1890s
"1890s" Movies and TV Shows
#1
Death Alley
Synopsis:
In 1892, the Dalton Gang set out to become the most famous outlaws in America. That dream would become a nightmare.
Starring:
Corey Cannon,
Justin France,
Delno Ebie
#2
The Last Voyage of the Demeter
Synopsis:
The crew of the merchant ship Demeter attempts to survive the ocean voyage from Carpathia to London as they are stalked each night by a merciless presence onboard the ship.
Starring:
Corey Hawkins,
David Dastmalchian,
Stefan Kapičić
Plot:
vampire,
cargo ship,
gothic,
supernatural horror,
doctor,
captain,
count dracula character,
horror icon,
ship captain,
vampirism
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#3
Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory
Synopsis:
Working men and women leave through the main gate of the Lumière factory in Lyon, France. Filmed on 22 March 1895, it is often referred to as the first real motion picture ever made, although Louis Le Prince's 1888 Roundhay Garden Scene pre-dated it by seven years. Three separate versions of this film exist, which differ from one another in numerous ways. The first version features a carriage dr…
Starring:
#4
The Time Machine
Synopsis:
Hoping to alter the events of the past, a 19th century inventor instead travels 800,000 years into the future, where he finds mankind divided into two warring races.
Starring:
Jeremy Irons,
Guy Pearce,
Sienna Guillory
#5
The Sons of Katie Elder
Synopsis:
The four sons of Katie Elder reunite in their Hometown of Clearwater, Texas for their Mother's funeral, and discover that the family ranch is now in the hands of Morgan Hastings, the town's gunsmith.
Starring:
Dennis Hopper,
Dean Martin,
George Kennedy
#6
The Great Silence
Synopsis:
A mute gunslinger fights in the defense of a group of outlaws and a vengeful young widow, against a group of ruthless bounty hunters.
Starring:
Klaus Kinski,
Luigi Pistilli,
Jean-Louis Trintignant
Plot:
spaghetti western,
snow,
small town,
nudity,
interracial sex,
revisionist western,
italo western,
mute,
winter,
bar shootout
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#7
The Gold Rush
Synopsis:
A lone prospector ventures into Alaska looking for gold. He soon gets mixed up with some burly characters, falls in love with the beautiful Georgia, and tries to win her heart with his singular charm.
Starring:
Charlie Chaplin,
Charles Force,
Henry Bergman
Plot:
klondike,
klondike gold rush,
national film registry,
little tramp,
gold,
19th century,
1890s,
afi,
silent film,
gold rush
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#8
McCabe & Mrs. Miller
Synopsis:
A gambler and a prostitute become business partners in a remote Old West mining town, and their enterprise thrives until a large corporation arrives on the scene.
Starring:
René Auberjonois,
Julie Christie,
Keith Carradine
Plot:
prostitution,
mining town,
gambler,
western town,
brothel madam,
bordello,
1890s,
brothel,
bathhouse,
corset
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#9
Lady Snowblood
Synopsis:
Yuki's family is nearly wiped out before she is born due to the machinations of a band of criminals. These criminals kidnap and brutalize her mother but leave her alive. Later her mother ends up in prison with only revenge to keep her alive. She creates an instrument for this revenge by purposefully getting pregnant. Yuki never knows the love of a family but only killing and revenge.
Starring:
Akemi Negishi,
Meiko Kaji,
Toshio Kurosawa
Plot:
revenge,
childbirth,
female warrior,
vengeance,
snow,
female assassin,
prison,
female protagonist,
umbrella,
sword
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#10
How Green Was My Valley
Synopsis:
At the turn of the century in a Welsh mining village, the Morgans (he stern, she gentle) raise coal-mining sons and hope their youngest will find a better life.
Starring:
Barry Fitzgerald,
Roddy McDowall,
Walter Pidgeon
Plot:
coal mine,
based on novel,
national film registry,
coal miner,
allowance,
dispute,
coal,
boxer,
punishment,
dirt road
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#11
Holes
Synopsis:
Stanley's family is cursed with bad luck. Unfairly sentenced to months of detention at Camp Green Lake, he and his campmates are forced by the warden to dig holes in order to build character. What they don't know is that they are digging holes in order to search for a lost treasure hidden somewhere in the camp.
Starring:
Sigourney Weaver,
Jon Voight,
Tim Blake Nelson
Plot:
19th century,
hole,
camp,
stealing,
digging,
bad luck,
treasure,
shoe,
curse,
boys' dormitory
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#12
Hello, Dolly!
Synopsis:
Dolly Levi is a strong-willed matchmaker who travels to Yonkers, New York in order to see the miserly "well-known unmarried half-a-millionaire" Horace Vandergelder. In doing so, she convinces his niece, his niece's intended, and Horace's two clerks to travel to New York City.
Starring:
J. Pat O'Malley,
Fritz Feld,
Walter Matthau
#13
Far and Away
Synopsis:
A young man leaves Ireland with his landlord's daughter after some trouble with her father, and they dream of owning land at the big giveaway in Oklahoma ca. 1893. When they get to the new land, they find jobs and begin saving money. The man becomes a local barehands boxer, and rides in glory until he is beaten, then his employers steal all the couple's money and they must fight off starvation in…
Starring:
Nicole Kidman,
Tom Cruise,
Barbara Babcock
#14
Doctor Zhivago
Synopsis:
The life of a Russian physician and poet who, although married to another, falls in love with a political activist's wife and experiences hardship during World War I and then the October Revolution.
Starring:
Adrienne Corri,
Geraldine Chaplin,
Rita Tushingham
Plot:
poet,
poetry,
deportation,
rape,
balalaika,
death,
snowy landscape,
love,
russian revolution,
bolshevik
...
#15
Citizen Kane
Synopsis:
Newspaper magnate, Charles Foster Kane is taken from his mother as a boy and made the ward of a rich industrialist. As a result, every well-meaning, tyrannical or self-destructive move he makes for the rest of his life appears in some way to be a reaction to that deeply wounding event.
Starring:
Ray Collins,
Agnes Moorehead,
Orson Welles
Plot:
newspaper publisher,
rosebud,
new york,
narcissism,
materialism,
suicide attempt,
adultery,
new york city,
marriage,
journalist
...
#16
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Synopsis:
In late 1890s Wyoming, Butch Cassidy is the affable, clever and talkative leader of the outlaw Hole in the Wall Gang. His closest companion is the laconic dead-shot Sundance Kid. As the west rapidly becomes civilized, the law finally catches up to Butch, Sundance and their gang. Chased doggedly by a special posse, the two decide to make their way to South America in hopes of evading their pursue…
Starring:
Robert Redford,
Paul Newman,
Katharine Ross
#17
Murdoch Mysteries
Synopsis:
A Victorian-era Toronto detective uses then-cutting edge forensic techniques to solve crimes, with the assistance of a female coroner who is also struggling for recognition in the face of tradition, based on the books by Maureen Jennings.
Starring:
Yannick Bisson,
Helene Joy,
Jonny Harris
#18
Anne with an E
Synopsis:
A coming-of-age story about an outsider who, against all odds and numerous challenges, fights for love and acceptance and for her place in the world. The series centers on a young orphaned girl in the late 1890’s, who, after an abusive childhood spent in orphanages and the homes of strangers, is mistakenly sent to live with an elderly woman and her aging brother. Over time, 13-year-old Anne will …
Starring:
Lucas Jade Zumann,
Geraldine James,
Amybeth McNulty
#19
The Wizard of Oz
Synopsis:
Young Dorothy finds herself in a magical world where she makes friends with a lion, a scarecrow and a tin man as they make their way along the yellow brick road to talk with the Wizard and ask for the things they miss most in their lives. The Wicked Witch of the West is the only thing that could stop them.
Starring:
Judy Garland,
Ray Bolger,
Jack Haley
Plot:
witch,
tornado,
evil witch,
wizard,
kansas,
20th century,
lion,
scarecrow,
1900s,
quest
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#20
The Jungle Book
Synopsis:
The boy Mowgli makes his way to the man-village with Bagheera, the wise panther. Along the way he meets jazzy King Louie, the hypnotic snake Kaa and the lovable, happy-go-lucky bear Baloo, who teaches Mowgli "The Bare Necessities" of life and the true meaning of friendship.
Starring:
Sterling Holloway,
Verna Felton,
J. Pat O'Malley
Plot:
jungle,
bear,
india,
hypnotism,
musical number,
friends who live together,
disney,
kidnapping,
eyes,
buddy comedy
...