Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "17th-century"

51. Coven (2020)

TV-MA | 92 min | Drama, History

Basque Country, 1609. The men of the region are at sea and Amaia takes part for the first time in the nightly dances in the woods with the other villager girls. She is only 20. At dawn, they are all arrested.

Director: Pablo Agüero | Stars: Amaia Aberasturi, Alex Brendemühl, Daniel Fanego, Garazi Urkola

Votes: 5,813

52. Caravaggio's Shadow (2022)

120 min | Biography, Drama, History

The Catholic Church secretly investigates Caravaggio as the Pope weighs whether to grant him clemency for killing a rival.

Director: Michele Placido | Stars: Riccardo Scamarcio, Louis Garrel, Isabelle Huppert, Micaela Ramazzotti

Votes: 1,476

53. The Golem (2018)

95 min | Drama, Horror

During an outbreak of a deadly plague in Lithuania, a mystical woman must save her tight-knit Jewish community from a gang of ruffians led by a local landowner, but the entity she conjures to protect them is a far greater evil.

Directors: Doron Paz, Yoav Paz | Stars: Hani Furstenberg, Ishai Golan, Kirill Cernyakov, Brynie Furstenberg

Votes: 5,888

54. The Miniaturist (2017)

60 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

A young woman moves to 17th century Amsterdam and hires a mysterious local miniaturist to furnish the dollhouse she received from her merchant husband as a present, but the lifelike miniatures somehow start eerily foreshadowing her fate.

Stars: Anya Taylor-Joy, Romola Garai, Hayley Squires, Alex Hassell

Votes: 6,205

55. Pocahontas 2: Journey to a New World (1998) (V) (1998 Video)

G | 73 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama

Pocahontas sets off on a journey to England with Meeko, Flit, and Percy. Hearing rumors of John Smith's death, Pocahontas tries to prevent war and battle.

Directors: Tom Ellery, Bradley Raymond | Stars: Irene Bedard, Donal Gibson, Jim Cummings, Finola Hughes

Votes: 17,322

56. The Three Musketeers (2023)

99 min | Action, Adventure

Joined by an eager recruit to protect the King of France, three loyal swordsmen attempt to defeat an evil royal advisor and a seductive envoy plotting to overthrow the crown.

Director: Bill Thomas | Stars: James Cosmo, Sophie Craig, Michael Higgs, David O'Mahony

Votes: 911

57. Witchfinder General (1968)

Unrated | 86 min | Drama, Horror

During the English Civil War, a young Roundhead seeks vengeance against a vicious witch-hunter and his henchman, who have terrorized the soldier's fiancée and wrongfully executed her uncle.

Director: Michael Reeves | Stars: Vincent Price, Ian Ogilvy, Rupert Davies, Patrick Wymark

Votes: 12,279

58. 1670 (2023– )

TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy, History

In this satirical comedy, a zany nobleman navigates through family feuds and clashes with peasants in his quest to become Poland's most famous figure.

Stars: Bartlomiej Topa, Katarzyna Herman, Martyna Byczkowska, Michal Sikorski

Votes: 6,119

59. The Four Musketeers: Milady's Revenge (1974)

PG | 108 min | Action, Adventure, Romance

The Four Musketeers defend the queen and her dressmaker from Cardinal Richelieu and Milady de Winter.

Director: Richard Lester | Stars: Michael York, Raquel Welch, Oliver Reed, Richard Chamberlain

Votes: 11,745 | Gross: $19.10M

60. The Spanish Main (1945)

Passed | 100 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

After being wronged by the Caribbean authorities, a Dutch captain turns pirate to wage war.

Director: Frank Borzage | Stars: Paul Henreid, Maureen O'Hara, Walter Slezak, Binnie Barnes

Votes: 1,893

61. Highlander: Endgame (2000)

R | 87 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Immortals Connor and Duncan MacLeod must join forces against Kell, an evil immortal who has become too strong for anyone to face alone.

Director: Douglas Aarniokoski | Stars: Christopher Lambert, Adrian Paul, Bruce Payne, Lisa Barbuscia

Votes: 21,346 | Gross: $12.80M

62. Beauty and the Beast (1946)

Not Rated | 93 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance

A beautiful young woman takes her father's place as the prisoner of a mysterious beast, who wishes to marry her.

Directors: Jean Cocteau, René Clément | Stars: Jean Marais, Josette Day, Mila Parély, Nane Germon

Votes: 28,159 | Gross: $0.30M

63. Countess Dracula (1971)

PG | 93 min | Horror

In 17th-century Hungary, elderly widow Countess Elisabeth Nádasdy maintains her misleading youthful appearance by bathing in the blood of virgins regularly supplied to her by faithful servant Captain Dobi.

Director: Peter Sasdy | Stars: Ingrid Pitt, Nigel Green, Sandor Elès, Maurice Denham

Votes: 4,832

64. A Field in England (2013)

Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, History, Horror

Amid the Civil War in 17th-century England, a group of deserters flee from battle through an overgrown field. Captured by an alchemist, the men are forced to help him search to find a hidden treasure that he believes is buried in the field.

Director: Ben Wheatley | Stars: Julian Barratt, Peter Ferdinando, Richard Glover, Ryan Pope

Votes: 14,042 | Gross: $0.03M

65. Captain Alatriste: The Spanish Musketeer (2006)

145 min | Adventure, Drama, History

Viggo Mortensen plays the Spanish soldier-turned-mercenary Captain Alatriste, a heroic figure from the country's 17th century imperial wars.

Director: Agustín Díaz Yanes | Stars: Viggo Mortensen, Elena Anaya, Unax Ugalde, Eduard Fernández

Votes: 13,922

66. The Musketeer (2001)

PG-13 | 104 min | Action, Adventure, Romance

Alexander Dumas' novel is updated with an eastern influence as D'Artagnan attempts to join the king's elite guards, the Royal Musketeers, and find the man who killed his parents.

Director: Peter Hyams | Stars: Justin Chambers, Catherine Deneuve, Mena Suvari, Stephen Rea

Votes: 15,081 | Gross: $27.07M

67. The Delivered (2019)

112 min | Drama, History, Thriller

Fanny lives in an English farmhouse in 1657 when militant Puritans rule. Two fugitives with radical new ideas arrive. When the sheriff arrives, things deteriorate badly prompting Fanny to make drastic decisions about her life.

Director: Thomas Clay | Stars: Maxine Peake, Charles Dance, Freddie Fox, Tanya Reynolds

Votes: 1,830

68. Cinderella III: A Twist in Time (2007 Video)

G | 73 min | Animation, Adventure, Family

When Lady Tremaine steals the Fairy Godmother's wand and changes history, it's up to Cinderella and her mouse friends to restore the timeline and reclaim her prince.

Director: Frank Nissen | Stars: Jennifer Hale, Christopher Daniel Barnes, Susanne Blakeslee, Tress MacNeille

Votes: 12,908

69. Black Robe (1991)

R | 101 min | Adventure, Drama, War

In the 17th century, a Jesuit missionary nicknamed Black Robe by the natives and his small party of companions try reaching the Huron tribe in Canada all while facing mistrust, Iroquois warring parties and harsh winter conditions.

Director: Bruce Beresford | Stars: Lothaire Bluteau, Aden Young, Sandrine Holt, August Schellenberg

Votes: 7,683 | Gross: $8.21M

70. Cromwell (1970)

G | 139 min | Biography, Drama, History

Puritan statesman Oliver Cromwell leads England in a civil war against the absolutist and Catholic-sympathetic King Charles I.

Director: Ken Hughes | Stars: Richard Harris, Alec Guinness, Robert Morley, Dorothy Tutin

Votes: 6,980 | Gross: $1.37M

71. El Turco (2024– )

Action, Adventure, Drama | Post-production

Balaban, a soldier in the Janissary army, settles in Moena in northern Italy after the Battle of Vienna in 1683 and fights for the rights of the local people.

Stars: Can Yaman, Greta Ferro, Will Kemp, Slavko Sobin

72. Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance (1972)

Not Rated | 84 min | Action, Adventure

The story of a Ronin (i.e. a masterless samurai) who wanders the countryside of Japan with his small child, having various adventures.

Director: Kenji Misumi | Stars: Tomisaburô Wakayama, Fumio Watanabe, Gô Katô, Tomoko Mayama

Votes: 8,913

73. The Sex Adventures of the Three Musketeers (1971)

R | 79 min | Comedy

An "adults only" retelling of the legend of the Three Musketeers.

Director: Erwin C. Dietrich | Stars: Peter Graf, Ingrid Steeger, Nadia Pilar, Li Huber

Votes: 350

74. The Admiral (2015)

TV-PG | 151 min | Action, Biography, Drama

When the young republic of The Netherlands is attacked by England, France, and Germany, and the country is on the brink of civil war, only one man can lead the country's strongest weapon, the Dutch fleet: Michiel de Ruyter.

Director: Roel Reiné | Stars: Frank Lammers, Sanne Langelaar, Barry Atsma, Lieke van Lexmond

Votes: 10,449

75. The Draughtsman's Contract (1982)

R | 108 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery

A young artist is commissioned by the wife of a wealthy landowner to make a series of drawings of the estate while her husband is away.

Director: Peter Greenaway | Stars: Anthony Higgins, Janet Suzman, Anne-Louise Lambert, Hugh Fraser

Votes: 11,123

76. Night of the Blood Monster (1970)

PG | 84 min | Biography, Horror

In 1685 England, a young woman seeks to avenge her sister after she is executed by a Lord Chancellor who condemns various rebels and "witches" to satisfy his political and sexual whims.

Director: Jesús Franco | Stars: Christopher Lee, Maria Schell, Leo Genn, Hans Hass Jr.

Votes: 1,531

77. I Married a Witch (1942)

Passed | 77 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance

A beautiful 17th-century witch returns to life to plague politician Wallace Wooley, descendant of her persecutor.

Director: René Clair | Stars: Fredric March, Veronica Lake, Robert Benchley, Susan Hayward

Votes: 9,564 | Gross: $0.31M

78. Rapa Nui (1994)

R | 107 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Love between the representatives of two warring tribes changes the balance of power on the whole remote island.

Director: Kevin Reynolds | Stars: Jason Scott Lee, Esai Morales, Sandrine Holt, Eru Potaka Dewes

Votes: 5,334 | Gross: $0.31M

79. Restoration (1995)

R | 117 min | Biography, Drama, History

The exiled royal doctor to King Charles II devotes himself to helping Londoners suffering from the plague, and in the process falls in love with an equally poor woman.

Director: Michael Hoffman | Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Sam Neill, David Thewlis, Polly Walker

Votes: 9,932 | Gross: $4.10M

80. The Baby of Mâcon (1993)

Not Rated | 122 min | Drama, History

Plagued with infertility, the inhabitants of Mâcon are naturally involved in the spectacle that is a masque about the miracle child born to a virgin mother.

Director: Peter Greenaway | Stars: Julia Ormond, Ralph Fiennes, Philip Stone, Jonathan Lacey

Votes: 5,005

81. The Wicked Lady (1983)

R | 98 min | Adventure, Drama

Caroline is to be wed to Sir Ralph and invites her sister Barbara to be her bridesmaid. Barbara seduces Ralph, however, and she becomes the new Lady, but despite her new wealthy situation, ... See full summary »

Director: Michael Winner | Stars: Faye Dunaway, Alan Bates, John Gielgud, Denholm Elliott

Votes: 1,451 | Gross: $0.72M

82. Lorna Doone (2000 TV Movie)

180 min | Drama, Romance

Against a backdrop of political and religious upheaval, a farmer falls in love with the "queen" of the notorious Doone clan --a family that he has sworn vengeance on.

Director: Mike Barker | Stars: Neil Finnighan, Jack Baverstock, Trevor Cooper, Aidan Gillen

Votes: 2,019

83. Shigurui: Death Frenzy (2007)

TV-MA | 24 min | Animation, Action, Drama

The series starts off at a tournament where a one armed samurai faces a blind one and quickly flashes back to reveal the history between the two fighters.

Stars: Daisuke Namikawa, Emi Shinohara, Seizô Katô, Mike McFarland

Votes: 2,696

84. Secret Royal Inspector Joy (2021)

60 min | Comedy, Drama, History

Set in Joseon dynasty, it tells the story of a young gourmet who unintentionally becomes a royal inspector and a divorced woman who rushes to find happiness, as they team up to investigate and defeat corrupt politicians.

Stars: Taecyeon, Kim Hye-yoon, Jung Soon-won, Chae Won-Bin

Votes: 844

85. The Three Musketeers (1948)

Not Rated | 125 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

D'Artagnan and his Musketeer comrades thwart the plans of Cardinal Richelieu to usurp King Louis XIII's power.

Director: George Sidney | Stars: Lana Turner, Gene Kelly, June Allyson, Van Heflin

Votes: 6,952

86. Barbie and the Three Musketeers (2008 Video)

TV-Y | 81 min | Animation, Adventure, Family

It's "all for one and one for all" in this action-filled adventure as Barbie stars as Corinne (Kelly Sheridan), a young country girl headed to Paris to pursue her big dream - to become a Musketeer.

Director: William Lau | Stars: Kelly Sheridan, Tim Curry, Kira Tozer, Willow Johnson

Votes: 4,287

87. The City of the Dead (1960)

PG-13 | 76 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A young college student arrives in a sleepy Massachusetts town to research witchcraft; during her stay at an eerie inn, she discovers a startling secret about the town and its inhabitants.

Director: John Llewellyn Moxey | Stars: Patricia Jessel, Dennis Lotis, Christopher Lee, Tom Naylor

Votes: 8,553

88. The Witchfinder (2022)

30 min | Comedy

A failing witchfinder transports a suspected witch to a trial that could change his fortunes, but first he must deal with the worst possible travel companion and road-free trip across the country gripped by civil war, famine, and plague.

Stars: Tim Key, Daisy May Cooper, Jessica Hynes, Daniel Rigby

Votes: 2,037

89. The Girl King (2015)

Not Rated | 106 min | Biography, Drama, History

THE GIRL KING paints a portrait of the brilliant, extravagant Kristina of Sweden, queen from age six, who fights the conservative forces that are against her ideas to modernize Sweden and who have no tolerance for her awakening sexuality.

Director: Mika Kaurismäki | Stars: Malin Buska, Sarah Gadon, Michael Nyqvist, Lucas Bryant

Votes: 4,479

90. War of the Arrows (2011)

R | 122 min | Action, Adventure

A skilled Korean archer goes up against the mighty force of Manchus with the sole purpose of rescuing his kidnapped sister.

Director: Han-min Kim | Stars: Park Hae-il, Ryu Seung-ryong, Kim Mu-yeol, Moon Chae-won

Votes: 12,821 | Gross: $0.25M

91. Luna Nera (2020)

TV-MA | 43 min | Drama, Fantasy, Thriller

A group of women are suspected of witchcraft in 17th century Italy.

Stars: Antonia Fotaras, Lucrezia Guidone, Barbara Ronchi, Filippo Scotti

Votes: 3,484

92. Basilisk: The Kouga Ninja Scrolls (2005)

TV-MA | 25 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

The year is 1614 AD. Two warring ninja clans, each supporting a son of Hidetada Tokugawa as the next shogun, send ten representatives each to fight to the death for the possession Tokugawa ... See full summary »

Stars: Laura Bailey, Nana Mizuki, Kôsuke Toriumi, Troy Baker

Votes: 4,336

93. The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie (2008)

G | 85 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Three vegetable friends seek the roots of true heroism during a 17th-century adventure.

Director: Mike Nawrocki | Stars: Tim Hodge, Mike Nawrocki, Phil Vischer, Cam Clarke

Votes: 3,094 | Gross: $12.70M

94. The Man in the Iron Mask (1977 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 100 min | Adventure, History

D'Artagnan and his fellow Musketeers plot to replace the ineffectual Louis XIV of France with his secretly imprisoned twin brother Phillipe, who is the firstborn and rightful King.

Director: Mike Newell | Stars: Richard Chamberlain, Patrick McGoohan, Louis Jourdan, Jenny Agutter

Votes: 3,380

95. The Devil's Mistress (2008)

47 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

Drama charts the progress of the English Civil War through the story of a young woman, the fictional Angelica Fanshawe, and her three husbands.

Stars: Andrea Riseborough, Dominic West, Tom Goodman-Hill, John Simm

Votes: 2,736

96. The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939)

Approved | 106 min | Biography, Drama, History

A depiction of the love/hate relationship between Queen Elizabeth I and Robert Devereux, the Earl of Essex.

Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Bette Davis, Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Donald Crisp

Votes: 6,179

97. The Fortress (2017)

Not Rated | 140 min | Action, Drama, History

In 1636, King Injo hides in the mountains to avoid being part of the Qing dynasty.

Director: Hwang Dong-hyuk | Stars: Lee Byung-hun, Kim Yoon-seok, Park Hae-il, Go Soo

Votes: 3,402 | Gross: $0.25M

98. Queen Christina (1933)

Approved | 99 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

Queen Christina of Sweden is a popular monarch who is loyal to her country. However, when she falls in love with a Spanish envoy, she must choose between the throne and the man she loves.

Director: Rouben Mamoulian | Stars: Greta Garbo, John Gilbert, Ian Keith, Lewis Stone

Votes: 8,643 | Gross: $0.77M

99. The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders (1996)

Unrated | 195 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Story of a woman who merely wished to be a loving wife, but always had to live the life of crime.

Stars: James Bowers, Alex Kingston, Daniel Craig, Trevyn McDowell

Votes: 1,427

100. The Man in the Iron Mask (1939)

Passed | 113 min | Adventure, History, Romance

Despotic King Louis XIV discovers he has a twin brother who has grown up under the tutelage of his foster father, the patriotic musketeer D'Artagnan.

Director: James Whale | Stars: Louis Hayward, Joan Bennett, Warren William, Joseph Schildkraut

Votes: 1,910