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1. Corsage (2022)

114 min | Biography, Drama, History

A fictional account of one year in the life of Empress Elisabeth Of Austria. On Christmas Eve 1877, Elisabeth, once idolized for her beauty, turns 40 and is officially deemed an old woman; she starts trying to maintain her public image.

Director: Marie Kreutzer | Stars: Vicky Krieps, Florian Teichtmeister, Katharina Lorenz, Jeanne Werner

Votes: 9,751

2. Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins (2012)

TV-MA | 134 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A former assassin who has resolved to never kill again has his vow sorely tested.

Director: Keishi Otomo | Stars: Takeru Satoh, Emi Takei, Yû Aoi, Munetaka Aoki

Votes: 29,063

3. Rurouni Kenshin (2023– )

TV-MA | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

In the era known as Bakumatsu, there was an ishin assassin known as Hitokiri Battousai; eleven years later he returned as a wandering swordsman, Himura Kenshin.

Stars: Sôma Saitô, Rie Takahashi, Shin'ya Takahashi, Shô Okumura

Votes: 1,412

4. The Yearling (1946)

Approved | 128 min | Drama, Family, Western

A boy persuades his parents to allow him to adopt a young deer, but what will happen if the deer misbehaves?

Director: Clarence Brown | Stars: Gregory Peck, Jane Wyman, Claude Jarman Jr., Chill Wills

Votes: 6,477 | Gross: $5.20M

5. Cheyenne Autumn (1964)

PG | 154 min | Drama, History, Western

The Cheyenne, tired of broken U.S. government promises, head for their ancestral lands but a sympathetic cavalry officer is tasked to bring them back to their reservation.

Director: John Ford | Stars: Richard Widmark, Carroll Baker, Karl Malden, Sal Mineo

Votes: 6,465

6. Wyatt Earp's Revenge (2012 Video)

PG-13 | 93 min | Drama, Western

Story of a young Wyatt Earp before he became a lawman. When someone important to him is killed he sets out to find the one responsible. He is joined by some friends among whom are Bat Masterson and Doc Holliday.

Director: Michael Feifer | Stars: Val Kilmer, Shawn Roberts, Daniel Booko, Matt Dallas

Votes: 1,935

7. The Shadow in the North (2007 TV Movie)

94 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama

Sally Lockhart and friends investigate the disappearance of a steamship, a magician who is threatened by thugs, a psychic with dark visions, and a heartless industrialist.

Director: John Alexander | Stars: Jared Harris, Doña Croll, David Harewood, JJ Feild

Votes: 1,095

8. Sallie Gardner at a Gallop (1878)

TV-G | 1 min | Documentary, Short, Sport

The clip shows a jockey, Gilbert Domm, riding a horse, Sallie Gardner. The clip is not filmed; instead, it consists of 24 individual photographs shot in rapid succession, making a moving picture when using a zoopraxiscope.

Director: Eadweard Muybridge | Stars: Gilbert Domm, Sallie Gardner

Votes: 3,711

9. Tierra de lobos (2010–2014)

75 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Tierra de Lobos is a western set in 19th century Spain. Translated as Land of Wolves, it's actually named after Anotonio Lobo, the wealthy landowner who controls and owns most of the land. ... See full summary »

Stars: María Castro, Antonio Velázquez, Dafne Fernández, Carla Díaz

Votes: 450

10. Ambush (1950)

Passed | 90 min | Drama, Western

In 1878, Ward Kinsman, a prospector and Indian scout, is persuaded by the US Cavalry to find Mary Carlyle, the daughter of a general, who has been taken by Apaches.

Director: Sam Wood | Stars: Robert Taylor, John Hodiak, Arlene Dahl, Don Taylor

Votes: 876

11. Streets of Laredo (1949)

Passed | 93 min | Drama, Western

An outlaw separates from his two partners in crime after they join the Texas Rangers, and he continues to commit daring robberies.

Director: Leslie Fenton | Stars: William Holden, Macdonald Carey, Mona Freeman, William Bendix

Votes: 795

12. Whity (1971)

95 min | Drama, Western

Whity is the mulatto butler of the dysfunctional Nicholson family in the south-west U.S. in 1878. The father, Ben Nicholson, has an attractive young wife, Katherine, and two sons by a ... See full summary »

Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Stars: Ron Randell, Hanna Schygulla, Katrin Schaake, Harry Baer

Votes: 1,200

13. Last Samurai Standing

Action, Drama, History | Pre-production

In 1878, 292 samurais gather for a battle royale lured by a 100 billion yen prize. Wooden tags are given, last survivor reaching Tokyo wins. Shujiro Saga participates to save his sick family. A dangerous game of survival unfolds on journey

Star: Jun'ichi Okada

14. Heroes of Shipka (1955)

90 min | Drama, History, War

Epic historical drama. The Russo - Turkish War of Liberation of 1878 and the role of the Bulgarian Volunteer Gorps.

Director: Sergey Vasilev | Stars: Ivan Pereverzev, Viktor Avdyushko, Georgiy Yumatov, Konstantin Sorokin

Votes: 307

15. Kulkurin valssi (1941)

104 min | Music, Romance

Hunted by the authorities after shooting a Russian prince in a duel in St. Petersburg, a Finnish baron flees to his homeland and disguises as a drifter to avoid getting caught.

Director: T.J. Särkkä | Stars: Ansa Ikonen, Tauno Palo, Regina Linnanheimo, Elsa Rantalainen

Votes: 299

16. Fighting Thru; or, California in 1878 (1930)

Passed | 61 min | Western

Dan and Tennessee are successful gold miners. Ace Brady learns of their success and sends Fox to rob them. During the robbery Fox shoots Tennessee and Ace arrives to arrest Dan for the murder. Dan escapes but is now a wanted man.

Director: William Nigh | Stars: Ken Maynard, Jeanette Loff, Wallace MacDonald, Carmelita Geraghty

Votes: 48

17. The Impressionists (2001– )

200 min | Documentary, Biography

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Stars: Edward Herrmann, Victor Garber, Josef Sommer, Amy Irving

Votes: 107

18. Grass Is Greener: Cuba, Baseball and the United States (2000 TV Movie)

60 min | Documentary, Sport

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Director: Aaron Wolf | Stars: Rene Arocha, Fidel Castro, Adrian Hernandez, Tommy Lasorda

19. The Two Bouquets (1947 TV Movie)

90 min | Music

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Stars: Harold Scott, Linda Gray, Anthony Drake, Billie Baker

20. Historie zacíná pod kastany (1979)

115 min | Drama, History

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Stars: Viktor Preiss, Oldrich Vízner, Jaroslav Satoranský, Libuse Geprtová

21. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)
Episode: Gratitude (1961)

TV-14 | 30 min | Drama, Mystery

Meyer Fine's fear of death is a debilitating obsession. It becomes paranoia when his job as a casino manager creates conflict and deaths occur around him. After getting wounded in a drive-by shooting, he takes a drastic measure.

Director: Alan Crosland Jr. | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Peter Falk, Paul Hartman, Edmund Hashim

Votes: 403

22. Cowboy G-Men (1952– )
Episode: The Sidewinder (1953)

30 min | Western

The Scourge of the Southwest is an especially ruthless and devious killer dubbed the Sidewinder. When a hapless Cavalryman escorting the criminal falls victim to his tricks, Pat and Sonny set out to track him down and bring him in.

Director: Don McDougall | Stars: Russell Hayden, Jackie Coogan, Roy Barcroft, Dorothy Patrick

Votes: 7

23. Secrets of the Dead (2000– )
Episode: Viking Warrior Queen (2020)

TV-PG | Documentary, History, War

Swedish archaeologists prove through a DNA study that remains found in the burial chamber of a Viking warrior in 1878 are that of a woman -- not a man.

Director: Aleksandar Dzerdz | Stars: Jay O. Sanders, Alban Gautier, Charlotte Hedenstierna Jonson, Lucie Malbos

Votes: 37

24. MGM Parade (1955–1956)
Episode: Episode #1.1 (1955)

30 min | Documentary

A promotional film hosted by George Murphy promoting the studio's past and its current release of "It's Always Fair Weather."

Stars: George Murphy, Cyd Charisse, Judy Garland, Gene Kelly

Votes: 13

25. Operatsiya slava (2009– )
Episode: Bitkata pri Shipka ili rajdaneto na svobodata 1877 - 1878 (2009)

History

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Directors: Vasil Lesov, Stefka Raykova | Stars: Lyubomir Levchev, Rosen Petrov

26. Railway Murders (2021– )
Episode: The Body In The Tunnel (2021)

44 min | Documentary, Crime, History

The murder of coin dealer 64-year-old Isaac Frederick Gold on the 2.00pm express train travelling from London Bridge to Brighton on 27 June 1881 by 22-year-old Percy LeFroy Mapleton.

Director: William Simpson | Stars: Nicholas Day, Matthew Green, Alan Moss, Judith Rowbotham

Votes: 9

27. Decoded (2010–2012)
Episode: Billy the Kid (2011)

TV-14 | 45 min | Documentary, History, Mystery

What if I told you Billy the Kid wasn't killed by Pat Garrett? For a more than a hundred years, it's been believed that Sheriff Pat Garrett shot the Kid dead in 1881, but new theories have ... See full summary »

Stars: Brad Meltzer, Buddy Levy, Christine McKinley, Scott Rolle

Votes: 18

28. American Experience (1987– )
Episode: Billy the Kid (2011)

TV-PG | 53 min | Documentary, Biography, History

On April 28, 1881, just days from being hanged for murder, 21-year-old Henry McCarty, alias Billy the Kid, outfoxed his jailors and electrified the nation with the last in a long line of daring escapes.

Director: John Maggio | Stars: Michael Murphy, Hampton Sides, Denise Chávez, Michael Wallis

Votes: 106

29. Amor Sciendi (2012– )
Episode: Mary Cassatt and the Male Gaze (2020)

6 min | Documentary

In masterworks up to the impressionists the viewer of the painting was presumed to be male. Mary Cassatt challenged this perspective by painting women who are unaware or indifferent to a ... See full summary »

Star: Amor Sciendi

30. Periodic Videos (2008– )
Episode: Holmium - Periodic Table of Videos (2015)

11 min | Documentary

While sharing the very few practical applications of holmium, the professors delve into some details about spectroscopy and the Oddo Harkins element abundance rule.

Stars: Brady Haran, Steve Liddle, Martyn Poliakoff

31. Signore Galilei (2020– )
Episode: Between Two Worlds: The Bering Strait (2020)

4 min | Documentary

The Bering Strait is a narrow channel between Asia and North America or the Pacific and Artic Oceans. Once a land bridge between the continents allowing the population of the Americas, it ... See full summary »

32. Trey the Explainer (2015– )
Episode: Paleo Profile - Dimetrodon (2015)

17 min | Documentary, History

Dimetrodon is a early synapsid. It is a genus of animals in the transition from reptiles to mammals so it is not a dinosaur. Research has overturned many misconceptions about these animals.

Star: Trey Swenton

33. Trey the Explainer (2015– )
Episode: Paleo Profile - Tanystropheus (2016)

12 min | Documentary, History

Tanystropheus was a long neck Protorosaur that, unlike the Sauropods that appeared 30 million years later, was a sharp toothed predator, probably preying on fish near the shoreline.

Star: Trey Swenton

34. American old west facts (2023– )
Episode: 10 Facts About Wyatt Earp You May Not Know (2024)

32 min | Documentary, History

A biography of Wyatt Earp in the top ten list format. Raised in a farming family Earp soon found law enforcement more to his liking serving as a lawman, and professional gambler, in several towns in the American West.

35. The Jews Are Coming (2014– )
Episode: Episode #1.7 (2014)

Comedy, History

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Director: Kobi Havia | Stars: Moni Moshonov, Yael Sharoni, Yaniv Biton, Ido Mosseri

Votes: 8

36. The Cuba Libre Story (2015–2016)
Episode: Breaking Chains (2015)

TV-14 | 46 min | Documentary, History

Columbus' landing on Cuba in 1492 ushers in 400 years of Spanish domination. Through all their hardships, the people of Cuba continue to strive for freedom.

Directors: Emmanuel Amara, Kai Christiansen, Florian Dedio | Stars: Ken Eaken, Miguel Barnet, Fernando Martínez Heredia, Michael Zeuske

Votes: 121