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1. The Village (2004)
PG-13 | 108 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A series of events tests the beliefs of a small isolated countryside village.
Director: M. Night Shyamalan | Stars: Sigourney Weaver, William Hurt, Joaquin Phoenix, Bryce Dallas Howard
Votes: 277,687 | Gross: $114.20M
2. Orlando (1992)
PG-13 | 94 min | Biography, Drama, Fantasy
After Queen Elizabeth I commands him not to grow old, a young nobleman struggles with love and his place in the world.
Director: Sally Potter | Stars: Tilda Swinton, Billy Zane, Quentin Crisp, Jimmy Somerville
Votes: 18,712 | Gross: $5.29M
3. Russian Ark (2002)
Not Rated | 99 min | Drama, Fantasy, History
A 19th century French aristocrat, notorious for his scathing memoirs about life in Russia, travels through the Russian State Hermitage Museum and encounters historical figures from the last 200+ years.
Director: Aleksandr Sokurov | Stars: Sergey Dreyden, Mariya Kuznetsova, Leonid Mozgovoy, Mikhail Piotrovsky
Votes: 21,813 | Gross: $0.04M
4. Blackadder the Third (1987)
TV-PG | 180 min | Comedy
In the Regency era, Mr E. Blackadder serves as butler to the foppish numskull Prince George amidst the fads and crazes of the time.
Stars: Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Hugh Laurie, Helen Atkinson Wood
Votes: 47,072
5. New York: A Documentary Film (1999– )
600 min | Documentary, History
Exploration of New York City's rich history as a complex and dynamic city that has played an unparalleled role in shaping the nation and reflecting its ideals.
Stars: David Ogden Stiers, Kenneth Jackson, Mike Wallace, Mike Wallace
Votes: 1,120
6. Brush with Fate (2003 TV Movie)
PG | 100 min | Drama
The story of a painting as it moves from owner to owner through the centuries.
Director: Brent Shields | Stars: Ellen Burstyn, Glenn Close, Thomas Gibson, Phyllida Law
Votes: 489
7. Goya in Bordeaux (1999)
R | 100 min | Biography, Drama, War
Francisco Goya (1746-1828), deaf and ill, lives the last years of his life in voluntary exile in Bordeaux, a Liberal protesting the oppressive rule of Ferdinand VII. He's living with his ... See full summary »
Director: Carlos Saura | Stars: Francisco Rabal, Jose Coronado, Dafne Fernández, Eulàlia Ramon
Votes: 2,306 | Gross: $0.72M
8. Sally Hemings: An American Scandal (2000)
Unrated | 251 min | Biography, Drama, History
This epic television miniseries explores the complicated relationship of Thomas Jefferson and slave Sally Hemings, who conducted a 38-year, ocean-spanning love affair that produced children, grandchildren, and lots of controversy.
Stars: Diahann Carroll, Mario Van Peebles, Sam Neill, Carmen Ejogo
Votes: 558
9. Hovimäki (1999–2003)
50 min | Drama, History
The lives of the aristocratic Lindhof family and their servants from 1798 to 1907.
Stars: Riitta Salminen, Riko Eklundh, Nina Hukkinen, Anna Pitkämäki
Votes: 188
10. Old San Francisco (1927)
Passed | 88 min | Drama, History, Romance
In San Francisco, a villainous land owner with underworld connections seeks to steal the property of an old Spanish family.
Director: Alan Crosland | Stars: Dolores Costello, Josef Swickard, Anders Randolf, Charles Emmett Mack
Votes: 410
11. The Wisteria Manor (2022)
53 min | Horror, Mystery, Romance
At times Heaven can open wide and release the souls wanting to find their way to where they once stood. Set in Ohio in 1851, this story reveals a family's secrets hidden for generations.
Director: Michelle Arthur | Star: Michelle Arthur
Votes: 14
12. Ramona (1928)
80 min | Drama, Romance
After refusing to marry her adopted brother, a half Native-American Mexican woman flees to marry a Native man.
Director: Edwin Carewe | Stars: Dolores Del Río, Warner Baxter, Roland Drew, Vera Lewis
Votes: 168
13. The Fabulous Fraud (1948)
11 min | Short, Biography, Drama
The story of Dr. Anton Mesmer, the man who discoverd hypnotism.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: John Baragrey, John Nesbitt, Phyllis Morris, Marcia Mae Jones
Votes: 93
14. Tom Schuler: Cobbler Statesman (1953)
Not Rated | 29 min | Animation, Short
Director: Dick Lundy | Star: Marvin Miller
15. Dagohoy (1953)
Biography, History
Dedicated to the valiant Boholano hero Francisco Dagohoy, this film shows the real causes that impelled the Dagohoy Uprising, the longest revolt in Philippine history.
Director: Gregorio Fernandez | Stars: Mario Montenegro, Tessie Quintana, Rosa Rosal, Tony Santos
16. Wellington: The Iron Duke (2002– )
200 min | Documentary, Biography, War
Stars: Richard Holmes, Sean Francis George, Martin Wimbush, Damian Brooke
Votes: 54
17. Red White and Boo (1955)
Approved | 6 min | Animation, Short, War
Through the use of a Time Machine, Casper the Friendly Ghost gets transported back in time, In the stone-age, Casper frightens cave-men and women. Robert Fulton's steamboat makes a ... See full summary »
Directors: Izzy Sparber, Myron Waldman | Stars: Jackson Beck, Jack Mercer, Sid Raymond
Votes: 33
18. The Baron and the Rose (1940)
Approved | 11 min | Short
The story of Henry Stiegel, a blacksmith in Elizabeth Furnace, Pennsylvania, who, in colonial days became a famous glass-maker, acquired land and wealth, and squandered it. As an old man he... See full summary »
Director: Basil Wrangell | Stars: John Nesbitt, George Tobias
Votes: 7
19. Naval Warfare Expert Rates 9 Sea Battle Tactics in Movies and TV (2021 Video)
19 min | Documentary
Naval warfare expert Evan Wilson rates nine naval warfare scenes in movies and television shows, such as "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl", for realism. Wilson is an ... See full summary »
Star: Evan Wilson
20. Here Will I Nest (1942)
90 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
The life and career of the founder of Southwestern Ontario, Thomas Talbot.
Director: Melburn E. Turner | Stars: Sean Sullivan, Robina Richardson, Richard Smith, Hilda Smith
21.
Biography (1987– )
Episode:
The Astors: High Society
(1996)
TV-14 | 47 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Their name is synonymous with wealth and glamour. Their saga is marked by five generations of tragedy, family feuds and philanthropy.
Stars: John Jacob Astor, Mrs. Vincent Astor, Nancy Astor, Winston Churchill
Votes: 72