Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "slave-owner"

1. Django Unchained (2012)

R | 165 min | Drama, Western

With the help of a German bounty-hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal plantation owner in Mississippi.

Director: Quentin Tarantino | Stars: Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kerry Washington

Votes: 1,694,886 | Gross: $162.81M

2. 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: 741,222 | Gross: $56.67M

3. Pompeii (I) (2014)

PG-13 | 105 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A slave-turned-gladiator finds himself in a race against time to save his true love, who has been betrothed to a corrupt Roman Senator. As Mount Vesuvius erupts, he must fight to save his beloved as Pompeii crumbles around him.

Director: Paul W.S. Anderson | Stars: Kit Harington, Emily Browning, Kiefer Sutherland, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

Votes: 116,642 | Gross: $23.22M

4. Roots (1977)

TV-14 | 74 min | Biography, Drama, History

A dramatization of author Alex Haley's family line from ancestor Kunta Kinte's enslavement to his descendants' liberation.

Stars: LeVar Burton, Robert Reed, John Amos, Louis Gossett Jr.

Votes: 18,875

5. The Mission (1986)

PG | 125 min | Adventure, Drama, History

Eighteenth-century Spanish Jesuits try to protect a remote South American tribe in danger of falling under the rule of pro-slavery Portugal.

Director: Roland Joffé | Stars: Robert De Niro, Jeremy Irons, Ray McAnally, Aidan Quinn

Votes: 65,686 | Gross: $17.22M

6. Mansfield Park (1999)

PG-13 | 112 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Fanny, born into a poor family, is sent away to live with wealthy uncle Sir Thomas, his wife and their four children, where she'll be brought up for a proper introduction to society.

Director: Patricia Rozema | Stars: Frances O'Connor, Jonny Lee Miller, Alessandro Nivola, Hannah Taylor Gordon

Votes: 25,843 | Gross: $4.76M

7. Mandingo (1975)

R | 127 min | Drama, History, Romance

An 1840s slaveowner trains one of his slaves to be a bare-knuckle fighter.

Director: Richard Fleischer | Stars: James Mason, Susan George, Perry King, Richard Ward

Votes: 4,217 | Gross: $2.43M

8. Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (2012– )

TV-PG | 53 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Before the popularity of AncestryDNA, journalist and cultural critic Henry Louis Gates, Jr. divulges the family trees of various celebrities, many times with stunning revelations.

Stars: Henry Louis Gates Jr., CeCe Moore, Anita Hill, Ty Burrell

Votes: 1,639

9. Mythica: A Quest for Heroes (2014)

Not Rated | 92 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

The young magician Marek dreams of exciting adventures. When she meets the help-seeking priestess Teela she offers her assistance and provides a motley troupe. Together they go in search of Teela's sister, who was kidnapped by a wild ogre.

Director: Anne K. Black | Stars: Melanie Stone, Adam Johnson, Jake Stormoen, Nicola Posener

Votes: 5,180

10. Cobra Verde (1987)

Not Rated | 111 min | Adventure, Drama

During the 1800s, paroled Brazilian bandit Cobra Verde is sent to West Africa with a few troops to man an old Portuguese fort and to convince the local African ruler to resume the slave trade with Brazil.

Director: Werner Herzog | Stars: Klaus Kinski, King Ampaw, José Lewgoy, Salvatore Basile

Votes: 8,424

11. Barbarians Rising (2016)

TV-14 | 120 min | Documentary, Action, Drama

Rome. The greatest empire the world has ever known. This docudrama tells the story of Rome through the eyes of the empire's many adversaries who battled to see its destruction.

Stars: Michael Ealy, Barry Strauss, Richard Riddell, Julian Kostov

Votes: 2,251

12. Dead Birds (2004)

R | 91 min | Horror, Thriller, Western

A group of Confederate soldiers hole up in an abandoned plantation after robbing a bank and find themselves at the mercy of supernatural forces.

Director: Alex Turner | Stars: Henry Thomas, Patrick Fugit, Nicki Aycox, Michael Shannon

Votes: 11,129

13. Mandinga (1976)

R | 86 min | Adventure, Drama

An Old South plantation owner lusts after his female slaves.

Director: Mario Pinzauti | Stars: Antonio Gismondo, Serafino Profumo, Maria Rosaria Riuzzi, Paola D'Egidio

Votes: 235

14. 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: 804 | Gross: $5.33M

15. Scared Stiff (1987)

R | 83 min | Horror

Strange visions come to haunt a singer when she, her son, and her psychiatrist-turned-boyfriend move into an old colonial house that is haunted by the ghost of a ruthless slave owner.

Director: Richard Friedman | Stars: Andrew Stevens, Mary Page Keller, David Ramsey, Josh Segal

Votes: 906

16. Band of Angels (1957)

Passed | 125 min | Drama

Amantha Starr grows up as a privileged Southern belle in the ante-bellum South, but after her father dies broke, her world is destroyed when she discovers that her mother was Black.

Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Clark Gable, Yvonne De Carlo, Sidney Poitier, Efrem Zimbalist Jr.

Votes: 2,626

17. Case départ (2011)

94 min | Comedy

Two black brothers send back to slavery time

Directors: Lionel Steketee, Fabrice Eboué, Thomas Ngijol | Stars: Fabrice Eboué, Thomas Ngijol, Stéfi Celma, Eriq Ebouaney

Votes: 3,180

18. Sudan (1945)

Passed | 76 min | Action, Adventure, Romance

Young, lovely Naila becomes queen of the ancient Egyptian kingdom of Khemis after her father is killed in a slave revolt. Continuing her penchant for going incognito among the people, she ... See full summary »

Director: John Rawlins | Stars: Maria Montez, Jon Hall, Turhan Bey, Andy Devine

Votes: 274

19. The Journey of August King (1995)

PG-13 | 91 min | Drama

A multi-dimensional drama about a North Carolina farmer in April 1815. August King, a widower, is on his way home after selling his produce and purchasing the stock and goods he will need ... See full summary »

Director: John Duigan | Stars: Jason Patric, Thandiwe Newton, Larry Drake, Sam Waterston

Votes: 1,054

20. The Cursed (I) (2010)

88 min | Horror, Romance, Thriller

A supernatural thriller set in a cozy Tennessee town where Sheriff Jimmy Muldoon and younger brother, Deputy Lloyd Muldoon, have a firm grasp of law and order until a stranger, Denny White,... See full summary »

Director: Joel Bender | Stars: Louis Mandylor, Brad Thornton, Costas Mandylor, Francesca Cecil

Votes: 2,114

21. Ghost Fever (1986)

PG | 86 min | Comedy, Horror

Two policeman are sent on a routine assignment to serve an eviction notice. It becomes anything but run-of-the-mill when they become involved in the ghostly happenings.

Director: Lee Madden | Stars: Sherman Hemsley, Luis Avalos, Jennifer Rhodes, Deborah Benson

Votes: 421

22. Dragonard (1988)

R | 93 min | Drama

On an 18th century Caribbean island run by debauched colonial plantation owners, an enslaved Scotsman joins a slave revolt.

Director: Gérard Kikoïne | Stars: Oliver Reed, Eartha Kitt, Annabel Schofield, Claudia Udy

Votes: 352

23. Nightjohn (1996 TV Movie)

PG-13 | 92 min | Drama

Facing a life of servitude in the Antebellum South, a young slave named Sarny meets Nightjohn. He teaches her to read and write, and together they set to free other slaves - until one planned escape is discovered.

Director: Charles Burnett | Stars: Beau Bridges, Carl Lumbly, Bill Cobbs, Kathleen York

Votes: 438

24. The Foxes of Harrow (1947)

Passed | 117 min | Action, Drama, Romance

In pre-Civil War New Orleans, Louisiana, roguish Irish gambler Stephen Fox (Sir Rex Harrison) buys his way into society, something he couldn't do in his homeland because he is illegitimate.

Director: John M. Stahl | Stars: Rex Harrison, Maureen O'Hara, Richard Haydn, Victor McLaglen

Votes: 569

25. Duel on the Mississippi (1955)

Approved | 72 min | Adventure, Western

In 1820 Louisiana, river pirates tangle with plantation owners while gambling-ship pirate queen Lili Scarlet falls in-love with planter André Tulane to the dismay of rival Hugo Marat, leader of the river pirates.

Director: William Castle | Stars: Lex Barker, Patricia Medina, Warren Stevens, Craig Stevens

Votes: 225

26. Brother Future (1991 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 103 min | Drama, History, Sci-Fi

A young street rapper is transported back in time to the pre-Civil War South, where he finds himself in the middle of a slave revolt.

Director: Roy Campanella II | Stars: Phill Lewis, Carl Lumbly, Michael Burgess, Akosua Busia

Votes: 227

27. Ambrose Bierce: Civil War Stories (2006 TV Movie)

93 min | Biography, Drama, History

Three of the most popular and controversial Civil War stories by legendary writer Ambrose Bierce are presented in this acclaimed feature collection.

Directors: Don Maxwell, Brian James Egen | Stars: Campbell Scott, Vivian Schilling, Nathan Darrow, T. Max Graham

Votes: 157 | Gross: $0.02M

28. Way Down South (1939)

Passed | 61 min | Action, Music

In the pre-Civil War South, a plantation owner dies and leaves all his possessions, including his slaves, to his young son. While the deceased treated his slaves decently, his corrupt ... See full summary »

Directors: Leslie Goodwins, Bernard Vorhaus | Stars: Bobby Breen, Alan Mowbray, Ralph Morgan, Steffi Duna

Votes: 254

29. A Skirt Through History (1994– )

180 min | Biography, Drama, Family

A lesbian Don Juan, a suffragette and a 17th-century Italian painter are just two of ten remarkable women who speak to us in this drama documentary - an intimate portrait of their lives and a woman's view of history.

Stars: Dearbhla Molloy, Lesley Manville, Anna Massey, Paola Dionisotti

30. Family Name (1997)

89 min | Documentary

A gay man seeks to discover what kinship, if any, exists between his white family and the nearby blacks who share the name of Alston.

Director: Macky Alston | Stars: Macky Alston, William Badgett

Votes: 49

31. The Heart of Maryland (1927)

Passed | 60 min | Action, Drama, Romance

"The Heart of Maryland" (1927) is a silent costume Vitaphone drama produced and distributed by Warner Bros. and directed by Lloyd Bacon. The film stars Dolores Costello in the title character and features Jason Robards, Sr.

Director: Lloyd Bacon | Stars: Dolores Costello, Jason Robards Sr., Warner Richmond, Helene Costello

Votes: 26

32. Americana (IV)

Adventure, Drama, Thriller | Announced

In the 1860s Confederate South, a farmer and slave owner flees the Civil War for Brazil where he finds new love and a fresh start, but as he fights to protect the racial harmony of his new life, he cannot escape his past.

33. Tracing the Hairstons

Documentary, History | Post-production

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Director: Princess A. Hairston | Stars: Jerry Hairston, Betty Scales Hairston, Henry Wiencek, Diana Roman

34. Dear America: When Will This Cruel War Be Over? (2000 TV Movie)

TV-Y7 | 30 min | Drama, Family, History

Living in the Confederate South during the Civil War, a young Confederate girl faces a dilemma when a Union soldier is injured at her doorstep.

Director: William Fruet | Stars: Melyssa Ade, Gina Clayton, Melanie Nicholls-King

Votes: 20

35. Cameo Kirby (1914)

Passed | 50 min | Action, Drama, Romance

"Cameo" Kirby, so called because of his fondness for cameos, is the son of a New Orleans plantation owner who dies insolvent. When the plantation and slaves are sold at auction, Cameo's ... See full summary »

Director: Oscar Apfel | Stars: Dustin Farnum, Winifred Kingston, James Neill, Fred Montague

36. Gina's Journey: The Search for William Grimes (2017)

80 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama

A woman's journey to discover and trace the steps of her ancestor, who traveled along the Underground Railroad to freedom, and authored the first slave narrative in U.S. history.

Director: Sean Durant | Stars: Celeste Creel, Samantha Abrams, Fancy Acholonu, Kurtis Anton

Votes: 16

37. The Real George Washington (2008 TV Movie)

46 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Archaeologists excavate George Washington's childhood home and analyze items found there, while historians analyze the paradoxes of Washington as an impulsive tactician, honest spymaster, prudent suitor and liberty-loving slave owner.

Director: Tucker Bowen | Stars: Bruce Chadwick, Kathryn Coombs, Daniel Cross, Anthony J. Davis

Votes: 37

38. Life of St. Paul (1938)

Not Rated | 120 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama

Multi-part dramatization of the life of St. Paul.

Director: Norman Walker | Stars: Neal Arden, Josephine Wilson, George Hayes, Charles Oliver

Votes: 26

39. Leftist Fascism (2017 Video)

38 min | Short

Dinesh D'Souza argues that fascism is a phenomenon of the left, not the right.

Stars: Dinesh D'Souza, Stefan Molyneux

Votes: 42

40. American Experience (1987– )
Episode: George Washington: The Man Who Wouldn't Be King (1992)

Approved | 90 min | Documentary, Biography, History

The personal development of George Washington is the focus as Producer David Sutherland brings to life a uniquely human Washington who transformed himself from social climber into a patriot willing to give up everything for a higher cause.

Director: David Sutherland | Stars: David McCullough, Robert Dawidoff, Thad Tate, Paul Longmore

Votes: 51

41. Desperate Housewives (2004–2012)
Episode: Silly People (2006)

TV-14 | 43 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery

While Tom tries to bond with his new boss, Karl makes Susan an offer she can't refuse. Meanwhile, Bree plays sleuth at Betty's house, and Gaby puts her house in order.

Director: Robert Duncan McNeill | Stars: Teri Hatcher, Felicity Huffman, Marcia Cross, Eva Longoria

Votes: 636

42. Fantasy Island (1977–1984)
Episode: The Mermaid/The Victim (1979)

TV-G | 60 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy

Julie Brett disregards Roarke's warnings and dates her dream man Michael Duvall, only to wind up as a sex slave; and college professor Harold DeHaven, hoping to make a significant scientific discovery, meets up with a mermaid.

Director: Earl Bellamy | Stars: Ricardo Montalban, Hervé Villechaize, James Darren, Yvonne De Carlo

Votes: 97

43. The Outer Limits (1995–2002)
Episode: The Grell (1999)

TV-PG | 44 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

An alien slave belonging to the species Grell rescues his owner's family after their plane is shot down in an attack by the Grell rebellion.

Director: Jorge Montesi | Stars: Ted Shackelford, Maurice Dean Wint, Britt McKillip, Blair Slater

Votes: 245

44. Coffee with Scott Adams (2018– )
Biden's Race Hoax Gaffe, North Korea, Felons Voting (2019 Podcast Episode)

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Stars: Scott Adams, Alexa

45. A Haunting (2005– )
Episode: The Calling (2007)

TV-PG | 44 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

A mother of two, happily married to her second husband, receives a bite mark from the ghost of a young boy, followed by frightening messages from the beyond.

Director: Stuart Taylor | Stars: Anthony D. Call, Christopher Adsit, Gordon Bass, Brooke Cholish

Votes: 56

46. A Skirt Through History (1994– )
Episode: The Two Marys (1994)

30 min | Biography, Drama, Family

"The only two British women to write first-hand accounts of slavery: Mary Prince, who was born into slavery in 1788 and left her owners after moving to London, and Lady Maria Nugent, the ... See full summary »

Director: Penny Woolcock | Stars: Dearbhla Molloy, Jeillo Edwards, Cathryn Bradshaw, Paul Cresswell

47. Washington (2020)
Episode: Loyal Subject (2020)

TV-14 | 84 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama

A young George Washington hungers for fame and prestige as an officer in the British military. Sent by the British royal governor to deliver an ultimatum to the French in the West, the ... See full summary »

Directors: Matthew Ginsburg, Roel Reiné | Stars: Jeff Daniels, Douglas Bradburn, Peter Stark, Colin G. Calloway

Votes: 93

48. TopTenz (2010– )
Episode: 10 Lies You're Told About American Slavery (2017)

11 min | Documentary

Since slavery is black blot on the reputation of the United States and a brutal practice it stands to reason that there would be a substantial revisionist history effort on the subject as ... See full summary »

Star: Simon Whistler

49. Lawmen: Bass Reeves (2023)
Episode: Part 1 (2023)

TV-MA | 57 min | Drama, Western

Bass rides into hell. Esau makes a violent impression on Bass. Bass escapes his chains, but has to make a hard sacrifice.

Director: Christina Alexandra Voros | Stars: David Oyelowo, Lauren E. Banks, Demi Singleton, Forrest Goodluck

Votes: 887

50. Frontline (1983– )
Episode: The Dancing Boys of Afghanistan (2010)

TV-14 | 52 min | Documentary, News

In Afghanistan many hundreds of boys, often as young as ten, are being lured off the streets on the promise of a new life.

Directors: Jamie Doran, Mike Healy | Stars: Najibullah Quraishi, Arun Rath

Votes: 168