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1. The Northman (2022)
R | 137 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A young Viking prince is on a quest to avenge his father's murder.
Director: Robert Eggers | Stars: Alexander Skarsgård, Nicole Kidman, Claes Bang, Ethan Hawke
Votes: 254,604 | Gross: $34.23M
2. Taboo (2017)
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Adventurer James Keziah Delaney returns to London during the War of 1812 to rebuild his late father's shipping empire. However, both the government and his biggest competitor want his inheritance at any cost--even murder.
Stars: Tom Hardy, David Hayman, Jonathan Pryce, Oona Chaplin
Votes: 149,324
3. 12 Years a Slave (2013)
R | 134 min | Biography, Drama, History
In the antebellum United States, Solomon Northup, a free Black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery.
Director: Steve McQueen | Stars: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Kenneth Williams, Michael Fassbender, Brad Pitt
Votes: 742,292 | Gross: $56.67M
4. Roots (1977)
TV-14 | 74 min | Biography, Drama, History
A dramatization of author Alex Haley's family line from ancestor Kunta Kinte's enslavement to his descendants' liberation.
Stars: LeVar Burton, Robert Reed, John Amos, Louis Gossett Jr.
Votes: 18,911
5. Amistad (1997)
R | 155 min | Biography, Drama, History
In 1839, the revolt of Mende captives aboard a Spanish owned ship causes a major controversy in the United States when the ship is captured off the coast of Long Island. The courts must decide whether the Mende are slaves or legally free.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Djimon Hounsou, Matthew McConaughey, Anthony Hopkins, Morgan Freeman
Votes: 82,909 | Gross: $44.18M
6. Mansfield Park (1999)
PG-13 | 112 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Fanny, born into a poor family, is sent away to live with wealthy uncle Sir Thomas, his wife and their four children, where she'll be brought up for a proper introduction to society.
Director: Patricia Rozema | Stars: Frances O'Connor, Jonny Lee Miller, Alessandro Nivola, Hannah Taylor Gordon
Votes: 25,889 | Gross: $4.76M
7. Amazing Grace (2006)
PG | 118 min | Biography, Drama, History
The idealist William Wilberforce maneuvers his way through Parliament, endeavoring to end the British transatlantic slave trade.
Director: Michael Apted | Stars: Ioan Gruffudd, Albert Finney, Michael Gambon, Romola Garai
Votes: 25,712 | Gross: $21.21M
8. Alien Nation (1989–1990)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi
In the near future, a human cop and his alien partner fight crime and discrimination in Los Angeles.
Stars: Gary Graham, Eric Pierpoint, Michele Scarabelli, Lauren Woodland
Votes: 5,521
9. Fellini Satyricon (1969)
R | 129 min | Drama, Fantasy
A series of disjointed mythical tales set in first-century Rome.
Director: Federico Fellini | Stars: Martin Potter, Hiram Keller, Max Born, Salvo Randone
Votes: 17,204 | Gross: $1.14M
10. The Colossus of Rhodes (1961)
Approved | 127 min | Adventure, Drama, History
While holidaying in Rhodes, an Athenian war hero becomes involved in two plots to overthrow the tyrannical king: one from Rhodian patriots, and the other from sinister Phoenician agents.
Director: Sergio Leone | Stars: Rory Calhoun, Lea Massari, Georges Marchal, Conrado San Martín
Votes: 4,223
11. Triangle of Venus (1978)
R | 86 min | Crime, Drama
A wealthy matriarch keeps a close eye on the complicated and often erotic lives of her children and relatives.
Director: Hubert Frank | Stars: Olivia Pascal, Philippe Garnier, Elisa Servier, Bea Fiedler
Votes: 270
12. Slave Market (2023– )
Drama, History
Five stories, set in the 1900s, merge together when each story's protagonist falls into slavery.
Stars: Apeksha Porwal, Shannon Gaskin, Justina Biosah, Srishti Srivastava
Votes: 151
13. Crusoe (1988)
PG-13 | 91 min | Adventure, Drama
Robinson Crusoe is shipwrecked and he finds himself all alone on a tropical island. With a few tools he manages to rescue from the wreck he has to learn to support himself until help arrives.
Director: Caleb Deschanel | Stars: Aidan Quinn, Ade Sapara, Elvis Payne, Richard D. Sharp
Votes: 1,179 | Gross: $0.32M
14. Revenge of the Musketeers (1994)
R | 125 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
France, 1654: D'Artagnan's girl grows up in a convent. When the mother superior is murdered, Eloïse suspects a plan to murder the king and hopes to prevent this and revenge the murder by finding her father and the 3 musketeers.
Director: Bertrand Tavernier | Stars: Sophie Marceau, Philippe Noiret, Claude Rich, Sami Frey
Votes: 3,600 | Gross: $0.31M
15. Dragonard (1988)
R | 93 min | Drama
On an 18th century Caribbean island run by debauched colonial plantation owners, an enslaved Scotsman joins a slave revolt.
Director: Gérard Kikoïne | Stars: Oliver Reed, Eartha Kitt, Annabel Schofield, Claudia Udy
Votes: 352
16. The Man Without a Country (1973 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 78 min | Adventure, Drama
During the 1800s, an American officer who renounces his country during his court-martial is sentenced to sail the seas on American warships without ever setting foot on American soil again or getting news of America.
Director: Delbert Mann | Stars: Cliff Robertson, Beau Bridges, Peter Strauss, Robert Ryan
Votes: 225
17. Alien Nation: Dark Horizon (1994 TV Movie)
90 min | Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi
An Overseer named Ahpossno comes to Earth to take the slaves, and all humans, back to the mothership.
Director: Kenneth Johnson | Stars: Gary Graham, Eric Pierpoint, Michele Scarabelli, Terri Treas
Votes: 1,540
18. Souls at Sea (1937)
Passed | 92 min | Action, Adventure, History
Cooper and Raft save lives during a sea tragedy in this story about slave trade on the high seas in 1842.
Director: Henry Hathaway | Stars: Gary Cooper, George Raft, Frances Dee, Henry Wilcoxon
Votes: 862
19. Enslaved (2020)
TV-MA | 60 min | Documentary, History
A look at 400 years of human trafficking from Africa to the New World, from the perspective of three different storylines.
Stars: Samuel L. Jackson, Kinga Philipps, Simcha Jacobovici, Ty Hurley
Votes: 665
20. Alien Nation: The Udara Legacy (1997 TV Movie)
90 min | Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi
Matt and George investigate a series of strange occurrences involving Newcomers, who are found to be programmed to carry out someone's dirty work. The method by which they are brainwashed ... See full summary »
Director: Kenneth Johnson | Stars: Gary Graham, Eric Pierpoint, Michele Scarabelli, Terri Treas
Votes: 788
21. Slave Ship (1937)
Passed | 92 min | Adventure, Drama
Captain Lovett ordered his first mate Thompson to get rid of his slave-trading crew and get a more respectable bunch for standard shipping, but when he brings his new bride Nancy aboard he finds the same old setup, including slave trade.
Director: Tay Garnett | Stars: Warner Baxter, Wallace Beery, Elizabeth Allan, Mickey Rooney
Votes: 223
22. Passage du milieu (2000)
78 min | Drama, History
A realistic look at the horrors of the slave trade, told entirely through the voice of a dead African slave whose spirit haunts the ocean route.
Director: Guy Deslauriers | Stars: Djimon Hounsou, Maka Kotto
Votes: 136
23. Ill Gotten Gains (1997)
R | 101 min | Drama, History
WEST AFRICA 1869 - Slave trade is illegal. There is a revolt on a slave ship - twenty four men fight for their lives. Out-gunned, the revolt fails but a second uprising is planned.
Director: Joel B. Marsden | Stars: Djimon Hounsou, Akosua Busia, De'aundre Bonds, Eartha Kitt
Votes: 94
24. Baaz (1953)
Not Rated | 140 min | Action, Adventure, Musical
Nisha lives a poor lifestyle in the Portuguese-ruled Malabar region in India along with her widowed dad, Narayan Das. Both father and daughter are opposed to the oppressive rule of the ... See full summary »
Director: Guru Dutt | Stars: Guru Dutt, Geeta Bali, K.N. Singh, Johnny Walker
Votes: 149
25. Tamango (1958)
Not Rated | 98 min | Adventure, Drama, History
A Dutch slave captain, on a voyage to Cuba, faces a revolt fomented by a newly captured African slave, Tamango. The slaves capture the captain's mistress, forcing a showdown.
Director: John Berry | Stars: Dorothy Dandridge, Curd Jürgens, Jean Servais, Alex Cressan
Votes: 423
26. Mutiny on the Bunny (1950)
7 min | Family, Animation, Comedy
Shanghai Sam needs a new crew for his ship. Bugs signs on but rebels at the captain's cruelty.
Director: Friz Freleng | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 538
27. Female Slave Ship (1960)
83 min | Action, Adventure, War
Towards the end of World War Two Lt. Sugawa is flying to Tokyo with top secret blueprints when his plane is shot out of the sky over the Pacific Seas. He is plucked from the ocean onto a ... See full summary »
Director: Yoshiki Onoda | Stars: Bunta Sugawara, Tetsurô Tanba, Yôko Mihara, Utako Mitsuya
Votes: 33
28. Faulad (1963)
Not Rated | 145 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A lower-caste male falls in love with an upper-caste princess.
Director: Mohammed Hussain | Stars: Dara Singh Randhawa, Mumtaz Askari, Minoo Mumtaz, Kamran
Votes: 30
29. Black Godfather of Scuba (2023)
25 min | Documentary, Short, Sport
The extraordinary life and mission of Dr. Albert Jose "Doc" Jones, co-founder of the National Association of Black Scuba Divers.
Director: Matt Kay | Stars: Nile Collins, Jay V. Haigler, Albert José Jones, Kendall Jones
Votes: 7
30. Brazil: An Inconvenient History (2000)
47 min | Documentary
At first glance Brazil appears to be an alluring playground of exciting carnivals, sultry samba, divine football and a vibrantly diverse people. But behind this dazzling facade lies a ... See full summary »
Director: Phil Grabsky | Stars: Sean Barrett, Joao Jose Reis, John Hemming, Hakim Adi
Votes: 37
31. The Old South (1940)
11 min | Short, History
Chronicle of the importance of cotton to the economy and culture of the American South.
Director: Fred Zinnemann | Stars: George Lynn, Frank Whitbeck
Votes: 162
32. Equiano in Africa (2008)
11 min | Documentary, Short
An investigation into the kidnapping of Olaudah Equiano and the British slave trade.
Director: Jason Young
Votes: 25
33.
The Carol Burnett Show (1967–1978)
Episode:
Sammy Davis Jr. - The Loan Shark
(1976)
TV-G | 22 min | Comedy, Family
Highlights include: guest Sammy Davis Jr. as a loan shark to whom the King and Queen (Harvey, Carol) are in hock, and as a slave on board a galley ship.
Director: Dave Powers | Stars: Carol Burnett, Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence, Tim Conway
Votes: 39
34.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
All Roads Lead to Rome
(1965)
TV-G | 23 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
While the Doctor and Vicki meet with Nero, Barbara is taken to Rome to be sold while Ian is forced to work as a galley slave.
Director: Christopher Barry | Stars: William Hartnell, William Russell, Jacqueline Hill, Maureen O'Brien
Votes: 664
35.
Family Guy (1999– )
Episode:
Untitled Griffin Family History
(2006)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Comedy
When burglars break into the house, the Griffins take cover in the attic, where Peter tells them about their family history.
Directors: Zac Moncrief, Pete Michels, Peter Shin | Stars: Seth MacFarlane, Alex Borstein, Seth Green, Mila Kunis
Votes: 1,856
36.
60 Minutes (1968– )
Episode:
Chris Krebs/Descendants of Last Slave Ship/James Corden
(2020)
TV-PG | 43 min | News
Chris Krebs speaks to 60 Minutes; Then, The story of the last known slave ship; And, James Corden: The 60 Minutes interview.
Stars: Adele, James Corden, Christopher Krebs, Bruno Mars
Votes: 13
37.
The Evil Touch (1973–1974)
Episode:
The Voyage
(1974)
Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A rich couple buys the old sailing ship Endeavor after it spent 70 years in dry dock. Captain Palmer, who's aboard with his wife and another couple, puts everyone on edge with what he reads... See full summary »
Director: Mende Brown | Stars: Anthony Quayle, Leslie Nielsen, Terence Cooper, Jill Forster
Votes: 15
38.
House M.D. (2004–2012)
Episode:
A Pox on Our House
(2010)
TV-14 | 43 min | Drama, Mystery
After a 200-year-old medicine jar found on an off-shore shipwreck shatters in a teenage girl's palm, she is admitted to Princeton Plainsboro for symptoms closely linked to smallpox. When ... See full summary »
Director: Tucker Gates | Stars: Hugh Laurie, Lisa Edelstein, Omar Epps, Robert Sean Leonard
Votes: 2,650
39.
Beast King GoLion (1981–1982)
Episode:
Dorei-jô kara no dasshutsu
(1981)
TV-14 | Animation, Action, Adventure
In the year 1999, five young men return to Earth after a lengthy space voyage, only to find a planet left in ruins from a worldwide nuclear war. When their ship is captured by an alien ... See full summary »
Directors: Hiroyuki Kamii, Katsuhiko Taguchi | Stars: Kazuhiko Inoue, Yû Mizushima, Tesshô Genda, Ryûsei Nakao
Votes: 19
40.
60 Minutes (1968– )
Episode:
Disappeared/The Stand/The Underboss/Africatown
(2023)
TV-PG | News
Ukranian mothers travel to bring back children abducted by Russia; new details about the wildfire that devastated the Hawaiian town of Lahaina; guitarist Steven Van Zandt; a community founded by formerly enslaved people in Alabama.
Stars: Sharyn Alfonsi, Anderson Cooper, Mary Elliott, Jay Fujita
Votes: 11
41.
Gangster Empire: Rise of the Mob (2013– )
Episode:
Tea Parties, Revolution and Anarchy
(2013)
TV-14 | 47 min | Documentary, Action, Crime
The origin of the gangs that dominated crime and invented their own codes of conduct. A look at the roots of organized crime starting with the American Revolution to the prohibition of alcohol.
Director: Kevin R. Hershberger | Stars: Coby Batty, Matt K. Baker, Todd Barsness, James Christopher Cooke
Votes: 5
42.
Salem (2014–2017)
Episode:
The House of Pain
(2014)
TV-MA | 43 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Increase becomes more aware of who is in charge. Whilst Anne is investigating a mystery, she finds herself in a dangerous situation, needing Alden's help.
Director: David Von Ancken | Stars: Janet Montgomery, Shane West, Seth Gabel, Tamzin Merchant
Votes: 364
43.
Game of Thrones (2011–2019)
Episode:
Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken
(2015)
TV-MA | 54 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Arya is put to the test. Tyrion and Jorah are captured by slavers. Loras Tyrell is judged by the Sparrows. Jaime and Bronn face the Sand Snakes. Sansa marries Ramsay Bolton.
Director: Jeremy Podeswa | Stars: Peter Dinklage, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Lena Headey, Aidan Gillen
Votes: 34,308
44.
Roots (2016)
Episode:
Part 1
(2016)
TV-14 | 99 min | Drama, War
In the river region of the Gambia in 1750, Omoro Kinte and his wife, Binta, have a son named Kunta. Kunta is kidnapped in 1767 and sold to British slave traders. After he arrives in ... See full summary »
Director: Phillip Noyce | Stars: Laurence Fishburne, Matthew Goode, Malachi Kirby, Derek Luke
Votes: 528
45.
Taboo (2017)
Episode:
Episode #1.2
(2017)
TV-MA | 58 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Despite Delaney's return to London setting tongues wagging, he enlists allies in his quest to reclaim his legacy, while an unexpected arrival at the reading of the will disrupts his plans and reveals the nature of his inheritance.
Director: Kristoffer Nyholm | Stars: Richard Dixon, Jonathan Pryce, Tom Hardy, David Hayman
Votes: 5,072