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6.4

♡ 84

96%

Whit Stillman Director

Emma Greenwell as Catherine DeCourcy Vernon

Justin Edwards as Charles Vernon

Jemma Redgrave as Lady DeCourcy

Kate Beckinsale as Lady Susan Vernon

From Jane Austen’s novella, the beautiful and cunning Lady Susan Vernon visits the estate of her in-laws to wait out colorful rumors of her dalliances and to find husbands for herself and her daughter. Two young men, handsome Reginald DeCourcy and wealthy Sir James Martin, severely complicate her plans.

Louis van Beethoven

2020

German

6.3

♡ 3

Niki Stein Director

Ulrich Noethen as Christian Gottlob Neefe

Tobias Moretti as Ludwig van Beethoven

Johanna Gastdorf as Therese

Sabin Tambrea as Tobias Pfeiffer

1779. Eight-year-old Ludwig van Beethoven, called "Louis", is already known as a musical prodigy. He learns to go his own way - much to the dismay of the people around him. Some years later, he meets Mozart during times of political upheaval. The unconventional genius and French Revolution are sparking a fire in Louis' heart; he doesn't want to serve a master - only the arts. Facing times of family tragedies and unrequited love, he almost gives up. However, Louis makes it to Vienna to study under Haydn in 1792, and the rest is history. Who was this man, whose music has since touched countless hearts and minds? At the end of his life, the master is isolated by loss of loved ones and hearing. Surely though, he was way ahead of his times.

Hornblower: Mutiny

2001

8.1

♡ 7

Adventure

Andrew Grieve Director

David Warner as Captain James Sawyer

David Rintoul as Dr. Clive

Jamie Bamber as Lieutenant Archie Kennedy

Ioan Gruffudd as Lieutenant Horatio Hornblower

Hornblower and his comrades come under the command of a revered but mentally unstable captain and are forced to mutiny in order to save their ship, the HMS Renown.

Horatio Hornblower: The Duel

1998

8.1

♡ 8

Adventure

Andrew Grieve Director

Jamie Bamber as Midshipman Archie Kennedy

Duncan Bell as Midshipman Clayton

Ioan Gruffudd as Midshipman Horatio Hornblower

Dorian Healy as Midshipman Jack Simpson

Portsmouth, 1794. Under thundery skies and in lashing rain, 17-year-old midshipman Horatio Hornblower takes the first tentative steps of his naval career, but a feud with a shipmate causes complications.

Les Miserables

1978

7.3

♡ 3

Glenn Jordan Director

Dexter Fletcher as Gavroche

Richard Jordan as Jean Valjean

Kenneth Colley as Police Prefect

Ian Holm as Thenardier

In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France.

Chevalier

2022

6.5

♡ 13

76%

Stephen Williams Director

Henry Lloyd-Hughes as Christoph Gluck

Kelvin Harrison Jr. as Joseph

Samara Weaving as Marie-Josephine

Marton Csokas as Marquis De Montalembert

The illegitimate son of an African slave and a French plantation owner, Joseph Bologne rises to improbable heights in French society as a celebrated violinist-composer and fencer, complete with an ill-fated love affair and a falling out with Marie Antoinette and her court.

The Bridge of San Luis Rey

2004

5.0

♡ 2

4%

36%

Mary McGuckian Director

Robert De Niro as Archbishop of Peru

Geraldine Chaplin as The Abbess

Harvey Keitel as Uncle Pio

F. Murray Abraham as Viceroy of Peru

The Bridge of San Luis Rey is American author Thornton Wilder's second novel, first published in 1927 to worldwide acclaim. It tells the story of several interrelated people who die in the collapse of an Inca rope-fiber suspension bridge in Peru, and the events that lead up to their being on the bridge. A friar who has witnessed the tragic accident then goes about inquiring into the lives of the victims, seeking some sort of cosmic answer to the question of why each had to die.

The Devil's Disciple

1959

6.9

♡ 5

69%

american revolution

based on play or musical

Guy Hamilton Director

John Harvey as British officer

Janette Scott as Judith Anderson

Brian Oulton as Mr. Brudenell

Burt Lancaster as The Rev. Anthony Anderson

In a small New England town during the American War of Independence, Dick Dudgeon, a revolutionary American Puritan, is mistaken for local minister Rev. Anthony Anderson and arrested by the British. Dick discovers himself incapable of accusing another human to suffer and continues to masquerade as the reverend.

Mysteries of Lisbon

2010

Portuguese

7.5

♡ 4

85%

70%

husband wife relationship

Drama

family secrets

lisbon, portugal

mentor protégé relationship

Raoul Ruiz Director

Maria João Bastos as Ângela de Lima

Léa Seydoux as Blanche de Montfort

Melvil Poupaud as Coronel Ernest Lacroze

Clotilde Hesme as Elisa de Montfort

The tragic story of the many lives of Father Dinis, his dark origins and his pious works, and the different fates of all those who, trapped in a sinister web of love, hate and crime, cross paths with him through years of adventure.

John Paul Jones

1959

6.3

♡ 3

28%

John Farrow Director

Thomas Gomez as Esek Hopkins

David Farrar as John Wilkes

Alfred Brown as Lt. Landais

Frank Latimore as Lt. Richard Dale

The career of Revolutionary War naval hero John Paul Jones, from his youth in Scotland through his service to Catherine the Great of Russia.

Carry on Dick

1974

5.9

♡ 6

57%

Gerald Thomas Director

Joan Sims as Madame Desirée

Marianne Stone as Maggie

Harry Fielder as Man at Tavern

Peter Butterworth as Tom

Dick Turpin is terrorising the countryside around Upper Dencher. Captain Fancey and Sergeant Jock Strapp plan to put an end to his escapades, and enlist the help of the Reverend Flasher. Little do they know that the priest leads a double life. Then Madame Desiree and her "Birds of Paradise" arrive in the village...

Botany Bay

1952

6.1

♡ 6

Adventure

australia

John Farrow Director

Patrick Whyte as Guard

Frank Hagney as Guard

Sean McClory as Marine Sergeant

Noel Drayton as Second Mate Spencer

Based on the story of the start of Australia's colonisation. An American medical student is falsely convicted of robbery, with his sentence involving the torturous voyage with other prisoners to the new penal colony at Botany Bay. Because of his attempt to escape, evil Captain Gilbert decides to return him to England on charges of mutiny.

Bedlam

1946

6.8

♡ 6

90%

Mark Robson Director

Harry Harvey as John Gray

Jason Robards Sr. as Oliver Todd

Ellen Corby as Queen of the Artichokes

Ian Wolfe as Sidney Long

London, 1761. St. Mary's of Bethlehem, a sinister madhouse, is visited by wealthy people who enjoy watching the patients confined there as if they were caged animals. Nell Bowen, one of the visitors, is horrified by the deplorable living conditions of the unfortunate inhabitants of this godforsaken place, better known as Bedlam.

Heroes Two

1974

Chinese

6.4

♡ 4

Cheh Chang Director

Kent Cheng as

Hark-On Fung as Hsiang

Chia Yung Liu as Tibetan Lama fighter

Hoi Sang Lee as Tibetan Lama fighter

A band of fighting Ming Dynasty loyalists branded as enemies of the state are driven underground following the burning of the Shaolin Temple by Qing Dynasty officials. Due to a misunderstanding, Shaolin kung fu prodigy Fong Sai-yuk is duped into helping Qing agents to capture leading Shaolin rebel Hung Hei-gun. Upon discovering his mistake, Sai-yuk teams up with the remaining rebels to free Hei-gun before his planned execution. Plotting to stop them is General Che Kang, a formidable Tibetan kung fu master who commands an army of fighters including four deadly Tibetan llamas.

Rob Roy

1995

6.9

♡ 31

72%

Michael Caton-Jones Director

Tim Roth as Cunningham

Eric Stoltz as McDonald

John Hurt as Montrose

Liam Neeson as Rob Roy

In the highlands of Scotland in the 1700s, Rob Roy tries to lead his small town to a better future, by borrowing money from the local nobility to buy cattle to herd to market. When the money is stolen, Rob is forced into a Robin Hood lifestyle to defend his family and honour.

Love, Courage and the Battle of Bushy Run

2024

5.0

♡ 6

Larry A. McLean Director

Adam Baldwin as General Jeffrey Amherst

Jason MacDonald as John Shippen

Edward Gelhaus as Lt. James Dow

Jackson Hurst as Simeon Ecuyer

In 1763, Britain defeated France in the worldwide Seven Years War - referred to in the American Colonies as The French and Indian War. As a result, the French abandoned America, leaving the Native population who had sided with the French to fear the British would seek revenge. Ottawa Chief Pontiac convinced many tribes they needed to strike first. Some did so willingly, others were forced to fight. Their ultimate target was Fort Pitt. The combatants on both sides deployed unconventional and often brutal strategies and tactics. Colonel Henry Bouquet, with a ragtag group of British soldiers, Scottish Highlanders and American volunteers, was tasked with trying to save the hundreds of men, women and children facing certain death - or worse - in Fort Pitt. The little-known Battle of Bushy Run changed the course of world history... This is that story.

Amazing Grace

2006

7.4

♡ 39

68%

85%

based on a true story

Michael Apted Director

Stephen Campbell Moore as James Stephen

Andrew Neil as MP 2

Rufus Sewell as Thomas Clarkson

Benedict Cumberbatch as William Pitt

The true story of William Wilberforce and his courageous quest to end the British slave trade. Along the way, Wilberforce meets intense opposition, but his minister urges him to see the cause through.

The Scarlet Pimpernel

1982

7.6

♡ 7

89%

Clive Donner Director

James Villiers as Baron de Batz

Ian McKellen as Chauvelin

Jane Seymour as Marguerite St. Just

Richard Morant as Robespierre

During the French Revolution, a mysterious English nobleman known only as The Scarlet Pimpernel (a humble wayside flower), snatches French aristos from the jaws of the guillotine, while posing as the foppish Sir Percy Blakeney in society. Percy falls for and marries the beautiful actress Marguerite St. Just, but she is involved with Chauvelin and Robespierre, and Percy's marriage to her may endanger the Pimpernel's plans to save the little Dauphin

1776

1972

7.6

♡ 12

68%

84%