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Movies by Lists - Colonial Heroes (1845-1914) (82 [120])
TitleYearDirectorGenreRatingRuntimeAdded
55 Days at PekingDuring the 1900 Boxer Rebellion, U.S. marine, Maj. Matt Lewis, along with British consul, Sir Arthur Robertson, develop a plan to keep the rebels at bay until an international military relief force can arrive.1963Nicholas Ray, Guy Green, Andrew MartonAction, Adventure, Drama, History, War6.7 (6.5K votes)15420211228
1911 [Xin hai ge ming]A historical drama based on the founding of the Republic of China when nationalist forces led by Sun Yat-sen overthrew the Qing Dynasty.2011Tao Hai, Wei Li, Guoqiang Tang, Li Zhang, Jackie ChanDrama, History, War5.8 (6.2K votes)9920211228
Another SkyAfter a puritan youth, a young English woman discovers her sensuality in North-Africa.1954Gavin LambertDrama7.3 (89 votes)8620211228
Beau GesteIn 1906, two American brothers join the French Foreign Legion and, led by a sadistic Sergeant-Major, they defend a fort against Berber and Tuareg attack.1966Douglas HeyesAction, Adventure, Drama, War6.0 (618 votes)10320220414
Beau GesteMichael "Beau" Geste leaves England in disgrace and joins the infamous French Foreign Legion. He is reunited with his two brothers in North Africa, where they face greater danger from their own sadistic commander than from the rebell1926Herbert BrenonAction, Adventure, Drama, War7.1 (397 votes)10120211228
Beau GesteThree adopted English brothers join the French Foreign Legion in North Africa after one of them steals their adoptive family's famous heirloom sapphire.1939William A. Wellman (*)Action, Adventure, Drama, War7.6 (5.9K votes)11220211228
Beau IdealAn American joins the French Foreign Legion in order to rescue a boyhood friend.1931Herbert BrenonAdventure, Romance, War5.2 (225 votes)7920211228
Bengal BrigadeSet during British India 1857, Captain Clayboune (Rock Hudson) is faced with restoring his reputation after being harshly disciplined for disobeying orders.1954Laslo BenedekAdventure, History, War5.6 (475 votes)8720211228
Bhowani JunctionAnglo-Indian Victoria Jones seeks her true identity amid the chaos of the British withdrawal from India.1956George Cukor (*)Adventure, Drama, History, Romance6.4 (1.9K votes)11020220806
Breaker MorantThree Australian lieutenants are court martialed for executing prisoners as a way of deflecting attention from war crimes committed by their superior officers.1980Bruce BeresfordDrama, History, War7.9 (13.2K votes)10720211228
Brigand of Kandahar, TheThe British army fights off rampaging locals in 1850s India.1965John GillingAdventure, History5.5 (585 votes)8120211228
Charge of the LancersThe downward spiral of the quality of films Paulette Goddard appeared in in the 1950's would cause a gravitational blackout to anyone viewing them in a single day, but with some of the all-time great schlock names serving as the prod1954William CastleAction, Adventure, Drama, War4.3 (122 votes)7320211228
Charge of the Light Brigade, TheA major countermands orders and attacks to avenge a previous massacre of men, women, and children.1936Michael Curtiz (*)Action, Adventure, Romance, War7.1 (4.8K votes)11520211228
Charge of the Light Brigade, TheIn 1854, during the Crimean War, poor planning leads to the British Light Brigade openly charging a Russian artillery position with tragic consequences.1968Tony RichardsonDrama, History, War6.6 (3.4K votes)13920211228
Clive of IndiaIn the mid-1700's the East India Company has power over commerce on the sub-continent, with the blessings of the British government. A clerk in the company, Robert Clive, is frustrated by his lack of advancement, and transfers to the1935Richard BoleslawskiAction, Adventure, Biography, Drama, History, War6.2 (412 votes)9420211228
Conqueror and the Empress, The [Sandokan alla riscossa]When Sandokan learns he is the rightful heir to the throne of Malaysia, he immediately sets of to claim his land back.1964Luigi CapuanoAction, Adventure, Fantasy5.4 (105 votes)9120211228
Cotton MaryA British family is trapped between culture, tradition, and the colonial sins of the past.1999Ismail Merchant, Madhur JaffreyDrama5.3 (529 votes)12420211228
Deceivers, TheFact-based account of a secret society of murderers, and of the man who exposed them in British India 1825.1988Nicholas MeyerAdventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller6.0 (1.3K votes)10220240419
Drum, TheDuring the British Raj, Captain Carruthers works under cover to track smuggled shipments of arms on the restless Northwest Frontier of India. He fears a full-scale rebellion is brewing. To forestall this, the British governor signs a1938Zoltan KordaAdventure, War6.4 (837 votes)10420211228
East of SudanDuring the Mahdist insurrection in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, veteran colonial Private Baker teams up with freshly arrived gentleman Murchison, trying to evacuate from southern Barash the Emir's daughter Asua and her English governess1964Nathan JuranAdventure, Drama, Romance5.1 (226 votes)8520211228
Empire of Silver [Bai yin di guo]In 1899, a care-free young man must prepare to take over his family's Chinese banking empire.2009Christina YaoBiography, Drama, Family, History, Romance6.1 (829 votes)11320231231
Far Pavilions, TheStory of forbidden love in 1800s India set against the revolution for India's freedom from England.1984Peter DuffellDrama, History, Romance7.1 (778 votes)020211228
Four Feathers, TheWhen British Lieutenant Faversham resigns his commission rather than fight in the 1882 Sudan war, his army pals present him with the four white feathers of cowardice.1978Don SharpAdventure, Drama, History, Romance, War6.5 (614 votes)10020211228
Four Feathers, TheA timid 1880s British Army officer resigns, burning his last-day summons to war in Egypt. Accusing him of cowardice, his girlfriend and three friends give him white feathers. To gain redemption, he shadows his friends to save their l1939Zoltan KordaAdventure, Drama, Romance, War7.5 (5.9K votes)12920211228
Four Feathers, TheWhen British officer Harry resigns from his regiment, he is labeled a coward by his family and friends. Harry receives four white feathers as a mark of a coward. In order to redeem himself and win the heart of his fiancé back and the1929Merian C. Cooper, Lothar Mendes, Ernest B. SchoedsackAdventure, Drama, Romance, War6.9 (302 votes)8120211228
Four Feathers, TheA British officer resigns his post just before battle and subsequently receives four white feathers from his friends and fiancee as symbols of what they believe to be his cowardice.2002Shekhar KapurAction, Adventure, Drama, Romance, War6.5 (33.7K votes)13220211228
GandhiThe life of the lawyer who became the famed leader of the Indian revolts against the British rule through his philosophy of nonviolent protest.1982Richard Attenborough (*)Biography, Drama8.0 (225.5K votes)19120211228
Gunga DinIn 19th century India, three British soldiers and a native waterbearer must stop a secret mass revival of the murderous Thuggee cult before it can rampage across the land.1939George Stevens (*)Adventure, Comedy, War7.3 (11.7K votes)11720211228
Guns at BatasiAnachronistic strict Regimental Sergeant Major Lauderdale (Sir Richard Attenborough), on a remote colonial African army caught in a local coup d'etat, must use his experience to defend those in his care.1964John GuillerminDrama, History, War7.1 (1.8K votes)10320230728
HawaiiAn American missionary and his wife travel to the exotic island kingdom of Hawaii, intent on converting the natives. But the clash between the two cultures is too great and instead of understanding there comes tragedy.1966George Roy Hill (*)Drama6.6 (3.1K votes)18920211228
Hawaiians, TheCaptain Whip returns to Hawaii. He's inherited "worthless" land. He starts a plantation, staffed with a Chinese couple from his ship. Drilling thru lava for water and stealing/smuggling pineapple from French Guyana, things look brigh1970Tom GriesAdventure, Drama6.2 (1.2K votes)13420211228
Jewel in the Crown, TheThe sweeping drama about the ruling and ruled classes of WWII India, trying amidst the turmoil to come to terms with the drastic changes taking place around them, knowing that their lives will never be the same again.1984Jim O'Brien, Christopher MorahanDrama, History, Romance, War8.4 (2.1K votes)020211228
KimDuring the British Raj, the orphan of a British soldier poses as a Hindu and is torn between his loyalty to a Buddhist mystic and aiding the English secret service.1950Victor SavilleAdventure, Drama, Family6.6 (2K votes)11320211228
King of the Khyber RiflesA half-caste British officer in 19th-century India battles the prejudices of both his Army colleagues and the local populace while trying to help put down a rebellion led by a greedy local ruler.1953Henry KingAdventure, Drama, History, Romance6.4 (769 votes)10020211228
Kitchen Toto, TheThe son of a priest slain by the Mau Mau moves in with a police officer and his wife in 1950 Kenya.1987Harry HookDrama6.2 (266 votes)9620231013
Lady With A Lamp, TheBased on the Reginald Berkeley stage play, this compelling historical drama offers a depiction of the life story of Florence Nightingale (Anna Neagle), the young 19th-century Englishwoman famously drawn to a career in nursing. Travel1951Herbert WilcoxDrama, History, War6.6 (162 votes)11020211228
Last Remake of Beau Geste, TheAn aging Sir Hector Geste (Trevor Howard) takes a young greedy wife who's after his famed Blue Water sapphire, but his sons hide the gem and join the French Foreign Legion in North Africa.1977Marty FeldmanAdventure, Comedy, War6.1 (2.4K votes)8520211228
Last Samurai, TheAn American military advisor embraces the Samurai culture he was hired to destroy after he is captured in battle.2003Edward Zwick (*)Action, Drama7.7 (422.9K votes)15420211228
Lawrence of ArabiaThe story of T.E. Lawrence, the English officer who successfully united and led the diverse, often warring, Arab tribes during World War I in order to fight the Turks.1962David Lean (*)Adventure, Biography, Drama, War8.3 (284.5K votes)22820211228
LegionnaireAlain is a boxer in 1925 Marseille, France. When he doesn't take the dive paid to take by a mob boss, he has to split. He joins the Foreign Legion and is sent to Morocco. He makes 3 friends and they watch each other's backs.1998Peter MacDonaldAction, Adventure, Drama, War5.5 (23.8K votes)9920211228
Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, TheFrom the Boer War through World War II, a soldier rises through the ranks in the British military.1943Michael Powell, Emeric PressburgerDrama, Romance, War8.1 (14.4K votes)16320211228
Lighthorsemen, TheIn 1917 when the British forces are bogged down in front of the Turkish and German lines in Palestine they rely on the Australian light horse regiment to break the deadlock.1987Simon WincerDrama, War6.9 (1.7K votes)13120211228
Lives Of A Bengal Lancer, TheThree British soldiers on the Northwest Frontier of India struggle against the enemy - and themselves.1935Henry HathawayAdventure, Drama, War7.1 (2.9K votes)10920211228
Long Duel, TheTo protest against British oppression and tyranny a tribal leader becomes a bandit.1967Ken AnnakinAction, Adventure, Drama5.9 (608 votes)11520211228
Lord JimAfter being discredited as a coward, a 19th century seaman lives for only one purpose: to redeem himself.1965Richard BrooksAdventure, Drama, Romance6.8 (3.8K votes)15420211228
Los últimos de FilipinasDuring the time of the Spanish-American War, the commandant of a Spanish detachment in Baler, in the Philippines, realizes that the native people of his district are planning an insurrection. He orders his troops to entrench in the v1945Antonio RománDrama, History, Romance, War6.0 (181 votes)9920220414
Man Who Would Be King, TheTwo former British soldiers in 1880s India decide to set themselves up as Kings in Kafiristan, a land where no white man has set foot since Alexander the Great.1975John Huston (*)Adventure, History, War7.8 (47.9K votes)12920211228
March or DieDuring the 1920s, French Foreign Legion Major William Foster's (Gene Hackman's) unit is protecting an archaeological dig, but the discovery of an Arab sacred burial site prompts the angry Arab tribes to attack Foster's small garrison1977Dick RichardsAdventure, Drama, Romance, War6.3 (3.4K votes)10720211228
MoroccoA cabaret singer and a Legionnaire fall in love, but their relationship is complicated by the results of his womanizing and due to the appearance of a rich man who wants her for himself.1930Josef von Sternberg (*)Drama, Romance7.1 (6.5K votes)9220211228
Mountains of the MoonThe legendary true-story of Capt. Richard Francis Burton and Lt. John Hanning Speke's tumultuous expedition to find the source of the Nile river.1990Bob Rafelson (*)Adventure, Drama, History, Mystery7.2 (3.7K votes)13620211228
North West FrontierSet on the North West Frontier of colonial India in 1905. A British Army Officer, Captain Scott is sent to rescue a five year old Indian Prince and his American governess, Catherine Wyatt from certain death at the hands of rebel trib1959J. Lee ThompsonAdventure, Drama7.1 (2.5K votes)12920211228
Nowhere in Africa [Nirgendwo in Afrika]A German Jewish refugee family moves to and adjusts to a farm life in 1930s Kenya.2001Caroline LinkBiography, Drama, History7.5 (13.1K votes)14120211228
Opium War, The [Ya pian zhan zheng]Historical Drama starting in 1839 in Guangzhou where British merchants dealing with opium are to be executed because the opium is destroying the Empire. After the burning of 20,000 boxes of opium by the Chinese, England declares war 1997Jin XieDrama, History, War6.5 (543 votes)15320211228
Out of AfricaIn 20th-century colonial Kenya, a Danish baroness/plantation owner has a passionate love affair with a free-spirited big-game hunter.1985Sydney Pollack (*)Biography, Drama, Romance7.2 (77.6K votes)16120211228
Outpost in MoroccoAfter escorting an Emir's daughter to her father's stronghold, French Foreign Legion Captain Gerard's unit joins an isolated Moroccan outpost facing imminent attack by rebel Bedouin tribes.1949Robert FloreyAdventure5.2 (496 votes)9220240228
Passage to India, ACultural mistrust and false accusations doom a friendship in British colonial India between an Indian doctor, an Englishwoman engaged to marry a city magistrate, and an English educator.1984David Lean (*)Adventure, Drama, History7.3 (18.4K votes)16420211228
Rains Came , TheIn India, a married British aristocrat is reunited with an old flame, but she truly has her sights set on a handsome surgeon.1939Clarence BrownAdventure, Drama, Romance6.9 (2K votes)10320211228
Real Glory, TheA small American contingent tries to train rural tribesmen to defend themselves against fanatical Muslim radicals in 1906 Philippines.1939Henry HathawayAction, History, Romance, War6.6 (1.1K votes)9620211228
Return of Sandokan [Sandokan contro il leopardo di Sarawak]Samoa is kidnapped and held captive hypnotized in caves by her cousin Charles Druk, whose father has been murdered by her future husband Sandokan, lord of Malaya. Assisted by his European friend Iannis, he wants to rescue her.1964Luigi CapuanoAdventure5.1 (91 votes)8820211228
Rhodes of AfricaThis rousing adventure film tells the true story of Cecil Rhodes, a diamond miner who helped found the South African colonies.1936Berthold Viertel, Geoffrey BarkasBiography5.6 (208 votes)9020211228
Sandokan the Great [Sandokan, la tigre di Mompracem]Malasyan pirate Sandokan accidentally learns that Lord Brook plots to obtain the crown of Malasya by kidnapping the legitimate rajah and his daughter and forcing them to abdicate so he gathers his best man and launches a rescue op...1963Umberto LenziAction, Adventure5.7 (358 votes)10520220531
Shaka ZuluA historical account on the life of the Zulu King Shaka.1986William C. FaureAction, Biography, Drama, History, War7.7 (3.3K votes)120231002
Shatranj Ke KhilariWazed Ali Shah was the ruler of one of the last independent kingdoms of India. The British, intent on controlling this rich country, had sent General Outram on a secret mission to clear the way for an annexation. While pressure was m1977Satyajit Ray (*)Comedy, Drama, History7.7 (3.5K votes)12920211228
ShogunAn English navigator becomes both a player and pawn in the complex political games in feudal Japan.1980Jerry LondonAdventure, Drama, History, War8.1 (12.3K votes)020211228
Snows of Kilimanjaro, TheWriter Harry Street reflects on his life as he lies dying from an infection while on safari in the shadow of Mount Kilamanjaro.1952Henry King, Roy Ward BakerAdventure, Drama, Romance, War6.2 (5.2K votes)11420211228
Soldiers ThreeRetired British general Brunswick reminisces about the days when he was a colonel in charge of a British Army battalion fighting against native rebels in colonial India during the late 1800s.1951Tay GarnettAdventure, Comedy, War6.0 (414 votes)9220211228
Something of ValueIn British Colonial Kenya, during the Mau Mau uprising, Peter and Kimani, who grew up together, find themselves on the opposite sides.1957Richard BrooksDrama, War6.6 (1.1K votes)11320211228
Stanley and LivingstoneTasked by his editor, American reporter Henry M. Stanley travels to a dangerous and uncharted region of East Africa to find the missing Scottish pioneer missionary Dr. David Livingstone.1939Henry King, Otto BrowerAdventure, Drama, History7.0 (1.4K votes)10120211228
Storm Over The NileA CinemaScope remake of The Four Feathers (1939).1955Zoltan Korda, Terence YoungAdventure, Drama, Romance, War6.2 (549 votes)10720220315
Tai-PanHistorical fiction set against the backdrop of Hong Kong in its early years of British rule.1986Daryl DukeAdventure5.6 (1.7K votes)12720211228
Three Musketeers, TheTom Wayne rescues Clancy, Renard and Schmidt in the Arabian desert and they join him in going after El Shaitan, a bad guy who is never seen as he tries to wipe out the Foreign Legion.1933Colbert Clark, Armand SchaeferAction, Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, War5.3 (500 votes)21020240530
Three Musketeers, TheTom Wayne rescues Clancy, Renard and Schmidt in the Arabian desert and they join him in going after El Shaitan, a bad guy who is never seen as he tries to wipe out the Foreign Legion.1933Colbert Clark, Armand SchaeferAction, Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, War5.6 (433 votes)21020211228
Three Sergeants of Bengal [I tre sergenti del Bengala]This action-packed adventure/jungle film starts out when three British soldiers stationed in Malaysia are sent to Fort Madras to help the commandant fight off an elusive bandit who is terrorizing the countryside.1964Umberto LenziAction, Adventure, Drama, War5.6 (85 votes)9720240222
Tiger Is Still Alive - Sandokan to the Rescue, The [La tigre è ancora viva - Sandokan alla riscossa!]Young lady, Jamilah, goes on a quest to find Sandokan, the Tiger of Malaysia, and bring him back from India to fight, after Abdullah's reign, under the command of James Brooke, produced chaos in Mompracem.1977Sergio SollimaAction, Adventure6.4 (309 votes)13020221116
Under Two FlagsSergeant Victor comes to the French Foreign Legion after taking the blame for his brother's crime. Cigarette falls in love with him though Major Doyle is in love with her. Doyle sends Victor on dangerous assignments to be rid of him.1936Frank LloydAdventure6.5 (439 votes)11220211228
Warlords, The [Tau ming chong]China, 1860s: Having his army slaughtered, General Qingyun joins 2 bandit leaders in raids on rebels and in blood oath. They form a Qing loyal army with eyes on rebel held Suzhou and Nanjing.2007Peter Ho-Sun Chan, Wai-Man YipAction, Adventure, Drama, History, Romance, War7.0 (26.6K votes)12620211228
White Angel, TheA look at the life of Florence Nightingale.1936William Dieterle (*)Biography, Drama6.7 (369 votes)9220211228
White MischiefIn 1940s Kenya, a married couple join other affluent British expatriates in a lifestyle of recklessness and excess, but soon find themselves in a troubling situation.1987Michael RadfordCrime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller6.3 (2.8K votes)10720211228
Wind and the Lion, TheA Berber chieftain triggers an international incident, drawing the involvement of Theodore Roosevelt, when he kidnaps an American widow and her children in 1900s Morocco.1975John MiliusAction, Adventure, Drama6.8 (9.2K votes)11920220315
Young WinstonComplex family relationships, as well as a combat experience, form the personality of the future world-known politician.1972Richard Attenborough (*)Biography, Drama, War6.7 (2.5K votes)12420211228
ZuluOutnumbered British soldiers do battle with Zulu warriors at Rorke's Drift.1964Cy EndfieldDrama, History, War7.7 (38.4K votes)13820211228
Zulu DawnA dramatization of the Battle of Isandlwana, where the British Army met its match against the Zulu nation.1979Douglas HickoxAdventure, Drama, History, War6.6 (7K votes)9820220731
Khartoum1966Eliot Elisofon, Basil DeardenAction, Adventure, Drama, History, War6.8 (Unkn) Excluded
Beau Sabreur1928John WatersAdventure, Romance6.0 (Unkn) Excluded
Beau Geste1982nanWar, Action, Adventure, Drama7.3 (Unkn) Excluded
Under Two Flags1922Tod BrowningAdventure, Drama6.5 (Unkn) Excluded
The Legion of Missing Men1937Hamilton MacFaddenAction, Adventure, Romance5.2 (Unkn) Excluded
Fort Saganne1984Alain CorneauDrama, History, War6.3 (Unkn) Excluded
La batalla de los Tres Reyes1990Uchkun Nazarov, Souheil Ben-BarkaAction, Drama, History6.4 (Unkn) Excluded
Shaka Zulu: The Citadel2001Joshua SinclairDrama5.3 (Unkn) Excluded
Rhodes1996nanDrama7.9 (Unkn) Excluded
Shangani Patrol1970David MillinAction, Drama, War8.0 (Unkn) Excluded
Torn Allegiance1984Alan NathansonDrama, Family, History, War6.6 (Unkn) Excluded
That Englishwoman: An Account of the Life of Emily Hobhouse1990Dirk de VilliersDrama, History, War5.0 (Unkn) Excluded
The Flame Trees of Thika1981nanBiography, Drama7.9 (Unkn) Excluded
Simba1955Brian Desmond HurstAdventure, Drama6.1 (Unkn) Excluded
Hemingway, the Hunter of Death2001Sergio DowAdventure, Drama5.9 (Unkn) Excluded
Forbidden Territory: Stanley's Search for Livingstone1997Simon LangtonAdventure, Drama, History6.5 (Unkn) Excluded
Albert Schweitzer: Called to Africa2006Martin DoblmeierBiography5.9 (Unkn) Excluded
Albert Schweitzer2009Gavin MillarBiography, Drama, History6.0 (Unkn) Excluded
Gandhi, My Father2007Feroz Abbas KhanBiography, Drama, History7.3 (Unkn) Excluded
Storm Over Bengal1938Sidney SalkowAction, Adventure, Romance, War5.3 (Unkn) Excluded
The Rains of Ranchipur1955Jean NegulescoAdventure, Drama, Mystery, Romance5.8 (Unkn) Excluded
Sunghursh1968Harnam Singh RawailAction, Crime, Drama6.6 (Unkn) Excluded
Mangal Pandey: The Rising2005Ketan MehtaBiography, Drama, History, War6.5 (Unkn) Excluded
Veer2010Anil SharmaAction, Adventure, Drama, Musical, Romance, War4.6 (Unkn) Excluded
Hallmark Hall of Fame: Florence Nightingale1952William CorriganComedy, Dramanan (Unkn) Excluded
Florence Nightingale1985Daryl DukeBiography, Drama, Family, Romance, War7.2 (Unkn) Excluded
Florence Nightingale2008Norman StoneDrama5.3 (Unkn) Excluded
Shogun1980Jerry LondonAdventure, Drama, History, Romance, War7.8 (Unkn) Excluded
Hong he gu1997Xiaoning FengDrama, History, Romance, War6.7 (Unkn) Excluded
Lord Jim1925Victor FlemingDrama5.4 (Unkn) Excluded
I pirati della Malesia1941Enrico GuazzoniAction, Drama5.3 (Unkn) Excluded
I pirati della Malesia1964Umberto LenziAction, History5.2 (Unkn) Excluded
I misteri della giungla nera1964Luigi CapuanoAdventure5.0 (Unkn) Excluded
Le tigri di Mompracem1970Mario SequiAdventure5.8 (Unkn) Excluded
Sandokan1976nanAction, Adventure, Drama7.4 (Unkn) Excluded
I misteri della giungla nera1991nanAdventure, Romance6.9 (Unkn) Excluded
Sandokan1992nanAnimation, Adventure6.8 (Unkn) Excluded
Il ritorno di Sandokan1996nanAction, Adventure, Drama6.4 (Unkn) Excluded
Il figlio di Sandokan1998nanAdventure, Drama7.4 (Unkn) Excluded