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1. Virgin Territory (2007)
R | 97 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Young Florentines take refuge from the black plague and engage in bawdy adventures and lusty exchanges.
Director: David Leland | Stars: Hayden Christensen, Mischa Barton, Ryan Cartwright, Christopher Egan
Votes: 8,702
2. The Seventh Seal (1957)
Not Rated | 96 min | Drama, Fantasy
A knight returning to Sweden after the Crusades seeks answers about life, death, and the existence of God as he plays chess against the Grim Reaper during the Black Plague.
Director: Ingmar Bergman | Stars: Max von Sydow, Gunnar Björnstrand, Bengt Ekerot, Nils Poppe
Votes: 198,500
3. Nosferatu (1922)
Not Rated | 94 min | Fantasy, Horror
Vampire Count Orlok expresses interest in a new residence and real estate agent Hutter's wife.
Director: F.W. Murnau | Stars: Max Schreck, Alexander Granach, Gustav von Wangenheim, Greta Schröder
Votes: 105,453
4. The Devils (1971)
R | 111 min | Biography, Drama, History
In 17th-century France, Father Urbain Grandier's protection of the city of Loudun from the corrupt Cardinal Richelieu is undermined by a sexually repressed nun's accusation of witchcraft.
Director: Ken Russell | Stars: Vanessa Redgrave, Oliver Reed, Dudley Sutton, Max Adrian
Votes: 18,671 | Gross: $1.13M
5. Blackadder (1982–1983)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy
In the Middle Ages, Prince Edmund the Black Adder constantly schemes and endeavors to seize the crown from his father and brother.
Stars: Rowan Atkinson, Brian Blessed, Elspet Gray, Tim McInnerny
Votes: 41,085
6. Flesh+Blood (1985)
R | 126 min | Adventure, Drama
In medieval Europe, a young girl from a noble family is obsessed with her captors - commoners.
Director: Paul Verhoeven | Stars: Rutger Hauer, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tom Burlinson, Jack Thompson
Votes: 20,004 | Gross: $0.10M
7. Season of the Witch (2011)
PG-13 | 95 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
14th-century knights transport a suspected witch to a monastery, where monks deduce that her powers could be the source of the Black Plague.
Director: Dominic Sena | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Ron Perlman, Claire Foy, Stephen Campbell Moore
Votes: 98,276 | Gross: $24.83M
8. Black Death (2010)
R | 102 min | Action, Drama, History
Set during the time of the first outbreak of bubonic plague in England, a young monk is given the task of learning the truth about reports of people being brought back to life in a small village.
Director: Christopher Smith | Stars: Eddie Redmayne, Sean Bean, Carice van Houten, Kimberley Nixon
Votes: 51,248 | Gross: $0.02M
9. World Without End (2012)
TV-MA | 47 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
The English town of Kingsbridge works to survive as the King leads the nation into the Hundred Years' War with France while Europe deals with the outbreak of the Black Death.
Stars: Ben Chaplin, Charlotte Riley, Nora Waldstätten, Oliver Jackson-Cohen
Votes: 9,138
10. The Decameron
Comedy, Drama, History | Post-production
Set in 1348 during the Black Death, the deadliest pandemic in human history, explores the timely themes of class systems, power struggles and survival in a time of pandemic.
Stars: Saoirse-Monica Jackson, Zosia Mamet, Tony Hale, Tanya Reynolds
11. The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey (1988)
PG | 92 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Men seeking relief from the Black Death, guided by a boy's vision, dig a tunnel from 14th century England to 20th century New Zealand.
Director: Vincent Ward | Stars: Bruce Lyons, Chris Haywood, Hamish Gough, Marshall Napier
Votes: 3,981 | Gross: $1.33M
12. Horatio Hornblower: The Fire Ship (1998 TV Movie)
93 min | Adventure, Drama, War
While Lt. Hornblower studies for his promotion examination, he is distracted by the serious supply problems that face his crew.
Director: Andrew Grieve | Stars: Ioan Gruffudd, Robert Lindsay, Denis Lawson, Ian McNeice
Votes: 4,535
13. Krabat (2008)
120 min | Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
A boy learns the black arts from an evil sorcerer.
Director: Marco Kreuzpaintner | Stars: David Kross, Christian Redl, Daniel Brühl, Robert Stadlober
Votes: 6,854
14. Your Friend the Rat (2007 Video)
G | 11 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Remy and Emile plead the case for rats by illustrating the historical and scientific facts about the species and their interaction with humans.
Director: Jim Capobianco | Stars: Patton Oswalt, Peter Sohn, Lou Romano, Tony Russel
Votes: 6,884
15. Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance (1974)
Not Rated | 89 min | Drama, Thriller
To avoid a death sentence for her prior acts of bloodshed, the vengeful swordswoman Lady Snowblood is conscripted by the Japanese Secret Police to assassinate political dissidents.
Director: Toshiya Fujita | Stars: Meiko Kaji, Jûzô Itami, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Yoshio Harada
Votes: 4,216
16. Black Plague (2002 Video)
R | 115 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
In 1348, with the horrors of the Black Death haunting Europe, English soldiers return home from war with a French nobleman as hostage. When people in their home village soon after begin to ... See full summary »
Director: Alberto Sciamma | Stars: Lena Headey, David La Haye, Jason Flemyng, Christopher Fairbank
Votes: 962
17. The Pied Piper (1972)
G | 86 min | Drama, Fantasy, Musical
In 1349, while the Black Plague threatens Germany, the town of Hamelin hires a wandering pied piper (Donovan) to lure rats away with his magic pipe, but then refuses to pay for his services, causing him to lure the town's children away.
Director: Jacques Demy | Stars: Keith Buckley, Patsy Puttnam, Arthur Hewlett, Paul Hennen
Votes: 911
18. The Black Knight Returns (2009)
Not Rated | 87 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
When an evil corporation threatens to unleash the black plague, Evan Grail, is recruited by his grandfather,Max, into the order of the Black Knights - a secret band of warriors who have been called upon in the past to fight evil
Director: Juan Avilez | Stars: Adam Salandra, Win De Lugo, Cheryl Texiera, William A. Majors
Votes: 429
19. Eddie Izzard: Dress to Kill (1998 Video)
Unrated | 115 min | Documentary, Comedy
Executive transvestite Eddie Izzard takes his show to San Francisco to give a brief history of pagan and Christian religions, the building of Stonehenge, the birth of the Church of England ... See full summary »
Director: Lawrence Jordan | Star: Eddie Izzard
Votes: 7,516
20. Trollsyn (1994)
93 min | Drama, History
Maren, a young girl, is the sole survivor of the Black Death in her Norwegian village. Using instincts, folklore, luck, and the clairvoyant powers granted her by being born with a "Victory ... See full summary »
Director: Ola Solum | Stars: Julia Onsager Steen, Liv Bernhoft Osa, Bjørn Willberg Andersen, Reidar Sørensen
Votes: 170
21. Quiet Killer (1992 TV Movie)
90 min | Sci-Fi, Thriller
The real-life Plague of Justinian that killed half of the world population in 6th century AD reappears in modern day New York City. As mass panic leads to chaos, a female doctor tries to stop the outbreak.
Director: Sheldon Larry | Stars: Kate Jackson, Al Waxman, Jeffrey Nordling, Chip Zien
Votes: 275
22. Inquisitio (2012)
Drama, History
We write the year 1370, the time of the Inquisition. Two popes are fighting a fierce battle for domination in the Catholic Church: Clement VII in Avignon and Urbanus VI in Rome. Grand ... See full summary »
Stars: Aurélien Wiik, Vladislav Galard, Annelise Hesme, Lula Cotton-Frapier
Votes: 149
23. Le discours des songes (2024)
70 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
In New France, in the year of our Lord 1642. Anguerant de Ganélon, witch hunter and monster killer, leaves Europe accompanied by his valet and a priest in order to pursue the vampire who killed his wife.
Director: Dominique Goneau | Stars: Marjorie Gauvin, Samuel Bleau, Cédrick Mainville, Alexandre Malo-Cyr
24. Pest in Florenz (1919)
92 min | Drama, History, Horror
Suddenly appearing in Florence, an evil seductress causes Cesare, the city's ruler, and his son to both fall madly in love with her. The son, killing his father before an order to torture ... See full summary »
Director: Otto Rippert | Stars: Erich Bartels, Theodor Becker, Karl Bernhard, Julietta Brandt
Votes: 239
25. The Battle of Henry Johnson
90 min | War | Post-production
WW1 African American war hero, Henry Johnson, fights a platoon of German stormtroppin, to protect fellow combatant, 15 year old Needham Roberts. An exploration of masculine roles, as well ... See full summary »
Director: Harrison Stengle | Stars: Brandon Tabb, Alfred Abu Jr., Carter J Underwood, Hyzeem Brown
26. Portugal: Fight for Freedom! (2022)
70 min | Animation, Biography, Fantasy
Portugal struggles for its very existence against the mighty Castile (Spain) invasion drawing in Britain and France during the Hundred Year's War in Medieval Europe.
Director: Elijah Ilyas Kaduji | Stars: Manuela Couto, Wagner Silva, Rita Melo, Henrique Guerra
Votes: 14
27. Zombies: A Living History (2011 TV Movie)
94 min | Documentary
Zombies: are they real? Every culture creates its own version of a zombie. There have been diseases in history that have mimicked behavior of a zombie virus. The plausibility is there. You ... See full synopsis »
Director: David V. Nicholson | Stars: Peter Outerbridge, Steven Schlozman, Daniel W. Drezner, Jonathan Maberry
Votes: 159
28. Invincible Masked Rider (1963)
96 min | Adventure
In 17th century Spain, the evil, corrupt Don Luis intends to marry his ward, Carmencita, to his stepson, Don Diego. A peasant revolt, fueled by a plague, complicates matters, as does the arrival of a Masked Avenger.
Director: Umberto Lenzi | Stars: Pierre Brice, Daniele Vargas, Hélène Chanel, Massimo Serato
Votes: 107
29. The Plague (2005 TV Movie)
90 min | Documentary, History, Horror
How apocalyptic pandemic known as Black Death or simply the Plague devastated Europe between 1346 and 1353, leaving half of its population dead. As social and religious order fell apart, superstition, zealotry and murder took its place.
Director: Robert H. Gardner | Stars: John Aberth, Kelly DeVries, Ken Gage, Richard Johnson
Votes: 71
30. Writing on the Wall (2011)
Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy
It's 1999 and over a candle-lit dinner Paul and Mary Jane D'Arbanville are reading the diary of the nineties.
Director: Nick Peterson | Stars: Alien Virtual, Dolly di Rosso, Jenia Emmanuelle, Vincent X. Hall
31. Crveni udar (1974)
95 min | War, Action
At the beginning of the war the Germans come to the mine Trepca in Kosovo and occupy it. Communist Party and the workers do not agree with that and under constant repression, beginning ... See full summary »
Director: Predrag Golubovic | Stars: Velimir 'Bata' Zivojinovic, Boris Dvornik, Abdurrahman Shala, Faruk Begolli
Votes: 95
33. Dager fra 1000 år (1970)
107 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
An episode film initiated by Erik Borge, the fresh director of Norwegian Film, giving fresh film makers a chance of being seen by a big audience. Anja Breien, Egil Kolstø and Espen Thorstensons got the chance with very diverse films.
Directors: Anja Breien, Egil Kolstø, Espen Thorstenson | Stars: Mai Karin Gjerde, Sigurd Bruheim, Ola Brun, Haakon Breien
Votes: 31
35. Path of the Navigator: Vincent's Odyssey (2019)
39 min | Documentary, Short
Filmmaker Vincent Ward recalls his experiences of crafting the 1988 New Zealand classic, THE NAVIGATOR: A MEDIEVAL ODYSSEY.
Star: Vincent Ward
36. Life in Medieval Britain (2006 Video)
55 min | Documentary
The life of British people during the period from the Norman Conquest through the Battle of Bosworth. Serfs, lords and nobles formed the feudal society in which each co-existed.
Stars: Andrew Brown, Mike Leighton, Martin Lowry, Robert Swanson
37.
The Collector (2004–2006)
Episode:
Beginnings
(2005)
44 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
The Devil trains Morgan to be the first Collector.
Director: J.B. Sugar | Stars: Chris Kramer, Sonya Salomaa, Christine Chatelain, Colin Cunningham
Votes: 15
38.
The Collector (2004–2006)
Episode:
The Miniaturist
(2004)
44 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
The Devil creates miniature people for a dollhouse maker.
Director: George Mendeluk | Stars: Chris Kramer, Carly Pope, Ellen Dubin, Tom McBeath
Votes: 18
39.
NewsRadio (1995–1999)
Episode:
Rat Funeral
(1995)
TV-PG | 23 min | Comedy, Romance
The office mascot, Mike the rat, is killed in a trap. Dave is seen as heartless for thinking of him as just a rodent.
Director: Alan Myerson | Stars: David Foley, Stephen Root, Andy Dick, Maura Tierney
Votes: 387
40.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
The Visitation: Part Four
(1982)
TV-PG | 24 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
With Tegan and Richard under alien control, and the manor sealed against anyone leaving or entering, it's a question whether or not the Doctor can get to London before the Terileptils ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Moffatt | Stars: Peter Davison, Matthew Waterhouse, Janet Fielding, Sarah Sutton
Votes: 492
41.
Europe: A Natural History (2005)
Episode:
Taming the Wild
(2005)
Documentary
Early man had mainly adapted to his environment, but civilization meant technology and demography enabling him to reshape it, deliberately and accidentally. The Roman empire widely ... See full summary »
Director: Klaus Feichtenberger | Star: Sean Pertwee
Votes: 10
42.
The Collector (2004–2006)
Episode:
1348 AD
(2005)
44 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
Morgan is tormented by memories of his own deal with the Devil.
Director: Larry Sugar | Stars: Chris Kramer, Carly Pope, Ellen Dubin, Ona Grauer
Votes: 17
43.
Why Didn't They Laugh? (2018– )
Finding Logos with E. Michael Jones
(2019 Podcast Episode)
Comedy, News
Stars: Owen Benjamin, E. Michael Jones
44.
How the Silk Road Made the World (2019–2020)
Episode:
Light from Darkness
(2019)
52 min | Documentary, History
Stars: Martin Jones, Guoxiang Liu, Ruilin Mao, Piers Mitchell
Votes: 6
45.
The Adventure of English (2002– )
Episode:
English Goes Underground
(2003)
Documentary
English is pushed into the margins during the Norman Conquest of England. English refused to be displaced by French and Latin and made a remarkable comeback.
Director: Robert Bee | Stars: Melvyn Bragg, Gary Golding, Mark Saban, Mark Heap
Votes: 10
46.
SciShow (2012– )
Episode:
6 Mysterious Ancient Outbreaks
(2019)
14 min | Documentary, Talk-Show
It appears that epidemics date back to shortly after the dawn of civilization, perhaps six thousand year ago. Here are 6 epidemics from the past where it is unclear what caused them even ... See full summary »
Star: Stefan Chin
47.
World War Weird (2017– )
Episode:
Episode #2.5
(2018)
Documentary, History, War
In 1940, Japan launch an attack on a Chinese city - but they are not dropping bombs. Swarms of fleas descend and the city is infected with the bubonic plague.
Director: Mike Ibeji | Stars: Martin K.A. Morgan, Guy Walters, Dominic Selwood, Alexandra Churchill
48.
Kings and Generals (2017– )
Episode:
Enclosure: How the English Lost Their Lands
(2021)
19 min | Documentary, Animation, History
Prior to the introduction Enclosure in England in 1235 land was held in common though strips of land were typically cultivated by the same family year after year. Farm productivity tended ... See full summary »
Director: Nolan Karimov | Star: Officially Devin
49.
Dan Davis History (2020– )
Episode:
The First Great Plague: A Neolithic Apocalypse?
(2021)
15 min | Documentary, History
The bacterium Yersinia Pestis has been plaguing mankind for at least six thousand years. Generally referred to as the Black Plague the bacterium was recently found in human skeletons from ... See full summary »
Star: Dan Davis
50.
Today I Found Out (2013– )
Episode:
Is Ring Around the Rosie Really About the Plague?
(2021)
13 min | Documentary
A common belief is the the nursery rhyme "Ring Around the Rosie" refers to the Black Death or to be more specific The Great Plague of London in 1665. This idea was popularized just a few ... See full summary »
Star: Simon Whistler