Keyword: 19th century

The Pirates of Penzance

7.2

1983

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After a young man leaves a band of pirates, hilarity ensues.

Flowers of Shanghai

7.4

1998

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In the flower houses (upscale brothels) of Shanghai, various interweaving stories of love, loyalty, and deceit play out subtly.

Creation

6.7

2009

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Torn between faith and science, and suffering hallucinations, English naturalist Charles Darwin struggles to complete On the Origin of Species and maintain his relationship with his wife.

Great Expectations

6.4

2012

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A series of events change the orphaned Pips life forever as he eagerly abandons his humble origins to begin a new life as a gentleman.

The Student of Prague

6.5

1913

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Young Tom Edison

6.9

1940

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Inventor Thomas Edisons boyhood is chronicled and shows him as a lad whose early inventions and scientific experiments usually end up causing disastrous results. As a result, the towns folk all think Tom is crazy, and creating a strained relationship between Tom and his father. Toms only solace is his understanding mother who believes hes headed to do great things.

Forbidden Territory: Stanley's Search for Livingstone

5.7

1997

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British explorer Henry Stanley travels to Africa in 1871 seeking missionary David Livingstone.

House of Usher

7

1960

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Upon entering his fiancées family mansion, a man discovers a savage family curse and fears that his future brother-in-law has entombed his bride-to-be prematurely.

Without a Clue

7

1988

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A drunken Sherlock Holmes is really just a cover for the real detective, Dr. Watson.

East of Sudan

5

1964

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During the Mahdist insurrection in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, veteran colonial Private Baker teams up with freshly arrived gentleman Murchison, trying to evacuate from southern Barash the Emirs daughter Asua and her English governess, Miss Woodville. Its a perilous journey on the Nile and its banks. They must face crocodiles, Arab slavers, and a backward Negro tribe they prey on, where King Gondokos missionary-raised brother Kimrasi saves and joins them. Once in capital Khartum, they find the revolt has reached it and the men join the fight.

Kim

6.6

1950

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During the British Raj, the orphan of a British soldier poses as a Hindu and is torn between his loyalty to a Buddhist mystic and aiding the English secret service.

Amour Fou

6.3

2014

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Berlin, the Romantic Era. Young poet Heinrich wishes to conquer the inevitability of death through love, yet is unable to convince his skeptical cousin Marie to join him in a suicide pact. It is whilst coming to terms with this refusal, ineffably distressed by his cousins insensitivity to the depth of his feelings, that Heinrich meets Henriette, the wife of a business acquaintance. Heinrichs subsequent offer to the beguiling young woman at first holds scant appeal, that is until Henriette discovers she is suffering from a terminal illness