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

51. The Mark of Zorro (1940)

Approved | 94 min | Action, Adventure, Family

A young Spanish aristocrat must masquerade as a fop in order to maintain his secret identity of Zorro as he restores justice to early California.

Director: Rouben Mamoulian | Stars: Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, Basil Rathbone, Gale Sondergaard

Votes: 11,023 | Gross: $4.36M

52. The Love Factor (1969)

R | 86 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

A race of sexy women from Angvia, a planet in another dimension, comes to Earth to kidnap women to repopulate their planet.

Director: Michael Cort | Stars: James Robertson Justice, Charles Hawtrey, Robin Hawdon, Anna Gaël

Votes: 1,023

53. Liberty's Kids (2002–2003)

TV-Y7 | 30 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

The American Revolutionary War is seen through the eyes of an American teenaged lad, a young English lady, and a French boy, all three of whom work as reporters for Benjamin Franklin.

Stars: Walter Cronkite, Kathleen Barr, Reo Jones, Chris Lundquist

Votes: 1,497

54. Fired on Mars (2023– )

TV-MA | 25 min | Animation, Comedy, Sci-Fi

Jeff Cooper has to reinvent himself after being fired from his position in the space start-up Mars.Iy. With no chance to return to Earth, he has to find meaning again in a dangerous, alien, but familiar corporate landscape.

Stars: Luke Wilson, Sean Wing, Tim Heidecker, Leslie David Baker

Votes: 1,629

55. Slipstream (1989)

PG-13 | 102 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi

In the near future, where Earth has been devastated by man's pollution and giant winds rule the planet, bounty hunter Matt kidnaps a murderer out of the hands of two police officers, planning to get the bounty himself.

Director: Steven Lisberger | Stars: Bob Peck, Mark Hamill, Kitty Aldridge, Bill Paxton

Votes: 3,087

56. New Worlds (2014)

222 min | Drama, History, War

The 1680s bring a new King, Restoration, and more tyranny. In Massachusetts, a robber's son falls for an anti-monarchist. In England, a young lady falls for an outlaw.

Stars: Jamie Dornan, Jeremy Northam, Joe Dempsie, Holli Dempsey

Votes: 1,388

57. Message from Space (1978)

PG | 105 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

An embattled planet, which is on the edge of doom, sends an S.O.S. and an intergalactic team comes to its rescue.

Director: Kinji Fukasaku | Stars: Vic Morrow, Shin'ichi Chiba, Philip Casnoff, Peggy Lee Brennan

Votes: 1,654

58. 2036: Nexus Dawn (2017)

6 min | Short, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Niander Wallace demonstrates the merits of a new type of replicant to lawmakers.

Director: Luke Scott | Stars: Jared Leto, Benedict Wong, Ned Dennehy, Ade Sapara

Votes: 8,785

59. Dead Space: Downfall (2008 Video)

Not Rated | 74 min | Animation, Horror, Sci-Fi

A team of miners at an outpost in deep space unearth an ancient alien artefact. After the relic is brought aboard their spaceship, the USG Ishimura, for scientific study, an alien species begins to infect the members of the ship.

Directors: Chuck Patton, Curt Geda, Vinton Heuck | Stars: Nika Futterman, Keith Szarabajka, Jim Cummings, Kevin Michael Richardson

Votes: 11,487

60. Salem Witch Trials (2002 TV Movie)

189 min | Drama, History

A masterful work accurately details the current consensus of what exactly occurred to prompt the colonial witch trials.

Director: Joseph Sargent | Stars: Kirstie Alley, Henry Czerny, Gloria Reuben, Jay O. Sanders

Votes: 972

61. Felicity: An American Girl Adventure (2005 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 85 min | Drama, Family

In Colonial America, shortly before the American Revolution, a young girl tries to rescue a horse from an abusive owner.

Director: Nadia Tass | Stars: Shailene Woodley, Kevin Zegers, David Gardner, John Schneider

Votes: 1,370

62. Zama (2017)

Unrated | 115 min | Drama, History

Based on the novel by Antonio Di Benedetto written in 1956, on Don Diego de Zama, a Spanish officer of the seventeenth century settled in Asunción, who awaits his transfer to Buenos Aires.

Director: Lucrecia Martel | Stars: Daniel Giménez Cacho, Lola Dueñas, Matheus Nachtergaele, Juan Minujín

Votes: 7,174 | Gross: $0.20M

63. Stryker (1983)

R | 86 min | Action, Sci-Fi

The world's water supply has dried up due to some sort of apocalypse. A beautiful woman holds the secret to where one of the last springs being guarded by a group of Amazons. A "Road ... See full summary »

Director: Cirio H. Santiago | Stars: Steve Sandor, Andria Savio, William Ostrander, Mike Lane

Votes: 811 | Gross: $1.72M

64. Xenoblade Chronicles 3 (2022 Video Game)

T | Action, Adventure, Drama

In the world of Aionios, two nations are locked in conflict: Keves, a technological powerhouse and Agnus, a magic-based society. Six soldiers hailing from these nations, will take part in a grand tale with life as its central theme.

Directors: Ko Kojima, Genki Yokota, Tetsuya Takahashi | Stars: Ryôhei Arai, Minami Tsuda, Megumi Han, Ryohei Kimura

Votes: 401

65. The Buccaneers (1956–1957)

30 min | Adventure, Drama

The Crown takes Tempest's stronghold. The ex-pirate wins a pardon and becomes a privateer. He and Deputy Gov. Beamish fight Spanish raiders despite their unease. They defend the Caribbean.

Stars: Robert Shaw, Paul Hansard, Brian Rawlinson, Edwin Richfield

Votes: 189

66. This Naked Age (1932)

56 min | Documentary

Using some stock footage and voice-over narration, this film examines the phenomenon of nudism throughout the world. Beginning in ancient Greece, the film tells of the origins of the nudist... See full summary »

Director: Michael Mindlin | Stars: Leo Donnelly, Vincent Burke, Ilka Dieball, André Durville

Votes: 88

67. India Song (1975)

Not Rated | 120 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance

Anne-Marie Stretter, wife of a French diplomat, lives in 1930s India. She takes many lovers as systems of oppression decay around her.

Director: Marguerite Duras | Stars: Delphine Seyrig, Michael Lonsdale, Mathieu Carrière, Claude Mann

Votes: 2,603

68. April Morning (1988 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 100 min | Drama, History, War

On the morning of April 19, 1775, the American Revolution began with the "shot heard 'round the world".

Director: Delbert Mann | Stars: Tommy Lee Jones, Susan Blakely, Chad Lowe, Robert Urich

Votes: 786

69. Pengin haiwei (2018)

Not Rated | 117 min | Animation, Adventure, Family

A fourth-grader, Aoyama-kun, investigates the mysterious reason behind the sudden appearance of penguins in his village, which is somehow related to a power from a young woman working at a dental clinic.

Director: Hiroyasu Ishida | Stars: Kana Kita, Yû Aoi, Rie Kugimiya, Megumi Han

Votes: 3,870

70. Secrets of the Dead (2000– )

TV-PG | 56 min | Documentary, History, War

Mysteries involving notable historical events, people and locations are scientifically examined.

Stars: Liev Schreiber, Jay O. Sanders, Salima Ikram, Andrew Lambert

Votes: 653

71. The Secret River (2015)

160 min | Adventure, Drama, History

In 1806, William Thornhill is sentenced to New South Wales for life where he is drawn into a terrifying conflict that will leave a bloody and indelible stain.

Stars: Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Sarah Snook, Lachy Hulme, Tim Minchin

Votes: 679

72. The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind (2002 Video Game)

T | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

The protagonist travels by Morrowind, eastern province of the Septim Empire in Tamriel. He/she can save it from enslavement or explore for personal purposes.

Director: Todd Howard | Stars: Jeff Baker, Jonathan Bryce, Lynda Carter, Linda Canyon

Votes: 3,757

73. Transformations (1988)

R | 84 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

Wolfgang is traveling in outer space when a monster, which he sees as a beautiful woman, appears in his spaceship and makes love with him. Then the ship is forced to land on a planet which ... See full summary »

Director: Jay Kamen | Stars: Rex Smith, Lisa Langlois, Patrick Macnee, Christopher Neame

Votes: 541

74. Elysia (Valley of the Nude) (1933)

TV-MA | 46 min | Drama

A reporter is assigned to write an article on a nudist camp.

Director: Carl Harbaugh | Stars: Constance Allen, Betty De Salle, Bryan Foy, Hobart Glassey

Votes: 194

75. Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940)

Approved | 110 min | Biography, Drama, History

Humble Abraham Lincoln gains the respect of his Illinois neighbors, growing in stature and respect until he is elected President in 1860 and departs for Washington.

Director: John Cromwell | Stars: Raymond Massey, Gene Lockhart, Ruth Gordon, Mary Howard

Votes: 2,069

76. Proteus (2003)

Not Rated | 97 min | Drama, Romance

An interracial gay love story set in early 18th century South Africa about two men -- a black prisoner living in a Cape Town penal colony and a Dutch sailor -- who weather injustices as a result of their affair.

Directors: John Greyson, Jack Lewis | Stars: Rouxnet Brown, Shaun Smyth, Neil Sandilands, Kristen Thomson

Votes: 702

77. The Misty Green Sky (2016)

81 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

A young girl in another solar system asks an innocent question that sets off a chain reaction of adventure, destruction and tragedy.

Directors: Jack Foster, Jack Foster | Stars: Jeremy Harkless, Tiffany Lindstrom, Maggie H. Taylor

Votes: 233

78. Xenoblade Chronicles (2010 Video Game)

T | Action, Adventure, Drama

In a world of endless ocean, all life lives on the decaying corpses of two gigantic titans, the Bionis and Mechonis. When the army of Mechonis attacks his home, young scientist Shulk sets out for revenge.

Directors: Ko Kojima, Genki Yokota, Tetsuya Takahashi | Stars: Shintarô Asanuma, Eri Nakao, Ryô Horikawa, Eiji Miyashita

Votes: 826

79. Terra Nova (2008)

119 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

This dystopia takes place in the near future. The death penalty has been abolished throughout the world. The prisons are overcrowded. International organizations decide to conduct an experiment.

Director: Aleksandr Melnik | Stars: Konstantin Lavronenko, Andrey Feskov, Marat Basharov, Pavel Sborshchikov

Votes: 2,073

80. The 317th Platoon (1965)

100 min | War

In Vietnam, 1954, a French platoon isolated behind enemy lines tries to come back. It is led by the inexperienced, idealistic sous-lieutenant Torrens, and by adjutant Willsdorf, a WWII veteran of the Wehrmacht.

Director: Pierre Schoendoerffer | Stars: Jacques Perrin, Bruno Cremer, Pierre Fabre, Manuel Zarzo

Votes: 1,665

81. The Price of Sugar (2013)

120 min | Drama, History

The Price Of Sugar tells the alternately gripping, romantic and heart-wrenching story of Sarith and Mini-Mini as they grow up on the sugar plantations of Suriname in the latter half of the ... See full summary »

Director: Jean van de Velde | Stars: Gaite Jansen, Neil Sandilands, Daniel Janks, Benja Bruijning

Votes: 1,664

82. Naughty Marietta (1935)

Passed | 105 min | Drama, Musical, Romance

In order to avoid a prearranged marriage, a rebellious French princess sheds her identity and escapes to colonial New Orleans, where she finds an unlikely true love.

Directors: Robert Z. Leonard, W.S. Van Dyke | Stars: Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, Frank Morgan, Elsa Lanchester

Votes: 1,543

83. Sex in Philippine Cinema (2004 Video)

Plot kept under wraps.

Stars: Sunshine Cruz, Patricia Javier, Joyce Jimenez, Rica Peralejo

Votes: 228

84. Battle of the Brave (2004)

PG-13 | 143 min | Drama, History, Romance

In the mid-18th Century, as England and France battle over control of Canada, an epic romance between a peasant woman and a trapper unfurls.

Director: Jean Beaudin | Stars: Noémie Godin-Vigneau, David La Haye, Juliette Gosselin, Sébastien Huberdeau

Votes: 1,367

85. After We Leave (2019)

82 min | Drama, Sci-Fi

After We Leave is a sci-fi drama about a man struggling to find his wife, whom he abandoned six years ago, before their visa to emigrate to an off-world colony expires.

Director: Aleem Hossain | Stars: Brian Silverman, Joe Sachem, Gabrielle Gumbs, Dinora Walcott

Votes: 489

86. The Intended (2002)

R | 110 min | Drama, Thriller

A period drama/thriller about a surveyor and his fiancée who arrive in a remote Malaysian trading post and encounter a closed-fisted ivory trader and her ill-meaning family.

Director: Kristian Levring | Stars: JJ Feild, Janet McTeer, Brenda Fricker, Olympia Dukakis

Votes: 391 | Gross: $0.01M

87. Children of the Night (XI) (2014)

105 min | Horror

Limbo is a secluded colony of children all victims of shameless adult vampires. They have new plans for humanity.

Director: Iván Noel | Stars: Daniel Aimetta, Maria Dolores Albarez, Isaias Arias, Jessica Arias

Votes: 298

88. Black and White in Color (1976)

PG | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, War

During World War I, French colonists lost in African desert decide to attack their German neighbors.

Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud | Stars: Jean Carmet, Jacques Dufilho, Catherine Rouvel, Jacques Spiesser

Votes: 1,793

89. Something of Value (1957)

Approved | 113 min | Drama, War

In British Colonial Kenya during the Mau Mau uprising, Peter and Kimani, who grew up together, find themselves on the opposite sides.

Director: Richard Brooks | Stars: Rock Hudson, Dana Wynter, Wendy Hiller, Juano Hernandez

Votes: 1,310

90. BraveStarr: The Legend (1988)

PG | 91 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Marshal Bravestarr and a female judge are sent to New Texas, a frontier planet under attack by the evil cattle spirit Stampede, who, with his ruthless sidekick, Tex Hex, are vying for control of the universe, one planet at a time.

Director: Tom Tataranowicz | Stars: Charlie Adler, Susan Blu, Pat Fraley, Ed Gilbert

Votes: 1,316

91. Warrior Queen Boudica (2006 TV Special)

History

When the cowardly bureaucrat Catus Decianus breaks a peace treaty with the Iceni by brutalizing and humiliating their queen Boudica and her daughters the Iceian and allies join the queen in... See full summary »

Directors: Patrick Taulère, Kim Hawkins | Stars: Charlotte Comer, Simona Cuciurianu, Danny Green, Radu Andrei Micu

Votes: 126

92. Kerala Varma Pazhassi Raja (2009)

Not Rated | 195 min | Action, Biography, Drama

Kerala Varma Pazhassi Raja is a 2009 Malayalam historical drama film based on the life of Pazhassi Raja, a Hindu king who fought against the British in the 18th century.

Director: T. Hariharan | Stars: Mammootty, Mohanlal, R. Sarathkumar, Manoj K. Jayan

Votes: 3,381

93. The Drum (1938)

Not Rated | 104 min | Adventure, War

During the British Raj, Captain Carruthers works under cover to track smuggled shipments of arms on the restless Northwest Frontier of India. He fears a full-scale rebellion is brewing. To ... See full summary »

Director: Zoltan Korda | Stars: Sabu, Raymond Massey, Roger Livesey, Valerie Hobson

Votes: 942

94. The Kissing Bandit (1948)

Approved | 100 min | Comedy, Musical, Western

Ricardo, the milquetoast son of a Mexican bandit, would rather lead a quiet life in Boston. But the family would rather that he follow in his father's footsteps and become "The Kissing Bandit".

Director: Laslo Benedek | Stars: Frank Sinatra, Kathryn Grayson, J. Carrol Naish, Mildred Natwick

Votes: 704

95. Lost Colony: The Legend of Roanoke (2007 TV Movie)

R | 95 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery

In the 1580's English colonists arrive in what was to become North Carolina and find supernatural terror.

Director: Matt Codd | Stars: Adrian Paul, Frida Farrell, Rhett Giles, Michael Teh

Votes: 1,513

96. Toward the Terra (2007)

TV-PG | Animation, Action, Drama

When 14-year-old Jomy begins to question how society is run, he suddenly becomes a target for both the government and the Mu, an outcast race with extra-sensory abilities who have been fighting against the government for generations.

Stars: Mitsuki Saiga, Takehito Koyasu, Jûrôta Kosugi, Yousuha Akimoto

Votes: 303

97. Tai Chi II (1996)

R | 96 min | Action, Comedy, Romance

A young Tai Chi master fights Opium smugglers with the aid of his powerful braid while wooing a girl.

Directors: Hsin-Yen Chang, Woo-Ping Yuen | Stars: Jing Wu, Christy Chung, Mark Cheng, Billy Chow

Votes: 763

98. The Howards of Virginia (1940)

Approved | 116 min | Drama, History, War

Just prior to the American War of Independence, aristocratic Virginian Jane Peyton marries unsophisticated rustic farmer and surveyor Matt Howard who takes her to his Shenandoah Valley plantation and later goes to war.

Director: Frank Lloyd | Stars: Cary Grant, Martha Scott, Cedric Hardwicke, Alan Marshal

Votes: 1,266

99. Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition (2020 Video Game)

T | Action, Adventure, Drama

Join the fight between man and machine in the definitive edition of this critically-acclaimed RPG. Discover the origins of Shulk as he and his companions clash against a seemingly-unstoppable mechanical menace.

Directors: Michihiko Inaba, Yuki Sakamoto, Tetsuya Takahashi | Stars: Shintarô Asanuma, Eri Nakao, Ryô Horikawa, Eiji Miyashita

Votes: 317

100. Freelancer (2003 Video Game)

T | Action, Adventure, Mystery

You play a freelance pilot who makes a living as a mercenary who gets targeted in a conspiracy for alien artifacts.

Directors: Carole Ruggier, Harry A. Jarvis III | Stars: Ian Ziering, Jennifer Hale, John Rhys-Davies, Michael T. Weiss

Votes: 570