Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "pre-world-war-one"

1. Maurice (1987)

R | 140 min | Drama, Romance

Two English school chums find themselves falling in love at Cambridge. To regain his place in society, Clive gives up Maurice and marries. While staying with Clive and his wife, Maurice discovers romance in the arms of the gamekeeper Alec.

Director: James Ivory | Stars: James Wilby, Rupert Graves, Hugh Grant, Denholm Elliott

Votes: 23,629 | Gross: $3.13M

2. The Man Who Knew Infinity (2015)

PG-13 | 108 min | Biography, Drama

The story of the life and academic career of the pioneer Indian mathematician, Srinivasa Ramanujan, and his friendship with his mentor, Professor G.H. Hardy.

Director: Matt Brown | Stars: Dev Patel, Jeremy Irons, Malcolm Sinclair, Raghuvir Joshi

Votes: 62,252 | Gross: $3.87M

3. Ragtime (1981)

PG | 155 min | Drama

A young black pianist becomes embroiled in the lives of an upper-class white family set among the racial tensions, infidelity, violence and other nostalgic events in early 1900s New York City.

Director: Milos Forman | Stars: James Cagney, Elizabeth McGovern, Howard E. Rollins Jr., Brad Dourif

Votes: 10,567 | Gross: $21.02M

4. The White Ribbon (2009)

R | 144 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Strange events happen in a small village in the north of Germany during the years before World War I, which seem to be ritual punishment. Who is responsible?

Director: Michael Haneke | Stars: Christian Friedel, Ernst Jacobi, Leonie Benesch, Ulrich Tukur

Votes: 77,739 | Gross: $2.22M

5. Queen of the Desert (2015)

PG-13 | 128 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama

A chronicle of Gertrude Bell's life, a traveler, writer, archaeologist, explorer, cartographer, and political attaché for the British Empire at the dawn of the twentieth century.

Director: Werner Herzog | Stars: Nicole Kidman, James Franco, Robert Pattinson, Damian Lewis

Votes: 12,597

6. Chéri (2009)

R | 86 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

The son of a courtesan retreats into a fantasy world after being forced to end his relationship with the older woman who educated him in the ways of love.

Director: Stephen Frears | Stars: Michelle Pfeiffer, Rupert Friend, Kathy Bates, Frances Tomelty

Votes: 11,687 | Gross: $2.71M

7. A Promise (2013)

R | 98 min | Drama, Romance

A romantic drama set in Germany just before WWI and centered on a married woman who falls in love with her husband's protégé. Separated first by duties and then by the war, they pledge their devotion to one another.

Director: Patrice Leconte | Stars: Rebecca Hall, Alan Rickman, Richard Madden, Toby Murray

Votes: 4,521

8. Pascali's Island (1988)

PG-13 | 104 min | Drama

A secret agent in Turkey is persuaded by his superiors to assist a couple of English cons in the theft of a priceless Greek statue.

Director: James Dearden | Stars: Ben Kingsley, Charles Dance, Kevork Malikyan, George Murcell

Votes: 1,500 | Gross: $1.45M

9. The Prince and the Showgirl (1957)

PG | 115 min | Comedy, Romance

An American showgirl becomes entangled in political intrigue when the Prince Regent of a foreign country attempts to seduce her.

Director: Laurence Olivier | Stars: Marilyn Monroe, Laurence Olivier, Richard Wattis, David Horne

Votes: 9,189

10. The Thirty Nine Steps (1978)

PG | 102 min | Crime, History, Mystery

In March 1914, a mining engineer named Richard Hannay tries to prevent Prussian Agents from executing a political assassination designed to trigger World War I.

Director: Don Sharp | Stars: Robert Powell, David Warner, Eric Porter, Karen Dotrice

Votes: 2,788

11. Two English Girls (1971)

130 min | Drama, Romance

At the beginning of the 20th century, middle-class young Frenchman Claude Roc meets young Englishwoman Ann Brown in Paris. They become friends and she invites him to spend holidays at the ... See full summary »

Director: François Truffaut | Stars: Jean-Pierre Léaud, Kika Markham, Stacey Tendeter, Sylvia Marriott

Votes: 5,868

12. Oktoberfest: Beer & Blood (2020)

TV-MA | 288 min | Drama, History, Thriller

In 1900, A rich newcomer with a shady past arrives in Munich determined to crash the local Oktoberfest with his own brewery. But when his daughter falls in love with the heir to a rival ... See full summary »

Stars: Misel Maticevic, Martina Gedeck, Klaus Steinbacher, Mercedes Müller

Votes: 2,722

13. The Lost Prince (2003 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 180 min | Biography, Drama

Based on the story of a British royal Prince locked away because of epilepsy.

Director: Stephen Poliakoff | Stars: Daniel Williams, Matthew James Thomas, Brock Everitt-Elwick, Rollo Weeks

Votes: 2,099

14. Summer in February (2013)

Not Rated | 100 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

A true tale of love, liberty and scandal amongst the Edwardian artists' colony in Cornwall in 1914.

Director: Christopher Menaul | Stars: Dominic Cooper, Emily Browning, Dan Stevens, Jane Cussons

Votes: 4,301

15. The Magic Mountain (1982)

153 min | Drama

Hans Castorp, fresh from university and about to become a civil engineer, comes to the Sanatorium Berghof in the Swiss Alps to visit his cousin Joachim, an army officer, who is recovering ... See full summary »

Director: Hans W. Geissendörfer | Stars: Werner Eichhorn, Rod Steiger, Marie-France Pisier, Flavio Bucci

Votes: 501

16. Seraphine (2008)

Unrated | 125 min | Biography, Drama

In 1912 German collector Wilhelm Uhde rents a flat in Senlis to write and take a break from Parisian life. He hires a 48-year old cleaning lady, Séraphine. Some time later, he notices a small painting on wood at a local notable home.

Director: Martin Provost | Stars: Yolande Moreau, Ulrich Tukur, Anne Bennent, Geneviève Mnich

Votes: 6,549 | Gross: $0.88M

17. Young Törless (1966)

Not Rated | 87 min | Drama

In a boarding school, a student observes in passive disgust as his two friends manipulate, humiliate and torture a fellow student, justifying their every act.

Director: Volker Schlöndorff | Stars: Mathieu Carrière, Marian Seidowsky, Bernd Tischer, Fred Dietz

Votes: 2,672

18. The Long Road to War (2018)

117 min | Documentary

A month after the assassination of the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne begins the First World War. But this stake had been prepared decades before.

Director: Milos Skundric | Stars: Oleg Airapetov, Dusan T. Batakovic, Jean-Paul Bled, Stig Förster

Votes: 1,613

19. Elena and Her Men (1956)

Not Rated | 98 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Polish countess Elena falls in love with a French radical party's candidate - a general - in pre-World War I Paris, but another officer pines for her. Starring Ingrid Bergman, with Mel ... See full summary »

Director: Jean Renoir | Stars: Ingrid Bergman, Jean Marais, Mel Ferrer, Jean Richard

Votes: 2,163

20. Colonel Redl (1985)

R | 144 min | Biography, Drama, History

Set during the fading glory of the Austro-Hungarian empire, the film tells of the rise and fall of Alfred Redl (Brandauer), an ambitious young officer who proceeds up the ladder to become ... See full summary »

Director: István Szabó | Stars: Klaus Maria Brandauer, Hans Christian Blech, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Gudrun Landgrebe

Votes: 3,348 | Gross: $0.00M

21. The Irish R.M. (1983–1985)

TV-14 | Comedy, Drama, History

When sent to Ireland as magistrate, Major Yeates discovers the justice system must bend to suit local needs, where not everything is as it seems.

Stars: Peter Bowles, Bryan Murray, Anna Manahan, Brendan Conroy

Votes: 272

22. 37 Days (2014)

60 min | History

A TV mini-series that unveils the behind-closed-doors story of the final weeks before the outbreak of World War I.

Stars: Ian McDiarmid, Nicholas Farrell, Tim Pigott-Smith, Sinéad Cusack

Votes: 1,566

23. Summer and Smoke (1961)

Passed | 118 min | Drama, Romance

A plain, repressed spinster falls for a dashing young medical student who prefers the wilder life, until it's too late.

Director: Peter Glenville | Stars: Laurence Harvey, Geraldine Page, Rita Moreno, Una Merkel

Votes: 2,083

24. Nightmares (1979)

100 min | Drama

The life and times of a sensitive, poetic Polish boy who watches his country strive towards the liberation movement.

Director: Wojciech Marczewski | Stars: Piotr Lysak, Tomasz Hudziec, Hanna Skarzanka, Maria Chwalibóg

Votes: 295

25. Loving Couples (1964)

Not Rated | 118 min | Drama, Romance

Three expectant mothers think back over their sex lives.

Director: Mai Zetterling | Stars: Harriet Andersson, Gunnel Lindblom, Gio Petré, Anita Björk

Votes: 781

26. Passion (1999)

102 min | Biography, Drama, Music

The complicated relationship between Percy Grainger, famous Australian-born early 20th century folk musician, and his abusive unstable mother that lead to his interest in S&M, instability and failed relationships with women.

Director: Peter Duncan | Stars: Barbara Hershey, Richard Roxburgh, Emily Woof, Claudia Karvan

Votes: 313

27. Cutting it Short (1981)

93 min | Comedy

An evocation of the childhood memories of Bohumil Hrabal in his provincial town of Nymburk, dominated by the local brewery.

Director: Jirí Menzel | Stars: Magda Vásáryová, Jirí Schmitzer, Jaromír Hanzlík, Rudolf Hrusínský

Votes: 2,720

28. The Wars (1983)

120 min | Drama, War

Robert Ross lives a protected adolescence in a well-off Toronto suburb. Secretive and withdrawn, he shares his thoughts only with his sister Rowena, who is mentally disabled. He feels ... See full summary »

Director: Robin Phillips | Stars: Brent Carver, Martha Henry, William Hutt, Ann-Marie MacDonald

Votes: 60

29. The Grand Maneuver (1955)

106 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A French lieutenant makes a bet that he can seduce any woman in town in the two weeks before his regiment leaves for maneuvers, but his chosen target (a Parisian divorcée) isn't like other girls he's known.

Director: René Clair | Stars: Michèle Morgan, Gérard Philipe, Jean Desailly, Pierre Dux

Votes: 1,116

30. Austeria (1982)

109 min | Drama, War

During a pogrom in Poland on the eve of World War I, a group of Jews seek refuge from the Cossacks. The fugitives hide out in a rural inn, terrified that they may be given away at any moment.

Director: Jerzy Kawalerowicz | Stars: Franciszek Pieczka, Wojciech Pszoniak, Jan Szurmiej, Ewa Domanska

Votes: 661

31. The Fall of the Romanov Dynasty (1927)

Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, History

In May 1913 the Romanov Dynasty celebrates its 300th anniversary at the Russian throne. The last emperor in the long line is Tsar Nicholas II. He rules over a country with huge social and ... See full summary »

Director: Esfir Shub | Stars: Mikhail Alekseyev, Alexei Brusilov, Nikolai Chkheidze, Emperor Franz Josef

Votes: 346

32. Crimson Dynasty (1935)

96 min | Drama, History

Vignerte, a preceptor at the court of a German principality, falls in love with Princess Aurore, whose first husband died under mysterious circumstances. Vignerte suspects the deceased's brother to be responsible for the death.

Director: Maurice Tourneur | Stars: Pierre Fresnay, Elissa Landi, John Lodge, Antonin Artaud

Votes: 75

33. Apousies (1987)

118 min | Drama, Romance

Greece, early twentieth century. A family is on the verge of breaking up. The mother has abandoned the family, and the father keeps his three daughters confined in the house.

Director: Giorgos Katakouzinos | Stars: Themis Bazaka, Pemi Zouni, Katerina Sarri, Nikitas Tsakiroglou

Votes: 75

34. Four Flights to Love (1939)

Passed | 82 min | Drama, Romance, War

Before World War I in Paris, a budding artist, Pierre Leblanc, falls in love and marries Janine, a dressmaker's assistant. Pierre has a flair for designing clothes, and he and his bride ... See full summary »

Director: Abel Gance | Stars: Fernand Gravey, Elvire Popesco, André Alerme, Monique Rolland

Votes: 228

35. The Man Who Saved Christmas (2002 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 100 min | Biography, Drama, Family

A.C. Gilbert figures out a way to keep Christmas alive after the war threatens to take it away in his name.

Director: Sturla Gunnarsson | Stars: Jason Alexander, Kelly Rowan, Ari Cohen, C. David Johnson

Votes: 562

36. Pilsudski (2019)

108 min | Biography, History

The year 1901, a psychiatric hospital in the Russian partition. One of the patients is a political prisoner - Józef Pilsudski (Borys Szyc). The Polish underground independence movement is ... See full summary »

Director: Michal Rosa | Stars: Borys Szyc, Magdalena Boczarska, Jan Marczewski, Maria Debska

Votes: 521

37. Villa des roses (2002)

PG-13 | 118 min | Drama, Romance, War

Louise Créteur's husband dies on the Titanic trying to emigrate, so she must leave their boy Lucien with her old dad in Honfleur and leave the Normandy countryside for greater Paris. She ... See full summary »

Director: Frank Van Passel | Stars: Julie Delpy, Shaun Dingwall, Harriet Walter, Shirley Henderson

Votes: 478

38. The Last Express (1997 Video Game)

T | Crime, Drama, Mystery

1914: Innocent fugitive Robert Cath boards the Orient Express three days before the outbreak of WW1 and must stay alive until "the end of the line".

Director: Jordan Mechner | Stars: David Svensson, Dunya Djordjevic, Karl-Heinz Teuber, Mujahid Abdul-Rashid

Votes: 265

39. Atlantic City (1944)

Approved | 87 min | Musical, Romance

Vaudeville acts are re-created in the story of how Atlantic City became a famous resort.

Director: Ray McCarey | Stars: Constance Moore, Stanley Brown, Charley Grapewin, Jerry Colonna

Votes: 121

40. Absent (2010)

Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary

Documentary on the social pandemic of fatherlessness afflicting today's societies.

Director: Justin Hunt | Stars: Robin Decker, John Eldredge, Mark Garcia, James Hetfield

Votes: 82

41. Winifred Wagner und die Geschichte des Hauses Wahnfried von 1914-1975 (1976)

302 min | Documentary

Hans-Jürgen Syberberg's epic interview with Winifred Wagner in 1975.

Director: Hans-Jürgen Syberberg | Stars: Winifred Wagner, Gottfried Wagner, Hans-Jürgen Syberberg

Votes: 89

42. Paris mil neuf cent (1947)

74 min | Documentary

Documentary limning the life of Paris and its citizens during "La Belle Epoque," the years between 1900 and 1914. Beginning with the Paris Exposition of 1900 and the completion of the ... See full summary »

Director: Nicole Védrès | Stars: Claude Dauphin, René Alexandre, Guillaume Apollinaire, Régina Badet

Votes: 178

43. Forever After (1926)

Passed | 69 min | Drama, Romance, War

From the day they first met in the schoolhouse in a small New England town, Theodore Wayne, son of a respected lawyer, and Jennie Clapton, daughter of wealthy parents, have been sweethearts... See full summary »

Director: F. Harmon Weight | Stars: Lloyd Hughes, Mary Astor, Hallam Cooley, David Torrence

Votes: 16

44. Das falsche Gewicht (1971 TV Movie)

140 min | Drama

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Director: Bernhard Wicki | Stars: Helmut Qualtinger, Agnes Fink, Velimir 'Bata' Zivojinovic, Evelyn Opela

Votes: 94

45. Spionage (1955)

100 min | History, Thriller

Oberst Alfred Redl heads the military intelligence department of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy. Frequent letters from the Russian Empire, however, make him suspect of sharing his knowledge with unauthorized authorities.

Director: Franz Antel | Stars: Ewald Balser, Barbara Rütting, Gerhard Riedmann, Oskar Werner

Votes: 49

46. Gigolo (1926)

Passed | 80 min | Drama, Romance, War

The heir to a family business travels to Paris to try to stop his youth-obsessed mother from squandering the family fortune with her new husband, who married her for her money. After he ... See full summary »

Director: William K. Howard | Stars: Rod La Rocque, Jobyna Ralston, Louise Dresser, Cyril Chadwick

Votes: 17

47. Love Me and the World Is Mine (1927)

Passed | 60 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

In Old Vienna in the days prior to The Great War, a beautiful woman, Hannerl, has her choice of two men. The first is a dashing young army officer who can provide blazing romance and little... See full summary »

Director: Ewald André Dupont | Stars: Mary Philbin, Norman Kerry, Betty Compson, Henry B. Walthall

48. Iskanja (1979)

110 min | Drama, Romance

Some years before WWI, art historian and priest Ciril from Ljubljana and his friend Fritz set out on a journey through Italy. Ciril hopes that his doctorate on Italian art would provide him... See full summary »

Director: Matjaz Klopcic | Stars: Boris Cavazza, Boris Juh, Milena Zupancic, Tanja Poberznik

Votes: 9

49. Bernadette Banner Channel (2019– )

Reality-TV

This channel began as a personal documentation of Bernadette's reconstruction experiments, as Bernadette endeavored to learn about the history of humans through how their clothes were worn and constructed.

Star: Bernadette Banner

50. Rose of the Tenements (1926)

Passed | 70 min | Drama, Romance, War

Rose Rosetti, the orphaned daughter of a New York gangster, and Danny Lewis, another orphan, have been brought up by Sara and Abraham Kamisnsky, an elderly Jewish couple with an ... See full summary »

Director: Phil Rosen | Stars: Shirley Mason, John Harron, Evelyn Selbie, Sidney Franklin