Imperialism movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant imperialism movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, captivating, serious, period drama, exciting and epic films and TV shows about / with imperialism, society, colonialism, murder, military, escapades, soldier, heroes, politics and battles plots mostly in Drama, Adventure and History genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as imperialism: The Price of Sugar (2013), Lumumba (2000), The Mission (1986), Waiting for the Barbarians (2019), Khartoum (1966), Zulu Dawn (1979), To the Ends of the Earth (2005), The Four Feathers (2002), The Man Who Would Be King (1975), Lawrence of Arabia (1962).

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The Price of Sugar (2013)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Netherlands, Germany, South Africa
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A story about two half-sisters life in the eighteenth century Suriname. There is Lynda, a white colonial and slave owner, and her slave Mini-Mini's. While Lynda is slowly embittered by the hard life in the colony, Mini-Mini gets a chance at ...
Style: captivating, touching, realistic, serious
Plot: slavery, half sister, plantation, imperialism, slave auction, first love, marriage, rebelliousness, society, life is a bitch, family relations, family problems ...
Time: 18th century
Place: latin america, caribbean
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 7.2
 2K
Lumumba (2000)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: France, Belgium, Germany, Haiti
Duration: 115 min.
Story: The true story of the rise to power and brutal assassination of the formerly vilified and later redeemed leader of the independent Congo, Patrice Lumumba. Using newly discovered historical evidence, Haitian-born and later Congo-raised writer and ...
Style: political, realistic, serious, suspenseful, contemplative ...
Plot: imperialism, politics, assassination, intrigue, colonialism, capitalism, politician, greed, revolution, scapegoat, betrayal, political corruption ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, 1950s
Place: africa, congo, belgium, south africa, brussels belgium
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 7.4
 65K
The Mission (1986)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History
Country: UK, France
Duration: 125 min.
Story: When a Spanish Jesuit goes into the South American wilderness to build a mission in the hope of converting the Indians of the region, a slave hunter is converted and joins his mission. When Spain sells the colony to Portugal, they are forced to ...
Style: epic, thought provoking, christian film, harsh, spiritual ...
Plot: jungle, clergy, slavery, native american, mission, slave, jesuit, religion, conquistador, christian, slave trader, christianity ...
Time: 18th century, year 1986, ancient times
Place: south america, argentina, portugal, latin america, america ...
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Waiting for the Barbarians (2019)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: At an isolated frontier outpost, a colonial magistrate suffers a crisis of conscience when an army colonel arrives looking to interrogate the locals about an impending uprising, using cruel tactics that horrify the magistrate.
Style: realistic, suspenseful, disturbing, serious, suspense ...
Plot: imperialism, desert, colonialism, prisoners of war, interrogation, torture, forbidden love, danger, social decay, couples, love affair, disorder ...
Time: victorian era
Place: italy, austria, mongolia, east asia
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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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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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 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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To the Ends of the Earth (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 267 min.
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Story: From Nobel Laureate William Golding's (Lord of the Flies) epic sea-voyage trilogy comes the story of an ambitious British aristocrat, humbled by the lives of his fellow passengers, as he embarks on an ocean voyage for Australia where he is to ...
Style: semi serious, sincere, epic, captivating, road movie ...
Plot: ship, sea voyage, sea captain, imperialism, fall in love, introspection, social differences, escapades, military, unlikely couple, teaching the ways of the world, friendship ...
Time: 19th century, 1810s, regency period, georgian era
Place: australia, england
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The Four Feathers (2002)
Genre: Action, 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: costume drama, period piece, serious, captivating, touching ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: military, war, redemption, imperialism, british empire, colonialism, slavery, desert, soldier, escape, cavalry, friendship ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, year 2002, 1880s, 1890s
Place: sudan, england, britain, africa, america ...
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The Man Who Would Be King (1975)
Genre: Adventure, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story: A robust adventure about two British adventurers who take over primitive Kafiristan as "godlike" rulers, meeting a tragic end through their desire for a native girl. Based on a short story by Rudyard Kipling.
Style: epic, breathtaking, witty, humorous, retro ...
Plot: adventurer, british empire, imperialism, soldier, execution, medieval, swashbuckler, war, freemason, friendship, greed, buddy ...
Time: 19th century, 1800s, year 1975, victorian era, 1880s
Place: india, afghanistan, morocco, ancient greece, himalaya ...
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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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Black and White in Color (1976)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Country: CĂ´te d'Ivoire, France, West Germany, Switzerland
Duration: 90 min.
Story: French colonists in Africa, several months behind in the news, find themselves at war with their German neighbors. Deciding that they must do their proper duty and fight the Germans, they promptly conscript the local native population. Issuing them ...
Style: biting, cynical, realistic, semi serious, witty ...
Plot: world war one, colonialism, great war, war, imperialism, african, world war, blaxploitation, satire, soldier, military, french colonialism ...
Time: year 1976, 20th century, 1910s, year 1914, year 1915
Place: africa
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Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002)
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 94 min.
Story: In 1931, three aboriginal girls escape after being plucked from their homes to be trained as domestic staff and set off on a trek across the Outback.
Style: touching, emotional, poignant, factual, heartbreaking ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: child abuse, aborigine, australian outback, racism, kidnapping, children, australian aboriginal, culture clash, survival, indigenous people, women, colonialism ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century, year 2002, year 1931
Place: australia, oceania
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 7.5
 38K
Little Big Man (1970)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, 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, indians, american history, orphan, chief, injustice, escapades, imperialism, wild west, salesman, thief, society ...
Time: 19th century, year 1970, 70s, 20th century, 1870s ...
Place: montana, south dakota, usa
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Jarhead: Law of Return (2019)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Israel, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Major Ronan Jackson (Devon Sawa), an accomplished fighter pilot for the Israel Defense Forces and son of a U.S. Senator (Robert Patrick), is shot down while flying through Syrian airspace. After miraculously surviving the crash, Jackson is taken ...
Style: tense, suspense, disturbing, exciting
Plot: torture, machismo, imperialism, airplane shot down, pow, rescue, military, islam, murder, violence, brutality, heroes ...
Place: syria, palestine, jerusalem
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Tel Aviv On Fire (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Luxembourg, Israel, France, Belgium
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Salam, an inexperienced young Palestinian man, becomes a writer on a popular soap opera after a chance meeting with an Israeli soldier. His creative career is on the rise - until the soldier and the show's financial backers disagree about how ...
Style: realistic, thought provoking, inspirational, intense, comedy drama
Plot: israeli palestinian conflict, imperialism, life philosophy, war, military, injustice, love and romance, soldier, politics, culture clash, society, satire ...
Time: 2010s
Place: palestine, israel, middle east
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Samurai Marathon (2019)
Genre: Action, Adventure, History
Country: Japan, UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story: The American imperialists are at the door and intruding on Japan. To assess and train his troops the lord of the land announces a marathon through the land crisscrossing shores, forests and the mountain. The shogunate in Edo was not approving and ...
Style: tense, captivating, bloody, intense, exciting ...
Plot: samurai, swordsman, edo period, marathon, spy, rivalry, princess, rescue, imperialism, japanese history, samurai era, japanese woman ...
Time: 19th century, 1850s
Place: japan, asia
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First They Killed My Father (2017)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Cambodia, USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story: A 5-year-old girl embarks on a harrowing quest for survival amid the sudden rise and terrifying reign of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia.
Style: factual, thought provoking, captivating, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot: genocide, forced labor, communism, little girl, mass murder, khmer rouge, crime against humanity, wartime, imperialism, murder, anti war, revolution ...
Time: 90s, year 2017, 2010s, 70s, year 1970
Place: cambodia, east asia
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 8.4
 705K
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, War
Country: USA
Duration: 147 min.
Story: At the height of the Vietnam war, Captain Benjamin Willard is sent on a dangerous mission that, officially, "does not exist, nor will it ever exist." His goal is to locate - and eliminate - a mysterious Green Beret Colonel named Walter ...
Style: bleak, psychological, disturbing, surreal, visual ...
Audience: date night, adult
Plot: vietnam war, insanity, jungle, mission, anti war, army, military, violence, secret mission, soldier, violent, river ...
Time: 20th century, year 1979, 60s, year 1969
Place: vietnam, cambodia, southeast asia, asia, the philippines
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Young Winston (1972)
Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 157 min.
Story: This historical drama is an account of the early life of British politician Winston Churchill, including his childhood years, his time as a war correspondent in Africa, and culminating with his first election to Parliament.
Style: epic, realistic, serious, exciting, tense ...
Plot: soldier, military, parliament, politics, ambition, society, rise to the top, war correspondent, rise to power, imperialism, medieval, british empire ...
Time: turn of the century, 1890s, 19th century, victorian era, year 1972 ...
Place: england, africa, britain, morocco, south africa ...
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 7.3
 4K
Chocolate (1988)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, West Germany, Cameroon
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A young French woman returns to the vast silence of West Africa to contemplate her childhood days in a colonial outpost in Cameroon. Her strongest memories are of the family's houseboy, Protee - a man of great nobility, intelligence and beauty ...
Style: touching, contemplative, realistic, serious, psychological ...
Plot: racism, colonialism, coming of age, youth, imperialism, culture clash, interracial relations, farm, woman, animal abuse, summer, priest ...
Time: 1950s, year 1988, 20th century, 80s
Place: africa
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Coup de torchon (1981)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 128 min.
Story: In 1938 in the french West Africa, Lucien Cordier is a weak and corrupted policeman despised by the local bad boys. His wife is openly cheating on him and he hasn't got any self-respect anymore. But when comes the occasion, his revenge will be ...
Style: humorous, offbeat, dark comedy, black comedy, neo noir ...
Plot: murder, serial killer, infidelity, adultery, lust, colonialism, unhappy marriage, voyeur, pimp, extramarital affair, female nudity, woman in jeopardy ...
Time: pre world war two, year 1938, 1930s, 20th century, year 1981
Place: africa, france, senegal, west africa
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Lion of the Desert (1980)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA, Libya
Duration: 173 min.
Story: This movie tells the story of Omar Mukhtar, an Arab Muslim rebel who fought against the Italian conquest of Libya in WWII. It gives western viewers a glimpse into this little-known region and chapter of history, and exposes the savage means by which ...
Style: epic, islamic, exciting, inspirational, dramatic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: muslim, desert, arab, bedouin, resistance, islam, revolution, rebel, battles, military, world war two, medieval ...
Time: 1920s, 1930s, year 1980, 20th century
Place: middle east, libya, africa, maghreb, italy ...
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Mountains of the Moon (1990)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, Mystery
Country: USA
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, costume drama ...
Plot: wilderness, expedition, survival, british empire, betrayal, friendship, heroic mission, escapades, danger, gay, colonialism, exploration ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, ancient times, 1850s
Place: africa, south africa, london, cairo egypt, brazil ...
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Ponniyin Selvan: Part Two (2023)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 164 min.
Story: 968 AD. The Pandyan assassins gather once again to destroy the Chola dynasty. Now the mighty Chola princes must fight the Pandyas, the Rashtrakutas and other Chola enemies who have joined forces. Also, at play are the rumours of Ponniyin Selvan’s ...
Style: tense, exciting, captivating, thrilling
Plot: heir to the throne, fight, king, empire, power struggle, adventure hero, emperor, imperialism, warrior, battles, ruler, historical epic ...
Time: 10th century
Place: india
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Ghost Dragon of Cold Mountain (2014)
Genre: Fantasy
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: During the Northern Song dynasty, the Phecda Bureau is considered the most powerful of all government offices. Led by Fung Nam-Tin, his elite group is in charge of all criminal cases nationwide. The bureau's commander, Chu Cheung-Sing, is ...
Style: suspenseful, tense, exciting, captivating, period drama
Plot: enemy, chinese culture, politics, imperialism, empire, emperor, chinese emperor, chinese history, chinaman
Place: ancient china, china
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 8.0
 145
The Qin Empire (2009)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: China
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: The Qin Empire is a 2009 Chinese television series based on Sun Haohui's novel of the same Chinese title. The 51 episodes long series chronicles the rise of the Qin state in the Warring States period during the reign of Duke Xiao of Qin. It was ...
Style: tense, captivating
Plot: czar, qing dynasty, fight for supremacy, fight, showdown, empire, politics, political intrigue, chivalry, power struggle, historical event, emperor ...
Place: thailand, ancient china
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God Loves Caviar (2012)
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History
Country: Greece, Russia
Duration: 101 min.
Story: The true-life, stranger-than-fiction tale of eighteenth-century Greek pirate turned merchant Ioannis Varvakis, who rose from humble beginnings to become the head of one of the largest mercantile empires in Europe.
Style: captivating, serious, stylized, realistic, social ...
Plot: revolution, pirate, ambition, political intrigue, political unrest, state affairs, rise to the top, idealism, dishonesty, imperialism, greek, economist ...
Time: 19th century, 18th century, 2010s
Place: greece, ottoman empire, russia, europe, hellas ...
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Shanghai Knights (2003)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: The dynamic duo of Chon Wang and Roy O'Bannon return for another crazy adventure. This time, they're in London to avenge the murder of Chon's father, but end up on an even bigger case. Chon's sister is there to do the same, but ...
Style: entertaining, funny, humorous, feel good, exciting ...
Audience: family friendly, girls' night, teens, boys' night
Plot: martial arts, buddy, murder, fight scenes, chase, good versus evil, creativity, friends, partner, two man army, female martial artist, chases and races ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, year 2003, 1880s
Place: china, england, new york, nevada, europe ...
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Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, History
Country: West Germany, Mexico
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A few decades after the destruction of the Inca empire, a Spanish expedition leaves the mountains of Peru and goes down the Amazon river in search of gold and wealth. Soon, they come across great difficulties and Don Aguirre, a ruthless man who ...
Style: bleak, suspenseful, philosophical, art house, surreal ...
Plot: insanity, expedition, jungle, conquistador, amazon river, treasure hunt, obsession, river, legends and myths, amazon, megalomaniac, el dorado ...
Time: 16th century, year 1972, medieval times, ancient times
Place: south america, peru, germany, spain, andes mountains ...
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