Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "sold-as-a-slave"

1. The Good Earth (1937)

Passed | 138 min | Drama, Romance

Although married Chinese farmers Wang and O-Lan initially experience success, their lives are complicated by declining fortunes and lean times, as well as the arrival of the beautiful young Lotus.

Directors: Sidney Franklin, Victor Fleming, Gustav Machatý, Sam Wood | Stars: Paul Muni, Luise Rainer, Walter Connolly, Tilly Losch

Votes: 4,510

2. Road to Morocco (1942)

Passed | 82 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

Two carefree castaways on a desert shore find an Arabian Nights city, where they compete for the luscious Princess Shalmar.

Director: David Butler | Stars: Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Anthony Quinn

Votes: 5,084 | Gross: $1.63M

3. Cabiria (1914)

Not Rated | 148 min | Adventure, Drama, History

Cabiria is a Roman child when her home is destroyed by a volcano. Sold in Carthage to be sacrificed in a temple, is saved by Fulvio, a Roman spy. But danger lurks, and hatred between Rome and Carthage can only lead to war.

Director: Giovanni Pastrone | Stars: Italia Almirante-Manzini, Lidia Quaranta, Bartolomeo Pagano, Carolina Catena

Votes: 3,199

4. I Am Slave (2010)

82 min | Biography, Drama, Thriller

A thriller set in London's slave trade and centered on a woman's fight for freedom.

Director: Gabriel Range | Stars: Wunmi Mosaku, Isaach De Bankolé, Lubna Azabal, Igal Naor

Votes: 1,435

5. Omar the Tentmaker (1922)

80 min | Romance, Drama

About Omar Khayyam of Persia the poet and mathematician who wrote the Iranian first solar calendar in about 1073 AD. His fiancé was forced to marry the shah but she eventually escaped and ... See full summary »

Director: James Young | Stars: Guy Bates Post, Virginia Brown Faire, Nigel De Brulier, Noah Beery

Votes: 8

6. Masters of Horror (2005–2007)
Episode: Dance of the Dead (2005)

TV-MA | 59 min | Horror

In a post-apocalypse society, 17-year-old Peggy lives with her mom, who's over-protective, since her your daughter,Annadied. Peggy works at her mom's restaurant. When 2 punk couples come to... See full summary »

Director: Tobe Hooper | Stars: Jessica Lowndes, Genevieve Buechner, Jonathan Tucker, Margot Berner

Votes: 4,000

7. Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (2012– )
Episode: From the Manor Born (2021)

TV-PG | Documentary, Biography, History

Actress Glenn Close and film director John Waters learn about their brave ancestors who fought to live their lives the way they saw fit for better or worse, but also those who vehemently fought against the notions of freedom and equality.

Stars: Glenn Close, Henry Louis Gates Jr., John Waters

Votes: 15

8. Preview Tonight (1966– )
Episode: Great Bible Adventures: Seven Rich Years and Seven Lean (1966)

Family

In this unsold pilot for a proposed television series based on Bible stories, Hugh O'Brian plays Joseph, the favorite son of his father Jacob, who is sold into slavery by his jealous ... See full summary »

Director: Boris Sagal | Stars: Hugh O'Brian, Joseph Wiseman, Eduardo Ciannelli, Torin Thatcher

9. Angel (1999–2004)
Episode: Over the Rainbow (2001)

TV-14 | 42 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy

Angel and his friends travel to the Host's home world to look for Cordelia.

Director: Frederick King Keller | Stars: David Boreanaz, Charisma Carpenter, Alexis Denisof, J. August Richards

Votes: 1,571

10. Roots (1977)
Episode: Part VII (1977)

TV-14 | 51 min | Biography, Drama, History

In 1861, "Chicken George" returns home hoping to free his enslaved family.

Stars: Lloyd Bridges, Georg Stanford Brown, Olivia Cole, Brad Davis

Votes: 164

11. Roots (1977)
Episode: Part VIII (1977)

TV-14 | 96 min | Biography, Drama, History

The war is over, the Confederacy having surrendered, freeing the slaves. Mr. Harvey invites the slaves to stay if they wish, maybe sharecropping. The rest of the plantation owners, a ... See full summary »

Stars: Lloyd Bridges, Georg Stanford Brown, Olivia Cole, Brad Davis

Votes: 169