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1. Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994)
R | 123 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A vampire tells his epic life story: love, betrayal, loneliness, and hunger.
Director: Neil Jordan | Stars: Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise, Antonio Banderas, Kirsten Dunst
Votes: 348,420 | Gross: $105.26M
2. Gone with the Wind (1939)
Passed | 238 min | Drama, Romance, War
A sheltered and manipulative Southern belle and a roguish profiteer face off in a turbulent romance as the society around them crumbles with the end of slavery and is rebuilt during the Civil War and Reconstruction periods.
Directors: Victor Fleming, George Cukor, Sam Wood | Stars: Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Thomas Mitchell, Barbara O'Neil
Votes: 335,003 | Gross: $198.68M
3. 12 Years a Slave (2013)
R | 134 min | Biography, Drama, History
In the antebellum United States, Solomon Northup, a free Black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery.
Director: Steve McQueen | Stars: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Kenneth Williams, Michael Fassbender, Brad Pitt
Votes: 742,685 | Gross: $56.67M
4. Blood Diamond (2006)
R | 143 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
A fisherman, a smuggler, and a syndicate of businessmen match wits over the possession of a priceless diamond.
Director: Edward Zwick | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Djimon Hounsou, Jennifer Connelly, Kagiso Kuypers
Votes: 587,569 | Gross: $57.37M
5. Chained Soldier (2024– )
TV-MA | Animation, Action, Fantasy
In a world dominated by female superhumans, a young male is recruited into a squad of monster hunters.
Stars: Yuya Hirose, Akari Kitô, Yume Miyamoto, Mari Hino
Votes: 806
6. Agora (2009)
R | 127 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
A historical drama set in Roman Egypt, concerning a slave who turns to the rising tide of Christianity in the hope of pursuing freedom while falling in love with his mistress, the philosophy and mathematics professor Hypatia of Alexandria.
Director: Alejandro Amenábar | Stars: Rachel Weisz, Max Minghella, Oscar Isaac, Ashraf Barhom
Votes: 73,149 | Gross: $0.62M
7. Roots (2016)
TV-MA | 388 min | Drama, War
An adaptation of Alex Haley's "Roots." Chronicles the history of an African man and his descendants sold into slavery in America.
Stars: Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Malachi Kirby, Forest Whitaker, Laurence Fishburne
Votes: 8,498
8. Quo Vadis (1951)
Not Rated | 171 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
After fierce Roman commander Marcus Vinicius becomes infatuated with beautiful Christian hostage Lygia, he begins to question the tyrannical leadership of the despotic emperor Nero.
Directors: Mervyn LeRoy, Anthony Mann | Stars: Robert Taylor, Deborah Kerr, Leo Genn, Peter Ustinov
Votes: 16,816 | Gross: $24.29M
9. The Eagle (2011)
PG-13 | 114 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
In Roman-ruled Britain, a young Roman soldier endeavors to honor his father's memory by finding his lost legion's golden emblem.
Director: Kevin Macdonald | Stars: Channing Tatum, Jamie Bell, Donald Sutherland, István Göz
Votes: 74,167 | Gross: $19.49M
10. The Message (1976)
PG | 177 min | Biography, Drama, History
This epic historical drama chronicles the life and times of Prophet Muhammad and serves as an introduction to early Islamic history.
Director: Moustapha Akkad | Stars: Anthony Quinn, Irene Papas, Michael Ansara, Johnny Sekka
Votes: 50,950
11. A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966)
Approved | 99 min | Comedy, Musical
A wily Roman slave schemes to earn his freedom by romantically uniting his master with a courtesan. But matters get complicated and he ends up dragging in his neighbors around him, leading to chaos.
Director: Richard Lester | Stars: Zero Mostel, Phil Silvers, Buster Keaton, Michael Crawford
Votes: 9,869
12. Kull the Conqueror (1997)
PG-13 | 95 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
A barbarian warrior becomes a king when he defeats a king in armed combat and the king's heir conspire to overthrow him and reclaim the throne by resurrecting an evil sorceress.
Director: John Nicolella | Stars: Kevin Sorbo, Tia Carrere, Thomas Ian Griffith, Litefoot
Votes: 8,794 | Gross: $6.09M
13. Igor (2008)
PG | 87 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
Animated fable about a cliché hunchbacked evil scientist's assistant who aspires to become a scientist himself, much to the displeasure of the rest of the evil science community.
Director: Tony Leondis | Stars: John Cusack, Molly Shannon, Steve Buscemi, Myleene Klass
Votes: 24,365 | Gross: $19.53M
14. Mandingo (1975)
R | 127 min | Drama, History, Romance
An 1840s slaveowner trains one of his slaves to be a bare-knuckle fighter.
Director: Richard Fleischer | Stars: James Mason, Susan George, Perry King, Richard Ward
Votes: 4,236 | Gross: $2.43M
15. Being Human (1994)
PG-13 | 122 min | Comedy, Drama
One man must learn the meaning of courage across four lifetimes centuries apart.
Director: Bill Forsyth | Stars: Robin Williams, John Turturro, Kelly Hunter, Maudie Johnson
Votes: 4,270 | Gross: $1.52M
16. The Message (1976)
PG | 207 min | Action, Adventure, Biography
The story of prophet "Muhammad" and the delivery of the message of God "Allah."
Director: Moustapha Akkad | Stars: Abdallah Gheith, Mona Wassef, Hamdy Gheith, Ali Achmed Taram
Votes: 10,648
17. Mandinga (1976)
R | 86 min | Adventure, Drama
An Old South plantation owner lusts after his female slaves.
Director: Mario Pinzauti | Stars: Antonio Gismondo, Serafino Profumo, Maria Rosaria Riuzzi, Paola D'Egidio
Votes: 235
18. The Trojan Women (1971)
GP | 105 min | Drama
The women of Troy face enslavement after the fall of their city.
Director: Michael Cacoyannis | Stars: Katharine Hepburn, Vanessa Redgrave, Geneviève Bujold, Irene Papas
Votes: 1,700 | Gross: $0.11M
19. The Courage to Love (2000 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 95 min | Drama, History, Romance
In 19th century New Orleans creole Henriette must choose between love and devotion to the church. Neither choice is going to be easy, as there is great opposition to her ideas of breaking traditions.
Director: Kari Skogland | Stars: Vanessa Williams, Gil Bellows, Karen Williams, Lisa Bronwyn Moore
Votes: 533
20. Muhammad: The Messenger of God (2015)
162 min | Biography, Drama, History
The events, trials and tribulations of the city of Makkah in 7th century AD.
Director: Majid Majidi | Stars: Mahdi Pakdel, Sareh Bayat, Mina Sadati, Ali Reza Shoja'noori
Votes: 12,080
21. Something of Value (1957)
Approved | 113 min | Drama, War
In British Colonial Kenya during the Mau Mau uprising, Peter and Kimani, who grew up together, find themselves on the opposite sides.
Director: Richard Brooks | Stars: Rock Hudson, Dana Wynter, Wendy Hiller, Juano Hernandez
Votes: 1,310
22. Around the World with Willy Fog (1983)
TV-G | 24 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
A furry version of Jules Verne's classic adventure story of a British gentleman's challenge to circumnavigate the world in 80 days.
Stars: Tom Wyner, Gregory Snegoff, Ken'ichi Ogata, Banjô Ginga
Votes: 3,524
23. Mirror: A Tale of Twin Cities (2021– )
TV-14 | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Finding themselves on opposite sides of a war between realms, two smitten deities must overcome time, distance and the wrath of the gods to be together.
Stars: Ruiyang Sun, Yi Dai, Yifeng Li, Yuqi Chen
Votes: 83
24. Revolt of the Zombies (1936)
Approved | 65 min | Adventure, Horror
An international expedition is sent into Cambodia to destroy an ancient formula that turns men into zombies.
Director: Victor Halperin | Stars: Dorothy Stone, Dean Jagger, Roy D'Arcy, Robert Noland
Votes: 1,886
25. A Respectable Trade (1998)
240 min | Drama
The devastating consequences of the slave trade in 18th century Bristol are explored through the powerful but impossible attraction of well-born Frances and her Yoruban slave, Mehuru. ... See full summary »
Stars: Emma Fielding, Anna Massey, Warren Clarke, Ariyon Bakare
Votes: 150
26. Islamophobia (2022)
130 min | Action, Drama
Showcasing the traumatic effects of prejudice and discrimination against Muslim, Christianity, and Judaism its Islamophobia is a story of Peace , Love, Unity, Respect, Compassionate, and ... See full summary »
Director: Omer Sarikaya | Stars: Chris Mulkey, Wilma Elles, Fahim Fazli, Mike Mitchell
Votes: 19
27. The Marker (2017)
80 min | Crime, Thriller
Noir thriller about a criminal seeking redemption by tracking down the daughter of the woman he killed. Along the way he is haunted by his guilt in the guise of the woman's ghost.
Director: Justin Edgar | Stars: Frederick Schmidt, Ana Ularu, John Hannah, Struan Rodger
Votes: 507
28. Bloody Romance (2018)
45 min | Action, Fantasy, Romance
During a chaotic period towards the end of the Tang Dynasty, Qi Xue (Li Yi Tong) was sold to a brothel by her own father. She gets a second chance after inadvertently entering a mysterious ... See full summary »
Stars: Hsueh-Fu Kuo, Duo Wang, Chuxiao Qu, Yitong Li
Votes: 209
29. The Tempest (1998 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 120 min | Drama
An adaptation of Shakespeare's classic is set in the Mississippi bayous during the Civil War.
Director: Jack Bender | Stars: Peter Fonda, John Glover, Harold Perrineau, Katherine Heigl
Votes: 383
30. Tokyo Slaves (2014)
100 min | Mystery
Brother and sister are drawn into a thrilling game of survival, in which they use a bizarre device called SCM to turn others into their slaves.
Director: Sakichi Sato | Stars: Sayaka Akimoto, Kanata Hongô, Udai Iwasaki, Yûki Kubota
Votes: 160
31. 5th & Alameda (2011)
123 min | Drama, Thriller
Maybe you're not cut out to be a criminal. Two wounded souls seek redemption in a violent crime.
Director: Richard Friedman | Stars: Saye Yabandeh, Corey Sevier, Mario Van Peebles, Vince Lozano
Votes: 59
32. The Viking (1928)
Passed | 90 min | Adventure, History
Vikings compete for power and the love of a woman.
Director: Roy William Neill | Stars: Donald Crisp, Pauline Starke, LeRoy Mason, Anders Randolf
Votes: 490
33. Joaquim (2017)
97 min | Biography, Drama, History
A partly fictional, partly historical account of the life of Brazil's national hero Joaquim José da Silva Xavier, alias Tiradentes.
Director: Marcelo Gomes | Stars: Julio Machado, Isabél Zuaa, Rômulo Braga, Marco Perpétuo
Votes: 574
34.
Star Trek (1966–1969)
Episode:
The Cage
(1966)
TV-PG | 63 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Capt. Pike is held prisoner and tested by aliens who have the power to project incredibly lifelike illusions.
Director: Robert Butler | Stars: Jeffrey Hunter, Susan Oliver, Leonard Nimoy, Majel Barrett
Votes: 7,201
35.
The Magical World of Disney (1954–1997)
Episode:
The Liberators
(1987)
Unrated | 90 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
A slave convinces a young man to help him escape to Canada, so he poses as the boy's slave to do so. They meet other escaping slaves and help them get to the Underground Railway in Ohio, where they are helped by a Quaker.
Director: Kenneth Johnson | Stars: Robert Carradine, Larry B. Scott, Cynthia Dale, Renée Jones
Votes: 64
36.
Barney Miller (1975–1982)
Episode:
The Slave
(1979)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Drama
Harris objects to the fact that the Burmese chauffeur being arrested for a traffic accident is actually an indentured servant.
Director: Noam Pitlik | Stars: Hal Linden, Max Gail, Ron Glass, Steve Landesberg
Votes: 111
37.
Highlander (1992–1998)
Episode:
Indiscretions
(1998)
TV-14 | 49 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Adam Pierson aka Methos tries to avenge the sufferings inflicted by Immortal Morgan Walker on helpless victims over several hundred years.
Director: Dennis Berry | Stars: Adrian Paul, Elizabeth Gracen, Peter Wingfield, Jim Byrnes
Votes: 162
38.
Highlander (1992–1998)
Episode:
Manhunt
(1996)
TV-14 | 49 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Immortal Carl Robinson has a great baseball career until he is seen killing another Immortal and forced to run for his life. He asks Duncan for help, but when another man is arrested for ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Ellis | Stars: Adrian Paul, Stan Kirsch, Jim Byrnes, Bruce A. Young
Votes: 161
39.
Highlander (1992–1998)
Episode:
Revelation 6:8
(1997)
TV-14 | 49 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Sequel to 'Comes a Horseman.' Methos leads Kronos to the remaining two horsemen, and the four of them plan to destroy humanity via a water-borne virus.
Director: Adrian Paul | Stars: Adrian Paul, Stan Kirsch, Jim Byrnes, Valentine Pelka
Votes: 233
40.
The Outer Limits (1995–2002)
Episode:
The Grell
(1999)
TV-PG | 44 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
An alien slave belonging to the species Grell rescues his owner's family after their plane is shot down in an attack by the Grell rebellion.
Director: Jorge Montesi | Stars: Ted Shackelford, Maurice Dean Wint, Britt McKillip, Blair Slater
Votes: 247
41.
Tales from the Darkside (1983–1988)
Episode:
The Trouble with Mary Jane
(1985)
TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Mrs. Knudsen enlists the aid of bumbling occult students Jack and Nora Mills to exorcise Aisha Candisha, the demon who is possessing her now-goat-footed daughter Mary Jane. The price? Fifty thousand dollars.
Director: T.J. Castronovo | Stars: Phyllis Diller, Lawrence Tierney, Anita Dangler, Tanya Fenmore
Votes: 284
42.
Tales from the Darkside (1983–1988)
Episode:
The Yattering and Jack
(1987)
TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Happy-go-lucky salesman Jack Polo receives a yuletide visit from the 3.5-foot-tall Yattering, a snarling horned demon that wants to claim Jack's soul.
Director: David Odell | Stars: Phil Fondacaro, Antony Carbone, Tom Newman, Danielle Brisebois
Votes: 249
43.
A Skirt Through History (1994– )
Episode:
An Experiment
(1994)
30 min | Biography, Drama, Family
"The remarkable story of two women who became the subjects of experiments by men. Dr James Barry was born a girl but lived most of her life disguised as a man. And Hannah Cullwick, a ... See full summary »
Director: Philippa Lowthorpe | Stars: Dearbhla Molloy, Anna Massey, Rosalie Crutchley, Barbara Ewing
44.
Roots (1977)
Episode:
Part VI
(1977)
TV-14 | 99 min | Biography, Drama, History
In 1824, Kizzy is allowed to visit the plantation of her previous owner, Dr. William Reynolds, and learn the ultimate fate of her parents. Meanwhile, old slave Mingo teaches Kizzy's son ... See full summary »
Directors: Marvin J. Chomsky, Gilbert Moses | Stars: Macdonald Carey, Chuck Connors, Scatman Crothers, Sandy Duncan
Votes: 298
45.
Roots (1977)
Episode:
Part VII
(1977)
TV-14 | 51 min | Biography, Drama, History
In 1861, "Chicken George" returns home hoping to free his enslaved family.
Director: Marvin J. Chomsky | Stars: Lloyd Bridges, Georg Stanford Brown, Olivia Cole, Brad Davis
Votes: 274
46.
Roots (1977)
Episode:
Part VIII
(1977)
TV-14 | 96 min | Biography, Drama, History
The war is over, the Confederacy having surrendered, freeing the slaves. Mr. Harvey invites the slaves to stay if they wish, maybe sharecropping. The rest of the plantation owners, a ... See full summary »
Director: Marvin J. Chomsky | Stars: Lloyd Bridges, Georg Stanford Brown, Olivia Cole, Brad Davis
Votes: 278
47.
Lawmen: Bass Reeves (2023)
Episode:
Part 1
(2023)
TV-MA | 57 min | Drama, Western
Bass rides into hell. Esau makes a violent impression on Bass. Bass escapes his chains, but has to make a hard sacrifice.
Director: Christina Alexandra Voros | Stars: David Oyelowo, Lauren E. Banks, Demi Singleton, Forrest Goodluck
Votes: 904
48.
Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (2012– )
Episode:
We Come from People
(2014)
TV-PG | 53 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Actress Angela Bassett, President Obama's political advisor Valerie Jarrett and hip-hop artist Nas discover that there is no singular narrative or preconception about the people who suffered through the era of slavery in America.
Director: Muriel Soenens | Stars: Angela Bassett, Henry Louis Gates Jr., Valerie Jarrett, Nas
Votes: 33
49.
Roots (2016)
Episode:
Part 4
(2016)
TV-14 | 88 min | Drama, War
Chicken George returns to the Lea farm after 20 years; Tom, nurses a grudge against his father; George and Cyrus join the Memphis Colored Battery; Tom returns home after the war to embark on a new life with his family.
Director: Bruce Beresford | Stars: Laurence Fishburne, Herman Netzhammer, Lane Garrison, Tip 'T.I.' Harris
Votes: 378
50.
Roots (2016)
Episode:
Part 3
(2016)
TV-14 | 104 min | Drama, War
George becomes an accomplished trainer of gamecocks and earns the nickname of Chicken George; George marries Matilda, a preacher's daughter, and fathers many children; Tom Lea loses a wager... See full summary »
Director: Thomas Carter | Stars: Chad L. Coleman, Shannon Lucio, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Regé-Jean Page
Votes: 389