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1. North & South (2004)
TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Romance
North and South is a four-part adaptation of Elizabeth Gaskell's love story of Margaret Hale, a middle-class southerner who is forced to move to the northern town of Milton.
Stars: Daniela Denby-Ashe, Richard Armitage, Tim Pigott-Smith, Sinéad Cusack
Votes: 34,991
2. Castle in the Sky (1986)
PG | 125 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
A young boy and a girl with a magic crystal must race against pirates and foreign agents in a search for a legendary floating castle.
Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Mayumi Tanaka, Keiko Yokozawa, Kotoe Hatsui, Minori Terada
Votes: 182,516
3. Cranford (2007–2009)
TV-PG | 469 min | Drama
In the 1840s, Cranford is ruled by the ladies. They adore good gossip, and romance and change is in the air, as the unwelcome grasp of the Industrial Revolution rapidly approaches their beloved rural market-town.
Stars: Judi Dench, Imelda Staunton, Julia McKenzie, Deborah Findlay
Votes: 10,637
4. Eiffel (2021)
R | 108 min | Biography, Drama, History
The government is asking Eiffel to design something spectacular for the 1889 Paris World Fair, but Eiffel simply wants to design the subway. Suddenly, everything changes when Eiffel crosses paths with a mysterious woman from Arun's past.
Director: Martin Bourboulon | Stars: Romain Duris, Emma Mackey, Pierre Deladonchamps, Armande Boulanger
Votes: 7,575
5. Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress (2016)
TV-MA | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A large group of survivors seek shelter while travelling on a train after their station was attacked by aggressive, undead creatures called Kabane.
Stars: Roger Craig Smith, Robbie Daymond, Keith Silverstein, Ben Diskin
Votes: 6,581
6. The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968)
PG-13 | 139 min | Drama, History, War
In 1854, during the Crimean War, poor planning leads to the British Light Brigade openly charging a Russian artillery position with tragic consequences.
Director: Tony Richardson | Stars: Trevor Howard, Vanessa Redgrave, John Gielgud, Harry Andrews
Votes: 3,881
7. Swept from the Sea (1997)
PG-13 | 115 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
The story of Russian emigrant Yanko Goorall and servant Amy Foster in the end of nineteenth century. When Yanko enters a farm, sick and hungry after a shipwreck, everyone is afraid of him, except for Amy.
Director: Beeban Kidron | Stars: Rachel Weisz, Vincent Perez, Ian McKellen, Kathy Bates
Votes: 3,611 | Gross: $0.28M
8. Invention for Destruction (1958)
Unrated | 83 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
An evil millionaire named Artigas plans to use a super-explosive device to conquer the world from his headquarters inside an enormous volcano.
Director: Karel Zeman | Stars: Lubor Tokos, Arnost Navrátil, Miroslav Holub, Frantisek Slégr
Votes: 2,797
9. The Tragedy of Man (2011)
PG | 160 min | Animation, Drama, History
Adam's and Eve's epic journey throughout history trying to find the meaning of human life. Do we grow in wisdom as centuries pass, or just drift towards an inevitable doom?
Director: Marcell Jankovics | Stars: Gyula Balázsi, Péter Benkö, Ágnes Bertalan, Péter Blaskó
Votes: 1,147
10. Gwen (II) (2018)
Not Rated | 84 min | Drama, History, Horror
A folk tale set in the hills of Wales during the industrial revolution.
Director: William McGregor | Stars: Eleanor Worthington-Cox, Jodie Innes, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Mark Lewis Jones
Votes: 5,763
11. Daens (1992)
138 min | Biography, Drama, History
In the 1890s, Father Adolf Daens goes to Aalst, a textile town where child labor is rife, pay and working conditions are horrible, the poor have no vote, and the Catholic church backs the ... See full summary »
Director: Stijn Coninx | Stars: Jan Decleir, Gérard Desarthe, Antje de Boeck, Michael Pas
Votes: 4,398
12. La révolte des enfants (1992)
97 min | Drama
Director: Gérard Poitou-Weber | Stars: Michel Aumont, André Wilms, Clémentine Amouroux, Nada Strancar
Votes: 80
13. The Promised Land (1975)
Not Rated | 170 min | Drama
Three friends hope to build a factory but their plans are quickly jeopardized by local politics and one of the partner's dangerous love affair.
Director: Andrzej Wajda | Stars: Daniel Olbrychski, Wojciech Pszoniak, Andrzej Seweryn, Anna Nehrebecka
Votes: 4,031
14. Hard Times (1994)
TV-14 | 100 min | Drama
In the first part of this adaptation by Peter Barnes, we are introduced to Tom and Louisa.
Stars: Harriet Walter, Bill Paterson, Alan Bates, Beatie Edney
Votes: 309
15. Lost Odyssey (2007 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Drama
After a meteor wipes out the majority of forces from the nations of Uhra and Khent, Kaim joins a group of immortals who have lost their memories to confront threats generated by the world's approaching magical industrial revolution.
Directors: Hironobu Sakaguchi, Roy Sato | Stars: Keith Ferguson, Tara Strong, Salli Saffioti, Kim Mai Guest
Votes: 491
16. Midnight Is a Place (1977–1978)
30 min | Drama, Adventure, Family
This series is about two children who are the wards of a cantankerously un-loving uncle. That uncle owns a rug factory that has the typically brutal working conditions of the time that both... See full summary »
Stars: Simon Gipps-Kent, Maxine Gordon, David Collings, Erik Chitty
Votes: 39
17. Algol: Tragedy of Power (1920)
99 min | Fantasy, Sci-Fi
An alien from the planet Algol gives a man a device that gives him superpowers.
Director: Hans Werckmeister | Stars: Emil Jannings, John Gottowt, Hans Adalbert Schlettow, Hanna Ralph
Votes: 274
18. Age of Empires III (2005 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, War
Age of Empires III portrays the European colonization of the Americas, between approximately 1492 and 1876 AD. Command one of eight mighty European powers and colonize vast, uncharted territory.
Director: Kris Zimmerman | Stars: J. Grant Albrecht, June Angela, Philip Anthony-Rodriguez, Rosalind Ayres
Votes: 2,757
19. History of the World in 2 Hours (2011 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 120 min | Documentary, History
A rapid-fire history of our world, from the beginning of time as we know it to present day. This two-hour CGI-driven special delves into the key turning points: the formation of earth, ... See full summary »
Director: Douglas Cohen | Stars: Corey Burton, Alex Filippenko, Peter Ward, Clifford V. Johnson
Votes: 1,043
20. Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura (2001 Video Game)
M | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
You are the sole survivor of IFS Zephyr crash and the noble gnome has just passed away before your eyes after giving you a strange ring and asking to deliver it to "the boy".
Stars: Jeff Coopwood, Barry Dennen, Michael Gough, Nick Jameson
Votes: 433
21. Queen Victoria: Secrets of a Queen (2017)
TV-PG | 58 min | Documentary
Directors: Peter Bardehle, Christian Schidlowski | Stars: Prince Albert, Keith Beken Sr., Michaela Blankart, Ronald D. Gerste
Votes: 31
22. Ten Billion (2015)
Not Rated | 83 min | Documentary
The Earth's population is expected to reach 10 billion people by 2050. The consequences will be catastrophic. Based on Stephen Emmott's hit theater show, Ten Billion is a wake up call to an unprecedented planetary emergency.
Director: Peter Webber | Star: Stephen Emmott
Votes: 230
23. Donald and the Wheel (1961)
Approved | 17 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A father tells his son the invention of the wheel was most important; to prove it, the two hipsters visit the inventor caveman Donald Duck. There follows a survey of the progress of ... See full summary »
Director: Hamilton Luske | Stars: Bill Cole, Bill Lee, Thurl Ravenscroft, Max Smith
Votes: 301
24. Laissez-faire (2015)
80 min | Documentary, History, War
A historical perspective to understand Neoliberalism and to understand why this ideology today so profoundly influences the choices of our governments and our lives.
Director: Ruggero Arenella | Stars: Stefano Accomo, Giovanni Agnelli, Jaime Roldós Aguilera, Salvador Allende
Votes: 14
25. The Eleventh Year (1928)
59 min | Documentary
This documentary film is showing the hard labor of countrymen in industrial production to strengthen the U.S.S.R. economy and turning their country into a world power.
Director: Dziga Vertov
Votes: 376
26. Planet Ant: Life Inside the Colony (2013 TV Movie)
90 min | Documentary
They're humble ants - as amazing as they are small. Go inside a specially constructed glass nest to see one million of them and the feverish inner workings of their mysterious society.
Director: Nick Manley | Stars: David Grimaldi, Adam Hart, George McGavin, Charlotte Sleigh
Votes: 21
27. Smoke & Steel - Secrets of the Modern World (2022– )
60 min | Documentary, History
Documentary series examining the Industrial revolution, the age of smoke and steel, a time when history's great engineers pioneered solutions that would forever change the way people live, think, and build.
Stars: Shini Somara, Nehemiah Mabry, Claire Barratt, Alexis Pedrick
Votes: 22
28. The Bridges That Built London (2012 TV Movie)
59 min | Documentary
Presented by Dan Cruickshank: Between Richmond and the North Sea, thirty bridges cross the Thames. They carry people across a stretch of river 35 miles long, bringing together a population ... See full summary »
Director: David Wilson | Stars: Dan Cruickshank, Gustav Milne, Nicholas Bateman, Robert Crouch
Votes: 24
29. Great (Isambard Kingdom Brunel) (1975)
30 min | Documentary, Animation, Short
An animated film about the British engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel, who spearheaded numerous engineering marvels of the early 19th century - including the Thames Tunnel, the Great Western ... See full summary »
Director: Bob Godfrey | Stars: Richard Briers, Harry Fowler, Barbara Moore, Angus Lennie
Votes: 362
30. David Macaulay: Mill Times (2001)
56 min | Documentary, Animation, History
Travel back to late 18th century Lowell, MA, now infamous for its textile mills and its "Lowell Girls," the poor, barely-educated waifs who helped turn those mills into sweatshops.
Director: Larry Klein | Stars: David Macaulay, Derek Jacobi, Richard Bebb, Brook Butterworth
Votes: 14
31. Birds of America (2021)
80 min | Documentary
An American odyssey along the Mississippi River banks which unfolds as a novel counter-history of the politics of the United States from an environmental point of view.
Director: Jacques Loeuille
Votes: 48
32. Ocean Emergency: Currents of Hope (2022 TV Special)
Documentary
The hosts go around the globe to share a look at the state of emergency of our oceans and provide tips on how viewers can help mitigate this worldwide issue.
Stars: Dean Cain, Laura McKenzie, Elizabeth Stanton, Montel Williams
Votes: 28
33. Émile Zola ou La conscience humaine (1978– )
495 min | Biography, Drama
Stars: Jean Topart, Dominique Davray, Maryvonne Schiltz, François Chaumette
Votes: 20
34. Why the Industrial Revolution Happened Here (2013 TV Movie)
58 min | Documentary, History
Director: Charles Colville | Stars: Jeremy Black, Jim Andrew, Sally Hoban, Eric Brian
Votes: 14
35. Vår egen tid (1959)
103 min | Documentary, History, War
Shows footage from King Haakon the 7th arrival in Norway in 1905 to the beginning of the space age.
Stars: Rolf Kirkvaag, Jan Frydenlund, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Winston Churchill
Votes: 8
36. Tasukeai no rekishi: Seimei hoken no hajimari (1976 Video)
30 min | Animation, Short
Director: Gisaburô Sugii | Star: Kyôko Kishida
37. Life in Victorian Britain (1998)
TV-G | 55 min | Documentary, History
The Victorian era was one of the most remarkable in British history. It saw The Industrial Revolution, the growth of the major cities, the birth of the Empire, as well as huge advances in medicine, transport, and education.
Director: Steve Gillham | Stars: Rachel Iliffe, Terry Molloy, Dave Perks
38. Understanding Our World: An Interview with Ayn Rand (1961 TV Movie)
30 min | Documentary
Stars: James V. McConnell, Ayn Rand
Votes: 20
39. Triadic (2017)
11 min | Documentary, Short
The will breaks down, vanishes, the life makes its way. Everything human comes from the earth and to the earth it must return.
Director: José Tomé | Stars: José Manuél Rodriguez Cayuela, Katja Kaiser, Magda Kryda, María Maksutova
40. SkyGunner (2001 Video Game)
E | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Directors: Hiroyuki Kotani, Yûji Nakamura | Stars: Eri Miyajima, Sôichirô Hoshi, Sayaka Ôhara, Naomi Kusumi
Votes: 15
41.
Sharpe (1993–2008)
Episode:
Sharpe's Justice
(1997)
TV-14 | 100 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Returning to Yorkshire, Sharpe finds himself on the wrong side between corrupt employers and exploited workers.
Director: Tom Clegg | Stars: Sean Bean, Daragh O'Malley, Abigail Cruttenden, Caroline Langrishe
Votes: 1,983
42.
Who Do You Think You Are? (2004– )
Episode:
David Tennant
(2006)
Documentary, Biography, History
Tennant, knew little of his family history. He knew he had some Scottish roots but didn't know how far they grew. He learned that his grandfather was a Football star for some time before an... See full summary »
Director: Donna Sharpe | Stars: David Tennant, Mark Strong, Meg Douglass
Votes: 88
43.
Who Do You Think You Are? (2004– )
Episode:
Sharon Osbourne
(2019)
Documentary, Biography, History
Sharon follows the story of her grandparents discovering what they got up to during wartime and she traces the steps of her great grandparents as they settled in America and how tragedy brought her grandmother to England.
Director: Tom McCarthy | Stars: Sharon Osbourne, Phil Davis
Votes: 54
44.
Tony Robinson's History of Britain (2020–2022)
Episode:
The Victorians
(2020)
Documentary, History
Tony travels back to the 1800s, meeting a 13-year-old girl who worked 14-hour shifts in a match factory, a woman who worked down the mines, and one of the first employees of Marks and Spencer. (Ch. 5 description)
Star: Tony Robinson
Votes: 12
45.
Antiques Road Trip (2010– )
Episode:
Episode #20.14
(2020)
44 min | Reality-TV
Steven and Angus hit the byways of Derbyshire and Yorkshire for the 4th leg of their trip. They visit some survivors of the industrial revolution and sample some more delicious indigenous pastry products.
Directors: Jonathan Hales, Paul Leyshon | Stars: Tim Wonnacott, Angus Ashworth, Steven Moore
46.
How the Silk Road Made the World (2019–2020)
Episode:
Revolutions
(2019)
52 min | Documentary, History
Stars: Jonathan Bloom, Cornelia Schneider, H.M. Agnes Hsu, Francis Pierre
Votes: 7
47.
The Story of Drug Trafficking (2020)
Episode:
L'ère des empires
(2020)
TV-14 | 53 min | Documentary, Crime, History
The spiritual carnage drug addiction has wreaked globally over time was seeded in 1790 as globalization began in earnest. In the next 181 years, key geopolitical countries grappled with ... See full summary »
Directors: Vincent Metzinger, Christophe Bouquet, Julie Lerat | Stars: Harry J. Anslinger, Robert C. Bonner, Al Capone, Paul Carbone
Votes: 28
48.
The Romantics and Us (2020)
Episode:
The Chambers of the Mind
(2020)
60 min | Documentary, History
Simon looks at how the Romantics, before the dawn of the modern psychological revolution, delved into their own minds and the human subconscious, often at great personal cost.
Director: Hugo Macgregor | Stars: Simon Schama, Sigmund Freud, Pete Doherty, Piotr Anderszewski
Votes: 19
49.
Murdoch Mysteries (2008– )
Episode:
I, Murdoch
(2009)
TV-PG | 48 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A young boy witnesses what sounds like a robot and men with guns near the creek where he was fishing, but no one at the precinct quite believes him.
Director: Laurie Lynd | Stars: Yannick Bisson, Helene Joy, Thomas Craig, Jonny Harris
Votes: 358
50.
BBC Sunday-Night Play (1960–1963)
Episode:
Six Men of Dorset
(1962)
75 min | Drama
The story of the Tolpuddle Martyrs, nineteenth-century labourers who formed a union and were transported to Australia.
Director: Brandon Acton-Bond | Stars: Victoria Kear, Therese McMurray, Ruth Porcher, Brian Jackson