Movies Set in 1843

Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways. Scrooge is faced with his own story of growing bitterness and meanness, and must decide what his own future will hold: death or redemption.

Directed by Robert Zemeckis

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The Man Who Invented Christmas(2017)

| 1h 45min | Drama, History, Comedy, Kids & Family

3.4/5 (with 357 votes)

In 1843, despite the fact that Dickens is a successful writer, the failure of his latest book puts his career at a crossroads, until the moment when, struggling with inspiration and confronting reality with his childhood memories, a new character is born in the depths of his troubled mind; an old, lonely, embittered man, so vivid, so human, that a whole world grows around him, a story so inspiring that changed the meaning of Christmas forever.

Directed by Bharat Nalluri - With Dan Stevens, Jonathan Pryce, Christopher Plummer

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Scrooge(1951)

| 1h 26min | Fantasy, Drama

3.7/5 (with 133 votes)

Ebenezer Scrooge malcontentedly shuffles through life as a cruel, miserly businessman; until he is visited by three spirits on Christmas Eve who show him how his unhappy childhood and adult behavior has left him a selfish, lonely old man.

Directed by Brian Desmond Hurst - With Alastair Sim, Mervyn Johns, Hermione Baddeley, Jack Warner, Kathleen Harrison, Michael Hordern, ...

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Errementari: The Blacksmith and the Devil(2018)

1h 38min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

3.2/5 (with 235 votes)

Basque Country, Spain, 1843. A police constable arrives at a small village in Álava to investigate a mysterious blacksmith who lives alone deep in the woods.

Directed by Paul Urkijo - With Kandido Uranga, Eneko Sagardoy, Ramón Agirre, Gorka Aguinagalde, Josean Bengoetxea, Jose Ramon Argoitia, ...

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The Comancheros(1961)

| 1h 45min | Romance / Love, Western, Action, Adventure

3.4/5 (with 81 votes)

Texas Ranger Jake Cutter arrests gambler Paul Regret, but soon finds himself teamed with his prisoner in an undercover effort to defeat a band of renegade arms merchants and thieves known as Comancheros.

Directed by Michael Curtiz, John Wayne - With John Wayne, Stuart Whitman, Ina Balin, Lee Marvin, Nehemiah Persoff, Bruce Cabot, ...

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Lost Illusions(2021)

2h 21min | Drama, Romance / Love

3.7/5 (with 184 votes)

Taking place between the years 1837 and 1843, Balzac’s classic novel focuses on the young poet Lucien de Rubempré, who leaves Angouleme for Paris in the pursuit of becoming an author.

Directed by Xavier Giannoli - With Gérard Depardieu, Cécile de France, Vincent Lacoste, Benjamin Voisin, Xavier Dolan, Salomé Dewaels, ...

A Christmas Carol(1999)

| 1h 35min | Drama, Fantasy

3.4/5 (with 81 votes)

Scrooge is a miserly old businessman in 1840s London. One Christmas Eve he is visited by the ghost of Marley, his dead business partner. Marley foretells that Scrooge will be visited by three spirits, each of whom will attempt to show Scrooge the error of his ways. Will Scrooge reform his ways in time to celebrate Christmas?

Directed by David Hugh Jones - With Patrick Stewart, Richard E. Grant, Joel Grey, Ian McNeice, Saskia Reeves, Dominic West, ...

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The Last Thing Mary Saw(2021)

1h 29min | Horror, Drama, Thriller

3.2/5 (with 31 votes)

Winter, 1843. A young woman is under investigation following the mysterious death of her family's matriarch. Her recollection of the events sheds new light on the ageless forces behind the tragedy.

Scrooge(1935)

| 1h 18min | Drama, Fantasy, Kids & Family

3.1/5 (with 12 votes)

Ebenezer Scrooge, the ultimate Victorian miser, hasn't a good word for Christmas, though his impoverished clerk Cratchit and nephew Fred are full of holiday spirit. In the night, Scrooge is visited by spirits of the past, present, and future.

Directed by Henry Edwards - With Seymour Hicks, Donald Calthrop, Mary Glynne, Garry Marsh, Oscar Asche, Marie Ney, ...

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A Christmas Carol(1971)

| 27min | Animation, Drama, Kids & Family

3.5/5 (with 17 votes)

Ebenezer Scrooge, a skinflint visited by the spirits of Christmas past, present and future one fateful Christmas Eve. It's up to them to help the old crab see the error of his ways. And they do, to the delight of Bob Cratchit and Tiny Tim.

Directed by Richard Williams

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Movies Set in 1843

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Scrooge: A Christmas Carol(2022)

A Christmas Carol(2009)

The Man Who Invented Christmas(2017)

Scrooge(1951)

Errementari: The Blacksmith and the Devil(2018)

The Comancheros(1961)

Lost Illusions(2021)

A Christmas Carol(1999)

The Last Thing Mary Saw(2021)

Scrooge(1935)

A Christmas Carol(1971)

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