Highest-Rated Movies about 'Colonial America'

The Last of the Mohicans (1992), 1776 (1972), También la lluvia - Even the Rain (2010), The Patriot (2000), Northwest Passage (1940), Drums Along the Mohawk (1939), Unconquered (1947), The VVitch: A New-England Folktale (2015) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Colonial America movies.

#16. The Scarlet Letter (1995)

Storyline: In 1666 in the Massachusetts Bay colony, Puritans and Algonquian have an uneasy truce. Hester arrives from England, seeking independence. Awaiting her husband, she establishes independence, fixing up a house, befriending Quakers and other outsiders. Passion draws her to a young pastor. He feels the same; when they learn her husband has probably died at the hands of Indians, they consummate their love. A child is born, and on the day Hester is publicly humiliated and made to wear a scarlet letter, her husband appears after a year with Indians. Calling himself Chillingworth, he seeks revenge, searching out Hester's lover and stirring fears of witchcraft. Will his murderous plot succeed?

Plot Keywords: 17th century, adultery, sin, christian, bound and gagged, native american, based on novel ...

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#17. Mohawk (1956)

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: model, soldier, father son relationship, father daughter relationship, aunt niece relationship, treachery, traitor ...

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#18. Revolution (1985)

Storyline: New York trapper Tom Dobb (Al Pacino) becomes an unwilling participant in the American Revolution after his young son Ned (Dexter Fletcher) is conscripted into the British Army as a drummer by the villainous Sergeant Major Peasy (Donald Sutherland). Tom attempts to find his son, and eventually becomes convinced that he must take a stand and fight for the freedom of the Colonies. He crosses path with the aristocratic rebel Daisy McConnahay (Nastassja Kinski), who gets involved in the support of the American troops. As Tom undergoes his change of heart, the events of the war unfold in large-scale grandeur.—William Agee <wa0521@broncho.ucok.edu>

Plot Keywords: independent film, battlefield, native american attack, combat, flintlock pistol, flintlock rifle, musket ...

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