Keyword: 19th century

Tess of the D'Urbervilles

7.6

2008

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The story of Tess Durbeyfield, a low-born country girl whose family find they have noble connections.

The Lizzie Borden Chronicles

6.9

2015

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Fictionalized account of actual events and people surrounding Lizzie Andrew Borden after her controversial acquittal of the double murder of her father and stepmother in 1892.

Overland Trail

7.5

1960

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The adventures of a crusty superintendent for the Overland Stage Co. and his young sidekick as they try to keep the stage routes safe.

Jericho

6.8

2016

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In the Yorkshire Dales in the 1870s, the shantytown of Jericho is the home of a community that will live, thrive and die in the shadow of the viaduct theyve been brought together to build.

Hatfields & McCoys

7.9

2012

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Dramatization of the bitter blood feud between the two families on the West Virginia/Kentucky border in the years after the Civil War.

Quick Draw

7.6

2013

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Sheriff John Henry Hoyle and his reluctant Deputy Eli introduce the emerging science of forensics to an 1875 Kansas town.

Strange Empire

5.8

2014

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In 1869 Janestown on the Alberta-Montana border, three women band together for survival after the men in their town are murdered.

The Onedin Line

7.6

1971

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James Onedin marries Anne Webster in order to get his hands on a ship. However the marriage turns out to be one of true love. James is ruthless in his attempt to get a shipping line started in Liverpool of the 1860s.

Texas Rising

6.7

2015

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The story of how the Texas Rangers were created.

Desperate Romantics

7.4

2009

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Period drama set in London about the rise of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.

Kindred

7.2

2022

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A young aspiring writer discovers secrets about her family's past when she finds herself mysteriously being pulled back and forth in time to a 19th century plantation.

The Oregon Trail

7.2

1977

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In 1842, a widower leaves his Illinois farm and heads west towards Oregon with his three children to seek a better life.

Rosalie

4.8

2023

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The story of the first bearded lady attraction.

Sharpe's Honour

7.8

1994

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1813. Major Sharpes old enemy, Major Ducos manipulates a beautiful young marquesa into falsely accusing Sharpe of rape. Her husband calls Sharpe out in a duel. But when the husband is found dead the next morning, Sharpe is arrested and brought before a court martial, and it seems not even Patrick Harper and the Chosen Men can save Sharpe from a hanging, or rescue his honour.

Swiss Family Robinson

7.2

1960

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A Swiss family must survive being shipwrecked on a deserted island.

True History of the Kelly Gang

6

2019

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Australian bushranger Ned Kelly and his gang flee from authorities during the 1870s.

The Electrical Life of Louis Wain

7

2021

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English artist Louis Wain rises to prominence at the end of the 19th century for his surreal cat paintings that seemed to reflect his declining sanity.

Bel Ami

5.4

2012

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A chronicle of a young mans rise to power in Paris via his manipulation of the citys wealthiest and most influential women.

Swann in Love

6.5

1984

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In the late nineteenth century Paris, Briton Charles Swann, a man of wealth and culture, runs among the social set. That life is threatened when he falls in love with Odette de Crécy, a courtesan, that love all consuming in that he thinks about how he can be with her when they arent together. He also despises himself for loving her to the extent he does in knowing that if that love is ever destroyed, he wont be able to survive the emotional pain. He is also made quite aware that if he does marry Odette, whose services he pays for while he allows her to continue with her life, he will lose his social position as most will not be able to welcome her into their house. The wealthy Verudins may be the exceptions as they are considered vulgar and gauche despite their wealth, they who have their own choice for Odette, a man named de Forcheville. The other other exception is Charles old friend, the Baron de Charlus, who introduced the two to each other. The Barons support for Charles regardless of what he ends up doing is because he has already reconciled himself to his own socially taboo life, that of a homosexual with a penchant for younger men.

Sharpe's Gold

7.5

1995

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Sharpe is sent on a mission to exchange rifles for deserters with a strange band of Spanish guerillas. He also has to chaperone two women looking for their missing husband.

Bright Star

7

2009

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The three-year romance between 19th-century poet John Keats and Fanny Brawne near the end of his life.

Steamboy

6.9

2004

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In 1860s Britain, a boy inventor finds himself caught in the middle of a deadly conflict over a revolutionary advance in steam power.

Sharpe's Peril

6.9

2008

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Our story begins at the end of Sharpes Challenge. Sharpe and Harper are en route to Madras when they encounter a baggage train from the East India Company traveling through hostile territory. Chitu, a legendary bandit leader in control of the area, strikes fear in the members of the party. When an attack occurs Sharpe takes control of the situation, leading the group 300 miles through enemy territory and training the disorganized, rag-tag group to be proper soldiers. Despite all these responsibilities, Sharpe still manages to find time for a little romance...

Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee

7.4

2007

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A historic chronicle based on the book by Dee Brown explains how Native Americans were displaced as the United States expanded west.