Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keywords "19th-century", "mask"

1. Amadeus (1984)

R | 160 min | Biography, Drama, Music

The life, success and troubles of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, as told by Antonio Salieri, the contemporaneous composer who was deeply jealous of Mozart's talent and claimed to have murdered him.

Director: Milos Forman | Stars: F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce, Elizabeth Berridge, Roy Dotrice

Votes: 427,913 | Gross: $51.97M

2. Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994)

R | 123 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

A vampire tells his epic life story: love, betrayal, loneliness, and hunger.

Director: Neil Jordan | Stars: Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise, Antonio Banderas, Kirsten Dunst

Votes: 347,368 | Gross: $105.26M

3. Van Helsing (2004)

PG-13 | 131 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

The famed monster hunter is sent to Transylvania to stop Count Dracula, who is using Dr. Frankenstein's research and a werewolf for nefarious purposes.

Director: Stephen Sommers | Stars: Hugh Jackman, Kate Beckinsale, Richard Roxburgh, Shuler Hensley

Votes: 284,482 | Gross: $120.18M

4. 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

5. The Mask of Zorro (1998)

PG-13 | 136 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

A young thief seeking revenge for his brother's death is trained by the once-great, aging Zorro, who is pursuing his own vengeance.

Director: Martin Campbell | Stars: Antonio Banderas, Anthony Hopkins, Catherine Zeta-Jones, José María de Tavira

Votes: 197,723 | Gross: $94.10M

6. Open Range (2003)

R | 139 min | Action, Drama, Romance

A former gunslinger is forced to take up arms again when he and his cattle crew are threatened by a corrupt lawman.

Director: Kevin Costner | Stars: Kevin Costner, Robert Duvall, Diego Luna, Abraham Benrubi

Votes: 78,146 | Gross: $58.33M

7. The Brothers Grimm (2005)

PG-13 | 118 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Will and Jake Grimm are traveling con-artists who encounter a genuine fairy-tale curse which requires true courage instead of their usual bogus exorcisms.

Director: Terry Gilliam | Stars: Matt Damon, Heath Ledger, Monica Bellucci, Petr Ratimec

Votes: 126,246 | Gross: $37.92M

8. The Legend of Zorro (2005)

PG | 129 min | Action, Adventure, Romance

Despite trying to keep his swashbuckling to a minimum, a threat to California's pending statehood causes the adventure-loving Don Alejandro de la Vega and his wife, Elena, to take action.

Director: Martin Campbell | Stars: Antonio Banderas, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Rufus Sewell, Alberto Reyes

Votes: 107,620 | Gross: $46.46M

9. The Lone Ranger (2013)

PG-13 | 150 min | Action, Adventure, Western

Native American warrior Tonto recounts the untold tales that transformed John Reid, a man of the law, into a legend of justice.

Director: Gore Verbinski | Stars: Johnny Depp, Armie Hammer, William Fichtner, Tom Wilkinson

Votes: 244,453 | Gross: $89.30M

10. The Lone Ranger (1949–1957)

TV-G | 30 min | Western

The adventures of the masked hero and his Native American partner.

Stars: Jay Silverheels, Clayton Moore, John Hart, Bill Ward

Votes: 2,872

11. The Man Who Would Be King (1975)

PG | 129 min | Adventure, Drama, War

In 1880s India, two former British soldiers decide to set themselves up as Kings in Kafiristan, a land where no white man has set foot since Alexander the Great.

Director: John Huston | Stars: Sean Connery, Michael Caine, Christopher Plummer, Saeed Jaffrey

Votes: 52,018

12. Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins (2012)

TV-MA | 134 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A former assassin who has resolved to never kill again has his vow sorely tested.

Director: Keishi Otomo | Stars: Takeru Satoh, Emi Takei, Yû Aoi, Munetaka Aoki

Votes: 29,007

13. The Raven (I) (2012)

R | 110 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

When a madman begins committing horrific murders inspired by Edgar Allan Poe's works, a young Baltimore detective joins forces with Poe to stop him from making his stories a reality.

Director: James McTeigue | Stars: John Cusack, Alice Eve, Luke Evans, Brendan Gleeson

Votes: 88,286 | Gross: $16.01M

14. Zorro (1990–1993)

TV-G | 30 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

In nineteenth century Spanish California, heroic masked swordsman Zorro, who's actually a local nobleman, must protect his friends and small town (or pueblo) of Los Angeles from its corrupt magistrate (or alcalde) and other menaces.

Stars: Patrice Martinez, Duncan Regehr, James Victor, Juan Diego Botto

Votes: 1,985

15. The Warrior's Way (2010)

R | 100 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy

A warrior-assassin is forced to hide in a small town in the American Badlands after refusing a mission.

Director: Sngmoo Lee | Stars: Jang Dong-Gun, Kate Bosworth, Geoffrey Rush, Danny Huston

Votes: 27,255 | Gross: $5.66M

16. Gothic (1986)

R | 87 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

The Shelleys visit Lord Byron and compete to write a horror story.

Director: Ken Russell | Stars: Gabriel Byrne, Julian Sands, Natasha Richardson, Myriam Cyr

Votes: 8,863 | Gross: $0.92M

17. The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall (2011)

Not Rated | 137 min | Drama, Musical, Romance

A disfigured musical genius, hidden away in the Paris Opera House, terrorizes the opera company for the unwitting benefit of a young protégée whom he trains and loves.

Directors: Nick Morris, Laurence Connor | Stars: Ramin Karimloo, Sierra Boggess, Hadley Fraser, Wendy Ferguson

Votes: 9,939

18. The Phantom of the Opera (1989)

R | 93 min | Drama, Horror, Music

A young soprano becomes the obsession of a horribly disfigured composer, who has plans for those who oppose him or the young singer.

Director: Dwight H. Little | Stars: Robert Englund, Jill Schoelen, Alex Hyde-White, Bill Nighy

Votes: 4,516 | Gross: $3.95M

19. Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972)

PG | 96 min | Horror

In 1972 London - a century after his final battle with Professor Van Helsing - Count Dracula is resurrected by occultist Johnny Alucard, and goes after his archenemy's descendants.

Director: Alan Gibson | Stars: Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Stephanie Beacham, Christopher Neame

Votes: 7,438

20. Black Sunday (1960)

Approved | 87 min | Horror

A vengeful witch and her fiendish servant return from the grave and begin a bloody campaign to possess the body of the witch's beautiful look-alike descendant.

Director: Mario Bava | Stars: Barbara Steele, John Richardson, Andrea Checchi, Ivo Garrani

Votes: 17,587

21. Killer Sofa (2019)

81 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

A killer reclining chair becomes enchanted by a girl and starts committing crimes of passion.

Director: Bernie Rao | Stars: Jed Brophy, Jordan Rivers, Piimio Mei, Nathalie Morris

Votes: 3,031

22. The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)

Not Rated | 87 min | Horror, Mystery

When a nobleman is threatened by a family curse on his newly inherited estate, detective Sherlock Holmes is hired to investigate.

Director: Terence Fisher | Stars: Peter Cushing, André Morell, Christopher Lee, Marla Landi

Votes: 12,379

23. Phantom of the Opera (1943)

Approved | 92 min | Drama, Horror, Music

An acid-scarred composer rises from the Paris sewers to boost his favorite opera understudy's career.

Director: Arthur Lubin | Stars: Nelson Eddy, Susanna Foster, Claude Rains, Edgar Barrier

Votes: 8,307 | Gross: $3.49M

24. Jack of All Trades (2000)

30 min | Adventure, Action, Comedy

Jack Stiles, American spy stationed on a South Pacific island in the early 19th century, teams up with no nonsense British agent Emilia Rothschild to stop Napoleon's colonizing efforts. Jack's alter ego is the Zorro-esque Daring Dragoon.

Stars: Bruce Campbell, Angela Marie Dotchin, Stuart Devenie, Stephen Papps

Votes: 3,105

25. Mr. Sardonicus (1961)

Approved | 89 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

A mysterious and cruel Baron, whose face has become frozen in a horrifying grin, demands that a prominent London physician apply experimental treatments on him to restore his face.

Director: William Castle | Stars: Oscar Homolka, Ronald Lewis, Audrey Dalton, Guy Rolfe

Votes: 3,638

26. The Phantom of the Opera (1990– )

168 min | Drama, Music, Mystery

Christine Daaé, a talented young singer, after being discovered by the well-known playboy Comte Philippe de Chagny, is sent by her new patron to the Paris Opera to receive classical training.

Stars: Teri Polo, Charles Dance, Burt Lancaster, Adam Storke

Votes: 1,734

27. The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (1975)

PG | 91 min | Comedy, Crime, Music

The younger brother of the consulting detective tries to steal Sherlock's glory by solving an important case assisted by an eccentric Scotland Yard detective and a lovely but suspicious actress.

Director: Gene Wilder | Stars: Gene Wilder, Madeline Kahn, Marty Feldman, Dom DeLuise

Votes: 7,303

28. The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (1960)

Approved | 88 min | Horror

Dr. Henry Jekyll experiments with scientific means of revealing the hidden, dark side of man and releases a murderer from within himself.

Director: Terence Fisher | Stars: Paul Massie, Dawn Addams, Christopher Lee, David Kossoff

Votes: 3,365

29. Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969)

PG-13 | 101 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi

Baron Frankenstein, with the aid of a young doctor and his fiancée, kidnaps the mentally sick Dr. Brandt in order to perform the first brain transplant operation.

Director: Terence Fisher | Stars: Peter Cushing, Veronica Carlson, Freddie Jones, Simon Ward

Votes: 5,289 | Gross: $0.10M

30. The Lone Ranger (1956)

Passed | 86 min | Drama, Western

Wealthy rancher Reese Kilgore aims to grab silver-rich Indian land by skilfully pitting Indians against settlers but the suspicious territorial governor sends The Lone Ranger to investigate.

Director: Stuart Heisler | Stars: Clayton Moore, Jay Silverheels, Lyle Bettger, Bonita Granville

Votes: 1,175

31. Confession of a Child of the Century (2012)

TV-MA | 120 min | Drama, Romance

Paris, 1830: Octave, betrayed by his mistress, sinks into despair and debauchery. His father's death leads him to the country where he meets Brigitte, a widow who is ten years his elder. ... See full summary »

Director: Sylvie Verheyde | Stars: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Pete Doherty, August Diehl, Lily Cole

Votes: 663

32. Moondial (1988)

158 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy

A teenage girl discovers a portal through time, and tries to help two children of the past.

Stars: Siri Neal, Tony Sands, Valerie Lush, Arthur Hewlett

Votes: 256

33. Nutcracker (1986)

G | 89 min | Family, Fantasy, Music

The colorful holiday classic is brought to the big screen, designed by famed children's story author and artist Maurice Sendak, and written to be as close to the original story. Based on the Pacific Northwest Ballet's original production.

Director: Carroll Ballard | Stars: Hugh Duncan Bigney Mitchell, Vanessa Sharp, Patricia Barker, Wade Walthall

Votes: 1,386 | Gross: $0.78M

34. St. Ives (1998)

R | 90 min | Drama, Romance

In 1813, Capitaine Jacques St. Ives, a Hussar in the Napoleonic wars, is captured and sent to a Scottish prison camp. He's a swashbuckler, so the prison's commander, Major Farquar ... See full summary »

Director: Harry Hook | Stars: Jean-Marc Barr, Miranda Richardson, Richard E. Grant, Anna Friel

Votes: 827

35. Zorro (2009)

55 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Don Diego de la Vega opposes the corrupt tyrants of Spanish California as the masked swordsman, Zorro.

Stars: Richard Gutierrez, Rhian Ramos, Michelle Madrigal, Bianca King

Votes: 37

36. The New Adventures of Zorro (1981)

22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

The further adventures of the masked hero of Spanish California.

Stars: Henry Darrow, Julio Medina, Don Diamond, Ernesto Macias

Votes: 303

37. The Lone Ranger (1966–1969)

30 min | Animation, Family, Western

An ex-Texas Ranger fights injustice in the Old West.

Stars: Michael Rye, Shepard Menken, Agnes Moorehead, Dick Beals

Votes: 147

38. The Legend of the Lone Ranger (1952)

74 min | Drama, Family, Western

When the Butch Cavendish gang ambushes a group of Texas Rangers, the only surviving ranger dons a mask to protect his identity and swears to bring them to justice.

Director: George B. Seitz Jr. | Stars: Clayton Moore, Jay Silverheels, Glenn Strange, William Bailey

Votes: 295

39. Balzac: A Passionate Life (1999 TV Movie)

PG-13 | 240 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

A man who created great literature from the adventures of his own life--and the women at the heart of it. Although gruff, unsophisticated, and far from handsome, Balzac exerts an irresistible fascination on women.

Director: Josée Dayan | Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Jeanne Moreau, Fanny Ardant, Virna Lisi

Votes: 657

40. The Mark of Zorro (1975)

79 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

In nineteenth-century California, two children listen to the adventures of a grandfather who fought against the Yankee invaders. At that time a mysterious man, dressed in masked black, appeared.

Directors: Marius Lesoeur, Jesús Franco, Alain Payet | Stars: Clint Douglas, Monica Swinn, Jean-Pierre Bouyxou, Madame Caillard

Votes: 66

41. My Little Duckaroo (1954)

Approved | 7 min | Family, Western, Animation

Daffy Duck is a Wild West outlaw named "The Masked Avenger", righter of wrongs and doer of heroic deeds. Porky Pig is his sidekick. Together, they search for Nasty Canasta, a villain whose ... See full summary »

Director: Chuck Jones | Star: Mel Blanc

Votes: 511

42. A Sweet and Vicious Beauty (2012)

131 min | Action, Fantasy, Horror

In the town of Harbor Bridge, it is said that when someone dies, his last breath stays in his throat. When the head is severed, that last breath can be taken by another, and the recipient ... See full summary »

Director: Eric Thornett | Stars: Bette Cassatt, Sara Cole, Brenden McDougal, Omar Ott

Votes: 48

43. Escrime au sabre japonais (1897)

1 min | Documentary, Short, Sport

Japanese are filmed practicing kendo, the art of fencing with wooden samurai swords.

Director: Gabriel Veyre

Votes: 172

44. The Story of Ned Kelly (2002 Video)

37 min | Documentary, Short, Biography

The Story of Ned Kelly is a vivid and authentic account of the 25-year life that generated Australia's most enduring legend. The man hidden by the iconic mask is revealed in a exciting ... See full summary »

Directors: Darren Jones, Michael Spencer | Stars: Charles 'Bud' Tingwell, Ian Jones

45. Bayonet Versus Bayonet (1897)

Documentary, Short

"Each year there is assembled at the great training grounds at Aldershot an immense army of Great Britain's soldiery. This annual encampment is the occasion of trials of skill in military ... See full summary »

46. Queen of Swords (2000–2001)
Episode: Counterfeit Queen (2001)

43 min | Action, Adventure, Western

Montoya and Grisham capture a Queen of Sword impostor after she stole an army payroll. Montoya sees an opportunity to blame the real queen for the heist and convinces the counterfeit ... See full summary »

Director: Peter Ellis | Stars: Tessie Santiago, Anthony Lemke, Elsa Pataky, Peter Wingfield

Votes: 22

47. Queen of Swords (2000–2001)
Episode: Death to the Queen (2000)

43 min | Action, Adventure, Western

The Queen of Swords is shot while investigating reports that her villagers are being abducted and men sent to Colonel Montoya's prison are never seen again. In spite of her wound, she ... See full summary »

Director: Jon Cassar | Stars: Tessie Santiago, Anthony Lemke, Elsa Pataky, Peter Wingfield

Votes: 30

48. Queen of Swords (2000–2001)
Episode: Destiny (2000)

42 min | Action, Adventure, Western

While attending school in Madrid (and receiving fencing lessons on the side), Tessa Alvarado learns of her father's death and leaves immediately for her hacienda in California. Upon ... See full summary »

Director: Jon Cassar | Stars: Tessie Santiago, Anthony Lemke, Elsa Pataky, Peter Wingfield

Votes: 35

49. Queen of Swords (2000–2001)
Episode: Duel with a Stranger (2000)

43 min | Action, Adventure, Western

Tessa's old boyfriend Antonio comes to California hired by Montoya to deal with the Queen of Swords.

Director: Richard Martin | Stars: Tessie Santiago, Anthony Lemke, Elsa Pataky, Peter Wingfield

Votes: 25

50. Queen of Swords (2000–2001)
Episode: End of Days (2001)

43 min | Action, Adventure, Western

Cornered by Captain Grisham and his men, the Queen of Swords escapes into an abandoned mine, and is followed by Grisham himself. Just when he's got her where he wants her, an earthquake ... See full summary »

Directors: Norma Bailey, Brian Grant | Stars: Tessie Santiago, Anthony Lemke, Elsa Pataky, Peter Wingfield

Votes: 22