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1. Billy Budd (1962)
Approved | 123 min | Adventure, Drama, War
When a kind-hearted sailor is made to join an English vessel at war, he finds himself caught between devotion to his crew mates and obedience to their hated, cruel master-at-arms.
Director: Peter Ustinov | Stars: Robert Ryan, Peter Ustinov, Melvyn Douglas, Paul Rogers
Votes: 4,883
2. Damn the Defiant! (1962)
Approved | 101 min | Action, Drama, History
On the H.M.S. Defiant, during the French Revolutionary War, fair Captain Crawford is locked in a battle of wills against his cruel second-in-command Lieutenant Scott-Padget, whose heavy-handed command style pushes the crew to mutiny.
Director: Lewis Gilbert | Stars: Alec Guinness, Dirk Bogarde, Maurice Denham, Nigel Stock
Votes: 3,032
3. Horatio Hornblower: The Wrong War (1999 TV Movie)
100 min | Adventure, Drama, War
Lt. Hornblower and his mates are sent to accompany a doomed royalist invasion of revolutionary France.
Director: Andrew Grieve | Stars: Ioan Gruffudd, Robert Lindsay, Antony Sher, Samuel West
Votes: 4,284
4. Luisa Sanfelice (2004 TV Movie)
200 min | Drama, History, Romance
An 18th-century true story about a rebel and his lover's attempt to overthrow the Italian monarchy.
Directors: Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani | Stars: Laetitia Casta, Adriano Giannini, Cecilia Roth, Marie Bäumer
Votes: 106
5. Imperial Venus (1962)
PG | 140 min | Drama, History, Romance
This loose biopic relates the adult life of Paolina (Paulette), the sister of Napoleon Bonaparte. She is portrayed as a willful, yet impulsive woman, through her marriages and scandals, through the heights and depths of Napoleon's life.
Director: Jean Delannoy | Stars: Gina Lollobrigida, Stephen Boyd, Raymond Pellegrin, Micheline Presle
Votes: 205
6. War in the Highlands (1998)
105 min | Drama, Romance, War
In the winter of 1797-98, the troops of Napoleon and their revolutionary allies in the Pays de Vaud occupy the latter and begin preparations for a military offensive which will hasten the ... See full summary »
Director: Francis Reusser | Stars: Marion Cotillard, Yann Trégouët, François Marthouret, Antoine Basler
Votes: 109
7. Hälfte des Lebens (1985)
98 min | Biography, Drama, History
A tragic love affair ensues between German poet Friedrich Hölderlin and banker's wife Susette Gontard.
Director: Herrmann Zschoche | Stars: Ulrich Mühe, Jenny Gröllmann, Swetlana Schönfeld, Michael Gwisdek
Votes: 74
8. Laurette ou Le cachet rouge (1968 TV Movie)
Drama
Director: Marcel Cravenne | Stars: Georges Géret, Paloma Matta, Jean Blaise, Jacques Ardouin
9.
Against the Wind (1978)
Episode:
The Wild Geese
(1978)
Drama, History, Western
Mary now a convicted criminal, boards the convict ship 'Britania' for the arduous voyage to Sydney. On board she meets Polly, the boss of the female prisoners and Greville, sinister officer of the NSW Corp
Director: Simon Wincer | Stars: Mary Larkin, Warwick Sims, John Allen, Cash Backman
Votes: 14
10.
Against the Wind (1978)
Episode:
A Question of Guilt
(1978)
Drama, History, Western
Mary and Polly survive the sea voyage and are assigned on their arrival in Sydney. Capt Greville still smarting at Mary's rebuke sets out to make her life as difficult as possible
Director: Simon Wincer | Stars: Jon English, Mary Larkin, Warwick Sims, Julia Blake
Votes: 14
11.
Against the Wind (1978)
Episode:
The Flogging Parson
(1978)
Drama, History, Western
Mary and Polly begin to settle into their various situations in the new colony. Jonathan falls afoul of the cruel overseer Pike, and pays for his slip in judgment
Director: George Miller | Stars: Jon English, Mary Larkin, Warwick Sims, Julia Blake
Votes: 13
12.
Against the Wind (1978)
Episode:
An Agreement Between Officers and Others
(1978)
Drama, History, Western
Time passes in the colony. Jonathon begins to have genuine feelings for Mary, thinking of the future he learns to read and write. Greville expands his empire and is prepared to eliminate anyone how gets in his way
Director: Simon Wincer | Stars: Jon English, Mary Larkin, Warwick Sims, Julia Blake
Votes: 12
13.
TopTenz (2010– )
Episode:
The Longest Lived Empires in History
(2021)
10 min | Documentary
Star: Simon Whistler
14.
Crónicas de una generación trágica (1993– )
Episode:
3a crónica: Los conspiradores (1797-1810)
(1993)
Action, Biography, Drama
Director: Jorge Alí Triana | Stars: Alejandra Borrero, Alejandro Buenaventura, Gerardo Calero, Eduardo Chavarro
Votes: 5
15.
Sam and Colby Presents: Hell Week (2021– )
Episode:
A Ghost Encounter We Will Never Forget
(2022)
Not Rated | 49 min | Horror
On the second location of Hell Week 2, the team investigates the furious and war fueled despair Mcraven Mansion. The home depot of the brutal siege of Vicksburg.
Directors: Colby Brock, Sam Golbach | Stars: Sam Golbach, Colby Brock, Brettie Bass, Todd Smith
Votes: 13
16.
Steve Mould (2009– )
Episode:
Watch gravity pull two metal balls together
(2023)
13 min | Documentary
Steve builds a rig to measure the force of gravity. Turns out it's hard to measure. But there's a really precise rig at Imperial College London. So Steve gives it a try. It's still hard,,, but it works.
Star: Steve Mould
17.
Scandalous Overtures (2014– )
Episode:
Franz Schubert: One Too Many Nights Out
(2015)
Reality-TV
Dying of syphilis at age 31, he spent more than half his life creating an astounding body of work. Contains graphic details of the effects of untreated Syphilis, and the resulting pain and despair.
Star: Robert Greenberg