6.1
The Beggar’s Opera
IMDb: 6.1 1953 94 min
Adaptation of John Gay’s 18th century opera, featuring Laurence Olivier as MacHeath and Hugh Griffith as the Beggar.
6.1
After the Ball
IMDb: 6.1 1957 89 min
The life and loves of Music hall singer Vesta Tilley, who married into the nobility
6.6
Albert R.N.
IMDb: 6.6 1953 88 min
The British inmates of a POW camp think they have an informer among them after several escape attempts fail. One of the prisoners constructs a ...
5.9
Yankee Buccaneer
IMDb: 5.9 1952 86 min
A United States Navy ship in the first half of the 19th century, under the command of Captain David Porter, is expecting to put ashore after a ...
7.2
Viva Zapata!
IMDb: 7.2 1952 113 min
The story of Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata, who led a rebellion against the corrupt, oppressive dictatorship of president Porfirio Díaz ...
6.9
The Prisoner of Zenda
IMDb: 6.9 1952 96 min
A kingdom’s ascending heir, marked for assassination, switches identities with a lookalike, who takes his place at the coronation. When the ...
6.2
Plymouth Adventure
IMDb: 6.2 1952 105 min
During the Mayflower pilgrims’ long voyage across the Atlantic Ocean on their way to America, Captain Christopher Jones falls in love with ...
7.2
Park Row
IMDb: 7.2 1952 83 min
In New York’s 1880s newspaper district, a dedicated journalist manages to set up his own paper. It is an immediate success but attracts ...
5.2
Mutiny
IMDb: 5.2 1952 77 min
Early in the War of 1812, Captain James Marshall is commissioned to run the British blockade and fetch an unofficial war loan from France. As ...
6.8
Les Miserables
IMDb: 6.8 1952 105 min
In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes ...
6.3
Lydia Bailey
IMDb: 6.3 1952 89 min
A young Boston lawyer, Albron Hamlin, goes to Haiti in 1802 to find Lydia Bailey, whose estate he must settle. The island is war-torn in the ...
6.8
Jhansi Ki Rani
IMDb: 6.8 1953 148 min
Set in the 19th century against the backdrop of the Mutiny of 1857, the film is about the bravery of queen Lakshmibai, Rani of Jhansi, who took ...
6.7
Ivanhoe
IMDb: 6.7 1952 106 min
Sir Walter Scott’s classic story of the chivalrous Ivanhoe who joins with Robin of Locksley in the fight against Prince John and for the ...
6.2
The Iron Mistress
IMDb: 6.2 1952 110 min
In this biopic, Jim Bowie goes to New Orleans, where he falls for Judalon and befriends her brother, Narcisse. Soon, Jim is forced to avenge ...
6.9
The Girl in White
IMDb: 6.9 1952 92 min
The first female doctor in New York City comes up against prejudice from male counterparts who feel threatened by her skills. Eventually, though, ...
5.2
California Conquest
IMDb: 5.2 1952 79 min
The period is the 1840s and California is part of Mexico. Many of the citizens wish to become part of the United States. Other countries are also ...
7.3
The Kaiser’s Lackey
IMDb: 7.3 1951 109 min
Diederich Heßling is scared of everything and everyone. But as he grows up, he comes to realize that he has to offer his services to the ...
7.2
The Tall Target
IMDb: 7.2 1951 78 min
A detective tries to prevent the assassination of President-elect Abraham Lincoln during a train ride headed for Washington in 1861.
7.1
Quo Vadis
IMDb: 7.1 1951 171 min
After fierce Roman commander Marcus Vinicius becomes infatuated with beautiful Christian hostage Lygia, he begins to question the tyrannical ...
6.8
Odette
IMDb: 6.8 1950 124 min
The film is based on the true story of Special Operations Executive French-born agent Odette Sansom, who was captured by the Germans in 1943, ...
6.6
Go for Broke!
IMDb: 6.6 1951 92 min
A tribute to the U.S. 442nd Regimental Combat Team, formed in 1943 by Presidential permission with Japanese-American volunteers. We follow the ...
6.9
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
IMDb: 6.9 1951 88 min
The life and career of Erwin Rommel and his involvement in the plot to assassinate Hitler.
6.1
David and Bathsheba
IMDb: 6.1 1951 123 min
King David enters into an adulterous affair with the beautiful Bathsheba, which has tragic consequences for his family and Israel.
7.3
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.
IMDb: 7.3 1951 117 min
Captain Horatio Hornblower leads his ship HMS Lydia on a perilous transatlantic voyage, during which his faithful crew battle both a Spanish ...
6.3
Julius Caesar
IMDb: 6.3 1950 106 min
The growing ambition of Julius Caesar is a source of major concern to his close friend Brutus. Cassius persuades him to participate in his plot ...
7.3
The Flowers of St. Francis
IMDb: 7.3 1950 87 min
In a series of simple and joyous vignettes, director Roberto Rossellini and co-writer Federico Fellini lovingly convey the universal teachings of ...
6.8
The Flame and the Arrow
IMDb: 6.8 1950 88 min
Dardo, a Robin Hood-like figure, and his loyal followers use a Roman ruin in Medieval Lombardy as their headquarters as they conduct an ...
6
Double Crossbones
IMDb: 6 1951 76 min
Falsely accused by the corrupt Governor Elden of Charleston of fencing stolen pirate booty, young Davey Crandall and friend Tom Botts buy passage ...
6.1
The Black Rose
IMDb: 6.1 1950 116 min
In the 13th century, Walter of Gurnie, a disinherited Saxon youth, is forced to flee England. With his friend, Tristram, he falls in with the ...
6.2
Under Capricorn
IMDb: 6.2 1949 118 min
A native Briton banished to Australia for murder, and his wife, Henrietta, the disturbed sister of the man he was convicted on killing, set out ...
