Best Movies Set in 19th Century of 2024
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Best Movies Set in 19th Century of 2024
TOP Movies: The Damned (2024), National Theatre Live: Vanya (2024), Buffalo Kids (2024), The Count of Monte-Cristo (2024), The Unholy Trinity (2024), Timestalker (2024), Calamity Jane (2024), Here (2024), Onegin (2024), Thangalaan (2024), Rust (2024), Jathara (2024), Frankenstein: Legacy (2024), The Witch (2024), Atatürk II: 1881-1919 (2024), Gloria! (2024), Son of a Rich 2 (2024), The Guardsmen (2024), Powstaniec 1863 (2024), Harbin (2024).
List of Best Movies
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 181 min.
Story:
Follow the story of how the Old West was won—and lost—through the blood, sweat and tears of many. Spanning 15 years before, during and following the Civil War from 1859 to 1874, embark on an emotional journey across a country at war with itself, ...
Style:
absurd
Plot:
native american, old west, pioneer, cowboy, frontier town, apache indian, wild west, settler, multiple storylines, prostitute, caravan, indian attack ...
Time:
19th century, 1850s, 1860s
Place:
kansas, arizona, montana, new mexico, america ...
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Ireland, UK, Iceland, Belgium
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A 19th-century widow is tasked with making an impossible choice when, during an especially cruel winter, a ship sinks off the coast of her impoverished Icelandic fishing village. Any attempt to rescue survivors risks further depleting the starving ...
Style:
atmospheric, captivating, thrilling, psychological, bleak ...
Plot:
folk horror, shipwreck, moral dilemma, widow, fishing village, winter, arctic, isolation, problem, life is a bitch, seafaring, desperation ...
Time:
19th century, 1800s, victorian era, 1860s
Place:
iceland
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Andrew Scott brings multiple characters to life in Chekhov's Uncle Vanya, filmed live in West End, London. Hopes, dreams, and regrets are thrust into sharp focus in this one-man adaptation which explores the complexities of human emotions.
Style:
melancholic, poignant, existential, reflective, period piece ...
Plot:
introspection, literary, character study, monologue, bittersweet, family drama, regret, nostalgia, midlife crisis, unrequited love, jealousy, dark humor ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
west end london
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Western
Country: Spain
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Mary and Tom are parentless Irish siblings who arrive in New York City via ocean liner in 1886 and quickly find themselves on a wild, cross-country journey aboard a transcontinental "Orphan Train" where they meet an extraordinary new ...
Style:
emotional, road movie, melancholic, 3d animation, computer animated ...
Plot:
orphan, cross country, ocean liner, journey, immigration, friendship, train travel, railroad, siblings, family drama, hopes, poverty ...
Time:
19th century, 1880s, victorian era
Place:
america, new york, north america
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 178 min.
Story:
Edmond Dantes becomes the target of a sinister plot and is arrested on his wedding day for a crime he did not commit. After 14 years in the island prison of Château d’If, he manages a daring escape. Now rich beyond his dreams, he assumes the ...
Style:
thrilling, psychological, captivating, period piece, suspenseful ...
Plot:
revenge, false accusation, betrayal, escape, prison escape, island, treasure, duel, disguise, vengeance, runaway, earl ...
Time:
19th century, 1830s, 1800s, 1810s
Place:
marseille, europe
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Set against the turbulent backdrop of 1870s Montana, in the moments before the execution of Isaac Broadway, he gives his estranged son, Henry, an impossible task: murder the man who framed him for a crime he didn’t commit. Intent on fulfilling his ...
Style:
independent film
Plot:
bare chested male, false accusation, snow, church, shootout, fictional city, priest, town, horse riding, horse, sheriff, mexican standoff ...
Time:
1870s, 19th century
Place:
montana, north america
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Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 190 min.
Story:
Explore the lure of the Old West and how it was won—and lost—through the blood, sweat and tears of many. Spanning 15 years before, during, and following the Civil War, from 1859 to 1874, embark on an emotional journey across a country at war ...
Style:
family saga, epic, emotional, period drama
Plot:
post civil war, cowboy, pioneer, struggle, conflict, outlaw, identity, moral ambiguity, survival, loyalty, justice, lawlessness ...
Time:
19th century, 1860s
Place:
utah
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A karmic journey that sees the hapless heroine Agnes reincarnated every time she makes the same mistake: falling in love with the wrong man.
Style:
independent film, black comedy, emotional, melancholic, poignant ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
female protagonist, reincarnation, fate, doomed love, self discovery, destiny, bittersweet, tragic romance, obsession, retribution, women, star crossed lovers ...
Time:
victorian era, 60s, 1840s, 18th century, 80s ...
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Genre: Drama, Western
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
After Wild Bill is killed in a poker game, Calamity Jane must break out of prison and seek revenge. Her quest is hindered by Deadwood's Sheriff Mason, who is out to detain and arrest her.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, intense, tension ...
Plot:
wild west, revenge, prison escape, murder, murderer, shooting, prison break, female protagonist, frontier town, vigilantism, escape, pursuit ...
Time:
19th century
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27K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
An odyssey through time and memory, centered around a place in New England where—from wilderness, and then, later, from a home—love, loss, struggle, hope and legacy play out between couples and families over generations.
Style:
dramatic, experimental, tear jerker, romantic
Plot:
dinosaur, christmas, halloween, thoughtful, childhood, love, birthday party, storytelling, urban setting, evolution, daily life, new year's eve ...
Time:
1930s, 1950s, 1920s, 1940s, 1900s ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Russia
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
Evgeniy Onegin lives in grand style: balls, receptions, theater premieres and other frivolities the capital can offer a young man. But social life has long tired him, so he perceives the news of the illness of his uncle living in the village as an ...
Style:
romantic drama, costume drama, melancholic, poignant, wistful ...
Plot:
literary, country estate, alienation, lonely, unrequited love, social satire, solitude, bittersweet, cynicism, aristocrat
Time:
19th century
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, History
Country: India
Duration: 156 min.
Story:
During the British rule, Thangalaan, a fierce tribal leader, and his tribe assist Lord Clement, a British General, to trace gold in their village. While searching for the gold, the villagers earn the wrath of Aarathi, an apparent sorceress, who ...
Style:
bleak, action drama
Plot:
social injustice, colonialism, resistance, gold rush, historical epic, cultural conflict, oppression, worker, mine
Time:
19th century
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5K
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
Infamous outlaw Harland Rust breaks his estranged grandson Lucas out of prison, after Lucas is convicted to hang for an accidental murder. The two must outrun legendary U.S Marshal Wood Helm and bounty hunter Fenton "Preacher" Lang who are ...
Style:
controversial, crying
Plot:
bounty hunter, grandson, death sentence, violence, male protagonist, bounty, hunting, child, executioner, snow, wanted, pig ...
Time:
19th century, 1880s
Place:
montana, new mexico, wyoming, colorado, kansas
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
In 19th-century, a sacred temple's blessing turns to a curse when betrayal shatters faith. A young man must confront a ruthless tyrant, unraveling dark secrets, to restore his family's honor and bring hope back to a drought-stricken land.
Style:
emotional, dramatic, period piece, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
betrayal, curse, drought, oppression, hopes, family honor, redemption, tyrant, justice, religion, resilience, despot ...
Time:
19th century
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Frankenstein’s secrets did not die with him. As graves are torn up and patience disappear from asylum, William Browning sets out to find who stole his father’s body - and finds horrors close to home as his mother descends into madness.
Style:
gothic, dark, suspenseful, creepy, psychological horror ...
Plot:
macabre, madness, grave robbing, haunting, family secret, obsession, legacy, mature, family drama, claustrophobia, supernatural, isolation ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century
Place:
england
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Turkey
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
During the period of the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, a woman who reluctantly went to a gloomy Istanbul mansion as a bride, and the mysterious owner of the mansion, will go on a journey to the dark secrets of the past together.
Style:
period piece, historical drama, suspense, melancholic, psychological thriller
Plot:
superstition, architecture, intrigue, haunting, isolation, oppression, forced marriage, social decay, moral ambiguity, investigation, class conflict, folklore ...
Time:
turn of the century, 19th century, 1800s
Place:
ottoman empire, istanbul turkey
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Turkey
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
Mustafa Kemal had just begun his journey after proving himself in 1915 at the Gallipoli front. He would go on to face major battles on the eastern front against the Russians and later against the British in Syria, ultimately becoming the only ...
Style:
historical drama, period piece, inspirational, heroic, bleak
Plot:
leadership, biopic, world war one, nationalism, patriotism, battlefield, political intrigue, eastern front, sacrifice, getting home, war, turkish history
Time:
year 1919, 1910s, 20th century, 19th century, 1890s ...
Place:
gallipoli, istanbul turkey, ottoman empire
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Genre: Drama, History, Music
Country: Italy, Switzerland
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
In late 18th century Venice, in a convent school for girls, Teresa, a student with prophetic gifts, joins forces with some amazing music-makers. They create a new kind of pop, bright and bold, and challenge the ancient and rigid system.
Style:
inspirational, colorful, emotional, uplifting, period drama
Plot:
girls' school, convent, female empowerment, coming of age, female friendship, rebellion, defiant, collaboration, choir, pop music, composer, intimate ...
Time:
18th century, 19th century
Place:
venice
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Russia
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Grigory, the son of an oligarch, is fully rehabilitated after his humbling experience as a 19th-century serf. Moreover, he develops a strong sense of moral justice. When he meets a pampered young socialite named Katya, he is abhorred by her insolent ...
Style:
sitcom, romantic comedy, situational comedy, feel good, romantic
Plot:
humility, social satire, fish out of water, social commentary, redemption, empathy, satire, travel, culture clash, heartwarming, rich kid
Time:
19th century
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Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
Oklahoma's famed Guardsmen are tasked with ridding the territory of Outlaws that threaten the American way of life.
Style:
patriotic, heroic, tension, period piece, suspense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
outlaw, shootout, militia, duty, brotherhood, bravery, heroism, vigilante justice, violent, survival, small town, reconnaissance ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
oklahoma
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Genre: Biography, History
Country: Poland
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A gripping story about a man who was the terror of the Russian Empire: the legendary figure of a Polish priest, chaplain and general - Father Stanislaw Brzoska.
Style:
historical drama, inspirational, tense, emotional, bleak ...
Plot:
resistance, biopic, rebellion, sacrifice, patriotism, courage, political oppression, russian empire, leadership, nationalism, loyalty, chaplain ...
Time:
19th century
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Genre: Action, Biography, Crime, History, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
In 1909, several years after Korea is forced into becoming a Japanese colony, freedom fighters plot the daring assassination of Japan's prime minister during their quest for independence.
Style:
tense, heroic, patriotic, emotional, bleak ...
Plot:
biopic, assassination, freedom, resistance, colonialism, imperial japan, espionage, revolution, sacrifice, secret mission, nationalism, identity ...
Time:
1900s, 20th century, 1910s, 19th century
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
France. End of the 19th century. Louise Violet 40, a Parisian teacher, is sent on a mission to the French countryside. But in a place where the daily life is linked to the seasons, land and crops, she must first convince parents to send their kids ...
Plot:
baby, death, school teacher, children, teacher, snow, priest, farm, village, letter, female teacher, postman ...
Time:
19th century
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 155 min.
Story:
When the brutal Boshin War breaks out in Japan, a group of inmates on death row unite to defend a fortress against the Imperial army.
Style:
bleak, period piece, period drama
Plot:
samurai, last stand, feudal japan, betrayal, sacrifice, moral ambiguity, anti hero, loyalty, mature, honor, tragedy, political intrigue ...
Time:
1860s, 19th century
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Malaysia
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
The story revolves around the British finding out that Tok Gajah intends to go to Terengganu to seek support from the Sultan and Malay heroes of Terengganu. The British ordered the capture and elimination of Tok Gajah and his followers. Awang is ...
Style:
epic
Plot:
religious, british army, martial arts, archery, captain, rescue, gold bar, jungle, enemy, love, freedom, gold ...
Time:
1890s, 19th century, 1880s
Place:
asia, malaysia
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10K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
Italian immigrant Francesca Cabrini arrives in 1889 New York City and is greeted by disease, crime, and impoverished children. Cabrini sets off on a daring mission to convince the hostile mayor to secure housing and healthcare for society's ...
Style:
bleak
Plot:
nun, christian faith, prostitute, italian immigrant, poverty, immigrant, pope, priest, brothel, mayor, italian abroad, woman ...
Time:
19th century, 1890s, 1900s, 1880s
Place:
new york
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Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Hungary
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
On March 15, 1848, a young firebrand poet, Sándor Petöfi ignites the Hungarian Revolution with his passionate 'National Song', prompting the Austrians to dispatch a ruthless secret agent to assassinate him and suppress the uprising.
Style:
intellectual
Plot:
seducer, violence against women, attempted murder, hate, insane, assassin, fanatic, pregnant woman, woman fights a man, writers, violence, surrealism ...
Time:
1840s, 19th century
Place:
europe, hungary
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