19th Century
"19th century" Movies and TV Shows
#1
The Texan
Synopsis:
The Texan was a Western television series starring popular B movie actor Rory Calhoun, which aired on the CBS television network from 1958 to 1960.
Starring:
Rory Calhoun
#2
Maverick
Synopsis:
Maverick is an American Western television series with comedic overtones created by Roy Huggins. The show ran from September 22, 1957 to July 8, 1962 on ABC and stars James Garner as Bret Maverick, an adroitly articulate cardsharp. Eight episodes into the first season, he was joined by Jack Kelly as his brother Bart, and from that point on, Garner and Kelly alternated leads from week to week, som…
Starring:
Jack Kelly
Plot:
19th century,
gambler,
gambling,
playing cards,
poker the card game,
classical western,
parody comedy,
poker,
brother,
riverboat
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#3
Napoleon
Synopsis:
An epic that details the checkered rise and fall of French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte and his relentless journey to power through the prism of his addictive, volatile relationship with his wife, Josephine.
Starring:
Ludivine Sagnier,
Joaquin Phoenix,
Vanessa Kirby
#4
The Pale Blue Eye
Synopsis:
West Point, New York, 1830. When a cadet at the burgeoning military academy is found hanged with his heart cut out, the top brass summons former New York City constable Augustus Landor to investigate. While attempting to solve this grisly mystery, the reluctant detective engages the help of one of the cadets: a strange but brilliant young fellow by the name of Edgar Allan Poe
Starring:
Timothy Spall,
Christian Bale,
Lucy Boynton
#5
The Prestige
Synopsis:
A mysterious story of two magicians whose intense rivalry leads them on a life-long battle for supremacy -- full of obsession, deceit and jealousy with dangerous and deadly consequences.
Starring:
Andy Serkis,
Scarlett Johansson,
Christian Bale
Plot:
competition,
obsession,
magic,
diary,
dying and death,
illusion,
magician,
rivalry,
death by drowning,
double
...
#6
Bonanza
Synopsis:
The High-Sierra adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their ranch while helping the surrounding community.
Starring:
Lorne Greene,
Michael Landon,
Dan Blocker
#7
1883
Synopsis:
Follow the Dutton family as they embark on a journey west through the Great Plains toward the last bastion of untamed America. A stark retelling of Western expansion, and an intense study of one family fleeing poverty to seek a better future in America’s promised land — Montana.
Starring:
Sam Elliott,
LaMonica Garrett,
Isabel May
Plot:
frontier,
miniseries,
family drama,
historical,
convoy,
prequel,
cowboy,
west,
journey,
paramount plus
...
#8
Little House on the Prairie
Synopsis:
Little House on the Prairie is an American Western drama television series, starring Michael Landon, Melissa Gilbert, and Karen Grassle, about a family living on a farm in Walnut Grove, Minnesota, in the 1870s and 1880s.
Starring:
Melissa Gilbert,
Dean Butler,
Karen Grassle
Plot:
period drama,
family,
wild west,
pioneers,
19th century,
1870s,
1880s,
historical drama,
pioneer,
little girl
...
#9
Zulu
Synopsis:
In 1879, during the Anglo-Zulu War, man-of-the-people Lt. Chard and snooty Lt. Bromhead are in charge of defending the isolated and vastly outnumbered Natal outpost of Rorke's Drift from tribal hordes.
Starring:
Patrick Magee,
Michael Caine,
Jack Hawkins
#10
Yojimbo
Synopsis:
A nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two rival businessmen are struggling for control of the local gambling trade. Taking the name Sanjuro Kuwabatake, the ronin convinces both silk merchant Tazaemon and sake merchant Tokuemon to hire him as a personal bodyguard, then artfully sets in motion a full-scale gang war between the two ambitious and un…
Starring:
Eijirô Tôno,
Takashi Shimura,
Tatsuya Nakadai
Plot:
samurai,
gang war,
tough guy,
revolver,
bodyguard,
small town,
captive woman,
mother son reunion,
rivalry,
ronin
...
#11
Wuthering Heights
Synopsis:
The Earnshaws are Yorkshire farmers during the early 19th Century. One day, Mr. Earnshaw returns from a trip to the city, bringing with him a ragged little boy called Heathcliff. Earnshaw's son, Hindley, resents the child, but Heathcliff becomes companion and soulmate to Hindley's sister, Catherine. After her parents die, Cathy and Heathcliff grow up wild and free on the moors and despite the con…
Starring:
David Niven,
Laurence Olivier,
Flora Robson
Plot:
grief,
dog,
marriage,
jealousy,
ghost,
based on novel,
national film registry,
afi,
monster movie,
gothic
...
#12
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:
#13
Wild Wild West
Synopsis:
Legless Southern inventor Dr. Arliss Loveless plans to rekindle the Civil War by assassinating President U.S. Grant. Only two men can stop him: gunfighter James West and master-of-disguise and inventor Artemus Gordon. The two must team up to thwart Loveless' plans.
Starring:
Will Smith,
Kenneth Branagh,
Kevin Kline
#14
Unforgiven
Synopsis:
William Munny is a retired, once-ruthless killer turned gentle widower and hog farmer. To help support his two motherless children, he accepts one last bounty-hunter mission to find the men who brutalized a prostitute. Joined by his former partner and a cocky greenhorn, he takes on a corrupt sheriff.
Starring:
Clint Eastwood,
Morgan Freeman,
Frances Fisher
#15
True Grit
Synopsis:
The murder of her father sends a teenage tomboy on a mission of 'justice', which involves avenging her father's death. She recruits a tough old marshal, 'Rooster' Cogburn because he has 'true grit', and a reputation of getting the job done.
Starring:
Dennis Hopper,
Robert Duvall,
Kim Darby
Plot:
revenge,
alcoholic,
based on novel,
pursuit,
murder,
texas ranger,
u.s. marshal,
1880s,
determination,
teenage girl
...
#16
Trinity Is Still My Name
Synopsis:
The two brothers Trinity and Bambino are exchanged by two federal agents and take advantage of the situation to steal a huge booty hidden in a monastery by a gang of outlaws.
Starring:
Terence Hill,
Bud Spencer,
Harry Carey, Jr.
#17
Tombstone
Synopsis:
Legendary marshal Wyatt Earp, now a weary gunfighter, joins his brothers Morgan and Virgil to pursue their collective fortune in the thriving mining town of Tombstone. But Earp is forced to don a badge again and get help from his notorious pal Doc Holliday when a gang of renegade brigands and rustlers begins terrorizing the town.
Starring:
Bill Paxton,
Michael Biehn,
Sam Elliott
#18
They Call Me Trinity
Synopsis:
The simple story has the pair coming to the rescue of peace-loving Mormons when land-hungry Major Harriman sends his bullies to harass them into giving up their fertile valley. Trinity and Bambino manage to save the Mormons and send the bad guys packing with slapstick humor instead of excessive violence, saving the day.
Starring:
Terence Hill,
Bud Spencer,
Luciano Rossi
#19
The Searchers
Synopsis:
As a Civil War veteran spends years searching for a young niece captured by Indians, his motivation becomes increasingly questionable.
Starring:
Ken Curtis,
Harry Carey, Jr.,
John Wayne
#20
The Quick and the Dead
Synopsis:
A mysterious woman comes to compete in a quick-draw elimination tournament, in a town taken over by a notorious gunman.
Starring:
Keith David,
Lance Henriksen,
Pat Hingle
Plot:
female gunfighter,
arizona,
revenge,
street shootout,
showdown,
gun duel,
panties,
saved from hanging,
dark heroine,
girl power
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