Here we've displayed a list of the best 1840s films : 13 Assassins(2010), The Devil and Daniel Webster(1941), All This and Heaven Too(1940), Jane Eyre(1944), Cloud Atlas(2012), Bend of the River(1952), The Young Victoria(2009), Amistad(1997), Wagon Master(1950), Ravenous(1999), The Barretts of Wimpole Street(1934), The Man Who Invented Christmas(2017) ... ...
Action, Drama, Adventure, History
Japan|UK
2010
126 Minutes
Koji Yakusho Takayuki Yamada Yusuke Iseya Goro Inagaki Mikijir? Hira Hiroki Matsukata Ikki Sawamura Arata Furuta Tsuyoshi Ihara Sosuke Takaoka Masachika Ichimura
samurai lord assassin warrior bodyguard government official brutal spectacular thrilling japan bordello village assassination violence abuse of power honor loyalty suicide mission pursuit wretched excess
A group of assassins come together for a suicide mission to kill an evil lord.
Fantasy
USA
1941
107 Minutes
Edward Arnold Walter Huston James Craig Jane Darwell Simone Simon Gene Lockhart John Qualen Frank Conlan Lindy Wade George Cleveland Dawn O'Day
farmer senator devil wife assistant neighbor crafty dark uneasy new hampshire farm town greed corruption debt farming promises friendship temptation pursuit
A nineteenth-century New Hampshire farmer who makes a pact with Satan for economic success enlists Daniel Webster to extract him from his contract.
Drama
USA
1940
143 Minutes
Bette Davis Charles Boyer Barbara O'Neil Jeffrey Lynn Virginia Weidler Walter Hampden Harry Davenport Fritz Leiber Montagu Love George Coulouris Ann E. Todd
duchess duke governess child melodramatic touching france school family home royalty love triangle jealousy marital problems forbidden love sacrifice 1840s
A duchess' irrational behavior toward the governess of her children triggers tragic events that will change her family's lives forever.
Drama
USA
1944
96 Minutes
Joan Fontaine Orson Welles Margaret O'Brien Peggy Ann Garner John Sutton Sara Allgood Henry Daniell Agnes Moorehead Aubrey Mather Edith Barrett Barbara Everest
governess pretty woman aristocrat housekeeper maid young girl emotional melodramatic dark england countryside estate yorkshire moors forbidden love romance may-december romance poverty class distinctions forbidden love love
After a harsh childhood, orphan Jane Eyre is hired by Edward Rochester, the brooding lord of a mysterious manor house, to care for his young daughter.
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA|Germany|Hong Kong|Singapore|China
2012
172 Minutes
Tom Hanks Tom Tykwer Halle Berry Jim Broadbent Hugo Weaving Jim Sturgess Bae Doo-na Ben Whishaw James D'Arcy Susan Sarandon
attorney composer journalist publisher worker tribesman profound touching fascinating dark heartwarming pacific ocean europe united states united kingdom earth family home human connection historical events life story
An exploration of how the actions of individual lives impact one another in the past, present and future, as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero, and an act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution.
Western
USA
1952
91 Minutes
James Stewart Arthur Kennedy Rock Hudson Julie Adams Lori Nelson Jay C. Flippen Stepin Fetchit Harry Morgan Chubby Johnson Howard Petrie Frances Bavier
guide thief farmer trader settler rousing suspenseful gritty oregon portland, ore. wagon train small town redemption betrayal outlaws responsibility scams rescue revenge 1840s
When a town boss confiscates homesteader's supplies after gold is discovered nearby, a tough cowboy risks his life to try and get it to them.
Romance, Drama, History
UK|USA
2009
104 Minutes
Emily Blunt Rupert Friend Paul Bettany Miranda Richardson Jim Broadbent Thomas Kretschmann Jesper Christensen Mark Strong Jeanette Hain Julian Glover Michael Maloney
uncle prince prime minister assassin queen king emotional england castle queen victoria political corruption romance royalty humiliation wedding fall rise transformation 1840s
A dramatization of the turbulent first years of Queen Victoria's rule, and her enduring romance with Prince Albert.
Drama, History
USA
1997
152 Minutes
Morgan Freeman Anthony Hopkins Matthew McConaughey Nigel Hawthorne Djimon Hounsou David Paymer Pete Postlethwaite Stellan Skarsgård Anna Paquin Tomas Milian Austin Pendleton
judge john quincy adams slave lawyer queen politician gripping profound suspenseful courtroom ship spain connecticut washington, d.c. slavery slave trade mutiny court decision freedom political debate
In 1839, the revolt of Mende captives aboard a Spanish owned ship causes a major controversy in the United States when the ship is captured off the coast of Long Island. The courts must decide whether the Mende are slaves or legally free.
Western
USA
1950
86 Minutes
Ben Johnson Joanne Dru Ward Bond Harry Carey Jr. Charles Kemper Jane Darwell Alan Mowbray Ruth Clifford Russell Simpson Kathleen O'Malley James Arness
mormon church elder horse trader wagon master daughter outlaw tense thrilling amusing utah desert wagon train journey survival mormonism water conservation fugitives religious persecution adventure quest
Two young drifters guide a Mormon wagon train to the San Juan Valley and encounter cutthroats, Indians, geography, and moral challenges on the journey.
Horror
UK|Mexico|USA|Czech Republic
1999
100 Minutes
Guy Pearce Robert Carlyle Jeremy Davies Jeffrey Jones John Spencer Stephen Spinella Neal McDonough David Arquette
soldier native american sister cook cannibal frontiersman brutal shocking suspenseful california fort wilderness cliff cave murder investigation missing persons cannibalism frontier life mystery
In a remote military outpost in the 19th century, Captain John Boyd and his regiment embark on a rescue mission which takes a dark turn when they are ambushed by a sadistic cannibal.
Romance
USA
1934
110 Minutes
Norma Shearer Fredric March Charles Laughton Maureen O'Sullivan Katharine Alexander Una O'Connor Ian Wolfe Marion Clayton Ralph Forbes Vernon Downing
elizabeth barrett robert browning father sister doctor love interest chilling melodramatic london mansion bedroom poetry confinement illness incest romance sexual repression forbidden love escape transformation
Elizabeth Barrett's tyrannical father has forbidden any of his family to marry. Nevertheless, Elizabeth falls in love with the poet Robert Browning.
Other, Biography, Drama, History
Ireland|Canada
2017
104 Minutes
Dan Stevens Christopher Plummer Jonathan Pryce Justin Edwards Morfydd Clark Donald Sumpter Miles Jupp Simon Callow Miriam Margolyes Ian McNeice Bill Paterson
charles dickens author ebenezer scrooge tiny tim wife publisher heartwarming positive emotional amusing charming creative london apartment office carriage study storytelling christmas marriage
The journey that led to Charles Dickens' creation of "A Christmas Carol," a timeless tale that would redefine Christmas.
Western
USA
1961
107 Minutes
John Wayne Stuart Whitman Lee Marvin Ina Balin Nehemiah Persoff Michael Ansara Patrick Wayne Bruce Cabot Joan O'Brien Jack Elam Edgar Buchanan
texas ranger native american outlaw gun runner gambler prisoner gritty rousing melodramatic texas mexico desert valley american west unlikely allies cowboys frontier justice violence romance adventure
Texas Ranger Jake Cutter arrests gambler Paul Regret, but soon finds himself teamed with his prisoner in an undercover effort to defeat a band of renegade arms merchants and thieves dealing with the Comanches known as Comancheros.
Drama, History
Argentina|Spain
1984
108 Minutes
Susú Pecoraro Imanol Arias Héctor Alterio Elena Tasisto Carlos Muñoz Héctor Pellegrini
socialite father priest military officer politician police officer brooding dark buenos aires, argentina church family home small town love political intrigue family forbidden love sacrifice 1840s
In 1840's Buenos Aires, Argentina, a beautiful young socialite named Camila falls in love with Ladislao, a Jesuit priest. After several failed attempts at fighting his own feelings, he ... See full summary »
Drama, History
USA
1947
119 Minutes
Katharine Hepburn Paul Henreid Robert Walker Henry Daniell Leo G. Carroll Gigi Perreau Tala Birell Henry Stephenson Elsa Janssen Ann Carter Janine Perreau
composer pianist wife child love interest melodramatic somber moving germany asylum house clara wieck robert schumann johannes brahms music love debt love sacrifice temptation
Composer Robert Schumann struggles to compose his symphonies while his loving wife Clara offers her support. Also helping the Schumanns is their lifelong friend, composer Johannes Brahms.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama, History
Ireland|Luxembourg|Belgium
2018
100 Minutes
Hugo Weaving James Frecheville Stephen Rea Freddie Fox Barry Keoghan Moe Dunford Sarah Greene Jim Broadbent
british soldier landowner translator infantryman private family member gripping suspenseful frightening gritty town manor home settling the score regret short films authority opposing ideals hard times pursuit
Set in Ireland during the Great Famine, the drama follows an Irish Ranger who has been fighting for the British Army abroad, as he abandons his post to reunite with his family.
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
USA
1941
77 Minutes
Red Skelton Ann Rutherford Virginia Grey Conrad Veidt Rags Ragland Eve Arden Don Douglas Don Costello Paul Stanton William Tannen
actor cult member thug fiancée friend amusing madcap lighthearted plane radio station race against time murder plot kidnapping cult inheritance radio rivalry escape 1840s
Radio crime show host 'The Fox' along with his fiancée and ex-girlfriend are kidnapped by a larcenous cult who demand that he help them plan a perfect murder.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1939
88 Minutes
Mickey Rooney Walter Connolly William Frawley Rex Ingram Lynne Carver Jo Ann Sayers Minor Watson Elisabeth Risdon Victor Kilian Clara Blandick
huckleberry finn runaway slave alcoholic friend con artist playful spirited mississippi river the south st. petersburg, miss. friendship running away rafting slavery adolescence growing up adventure escape 1840s
To avoid his abusive father, a rambunctious boy rafts the Mississippi River with a slave, encountering many wild characters.
Musical
UK
1975
117 Minutes
Anthony Newley David Hemmings David Warner Jill Bennett Sarah-Jane Varley Michael Hordern Yvonne Antrobus David Battley Windsor Davies Philip Davis
storekeeper granddaughter money lender solicitor sister uneasy spirited london junk shop midlands law office debt greed father figure poverty fall underdog 1840s
A kindly shop owner whose overwhelming gambling debts allow a greedy landlord to seize his shop of dusty treasures. Evicted and with no way to pay his debts, he and his granddaughter flee.
Adventure
USA
1942
124 Minutes
Ray Milland John Wayne Paulette Goddard Raymond Massey Robert Preston Susan Hayward Charles Bickford Hedda Hopper Louise Beavers Martha O'Driscoll Lynne Overman
ship captain shipwreck survivor lawyer villain spirited atlantic ocean north carolina florida keys ship office shipwreck shipping insurance love triangle piracy rivalry love adventure 1840s
Florida ship salvager, Loxi, falls for Jack, captain of a ship wrecked on the Key West shore. However, their romance is complicated by the arrival of another suitor, and eventually leads to tragedy.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1951
81 Minutes
Joseph Cotten Barbara Stanwyck Louis Calhern Leslie Caron Joe De Santis Jim Backus Margaret Wycherly Richard Hale Nicholas Joy Roy Roberts Mitchell Lewis
woman wealthy man poet servant butler revolutionary uneasy dark suspenseful emotional new york city mansion inheritance murder plot schemes family bloodline revolution national pride quest rivalry
In 1848 NYC, a Frenchwoman visits exiled former French Marshal Thevenet to ask for his financial help in behalf of his French grandson but Thevenet's house staff schemes to kill him and take his fortune.
Biography
USA
1945
113 Minutes
Paul Muni Merle Oberon Cornel Wilde Stephen Bekassy Nina Foch George Coulouris Sig Arno Howard Freeman George Macready Claire DuBrey Frank Puglia
composer soldier musician doctor writer creative bleak fascinating poland paris war illness music political repression frédéric chopin affair love rise 1840s
Biography of Frederic Chopin.
Western
USA
2010
101 Minutes
Michelle Williams Bruce Greenwood Will Patton Zoe Kazan Paul Dano Shirley Henderson Neal Huff Tommy Nelson Rod Rondeaux
guide settler native american wife racist husband tense solemn desert oregon mountain wagon train pioneering struggle survival lost journey hysteria adventure rivalry
Settlers traveling through the Oregon desert in 1845 find themselves stranded in harsh conditions.
Drama, Romance
USA
1923
96 Minutes
Mary Pickford Holbrook Blinn Irene Rich George Walsh Charles Belcher Frank Leigh Mathilde Comont George Periolat Bert Sprotte Snitz Edwards Madame De Bodamere
young woman singer king spanish woman boyfriend mother amusing emotional seville, spain kingdom jail family home redemption poverty class distinctions love triangle protest courtship quest love
Rosita, a peasant singer in Seville, captures the attention of the King.
Western
USA
1951
101 Minutes
Gary Cooper Mari Aldon Richard Webb Ray Teal Arthur Hunnicutt Robert Barrat Clancy Cooper Dan White Mel Archer Angelita McCall Lee Roberts
american soldier native american native american chief settler enemy lieutenant brooding dense gripping intense engaging florida everglades battlefield territorial disputes native people land dispute battle rescue mission
After destroying a Seminole fort, American soldiers and their rescued companions must face the dangerous Everglades and hostile Indians in order to reach safety.
Comedy
UK
1975
98 Minutes
Malcolm McDowell Alan Bates Florinda Bolkan Oliver Reed Britt Ekland Lionel Jeffries Tom Bell Alastair Sim Michael Hordern Joss Ackland Christopher Cazenove
captain count courtesan duchess politician amusing unrestrained boys school london germany battlefield church military life war seduction mistaken identity ambition adventure wretched excess 1840s
Ne'er-do-well Captain Harry Flashman (Malcolm McDowell) is coerced by Otto Von Bismarck (Oliver Reed) into impersonating a Prince.
Romance
UK|USA
1957
105 Minutes
Jennifer Jones John Gielgud Bill Travers Virginia McKenna Susan Stephen Vernon Gray Jean Anderson Maxine Audley Leslie Phillips Laurence Naismith Moultrie Kelsall
elizabeth barrett robert browning father sister doctor love interest creepy melodramatic london mansion bedroom poetry confinement illness incest romance sexual repression forbidden love escape transformation
Elizabeth Barrett's tyrannical father has forbidden any of his family to marry. Nevertheless, Elizabeth falls in love with the poet Robert Browning.
Mystery & Thriller
USA|Spain|Hungary|Serbia
2012
111 Minutes
John Cusack Luke Evans Alice Eve Brendan Gleeson Oliver Jackson-Cohen Kevin R. McNally Sam Hazeldine John Warnaby Jimmy Yuill Pam Ferris Brendan Coyle
writer police detective girlfriend dark suspenseful baltimore house forest masked ball maryland edgar allan poe copycat killers buried alive murder life imitating art mystery 1840s
When a madman begins committing horrific murders inspired by Edgar Allan Poe's works, a young Baltimore detective joins forces with Poe to stop him from making his stories a reality.
Horror
USA
1932
75 Minutes
Bela Lugosi Sidney Fox Leon Waycoff Bert Roach Brandon Hurst Noble Johnson D'Arcy Corrigan Arlene Francis Herman Bing
mad scientist medical student girlfriend friend mother ape dark disturbing creepy paris carnival street river laboratory medical experiments blood transfusion abduction murder science gone awry animal attack
A mad scientist seeks to mingle human blood with that of an ape, and resorts to kidnapping women for his experiments.
Western
USA
1938
57 Minutes
Roy Rogers Lynne Roberts Raymond Hatton J. Farrell MacDonald Purnell Pratt Harry Woods Bruce MacFarlane Lane Chandler Chester Gunnels Lee Powell Frank McCarroll
roy rogers texas ranger love interest senator brother trigger rousing thrilling engaging texas camp wilderness small town ranch texas rangers murder outlaws reunion desertion political corruption
Disbanded Texas Rangers are gathered together to help the U.S. Cavalry put an end to marauding outlaws.