Highest-Rated Movies about '1820s', Sort by Popularity

The Revenant (2015), The Red and the Black (1954), Woyzeck (1979), Bright Star (2009), The Emperor's New Clothes (2001), Onegin (1999), Man in the Wilderness (1971), Copying Beethoven (2006) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best 1820s movies.

#16. Land of Fury (1954)

Storyline: In 1821,British seaman Phillip Wayne sets foot on New Zealand where he befriends a Maori tribe and their chief,Hongi Tepe.The chief takes a liking to Wayne and invites him to come back to settle.On his return to England, Wayne's captain asks him to bring ashore a chest full of silk,possibly without being detected by the Customs agents.When Customs agents stop Wayne and search his chest they discover beneath the silks two shrunken heads of Maori warriors.Wayne realizes too late that his captain is involved in trafficking native shrunken heads that can fetch high prices on the illegal market in England.Arrested and condemned for the smuggling of this type of illegal artifact Wayne is banned from working as a seaman and he is fined. At this stage Wayne decides to marry his fiancée Marion and to return to New Zealand to settle there.He brings with him a handful of settlers but coexistence with the savage,cannibal,warlike Maori won't be easy.—nufs68

Plot Keywords: settler, assistant, wife, tribal leader, father, fiancée, spectacular ...

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#19. The Stranglers of Bombay (1960)

Storyline: In the 1830s, a cult whose members worship Kali, the Hindu goddess of destruction, is abducting and killing tourists who come to Bombay in an effort to destroy the East Indian Company and its influence in their native land. Capt. Christopher Connaught-Smith (Allan Cuthbertson) is put in charge of neutralizing the murderers, but his cultural ignorance renders him ineffective. Capt. Harry Lewis (Guy Rolfe), who has worked in India for years, then takes over the case as it spirals out of control.

Plot Keywords: captain, cult member, cult leader, tourist, lieutenant, british colonial official, eerie ...

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