19th century movies and TV shows – page 4
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 57 min.
TV show
Story:
This is the acclaimed 2008 BBC adaptation of the famous Jane Austen novel. While it originally aired as a 3-part miniseries, this home video release includes a single uninterrupted version of the entire film.
Style:
costume drama, period piece, romantic drama, historical drama, sincere ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
countryside, romanticism, love and romance, society, sister sister relationship, love triangle, wooing, manners, rich and poor, rich man poor woman, love story, unrequited love ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, georgian era, regency period
Place:
london, europe, britain, england
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: France
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A passionate love story set against a backdrop of sexual freedom, loosely based on the relationship between 19th century authors Pierre Loüys and Marie de Régnier
Style:
sexy, atmospheric, erotic, emotional, romantic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
erotica, bohemian life, strong sexual content, cheating wife, nudity, cuckold, female nudity, adultery, love triangle, horny wife, sexual tension, husband wife estrangement ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1890s
Place:
paris france, algeria, france
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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, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 54 min.
TV show
Story:
A BBC dramatization of George Eliot's classic novel about the lives and loves of a group of people living on the cusp of the Industrial Revolution in a small town named Middlemarch. These include young Doctor Lydgate, who arrives at Middlemarch ...
Style:
costume drama, period piece, historical drama, romantic drama, clever ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
hospital, victorian england, social differences, intrigue, priest, tragic love, love, doctor, reform, inheritance, politics, journalist ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1800s, 1870s, regency period
Place:
england, rome italy, britain, europe
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 200 min.
Story:
Adaptation of the Dickens novel.
Style:
serious, uplifting, sentimental, atmospheric, touching ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
charles dickens, rich and poor, social differences, dysfunctional family, injustice, family relations, power relations, rivalry, life is a bitch, society, youth, siblings relations ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, 1800s
Place:
england, europe, london
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Elizabeth and Darcy, now six years married and with two young sons, are preparing for the lavish annual ball at their magnificent Pemberley home. The unannounced arrival of Elizabeths wayward sister Lydia, however, brings an abrupt and shocking halt ...
Style:
costume drama, period piece, tense, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
murder mystery, high society, murder, couples, empire fashion, family relations, who done it, investigation, duty, passionate love, passion, female protagonist ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, 1800s, 18th century, regency period ...
Place:
england
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217K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Wealth, lust, and betrayal set in the backdrop of Regency era England, seen through the eyes of the powerful Bridgerton family.
Style:
romantic, costume drama, sexy, light, captivating ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teens
Plot:
love, marriage, aristocracy, society, love and romance, love story, sex scene, eligible bachelor, couple relations, intrigue, relationships, steamy romance ...
Time:
19th century, 1810s, georgian era, ancient times, victorian era ...
Place:
england, london
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Genre: Drama, Family, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Centers on Missy's adopted daughter Belinda Tyler as she follows her dream. Belinda wants to be a doctor, but this time period does not look kindly on women with careers, especially one in the medical field. But Belinda is a strong-minded woman ...
Style:
sentimental, emotional, captivating, realistic, touching ...
Audience:
girls' night, family friendly
Plot:
family life, fall in love, relationship vs career, social differences, family relations, hopes, blind ambition, follow your dream, workplace situations, love, christian, father son relationship ...
Time:
19th century, 1800s
Place:
usa, new york
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 53 min.
TV show
Story:
Based on a little known 1848 novel by Anne Bronte, Tara Fitzgerald stars as an enigmatic young woman who moves to 19th Century Yorkshire with a young son. Distancing herself from everyone in the village and their prying questions, she remains ...
Style:
costume drama, period piece, historical drama, gothic, realistic ...
Plot:
english countryside, victorian england, mathematics, literary, domestic abuse, happy ending, new beginning, troubled marriage, mansion, downfall, unfulfillment, dishonesty ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, 1820s
Place:
britain, england, yorkshire
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, Mystery
Country: USA, UK, Netherlands
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
The story of Captain Richard Francis Burton's and Lt. John Hanning Speke's expedition to find the source of the Nile river in the name of Queen Victoria's British Empire. The film tells the story of their meeting, their friendship ...
Style:
captivating, atmospheric, serious, realistic, period piece ...
Plot:
wilderness, expedition, british empire, betrayal, survival, gay, friendship, heroic mission, escapades, danger, colonialism, disaster ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, ancient times, turn of the century, 1850s
Place:
africa, east africa, south africa, somalia, cairo egypt ...
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127K
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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29K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Romance, Western
Country: France, Australia, UK, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
After getting threatened by Kelly's friends and family, Constable Fitzpatrick places the blame on Ned Kelly and exaggerates what happened. With the biggest ever award available, Kelly and his gang set into the wild, to remain hidden from ...
Style:
romantic, captivating, factual, sincere, rough ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
folk hero, gang, bank robbery, biopic, injustice, criminal heroes, wilderness, lawlessness, resistance, revenge, false accusation, life is a bitch ...
Time:
19th century, ancient times, victorian era, 20th century, turn of the century ...
Place:
australia, oceania, new south wales, ireland, new zealand
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297K
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Iceland, UK, USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
In a countryside town bordering on a magical land, a young man makes a promise to his beloved that he'll retrieve a fallen star by venturing into the magical realm. His journey takes him into a world beyond his wildest dreams and reveals his ...
Style:
fairy tale, romantic, feel good, dark fantasy, captivating ...
Audience:
family outing, date night, chick flick, kids, teens ...
Plot:
witch, magic, true love, fantasy world, magical, curses spells and rituals, sword fight, love and romance, imaginary kingdom, fall in love, chase, imaginary ...
Time:
19th century, year 2007, 2000s, future, 50s ...
Place:
england, britain, europe
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349K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
In Arizona in the late 1800s, infamous outlaw Ben Wade and his vicious gang of thieves and murderers have plagued the Southern Railroad. When Wade is captured, Civil War veteran Dan Evans, struggling to survive on his drought-plagued ranch, ...
Style:
tense, harsh, psychological, clever, brutal ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
old west, gunfight, wild west, runaway, honor, outlaw, prisoner, gunslinger, sheriff, heroic mission, righting the wronged, gang ...
Time:
19th century, 1880s, year 2007, 2000s, 1800s
Place:
arizona, tucson arizona, yuma arizona, usa, sonora ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 93 min.
TV show
Story:
Charles Dickens' haunting semi-autobiographical tale of a boy who is sent away by his stepfather after his mother dies but manages to triumph over incredible adversities.
Style:
costume drama, period piece, captivating, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
charles dickens, coming of age, child abuse, stepfather stepson relationship, step parent, manic, orphan, youth, literary, victorian england, rise to the top, life is a bitch ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1830s, edwardian era
Place:
england, london, europe, dover england
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
The story, set in 1875, follows a British officer (Heath Ledger) who resigns his post when he learns of his regiment's plan to ship out to the Sudan for the conflict with the Mahdi. His friends and fiancée send him four white feathers which ...
Style:
epic, costume drama, period piece, serious, captivating ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
redemption, desert, military, imperialism, cavalry, british empire, slavery, colonialism, soldier, hopes, friendship, prison escape ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, year 2002, turn of the century, 1880s ...
Place:
sudan, england, africa, britain, north africa ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, Denmark
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
In Northern Norway during the 1860s, a little girl named Dina accidentally causes her mother's death. Overcome with grief, her father refuses to raise her, leaving her in the care of the household servants. Dina grows up wild and unmanageable, ...
Style:
intense, talky, emotional, stylized, period piece ...
Plot:
relationships, female pubic hair, female nudity, life philosophy, justice, family problems, family relations, contests and competitions, haunted by the past, death in the family, master and servant, parents and children ...
Time:
19th century, 1860s
Place:
europe
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A vampire relates his epic life story of love, betrayal, loneliness, and dark hunger to an over-curious reporter.
Style:
gothic, gothic horror, dark, scary, sexy ...
Audience:
girls' night, adult
Plot:
vampire, supernatural, immortality, goth, loneliness, dark hero, vampirism, monster as victim, blood, bonding, vampire bite, child vampire ...
Time:
19th century, 18th century, georgian era, 20th century, 1870s ...
Place:
new orleans, louisiana, paris france, san francisco, france ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Hunderby is a British sitcom produced by Sky, written by Julia Davis, that was first broadcast on Sky Atlantic in 2012. The series won two awards at the British Comedy Awards in 2012.
Style:
sitcom, gothic, humorous, costume drama, light ...
Plot:
couples, maid, society, butler, rivalry, silly humor, devious, dishonesty, couple relations, male nudity, dark humor, gossip and rumors ...
Time:
19th century, 1830s, georgian era
Place:
england
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, History, Mystery
Country: Russia, Germany, Japan, Canada, Finland, Denmark
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A French marquis wanders through a vast labyrinth of corridors, theaters and ballrooms at a reception for a Persian ambassador.
Style:
epic, visual, philosophical, cerebral, surreal ...
Plot:
russian history, museum, painting, revolution, time travel, art, lifestyle, culture clash, haunted by the past, architecture, storytelling, imperial russia ...
Time:
19th century, year 2002, 20th century, 1800s, 18th century ...
Place:
soviet union, russia, ussr, siberia, europe ...
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4K
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Germany
Duration: 58 min.
TV show
Story:
When Austria and Prussia declare war on Denmark, two brothers are called to serve in the bloodiest battle in Denmark's history.
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, stylized, costume drama ...
Plot:
brother brother relationship, military, love triangle, soldier, battles, danger, military life, nordic, life is a bitch, political unrest, army, heart attack ...
Time:
19th century, 1860s, victorian era
Place:
denmark, prussia, austria, europe
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 219 min.
Story:
Harvard graduate James Averill (Kris Kristofferson) is the sheriff of prosperous Jackson County, Wyo., when a battle erupts between the area's poverty-stricken immigrants and its wealthy cattle farmers. The politically connected ranch owners ...
Style:
epic, period piece, controversial, erotic, talky ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
violence, immigrant, cattle ranch, epic battle, ranch, skinny dipping, prostitute, brothel, culture clash, gunfight, controversy, female nudity ...
Time:
19th century, 1890s, year 1980, 1800s, 1870s ...
Place:
montana, wyoming, usa, harvard university, america ...
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14K
Genre: Action, Drama, History
Country: Ireland, Luxembourg, Belgium, USA, France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
It’s 1847 and Ireland is in the grip of the Great Famine that has ravaged the country for two long years. Feeney, a hardened Irish Ranger who has been fighting for the British Army abroad, abandons his post to return home and reunite with his ...
Style:
costume drama, suspense, exciting, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot:
poverty, deserter, revenge, starvation, british colonialism, manhunt, british army, hunger, firing squad, death, desperation, brutality ...
Time:
19th century, 1840s, victorian era
Place:
ireland, iraq, britain, afghanistan
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, Czech Republic
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
With his eye on a lovely aristocrat, a gifted illusionist named Eisenheim uses his powers to win her away from her betrothed, a crowned prince. But Eisenheim's scheme creates tumult within the monarchy and ignites the suspicion of a dogged ...
Style:
surprise ending, atmospheric, period piece, enigmatic, twist ending ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, teens
Plot:
twists and turns, magic, forbidden love, wizards and magicians, magician, murder mystery, murder, love triangle, magic trick, investigation, nobility, love story ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, year 2006, 2000s, edwardian era ...
Place:
vienna, london, austria, america, england ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA, Ireland
Duration: 59 min.
TV show
Story:
Set against the backdrop of the American Civil War, the story follows sisters Jo, Meg, Beth and Amy March on their journey from childhood to adulthood. With the help of their mother, Marmee, and while their father is away at war, the girls navigate ...
Style:
costume drama, period piece, touching, sentimental, romantic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
family bonds, civil war, sibling relationship, first love, coming of age, christmas, sister, friendship, sister sister relationship, women, everyday life, parent child relationship ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1860s
Place:
usa, new england, massachusetts
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Romania, Canada
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A grieving upper class woman becomes a "Lady Visitor" at Millbank prison, hoping to escape her troubles and be a guiding figure in the lives of the female prisoners. Of all her friendships with prisoners, she is most fascinated by Selina - ...
Style:
serious, psychological, costume drama, period piece, suspense ...
Plot:
prison, lesbian, lesbian interest, supernatural ability, obsession, death in the family, women's prison, lgbtq, lesbian teen, lesbian relationship, gays and lesbians, danger ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1870s
Place:
britain, england, europe, venice
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
A shipping disaster in the 19th Century has stranded a man and woman in the wilds of Africa. The lady is pregnant, and gives birth to a son in their tree house. Soon after, a family of apes stumble across the house and in the ensuing panic, both ...
Style:
costume drama, sexy, touching, harsh, serious ...
Plot:
tarzan, jungle, adventurer, culture clash, stranded, orphan, feral man, unrequited love, ape, animal cruelty, justice, rescue ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, turn of the century, 1890s, 1900s ...
Place:
africa, england, london, united kingdom, europe ...
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
A young man (Cruise) leaves Ireland with his landlord's daughter (Kidman) after some trouble with her father, and they dream of owning land at the big giveaway in Oklahoma ca. 1893. When they get to the new land, they find jobs and begin saving ...
Style:
sentimental, period piece, intense, serious, rom com ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night, chick flick
Plot:
love, love and romance, enemies to lovers, boxing, ambition, love story, immigrant, boxer, obsessive quest, against the odds, american dream, rise and fall ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1890s, turn of the century, 1800s ...
Place:
usa, ireland, oklahoma, oklahoma city, europe ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Firelight is a period romance/drama film written and directed by William Nicholson. It was Nicholson's first, and to date only, film as director.
Style:
erotic, feel good, touching, sexy, uplifting ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
fall in love, victorian england, love affair, governess, couples, hopes, marriage proposal, estate, love and romance, parents and children, happy ending, british ...
Time:
19th century, 1840s, victorian era, year 1997, 1830s ...
Place:
england, britain, europe, london, san francisco
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Italy, France, West Germany, Monaco
Duration: 238 min.
Story:
A history of Ludwig, king of Bavaria, from his crowning in 1864 until his death in 1886.
Style:
homoerotic, realistic, captivating, serious, atmospheric ...
Plot:
decadence, royalty, homosexual subtext, empress, politics, gay, biopic, betrayal, friendship, downfall, tragic hero, state affairs ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1800s, year 1972, turn of the century ...
Place:
southern germany, europe, germany, austria, bavaria ...
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