: 1930s
Place: hong kong
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Mister Johnson (1990)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: In 1923 British Colonial Nigeria, Mister Johnson is an oddity -- an educated black man who doesn't really fit in with the natives or the British. He works for the local British magistrate, and considers himself English, though he has never been ...
Style: sad, independent film, serious, psychological, realistic ...
Plot: worker, wife beater, world history, blaxploitation, 007, trade, colonialism, world war one, human spirit, society, misfit, boss and employee ...
Time: 1920s
Place: africa, nigeria
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Desperate Remedies (1992)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance, Thriller
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 93 min.
Story: In a town called Hope on the edge of Britain's empire, desperations clash: the beautiful Dorothea Brook is desperate to free her pregnant sister Rose from the clutches of Fraser, a fortune hunter. A local politician, William Poyner, is ...
Style: sexy, surreal, serious, realistic, sexual ...
Plot: lesbian, lgbt, sex, porn, love triangle, male pubic hair, manipulation, couples, family relations, drug dealing, dishonesty, couple relations ...
Time: 19th century
Place: new zealand
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John A.: Birth of a Country (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A riveting political thriller starring Shawn Doyle (John A. Macdonald), Peter Outerbridge (George Brown) and David LaHaye (George-Etienne Cartier) and set during the struggles that take Canada from colony to country.
Plot: conspiracy, drunkenness, queen victoria, british colonial
Time: 1870s, 1860s, 1800s
Place: canada
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The Chess Players (1977)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, History
Country: India
Duration: 129 min.
Story: It is the year 1856. Nawab Wajid Ali Shah is the king of Awadh, one of the last independent kingdoms of India. The British colonialists, intent on controlling this rich land, have sent general Outram on a secret mission to clear the way for an ...
Style: relaxing, parallel cinema, art film, insightful, realistic ...
Plot: chess, colonialism, politics, medieval, indian history, hardcore, foreign legion, revolutionary war, legion, struggle, rebel, revolutionary ...
Time: 19th century, year 1977, 1850s, victorian era
Place: britain, india, asia
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Kisna: The Warrior Poet (2005)
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 171 min.
Story: The film is set in the India of the tumultuous 1930's when nationalists fighting for the country's independence rose up as one, urging the British to quit. At this time, a young Indian, Kisna befriends and then shields a British girl ...
Style: serious, captivating, touching, emotional, realistic
Plot: forbidden love, chase, love triangle, woman in danger, social differences, couple relations, fall in love, society, family relations, political unrest, state affairs, rebel ...
Time: 1940s, 1930s, 20th century
Place: india, new delhi
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 7.6
 8K
Earth (1998)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: India, Canada
Duration: 110 min.
Story: It's 1947 and the borderlines between India and Pakistan are being drawn. A young girl bears witnesses to tragedy as her ayah is caught between the love of two men and the rising tide of political and religious violence.
Style: emotional, art house, sentimental, offbeat, romantic drama ...
Plot: masseur, politics, islam, friendship, unrequited love, women of color, independence, muslim, hinduism, death, british, betrayal ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, year 1947
Place: india, new delhi, asia, pakistan
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Chingachgook: The Great Snake (1967)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: East Germany
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Chingachgook, a Mohawk-born Delaware warrior, strives to rescue his wife Wahtawah from the clutches of an enemy camp of Huron. Joined by his trusted huntsman Deerslayer, the two confront racist pioneers and brutal British soldiers in their quest. ...
Style: tense, intense, disturbing, realistic, serious ...
Plot: old west, indian war, native, native american, heroism, massacre, escapades, unlikely partners, danger, heroes, rivalry, friend ...
Time: 18th century
Place: east germany, germany, german democratic republic
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23rd March 1931: Shaheed (2002)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: India
Duration: 188 min.
Story: Bhagat Singh, a freedom fighter, is arrested for killing the British official responsible for the death of his mentor Lala Lajpatrai. He is ultimately hanged for his misdeed.
Style: disturbing, rough, realistic, serious, captivating
Plot: prison, prison life, vengeance, politics, life sentence, legal, life is a bitch, rebelliousness, trial, police brutality, torture, police officer killed ...
Time: 1920s, 1930s, 20th century, year 1931
Place: india, asia
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