Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "year-1868"

1. John Carter (2012)

PG-13 | 132 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Transported to Barsoom, a Civil War vet discovers a barren planet seemingly inhabited by 12-foot tall barbarians. Finding himself prisoner of these creatures, he escapes, only to encounter Woola and a princess in desperate need of a savior.

Director: Andrew Stanton | Stars: Taylor Kitsch, Lynn Collins, Willem Dafoe, Samantha Morton

Votes: 286,135 | Gross: $73.08M

2. The Searchers (1956)

Passed | 119 min | Adventure, Drama, Western

An American Civil War veteran embarks on a years-long journey to rescue his niece from the Comanches after the rest of his brother's family is massacred in a raid on their Texas farm.

Director: John Ford | Stars: John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, Vera Miles, Ward Bond

Votes: 96,235

3. Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)

R | 123 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

A depressed musician reunites with his lover. However, their romance, which has already endured several centuries, is disrupted by the arrival of her uncontrollable younger sister.

Director: Jim Jarmusch | Stars: Tilda Swinton, Tom Hiddleston, Mia Wasikowska, John Hurt

Votes: 108,121 | Gross: $1.88M

4. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)

G | 127 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

A ship sent to investigate a wave of mysterious sinkings encounters the advanced submarine, the Nautilus, commanded by Captain Nemo.

Director: Richard Fleischer | Stars: Kirk Douglas, James Mason, Paul Lukas, Peter Lorre

Votes: 37,151 | Gross: $28.20M

5. A Royal Affair (2012)

R | 137 min | Biography, Drama, History

A young queen, who is married to an insane king, falls secretly in love with her physician - and together they start a revolution that changes a nation forever.

Director: Nikolaj Arcel | Stars: Alicia Vikander, Mads Mikkelsen, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard, Trine Dyrholm

Votes: 50,721 | Gross: $1.55M

6. Little Big Man (1970)

PG-13 | 139 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

Jack Crabb, looking back from extreme old age, tells of his life being raised by Native Americans and fighting with General Custer.

Director: Arthur Penn | Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Faye Dunaway, Chief Dan George, Martin Balsam

Votes: 37,881 | Gross: $31.56M

7. Seraphim Falls (2006)

R | 115 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

After the end of the American Civil War, a former Confederate colonel hunts down a former Yankee officer with whom he has a grudge.

Director: David Von Ancken | Stars: Pierce Brosnan, Liam Neeson, Anjelica Huston, Michael Wincott

Votes: 34,504 | Gross: $0.42M

8. 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: 29,001

9. The Naked Spur (1953)

Passed | 91 min | Drama, Thriller, Western

A bounty hunter trying to bring a murderer to justice is forced to accept the help of two less-than-trustworthy strangers.

Director: Anthony Mann | Stars: James Stewart, Janet Leigh, Robert Ryan, Ralph Meeker

Votes: 12,656

10. House of Guinness

Biography, Drama, History | Pre-production

Follows the story of how the scene exploded out of Coventry and Birmingham helping to unify black, white and Asian youth groups amid racism and political injustice.

11. Tommy's Honour (2016)

PG | 112 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

In every generation, a torch passes from father to son. And that timeless dynamic is the beating heart of Tommy's Honour - an intimate, powerfully moving tale of the real-life founders of the modern game of golf.

Director: Jason Connery | Stars: Benjamin Wainwright, Peter Mullan, Jack Lowden, Peter Ferdinando

Votes: 1,378 | Gross: $0.56M

12. From the Earth to the Moon (1958)

Approved | 101 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

In 1868, American inventor Victor Barbicane develops a powerful military explosive that he also uses as fuel for a moon-bound rocket manned by himself and a motley crew.

Director: Byron Haskin | Stars: Joseph Cotten, George Sanders, Debra Paget, Don Dubbins

Votes: 1,751

13. Nang Nak (1999)

100 min | Action, Horror, Romance

Mak goes home from war and lives together with his wife and baby happily until a friend decides to reveal a secret.

Director: Nonzee Nimibutr | Stars: Inthira Charoenpura, Winai Kraibutr, Manit Meekaewjaroen, Pramote Suksatit

Votes: 1,918

14. 40 Guns to Apache Pass (1967)

Approved | 95 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

The Apaches are on the warpath and the Army must defeat them. Murphy's mission is to get a shipment of rifles, but they're stolen by greedy white traders with the help of mutinous soldiers.

Director: William Witney | Stars: Audie Murphy, Michael Burns, Kenneth Tobey, Laraine Stephens

Votes: 1,183

15. Django the Bastard (1969)

PG | 98 min | Action, Drama, Horror

A mysterious stranger appears to take terrifying revenge on former Confederate officers who during the Civil War betrayed and were responsible for the massacre of their unit.

Director: Sergio Garrone | Stars: Anthony Steffen, Paolo Gozlino, Luciano Rossi, Teodoro Corrà

Votes: 1,265

16. The Great Man's Lady (1941)

Passed | 90 min | Drama, Romance, Western

A 100-year-old pioneer woman tells her story in flashbacks.

Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea, Brian Donlevy, K.T. Stevens

Votes: 847

17. Smilin' Through (1941)

Passed | 100 min | Musical, Romance

John Carteret has long been depressed and lonely, because at his wedding years ago, his bride Moonyean was murdered. He accepts into his house Kathleen, Moonyean's 5-year-old orphaned niece... See full summary »

Director: Frank Borzage | Stars: Jeanette MacDonald, Brian Aherne, Gene Raymond, Ian Hunter

Votes: 457 | Gross: $1.89M

18. The Triumph of Lester Snapwell (1963)

22 min | Short, Comedy

This promotional film by Kodak shows the advances in photography equipment from the 1880s, highlighting the new Instamatic camera.

Director: James Calhoun | Stars: Buster Keaton, Sigrid Nelsson, Nina Varela

Votes: 93

19. Heavy Metal: The Evolution of the Naval Warship (2009 TV Movie)

90 min | Documentary, History, War

This two-hour series covers the evolution of the design and armament of ocean-going warships. From wooden hulls and sails to nuclear powered floating naval bases, Heavy Metal has it all. ... See full summary »

Votes: 13

20. Fufay: A Tragic Story (2016)

4 min | Short, Comedy, Horror

An ancient legendary monster struggles to be taken seriously.

Director: Mykola Yeriomin | Stars: Fufay, Yaroslav Kozak, Kate Zhuchenko, Freaking Plane

Votes: 28

21. RE/POSSESSION (2020 Video)

3 min | Short, History

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Directors: Bernard Lloyd, Malcolm McKinnon | Stars: Tom Griffiths, Racquel Kerr, Rick Kerr, Katherine Marks

22. The Wednesday Play (1964–1970)
Episode: Alice (1965)

72 min | Drama

Written for THE WEDNESDAY PLAY (1964-70), which the BBC retitled PLAY FOR TODAY in 1970, ALICE has the earliest airdate (10/13/65) of the Potter productions to survive on tape. After THE ... See full summary »

Director: Gareth Davies | Stars: George Baker, Deborah Watling, Rosalie Crutchley, David Langton

Votes: 48

23. How the West Was Won (1976–1979)
Episode: The Macahans (1976)

16+ | 119 min | Drama, Western

Zeb Macahan returns to the farm of Macahan to take his family to Oregon.

Director: Bernard McEveety | Stars: James Arness, Eva Marie Saint, Bruce Boxleitner, Kathryn Holcomb

Votes: 780

24. Bewitched (1964–1972)
Episode: Samantha Goes South for a Spell (1968)

TV-G | 24 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

A vengeful witch thinking that Samantha was Serena sends her back to 1868 New Orleans. Darrin must go back and rescue her. Not the last time this will happen.

Director: William Asher | Stars: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick York, Agnes Moorehead, Clarke Gordon

Votes: 323

25. Custer (1967)
Episode: To the Death (1967)

60 min | Western

Chief Yellow Hawk is captured by the 7th. Later he manages to escape and begins a campaign to draw Custer into a personal battle to the death.

Director: Herschel Daugherty | Stars: Wayne Maunder, Slim Pickens, Michael Dante, Robert F. Simon

Votes: 13

26. The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode: Hellbound (2002)

TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Reyes finds herself inexplicably connected to a case involving ex-cons who are being skinned.

Director: Kim Manners | Stars: Gillian Anderson, Robert Patrick, Annabeth Gish, Don Swayze

Votes: 2,436

27. Union Pacific (1958–1959)
Episode: Iron West (1959)

26 min | Western

A committee of the U.S. Senate demands the railroad be completed much earlier than originally planned, causing the workers to mutiny.

Director: Christian Nyby | Stars: Jeff Morrow, Judson Pratt, J.M. Kerrigan, Robert Griffin

Votes: 8

28. Scott Manley (2009– )
Episode: How Did Astronomers Discover 700,000 Asteroids? (2017)

11 min | Documentary, News

Ceres was first discovered by astronomers looking for a plant to fill a curious gap between mars and Jupiter. But it wasn't very big so astronomers kept looking and began finding the larger... See full summary »

Star: Scott Manley

29. True Blood (2008–2014)
Episode: It Hurts Me Too (2010)

TV-MA | 59 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

Eric instructs a werewolf to look after Sookie and accompany her to Jackson, Mississippi; Jason is distracted from his police exams; Bud reaches the end of his rope; Arlene copes with ... See full summary »

Director: Michael Lehmann | Stars: Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer, Sam Trammell, Ryan Kwanten

Votes: 1,617

30. Thoughty2 (2012– )
Episode: Why Was This Monkey Hanged? (2021)

18 min | Documentary

Legend has it that the monkey statue at the harbor of Hartlepool England is a tribute to the sole survivor of a French shipwreck during the Napoleonic wars. The locals, having never seen, ... See full summary »

Star: Arran Lomas

31. Pawn Stars (2009– )
Episode: Rope a Dope (2009)

TV-14 | 21 min | Comedy, Reality-TV

The pawn shop is invaded by Ford Model As and Rick buys and restores one. Big Hoss checks out a calf roping machine which, of course, Chumlee has to test ride. Rick and the Old Man deal with Peaches habitual tardiness.

Director: Jairus Cobb | Stars: Rick Harrison, Danielle Rainey

Votes: 82

32. CaspianReport (2010– )
Episode: Canada wants 100 million people by 2100 (2019)

12 min | Documentary

Considering its land mass Canada is seriously under populated. As a result its geopolitical and economic influence is limited. Initiatives it increase Canada's population to one hundred ... See full summary »

Star: Shirvan Neftchi

33. Primeval (2007–2011)
Episode: In the Good Old Days (2011)

TV-PG | 46 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

The team are called to an art exhibition where they find a raptor on the loose. They lure it back through the anomaly - into Victorian London. Matt goes through to fix their mistake and is reunited with Emily.

Director: Robert Quinn | Stars: Ciarán McMenamin, Andrew Lee Potts, Hannah Spearritt, Ben Mansfield

Votes: 257

34. Loki (2021–2023)
Episode: 1893 (2023)

TV-14 | 54 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Loki and Mobius go on the hunt for everyone's favorite cartoon clock as they try to save the TVA.

Director: Kasra Farahani | Stars: Tom Hiddleston, Sophia Di Martino, Owen Wilson, Gugu Mbatha-Raw

Votes: 12,369

35. The Armchair Historian (2017– )
Episode: Evolution of Japanese Uniforms (2021)

12 min | Documentary, Animation

The Armchair Historian traces and illustrates the evolution of Japanese army uniforms from the fall of the shogunate in 1868 to the recent changes in 2018.

Director: Griffin Johnsen | Star: Griffin Johnsen

36. The Armchair Historian (2017– )
Episode: How did the First U.S. Impeachment Happen? (2020)

12 min | Documentary, Animation

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Director: Griffin Johnsen | Star: Griffin Johnsen

37. Sam and Colby: The Paranormal (2015– )
Episode: Secret Tunnels of Australian Alcatraz (2018)

Not Rated | 16 min | Adventure, History, Horror

The duo with special guest Elton, explore an infamous and notorious cell, also named as one of the most brutal cells on the planet - the Australian Alcatraz. Though not as known as the original one, the trio will enter a dark history.

Directors: Colby Brock, Sam Golbach | Stars: Colby Brock, Elton Castee, Sam Golbach, Corey Scherer

Votes: 6

38. Union Pacific (1958–1959)
Episode: Payroll to Cheyenne (1958)

26 min | Western

The Bisalou brothers and their gang plan to hijack a railroad payroll worth $60,000. With the army off chasing Indians, McClelland and Kincaid must protect the strongbox full of cash from the outlaws by themselves.

Director: Sobey Martin | Stars: Jeff Morrow, Judson Pratt, Christopher Dark, Donald Buka

39. The Infographics Show (2011– )
Episode: World War Zero - The Russo-Japanese War Explained (2023)

21 min | Documentary, Animation

The Russo-Japanese War was a particularly bloody, turn of the twentieth century conflict ostensibly between Russia and Japan for control of Korea and Manchuria. But behind the scenes were Britian, France and Germany.

40. Vox (2014– )
Episode: The surprising pattern behind color names around the world (2017)

7 min | Documentary

As languages developed societies added words for colors one by one and pretty much in the same order.

Star: Paul Kay

41. The Cuba Libre Story (2015–2016)
Episode: Breaking Chains (2015)

TV-14 | 46 min | Documentary, History

Columbus' landing on Cuba in 1492 ushers in 400 years of Spanish domination. Through all their hardships, the people of Cuba continue to strive for freedom.

Directors: Emmanuel Amara, Kai Christiansen, Florian Dedio | Stars: Ken Eaken, Miguel Barnet, Fernando Martínez Heredia, Michael Zeuske

Votes: 120

42. The Art of Japanese Life (2017)
Episode: Cities (2017)

59 min | Documentary, History

Dr James Fox explores how the artistic life of three great Japanese cities,Kyoto, Edo and Tokyo, has helped to shape the nation's identity and attitudes to past and present, east and west.

Director: Matthew Springford | Stars: James Fox, Yoshitaka Nukina, Raku Kichizaemon, Ebizô Ichikawa

Votes: 30