The Home and the World (1984), Drums Along the Mohawk (1939), Northwest Passage (1940), Unconquered (1947), Quigley Down Under (1990), The Ghost and the Darkness (1996), The Last of the Mohicans (1920), Anne of the Indies (1951) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Colonial Era movies.
Storyline: The Dutch East Indies, at the end of the nineteenth century. An adventurous captain of an American merchant vessel is looking for a sunken Dutch vessel containing 10,000 precious diamonds. Unfortunately, he's not the only one and then there's also that volcano on the nearby island of Krakatau, waiting to explode in its historical, disastrous eruption...—Homme A. Piest <piest@pobox.leidenuniv.nl>
Plot Keywords: adventure, action, drama, romance, historical, nautical, treasure ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: An artist working in a remote army post is juggling the storekeeper's daughter, his fiancée newly arrived from the east, and the Indian Chief's daughter. But when a vengeful settler manages to get the army and the braves at each other's throats his troubles really begin.—Jeremy Perkins {J-26}
Plot Keywords: western, adventure, drama, historical, war, romance, action ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Captain John Smith (Anthony Dexter), returned fom the Jamestown colony, is telling his story before the Court of King James I (Anthony Eustral.) He tells of the unrest in the colony and how he set out to make peace with the Indians. He is captured and sentenced to death, but Pocahontas (Jody Lawrence) makes her celebrated intervention and, instead of a slaying, there is a wedding. Back at Jamestown, Smith makes efforts to keep the colony united and the Indians from attacking, in spite of the efforts of some in the colony who stir up trouble for their own gain. He exposes them and returns to England to give his report. He stays because Pocahontas, thinking he is dead, has remarried.—Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>
Plot Keywords: adventure, romance, historical, drama, biography, american, disney ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The menacing John Clive has the Indians clenched in his fist. Leading to a revolution by the righteous Azaad (Amitabh Bachchan) Captain James Powell, Clive's second in command contracts the sly thug Firangi (Aamir Khan) to get them Azaad. As destined he finds himself amid Azaad, his rebels and the beautiful warrior Zafira (Fatima Sana Shaikh). Will he forgo his selfish desire for nation's freedom?
Plot Keywords: action, adventure, historical, indian cinema, bollywood, war, epic ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Kathy's (Anna Lee) father is intrigued by the stories Umbopa (Paul Robeson), a man they meet on their way to the South African coast, tells them about Solomon's diamond mines. So, he steals away in the night, leaving Kathy with a group of relative strangers. To find her father, Kathy enlists the help of hunter Allan Quatermain (Cedric Hardwicke) for a journey to the mines, where they are met with some less than hospitable natives -- who do not plan on making their task any easier.
Plot Keywords: adventure, action, fantasy, exploration, treasure hunt, africa, mystery ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Gertrude Bell's life as an explorer, cartographer, and archaeologist for the British Empire.
Plot Keywords: biography, history, drama, adventure, female protagonist, desert, british ...
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