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1. Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)
R | 147 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, born with a superior olfactory sense, creates the world's finest perfume. His work, however, takes a dark turn as he searches for the ultimate scent.
Director: Tom Tykwer | Stars: Ben Whishaw, Dustin Hoffman, Alan Rickman, Francesc Albiol
Votes: 266,069 | Gross: $2.22M
2. Dovbush (2023)
124 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
In the Carpathian mountains, a man becomes an outlaw who helps his people.
Director: Oles Sanin | Stars: Sergey Strelnikov, Oleksiy Hnatkovskyy, Daria Plakhtii, Mateusz Kosciukiewicz
Votes: 1,903
3. Farinelli (1994)
R | 111 min | Biography, Drama, Music
The story of castrato opera singer Carlo Broschi, who enthralled 18th-century European audiences under his stage name Farinelli.
Director: Gérard Corbiau | Stars: Stefano Dionisi, Enrico Lo Verso, Elsa Zylberstein, Caroline Cellier
Votes: 7,361 | Gross: $2.12M
4. Giacomo Casanova: Childhood and Adolescence (1969)
123 min | Biography, Comedy, History
Through the childhood and adolescence of Signor Giacomo Casanova (from his memoirs), this is a description of how people lived in 18th-century Venice: their customs, habits, medicine, ... See full summary »
Director: Luigi Comencini | Stars: Leonard Whiting, Maria Grazia Buccella, Lionel Stander, Raoul Grassilli
Votes: 463
5. 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: 703
6. Jud Süß (1940)
98 min | Drama
Infamous anti-Semitic Nazi propaganda historical drama about Duke Karl Alexander of Württemberg and his treasurer Süß Oppenheimer.
Director: Veit Harlan | Stars: Ferdinand Marian, Kristina Söderbaum, Heinrich George, Werner Krauss
Votes: 3,371
7. Pirates of the Plain (1999)
PG | 93 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
A young boy with a habit of daydreaming discovers that reality has caught up with his imagination -- with a vengeance -- in this comedy-adventure for the whole family. Bobby (Seth Adkins) ... See full summary »
Directors: John R. Cherry III, Moicontent | Stars: Tim Curry, Seth Adkins, Jeffrey Pillars, Jeffrey Buckner Ford
Votes: 486
8. Marion du Faouët (1997 TV Movie)
205 min | Biography
Director: Michel Favart | Stars: Carole Richert, Laurent Malet, Bruno Todeschini, Vincent Winterhalter
Votes: 14
9. A Harlot's Progress (2006 TV Movie)
120 min | Biography, Drama, History
Drama looking at artist William Hogarth and his relationship with the prostitute that inspired his most famous piece.
Director: Justin Hardy | Stars: Toby Jones, Zoë Tapper, Sophie Thompson, Richard Wilson
Votes: 344
10. No Country for Old Men (1981 TV Movie)
75 min | Drama
An exploration of Jonathan Swift's time in Dublin in 1739.
Director: Tristram Powell | Stars: Trevor Howard, Cyril Cusack, James Ellis, Marjorie Hogan
Votes: 101
11. First Fruits (1982)
Not Rated | 66 min | Drama, History
In 1732, two young Moravians leave their comfortable community of Hernhut, Germany, to bring the Gospel to the slaves in the West Indies.
Director: Dan Neidermyer | Stars: Richard Foster, Todd Hoagey, Dan Neidermyer, Luther David
Votes: 21
12. John Wesley (1954)
Approved | 77 min | Biography, Drama, History
When young John Wesley is saved from the flames burning his family's home, he believes God has chosen him for a higher mission. He grows up to become a minister in the Church of England but... See full summary »
Director: Norman Walker | Stars: Leonard Sachs, Gerard Lohan, Neil Heayes, Keith Pyott
Votes: 55
13. The Story That Couldn't Be Printed (1939)
Passed | 10 min | Short, Biography, History
The story of John Peter Zenger, who was tried for sedition based on what he printed in his newspaper. His subsequent acquittal established the concept of freedom of the press.
Director: Joseph M. Newman | Stars: John Nesbitt, Naomi Childers, Mary Gordon, Edward Hearn
Votes: 68
14. Landfall (1734-1987-2018) (2019)
87 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A land surveyor is sent to work on Romney Marsh, where her predecessor went missing months before. The new surveyor's strange experiences may either hold the key to the mystery, or simply deepen the frontier marshland's enigmas.
Directors: Wahab Iqbal, Thomas Watchorn | Stars: Hayley-Marie Axe, Emma McDonald, Jodyanne Richardson, Duncan Hess
15.
Highlander (1992–1998)
Episode:
Counterfeit: Part 1
(1994)
TV-14 | 49 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Horton, an old mortal enemy, puts a criminal through plastic surgery to make her look like someone Duncan knows, in order to finish him once and for all.
Director: Paolo Barzman | Stars: Adrian Paul, Stan Kirsch, Michel Modo, Jim Byrnes
Votes: 187
16.
Telephone Time (1956–1958)
Episode:
Grandpa Changes the World
(1956)
30 min | Drama
Once upon a time in Colonial America, publishers could be jailed for libel -- even if the libel was the truth. This is the story of Andrew Hamilton and the Zenger case, which would lead to the modernization of freedom of the press.
Director: Lewis Allen | Stars: Thomas Mitchell, John Nesbitt, Reginald Denny, Peter Hansen
Votes: 12
17.
People Not Property: Stories of Slavery in the Colonial North (2019)
Episode:
Burning the City of New York - PART 1: The Rebellions of 1712 and 1741
(2019)
Documentary, History
A scholar describes one of the first rebellions of enslaved people in North America, which occurred in New York City in 1712, and a second rebellion almost thirty years later in 1741.
Director: Guido Jiménez-Cruz | Star: Leslie M. Harris
18.
New Books in American Studies (2012– )
Peter C. Hoffer, "Cry Liberty: The Great Stono River Slave Rebellion of 1739"
(2012 Podcast Episode)
Talk-Show
19.
New Books in American Studies (2012– )
A. Glenn Crothers, "Quakers Living in the Lion's Mouth: The Society of Friends in Northern Virginia, 1730-1865"
(2013 Podcast Episode)
Talk-Show
Stars: Dan Kilbride, A. Glenn Crothers
20.
Focus North (1999– )
Episode:
The Great Crackley Drought of 1737-1999
(1999)
Comedy, News
Directors: Gus Bousfield, Julian Butler, Bob Priestley, Mat Wardle | Star: Jon-Paul Gates
21.
Pritzker Military Library Presents (2006– )
Episode:
Six Generations of African-American Warriors, 1739-1914
(2017)
Documentary, History
Pulitzer Prize-winning author and Pritzker Literature Award recipient David Hackett Fischer previews his newest book on the lineage of African American warriors in early American history.
Director: Bradley Guidera | Stars: David Cannek, Francisco Casanova, Kenneth Clarke, David Hackett Fischer
22.
American Entrepreneurial Genius (2016)
Episode:
1607-1789
(2016)
History
Program 1 takes a look at the beginning of American entrepreneurialism from the first Colony of Jamestown, to Alexander Hamilton's shaping of the modern industrial economy.