1870s movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant 1870s movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, period drama, period piece, tense, serious and suspenseful films and TV shows about / with coming of age, violence, revenge, frontier, outlaw, survival, betrayal, family relations, redemption and old west plots mostly in Drama, Western and History genres shot in USA, UK, Canada and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as 1870s: Deadwood (2004), Black Field (2009), Little Big Man (1970), The Buccaneers (2023), The Haunting (1963), Across the Great Divide (1976), Young Guns II (1990), Frontier Crucible (2025), Young Sherlock (2026), Hostile Territory (2022).
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List of 1870s movies
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Genre: Crime, Drama, History, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The story of the early days of Deadwood, South Dakota; woven around actual historic events with most of the main characters based on real people. Deadwood starts as a gold mining camp and gradually turns from a lawless wild-west community into an ...
Style:
tense, serious, atmospheric, clever, period piece ...
Plot:
sheriff, old west, violence, power struggle, shooting, society, gold rush, gunfight, prostitute, dishonesty, lifestyle, profanity ...
Time:
1870s, 19th century, y2k, year 2004, victorian era ...
Place:
south dakota, usa, hawaii
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Genre: History
Country: Canada
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A dark historical drama about two sisters, the man that comes between them, and the tragedy that results. Set in the 1870s.
Style:
gothic, atmospheric, psychological, captivating, sentimental ...
Plot:
love triangle, tragic love, mysterious character, dangerous attraction, wilderness, farm, dishonesty, family relations, sister, young lovers, victorian england, hidden identity ...
Time:
1870s, 19th century, victorian era
Place:
canada
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
Jack Crabb, looking back from extreme old age, tells of his life being raised by Indians and fighting with General Custer.
Style:
epic, humorous, sentimental, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
native american, cowboy, racism, revenge, culture clash, voice over narration, massacre, interview, orphan, old west, american history, bigotry ...
Time:
19th century, 1870s, 1860s, year 1970, 70s ...
Place:
montana, south dakota, usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
TV show
Story:
A group of fun-loving American girls burst onto the scene in tightly corseted 1870s London, kicking off an Anglo-American culture clash. Sent to secure husbands and status, the buccaneers' hearts are set on much more than that.
Style:
historical drama, captivating, psychological, thrilling, light hearted ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
high society, teen romance, women, female protagonist, teen social issues, social problems, relationships, friendship, culture clash, class conflict, social climbing, female empowerment ...
Time:
1870s, 19th century, victorian era
Place:
london, england
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Dr. Markway, doing research to prove the existence of ghosts, investigates Hill House, a large, eerie mansion with a lurid history of violent death and insanity.
Style:
gothic, gothic horror, suspense, scary, creepy ...
Audience:
horror for children
Plot:
haunted house, supernatural, disappearance, supernatural horror, insanity, haunted, research, hearing voices, lesbian, poltergeist, obsession, mansion ...
Time:
19th century, 1940s, 1870s, 20th century, year 1963 ...
Place:
boston, new england, usa, massachusetts
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Two orphans set out to claim their inheritance - a 400 acre plot of land in Salem Oregon. To Do so they must cross the rugged snow covered Rocky Mountains in the year 1876.
Style:
independent film, realistic, semi serious, atmospheric, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
wilderness, rocky mountains, wolf, gambler, buffalo, deer, bear, inheritance, horse, native american, orphan, on the run ...
Time:
1870s, 19th century, 70s
Place:
oregon, usa
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Genre: Action, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Only three of the original five "young guns" -- Billy the Kid (Emilio Estevez), Jose Chavez y Chavez (Lou Diamond Phillips), and Doc Scurlock (Kiefer Sutherland) -- return in Young Guns, Part 2, which is the story of Billy the Kid and his ...
Style:
period piece, anamorphic, cult classic, funny, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, kids
Plot:
cowboy, old west, billy the kid, modern western, gunfight, wild west, native american, bounty hunter, modern west, betrayal, friendship, escape ...
Time:
1870s, 20th century, 19th century, 1950s, 80s ...
Place:
new mexico, arkansas, latin america, usa, arizona ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
In 1870s Arizona Territory, a desperately needed wagon full of medical supplies falls victim to an Apache attack. The only man who can guide it through is Merrick Beckford, but in order to get there, he’ll need to enlist the help of a trio of ...
Style:
harsh, tension, atmospheric, period piece, costume drama ...
Plot:
outlaw, survival, moral ambiguity, moral dilemma, desperation, tragic past, anti hero, revenge, betrayal, pursuit, vigilantism, manhunt ...
Time:
1870s, 19th century
Place:
arizona
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Mystery
Country: UK
TV show
Story:
Sherlock Holmes is a disgraced young man – raw and unfiltered – when he finds himself wrapped up in a murder case that threatens his liberty. His first ever case unravels a globe-trotting conspiracy that changes his life forever.
Style:
detective, fast paced, suspense, tense, dark comedy ...
Plot:
conspiracy, murder case, investigation, identity, justice, coming of age, oxford, transformation, irreverent, anti hero, young adult, sherlock holmes ...
Time:
1870s, victorian era
Place:
oxford university
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Genre: Drama, History, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Former P.O.W. Jack Calgrove moves Heaven and Earth to be reunited with his children following the Civil War. After returning home, Jack discovers that his wife has tragically died and his children, presumed to be orphans, are heading deep into the ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, captivating, emotional
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
train, shooter, civil war, orphanage, soldier, rescue mission, problem, social problems, military, old west, life is a bitch, fatherhood ...
Time:
1870s, 1860s, 19th century, 18th century
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Genre: Biography, Family, History, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
William Hoy was one of the first Deaf Major League Baseball players in the 1800's. Being deaf, he introduced hand signals for strike and ball to the game and overcame many obstacles to become one of the greatest players of his time.
Style:
captivating, light, exciting, tense, suspense
Plot:
baseball, marriage proposal, teacher, family relations, deafness, father son relationship, deaf, ward, prejudice, sign language, hotel room, world series
Time:
1870s, 60s, 1860s, 1880s
Place:
wisconsin, milwaukee wisconsin, ohio, cincinnati ohio
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, History
Country: Bulgaria
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
One of the most ambitious Bulgarian projects in recent years, Heights is an adaptation of Milen Ruskov's novel of the same name, published in 2011. The film explores the Bulgarian realities of the 1870s a few years before the war, that would ...
Style:
serious, dramatic, patriotic, tense, bleak ...
Plot:
freedom fighter, revolution, underground movement, struggle, conflict, dangerous mission, national identity, heroism, mission, patriotism, literary, adaptation ...
Time:
19th century, 1870s
Place:
ottoman empire
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Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Pilot for TV series of the same name released in 1978. The film told the tale of Molly and David Beaton, two teenage newlyweds, in the Dakota Territory in the 1870s.
Style:
period piece, period drama, tv series pilot
Plot:
prairie, resilience, young couple, survival, family drama, hardship, struggle, marriage, family values, isolation, community, agriculture ...
Time:
1870s
Place:
iowa
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Genre: Drama, Western
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
In the Wild West in the 1860s and 1870s, Sarah and John have founded New Babylon, a city of outcasts of all backgrounds. Haunted by the murder of his family eight years earlier, Django is still looking for his daughter, believing she may have ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, spaghetti western, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
gunslinger, female nudity, old west, father daughter reunion, revenge, protective parent, father daughter relationship, family problems, fast draw, search and rescue, relationship problems, threat ...
Time:
1870s, 1860s
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Switzerland
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story:
The film goes back to the start of construction of the first rail tunnel through the Gotthard Massif in the late 1800s.
Style:
historical drama, period piece, captivating, psychological, disturbing
Plot:
love triangle, tunnel, construction, social class, industrialization, class conflict, relationship problems, love interest, workplace situations, social issues, social problems, relationships ...
Time:
19th century, 1870s
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
When miners blast for gold in the 1870's, they accidentally release ancient creatures known as Tommyknockers. The Town of Deer Creek, Nevada is soon under siege with only a handful of survivors held up in the local saloon.
Style:
tense, thrilling, captivating, suspense, dark ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
wild west, creature, shooter, supernatural being, save the day, problem, fear, monster, siege, desperation, supernatural, creature feature ...
Time:
1870s, 19th century
Place:
nevada
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Genre: Comedy, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Pistols 'n' Petticoats is an American Western sitcom that ran on CBS during the 1966-1967 television season. It was produced by Kayro/Universal Television for CBS Productions and ran from September 17, 1966 to March 11, 1967. The series ...
Style:
sitcom, situational comedy, lighthearted, period piece, slapstick ...
Plot:
sheriff, old west, small town, vigilantism, jealousy, gender roles, hillbilly, fish out of water, wild west, gunslinger, horseback
Time:
1870s, 19th century, victorian era
Place:
colorado
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In 1873, Emperor Meiji abolished the rights of the samurai in favor of a modern, westernized military. With intentions to launch a bloody crusade against the government, warrior Endo Tadaoki (Henry Lee) gathers his remaining men to prepare for one ...
Style:
captivating, period piece, historical drama, dark, grim ...
Plot:
sword fight, revenge, fight, medieval, power struggle, vengeance, samurai sword, battles, duel, family tragedy, honor, feudal japan ...
Time:
1870s
Place:
japan
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 175 min.
Story:
A portrait of Swedish writer August Strindberg.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, suspenseful, psychological, emotional ...
Plot:
playwright, poet, character study, biopic, life is a bitch, relationship problems, money problems, dream, poverty, creative process, ambition, literary ...
Time:
19th century, 1870s
Place:
stockholm sweden
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Genre: Drama, Thriller, Western
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
On a remote ranch, a mother and her daughter fight for survival when a wounded outlaw seeking refuge brings a notorious bank robber and his ruthless gang, all desperate to reclaim a stolen fortune, right to their doorstep.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, thrilling, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, survival, gang, mother, outlaw, life is a bitch, swashbuckler, risk, criminal, struggle for survival, life risking, ranch ...
Time:
19th century, 1870s
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Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
This movie delivers all of the great characters you would expect in a film about Tombstone. The Earp Brothers, The Clanton Brothers, Doc Holliday, Johnny Ringo etc. and great gunfights. What the film delivers, is a multitude of pieces of the puzzle ...
Style:
tense, serious, captivating, exciting, suspenseful ...
Plot:
newspaper reporter, sheriff, suicide, old west, life & death, cowboy, death, gunfight, cowboys and outlaws, handgun, shooting, showdown ...
Time:
1880s, 1870s
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Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
Told by a U.S. Army colonel and his wife, this vintage Western set in post-Civil War Texas chronicles the exploits of the all-black 10th cavalry regiment, which was formed in 1871. Cesar Romero plays the unit's commander.
Style:
period piece, historical drama, serious, melancholic, spaghetti western ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
blaxploitation, cavalry, discrimination, post civil war, interracial relations, soldier, courage, conflict, brotherhood, justice, honor, leadership ...
Time:
1870s
Place:
texas
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Genre: Drama, Western
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A young man stalks his mother's killers.
Style:
spaghetti western, tense, grim, independent film, period drama
Plot:
father son relationship, revenge, shootout, gunfighter, justice, family secret, outlaw, vigilantism, showdown, deputy, vigilante, bounty ...
Time:
1870s
Place:
arizona, mexico, sonora
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Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The commander of an isolated frontier cavalry post tries to stop an Indian war and find his son, who has been kidnapped.
Style:
period piece, realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot:
kidnapping, native american, guilt, father son relationship, moral ambiguity, post civil war, tragedy, moral dilemma, hostage situation, rescue mission, misunderstanding, leadership ...
Time:
1870s
Place:
arizona
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Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 157 min.
Story:
The end of the 19th century. A boat filled with Swedish emigrants comes to the Danish island of Bornholm. Among them are Lasse and his son Pelle who move to Denmark to find work. They find employment at a large farm, but are treated as the lowest ...
Style:
emotional, disturbing, compassionate, meditative, touching ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
father son relationship, coming of age, boy, farm, poverty, immigrant, corporal punishment, working class, bullying, children, youth, nordic ...
Time:
19th century, year 1987, 1870s, turn of the century, 1890s
Place:
denmark, europe, eastern europe
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Life is rough in the coal mines of 1876 Pennsylvania. A secret group of Irish emigrant miners, known as the Molly Maguires, fights against the cruelty of the mining company with sabotage and murder. A detective, also an Irish emigrant, is hired to ...
Style:
serious, realistic, tense, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
terrorism, fighting the system, society, injustice, working undercover, legal, social decay, sabotage, union, rebel, social change, coal mine ...
Time:
19th century, 1870s, year 1970
Place:
usa, america, pennsylvania
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Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA, Italy, Canada, Japan, UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Alice, an unpretentious and individual 19-year-old, is betrothed to a dunce of an English nobleman. At her engagement party, she escapes the crowd to consider whether to go through with the marriage and falls down a hole in the garden after spotting ...
Style:
fairy tale, atmospheric, visually appealing, surreal, gothic ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, girls' night, teens, date night ...
Plot:
fantasy world, magic, escape from reality, imaginary kingdom, magical, transformation, alice in wonderland, teenage girl, imaginary, cat, animal, dream ...
Time:
19th century, year 2010, 1870s, 2010s, 2000s ...
Place:
england, cornwall, london, china
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A roving bachelor gets saddled with three children and a wealth of trouble when the youngsters stumble upon a huge gold nugget. They join forces with two bumbling outlaws to fend off the greedy townspeople and soon find themselves facing a surly ...
Style:
slapstick, family comedy, funny, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
orphan, youth, rich and poor, chase, rain, coming of age, humour, married, wild west, child in peril, bank, rescue ...
Time:
1870s, year 1975, 19th century, 80s, 70s
Place:
california, usa, new orleans
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
An intoxicating love story set in England's first department store in the 1870s. The Paradise revolves around the lives of the people who live and work in the store, each bound in their own way by the power of the world they live in, and the ...
Style:
captivating, costume drama, period piece, stylized, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
fashion, workplace situations, rise to the top, high society, success, workplace, love affair, nouveau riche, love and romance, department store, hot and sexy, workplace problem ...
Time:
19th century, 1900s, victorian era, 1870s, 20th century ...
Place:
england, britain
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
TV show
Story:
Anse Hatfield and Randall McCoy, close friends and comrades until near the end of the Civil War, return to their neighboring homes to increasing tensions, misunderstandings and resentments.
Style:
emotional, suspense, suspenseful, depressing, psychological ...
Plot:
civil war, american civil war, old west, vengeance, revenge, gunfight, violence, feud, violence spree, murder, rivalry, death of son ...
Time:
19th century, 1870s, 1890s, 1910s, 1800s ...
Place:
west virginia, kentucky, usa
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