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1. 12 Years a Slave (2013)
R | 134 min | Biography, Drama, History
In the antebellum United States, Solomon Northup, a free Black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery.
Director: Steve McQueen | Stars: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Kenneth Williams, Michael Fassbender, Brad Pitt
Votes: 742,971 | Gross: $56.67M
2. 47 Ronin (2013)
PG-13 | 128 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
A band of samurai sets out to avenge the death and dishonor of their master at the hands of a ruthless shogun.
Director: Carl Rinsch | Stars: Keanu Reeves, Hiroyuki Sanada, Kô Shibasaki, Tadanobu Asano
Votes: 171,602 | Gross: $38.36M
3. The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption (2012 Video)
PG-13 | 105 min | Action, Fantasy
Since his rise to power, Mathayus' kingdom has fallen. Now an assassin for hire, he must defend a kingdom from an evil tyrant and his ghost warriors for the chance to regain the power and glory he once knew.
Director: Roel Reiné | Stars: Dave Bautista, Bostin Christopher, Tanapol Chuksrida, Kevin 'Kimbo Slice' Ferguson
Votes: 9,165
4. Sansho the Bailiff (1954)
Not Rated | 124 min | Drama
In medieval Japan, a compassionate governor is sent into exile. His wife and children try to join him, but are separated, and the children grow up amid suffering and oppression.
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi | Stars: Kinuyo Tanaka, Yoshiaki Hanayagi, Kyôko Kagawa, Eitarô Shindô
Votes: 18,288
5. The Count of Monte Cristo (1934)
Passed | 113 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
After greedy men have Edmond Dantes unjustly imprisoned for 20 years for innocently delivering a letter entrusted to him, he escapes to get his revenge on them.
Director: Rowland V. Lee | Stars: Robert Donat, Elissa Landi, Louis Calhern, Sidney Blackmer
Votes: 3,257
6. Roman Scandals (1933)
Passed | 92 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Musical
A kind-hearted young man is thrown out of his corrupt home town of West Rome, Oklahoma. He falls asleep and dreams that he is back in the days of olden Rome, where he gets mixed up with court intrigue and a murder plot against the Emperor.
Director: Frank Tuttle | Stars: Eddie Cantor, Ruth Etting, Gloria Stuart, Edward Arnold
Votes: 810 | Gross: $5.33M
7. Bathory: Countess of Blood (2008)
R | 141 min | Biography, Drama, Fantasy
With an unquenchable thirst for blood, Countess Elizabeth Bathory was one of the most prolific serial killers in history.
Director: Juraj Jakubisko | Stars: Anna Friel, Karel Roden, Vincent Regan, Hans Matheson
Votes: 4,695
8. Monsieur Vincent (1947)
Not Rated | 111 min | Biography, Drama, History
St. Vincent de Paul struggles to bring about peace and harmony among peasants and nobles in the midst of the Black Death in Europe, carrying on his charitable work in the face of all obstacles.
Director: Maurice Cloche | Stars: Pierre Fresnay, Aimé Clariond, Jean Debucourt, Lise Delamare
Votes: 997
9. Justine (2016)
TV-MA | 93 min | Drama
In this artistic rendering of De Sade's classic novel, Justine endures extreme torture and violation at the hands of the Marquis De Sade's disciples of pain in a number of perverse practices illustrating that virtue is no match for vice.
Director: Jac Avila | Stars: Amy Hesketh, Mila Joya, Beatriz Rivera, Cortney Willis
Votes: 50
10. The Highwayman (1951)
82 min | Adventure, Drama
During the 1700s, a masked bandit robs the rich and aids the poor, to the chagrin of the authorities and the corrupt nobility, and prompting the king to task a ruthless man from the Colonies to capture the outlaw.
Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: Philip Friend, Charles Coburn, Wanda Hendrix, Cecil Kellaway
Votes: 98
11. Secrets of Ancient Empires: The First Cities (2001 Video)
50 min | Documentary, History
As the concept of society grew and developed, the first great cities of the ancient world came to prominence. This episode from the Secrets of Ancient Empires collection investigates the ... See full summary »
Director: Chris Gormlie
Votes: 14
12.
The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode:
I, Carumbus
(2020)
TV-14 | 22 min | Animation, Comedy
At a museum exhibit of Ancient Rome, Marge and Homer imagine themselves in Rome where Homer is more ambitious.
Directors: Mike B. Anderson, Rob Oliver | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith
Votes: 1,065
13.
American Gigolo (2022)
Episode:
Pilot
(2022)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
After 15 years in prison, former gigolo Julian Kaye is suddenly exonerated from a wrongful murder conviction and released with no interest in the life he had, no chance at the life he wanted - and no idea who framed him.
Director: David Hollander | Stars: Jon Bernthal, Gretchen Mol, Lizzie Brocheré, Gabriel LaBelle
Votes: 562
14.
The Red Tent (2014)
Episode:
Part 2
(2014)
87 min | Drama, History, Romance
In the bloody aftermath of her brothers Simon and Levi's vengeance, Dinah leaves her family and travels to Egypt.
Director: Roger Young | Stars: Minnie Driver, Iain Glen, Will Tudor, Vinette Robinson
Votes: 155
15.
Roots (2016)
Episode:
Part 1
(2016)
TV-14 | 99 min | Drama, War
In the river region of the Gambia in 1750, Omoro Kinte and his wife, Binta, have a son named Kunta. Kunta is kidnapped in 1767 and sold to British slave traders. After he arrives in ... See full summary »
Director: Phillip Noyce | Stars: Laurence Fishburne, Matthew Goode, Malachi Kirby, Derek Luke
Votes: 528
16.
Outlander (2014– )
Episode:
The Deep Heart's Core
(2019)
TV-MA | 57 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Jamie and Claire keep secrets from one another as they try to help Brianna process her recent trauma; however, the secrets they keep cause a bigger familial rift once they are revealed.
Director: David Moore | Stars: Caitríona Balfe, Sam Heughan, Sophie Skelton, Richard Rankin
Votes: 2,266