1800s movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant 1800s movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out period drama, realistic, costume drama, period piece, serious and atmospheric films and TV shows about / with betrayal, costume, dialogue, destiny, justice, family relations, storytelling, adaptation, mentor and victorian england plots mostly in Drama, Romance and Mystery genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as 1800s: In the Heart of the Sea (2015), Love Comes Softly (2003), Into the West (2005), The Wonder (2022), Little Dorrit (2008), Pride and Prejudice (1995), The Cursed (2021), From Hell (2001), Cold Mountain (2003), Alex Haley's Queen (1993).
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List of 1800s movies
Genre: Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA, Australia, Spain
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
In the winter of 1820, the New England whaling ship Essex was assaulted by something no one could believe: a whale of mammoth size and will, and an almost human sense of vengeance. The real-life maritime disaster would inspire Herman Melville’s ...
Style:
scenic, realistic, suspenseful, emotional, visually stunning ...
Audience:
kids, teens, adult
Plot:
survival, ocean, ship, sea, boat, disaster, man versus nature, starvation, whale, whaling, shipwreck, hunting ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, year 2015, 1800s, 1820s ...
Place:
ecuador, pacific ocean, new england, america, massachusetts ...
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Genre: Drama, Family, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Marty is a 19 year old pioneer woman, recently married. She goes west with her husband Clem, hoping to start a new life. But Clem unexpectedly dies, and Marty finds herself alone, two months pregnant. Clark Davis, a widower, offers her a marriage of ...
Style:
touching, sentimental, emotional, serious, feel good ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, family friendly, girls' night
Plot:
fall in love, marriage of convenience, love and romance, faith, christian, couple relations, pregnancy, couples, hopes, farm, single parent, wagon train ...
Time:
19th century, 1800s, victorian era
Place:
usa
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
TV show
Story:
Steven Spielberg executive produced this TNT miniseries about American Westward expansion during the 19th century. Told from both the perspective of the white Wheeler family and the Native American Lakota tribe, the 12-hour epic follows the clans as ...
Style:
epic, realistic, sincere, serious, atmospheric ...
Plot:
native american, american indian, wild west, old west, indian war, native american attack, wagon train, tribe, native american white relationships, gold rush, interracial romance, injustice ...
Time:
19th century, 1800s
Place:
south dakota, north america
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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: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
After an abrupt and violent encounter with a French warship inflicts severe damage upon his ship, a captain of the British Royal Navy begins a chase over two oceans to capture or destroy the enemy, though he must weigh his commitment to duty and ...
Style:
exciting, tense, period piece, epic, costume drama ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
ship, napoleonic wars, navy, naval battle, sea battle, battles, sailing, warship, heroic mission, royal navy, british navy, sea ...
Time:
18th century, 19th century, 1800s, year 2003, ancient times ...
Place:
britain, england, america, brazil, europe ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 34 min.
TV show
Story:
The series tells the story of Amy Dorrit, who spends her days earning money for the family and looking after her proud father, who is a long term inmate of Marshalsea debtors' prison in London. Amy and her family's world is transformed ...
Style:
costume drama, sincere, period piece, captivating, historical drama ...
Audience:
girls' night, kids
Plot:
poverty, young woman, life is a bitch, uncover truth, passionate love, passion, rich and poor, love and romance, employer employee relationship, financial problem, dysfunctional family, social problems ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, regency period, 1800s, georgian era ...
Place:
england, britain, europe, london
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Jane Austen's classic novel about the prejudice that occurred between the 19th century classes and the pride which would keep lovers apart.
Style:
romantic, costume drama, atmospheric, stylized, period piece ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, kids
Plot:
prejudice, love and romance, fall in love, aristocracy, wooing, initially antagonists, social differences, looking for love, opposites attract, love story, unlikely couple, countryside ...
Time:
18th century, 19th century, victorian era, 1810s, 1800s ...
Place:
england, britain, europe, london
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Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
In the late nineteenth century, brutal land baron Seamus Laurent slaughters a Roma clan, unleashing a curse on his family and village. In the days that follow, the townspeople are plagued by nightmares, Seamus’s son Edward goes missing, and a boy ...
Style:
scary, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic, disturbing ...
Plot:
werewolf, creature, gypsy, cursed, supernatural, folk horror, scarecrow, curse, revenge from beyond the grave, violence, paranormal phenomena, monster ...
Time:
19th century, 1800s, 2020s
Place:
france, rome italy
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Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Czech Republic
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Frederick Abberline is an opium-huffing inspector from Scotland Yard who falls for one of Jack the Ripper's prostitute targets in this Hughes brothers adaption of a graphic novel that posits the Ripper's true identity.
Style:
gothic, atmospheric, suspense, scary, suspenseful ...
Plot:
serial killer, jack the ripper, freemason, conspiracy, graphic violence, a vision, police investigation, murder of a prostitute, violent, prostitution, who done it, life is a bitch ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, 1880s, year 2001, 1800s ...
Place:
england, london, britain, ireland, europe ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A fresh and distinctive take on Charles Dickens’ semi-autobiographical masterpiece, The Personal History of David Copperfield, set in the 1840s, chronicles the life of its iconic title character as he navigates a chaotic world to find his elusive ...
Style:
costume drama, sentimental, period piece, visually stunning, satirical ...
Plot:
charles dickens, orphan, victorian england, poverty, kite, aunt, child's point of view, children, blackmail, survivor, friendship, social differences ...
Time:
19th century, 1800s, victorian era, future, 1840s ...
Place:
england, europe, dover england, london
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Genre: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: Canada, USA, UK
Duration: 58 min.
TV show
Story:
Anne Shirley, now a schoolteacher, has begun writing stories and collecting rejection slips. She makes the acquaintance of a handsome, rich, bachelor, chases a cow, and wins (to her chagrin) a baking soda company's writing contest. She acts as ...
Style:
period piece, touching, feel good, humorous, sentimental ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, chick flick, girls' night, adult
Plot:
anne of green gables, friendship, corporal punishment, coming of age, school, adopted daughter, mentor, teachers and students, love, heartwarming, child prodigy, orphan ...
Time:
1800s, 1900s, 19th century, 18th century
Place:
canada, usa, chicago, boston, england ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Paris. 1830. In the heart of the town, Vidocq, a famous detective, disappeared as he fights the Alchemist, an assassin that he has been pursuing for a few months. His young biographer, Etienne Boisset, decides to have revenge on Vidocq's death ...
Style:
suspenseful, surreal, atmospheric, detective, stylized ...
Plot:
serial killer, steampunk, investigation, alchemist, female nudity, who done it, alchemy, murder, danger, vengeance, eternal youth, mirror ...
Time:
19th century, 1830s, 1800s, victorian era
Place:
france, paris france, europe
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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: Biography, Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
TV show
Story:
A plantation owner's son falls in love with a slave named Easter and together they have a Mixed race daughter named Queen. As Queen grows up, she faces the struggle of trying to fit into the troubled world around her. She tries passing for ...
Style:
heartbreaking, costume drama, psychological, gothic, uplifting ...
Plot:
slavery, african american, civil war, biracial, interracial romance, white male black female relationship, miscegenation, american civil war, black, family relations, black history, interracial ...
Time:
1800s, 19th century, victorian era, 1840s, 1860s
Place:
southern usa
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A Harvard Medical School graduate takes a position at a mental institution and soon becomes obsessed with a female mental patient, but he has no idea of a recent and horrifying staffing change.
Style:
twist ending, suspense, gothic, psychological thriller, atmospheric ...
Plot:
mental illness, mental institution, twists and turns, mental patient, insanity, plot twist, psychiatrist, edgar allan poe, madhouse, doctors and patients, doctor, macabre ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1890s, 1800s, year 1900
Place:
england, britain, usa, oxford university, tuscany ...
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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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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: Ireland, Switzerland, UK, USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Edmond Dantés's life and plans to marry the beautiful Mercedes are shattered when his best friend, Fernand, deceives him. After spending 13 miserable years in prison, Dantés escapes with the help of a fellow inmate and plots his revenge, ...
Style:
suspense, exciting, costume drama, period piece, sexy ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
vengeance, revenge, sword fight, treason, treasure, lone hero, twists and turns, corruption, prison, confined, betrayal, arrest ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, year 2002, 18th century, 1800s ...
Place:
france, ireland, marseille, europe, paris france
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Russia, France, Italy, Czech Republic, USA
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
Douglas is a foreign entrepreneur, who ventures to Russia in 1885 with dreams of selling a new, experimental steam-driven timber harvester in the wilds of Siberia. Jane is his assistant. On her travels, she meets two men who would change her life ...
Style:
romantic, touching, sentimental, harsh, realistic ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
life, destiny, imperial russia, love story, life philosophy, exile, unfulfilled love, soldier, love affair, love triangle, love and romance, self sacrifice ...
Time:
18th century, 19th century, 1800s, 90s
Place:
soviet union, russia, siberia, moscow russia
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
In the aftermath of a family tragedy, an aspiring author is torn between love for her childhood friend and the temptation of a mysterious outsider. Trying to escape the ghosts of her past, she is swept away to a house that breathes, bleeds… and ...
Style:
gothic, dark fantasy, atmospheric, gothic horror, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
ghost, haunted house, supernatural, incest, murder, female protagonist, betrayal, macabre, brother sister incest, old mansion, estate, ghost story ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, 1900s, year 2015, 1800s ...
Place:
england, america, europe, usa
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Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: France, Germany, Italy, Canada, USA, UK, Hungary, Spain, Czech Republic
Duration: 89 min.
TV show
Story:
The year is 1816, and NAPOLEON, held prisoner by the British on the island of St. Helena, is telling the young English girl BETSY his life story.
Style:
epic, exciting, captivating, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
napoleon bonaparte, napoleonic wars, imperial russia, battles, politics, conquering, war hero, leadership, rise to the top, ambition, society, military ...
Time:
1810s, 1800s, 19th century, 18th century, regency period ...
Place:
austria, france, europe, prussia
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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 373 min.
Story:
Seven-hour epic based on the eponymous book by Leo Tolstoy. Two main story-lines are complex and intertwined. One is the love story of young Countess Natasha Rostova and Count Pierre Bezukhov, who is unhappy in his marriage. Another is the ...
Style:
epic, romantic, fairy tale, inspirational, smart ...
Plot:
napoleonic wars, nobility, true love, nationalism, russian history, battles, medieval, historical epic, war, napoleonic era, russian empire, passion ...
Time:
19th century, 1810s, 1800s, year 1966, regency period ...
Place:
russia, soviet union, ussr, europe
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Ireland, UK, France
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Albert Nobbs struggles to survive in late 19th century Ireland, where women aren't encouraged to be independent. Posing as a man, so she can work as a butler in Dublin's most posh hotel, Albert meets a handsome painter and looks to escape ...
Style:
touching, sad, costume drama, period piece, stylized ...
Plot:
gender, loneliness, cross dressing, lesbian, lgbtq, master and servant, woman dressed as man, relationships, society, death, maid, gender disguise ...
Time:
19th century, 1890s, 1800s, victorian era, turn of the century ...
Place:
ireland, england, britain, dublin ireland, europe
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Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
After avenging his family's brutal murder, Wales is pursued by a pack of soldiers. He prefers to travel alone, but ragtag outcasts are drawn to him - and Wales can't bring himself to leave them unprotected.
Style:
suspense, brutal, harsh, epic, visually stunning ...
Plot:
american civil war, revenge, native american, surrender, civil war, cowboy, vengeance, manhunt, murder, on the run, loss of family, one against many ...
Time:
19th century, 1860s, 1800s, 20th century, year 1976 ...
Place:
texas, missouri, austin texas, usa, kansas ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Two young gentlemen living in 1890s England use the same pseudonym ("Ernest") on the sly, which is fine until they both fall in love with women using that name, which leads to a comedy of mistaken identities...
Style:
entertaining, period piece, feel good, costume drama, witty ...
Audience:
date night, family outing, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
mistaken identity, country estate, love story, happy ending, comedy of manners, false identity, twists and turns, couples, social differences, friendship, comedy of errors, disorder ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1800s, 1890s, year 2002 ...
Place:
england, london, britain, europe
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Mystery, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
The life and death of the legendary Ludwig van Beethoven. Beside all the work he is known for, the composer once wrote a famous love letter to a nameless beloved and the movie tries to find out who this beloved was. Not easy as Beethoven has had ...
Style:
emotional, visually stunning, visual, dramatic, touching ...
Plot:
composer, biopic, classical music, music, musician, classical composer, artist, art, deafness, true love, beethoven, piano ...
Time:
19th century, 18th century, regency period, 1820s, ancient times ...
Place:
austria, europe, hungary
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Genre: Adventure, Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Ballad of the Masterthief Ole Hoiland (Norwegian: Balladen om mestertyven Ole Høiland) is a 1970 Norwegian drama film directed by Knut Andersen, and starring a broad cast of notable Norwegian actors, headed by Per Jansen as Ole Høiland. Ole ...
Style:
crime drama, tragic ending, art house, melancholic, period drama
Plot:
master thief, bank robbery, outlaw, robin hood, biopic, escape, moral ambiguity, imprisonment, character study, prison sentence, friendship, seduction ...
Time:
1800s, 19th century
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Emma Woodhouse is a congenial young lady who delights in meddling in other people’s affairs. She is perpetually trying to unite men and women who are utterly wrong for each other. Despite her interest in romance, Emma is clueless about her own ...
Style:
romantic, costume drama, affectionate, period piece, witty ...
Audience:
date night, teens, family outing, girls' night, chick flick ...
Plot:
friendship, matchmaker, love and romance, couples, fall in love, looking for love, countryside, wooing, social differences, love, male female friendship, estate ...
Time:
19th century, 1800s, victorian era, 1810s, year 1996 ...
Place:
england, britain, seattle, london
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Pride & Prejudice is a humorous story of love and life among English gentility during the Georgian era. Mr. Bennet is an English gentleman living in Hertfordshire with his overbearing wife and five daughters. If Mr. Bennet dies their house will ...
Style:
romantic, costume drama, sweet, sexy, captivating ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens, family friendly ...
Plot:
prejudice, love, fall in love, happy ending, women, strong female character, love and romance, opposites attract, aristocracy, initially antagonists, wooing, social differences ...
Time:
19th century, 18th century, victorian era, 1790s, georgian era ...
Place:
england, britain, united kingdom, europe, london ...
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Genre: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Emmett Murphy (Shane Hagedorn) is a Civil War veteran who returns to his Michigan home looking for peace. After his wife dies, he fulfills his promise to a dying soldier and brings the Negro widow, Haddie (Lauren LaStrada) and her daughter to stay ...
Style:
historical drama, psychological, thrilling, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
racial prejudice, bigotry, civil war veteran, post civil war, interracial relations, family drama, life is a bitch, lifestyle change, changing lives, gunslinger, fighting the system, war veteran ...
Time:
1800s
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: West Germany, Italy, Spain, Monaco, Bulgaria
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
In Peru, the land of the Incas, the Indian pin their hopes on Jaucarapora. They want to him as their king who could drive back the white conquistador. A stranger appears in Lima who risks his life to rescue the president from a charging wildcat. ...
Style:
historical drama, period piece, suspenseful, tense, epic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
rebellion, legacy, wrongful accusation, treasure hunter, royalty, justice, sacrifice, betrayal, tragedy, political intrigue, assassination, colonialism ...
Time:
1800s, 19th century
Place:
peru
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