Keyword: 19th century

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.

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.

The Emperor's New Clothes

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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.

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 Twentieth Century

6.9

2019

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Determined to become the leader of the Dominion of Canada, a young W.L. Mackenzie King rises to power.

The Strange Woman

6.7

1946

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In 1820s New England beautiful but poor and manipulative Jenny Hager marries rich old man Isaiah Poster but also seduces his son and his company foreman.

The Sea Gull

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1968

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Aging actress Irina Arkadina pays summer visits to her brother Pjotr Nikolayevich Sorin and her son Konstantin on a country estate. On one occasion, she brings along Boris Trigorin, a successful novelist. Nina, a free and innocent girl on a neighboring estate, falls in love with Trigorin. As he lightly consumes and rejects her, so the actress consumed and rejected her son all his life. The victims are destroyed while the sophisticates continue on their way.

Goodbye, Mr. Chips

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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.

Krakatoa, East of Java

5.5

1968

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In 1883, ship captain Hanson plans a shipwreck salvage mission in The Dutch East Indies to retrieve a cargo of pearls but an unexpected volcano eruption and a state-ordered transport of convicts upset his plans.

War and Peace, Part III: The Year 1812

8.3

1967

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Giant film epic based on novel of the great Russian writer Leo Tolstoy.

To Keep the Light

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2016

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Inspired by true stories, a lighthouse keepers wife struggles with her work and her sanity as she cares for her sick husband in 19th century Maine.

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.