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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: 1,696,075 | Gross: $162.81M
2. 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: 116,717 | Gross: $2.28M
3. First Cow (2019)
PG-13 | 122 min | Drama, Western
A skilled cook has traveled west and joined a group of fur trappers in Oregon, though he only finds true connection with a Chinese immigrant also seeking his fortune. Soon the two collaborate on a successful business.
Director: Kelly Reichardt | Stars: Alia Shawkat, John Magaro, Dylan Smith, Ryan Findley
Votes: 21,978
4. Black Fox (1995 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 92 min | Romance, Western
A former slave affects peace between Native American tribes and homesteaders in 1860s around western Texas.
Director: Steven Hilliard Stern | Stars: Christopher Reeve, Raoul Max Trujillo, Tony Todd, Janet Bailey
Votes: 482
5. The Vikings (1958)
Not Rated | 116 min | Action, Adventure, History
A slave and a Viking prince fight for the love of a captive princess.
Director: Richard Fleischer | Stars: Kirk Douglas, Tony Curtis, Ernest Borgnine, Janet Leigh
Votes: 15,699 | Gross: $7.00M
6. 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: 14,560 | Gross: $0.63M
7. Major Dundee (1965)
PG-13 | 123 min | Adventure, Drama, War
In 1864, due to frequent Apache raids from Mexico into the U.S., a Union officer decides to illegally cross the border and destroy the Apache, using a mixed army of Union troops, Confederate POWs, civilian mercenaries, and scouts.
Director: Sam Peckinpah | Stars: Charlton Heston, Richard Harris, Jim Hutton, James Coburn
Votes: 8,827 | Gross: $0.01M
8. Alien Nation (1989–1990)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi
In the near future, a human cop and his alien partner fight crime and discrimination in Los Angeles.
Stars: Gary Graham, Eric Pierpoint, Michele Scarabelli, Lauren Woodland
Votes: 5,511
9. Texas Rangers (2001)
PG-13 | 90 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A ragtag group of youngsters band together after the American Civil War to form the Texas Rangers, a group charged with the dangerous, ruthless duty of cleaning up the West.
Director: Steve Miner | Stars: James Van Der Beek, Rachael Leigh Cook, Ashton Kutcher, Dylan McDermott
Votes: 6,319 | Gross: $0.62M
10. Up Pompeii (1971)
R | 90 min | Comedy, History
Roman slave Lurcio inadvertently becomes the possessor of a scroll naming the proposed assassins of the Emperor Nero. Administering to the participants of his master's orgy guests seems ... See full summary »
Director: Bob Kellett | Stars: Frankie Howerd, Patrick Cargill, Bill Fraser, Michael Hordern
Votes: 1,218
11. The Adventures of Swiss Family Robinson (1998–1999)
30 min | Adventure, Family
Emmy-winner Richard Thomas (The Waltons) stars in this exciting family adventure based on Johann David Wyss's Timeless book. Join the shipwrecked Robinsons as they struggle together to make a new life on a remote desert island.
Stars: Gareth Howells, Kieren Hutchison, Richard Thomas, Mia Lux
Votes: 622
12. To Be Number One (1991)
136 min | Action, Biography, Crime
The story of Ho, a Chinese peasant/slave worker who escapes to Hong Kong and becomes one of the most feared crime bosses in Hong Kong.
Director: Man Kit Poon | Stars: Ray Lui, Kent Cheng, Cecilia Yip, Amy Yip
Votes: 706
13. The McMasters (1970)
GP | 90 min | Action, Drama, Western
When a black Civil War veteran becomes co-owner of the southern McMasters ranch, the incensed local Confederate veterans come gunning for him and his Indian wife.
Director: Alf Kjellin | Stars: Burl Ives, Brock Peters, David Carradine, Nancy Kwan
Votes: 368
14. Alien Nation (1989 TV Movie)
Unrated | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi
A bigoted human policeman in the L.A. of the future and his alien partner learn to live with each other's differences while attempting to solve a drug conspiracy hidden in the subculture of... See full summary »
Director: Kenneth Johnson | Stars: Gary Graham, Eric Pierpoint, Michele Scarabelli, Lauren Woodland
Votes: 1,265
15. A Respectable Trade (1998)
240 min | Drama
The devastating consequences of the slave trade in 18th century Bristol are explored through the powerful but impossible attraction of well-born Frances and her Yoruban slave, Mehuru. ... See full summary »
Stars: Emma Fielding, Anna Massey, Warren Clarke, Ariyon Bakare
Votes: 150
16. Sugar Cane Alley (1983)
PG | 103 min | Drama, History
Set in 1931, Sugar Cane Alley paints a rich impasto of native life under French colonial rules, filtered through the coming-of-age of a bright, sweetly opportunistic boy.
Director: Euzhan Palcy | Stars: Garry Cadenat, Darling Légitimus, Douta Seck, Joby Bernabé
Votes: 1,022
17. Alien Nation: Dark Horizon (1994 TV Movie)
90 min | Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi
An Overseer named Ahpossno comes to Earth to take the slaves, and all humans, back to the mothership.
Director: Kenneth Johnson | Stars: Gary Graham, Eric Pierpoint, Michele Scarabelli, Terri Treas
Votes: 1,539
18. The Assailant (2009)
R | 94 min | Action, Biography, Drama
Based on the life of a legendary capoeira fighter from Bahia, "Besouro" spins a fantastic tale of a young Brazilian man of African descent in search of his mission.
Director: João Daniel Tikhomiroff | Stars: Aílton Carmo, Jéssica Barbosa, Flávio Rocha, Irandhir Santos
Votes: 1,792
19. Monsieur Vincent (1947)
Not Rated | 111 min | Biography, Drama, History
St. Vincent de Paul struggles to bring about peace and harmony among peasants and nobles in the midst of the Black Death in Europe, carrying on his charitable work in the face of all obstacles.
Director: Maurice Cloche | Stars: Pierre Fresnay, Aimé Clariond, Jean Debucourt, Lise Delamare
Votes: 994
20. Alien Nation: Millennium (1996 TV Movie)
90 min | Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi
It's December 1999 and as the end of the millennium approaches, people are attempting to find spiritual enlightenment. However, a few people want to skip all the work that entails. A holy ... See full summary »
Director: Kenneth Johnson | Stars: Gary Graham, Eric Pierpoint, Michele Scarabelli, Terri Treas
Votes: 997
21. Back to Hannibal: The Return of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn (1990 TV Movie)
92 min | Adventure, Family
This is yet another telling of the adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn as the two try to clear their friend Jim of murder charges.
Director: Paul Krasny | Stars: Raphael Sbarge, Mitchell Anderson, Megan Follows, William Windom
Votes: 154
22. Alien Nation: The Udara Legacy (1997 TV Movie)
90 min | Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi
Matt and George investigate a series of strange occurrences involving Newcomers, who are found to be programmed to carry out someone's dirty work. The method by which they are brainwashed ... See full summary »
Director: Kenneth Johnson | Stars: Gary Graham, Eric Pierpoint, Michele Scarabelli, Terri Treas
Votes: 788
23. Alien Nation: Body and Soul (1995 TV Movie)
87 min | Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi
Sikes and Francisco are called in to a case when a mysterious young girl, who looks part Newcomer, part human, appears. Her huge, brutish counterpart tries to free her from the precinct, ... See full summary »
Director: Kenneth Johnson | Stars: Gary Graham, Eric Pierpoint, Michele Scarabelli, Terri Treas
Votes: 1,100
24. Alien Nation: The Enemy Within (1996 TV Movie)
91 min | Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi
When Detectives Sikes and Francisco are presented with the mysterious death of an Eeno, Matt is stupefied to discover that George had rudely snubbed the case. He, like most Newcomers, ... See full summary »
Director: Kenneth Johnson | Stars: Gary Graham, Eric Pierpoint, Michele Scarabelli, Terri Treas
Votes: 928
25. Apartheid Slave-Women's Justice (1997)
R | 83 min | Drama
After a slave uprising, 10 black mistresses of a white landowner decide to capture their master after he refuses to turn over his ill-gained wealth.
Director: Ted V. Mikels | Stars: Jennifer Dove, Rachel Powell, Ted V. Mikels, Sandra Young
Votes: 202
26. Aftershock: Beyond the Civil War (2006 TV Movie)
Documentary, War
A inside look about life during the harsh period of Reconstruction after the American Civil War in rural southern states.
Director: David Padrusch | Stars: Lydia Alvita, Jennifer Antkowiak, Orion Barnes, Dan Bolton
Votes: 105
27. Look Away (1987 TV Movie)
Drama
Director: Arthur Allan Seidelman | Stars: Ellen Burstyn, Madge Sinclair, Jeff Kizer
28.
Frontier Circus (1961–1962)
Episode:
Coals of Fire
(1962)
60 min | Western
Ben and Tony capture Cato Richards, an ex-slave, trying to steal food from the circus and offer him a job as a roustabout. After a running gunfight with a band of Comanche Indians where ... See full summary »
Director: William Witney | Stars: Chill Wills, John Derek, Richard Jaeckel, Sammy Davis Jr.
Votes: 11