Movies tagged as "1870s"

Age of Innocence, The [1993, USA ] starting from $1.99

In a world of tradition. In an age of innocence. They dared to break the rules.

Genres: Drama, Romance Actors: Daniel Day-Lewis, Michelle Pfeiffer, Winona Ryder, Alexis Smith, Geraldine Chaplin, Mary Beth Hurt, Alec McCowen, Richard E. Grant, Miriam Margolyes, Robert Sean Leonard, Siân Phillips, Jonathan Pryce, Michael Gough, Joanne Woodward, Stuart Wilson, Directors: Martin Scorsese Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   Society scion Newland Archer is engaged to May Welland, but his well-ordered life is upset when he meets May's unconventional cousin, the Countess Olenska. At first, Newland becomes a defender of the Countess, whose separation from her abusive husband makes her a social outcast in the restrictive high society of late-19th Century New York, but he finds in her a companion spirit and they fall in love.

Around the World in 80 Days [2004, UK, Germany, Ireland ] starting from $1.99

The race begins: June 16.

Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Romance Actors: John Cleese, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Kathy Bates, Jackie Chan, Steve Coogan, Robert Fyfe, Jim Broadbent, Ian McNeice, David Ryall, Roger Hammond, Adam Godley, Karen Mok, Howard Cooper, Daniel Hinchcliffe, Wolfram Teufel, Tom Strauss, Kit West, Ewen Bremner Directors: Frank Coraci, Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   This version of the classic novel set in 1872 focuses on Passepartout (Chan), a Chinese thief who steals a valuable jade Buddha and then seeks refuge in the traveling companionship of an eccentric London inventor and adventurer, Phileas Fogg (Coogan), who has taken on a bet with members of his gentlemens' club that he can make it around the world in a mere 80 days, using a variety of means of transportation, like boats, trains, balloons, elephants, etc. Along the way, Passepartout uses his amazing martial arts abilities to defend Fogg from the many dangers they face.. One major threat to their adventure is a detective that's following them. Why? Just as Fogg and Passeportout left London, a major bank was robbed, with Fogg suspected of using the "around the world" trip as an excuse to escape.. Their path from London and back includes stops in Paris, Turkey, India, China and USA...

Around the World in 80 Days [2004, USA, Germany, Ireland, UK ] starting from $1.99

The race begins: June 16.

Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Romance Actors: Jackie Chan, Steve Coogan, Robert Fyfe, Jim Broadbent, Ian McNeice, David Ryall, Roger Hammond, Adam Godley, Karen Mok, Howard Cooper, Daniel Hinchcliffe, Wolfram Teufel, Tom Strauss, Kit West, Ewen Bremner, Directors: Frank Coraci Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   Based on the classic novel by Jules Verne, Around the World in 80 Days (2003) stars Jackie Chan as Passepartout. As an adventurer, Passepartout ends up accompanying time-obsessed English gentleman, Phileas Fogg (played by Steve Coogan) on a daring mission to journey around the world. Fogg has wagered with members of his London club that he can traverse the world in 80 days. Along the way, they encounter many interesting 19th Century figures and have many exciting and suspenseful situations in their voyage around the world.

Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, The [2007, USA ] starting from $1.99

Genres: Biography, Crime, Drama, Western Actors: Brad Pitt, Mary-Louise Parker, Brooklynn Proulx, Dustin Bollinger, Casey Affleck, Sam Rockwell, Jeremy Renner, Sam Shepard, Garret Dillahunt, Paul Schneider, Joel McNichol, James Defelice, J.C. Roberts, Darrell Orydzuk, Jonathan Erich Drachenberg, Directors: Andrew Dominik Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   Robert Ford, who's idolized Jesse James since childhood, tries hard to join the reforming gang of the Missouri outlaw, but gradually becomes resentful of the bandit leader.

Blueberry [2004, France, Mexico, USA ] starting from $1.99

When the angels kiss the demons,... you'd better be ready.

Genres: Adventure, Western Actors: Vincent Cassel, Juliette Lewis, Michael Madsen, Temuera Morrison, Ernest Borgnine, Djimon Hounsou, Hugh O'Conor, Geoffrey Lewis, Nichole Hiltz, Kateri Walker, Vahina Giocante, Kestenbetsa, Tchéky Karyo, Eddie Izzard, Colm Meaney, Directors: Jan Kounen Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   In the 1870's, U.S Marshal Mike S. Blueberry tries to stop Wally Blount, the man who killed his girlfriend, from getting to a stockpile of gold hidden in Indian territory. On his way, he meets Prosit, a German villain on a persistent mission to find gold in the Superstition Mountains.

Citizen Kane [1941, USA ] starting from $1.99

365 days in the making - and every minute of it an exciting NEW thrill for you !

Genres: Drama, Mystery Actors: Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Comingore, Agnes Moorehead, Ruth Warrick, Ray Collins, Erskine Sanford, Everett Sloane, William Alland, Paul Stewart, George Coulouris, Fortunio Bonanova, Gus Schilling, Philip Van Zandt, Georgia Backus, Harry Shannon, Directors: Orson Welles Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   Considered by many to be the best film ever made, this is the story of Charles Foster Kane. The film opens with a long shot of Xanadu - the private estate of one of the world's richest men. In the middle of the estate is a castle. We see, inside the castle, a dying man examining a winter scene within a crystal ball. As he drops it, it smashes, and one word is heard - "Rosebud..." What follows are pieces of newsreel-like footage detailing how Kane amassed his fortune, and turning around full circle at the end.

Dead Man [1995, USA, Germany, Japan ] starting from $1.99

No one can survive becoming a legend.

Genres: Drama, Western Actors: Billy Bob Thornton, Iggy Pop, Johnny Depp, Crispin Glover, Gibby Haynes, Richard Boes, George Duckworth, John Hurt, John North, Robert Mitchum, Mili Avital, Peter Schrum, Gabriel Byrne, Gary Farmer, Lance Henriksen, Michael Wincott, Eugene Byrd Directors: Jim Jarmusch, Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   Dead Man is the story of a young man's journey, both physically and spiritually, into very unfamiliar terrain. William Blake travels to the extreme western frontiers of America sometime in the 2nd half of the 19th century. Lost and badly wounded, he encounters a very odd, outcast Native American, named "Nobody," who believes Blake is actually the dead English poet of the same name. The story, with Nobody's help, leads William Blake through situations that are in turn comical and violent. Contrary to his nature, circumstances transform Blake into a hunted outlaw, a killer, and a man whose physical existence is slowly slipping away. Thrown into a world that is cruel and chaotic, his eyes are opened to the fragility that defines the realm of the living. It is as though he passes through the surface of a mirror, and emerges into a previously-unknown world that exists on the other side.

For a Few Dollars More [1965, West Germany, Spain, Italy, Monaco ] starting from $1.99

The man with no name is back... The man in black is waiting... a walking arsenal - he uncoils, strikes and kills!

Genres: Action, Drama, Thriller, Western Actors: Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, Gian Maria Volonté, Mara Krupp, Luigi Pistilli, Klaus Kinski, Joseph Egger, Panos Papadopulos, Benito Stefanelli, Roberto Camardiel, Aldo Sambrell, Luis Rodríguez, Tomás Blanco, Lorenzo Robledo, Sergio Mendizábal Directors: Sergio Leone, Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   Two bounty hunters are after the same man, Indio. At first, they go their own ways, but eventually get together to try and find him. But are they after him for the same reason ?

Illusionist, The [2006, Czech Republic, USA ] starting from $1.99

Nothing is what it seems

Genres: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller Actors: Edward Norton, Paul Giamatti, Jessica Biel, Rufus Sewell, Eddie Marsan, Jake Wood, Tom Fisher, Aaron Johnson, Eleanor Tomlinson, Karl Johnson, Vincent Franklin, Nicholas Blane, Philip McGough, Erich Redman, Michael Carter, Directors: Neil Burger Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   A magician in turn-of-the-last-century Vienna falls in love with a woman well above his social standing. When she becomes engaged to the crown prince, the magician uses his powers to free her and undermine the stability of the royal house of Vienna.

Kate & Leopold [2001, USA ] starting from $1.99

If they lived in the same century they'd be perfect for each other.

Genres: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi Actors: Meg Ryan, Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber, Breckin Meyer, Natasha Lyonne, Bradley Whitford, Paxton Whitehead, Spalding Gray, Josh Stamberg, Matthew Sussman, Charlotte Ayanna, Philip Bosco, Andrew Jack, Stan Tracy, Kristen Schaal, Directors: James Mangold Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   Kate and her actor brother live in N.Y. in the 21st Century. Her ex-boy friend, Stuart, lives above her apartment and finds this space near the Brooklyn Bridge where there is a gap in time. He goes back to the eighteen hundreds and takes pictures of the place. Leopold, a man living in the 1870's, was puzzled by Stuart's tiny camera and decides to follow him and they both ended up in this century. Leopold is clueless about his new surroundings. He gets help and insights from Charlie who thinks that Leopold is an actor who is always in character. Leopold is a highly intelligent man and tries his best to learn and even improve the modern conveniences that he encounters.

Last Samurai, The [2003, New Zealand, USA, Japan ] starting from $1.99

In the face of an enemy, in the Heart of One Man, Lies the Soul of a Warrior.

Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama, War Actors: Shin Koyamada, Ken Watanabe, Tom Cruise, William Atherton, Chad Lindberg, Ray Godshall Sr., Billy Connolly, Tony Goldwyn, Masato Harada, Masashi Odate, John Koyama, Timothy Spall, Shichinosuke Nakamura, Togo Igawa, Satoshi Nikaido, Shintaro Wada Directors: Edward Zwick, Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   In the 1870s, Captain Nathan Algren, a cynical veteran of the American Civil war who will work for anyone, is hired by Americans who want lucrative contracts with the Emperor of Japan to train the peasant conscripts for the first standing imperial army in modern warfare using firearms. The imperial Omura cabinet's first priority is to repress a rebellion of traditionalist Samurai -hereditary warriors- who remain devoted to the sacred dynasty but reject the Westernizing policy and even refuse firearms. Yet when his ill-prepared superior force sets out too soon, their panic allows the sword-wielding samurai to crush them. Badly wounded Algren's courageous stand makes the samurai leader Katsumoto spare his life; once nursed to health he learns to know and respect the old Japanese way, and participates as advisor in Katsumoto's failed attempt to save the Bushido tradition, but Omura gets repressive laws enacted- he must now choose to honor his loyalty to one of the embittered sides when the conflict returns to the battlefield...

Magnificent Ambersons, The [1942, USA ] starting from $1.99

From the Man who Made "The Best Picture of 1941"

Genres: Drama Actors: Joseph Cotten, Dolores Costello, Anne Baxter, Tim Holt, Agnes Moorehead, Ray Collins, Erskine Sanford, Richard Bennett, Orson Welles, Edwin August, Jack Baxley, William Blees, Lyle Clement, Bobby Cooper, Don Dillaway, Directors: Fred Fleck Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   The young, handsome, but somewhat wild Eugene Morgan wants to marry Isabel Amberson, daughter of a rich upper-class family, but she instead marries dull and steady Wilbur Minafer. Their only child, George, grows up a spoiled brat. Years later, Eugene comes back, now a mature widower and a successful automobile maker. After Wilbur dies, Eugene again asks Isabel to marry him, and she is receptive. But George resents the attentions paid to his mother, and he and his whacko aunt Fanny manage to sabotage the romance. A series of disasters befall the Ambersons and George, and he gets his come-uppance in the end.

September Dawn [2006, Canada ] starting from $1.99

Genres: Drama, Romance, Western Actors: Jon Voight, Trent Ford, Tamara Hope, Jon Gries, Taylor Handley, Huntley Ritter, Krisinda Cain, Shaun Johnston, Lolita Davidovich, Dean Cain, Terence Stamp, Carter Burns, Tom Carey, Geoff Erwin, Hal Kerbes, Directors: Christopher Cain Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   A story set against the Mountain Meadows Massacre, the film is based upon the tragedy which occurred in Utah in 1857. A group of settlers, traveling on wagons, was murdered by the native Mormons. All together, about 140 souls of men, women and children, were taken. Amidst this, two young lovers-to-be, one a Mormon and the other one of the doomed settlers from Arkansas, develop a relationship in an atmosphere of suspicion and rancor.

Silk [2007, Canada, France, Italy, UK, Japan ] starting from $1.99

Love knows no borders

Genres: Drama, Romance Actors: Michael Pitt, Tony Vogel, Toni Bertorelli, Kenneth Welsh, Alfred Molina, Michael Golding, Carlo Cecchi, Marc Fiorini, Leslie Csuth, Toru Tezuka, Hiroya Morita, Akinori Ando, Jun Kunimura, Kanata Hongô, Kôji Yakusho Directors: Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   Based on the Alessandro Baricco's novel this is the story of a married silkworm smuggler, Herve Joncour, in 19th Century France who travels to Japan to collect his clandestine cargo. While there he spots a beautiful Japanese woman, the concubine of a local baron, with whom he becomes obsessed. Without speaking the same language, they communicate through letters until war intervenes. Their unrequited love persists however, and Herve's wife Helene begins to suspect.

Young Guns [1988, USA ] starting from $1.99

Six reasons why the west was wild.

Genres: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, Western Actors: Emilio Estevez, Kiefer Sutherland, Lou Diamond Phillips, Charlie Sheen, Dermot Mulroney, Casey Siemaszko, Terence Stamp, Jack Palance, Terry O'Quinn, Sharon Thomas, Geoffrey Blake, Alice Carter, Brian Keith, Thomas Callaway, Patrick Wayne, Directors: Christopher Cain Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   1878 in New Mexico: John Tunstall picks up young gun men from the road to have them work on his ranch, but also to teach them reading and to civilize them. However he's a thorn in the side of the rich rancher Murphy, as he's a competitor in selling cattle. One day he's shot by Murphy's men. Judge Wilson can't do anything, since Sheriff Brady is one of Murphy's men. But attorney Alex persuades him to constitute Tunstall's young friends to Deputies and give them warrants of arrest for the murderers. Instead of arresting them, William Bonney just shoots them down. Soon the 5 guys become famous and William gets the name "Billie the Kid" - but they're also chased by dozens of Murphy's men and the army. The people however honor him as fighter for justice.