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1. The Birth of a Nation (1915)
TV-PG | 195 min | Drama, History, War
The Stoneman family finds its friendship with the Camerons affected by the Civil War, both fighting in opposite armies. The development of the war in their lives plays through to Lincoln's assassination and the birth of the Ku Klux Klan.
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh, Henry B. Walthall, Miriam Cooper
Votes: 26,368 | Gross: $10.00M
2. The Secret of Convict Lake (1951)
Approved | 83 min | Western
In 1871 a convict escapes, with other prisoners, to kill the man that framed him, but has second thoughts after meeting the man's beautiful future wife.
Director: Michael Gordon | Stars: Glenn Ford, Gene Tierney, Ethel Barrymore, Zachary Scott
Votes: 1,509
3. Riders of the Purple Sage (1996 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 98 min | Drama, Romance, Western
Jim Lassiter roams from town to town in search for the man who drove his sister to suicide. While riding toward a mountain pass, he sees an heiress, Jane Withersteen, being harassed by ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Haid | Stars: Ed Harris, Amy Madigan, Henry Thomas, Robin Tunney
Votes: 922
4. The Alchemist (1983)
R | 78 min | Horror
A man seeks revenge on an evil magician who placed a curse on him.
Director: Charles Band | Stars: Robert Ginty, Lucinda Dooling, John Sanderford, Viola Kates Stimpson
Votes: 663
5. La Commune (Paris, 1871) (2000)
345 min | Drama, History, War
In this war drama blurring the lines between documentary and fiction, the working class and the bourgeoisie of 19th century Paris are interviewed and covered on television, before and during a tragic workers' class revolt.
Director: Peter Watkins | Stars: Eliane Annie Adalto, Pierre Barbieux, Bernard Bombeau, Maylis Bouffartigue
Votes: 1,338
6. In Old Chicago (1938)
Passed | 95 min | Action, Drama, Musical
The O'Leary brothers--honest Jack and roguish Dion--become powerful figures, and eventually rivals, in Chicago on the eve of its Great Fire.
Director: Henry King | Stars: Tyrone Power, Alice Faye, Don Ameche, Alice Brady
Votes: 2,634
7. Salome, Where She Danced (1945)
Approved | 90 min | Adventure, Drama, Music
A famous Viennese ballerina flees Europe during the Austro-Prussian War and falls in love with an American bandit who looks like her deceased royal lover.
Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Yvonne De Carlo, Rod Cameron, David Bruce, Walter Slezak
Votes: 373
8. Steal Away (I)
Drama, History, Music | Pre-production
Based on Andrew Ward's epic "Dark Midnight When I Rise," an HBCU warrior choir fights the KKK's reign of terror against their schools with songs of faith and freedom, and after conquering the world must then conquer their own demons.
Director: Stephen Ashley Blake | Stars: Eugene Simon, Tongayi Chirisa, Nina Toussaint-White, Paul Amos
9. The New Babylon (1929)
120 min | Drama, History
In the beginning of the industrial revolution, the Paris Commune was established in 1871 against the rich and the powerful, and violently repressed by the army that remained faithful to a ... See full summary »
Directors: Grigoriy Kozintsev, Leonid Trauberg | Stars: David Gutman, Yelena Kuzmina, Andrei Kostrichkin, Sofiya Magarill
Votes: 936
10. Time Travelers (1976 TV Movie)
78 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
During an outbreak of a contagious disease in 1976, two scientists are sent back in time to 1871, when a Chicago doctor apparently had the cure for it.
Director: Alexander Singer | Stars: Sam Groom, Tom Hallick, Francine York, Booth Colman
Votes: 532
11. The Jade Pendant (2017)
Not Rated | 106 min | Drama, History, Western
A tragic love story set against the 1871 lynching of 18 Chinese immigrants in Los Angeles.
Director: Po-Chih Leong | Stars: Godfrey Gao, Clara Lee, Tzi Ma, Mark Boone Junior
Votes: 313
12. Paragraph 175 (2000)
Not Rated | 81 min | Documentary, History, Romance
Historian Klaus Müller interviews survivors of the Nazi persecution of homosexuals because of the German Penal Code of 1871, Paragraph 175.
Directors: Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman | Stars: Rupert Everett, Klaus Müller, Karl Gorath, Pierre Seel
Votes: 2,192 | Gross: $0.07M
13. Man and Boy (1971)
G | 98 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
After the Civil War, a black ex-union soldier, his wife, and his son settle in Arizona Territory to homestead and build their lives. At first, Caleb Revers race doesn't seem to matter, but then things change.
Director: E.W. Swackhamer | Stars: Bill Cosby, Gloria Foster, Leif Erickson, George Spell
Votes: 205
14. Resurrection (2015)
102 min | Horror, Mystery
A young priest travels to Buenos Aires in order to help sick people during the 1871 yellow fever epidemic.
Director: Gonzalo Calzada | Stars: Patricio Contreras, Martín Slipak, Vando Villamil, Adrián Navarro
Votes: 605
15. Ludwig - Requiem for a Virgin King (1972)
140 min | Biography, Drama, History
The story of the legendary King Ludwig II of Bavaria (1845-1886), his opera interest and friendship with theatre personalities such as Richard Wagner and Joseph Kainz, and at the same time a reflection of the German 1800s.
Director: Hans-Jürgen Syberberg | Stars: Harry Baer, Ingrid Caven, Hanna Köhler, Ursula Strätz
Votes: 337
16. Oregon Passage (1957)
Approved | 80 min | Drama, Western
An army officer tries to help the Indians placed in his charge, but finds himself interfering with their way of life.
Director: Paul Landres | Stars: John Ericson, Lola Albright, Toni Gerry, Edward Platt
Votes: 128
17. Django Defies Sartana (1970)
85 min | Western
Framed for a bank robbery, bounty killer Django's brother, Steve is lynched. Django hunts down Sartana, Steve's supposed accomplice, but finds him innocent also. The two men seek out the real robbers.
Director: Pasquale Squitieri | Stars: George Ardisson, Tony Kendall, José Torres, Bernard Farber
Votes: 314
18. 1871 (1990)
100 min | Drama, History, Romance
A young actress becomes politically aware within the Paris Commune of 1871.
Director: Ken McMullen | Stars: Roshan Seth, John Lynch, Timothy Spall, Alexandre de Sousa
Votes: 77
19. The Chinese Exclusion Act (2017)
TV-PG | 114 min | Documentary, Biography, History
The origin, history and impact of the 1882 law that made it illegal for Chinese workers to come to America and for Chinese nationals already here to become U.S. citizens.
Directors: Ric Burns, Li-Shin Yu | Stars: Hoon Lee, Mae Ngai, Jean Pfaelzer, David Lei
Votes: 104
20. Stagecoach to Dancers' Rock (1962)
Approved | 72 min | Drama, Western
Six passengers in a stagecoach are abandoned by their driver when he discovers that one of them has smallpox.
Director: Earl Bellamy | Stars: Warren Stevens, Martin Landau, Jody Lawrance, Don Wilbanks
Votes: 119
21. Champ d'honneur (1987)
PG | 87 min | Drama, History, War
The Dordogne, 1869. Pierre Naboulet, a poor tenant farmer, has drawn a lucky number in the French Army draft lottery. He will be exempt from a five-year period of military service. But he ... See full summary »
Director: Jean-Pierre Denis | Stars: Cris Campion, Pascale Rocard, Eric Wapler, Frédéric Mayer
Votes: 81
22. The Heart of a Nation (1943)
113 min | Drama, War
The story of how the people of Paris cope with the strains and struggles of war, from the siege of the city by the Prussians during the Franco-Prussian War of 1871 to the invasion by the Germans in World War II.
Director: Julien Duvivier | Stars: Raimu, Michèle Morgan, Louis Jouvet, Suzy Prim
Votes: 144
23. The Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871 (2007)
Not Rated | 45 min | Documentary, History, War
The Franco-Prussian war is largely considered to be the first modern war in Europe. This documentary explores the two years war from the perspective of modern advances in infantry and artillery weaponry of the 1870's.
Votes: 12
24. Kaiserspiel - Bismarcks Reichsgründung in Versailles (2021 TV Movie)
90 min | History
150 years ago, the German Empire was proclaimed in the Hall of Mirrors of the Palace of Versailles: a revenge on the defeat of Jena in 1806. From the battle of Sedan in September 1870, ... See full summary »
Director: Christian Twente | Stars: Thomas Thieme, Peter Meinhardt, Hubertus Hartmann, Anna Tenta
Votes: 26
25. KonTiki Project
Documentary, History, Mystery | Filming
An archaeological excavation in the ancient Museum of Human Anatomy in Pisa, Italy.
Director: Beatrice Barberis | Stars: Pasquale Barile, Maria Longhena, Ramona Melli, Stefania Zampetti
26. Der Bruderkrieg - Deutsche und Franzosen 1870/71 (2020 TV Movie)
Documentary, History
Directors: Hermann Pölking, Linn Sackarnd
Votes: 10
27. Der Bruderkrieg - Deutsche und Franzosen 1870-71 (2020)
157 min | Documentary, History
Stars: Hans Henrik Wöhler, Julie d'Andurain, Daniel Schönpflug, Robert Tombs
Votes: 23
28. La Commune de Paris 1871 à Montmartre (2019)
15 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Daniel Ropars | Star: Philippe Boisseau
29. Death at Newtownstewart (1948 TV Movie)
90 min | Crime, Drama
Stars: Reginald Tate, Godfrey Kenton, Niall MacGinnis, Ann Clery
30. Battles That Changed World: The Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871 (1998 Video)
Not Rated | 50 min | Documentary, History, War
This documentary is part of a series that describes wars, battles, and revolutions that were turning points in Western history.
31. Les damnés de la Commune (2021 TV Movie)
87 min | Documentary, Animation, History
Animated movie, exclusively created with period engravings, about the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 and the ensuing Paris Commune revolution in 1871.
Director: Raphaël Meyssan | Stars: Yolande Moreau, Simon Abkarian, Mathieu Amalric, Fanny Ardant
Votes: 95
32. Aus Deutschlands Ruhmestagen 1870/71 (1913)
Short
Director: Franz Porten | Stars: Hugo Flink, Hermann Seldeneck, Else Waldmann
34. Death at Newtownstewart (1939 TV Movie)
Crime, Drama
Stars: Brefni O'Rorke, Frank Thornton-Bassett, Una O'Connor, Godfrey Kenton
35. Es braust ein Ruf wie Donnerhall - Ur-Opas dufter Krieg 70/71 (1971 TV Movie)
100 min | Music
Directors: Jürgen Neven-du-Mont, Fritz Umgelter | Stars: Marie Versini, Dagmar Heller, Jean-Pierre Bonnin, Michael Brennicke
36.
Death Valley Days (1952–1970)
Episode:
The Friend
(1968)
TV-PG | 25 min | Western
An inexperienced young man hears about a planned ambush on the sheriff and vows to help.
Director: Hal Cooper | Stars: Robert Taylor, Tom Heaton, Jeff Morris, Paul Sorensen
Votes: 36
37.
Death Valley Days (1952–1970)
Episode:
The Great Diamond Mines
(1968)
TV-PG | 25 min | Western
A prospector and his partner try to con a banker.
Director: Denver Pyle | Stars: John Fiedler, Gavin MacLeod, George N. Neise, John Newton
Votes: 36
38.
Frontier (1955–1956)
Episode:
Paper Gunman
(1955)
Western
A newspaper reporter determined to write articles about famous gunslingers finds that real gunmen are in short supply, so he decides to invent one. He buys a young man who hero-worships ... See full summary »
Director: Don Siegel | Stars: John Smith, Carol Thurston, King Donovan, Scott Forbes
Votes: 13
39.
Little Men (1998–1999)
Episode:
Changes
(1998)
TV-PG | 45 min | Drama, Family
Jo's husband, Friedrich Bhaer, has died, and everyone expects Jo to close the school. When she hires sailor Nick Riley as caretaker for the grounds, things begin to change.
Director: Don McBrearty | Stars: Michelle Burke, Spencer Rochfort, Corey Sevier, Trevor Blumas
Votes: 23
40.
Tate (1960)
Episode:
The Gunfighters
(1960)
26 min | Western
Tate takes on a train car full of fast guns when a simmering rancher vs. homesteader dispute escalates.
Director: Richard Whorf | Stars: David McLean, Jack Hogan, Fay Roope, Doreen Lang
Votes: 30
41.
Tate (1960)
Episode:
Voices of the Town
(1960)
30 min | Western
Tate is searching for a war criminal guilty of a heinous act, but in the town he lives in now, Frank Turner is a beloved and respected citizen. The townspeople won't let Tate take him without a fight.
Director: David Orrick McDearmon | Stars: David McLean, George Mitchell, William Mims, Don Wilbanks
Votes: 28
42.
Wild West Tech (2003–2005)
Episode:
The Gunslingers: Pilot 2
(2003)
TV-G | 42 min | Documentary, History, Western
The key to the west was the use of guns and their rapid development. The traditional quick draw gunfight was very rare in the west. If you wanted to shoot someone, you usually did it from ... See full summary »
Director: Tony Long | Stars: Keith Carradine, Drew Gomber, Greg Martin, Bob Boze Bell
Votes: 12
43.
Billy the Kid (2022– )
Episode:
The Rattler
(2022)
TV-MA | 54 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
Kathleen and her sons Billy and Joe travel on to Santa Fe. Life is hard, but she meets and marries a man who might change everything for the better - only to find that he makes it a lot worse.
Director: Otto Bathurst | Stars: Tom Blyth, Eileen O'Higgins, Jamie Beamish, Ryan Kennedy
Votes: 351
44.
Second Thought (2016– )
Episode:
Why Are We Seeing So Much Asian Hate?
(2021)
17 min | Documentary
Asian hate has a long history in the United States going back to the 1800s and the building of the transcontinental railroad as low paid Chinese workers displaced Americans. It included ... See full summary »
Star: J.T. Chapman
45.
Billy the Kid (2022– )
Episode:
The Immigrants
(2022)
TV-MA | 50 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
It's 1871. 12-year-old Billy McCarty and his immigrant Irish family have to leave New York and travel west to seek new opportunities. But the journey proves fatal for some.
Director: Otto Bathurst | Stars: Tom Blyth, Eileen O'Higgins, Joey Batey, Timothy Webber
Votes: 427
46.
The End Is Nye (2022– )
Episode:
Hydra Storm
(2022)
TV-PG | Documentary, History
Using weather footage of past hurricanes and typhoons, Bill Nye builds a believable scenario of the simultaneous landfalls of five Category 5 storms, blended with scientific demonstrations for understanding, and lessons for survival.
Director: Brannon Braga | Stars: Bill Nye, Deena Aziz, Joanna Mandap, Kwasi Songui
Votes: 52
47.
Real Time History (2021– )
Episode:
How the French Army Crushed the Socialist Paris Commune 1871
(2022)
17 min | Documentary, Short, History
The Siege of Paris and the end of the Franco-Prussian War had brought social unrest in Paris (and other French cities) to a boiling point. Radical citizens take up arms and proclaim La ... See full summary »
Director: Toni Steller | Star: Jesse Alexander
48.
Real Time History (2021– )
Episode:
German Soldiers March Through Paris - The End of the Franco-Prussian War
(2022)
14 min | Documentary, Short, History
The end of the Franco-Prussian War is marked by humiliation for France. German soldiers march into Paris and the French Army of the East under Bourbaki flees to neutral Switzerland to surrender there.
Director: Toni Steller | Star: Jesse Alexander
49.
Real Time History (2021– )
Episode:
Why Wilhelm I Didn't Want to Be German Emperor
(2022)
14 min | Documentary, Short, History
The proclamation of the German Empire on 18 January 1871 is usually portrayed as a glorious ceremony. Most people associated it with the famous paintings from Anton von Werner. But the ... See full summary »
Director: Toni Steller | Star: Jesse Alexander
50.
Real Time History (2021– )
Episode:
Decision at the Burgundian Gate - The Battle of Belfort Gap
(2022)
13 min | Documentary, Short, History
In minus 20 degrees Centigrade the rag-tag French Armee L'Est still tries to relieve Belfort which is under siege by the Baden Corps under General von Werder. Belfort's resistance against ... See full summary »
Director: Toni Steller | Star: Jesse Alexander