Here we've displayed a list of the best 1820s films : The Revenant(2015), The Red and the Black(1954), Woyzeck(1979), Onegin(1999), Bright Star(2009), The Emperor's New Clothes(2001), Man in the Wilderness(1971), Saginaw Trail(1953), The Tomb of Ligeia(1965), The Battle at Apache Pass(1952), The Iron Mistress(1952), The Kentuckian(1955) ... ...
Drama, Adventure, History, Western
USA|Hong Kong|Taiwan
2015
156 Minutes
Leonardo DiCaprio Tom Hardy Domhnall Gleeson Will Poulter Forrest Goodluck Paul Anderson Kristoffer Joner Joshua Burge Duane Howard Melaw Nakehk'o Fabrice Adde
trapper team leader confidante family member native bear bleak brooding intense woods boat united states hut river village abandonment animal attack survival betrayal determination
A frontiersman on a fur trading expedition in the 1820s fights for survival after being mauled by a bear and left for dead by members of his own hunting team.
Drama
France
1954
170 Minutes
Gérard Philipe Danielle Darrieux Antonella Lualdi Jean Martinelli Jean Mercure
peasant aristocrat priest lover emotional spirited france household church ambition class distinctions social standing infidelity religion adventure discovery rise fall 1820s
A group of travelers, including a monk, stay in a lonely inn in the mountains. The host confesses the monk his habit of serving a soporific soup to the guests, to rob their possessions and ... See full summary »
Drama
West Germany
1979
82 Minutes
Klaus Kinski Eva Mattes Wolfgang Reichmann Willy Semmelrogge Josef Bierbichler Paul Burian Volker Prechtel Dieter Augustin Irm Hermann Wolfgang Bächler Herbert Fux
soldier mistress doctor drum major bleak brutal disheartening provincial town pond infidelity mental breakdown scientific experiments jealousy sacrifice underdog wretched excess 1820s
Franz Woyzeck is a hapless, hopeless soldier, alone and powerless in society, assaulted from all sides by forces he can not control.
Drama, History
UK|USA
1999
106 Minutes
Ralph Fiennes Liv Tyler Toby Stephens Lena Headey Martin Donovan Alun Armstrong Harriet Walter Irene Worth Jason Watkins Francesca Annis Gwenllian Davies
nobleman neighbor friend fiancée mother sister melodramatic brooding st. petersburg, russia countryside estate inheritance infatuation rejection friendship dueling regret love transformation 1820s
Russia, 1820s: Onegin inherits his uncle's country estate and moves there from St. Petersburg. He befriends his neighbor, Lensky, and meets Tatyana through him. She falls in love with Onegin but he just wants friendship.
Romance, Drama
UK|Australia|France
2009
119 Minutes
Abbie Cornish Ben Whishaw Paul Schneider Kerry Fox Edie Martin Thomas Brodie-Sangster Claudie Blakley Gerard Monaco Antonia Campbell Hughes
john keats love interest friend father mother doctor somber emotional hampstead, england apartment family home love poetry illness class distinctions love 1820s
The three-year romance between 19th-century poet John Keats and Fanny Brawne near the end of his life.
Comedy
Italy|UK|Germany
2001
106 Minutes
Ian Holm Iben Hjejle Tim McInnerny Tom Watson Nigel Terry Hugh Bonneville Murray Melvin Eddie Marsan Clive Russell
emperor peasant widow british soldier merchant amusing playful intricate paris st. helena trading places war napoleon bonaparte romance adventure escape 1820s
During Napoleon's exile on St. Helena, some loyalists hire a look-alike to swap places with the deposed Emperor. While the impostor lives in luxury on the island, the real Napoleon returns to Paris in order to retake the throne.
Adventure
USA
1971
105 Minutes
Richard Harris John Huston Henry Wilcoxon Percy Herbert Dennis Waterman Prunella Ransome Norman Rossington James Doohan Bryan Marshall Ben Carruthers Robert Russell
fur trapper medic scout captain indian brooding gripping thrilling american pacific northwest river boat exploration left for dead spiritual journey survival wilderness adventure pursuit transformation 1820s
Left for dead after a bear attack, a fur-trapper recuperates and pursues his former companions through dangerous Indian territory.
Western
USA
1953
56 Minutes
fur trapper singing cowboy settler henchman native american cowgirl confident spirited thrilling michigan valley house forest american west homestead intimidation fur trade undercover operations old west law and order
Hamilton's Rangers, led by our hero Gene, must keep the Indians in the northern Michigan territory from attacking the settlers.
Horror
USA|UK
1965
81 Minutes
Vincent Price Elizabeth Shepherd John Westbrook Derek Francis Ronald Adam Oliver Johnston Penelope Lee Frank Thornton Richard Vernon Denis Gilmore
wife husband love interest young woman widower spirit creepy tense frightening emotional england graveyard abbey household tomb death remarriage secrets hypnosis supernatural
A man's obsession with his dead wife drives a wedge between him and his new bride.
Western
USA
1952
85 Minutes
John Lund Jeff Chandler Susan Cabot Beverly Tyler Bruce Cowling John Hudson James Best Regis Toomey Richard Egan Hugh O'Brian Palmer Lee
american pioneer love interest native american native american chief soldier engaging gory gripping intense powerful tense united states new mexico territory battlefield ranch civil war territorial disputes fight to the death rivalry
When Cochise bands together with Geronimo and other Indian tribes, Major Colton abandons his fort, heading towards Fort Sheridan, through Apache Pass. The only thing in his way are the Indians he used to call his friends.
Biography
USA
1952
110 Minutes
Alan Ladd Virginia Mayo Joseph Calleia Phyllis Kirk Alf Kjellin Douglas Dick Anthony Caruso Ned Young George Voskovec Richard Carlyle Robert Emhardt
man friend brother love interest suitor emotional intense new orleans woods texas frontier riverboat romantic dilemma journey self-defense frontier justice jim bowie love adventure rivalry
The life of nineteenth-century pioneer Jim Bowie is portrayed.
Western
USA
1955
104 Minutes
Burt Lancaster Dianne Foster Diana Lynn John McIntire Una Merkel John Carradine John Litel Rhys Williams Walter Matthau Donald MacDonald Edward Norris
frontiersman frontier woman schoolteacher indentured servant son father emotional tender spirited kentucky frontier texas journey family father/son relationship frontier life friendship adventure discovery love
A Kentucky widower bound for 1820's Texas with his young son is thwarted in his efforts by a corrupt constable, a long-standing family feud, and a beautiful indentured servant.
Drama
Spain
1988
126 Minutes
Hugh Grant Lizzy McInnerny Valentine Pelka Elizabeth Hurley José Luis Gómez Virginia Mataix Ronan Vibert Jose Carlos Rivas Kate McKenzie Jolyon Baker Terry Taplin
poet writer husband stepsister friend monster creative melodramatic geneva villa england frankenstein's monster mary shelley percy bysshe shelley lord byron madness literature quest transformation wretched excess
Lord Byron, poet Percy Shelley, his future wife, Mary Shelley (writing Frankenstein) and others spend the summer of 1816 together.
Adventure
UK|New Zealand
1954
90 Minutes
Jack Hawkins Glynis Johns Noel Purcell Inia Wiata Kenneth Williams Laya Raki Eddie Baker Thomas Heathcote
settler assistant wife tribal leader father fiancée spectacular melodramatic england new zealand ship courtroom river colonialism christianity maori culture adultery trial massacre rivalry
In 1821,among the first British sailors to set foot on New Zealand, Phillip Wayne befriends a Maori tribe's chief, marries in England and returns to New Zealand with a small group of followers to settle.
Western
USA
1950
76 Minutes
Maureen O'Hara Macdonald Carey Will Geer Charles Drake Pedro de Cordoba Ian MacDonald Rick Vallin Parley Baer James Best Edmund Cobb Glenn Strange
jim bowie native american friend barkeep politician chief melodramatic thrilling patriotic frontier small town wilderness saloon texas race relations mining deception american indian wars exploitation land dispute
White settlers plan to defy the agreement between the government and the Comanche in order to mine for silver on Comanche lands, while scout Jim Bowie tries to keep the peace in the territory.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1936
83 Minutes
Charles Collins Frank Morgan Steffi Duna Luis Alberni Victor Varconi Jack LaRue
pirate dance instructor mayor daughter captain buccaneer charming engaging spirited island ship town boston california coast kidnapping piracy mistaken identity seafaring servitude
The story of a Boston dance teacher who gets shanghaied by buccaneers who might make his next steps be off the plank!
Adventure
1975
103 Minutes
Richard Chamberlain Tony Curtis Trevor Howard Louis Jourdan Donald Pleasence Kate Nelligan Angelo Infanti Taryn Power Harold Bromley Carlo Puri Alessio Orano
sailor captain fiancée rival prosecutor prisoner thrilling gutsy france italy mediterranean island paris vengeance false accusations seafaring treasure new identity revenge underdog 1820s
A framed French sailor (Richard Chamberlain) manages to escape from a prison, finds treasure and re-enters society to seek revenge.
Drama
1947
117 Minutes
gambler aristocrat rival servant son melodramatic intense moving ireland new orleans ship plantation field graveyard ambition class conflict marriage accidental death drinking financial crisis
An Irish gambler (Rex Harrison) rises socially, marries an aristocrat (Maureen O'Hara) and builds a grand estate in 1820s New Orelans.
Horror
1971
84 Minutes
Joseph Cotten Rosalba Neri Mickey Hargitay Paul Muller Paul Whiteman Herbert Fux
doctor assistant daughter monster victor frankenstein gripping creepy england castle village frankenstein's monster reanimation father/daughter relationship murderous rampage science gone awry revenge transformation 1820s
Baron Frankenstein's daughter, Tania (Rosalba Neri), vows to create an even greater monster to destroy the one that killed her father.