1860s movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant 1860s movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out period drama, serious, realistic, period piece, historical drama and suspenseful films and TV shows about / with murder, american civil war, civil war, death, horse, violence, survival, kiss, family relations and love plots mostly in Drama, Romance and Western genres shot in USA, UK, Canada and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as 1860s: The Dead Don't Hurt (2023), Little Women (2019), Hell on Wheels (2011), Angels and Insects (1995), Lady Macbeth (2016), The Wonder (2022), The Beguiled (2017), Sommersby (1993), Little Big Man (1970), Goin' South (1978).
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List of 1860s movies
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: Canada, Mexico, Denmark, UK, USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Set in the 1860s, the film stars Krieps as the fiercely independent French Canadian Vivienne Le Coudy who embarks on a relationship with Danish immigrant Holger Olsen.
Style:
tense, exciting, captivating, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
love, female protagonist, immigrant, cowboy, relationships, couple relations, couples, fall in love, love affair, rape, death, romantic relationship ...
Time:
1860s, 19th century
Place:
san francisco, north america
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280K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Four sisters come of age in America in the aftermath of the Civil War.
Style:
romantic, sentimental, inspirational, sweet, melancholic ...
Audience:
chick flick, family outing, kids, date night, teens ...
Plot:
love, sisters, coming of age, writers, female protagonist, generosity, friendship, sister sister relationship, publisher, women's rights, sister, aspiring writer ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1860s, 2010s, year 2019
Place:
new york, france, paris france, massachusetts, usa
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Genre: Drama, Western
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
Hell on Wheels tells the epic story of post-Civil War America, focusing on Cullen Bohannon, a Confederate soldier who sets out to exact revenge on the Union soldiers who killed his wife. His journey takes him west to Hell on Wheels, a dangerous, ...
Style:
historical drama, captivating, serious, rough, atmospheric ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
civil war, slavery, old west, rivalry, tough heroes, courage, shooting, ambitious, business venture, haunted by the past, rivals, historical character ...
Time:
1860s, 19th century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
In Victorian England, wealthy patriarch Sir Harald Alabaster invites an impoverished biologist, William Adamson, into his home. There, William tries to continue his work, but is distracted by Alabaster's seductive daughter, Eugenia. William and ...
Style:
period piece, costume drama, erotic, stylized, thought provoking ...
Plot:
incest, brother sister sex, sex with brother, brother sister incest, erection, male nudity, sex with sister, nudity, female pubic hair, sex, family secret, victorian england ...
Time:
1860s, victorian era, 19th century, 18th century
Place:
england, britain, europe
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
The passionate affair of a young woman trapped in a marriage of convenience unleashes a maelstrom of murder and mayhem on a country estate.
Style:
costume drama, psychological, cynical, depressing, historical drama ...
Plot:
secret lover, cruelty, forbidden love, infidelity, horse, adultery, marriage of convenience, neglectful husband, male nudity, secret relationship, forced marriage, sex scene ...
Time:
19th century, 1860s, year 1865, victorian era
Place:
england, northern england
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Ireland, UK, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
In the Irish Midlands of 1859 an English nurse, Lib Wright, goes to a tiny village to observe what some see as a medical anomaly and others a miracle, that a girl has survived without food for months. Tourists flock to see 11-year-old Anna ...
Style:
dramatic, costume drama, period piece, psychological, harsh ...
Plot:
anorexia, catholic, starvation, brother sister incest, nurse, renaissance, murder, tourist, survival, young girl, young woman, love ...
Time:
1860s, 19th century, 1800s, victorian era
Place:
ireland, london, australia
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Genre: Drama, History, Thriller, War, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
During the Civil War, at a Southern girls’ boarding school, young women take in an injured enemy soldier. As they provide refuge and tend to his wounds, the house is taken over with sexual tension and dangerous rivalries, and taboos are broken in ...
Style:
sexy, gothic, suspense, period piece, costume drama ...
Plot:
union soldier, american civil war, wounded soldier, girl, sexual tension, sex scene, amputee, girls' school, teenage girl, murder, jealousy, seduction ...
Time:
19th century, 1860s, victorian era, year 2017, 2010s
Place:
virginia
Is relevant?
25K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: France, USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Set in the south of the United States just after the Civil War, Laurel Sommersby is just managing to work the farm without her husband Jack, believed killed in the Civil War. By all accounts, Jack Sommersby was not a pleasant man, thus when he ...
Style:
romantic, sentimental, touching, psychological, period piece ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
husband wife relationship, mistaken identity, village life, civil war veteran, ku klux klan, post civil war, american civil war, civil war, courtroom drama, death sentence, war veteran, suspicion of murder ...
Time:
19th century, 1860s, 50s, turn of the century, year 1993 ...
Place:
tennessee, southern usa, usa, france, new jersey
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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: Comedy, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Henry Moon is captured for a capital offense by a posse when his horse quits while trying to escape to Mexico. He finds that there is a post-Civil War law in the small town that any single or widowed woman can save him from the gallows by marrying ...
Style:
entertaining, dark comedy, stylized, light, humorous ...
Plot:
small town, marriage of convenience, battle of the sexes, gangster, gang, gold rush, gold, gold mine, hanging, marriage, chase, outlaw ...
Time:
1860s, 19th century, year 1978
Place:
texas, latin america, north america, mexico, austin texas
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Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In this radically reimagined American Western set towards the end of the Civil War, Southerner Augusta encounters two renegade, drunken soldiers who are on a mission of pillage and violence. After escaping an attempted assault, Augusta races back to ...
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, bleak, historical drama ...
Plot:
american civil war, home invasion, soldier, female gunfighter, survival, civil war, danger, family relations, sexual abuse, self defense, farmhouse, feminist ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1860s, year 1865
Place:
usa, atlanta georgia, southern usa
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
After starring in "The Sacketts", Tom Selleck and Sam Elliott team up again but this time as Mac and Dal Traven, in a movie based on a classic Louis L'Amour novel. They are brothers, who meet up at the end of the Civil War fighting on ...
Style:
retro, tense, realistic, serious, bleak
Plot:
kidnapping, civil war veteran, rescue, homecoming, train, brother brother relationship, marriage proposal, shootout, pursuit, woman in jeopardy, civil war, brothers ...
Time:
1860s, 19th century
Place:
texas, mexico
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
The story of two vampire brothers obsessed with the same girl, who bears a striking resemblance to the beautiful but ruthless vampire they knew and loved in 1864.
Style:
romantic, gothic, sexy, suspenseful, stylized ...
Audience:
teens, teen fantasy, teen drama, adult
Plot:
vampire, supernatural, werewolf, love triangle, high school, couples, vampire human love, youth, witch, supernatural romance, immortality, dangerous attraction ...
Time:
2000s, 2010s, 1860s, 19th century, 21st century
Place:
usa, hawaii, virginia
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance, War, Western
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Hogan, on his way to do some reconnaissance for a future mission to capture a French fort, encounters Sister Sara, a nun in trouble. Before he knows it, Hogan is accompanying Sister Sara in the dangerous frontier while she seeks to achieve a hidden ...
Style:
spaghetti western, stylized, light, entertaining, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
nun, cowboy, gunfight, cowboys and outlaws, rescue, heroes, danger, partner, gunslinger, rivalry, rebelliousness, violence ...
Time:
1860s, 19th century, year 1970
Place:
mexico, latin america, sonora, france
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12K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, Italy, UK, Japan
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Based on the best-selling novel by Alessandro Baricco, this visually stunning film tells the story of a French trader who finds unexpected love far away from home.
Style:
romantic, period piece, visually stunning, stylized, erotic ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
love story, interracial love relationship, betrayal, passion, travel, unrequited love, life philosophy, smuggling, couple relations, love and romance, adultery, obsession ...
Time:
19th century, 1860s, victorian era, ancient times, edwardian era ...
Place:
japan, france, europe, asia, africa ...
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, War, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
During the last winter of the Civil War, cavalry officer Amos Dundee leads a contentious troop of Army regulars, Confederate prisoners and scouts on an expedition into Mexico to destroy a band of Apaches who have been raiding U.S. bases in Texas.
Style:
exciting, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
american civil war, military, soldier, civil war, rescue, apache, friend turned foe, massacre, chase, battles, apache indian, raid ...
Time:
19th century, 1860s, year 1965, year 1865
Place:
mexico, new mexico, usa, latin america, austin texas ...
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409K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
When siblings Judy and Peter discover an enchanted board game that opens the door to a magical world, they unwittingly invite Alan -- an adult who's been trapped inside the game for 26 years -- into their living room. Alan's only hope for ...
Style:
exciting, entertaining, offbeat, light, cult classic ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, pre-teens, family friendly ...
Plot:
jungle, fantasy world, childhood, magic, board game, time travel, getting home, children, parallel world, danger, friendship, supernatural ...
Time:
20th century, 19th century, 90s, year 1969, 1860s ...
Place:
new hampshire, usa, north america, canada
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: Netherlands, Hungary, UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Under pressure from his publisher, Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoyevsky gets work on his latest piece, 'Rouletenberg'. In the 27 days it takes for him to complete the novel reality and fiction become blurred; in this feverish atmosphere of ...
Style:
stylized, romantic drama, realistic, serious, independent film ...
Plot:
writers, novelist, older man younger woman relationship, gambling, gambling addiction, addiction, gambler, nudity, biopic, redemption, obsession, female nudity ...
Time:
1860s, year 1997, 19th century, 1870s, 1920s ...
Place:
st. petersburg russia, russia, germany, hong kong
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Six-part drama series set in and among the alleys, galleries and flesh-houses of 19th-century industrial London, following the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, a vagabond group of English painters, poets and critics.
Style:
costume drama, period piece, serious, realistic, stylized ...
Plot:
painting, bohemian life, painter, artist, lust, lifestyle, rebellion, couples, rebelliousness, love and romance, art, female artist ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1800s, 1860s
Place:
england, london, europe
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163K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA, Italy, Romania
Duration: 154 min.
Story:
In this classic story of love and devotion set against the backdrop of the American Civil War, a wounded Confederate soldier named W.P. Inman deserts his unit and travels across the South, aiming to return to his young wife, Ada, who he left behind ...
Style:
romantic, sincere, epic, sexy, period piece ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
american civil war, love story, survival, civil war, tragic love, lovers reunited, slavery, tragic romance, loss of family member, star crossed lovers, getting home, loss of loved one ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1800s, 1860s, year 2003 ...
Place:
north carolina, usa, south carolina, appalachia, charleston south carolina ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
This is a tale that has an epic scope in scenery "the northern snow-covered lands of coastal Norway" and is dramatized by moments of tumultuous stormy weather. But the focus is on Heikki (Stein Bjorn) a young man who is inspired by the ...
Style:
historical drama, atmospheric, bleak, melancholic, period piece ...
Plot:
northern lights, poverty, survival, hunger, man versus nature, snowstorm, winter, isolation, tragedy, rescue, blizzard, infant ...
Time:
1860s, 19th century
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Genre: Adventure, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 158 min.
TV show
Story:
The year is 1886, when New England's fishing harbours are the scene for a "creature of unknown origin" destroying ships at sea. It is the job of Professor Pierre Aronnax, a marine expert, and Ned Land, the iron willed sailor, to learn ...
Style:
epic, fairy tale, serious, bleak, suspenseful ...
Plot:
underwater, giant squid, animal, octopus, giant octopus, creature, adaptation, submarine, rivalry, androids and robots, escapades, dangerous animal ...
Time:
19th century, 1860s
Place:
usa, new england
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
A heroic tale of three blood brothers and their struggle in the midst of war and political upheaval. It is based on "The Assassination of Ma," a Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) story about the killing of general Ma Xinyi.
Style:
sincere, suspenseful, epic, serious, rough ...
Plot:
medieval, martial arts, fight, wuxia, asian history, soldier, civil war, kung fu, pow, battles, political unrest, treason ...
Time:
19th century, medieval times, 1860s, 1800s, year 2007 ...
Place:
china, east asia, ancient china, asia, beijing china
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Genre: Drama, Western
Country: France, Canada, Belgium
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
The American Civil War breaks out… A family of French colonists, settled in Missouri, decides to go back to France. Edmond, Madeleine and their three daughters have to cross the whole country to reach New York. They are led by the mysterious and ...
Style:
captivating, tense, exciting, disturbing
Plot:
forbidden love, friendship, danger, violence, chase, rivalry, society, murder, life is a bitch, parents and children, family relations, singing ...
Time:
19th century, 1860s
Place:
missouri
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Mauro Larrea and Soledad Montalvo are two strangers whose destinies cross in the second half of the 19th century, leading to their lives changing forever. A history of glories and defeats, of silver mines, family intrigues, vineyards, wineries, and ...
Style:
emotional, romantic, historical romance, romantic drama, talky ...
Plot:
lovers, true love, love, love and romance, love affair, couple relations, husband wife relationship, couples, family relations, relationships, passion, literary ...
Time:
19th century, 1860s, victorian era
Place:
spain, london, cuba, madrid
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: Canada, Germany
TV show
Story:
By Way of the Stars is an action/adventure television mini-series co-produced in 1992 by Sullivan Entertainment and German Beta-Taurus Kirch Group, that begins in 19th century Prussia, then travels through post-U.S. Civil War Charleston to the ...
Style:
historical drama, period piece, atmospheric
Plot:
escape, coming of age, immigration, family reunited, wilderness, survival, false accusation, stallion, indigenous people, reconciliation, murder, stowaway ...
Time:
19th century, 1860s, victorian era, year 1865
Place:
canada, prussia, north america
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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.
Style:
historical drama, period piece, serious, educational, political drama
Plot:
political intrigue, national identity, biopic, patriotism, family drama, conspiracy, queen victoria, drunkenness, british colonial
Time:
1860s, 19th century, 1870s, 1800s
Place:
toronto ontario canada, canada
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Genre: Comedy, War, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Slapstick rules in this 1964 Civil War comedy about miltary misfits and their incompetent commanders. Directed by George Marshall, and starring Glenn Ford, Stella Stevens, Melvyn Douglas, Joan Blondell, Jim Backus, Andrew Prine, Alan Hale Jr., Jesse ...
Style:
satirical, period piece, slapstick, action comedy, lighthearted ...
Plot:
civil war, american civil war, misfit, irreverent, fort, fish out of water, spy, u.s. civil war, woman with a gun, prostitute, battle of the sexes, cavalry ...
Time:
1860s
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
In the 1860's American West, a minister and his family are traveling in a covered wagon when they hear a mysterious sound coming from the woods. Believing the sound to be God, they worship it, until they discover the sound is something much ...
Style:
religious horror, suspense, grim, tense, atmospheric ...
Plot:
paranoia, isolation, forest, supernatural, wilderness, mass hysteria, loss of innocence, slow burn, wagon train, survival, claustrophobia, ritual ...
Time:
1860s
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Genre: Drama, War, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A look at a group of Union and Confederate cavalry from late 1862 until the end of the Civil War in 1865.
Style:
captivating, psychological, historical drama, period piece
Audience:
adult
Plot:
american civil war, civil war, soldier, military, wartime, battles, military officer, historical event, american soldier, fight, shooting, war ...
Time:
1860s, 19th century
Place:
virginia
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