Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "freed-slave"

1. Django Unchained (2012)

R | 165 min | Comedy, Drama, Western

With the help of a German bounty-hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal plantation owner in Mississippi.

Director: Quentin Tarantino | Stars: Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kerry Washington

Votes: 1,696,390 | Gross: $162.81M

2. 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: 741,566 | Gross: $56.67M

3. Sanditon (2019–2023)

TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Romance

About Charlotte Heywood, a spirited and impulsive woman, who moves from her rural home to Sanditon, a fishing village attempting to reinvent itself as a seaside resort.

Stars: Rose Williams, Crystal Clarke, Kris Marshall, Kate Ashfield

Votes: 18,236

4. Hell on Wheels (2011–2016)

TV-14 | 42 min | Drama, Western

The Civil War is past, but former Confederate soldier Cullen Bohannon can't put it behind him. Fresh are the memories of the death of his wife, killed at the hands of Union soldiers, an act that sets him on a course of revenge.

Stars: Anson Mount, Colm Meaney, Robin McLeavy, Phil Burke

Votes: 55,784

5. The Fall (I) (2006)

R | 117 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

In 1920s Los Angeles, a bedridden patient in a hospital captivates a young girl with a fantastic tale of heroes, myths, and villains on a desert island.

Director: Tarsem Singh | Stars: Lee Pace, Catinca Untaru, Justine Waddell, Kim Uylenbroek

Votes: 116,723 | Gross: $2.28M

6. Conan the Barbarian (2011)

R | 113 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

A vengeful barbarian warrior sets off to get his revenge on the evil warlord who attacked his village and murdered his father when he was a boy.

Director: Marcus Nispel | Stars: Jason Momoa, Ron Perlman, Rose McGowan, Stephen Lang

Votes: 102,725 | Gross: $21.30M

7. Harriet (I) (2019)

PG-13 | 125 min | Action, Biography, Drama

The extraordinary tale of Harriet Tubman's escape from slavery and transformation into one of America's greatest heroes, whose courage, ingenuity, and tenacity freed hundreds of slaves and changed the course of history.

Director: Kasi Lemmons | Stars: Cynthia Erivo, Janelle Monáe, Leslie Odom Jr., Joe Alwyn

Votes: 30,740

8. Agora (2009)

R | 127 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama

A historical drama set in Roman Egypt, concerning a slave who turns to the rising tide of Christianity in the hope of pursuing freedom while falling in love with his mistress, the philosophy and mathematics professor Hypatia of Alexandria.

Director: Alejandro Amenábar | Stars: Rachel Weisz, Max Minghella, Oscar Isaac, Ashraf Barhom

Votes: 73,076 | Gross: $0.62M

9. Stars in My Crown (1950)

Approved | 89 min | Family, Western

In 1865, the small Southern town of Walsburg has become so dangerous that Parson Josiah Doziah Gray gives his sermons while holding a gun.

Director: Jacques Tourneur | Stars: Joel McCrea, Ellen Drew, Dean Stockwell, Alan Hale

Votes: 2,506

10. The Message (1976)

PG | 177 min | Biography, Drama, History

This epic historical drama chronicles the life and times of Prophet Muhammad and serves as an introduction to early Islamic history.

Director: Moustapha Akkad | Stars: Anthony Quinn, Irene Papas, Michael Ansara, Johnny Sekka

Votes: 50,860

11. The Hidden Fortress (1958)

Not Rated | 126 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Lured by gold, two greedy peasants unknowingly escort a princess and her general across enemy lines.

Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Misa Uehara, Minoru Chiaki, Kamatari Fujiwara

Votes: 42,266

12. Farouk Omar (2012)

Approved | 45 min | Biography, Drama, History

The life of Umar Ibn Al-Khattab, the second Caliph of Rashidun Caliphate, before and after he embraces in Islam.

Stars: Samer Ismail, Assad Khalifa, Mehmet Sah Celik, Mehyar Khaddour

Votes: 8,636

13. Ride with the Devil (I) (1999)

R | 138 min | Drama, Romance, War

During the American Civil War, two friends join the Bushwhackers, a militant group loyal to the Confederacy.

Director: Ang Lee | Stars: Tobey Maguire, Skeet Ulrich, Jewel, Jeremy W. Auman

Votes: 14,562 | Gross: $0.63M

14. The Adventures of Huck Finn (1993)

PG | 108 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

In Missouri, during the 1840s, young Huck Finn fearful of his drunkard father and yearning for adventure, leaves his foster family and joins with runaway slave Jim in a voyage down the Mississippi River toward slavery free states.

Director: Stephen Sommers | Stars: Elijah Wood, Courtney B. Vance, Robbie Coltrane, Jason Robards

Votes: 9,248 | Gross: $24.10M

15. The Message (1976)

PG | 207 min | Action, Adventure, Biography

The story of prophet "Muhammad" and the delivery of the message of God "Allah."

Director: Moustapha Akkad | Stars: Abdallah Gheith, Mona Wassef, Hamdy Gheith, Ali Achmed Taram

Votes: 10,597

16. Sergeant Rutledge (1960)

Approved | 111 min | Crime, Drama, Western

Respected Black cavalry Sergeant Brax Rutledge stands court-martial for raping and killing a white woman and murdering her father, his superior officer.

Director: John Ford | Stars: Jeffrey Hunter, Woody Strode, Constance Towers, Billie Burke

Votes: 5,364

17. Sodom and Gomorrah (1962)

G | 154 min | Adventure, Drama, History

Sex, torture, and betrayal in Biblical Sodom and Gomorrah. Lot, leader of the Hebrews, believes that his people can co-exist with the Sodomites--a disastrous decision.

Directors: Robert Aldrich, Sergio Leone | Stars: Stewart Granger, Pier Angeli, Stanley Baker, Rossana Podestà

Votes: 2,190 | Gross: $5.45M

18. Black Fox: The Price of Peace (1995 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 96 min | Western

In 1860s Texas, a man whose abused wife fell in love with a Kiowa organizes a hunting party to recapture her.

Director: Steven Hilliard Stern | Stars: Christopher Reeve, Raoul Max Trujillo, Tony Todd, Janet Bailey

Votes: 227

19. Sansho the Bailiff (1954)

Not Rated | 124 min | Drama

In medieval Japan, a compassionate governor is sent into exile. His wife and children try to join him, but are separated, and the children grow up amid suffering and oppression.

Director: Kenji Mizoguchi | Stars: Kinuyo Tanaka, Yoshiaki Hanayagi, Kyôko Kagawa, Eitarô Shindô

Votes: 18,240

20. The Story of Adele H (1975)

PG | 96 min | Biography, Drama, History

The story of Adèle Hugo's unrequited love for a lieutenant.

Director: François Truffaut | Stars: Isabelle Adjani, Bruce Robinson, Sylvia Marriott, Joseph Blatchley

Votes: 8,979

21. Roman Scandals (1933)

Passed | 92 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Musical

A kind-hearted young man is thrown out of his corrupt home town of West Rome, Oklahoma. He falls asleep and dreams that he is back in the days of olden Rome, where he gets mixed up with court intrigue and a murder plot against the Emperor.

Director: Frank Tuttle | Stars: Eddie Cantor, Ruth Etting, Gloria Stuart, Edward Arnold

Votes: 804 | Gross: $5.33M

22. Savannah (2013)

PG-13 | 101 min | Drama, Family, History

Drama about the friendship between an Oxford-educated Southerner and a former black slave in turn-of-the-century Savannah.

Director: Annette Haywood-Carter | Stars: Jim Caviezel, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Jaimie Alexander, Bradley Whitford

Votes: 1,771 | Gross: $0.04M

23. John Paul Jones (1959)

126 min | Action, Biography, History

The career of Revolutionary War naval hero from his youth in Scotland through his service to Catherine the Great of Russia.

Director: John Farrow | Stars: Robert Stack, Marisa Pavan, Charles Coburn, Erin O'Brien

Votes: 1,436

24. Brother Future (1991 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 103 min | Drama, History, Sci-Fi

A young street rapper is transported back in time to the pre-Civil War South, where he finds himself in the middle of a slave revolt.

Director: Roy Campanella II | Stars: Phill Lewis, Carl Lumbly, Michael Burgess, Akosua Busia

Votes: 228

25. 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

26. The Courage to Love (2000 TV Movie)

PG-13 | 95 min | Drama, History, Romance

In 19th century New Orleans creole Henriette must choose between love and devotion to the church. Neither choice is going to be easy, as there is great opposition to her ideas of breaking traditions.

Director: Kari Skogland | Stars: Vanessa Williams, Gil Bellows, Karen Williams, Lisa Bronwyn Moore

Votes: 531

27. Casa de Areia (2005)

R | 115 min | Drama

A woman is taken along with her mother in 1910 to a far-away desert by her husband, and after his passing, is forced to spend the next 59 years of her life hopelessly trying to escape it.

Director: Andrucha Waddington | Stars: Fernanda Montenegro, Fernanda Torres, Ruy Guerra, Seu Jorge

Votes: 3,273 | Gross: $0.53M

28. Revolt of the Zombies (1936)

Approved | 65 min | Adventure, Horror

An international expedition is sent into Cambodia to destroy an ancient formula that turns men into zombies.

Director: Victor Halperin | Stars: Dorothy Stone, Dean Jagger, Roy D'Arcy, Robert Noland

Votes: 1,879

29. Unbowed (1999)

125 min | Drama, History, Romance

Three Lakota Sioux men enroll in a historically black college, and their reluctance to assimilate causes friction between their black peers. Some come to embrace their similar history, while others remain bitter.

Director: Nanci Rossov | Stars: Tembi Locke, Jay Tavare, Chuma Gault, Catero Alain Colbert

Votes: 227

30. Union Bound (2016)

PG-13 | 103 min | Action, Drama, History

Sergeant Hoover went to war to preserve the Union. After being captured and sent to a prisoner of war camp, he understood what it was to be kept against his will. Together with a friend he escaped and, aided by slaves, made it to freedom.

Director: Harvey Lowry | Stars: Sean Stone, Randy Wayne, Tank Jones, Christian Fortune

Votes: 177

31. Santiago (1956)

Not Rated | 93 min | Adventure, Romance

A gun runner, dishonorably discharged from the military, is swept deeper into a revolution in Cuba after he crosses paths with an enemy from the past and a beautiful revolutionary and her son.

Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Alan Ladd, Rossana Podestà, Lloyd Nolan, Chill Wills

Votes: 321

32. Kiganjô no bôken (1966)

100 min | Action, Adventure, Family

Osami, a soldier-of-fortune from Japan, joins with priest Ensai in a quest for the ashes of the great Buddha. Their journey takes them to a kingdom in the Middle East, where they find intrigue and romance in the court of an evil king.

Director: Senkichi Taniguchi | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Tatsuya Mihashi, Makoto Satô, Tadao Nakamaru

Votes: 118

33. La Cecilia (1975)

113 min | Drama

At the end of the nineteenth century, Italian anarchists, ten men, one woman, libertarian, collectivist emigrate to Brazil to start a leaderless community, without hierarchy, without a boss... See full summary »

Director: Jean-Louis Comolli | Stars: Massimo Foschi, Maria Carta, Vittorio Mezzogiorno, Mario Bussolino

Votes: 87

34. Cafundó (2005)

102 min | Biography, Drama, History

Cafundó is a 35 mm color film which blends fact with fiction in the life of João de Camargo, a former black slave (1858-1942, Sorocaba, Brazil) who, in his old age, works miracles and ... See full summary »

Directors: Paulo Betti, Clovis Bueno | Stars: Lázaro Ramos, Leona Cavalli, Leandro Firmino, Alexandre Rodrigues

Votes: 274

35. Black Fire (1979)

98 min | Adventure, Drama

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Director: Raúl Fernández | Stars: Rolando Fernández, Yvonne De Carlo, Julio César Imbert, Susana Kamini

Votes: 26

36. TimeScape: Journey to Pompeii (2000 Video Game)

Adventure, History

Adrian Blake, an early 20th century archaeologist, comes down with a high fever during one of his excavations in Armenia at the time of the First World War. In his delirium, he dreams of a ... See full summary »

Stars: Hervé Bellon, Philippe Peythieu, Vincent Ropion, Valérie Siclay

37. Marron: la piste créole en Amérique (2005 TV Movie)

85 min | Documentary

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Director: André Gladu | Stars: Jerome LeDoux, The Original Liberty Jazz Band, Michael White

38. Liberty Street Blues (1988)

77 min | Documentary, Music

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Director: André Gladu | Stars: Clarke 'Doc' Hawley, Lawrence Gould, Roy Gould, Robert Johnson

39. Little Men (1998–1999)
Episode: Emancipation (1998)

TV-PG | 45 min | Drama, Family

When Nat finds a poor black family camping in the school woods, Jo takes them into the house while trying to find employment for them, but unexpectedly discovers that prejudice can take many forms.

Director: Graeme Lynch | Stars: Michelle Burke, Spencer Rochfort, Corey Sevier, Trevor Blumas

Votes: 13

40. Joséphine, ange gardien (1997– )
Episode: Enfin libres! (2019)

40 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Joséphine has landed in Martinique, first she observes how slaves try to escape from their masters, she listens the name of Scipion.And suddenly she is back to the modern times in Martique:... See full summary »

Director: Thierry Petit | Stars: Mimie Mathy, Sandrine Salyères, Souleymane Touré, Charline Antunes

Votes: 6

41. Domina (2021–2023)
Episode: Nightshade (2021)

TV-MA | 57 min | Drama, History

Livia has no choice but to eliminate Marcellus, who plans to kill her sons and exile her when he assumes Gaius' position.

Director: Debs Paterson | Stars: Kasia Smutniak, Matthew McNulty, Finn Bennett, Ewan Horrocks

Votes: 220

42. Ant & Dec's DNA Journey (2019– )
Episode: Shaun Wallace and Anne Hegerty (2022)

75 min | Documentary

Chasers Anne Hegerty and Shaun Wallace set off to discover their DNA histories and unearth secrets in a life-changing voyage of discovery.

Stars: Michael Carter, Anne Hegerty, Michala Hulme, Shaun Wallace

Votes: 6

43. Tom Jones (2023)
Episode: Episode #1.1 (2023)

53 min | Comedy, Romance

Abandoned at birth, young Tom Jones falls for wealthy Sophia, his neighbor. However, Sophia's abusive grandfather, Tom's adoptive father, and a scheming cousin conspire to keep them apart.

Director: Georgia Parris | Stars: James Fleet, Janine Duvitski, Solly McLeod, Sophie Wilde

Votes: 106

44. The Conquerors (2005)
Episode: Sherman's March to the Sea (2005)

46 min | Documentary, Biography, History

How Union Army Major General William Tecumseh Sherman led a force of 60.000 infantry and 5500 Union Calvary on a punitive march, known as Sherman's March to the Sea, through the Confederacy in late 1964 to end the American Civil War.

Stars: Anne J. Bailey, Thomas Y. Cartwright, Matthew Davis, Dale Dye

45. Vikings: Valhalla (2022– )
Episode: Leap of Faith (2023)

TV-MA | 52 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Love blossoms on the ship as the crew makes a fateful decision, with Olaf hot on Harald's heels. Jormundr stands trial. Canute makes Godwin an offer.

Director: Jan Matthys | Stars: Sam Corlett, Frida Gustavsson, Leo Suter, Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson

Votes: 902

46. Game of Thrones (2011–2019)
Episode: Mhysa (2013)

TV-MA | 63 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Bran and company travel beyond the Wall. Sam returns to Castle Black. Jon says goodbye to Ygritte. Jaime returns to King's Landing. The Night's Watch asks for help from Stannis.

Director: David Nutter | Stars: Peter Dinklage, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Lena Headey, Emilia Clarke

Votes: 35,509

47. Sanditon (2019–2023)
Episode: Episode #3.5 (2023)

TV-14 | Drama, Romance

Charlotte (Rose Williams) and Colbourne (Ben Lloyd-Hughes) rush to Augusta's (Eloise Webb) aid and while love blossoms elsewhere, Arthur's (Turlough Convery) heart is broken.

Director: Steve Brett | Stars: Ben Lloyd-Hughes, Liam Garrigan, Rose Williams, Cai Brigden

Votes: 267

48. Game of Thrones (2011–2019)
Episode: Breaker of Chains (2014)

TV-MA | 57 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Tyrion is arrested for murder and awaits trial. Sansa escapes King's Landing. Sam sends Gilly to Mole's Town as the Night's Watch finds itself in a tight spot. Meereen challenges Daenerys.

Director: Alex Graves | Stars: Peter Dinklage, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Lena Headey, Emilia Clarke

Votes: 33,524

49. Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (2012– )
Episode: Our American Storytellers (2014)

TV-PG | 53 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Three iconic American storytellers, journalist Anderson Cooper, documentary filmmaker Ken Burns and playwright Anna Deavere Smith, learn about their southern ancestors' role in the Civil War, and in Burns' case, the Revolutionary War.

Director: Phil Bertelsen | Stars: Ken Burns, Anderson Cooper, Henry Louis Gates Jr., Anna Deavere Smith

Votes: 35

50. Les mystères de Paris (1980– )
Episode: La Princesse Amelie (1980)

57 min | Drama, Crime

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Director: André Michel | Stars: Sigmar Solbach, Christine Deschaumes, Jacques Seiler, Noëlle Leiris