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

51. Wide Sargasso Sea (1993)

NC-17 | 99 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller

A young female landowner in 1840s Jamaica marries a just-arrived Englishman to avoid losing her property. All seems to be perfect, love arises, and happiness is on the way, but she is ... See full summary »

Director: John Duigan | Stars: Karina Lombard, Nathaniel Parker, Rachel Ward, Michael York

Votes: 2,216 | Gross: $1.61M

52. Fired on Mars (2023– )

TV-MA | 25 min | Animation, Comedy, Sci-Fi

Jeff Cooper has to reinvent himself after being fired from his position in the space start-up Mars.Iy. With no chance to return to Earth, he has to find meaning again in a dangerous, alien, but familiar corporate landscape.

Stars: Luke Wilson, Sean Wing, Tim Heidecker, Leslie David Baker

Votes: 1,624

53. Mass Effect: Andromeda (2017 Video Game)

M | Action, Adventure, Drama

The Andromeda Initiative sets a course for a new galaxy, hoping to find a new home for the species of the Milky Way.

Directors: Mac Walters, Sam McGlynn | Stars: Fryda Wolff, Tom Taylorson, Jules de Jongh, Nyasha Hatendi

Votes: 5,959

54. Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat (1989)

R | 104 min | Comedy, Horror, Western

Reclusive vampires lounge in a lonely American town. They wear sun cream to protect themselves. A descendant of Van Helsing arrives with hilarious consequences.

Director: Anthony Hickox | Stars: David Carradine, Morgan Brittany, Bruce Campbell, Jim Metzler

Votes: 3,508

55. 2036: Nexus Dawn (2017)

6 min | Short, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Niander Wallace demonstrates the merits of a new type of replicant to lawmakers.

Director: Luke Scott | Stars: Jared Leto, Benedict Wong, Ned Dennehy, Ade Sapara

Votes: 8,780

56. Dead Space: Downfall (2008 Video)

Not Rated | 74 min | Animation, Horror, Sci-Fi

A team of miners at an outpost in deep space unearth an ancient alien artefact. After the relic is brought aboard their spaceship, the USG Ishimura, for scientific study, an alien species begins to infect the members of the ship.

Directors: Chuck Patton, Curt Geda, Vinton Heuck | Stars: Nika Futterman, Keith Szarabajka, Jim Cummings, Kevin Michael Richardson

Votes: 11,484

57. Message from Space (1978)

PG | 105 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

An embattled planet, which is on the edge of doom, sends an S.O.S. and an intergalactic team comes to its rescue.

Director: Kinji Fukasaku | Stars: Vic Morrow, Shin'ichi Chiba, Philip Casnoff, Peggy Lee Brennan

Votes: 1,654

58. Felicity: An American Girl Adventure (2005 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 85 min | Drama, Family

In Colonial America, shortly before the American Revolution, a young girl tries to rescue a horse from an abusive owner.

Director: Nadia Tass | Stars: Shailene Woodley, Kevin Zegers, David Gardner, John Schneider

Votes: 1,369

59. Salem Witch Trials (2002 TV Movie)

189 min | Drama, History

A masterful work accurately details the current consensus of what exactly occurred to prompt the colonial witch trials.

Director: Joseph Sargent | Stars: Kirstie Alley, Henry Czerny, Gloria Reuben, Jay O. Sanders

Votes: 971

60. Zama (2017)

Unrated | 115 min | Drama, History

Based on the novel by Antonio Di Benedetto written in 1956, on Don Diego de Zama, a Spanish officer of the seventeenth century settled in Asunción, who awaits his transfer to Buenos Aires.

Director: Lucrecia Martel | Stars: Daniel Giménez Cacho, Lola Dueñas, Matheus Nachtergaele, Juan Minujín

Votes: 7,174 | Gross: $0.20M

61. New Worlds (2014)

222 min | Drama, History, War

The 1680s bring a new King, Restoration, and more tyranny. In Massachusetts, a robber's son falls for an anti-monarchist. In England, a young lady falls for an outlaw.

Stars: Jamie Dornan, Jeremy Northam, Joe Dempsie, Holli Dempsey

Votes: 1,383

62. This Naked Age (1932)

56 min | Documentary

Using some stock footage and voice-over narration, this film examines the phenomenon of nudism throughout the world. Beginning in ancient Greece, the film tells of the origins of the nudist... See full summary »

Director: Michael Mindlin | Stars: Leo Donnelly, Vincent Burke, Ilka Dieball, André Durville

Votes: 88

63. India Song (1975)

Not Rated | 120 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance

Anne-Marie Stretter, wife of a French diplomat, lives in 1930s India. She takes many lovers as systems of oppression decay around her.

Director: Marguerite Duras | Stars: Delphine Seyrig, Michael Lonsdale, Mathieu Carrière, Claude Mann

Votes: 2,602

64. Xenoblade Chronicles 3 (2022 Video Game)

T | Action, Adventure, Drama

In the world of Aionios, two nations are locked in conflict: Keves, a technological powerhouse and Agnus, a magic-based society. Six soldiers hailing from these nations, will take part in a grand tale with life as its central theme.

Directors: Ko Kojima, Genki Yokota, Tetsuya Takahashi | Stars: Ryôhei Arai, Minami Tsuda, Megumi Han, Ryohei Kimura

Votes: 399

65. April Morning (1988 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 100 min | Drama, History, War

On the morning of April 19, 1775, the American Revolution began with the "shot heard 'round the world".

Director: Delbert Mann | Stars: Tommy Lee Jones, Susan Blakely, Chad Lowe, Robert Urich

Votes: 786

66. Pengin haiwei (2018)

Not Rated | 117 min | Animation, Adventure, Family

A fourth-grader, Aoyama-kun, investigates the mysterious reason behind the sudden appearance of penguins in his village, which is somehow related to a power from a young woman working at a dental clinic.

Director: Hiroyasu Ishida | Stars: Kana Kita, Yû Aoi, Rie Kugimiya, Megumi Han

Votes: 3,864

67. The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind (2002 Video Game)

T | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

The protagonist travels by Morrowind, eastern province of the Septim Empire in Tamriel. He/she can save it from enslavement or explore for personal purposes.

Director: Todd Howard | Stars: Jeff Baker, Jonathan Bryce, Lynda Carter, Linda Canyon

Votes: 3,754

68. Stryker (1983)

R | 86 min | Action, Sci-Fi

The world's water supply has dried up due to some sort of apocalypse. A beautiful woman holds the secret to where one of the last springs being guarded by a group of Amazons. A "Road ... See full summary »

Director: Cirio H. Santiago | Stars: Steve Sandor, Andria Savio, William Ostrander, Mike Lane

Votes: 810 | Gross: $1.72M

69. Captain John Smith and Pocahontas (1953)

Approved | 75 min | Drama, History, Romance

Captain John Smith overcomes the treachery of some of his men and resentment of the local Native Americans to establish the colony of Jamestown.

Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Anthony Dexter, Jody Lawrance, Alan Hale Jr., Robert Clarke

Votes: 191

70. Secrets of the Dead (2000– )

TV-PG | 56 min | Documentary, History, War

Mysteries involving notable historical events, people and locations are scientifically examined.

Stars: Liev Schreiber, Jay O. Sanders, Salima Ikram, Andrew Lambert

Votes: 653

71. The Love Factor (1969)

R | 86 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

A race of sexy women from Angvia, a planet in another dimension, comes to Earth to kidnap women to repopulate their planet.

Director: Michael Cort | Stars: James Robertson Justice, Charles Hawtrey, Robin Hawdon, Anna Gaël

Votes: 1,023

72. The Misty Green Sky (2016)

81 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

A young girl in another solar system asks an innocent question that sets off a chain reaction of adventure, destruction and tragedy.

Directors: Jack Foster, Jack Foster | Stars: Jeremy Harkless, Tiffany Lindstrom, Maggie H. Taylor

Votes: 233

73. Something of Value (1957)

Approved | 113 min | Drama, War

In British Colonial Kenya during the Mau Mau uprising, Peter and Kimani, who grew up together, find themselves on the opposite sides.

Director: Richard Brooks | Stars: Rock Hudson, Dana Wynter, Wendy Hiller, Juano Hernandez

Votes: 1,310

74. The Secret River (2015)

160 min | Adventure, Drama, History

In 1806, William Thornhill is sentenced to New South Wales for life where he is drawn into a terrifying conflict that will leave a bloody and indelible stain.

Stars: Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Sarah Snook, Lachy Hulme, Tim Minchin

Votes: 679

75. Elysia (Valley of the Nude) (1933)

TV-MA | 46 min | Drama

A reporter is assigned to write an article on a nudist camp.

Director: Carl Harbaugh | Stars: Constance Allen, Betty De Salle, Bryan Foy, Hobart Glassey

Votes: 194

76. Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940)

Approved | 110 min | Biography, Drama, History

Humble Abraham Lincoln gains the respect of his Illinois neighbors, growing in stature and respect until he is elected President in 1860 and departs for Washington.

Director: John Cromwell | Stars: Raymond Massey, Gene Lockhart, Ruth Gordon, Mary Howard

Votes: 2,068

77. Terra Nova (2008)

119 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

This dystopia takes place in the near future. The death penalty has been abolished throughout the world. The prisons are overcrowded. International organizations decide to conduct an experiment.

Director: Aleksandr Melnik | Stars: Konstantin Lavronenko, Andrey Feskov, Marat Basharov, Pavel Sborshchikov

Votes: 2,072

78. Naughty Marietta (1935)

Passed | 105 min | Drama, Musical, Romance

In order to avoid a prearranged marriage, a rebellious French princess sheds her identity and escapes to colonial New Orleans, where she finds an unlikely true love.

Directors: Robert Z. Leonard, W.S. Van Dyke | Stars: Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, Frank Morgan, Elsa Lanchester

Votes: 1,543

79. Proteus (2003)

Not Rated | 97 min | Drama, Romance

An interracial gay love story set in early 18th century South Africa about two men -- a black prisoner living in a Cape Town penal colony and a Dutch sailor -- who weather injustices as a result of their affair.

Directors: John Greyson, Jack Lewis | Stars: Rouxnet Brown, Shaun Smyth, Neil Sandilands, Kristen Thomson

Votes: 702

80. Xenoblade Chronicles (2010 Video Game)

T | Action, Adventure, Drama

In a world of endless ocean, all life lives on the decaying corpses of two gigantic titans, the Bionis and Mechonis. When the army of Mechonis attacks his home, young scientist Shulk sets out for revenge.

Directors: Ko Kojima, Genki Yokota, Tetsuya Takahashi | Stars: Shintarô Asanuma, Eri Nakao, Ryô Horikawa, Eiji Miyashita

Votes: 826

81. Sex in Philippine Cinema (2004 Video)

Plot kept under wraps.

Stars: Sunshine Cruz, Patricia Javier, Joyce Jimenez, Rica Peralejo

Votes: 228

82. The Intended (2002)

R | 110 min | Drama, Thriller

A period drama/thriller about a surveyor and his fiancée who arrive in a remote Malaysian trading post and encounter a closed-fisted ivory trader and her ill-meaning family.

Director: Kristian Levring | Stars: JJ Feild, Janet McTeer, Brenda Fricker, Olympia Dukakis

Votes: 391 | Gross: $0.01M

83. Children of the Night (XI) (2014)

105 min | Horror

Limbo is a secluded colony of children all victims of shameless adult vampires. They have new plans for humanity.

Director: Iván Noel | Stars: Daniel Aimetta, Maria Dolores Albarez, Isaias Arias, Jessica Arias

Votes: 298

84. Transformations (1988)

R | 84 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

Wolfgang is traveling in outer space when a monster, which he sees as a beautiful woman, appears in his spaceship and makes love with him. Then the ship is forced to land on a planet which ... See full summary »

Director: Jay Kamen | Stars: Rex Smith, Lisa Langlois, Patrick Macnee, Christopher Neame

Votes: 541

85. The Buccaneers (1956–1957)

30 min | Adventure, Drama

The Crown takes Tempest's stronghold. The ex-pirate wins a pardon and becomes a privateer. He and Deputy Gov. Beamish fight Spanish raiders despite their unease. They defend the Caribbean.

Stars: Robert Shaw, Paul Hansard, Brian Rawlinson, Edwin Richfield

Votes: 189

86. The Price of Sugar (2013)

120 min | Drama, History

The Price Of Sugar tells the alternately gripping, romantic and heart-wrenching story of Sarith and Mini-Mini as they grow up on the sugar plantations of Suriname in the latter half of the ... See full summary »

Director: Jean van de Velde | Stars: Gaite Jansen, Neil Sandilands, Daniel Janks, Benja Bruijning

Votes: 1,664

87. Battle of the Brave (2004)

PG-13 | 143 min | Drama, History, Romance

In the mid-18th Century, as England and France battle over control of Canada, an epic romance between a peasant woman and a trapper unfurls.

Director: Jean Beaudin | Stars: Noémie Godin-Vigneau, David La Haye, Juliette Gosselin, Sébastien Huberdeau

Votes: 1,367

88. The 317th Platoon (1965)

100 min | War

In Vietnam, 1954, a French platoon isolated behind enemy lines tries to come back. It is led by the inexperienced, idealistic sous-lieutenant Torrens, and by adjutant Willsdorf, a WWII veteran of the Wehrmacht.

Director: Pierre Schoendoerffer | Stars: Jacques Perrin, Bruno Cremer, Pierre Fabre, Manuel Zarzo

Votes: 1,665

89. Freelancer (2003 Video Game)

T | Action, Adventure, Mystery

You play a freelance pilot who makes a living as a mercenary who gets targeted in a conspiracy for alien artifacts.

Directors: Carole Ruggier, Harry A. Jarvis III | Stars: Ian Ziering, Jennifer Hale, John Rhys-Davies, Michael T. Weiss

Votes: 570

90. New Moon (1940)

Passed | 105 min | Adventure, Musical, Romance

On a Louisiana-bound ship, a nobleman planning a campaign for liberty encounters an heiress.

Directors: Robert Z. Leonard, W.S. Van Dyke | Stars: Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, Mary Boland, George Zucco

Votes: 641

91. Kerala Varma Pazhassi Raja (2009)

Not Rated | 195 min | Action, Biography, Drama

Kerala Varma Pazhassi Raja is a 2009 Malayalam historical drama film based on the life of Pazhassi Raja, a Hindu king who fought against the British in the 18th century.

Director: T. Hariharan | Stars: Mammootty, Mohanlal, R. Sarathkumar, Manoj K. Jayan

Votes: 3,377

92. Renegades (1930)

Passed | 93 min | Action, Adventure, Romance

Four one-for-all and all-for-one privates in the French Foreign Legion are all in jail for disorderly conduct, but they break out and rejoin their regiment and fight off a band of marauding... See full summary »

Director: Victor Fleming | Stars: Warner Baxter, Myrna Loy, Noah Beery, Gregory Gaye

Votes: 330

93. After We Leave (2019)

82 min | Drama, Sci-Fi

After We Leave is a sci-fi drama about a man struggling to find his wife, whom he abandoned six years ago, before their visa to emigrate to an off-world colony expires.

Director: Aleem Hossain | Stars: Brian Silverman, Joe Sachem, Gabrielle Gumbs, Dinora Walcott

Votes: 489

94. The Howards of Virginia (1940)

Approved | 116 min | Drama, History, War

Just prior to the American War of Independence, aristocratic Virginian Jane Peyton marries unsophisticated rustic farmer and surveyor Matt Howard who takes her to his Shenandoah Valley plantation and later goes to war.

Director: Frank Lloyd | Stars: Cary Grant, Martha Scott, Cedric Hardwicke, Alan Marshal

Votes: 1,265

95. The Kissing Bandit (1948)

Approved | 100 min | Comedy, Musical, Western

Ricardo, the milquetoast son of a Mexican bandit, would rather lead a quiet life in Boston. But the family would rather that he follow in his father's footsteps and become "The Kissing Bandit".

Director: Laslo Benedek | Stars: Frank Sinatra, Kathryn Grayson, J. Carrol Naish, Mildred Natwick

Votes: 704

96. BraveStarr: The Legend (1988)

PG | 91 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Marshal Bravestarr and a female judge are sent to New Texas, a frontier planet under attack by the evil cattle spirit Stampede, who, with his ruthless sidekick, Tex Hex, are vying for control of the universe, one planet at a time.

Director: Tom Tataranowicz | Stars: Charlie Adler, Susan Blu, Pat Fraley, Ed Gilbert

Votes: 1,315

97. Black and White in Color (1976)

PG | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, War

During World War I, French colonists lost in African desert decide to attack their German neighbors.

Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud | Stars: Jean Carmet, Jacques Dufilho, Catherine Rouvel, Jacques Spiesser

Votes: 1,793

98. Lost Colony: The Legend of Roanoke (2007 TV Movie)

R | 95 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery

In the 1580's English colonists arrive in what was to become North Carolina and find supernatural terror.

Director: Matt Codd | Stars: Adrian Paul, Frida Farrell, Rhett Giles, Michael Teh

Votes: 1,513

99. Toward the Terra (2007)

TV-PG | Animation, Action, Drama

When 14-year-old Jomy begins to question how society is run, he suddenly becomes a target for both the government and the Mu, an outcast race with extra-sensory abilities who have been fighting against the government for generations.

Stars: Mitsuki Saiga, Takehito Koyasu, Jûrôta Kosugi, Yousuha Akimoto

Votes: 303

100. The Drum (1938)

Not Rated | 104 min | Adventure, War

During the British Raj, Captain Carruthers works under cover to track smuggled shipments of arms on the restless Northwest Frontier of India. He fears a full-scale rebellion is brewing. To ... See full summary »

Director: Zoltan Korda | Stars: Sabu, Raymond Massey, Roger Livesey, Valerie Hobson

Votes: 942