Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "year-1917"

51. U-Boat 29 (1939)

77 min | Thriller, War

A German submarine is sent to the Orkney Isles in 1917 to sink the British fleet.

Director: Michael Powell | Stars: Conrad Veidt, Valerie Hobson, Sebastian Shaw, Marius Goring

Votes: 2,468

52. The 24th (2020)

TV-MA | 113 min | Drama, History

It is the story of the all-black Twenty-Fourth United States Infantry Regiment, and the Houston Riot of 1917.

Director: Kevin Willmott | Stars: Timaine Bryant, Trai Byers, Bashir Salahuddin, Aja Naomi King

Votes: 1,065

53. October (Ten Days that Shook the World) (1927)

95 min | Drama, History

A large-scale view on the events of 1917 in Russia, when the monarchy was overthrown.

Directors: Grigoriy Aleksandrov, Sergei Eisenstein | Stars: Boris Livanov, Nikolay Popov, Vasili Nikandrov, Layaschenko

Votes: 8,485

54. On Moonlight Bay (1951)

Approved | 95 min | Comedy, Family, Musical

During World War I, a teenage girl begins a romance with a college student, but his unconventional attitudes cause friction with her father.

Director: Roy Del Ruth | Stars: Doris Day, Gordon MacRae, Jack Smith, Leon Ames

Votes: 3,071

55. Siberiade (1979)

190 min | Drama, History, Romance

In the Siberian wilderness in the village of Yelan, two families live, who have long been at war with each other: the «kulaks» of Solomina and the «poor people» of Ustyuzhanina.

Director: Andrey Konchalovskiy | Stars: Nikita Mikhalkov, Vitali Solomin, Sergey Shakurov, Natalya Andreychenko

Votes: 2,321

56. Shattered City: The Halifax Explosion (2003– )

TV-MA | 175 min | Drama, History

A true story about the tragic explosion at Halifax Harbour, Canada, in the early hours of December 6, 1917.

Stars: Paul Doucet, Gordon Michael Woolvett, Clare Stone, Max Morrow

Votes: 385

57. Forever and a Day (1943)

Approved | 104 min | Drama, History

During World War II, an American travels to Britain to sell an old house near London that belongs to his family. However, he meets Leslie Trimble who lives in the house and who is ... See full summary »

Directors: Edmund Goulding, Cedric Hardwicke, Frank Lloyd, Victor Saville, Robert Stevenson, Herbert Wilcox, René Clair | Stars: George Kirby, Doreen Munroe, May Beatty, Connie Leon

Votes: 801

58. At Home Among Strangers, a Stranger Among His Own (1974)

97 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Set during the Civil War between the Reds and the Whites that followed the 1917 revolution in Russia

Director: Nikita Mikhalkov | Stars: Yuriy Bogatyryov, Anatoliy Solonitsyn, Sergey Shakurov, Aleksandr Porokhovshchikov

Votes: 3,533

59. A Ghost Story for Christmas (1971–1978)
Episode: A Warning to the Curious (1972)

50 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

An archaeologist goes treasure hunting along the English coast in search of a lost, fabled crown that supposedly helps protect Great Britain against invasion, but uncovers something much more sinister.

Director: Lawrence Gordon Clark | Stars: Peter Vaughan, Clive Swift, Julian Herington, John Kearney

Votes: 1,655

60. The Great Buster (2018)

Not Rated | 102 min | Documentary, Biography, Comedy

Documentary on the life and works of comic genius Buster Keaton, directed by Peter Bogdanovich.

Director: Peter Bogdanovich | Stars: Peter Bogdanovich, Dick Cavett, Frank Capra, Jim Curtis

Votes: 2,395 | Gross: $0.14M

61. New Orleans (1947)

Approved | 90 min | Drama, Music, Romance

A gambling hall owner relocates from New Orleans to Chicago and entertains his patrons with hot jazz by Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Woody Herman, and others.

Director: Arthur Lubin | Stars: Arturo de Córdova, Dorothy Patrick, Marjorie Lord, Irene Rich

Votes: 676

62. The Shopworn Angel (1938)

Passed | 85 min | Drama, Romance

Shortly after the United States enters World War I in 1917, a Broadway actress agrees to let a naive soldier court her in order to impress his friends, but a real romance soon begins.

Director: H.C. Potter | Stars: Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Walter Pidgeon, Hattie McDaniel

Votes: 1,664

63. Lenin: The Train (1988 TV Movie)

198 min | Drama, History, War

March 1917. World War I is already three years in. A sealed train with Russian emigrants keeps on driving from Germany and Sweden to St. Petersburg. The outlaws stand under the guidance of ... See full summary »

Director: Damiano Damiani | Stars: Ben Kingsley, Leslie Caron, Dominique Sanda, Jason Connery

Votes: 362

64. Romanovy: Ventsenosnaya semya (2000)

140 min | Biography, Drama, History

The story of the last year and a half of Tsar Nicholas II and his family from the February Revolution of 1917 to their execution in July 1918.

Director: Gleb Panfilov | Stars: Aleksandr Galibin, Lynda Bellingham, Vladimir Grachyov, Yuliya Novikova

Votes: 362

65. Lucky Star (1929)

100 min | Drama, Romance

Mary, a poor farm girl, meets Tim just as word comes that war has been declared.

Director: Frank Borzage | Stars: Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell, Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams, Paul Fix

Votes: 1,526

66. Dawson City: Frozen Time (2016)

120 min | Documentary, History

The history of Dawson City, the gold rush town that had a historical treasure of forgotten silent films buried in permafrost for decades until 1978.

Director: Bill Morrison | Stars: Michael Gates, Kathy Jones-Gates, Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Frank Barrett

Votes: 2,158 | Gross: $0.13M

67. Ace of Aces (1933)

Passed | 76 min | Drama, War

A sculptor who doesn't want to have any part of World War I is shamed by his girlfriend into joining the army. He becomes a fighter pilot, and undergoes a complete personality change.

Director: J. Walter Ruben | Stars: Richard Dix, Elizabeth Allan, Ralph Bellamy, Theodore Newton

Votes: 471

68. Appointment in Bray (1971)

90 min | Drama, Music, War

In 1917, the First World War is raging. Julien is from Luxembourg, so instead of having to go to war he studies piano in Paris. One day his friend Jacques, also a musician and now a fighter... See full summary »

Director: André Delvaux | Stars: Anna Karina, Mathieu Carrière, Roger Van Hool, Bulle Ogier

Votes: 569

69. Company K (2004)

R | 102 min | Drama, War

World War I troubled veteran Joe Delaney attempts to compile a history of his U.S. Marines company but nightmares about the German soldier he killed haunt him still.

Director: Robert Clem | Stars: Ari Fliakos, Terry Serpico, Steve Cuiffo, Joe Delafield

Votes: 359

70. The Fear (2015)

93 min | Drama, War

A young soldier testifies of his thoughts about the first world war, between disillusion, fear and hate, following his path through the letters he sends to his lover.

Director: Damien Odoul | Stars: Nino Rocher, Pierre Martial Gaillard, Théo Chazal, Eliott Margueron

Votes: 264

71. Death of a Shadow (2012)

20 min | Short, Drama, Fantasy

The shadow of a deceased World War I soldier is captured by a collector, who offers him the chance to live again if he captures the shadows of 10,000 people, leading to a quest driven by love and jealousy.

Director: Tom Van Avermaet | Stars: Matthias Schoenaerts, Laura Verlinden, Peter Van den Eede, Benjamin Ramon

Votes: 2,290

72. Bisbee '17 (2018)

PG | 112 min | Documentary, History, Western

An old mining town on the Arizona-Mexico border finally reckons with its darkest day: the deportation of 1200 immigrant miners exactly 100 years ago. Locals collaborate to stage recreations of their controversial past.

Director: Robert Greene | Stars: Mike Anderson, Charles Bethea, Chris Dietz, Mary Ellen Dunlap

Votes: 715 | Gross: $0.12M

73. Lazybones (1925)

Passed | 85 min | Action, Comedy, Drama

Steve Tuttle, the titular lazybones, takes on the responsibility of raising a fatherless girl, causing a scandal in his small town. Many years later, having returned from World War I, he discovers that he loves the grown-up girl.

Director: Frank Borzage | Stars: Buck Jones, Madge Bellamy, Virginia Marshall, Edythe Chapman

Votes: 580

74. Below the Sea (1933)

Passed | 78 min | Action, Adventure, Romance

A wealthy woman funds an underwater expedition to explore for marine life, but what she doesn't know is that her "colleagues" have other intentions.

Director: Albert S. Rogell | Stars: Ralph Bellamy, Fay Wray, Frederik Vogeding, Esther Howard

Votes: 333

75. Mosquito (I) (2020)

125 min | Drama, War

A Portugese soldier gets lost in the African jungle, in 1917

Director: João Nuno Pinto | Stars: João Nunes Monteiro, João Lagarto, Filipe Duarte, Alfredo Brito

Votes: 670

76. Dumb Patrol (1964)

Approved | 7 min | Family, War, Animation

Biplane battles over France in World War I between Bugs and Baron (Yosemite) Sam Von Shamm.

Director: Gerry Chiniquy | Star: Mel Blanc

Votes: 325

77. Greenery Will Bloom Again (2014)

80 min | Drama, History, War

A group of soldiers face the difficulty of war during one night at the Italian Front.

Director: Ermanno Olmi | Stars: Claudio Santamaria, Camillo Grassi, Niccolò Senni, Andrea Di Maria

Votes: 978

78. 40,000 Horsemen (1940)

Approved | 100 min | Drama, History, War

Three young Australians join the army at the beginning of World War I and are assigned to the Australian Light Horse cavalry, which is serving in Palestine. The three eventually take part ... See full summary »

Director: Charles Chauvel | Stars: Grant Taylor, Betty Bryant, Chips Rafferty, Pat Twohill

Votes: 240

79. Coffin Island (1979)

Mystery, Crime, Drama

Frankreich während des ersten Weltkrieges: Im Militärhospital Besancon hält sich Krankenschwester Véronique d'Hergemont (Claude Jade) seit 14 Jahren vor ihrem verhaßten Ehemann Vorski ... See full summary »

Stars: Claude Jade, Jean-Paul Zehnacker, Pascal Sellier, Julie Philippe

Votes: 350

80. Last Call (III) (2019)

77 min | Drama

Last Call tells the tale of a bitterly alone man, Scott, played by Daved Wilkins who calls the Suicide prevention hotline, but accidentally calls Beth, a janitor played by Sarah Booth.

Director: Gavin Michael Booth | Stars: Daved Wilkins, Sarah Booth, Matt Maenpaa, Makenna Pickersgill

Votes: 506

81. Russia 1917: Countdown to Revolution (2017 TV Movie)

60 min | Documentary, Drama, History

In February 1917, Nicolas Ii abdicated as Tsar of All the Russias. By October, Lenin, Trotsky and Stalin have seized control. Was the Russian Revolution really a popular uprising? Or merely a stunning coup d'etat?

Director: Renny Bartlett | Stars: Tariq Ali, Martin Amis, Nicholas Asbury, Nicholas Cowell

Votes: 66

82. Mata Hari, agent H21 (1964)

98 min | Drama, History, Romance

The Dutch exotic dancer Mata Hari is accused of spying for Germany during the First World War.

Director: Jean-Louis Richard | Stars: Jeanne Moreau, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Claude Rich, Henri Garcin

Votes: 474

83. So This Is Love (1953)

Approved | 101 min | Biography, Music, Musical

Biopic of opera star Grace Moore, who was killed in a plane crash in 1947.

Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Kathryn Grayson, Merv Griffin, Joan Weldon, Walter Abel

Votes: 259

84. Konets Sankt-Peterburga (1927)

Not Rated | 85 min | Drama

A peasant comes to St. Petersburg to find work. He unwittingly helps in the arrest of an old friend who is now a labor leader. The unemployed man is arrested and sent to fight in World War I. After three years, he returns to rebel.

Directors: Vsevolod Pudovkin, Mikhail Doller | Stars: Aleksandr Chistyakov, Vera Baranovskaya, Ivan Chuvelyov, Vladimir Obolensky

Votes: 1,868

85. 1917 - Der wahre Oktober (2017)

90 min | Documentary, Animation, Biography

The Russian revolutionary year narrated from the point of view of the involved artists.

Director: Katrin Rothe | Stars: Inka Friedrich, Maximilian Brauer, Hanns Zischler, Claudia Michelsen

Votes: 44

86. City of Ruins: The Halifax Explosion (2003 TV Movie)

60 min | Documentary

On the morning of December 6th 1917, the city of Halifax, Nova Scotia was a bustling, lively place. But in less than a second, Halifax became the center of a tragedy like no other in the history of this country.

Director: Alan Mendelsohn | Stars: Mark Starowicz, Kate Trotter

Votes: 15

87. Anniversary of the Revolution (1918)

119 min | Documentary

The history of the October revolution told in images, starting from the uprising of 25 February up to the first anniversary of the revolution. The uprisings, the civil wars and the soviet life and leaders are shown in panoramic images.

Director: Dziga Vertov | Stars: Aleksandr Kerensky, Vladimir Lenin, Lev Trotskiy

Votes: 161

88. Shock Troop (1934)

118 min | Drama, War

This Nazi propaganda film focuses on the plight of a German unit in World War I that finds itself surrounded by British and French forces.

Directors: Ludwig Schmid-Wildy, Hans Zöberlein | Stars: Ludwig Schmid-Wildy, Beppo Brem, Max Zankl, Hans Pössenbacher

Votes: 130

89. A Path in Time (2005 Video)

TV-G | 60 min | Sci-Fi

A young man is thrown back into the past and has to figure out why he is there and what's the reason for his existence. A first class production and quality special effects lead the way in ... See full summary »

Director: Keith Eidse | Stars: Jason Mitchell, Samantha Hill, Jordan Bergmann, Jeremy Dangerfield

Votes: 66

90. Mata Hari: The True Story (2003 TV Movie)

105 min | Drama

The Dutch exotic dancer Mata Hari is accused of spying for Germany during the First World War.

Director: Alain Tasma | Stars: Maruschka Detmers, Bernard Giraudeau, Michel Aumont, Sergio Peris-Mencheta

Votes: 44

91. Behind the Door (1919)

70 min | Drama, Thriller, War

A German-American naval officer takes revenge against the German submarine commander who brutalized his wife.

Director: Irvin Willat | Stars: Hobart Bosworth, Jane Novak, James Gordon, J.P. Lockney

Votes: 384

92. Rain for a Dusty Summer (1971)

GP | 93 min | Drama, Western

In Mexico, a mad general is leading his own war against the Church. Priests are rounded up, churches burned down and religion outlawed. The suffering of one pious catholic priest could bring the tide of change however.

Director: Arthur Lubin | Stars: Ernest Borgnine, Humberto Almazán, Sancho Gracia, Aldo Sambrell

Votes: 69

93. The Eleanor Roosevelt Story (1965)

Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Richard Kaplan documents the life of one of America's most influential first ladies. Orphaned at age 10, Eleanor Roosevelt marries her fifth cousin, Franklin D. Roosevelt, in 1905. His ... See full summary »

Director: Richard Kaplan | Stars: Archibald Macleish, Eric Sevareid, Corinne Alsop Cole, Hillary Clinton

Votes: 212

94. Hitler: The Unknown Soldier 1914-1918 (2004 Video)

Not Rated | 80 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Details Hitler's combat experience as a foot soldier in WWI in the German army

Director: Stuart Russell | Stars: John Hedges, Tom Wesel, Anna Popp, Herbert Döhring

Votes: 23

95. The Fall of the Romanov Dynasty (1927)

Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, History

In May 1913 the Romanov Dynasty celebrates its 300th anniversary at the Russian throne. The last emperor in the long line is Tsar Nicholas II. He rules over a country with huge social and ... See full summary »

Director: Esfir Shub | Stars: Mikhail Alekseyev, Alexei Brusilov, Nikolai Chkheidze, Emperor Franz Josef

Votes: 346

96. Doomsday: World War I (2013– )

135 min | Documentary, History, War

The First World War - carnage on a scale never-before seen. But how did it all start? And how did some key figures of WWII fare in the earlier war?

Stars: Tim Pigott-Smith, Sönke Neitzel, Ian Kershaw, Hew Strachan

Votes: 94

97. Corto Maltese: Heads and Mushrooms (2002 TV Movie)

60 min | Animation, Adventure, Crime

Compilation of three adventures of laconic adventurer Corto Maltese set in 1917. He searches for El Dorado in Venezuela, finds a suitcase every political faction in Honduras will kill for and helps Sinn Féin fight the British army.

Directors: Richard Danto, Liam Saury | Stars: Paul Bandey, Richard Berry, Leslie Clack, Christian Erickson

Votes: 42

98. Moonzund (1988)

142 min | Drama, History, Romance

Captain Artenyev is in love with a beautiful lady-spy Klara.

Director: Aleksandr Muratov | Stars: Oleg Menshikov, Vladimir Gostyukhin, Lyudmila Nilskaya, Nikolay Karachentsov

Votes: 374

99. Wonders of the Orient (1917)

Documentary, Short

Peking, like Paris, abounds in out-of-door restaurants, which make unusually attractive the first part of Dr. Dorsey's "Wonders of the Orient." There is introduced, too, genuine Pekinese ... See full summary »

Director: George A. Dorsey

100. I leoni di Pietroburgo (1972)

98 min | Action, Drama, History

The story is about two rivals during the Russian Revolution.

Director: Mario Siciliano | Stars: Mark Damon, Erna Schurer, Gary Wilson, Barbara O'Neil

Votes: 36