Keyword: 19th century

A High Wind in Jamaica

6.8

1965

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In 1870, a Jamaican colonial family sends its children to Britain for proper schooling but their ship is taken over by pirates who become fond of the kids.

Hour of the Gun

6.7

1967

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Marshal Wyatt Earp kills a couple of men of the Clanton gang in a fight. In revenge, Clantons thugs kill the Marshals brother. Thus, Wyatt starts to chase the killers together with his friend Doc Holliday.

Mad Dog Morgan

6.1

1976

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The true story of Irish outlaw Daniel Morgan, who is wanted, dead or alive, in Australia during the 1850s.

The Water Babies

6.2

1978

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This childrens fantasy tells the story of a 12-year-old boy who discovers a complex underwater world where young children are held prisoner by an evil shark and an eel.

Goodbye, Mr. Chips

7.6

2002

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In the later years of the nineteenth century Latin master Mr. Chipping is the mainstay of Brookfields boys boarding school, a good teacher and a kindly person but he is considered to be married to the job so that it is a surprise when, on a walking holiday, he meets and marries the vivacious Kathie, who becomes his helpmate at the school but sadly pre-deceases him. Just before World War One insensitive new headmaster Ralston tries to edge Chipping out but the boys rally and Sir John Rivers, an old pupil of Chippings and now head of the board of governors, invites him to stay and, when the war breaks out and Ralston joins up, Chipping becomes the new head. He is saddened by the waste of young lives in the pointless war and also by the death of his old friend and former German teacher Max, who had returned to his homeland to fight for Germany and he reminds the assembled boys that an individuals goodness is more important than their nationality. It is a sad day for all concerned when Chipping himself passes away.

Oscar Wilde

5.8

1960

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Playwright Oscar Wildes homosexuality is exposed when he brings a libel action against his lovers father, leading to his own prosecution.

The Emperor's New Clothes

7

2001

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During Napoleons exile on St. Helena, some loyalists hire a look-alike to swap places with the deposed Emperor. While the impostor lives in luxury on the island, the real Napoleon returns to Paris in order to retake the throne.

King Solomon's Mines

6.3

1937

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White hunter Allan Quartermain and his enigmatic guide help a young Irish woman locate her missing father in unexplored Darkest Africa.

Bolden

5.8

2019

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A mythical account of the life of Buddy Bolden, the first Cornet King of New Orleans.

The Wrong Box

7

1966

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In Victorian England, a fortune now depends on which of two brothers outlives the other, or can be made to have seemed to do so.

Life with Father

7.2

1947

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A straitlaced turn-of-the-century father presides over a family of boys and the mother who really rules the roost.

Cyrano, My Love

7.4

2018

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December 1897, Paris. Edmond Rostand is not yet thirty but already two children and a lot of anxieties. He has not written anything for two years. In desperation, he offers the great Constant Coquelin a new play, a heroic comedy, in verse, for the holidays. Only concern: it is not written yet. Ignoring the whims of actresses, the demands of his Corsican producers, the jealousy of his wife, the stories of his best friends heart and the lack of enthusiasm of all those around him, Edmond starts writing this piece which nobody believes. For now, he has only the title: Cyrano de Bergerac.