Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "leper-colony"

1. V for Vendetta (2005)

R | 132 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi

In a future British dystopian society, a shadowy freedom fighter, known only by the alias of "V", plots to overthrow the tyrannical government - with the help of a young woman.

Director: James McTeigue | Stars: Hugo Weaving, Natalie Portman, Rupert Graves, Stephen Rea

Votes: 1,179,896 | Gross: $70.51M

2. A Quiet Place Part II (2020)

PG-13 | 97 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi

Following the events at home, the Abbott family now face the terrors of the outside world. Forced to venture into the unknown, they realize the creatures that hunt by sound are not the only threats lurking beyond the sand path.

Director: John Krasinski | Stars: Emily Blunt, Millicent Simmonds, Cillian Murphy, John Krasinski

Votes: 273,252 | Gross: $160.07M

3. Papillon (1973)

R | 151 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

A French convict in the 1930s befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence in the South American penal colony on Devil's Island, which inspires the man to plot his escape.

Director: Franklin J. Schaffner | Stars: Steve McQueen, Dustin Hoffman, Victor Jory, Don Gordon

Votes: 138,442 | Gross: $53.27M

4. Ben-Hur (1959)

G | 212 min | Adventure, Drama

After a Jewish prince is betrayed and sent into slavery by a Roman friend in 1st-century Jerusalem, he regains his freedom and comes back for revenge.

Director: William Wyler | Stars: Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Stephen Boyd, Haya Harareet

Votes: 253,812 | Gross: $74.70M

5. The Fog (1980)

R | 89 min | Horror, Thriller

An unearthly fog rolls into a small coastal town exactly 100 years after a ship mysteriously sank in its waters.

Director: John Carpenter | Stars: Adrienne Barbeau, Jamie Lee Curtis, Janet Leigh, John Houseman

Votes: 83,058 | Gross: $21.38M

6. Ben-Hur (2016)

PG-13 | 123 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Judah Ben-Hur, a Jewish prince falsely accused of treason by his adopted brother, an officer in the Roman army, returns to his homeland after years at sea to seek revenge, but finds redemption.

Director: Timur Bekmambetov | Stars: Jack Huston, Toby Kebbell, Rodrigo Santoro, Nazanin Boniadi

Votes: 46,876 | Gross: $26.41M

7. A Fish Called Wanda (1988)

R | 108 min | Comedy, Crime

In London, four very different people team up on a jewel heist, then try to double-cross one another for the loot, complicated by their efforts to fool a very proper barrister.

Directors: Charles Crichton, John Cleese | Stars: John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline, Michael Palin

Votes: 153,986 | Gross: $63.49M

8. The Motorcycle Diaries (2004)

R | 126 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama

Ernesto Guevara de la Serna, popularly known as Che, along with his friend Alberto Granado, decides to take a road trip across South America. His experiences on the journey transform him.

Director: Walter Salles | Stars: Gael García Bernal, Rodrigo de la Serna, Mía Maestro, Mercedes Morán

Votes: 104,804 | Gross: $16.78M

9. The Nun's Story (1959)

Approved | 149 min | Drama

After leaving a wealthy Belgian family to become a nun, Sister Luke struggles with her devotion to her vows during crisis, disappointment, and World War II.

Director: Fred Zinnemann | Stars: Audrey Hepburn, Peter Finch, Edith Evans, Peggy Ashcroft

Votes: 11,707 | Gross: $12.80M

10. The Indian Tomb (1959)

102 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

A German architect runs away with the maharajah of Eschnapur's fiancee but is caught and thrown in the dungeon, while his relatives arrive from Europe looking for him and the maharajah's brother is scheming to usurp the throne.

Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Debra Paget, Paul Hubschmid, Walther Reyer, Claus Holm

Votes: 2,942

11. Jezebel (1938)

Approved | 104 min | Drama, Romance

In 1850s Louisiana, a free-spirited Southern belle loses her fiancé due to her stubborn vanity and pride, and vows to win him back.

Director: William Wyler | Stars: Bette Davis, Henry Fonda, George Brent, Margaret Lindsay

Votes: 15,061

12. Sweet Bean (2015)

Not Rated | 113 min | Drama

Burdened with a heavy and ever-increasing debt, a dorayaki baker hires a kind ageing woman, after tasting her delicious surprise. Little by little, she unravels her beautiful inner world. Could she be holding the secret to his success?

Director: Naomi Kawase | Stars: Kirin Kiki, Masatoshi Nagase, Kyara Uchida, Miki Mizuno

Votes: 12,735 | Gross: $0.12M

13. Dead Man's Walk (1996)

PG-13 | 272 min | Western

In this prequel to "Lonesome Dove", two young men join the Texas Rangers unit that's on a mission to annex Santa Fe.

Stars: F. Murray Abraham, Keith Carradine, Patricia Childress, Edward James Olmos

Votes: 1,932

14. The Tiger of Eschnapur (1959)

101 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

In Eschnapur, a local Maharajah and a German architect fall in-love with the same temple dancer.

Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Debra Paget, Paul Hubschmid, Walther Reyer, Claus Holm

Votes: 3,221

15. The Ten Commandments (1923)

Passed | 136 min | Biography, Drama, History

After hearing the story of Moses, the sons of a devout Christian mother go their own ways, and the atheist brother's breaking of the Ten Commandments leads to tragedy.

Director: Cecil B. DeMille | Stars: Theodore Roberts, Charles de Rochefort, Estelle Taylor, Julia Faye

Votes: 2,665 | Gross: $5.36M

16. The Color of Friendship (2000 TV Movie)

TV-G | 87 min | Biography, Drama, Family

A white South African girl finds herself in a difficult situation when she is sent to spend a term with a Black family in America.

Director: Kevin Hooks | Stars: Lindsey Haun, Shadia Simmons, Carl Lumbly, Penny Johnson Jerald

Votes: 4,312

17. The Hawaiians (1970)

R | 134 min | Adventure, Drama

Captain Whip returns to Hawaii. He's inherited "worthless" land. He starts a plantation, staffed with a Chinese couple from his ship. Drilling thru lava for water and stealing/smuggling pineapple from French Guyana, things look brighter.

Director: Tom Gries | Stars: Charlton Heston, Tina Chen, Geraldine Chaplin, Mako

Votes: 1,437 | Gross: $0.28M

18. The Devil at 4 O'Clock (1961)

Approved | 126 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller

A crusty, eccentric priest recruits three reluctant convicts to help him rescue a children's leper colony from a Pacific island menaced by a smoldering volcano.

Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Frank Sinatra, Kerwin Mathews, Jean-Pierre Aumont

Votes: 2,544

19. Molokai (1999)

PG | 113 min | Biography, Drama

The true story of the nineteenth century priest who volunteered to go to the island of Molokai, to console and care for the lepers.

Director: Paul Cox | Stars: David Wenham, Kate Ceberano, Jan Decleir, Chris Haywood

Votes: 1,467

20. Big Jim McLain (1952)

Approved | 90 min | Crime, Drama, History

In the post-war Hawaii, House Un-American Activities Committee investigators Jim McLain and Mal Baxter hunt down Communists.

Director: Edward Ludwig | Stars: John Wayne, Nancy Olson, James Arness, Alan Napier

Votes: 2,361

21. The House Is Black (1963)

20 min | Documentary, Short

Set in a leper colony in the north of Iran, The House is Black juxtaposes "ugliness", of which there is much in the world as stated in the opening scenes, with religion and gratitude.

Director: Forugh Farrokhzad | Stars: Forugh Farrokhzad, Ebrahim Golestan, Hossein Mansouri

Votes: 5,569

22. No Man Is an Island (1962)

Approved | 114 min | Drama, War

During the early Pacific war years, American seaman George Tweed is the only U.S. serviceman on Guam not captured by the Japanese forces.

Directors: Richard Goldstone, John Monks Jr. | Stars: Jeffrey Hunter, Marshall Thompson, Barbara Perez, Ronald Remy

Votes: 589

23. The Fourth Wise Man (1985 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 72 min | Adventure, Drama

The story of Artaban, the fourth Magi, who spends his life looking for Jesus his King.

Director: Michael Ray Rhodes | Stars: Martin Sheen, Alan Arkin, Eileen Brennan, Ralph Bellamy

Votes: 645

24. Mysterious Island (2011)

95 min | Horror

After a group of people are invited to a survivor-styled television program on a remote island, they soon discover they are fighting for their lives.

Director: Kai-Cheung Chung | Stars: Mi Yang, Tien You Chui, You-Nam Wong, Hiro Hayama

Votes: 354

25. Pagbabalik ng lawin (1975)

120 min | Action, Adventure

Fernando Poe Jr. goes back to his swashbuckling role days in a FJP Productions.

Director: Fernando Poe Jr. | Stars: Fernando Poe Jr., Tina Revilla, Max Alvarado, Vic Diaz

Votes: 12

26. Shocking Asia II: The Last Taboos (1985)

90 min | Documentary, Horror

A mondo film of shocking and disturbing video clips, primarily from Asia.

Director: Rolf Olsen

Votes: 264

27. Father Damien: The Leper Priest (1980 TV Movie)

95 min | Biography, Drama

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Director: Steve Gethers | Stars: Ken Howard, William Daniels, Mike Farrell, Wilfrid Hyde-White

Votes: 78

28. Calcutta (1969)

105 min | Documentary

With minimal narration by the director and very little context this is a kaleidoscope of stunning visuals from Calcutta, a city of 8,000,000 in the late 1960's: rich and poor, exotic and ... See full summary »

Director: Louis Malle | Star: Louis Malle

Votes: 782

29. The Magic Curse (1975)

91 min | Adventure, Horror

After being told that his uncle disappeared in Boreos jungles, Man-Ying goes there immediately on a rescue mission. He is attacked by some sort of cannibalistic zombies and soon it is clear... See full summary »

Directors: Chun-Ku Lu, Wen-Po Tu | Stars: Jason Piao Pai, Pinky De Leon, Lung Chan, Chia-Bee Tan

Votes: 69

30. SpinaLonga (2007)

20 min | Short, Drama

Manolis experiences every year his nightmare, his traumatic parting as a child from his mother and his taking away from the former leper colony, SpinaLonga. This time, he will make one last effort to regain the hope of a future home.

Director: Costas Athousakis | Stars: Athina Athousaki, Manolis Athousakis, Manos Athousakis, Stelios Athousakis

Votes: 23

31. He Is My Brother (1975)

G | 90 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

Two shipwrecked boys become the focal point of a religious power struggle.

Director: Edward Dmytryk | Stars: Bobby Sherman, Kathy Paulo, Keenan Wynn, Robbie Rist

Votes: 45

32. La coda del diavolo (1986)

89 min | Romance

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Director: Giorgio Treves | Stars: Robin Renucci, Isabelle Pasco, Piera Degli Esposti, Paolo Rossi

Votes: 38

33. Island of Shadows: D'Arcy Island Leper Colony, 1891-1924 (2000 TV Movie)

48 min | Documentary, History

Story of a Chinese leper colony on D'arcy island around the mid 1800's to early 1900's. D'arcy Island, located off the coast of Vancouver island, is only accessible by private boat.

Director: Erik Paulsson | Stars: Sook-Yin Lee, Chris Yorath, Wallace Chung, Jim Wong Chu

Votes: 13

34. El Che (2017)

119 min | Documentary, Biography, History

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Director: Matías Gueilburt | Stars: Paco Ignacio Taibo II, Horacio López, Carlos 'Calica' Ferrer, Carlos Soria Galvarro

Votes: 15

35. Simple Courage (1992)

Not Rated | 58 min | Documentary

Director's Cut. Re-released. SIMPLE COURAGE tells the tragic story of Hawaii's leprosy epidemic (1865-1965) and the compassionate intervention of Belgium priest Father Damien de Veuster. ... See full summary »

Director: Stephanie J. Castillo

36. The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode: Little Big Mom (2000)

TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Comedy

Lisa finds out how rough Marge has it when her mom is in traction and she becomes the woman of the house. Homer and Bart's antics get her so worked up she conspires to teach them a lesson.

Directors: Jim Reardon, Mark Kirkland | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith

Votes: 1,955

37. Time Team Digs (2002– )
Episode: The Norman Conquest (2002)

Documentary, History

Highlights of various digs from the Norman period, including castles, a convent and a leper colony. Includes a search for a Knights Templar center.

Stars: Tony Robinson, Mick Aston, Phil Harding

Votes: 5

38. Shantaram (2022)
Episode: Bad Medicine (2022)

TV-MA | 53 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

Lin finds his priorities pulled in two directions: the people of Sagar Wada and Khader's underground network.

Director: Iain B. MacDonald | Stars: Charlie Hunnam, Fayssal Bazzi, Sujaya Dasgupta, Antonia Desplat

Votes: 510

39. The Greek Islands with Julia Bradbury (2020)
Episode: Crete (2020)

23 min | Documentary

Julia visits the picturesque, rustic and rugged island of Crete, exploring the Dikti mountains and its plateau of windmills, and visiting an island that used to be a leper colony.

Director: Chris Williams | Stars: Julia Bradbury, Chrissi Bradbury

Votes: 11

40. Dead Man's Walk (1996)
Episode: Episode #1.3 (1996)

TV-14 | 90 min | Western

After surrendering to the Mexican army, the expedition's captors march them across 500 miles of desert to New Mexico.

Director: Yves Simoneau | Stars: F. Murray Abraham, Keith Carradine, Patricia Childress, Joaquim de Almeida

Votes: 74

41. Atlantis (2013–2015)
Episode: Touched by the Gods: Part Two (2013)

TV-PG | 43 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

Minos' health continues to fade as the tyrannical Pasiphae's scheming reaches its zenith. She sentences Ariadne to a gruesome execution not even the worst of enemies would deserve. Now that... See full summary »

Director: Jeremy Webb | Stars: Mark Addy, Jack Donnelly, Robert Emms, Sarah Parish

Votes: 234

42. Atlantis (2013–2015)
Episode: The Dying of the Light (2015)

TV-PG | 43 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

Jason is on the run with his friends, who are shocked by his recklessness and arrogance - fulfilling the Oracle's view that knowing Pasiphae is his mother would 'blacken his heart'. A ... See full summary »

Director: Justin Molotnikov | Stars: Robert Emms, Mark Addy, Aiysha Hart, Jack Donnelly

Votes: 140