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1. Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989)
PG | 90 min | Adventure, Comedy, Music
Two rock-'n-rolling teens, on the verge of failing their class, set out on a quest to make the ultimate school history report after being presented with a time machine.
Director: Stephen Herek | Stars: Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter, George Carlin, Terry Camilleri
Votes: 142,098 | Gross: $40.49M
2. The Shootist (1976)
PG | 100 min | Drama, Romance, Western
A dying gunfighter spends his last days looking for a way to die with a minimum of pain and a maximum of dignity.
Director: Don Siegel | Stars: John Wayne, Lauren Bacall, Ron Howard, James Stewart
Votes: 26,958
3. 1900 (1976)
Unrated | 317 min | Drama, History
The epic tale of a class struggle in twentieth-century Italy as seen through the eyes of two childhood friends on opposing sides.
Director: Bernardo Bertolucci | Stars: Robert De Niro, Gérard Depardieu, Dominique Sanda, Francesca Bertini
Votes: 27,341
4. Breaker Morant (1980)
PG | 107 min | Drama, History, War
Three Australian lieutenants are court martialed for executing prisoners as a way of deflecting attention from war crimes committed by their superior officers.
Director: Bruce Beresford | Stars: Edward Woodward, Jack Thompson, John Waters, Bryan Brown
Votes: 14,471 | Gross: $7.14M
5. Tesla (I) (2020)
PG-13 | 102 min | Biography, Drama
A freewheeling take on visionary inventor Nikola Tesla, his interactions with Thomas Edison and J.P. Morgan's daughter Anne, and his breakthroughs in transmitting electrical power and light.
Director: Michael Almereyda | Stars: Ethan Hawke, Eve Hewson, Eli A. Smith, Josh Hamilton
Votes: 10,578
6. Mafia! (1998)
PG-13 | 87 min | Comedy, Crime
Takeoff on the Godfather with the son of a mafia king taking over for his dying father
Director: Jim Abrahams | Stars: Jay Mohr, Christina Applegate, Lloyd Bridges, Billy Burke
Votes: 16,009 | Gross: $19.88M
7. Tom Horn (1980)
R | 98 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
An ex-army scout is hired by ranchers to kill cattle rustlers but he gets into trouble with the corrupt local officials when he's suspected of killing a boy.
Director: William Wiard | Stars: Steve McQueen, Linda Evans, Richard Farnsworth, Billy Green Bush
Votes: 5,935 | Gross: $9.68M
8. Our Town (1940)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Family, Romance
Change comes slowly to a small New Hampshire town in the early 20th century.
Director: Sam Wood | Stars: William Holden, Martha Scott, Fay Bainter, Beulah Bondi
Votes: 2,983
9. The Grey Fox (1982)
PG | 92 min | Biography, Drama, History
When an aging, but gentlemanly stagecoach robber is released from prison, he decides to go to Canada to become a train robber.
Director: Phillip Borsos | Stars: Richard Farnsworth, Jackie Burroughs, Ken Pogue, Wayne Robson
Votes: 2,503
10. Les Misérables (1995)
R | 175 min | Drama, History
A variation on Victor Hugo's classic novel by means of the story of a man whose life is affected by and somewhat duplicated by the Hugo story of the beleaguered Jean Valjean.
Director: Claude Lelouch | Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Michel Boujenah, Alessandra Martines, Salomé Lelouch
Votes: 4,016 | Gross: $1.04M
11. The Secret Garden (1975)
G | 210 min | Drama, Family
In 19th-century India, Mary Lennox is suddenly orphaned by cholera. Her only living relative is her uncle, Archibald Craven, so Mary is sent to live at his estate on the Yorkshire moors. Where she discovers a secret garden and a cousin.
Stars: Sarah Hollis Andrews, Hope Johnstone, William Marsh, Jacqueline Hoyle
Votes: 358
12. Leonie (2010)
PG-13 | 102 min | Biography, Drama
A film about the life and relationships of the early 20th century American educator, editor, and journalist Leonie Gilmour, the mother of the acclaimed artist and architect Isamu Noguchi.
Director: Hisako Matsui | Stars: Emily Mortimer, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Shidô Nakamura, Christina Hendricks
Votes: 613
13. The Riddle of the Sands (1979)
PG | 102 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
In 1901, two British yachtsmen visiting Germany's Frisian Islands accidentally discover a German plot to invade England.
Director: Tony Maylam | Stars: Michael York, Jenny Agutter, Simon MacCorkindale, Alan Badel
Votes: 1,387
14. Kartini: Princess of Java (2017)
TV-G | 122 min | Biography, Drama, Family
This movie follows the story of the Indonesian heroine named Kartini. In the early 1900s, when Indonesia was still a colony of the Netherlands, women weren't allowed to get higher education. Kartini grew up to fight for equality for women.
Director: Hanung Bramantyo | Stars: Dian Sastrowardoyo, Ayushita, Acha Septriasa, Deddy Sutomo
Votes: 660
15. Laurin (1989)
84 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Children have been disappearing under mysterious circumstances in a 19th century German village. A young girl soon becomes haunted by disturbing visions of the missing kids.
Director: Robert Sigl | Stars: Dóra Szinetár, Brigitte Karner, Károly Eperjes, Hédi Temessy
Votes: 973
16. Pit Pony (1997 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 92 min | Drama
A young boy working in Nova Scotia's treacherous coal mines in the early 20th century finds a friend in ones of the ponies used to haul coal up from the tunnels to be used at the railway station and the steel mill.
Director: Eric Till | Stars: Ben Rose-Davis, Richard Donat, Jennie Raymond, Andrew Keilty
Votes: 299
17. Dawson City: Frozen Time (2016)
120 min | Documentary, History
The history of Dawson City, the gold rush town that had a historical treasure of forgotten silent films buried in permafrost for decades until 1978.
Director: Bill Morrison | Stars: Michael Gates, Kathy Jones-Gates, Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Frank Barrett
Votes: 2,156 | Gross: $0.13M
18. This Is My Affair (1937)
Passed | 100 min | Crime, Drama, History
Navy Lt. Richard Perry becomes an undercover man out to discover the leaders of a group of well connected men who pull off bank robberies during the McKinley administration (early 20th century).
Director: William A. Seiter | Stars: Robert Taylor, Barbara Stanwyck, Victor McLaglen, Brian Donlevy
Votes: 686
19. The Pleasure Garden (1961)
93 min | Comedy
A small picturesque town at the turn of the century. The conservative moral of the townspeople is shaken when they find out that the school teacher Franzén published his own poetry ... See full summary »
Director: Alf Kjellin | Stars: Sickan Carlsson, Gunnar Björnstrand, Bibi Andersson, Per Myrberg
Votes: 186
20. Across the Pacific (2020)
History
This is a 3 part series from PBS, following WW1, airline executive Juan Trippe, pilot Charles Lindbergh
Stars: Christopher Cassarino, Brad Koed, Brian Muller, Sergey Nagorny
Votes: 70
21. The Winds of Kitty Hawk (1978 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 98 min | Biography, Drama, History
After many years of trying, Orville and Wilbur Wright succeed in making their heavier-than-air aircraft fly, south of Kitty Hawk, on December 17, 1903. They later try to sell their invention to the US government.
Director: E.W. Swackhamer | Stars: Michael Moriarty, David Huffman, Tom Bower, Robin Gammell
Votes: 164
22. The Boer War (1992)
81 min | Documentary, History, War
The history of the Boer War, fought between the British Empire and the Boers of the Transvaal and Orange Free State between 1899 and 1902.
Director: Andrew Aitken | Star: Robert Powell
Votes: 87
23. Journey Out of Darkness (1967)
92 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Set in 1901, the film follows the progress of Constable Peterson (Matthaei) on his quest to bring an Aboriginal man (Kamahl) to justice under the White Man's law. Having heard of a killing ... See full summary »
Director: James Trainor | Stars: Konrad Matthaei, Ed Devereaux, Kamahl, Ronald Morse
Votes: 22
24. Gentle Annie (1944)
Passed | 80 min | Western
In 1901, an undercover US Marshal is sent to Oklahoma Territory to investigate a string of train robberies and arrest the culprits.
Director: Andrew Marton | Stars: James Craig, Donna Reed, Marjorie Main, Harry Morgan
Votes: 376
25. Alfred Butterworth and Sons, Glebe Mills, Hollinwood (1901)
2 min | Documentary, Short
Factory workers including child laborers walk towards a camera and interact with it.
Votes: 136
26. Day at the Circus (1901)
2 min | Documentary, Short
We present here a series of interesting pictures and show a number of scenes just as witnessed by a visitor to the Great Forepaugh and Sells Bros. combined four-ring circus. We begin by ... See full summary »
Director: Edwin S. Porter
Votes: 65
27. Demolishing and Building Up the Star Theatre (1901)
Unrated | 2 min | Documentary, Short
Time-lapse photography is used to show the manual dismantling and demolition of New York's Star Theatre over a period of about 30 days.
Director: Frederick S. Armitage
Votes: 1,101
28. Japanese Wrestling (1901)
Documentary, Short
A lively bout between Prof. J. J. O'Brien, formerly a Japanese Inspector of Police, and his assistant. Both are experts in the various Japanese systems of self-defense and in this picture ... See full summary »
29. President McKinley Inauguration (1901)
1 min | Documentary, Short
The first sequence (ca. 49 ft.), views of President William McKinley speaks to the crowd during his inauguration in Washington, DC. We see crowds on Pennsylvania Ave., NW, passing by the ... See full summary »
Director: G.W. Bitzer | Stars: Marcus Hanna, William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt
Votes: 202
30. Men at Lunch (2012)
Not Rated | 75 min | Documentary, Mystery
The story of "Lunch atop a Skyscraper," the iconic photograph taken during the construction of 30 Rockefeller Plaza.
Director: Seán Ó Cualáin | Stars: Fionnula Flanagan, Peter Quinn, Ric Burns, Christine Roussel
Votes: 351 | Gross: $0.00M
32. Panorama, Great Gorge Route Over Lewiston Bridge (1901)
Documentary, Short
The picture is taken from the front platform of a special car of the noted Great Gorge Railroad. Beginning at Queenstown on the Canadian shore about five miles below Niagara Falls, a curve ... See full summary »
33. Circular Panorama of Electric Tower (1901)
1 min | Documentary, Short
A most interesting picture at the Pan-American Exposition. The picture was taken from the north side of the Electric Tower. It presents the most perfect and diversified views of the ... See full summary »
Director: Edwin S. Porter
Votes: 476
34. Panoramic View of the Morecambe Sea Front (1901)
3 min | Documentary, Short, History
This film is part of the Mitchell and Kenyon collection - an amazing visual record of everyday life in Britain at the beginning of the twentieth century. Wave to Morecambe's seasiders in ... See full summary »
Votes: 206
35. Burro Pack Train on the Chilcoot Pass (1898)
1 min | Documentary, Short
During the Alaska gold rush, one way to reach the Klondike was over the Chilkoot Pass. A stationary camera is placed to see a ways down the curving trail. A pack train comes into view and ... See full summary »
Director: Thomas Crahan
Votes: 520
37. Panorama of Esplanade by Night (1901)
1 min | Documentary, Short
A most perfect picture of the Pan-American Exposition buildings, including the Electric Tower and Temple of Music, as they appear at night.
Director: Edwin S. Porter
Votes: 177
38. Laura Comstock's Bag-Punching Dog (1901)
2 min | Documentary, Short
This wonderful dog "Mannie," owned by the vaudeville star, Miss Laura Comstock, is a most learned animal. He has been trained to perform all sorts of tricks, and his intelligence is, ... See full summary »
Director: Edwin S. Porter | Star: Laura Comstock
Votes: 116
39. Pan-American Exposition by Night (1901)
Not Rated | 1 min | Documentary, Short
A great feature of the Pan-American Exposition, as unanimously conceded by all visitors, was the electric illumination of the Exposition grounds at night. After a great deal of ... See full summary »
Director: Edwin S. Porter
Votes: 593
40. Roeber Wrestling Match (1901)
Documentary, Short
This film shows a most exciting Graeco-Roman Wrestling match between two of the most skillful "Knights of the Mat" and is full of action from start to finish; every muscle stands out in ... See full summary »
Stars: August Faust, Ernest Roeber
41. The Matron Stakes (1901)
Documentary, Short
This is a composite picture of one of the biggest of the American Turf events. Cameras were placed at the first quarter, the half and the finish. In this way the horses are taken around the... See full summary »
45. Fire Department of Albany, N.Y. (1901)
2 min | Documentary, Short
Shows six engines, four hose carriages, two hook and ladders, two chemical engines, and a runabout containing the fire chief. Every engine has steam up and volumes of smoke are pouring from... See full summary »
Votes: 60
46. Buffalo Bill's Wild West Parade (1901)
2 min | Documentary, Short, News
Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show parades down New York's Fifth Avenue. Filmed on 1 April 1901.
Star: Buffalo Bill Cody
Votes: 123
48. Indian Fort, Sherman Hill Tunnel (1901)
Documentary, Short
A trip through Sherman Hill tunnel, through the Rocky Mountains on the Union Pacific Railroad.
Votes: 21
49. Deaf Mute Recitation (1901)
Short, Documentary
A young girl reciting "The Star Spangled Banner" in sign language as taught at Gallaudet Institute.
Votes: 38
50. 'Columbia' Winning the Cup (1901)
2 min | Documentary, Short, News
"This picture shows the Columbia crossing the line, leading the Shamrock by about 1/2 mile. The Shamrock is plainly seen in the distance and she later comes up and crosses the line in the same picture."
Directors: J. Stuart Blackton, Albert E. Smith
Votes: 118