Share:

Movies Set in The 1850s

Public list by WPS with 107 movies or TV shows/series

Related lists: 1190 | 1400 | 1410 | 1420 | 1430 | 1450 | 1460 | 1470 | 1480 | 1490 | 1500 | 1510 | 1520 | 1530 | 1540 | 1550 | 1560 | 1570 | 1580 | 1590 | 1600 | 1610 | 1620 | 1630 | 1640 | 1650 | 1660 | 1670 | 1680 | 1690 | 1700 | 1710 | 1720 | 1730 | 1740 | 1750 | 1760 | 1770 | 1780 | 1790 | 1800 | 1810 | 1820 | 1830 | 1840 | 1860 | 1870 | 1880 | 1890 | 1900 | 1910 | 1920 | 1930 | 1940 | 1950 | 1960 | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2020 | 2030 | 2040 | 2050 | 2060 | 2070 | 2080 | 2090 | 2100 | 2110

Entries in this List


All Providers

Sort by:
107 movies and TV shows/series found (page 1/4):

Redeeming Love(2022)

4.0/5 (with 119 votes)

A retelling of the biblical book of Hosea set against the backdrop of the California Gold Rush of 1850.

Cinderella(1950)

FSK: 0+ years
| 1h 14min | Kids & Family, Fantasy, Animation, Romance / Love
3.5/5 (with 3,146 votes)

Cinderella has faith her dreams of a better life will come true. With help from her loyal mice friends and a wave of her Fairy Godmother's wand, Cinderella's rags are magically turned into a glorious gown and off she goes to the Royal Ball. But when the clock strikes midnight, the spell is broken, leaving a single glass slipper... the only key to the ultimate fairy-tale ending!

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter(2012)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 34min | Action, Fantasy, Horror
2.8/5 (with 1,482 votes)

President Lincoln's mother is killed by a supernatural creature, which fuels his passion to crush vampires and their slave-owning helpers.

12 Years a Slave(2013)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 14min | Drama, History
4.0/5 (with 5,107 votes)

In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty as well as unexpected kindnesses Solomon struggles not only to stay alive, but to retain his dignity. In the twelfth year of his unforgettable odyssey, Solomon’s chance meeting with a Canadian abolitionist will forever alter his life.

Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle(2018)

1h 45min | Adventure, Drama
3.2/5 (with 1,190 votes)

A human child raised by wolves, must face off against a menacing tiger named Shere Khan, as well as his own origins.

Nosferatu the Vampyre(1979)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 47min | Drama, Horror
3.7/5 (with 336 votes)

Jonathan Harker, a real estate agent, goes to Transylvania to visit the mysterious Count Dracula and formalize the purchase of a property in Wismar. Once Jonathan is caught under his evil spell, Dracula travels to Wismar where he meets the beautiful Lucy, Jonathan's wife, while a plague spreads through the town, now ruled by death.

Holes(2003)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 57min | Adventure, Kids & Family, Drama, Comedy
3.4/5 (with 603 votes)

A wrongfully convicted boy is sent to a brutal desert detention camp where he must dig holes in order to build character. What he doesn't know is that he is digging holes in order to search for a lost treasure hidden somewhere in the camp.

Stardust(2007)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 7min | Adventure, Fantasy, Romance / Love, Kids & Family
3.6/5 (with 1,790 votes)

In a countryside town bordering on a magical land, a young man makes a promise to his beloved that he'll retrieve a fallen star by venturing into the magical realm. His journey takes him into a world beyond his wildest dreams and reveals his true identity.

Jeremiah Johnson(1972)

3.7/5 (with 252 votes)

A mountain man who wishes to live the life of a hermit becomes the unwilling object of a long vendetta by Indians when he proves to be the match of their warriors in one-to-one combat on the early frontier.

Red River(1948)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 13min | Western, Adventure, Drama, Romance / Love
3.7/5 (with 213 votes)

Headstrong Thomas Dunson starts a thriving Texas cattle ranch with the help of his faithful trail hand, Groot, and his protégé, Matthew Garth, an orphan Dunson took under his wing when Matt was a boy. In need of money following the Civil War, Dunson and Matt lead a cattle drive to Missouri, where they will get a better price than locally, but the crotchety older man and his willful young partner begin to butt heads on the exhausting journey.

The Piano(1993)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 56min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.7/5 (with 632 votes)

After a long voyage from Scotland, pianist Ada McGrath and her young daughter, Flora, are left with all their belongings, including a piano, on a New Zealand beach. Ada, who has been mute since childhood, has been sold into marriage to a local man named Alisdair Stewart. Making little attempt to warm up to Alisdair, Ada soon becomes intrigued by his Maori-friendly acquaintance, George Baines, leading to tense, life-altering conflicts.

Harriet(2019)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 5min | Drama, History
3.7/5 (with 332 votes)

The extraordinary tale of Harriet Tubman's escape from slavery and transformation into one of America's greatest heroes. Her courage, ingenuity and tenacity freed hundreds of slaves and changed the course of history.

Ad Protect Your Online Privacy with a VPN

Don't risk your personal information and online activities being exposed to hackers, government surveillance, and other online threats. A VPN encrypts your internet connection and hides your IP, giving you maximum security and privacy. Take control of your online safety, switch to a VPN now. Choose one of these services to learn more:

Sissi: The Young Empress(1956)

FSK: 6+ years
| 1h 47min | Drama, Comedy, Romance / Love
3.6/5 (with 146 votes)

Sissi is now the empress of Austria and attempts to learn etiquette. While she is busy being empress she also has to deal with her difficult new mother-in-law, while the arch-duchess Sophie is trying to tell the emperor how to rule and also Sissi how to be a mother.

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers(1954)

1h 42min | Comedy, Drama, Western
3.6/5 (with 239 votes)

In 1850 Oregon, when a backwoodsman brings a wife home to his farm, his six brothers decide that they want to get married too.

The Song of Bernadette(1943)

2h 36min | Drama
3.6/5 (with 47 votes)

In 1858 Lourdes, France, Bernadette, an adolescent peasant girl, has a vision of "a beautiful lady" in the city dump. She never claims it to be anything other than this, but the townspeople all assume it to be the Virgin Mary. The pompous government officials think she is nuts, and do their best to suppress the girl and her followers, and the church wants nothing to do with the whole matter. But as Bernadette attracts wider and wider attention, the phenomenon overtakes everyone in the the town, and transforms their lives.

Bandidas(2006)

FSK: 6+ years
| 1h 33min | Action, Comedy, Western, Crime
3.0/5 (with 502 votes)

Set in the late 19th century. When a ruthless robber baron takes away everything they cherish, a rough-and-tumble, idealistic peasant and a sophisticated heiress embark on a quest for justice, vengeance…and a few good heists.

Pee Mak(2013)

3.6/5 (with 55 votes)

Mak's friends just want to protect him, but his wife Nak won't let a small thing like her own death get in the way of true love in this horror-comedy.

Directed by Banjong Pisanthanakun - With Mario Maurer, Davika Hoorne, Kantapat Permpoonpatcharasuk, Sean Jindachot, Nimit Luksameepong, Pongsatorn Jongwilak, ...

Sissi(1955)

FSK: 6+ years
| 1h 42min | Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love
3.7/5 (with 208 votes)

The young Bavarian princess Elisabeth, who all call Sissi, goes with her mother and older sister Néné to Austria where Néné will be wed to an emperor named Franz Joseph, Yet unexpectedly Franz runs into Sissi while out fishing and they fall in love.

Paint Your Wagon(1969)

FSK: 16+ years
| 2h 44min | Drama, Action, Comedy, Western, Music
3.2/5 (with 99 votes)

A Michigan farmer and a prospector form a partnership in the California gold country. Their adventures include buying and sharing a wife, hijacking a stage, kidnapping six prostitutes, and turning their mining camp into a boom town. Along the way there is plenty of drinking, gambling, and singing. They even find time to do some creative gold mining.

Santa Fe Trail(1940)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 50min | Action, Western
3.0/5 (with 18 votes)

As a penalty for fighting fellow classmates days before graduating from West Point, J.E.B. Stuart, George Armstrong Custer and four friends are assigned to the 2nd Cavalry, stationed at Fort Leavenworth. While there they aid in the capture and execution of the abolitionist, John Brown following the Battle of Harper's Ferry.

The Prodigal Son(1981)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 40min | Action, Comedy
3.5/5 (with 30 votes)

A rich man's son believes himself to be the best kung fu fighter in Canton. Unfortunately, his father, anxious for his son's safety, bribes all his opponents to lose. After a humiliating defeat at the hands of an actor in a traveling theatre company, the son resolves to find a better teacher.

Directed by Sammo Hung - With Yuen Biao, Lam Ching-ying, Sammo Hung, Frankie Chan, Dick Wei, Hoi Sang Lee, ...

The Widow of Saint-Pierre(2000)

3.3/5 (with 24 votes)

In 1850, on the isolated French island of Saint-Pierre, a murder shocks the natives. Two fishermen are arrested. One of them, Louis Ollivier, dies in custody. The other, Neel Auguste, is sentenced to death by the guillotine. The island is so small that it has neither a guillotine nor an executioner. While those are sent for Auguste is placed under the supervision of an army Captain.

A Woman Called Moses(1978)

1h 37min per episode | Drama
3.4/5 (with 4 votes)

A television miniseries based on the life of Harriet Tubman, the escaped African American slave who helped to organize the Underground Railroad, and who led dozens of African Americans from enslavement in the Southern United States to freedom in the Northern states and Canada.

Directed by Paul Wendkos - With Cicely Tyson

Stormskerry Maja(2024)

2h 42min | Drama

Maija and Janne move to the barren and remote island of Stormskerry, where survival is a daily struggle. Growing up in a world of old values, Maija becomes aware of a new era: a woman can be an equal partner instead of a mere bystander. The couple have children, and life is good until trouble sets in: war arrives on the island, Janne is forced to flee from the English troops, and Maija and the children are imprisoned. The family also faces many financial difficulties and death. Years pass, but Maija remains strong and stays in Stormskerry despite all the hardships and difficulties.

Directed by Tiina Lymi - With Amanda Jansson, Linus Troedsson, Amanda Kilpeläinen Arvidsson, Jonna Järnefelt, Tobias Zilliacus, Desmond Eastwood, ...

Elvira's Haunted Hills(2002)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 30min | Comedy, Horror
2.7/5 (with 46 votes)

The setting is Carpathia. The year is 1851. When Elvira gets kicked out of an Inn for a slight monetary discrepancy, she is rescued by a local who takes her to stay at the castle in the hills high above the village. The fact that she happens to resemble the count's former "missing" wife opens a can of worms or two.

Washington Square(1997)

1h 55min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.2/5 (with 16 votes)

Set in 1870's New York, a spinster heiress is courted by a much younger, penniless man, much to the chagrin of her over-protective father, and must decide whether to spend the rest of her life alone, or marry a man who is interested in her only because of her inheritence.

The World in His Arms(1952)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 44min | Adventure, Romance / Love, History
3.4/5 (with 15 votes)

A boisterous sea captain in the Pacific Coast, circa 1850, has a plan to buy Alaska from the Russians… if they don’t kill him first.

The Frisco Kid(1979)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 54min | Western, Comedy
3.1/5 (with 61 votes)

Rabbi Avram arrives in Philadelphia from Poland en route to San Francisco where he will be a congregation's new rabbi. An innocent and inexperienced traveller, he is tricked by con men to pay for the trip to go west, then they leave him and his belongings scattered along a deserted road. He is befriended by a stranger, Tommy, who is a bank robber and have many adventures during their journey.

In Search of the Castaways(1962)

FSK: 6+ years
| 1h 38min | Adventure, Kids & Family
3.2/5 (with 32 votes)

Two teenagers, Mary (Hayley Mills) and Robert (Keith Hamshere) are lead by Professor Paganel (Maurice Chevalier) on a search expedition for the children's shipwrecked sea captain father. This Disney film was based upon Jules Verne's 1868 adventure novel Captain Grant's Children.

Romasanta: The Werewolf Hunt(2004)

1h 30min | Action, Horror
2.5/5 (with 39 votes)

A terror is stalking the land: people are disappearing daily, their bodies appearing covered in savage gashes coupled with precise surgical cuts. The legend of the 'Werewolf of Allariz' spreads across the land like wildfire. When Barbara (Elsa Pataky) falls in love with travelling vendor Manuel Romasanta, she is at first besotted with him - but soon begins to be suspicious of him. What has happened to her sister, who - after being escorted by Romasanta to the city - seems to have disappeared forever.

previous page
next page
WatchPlayStream ID: LISTS:24449