Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "year-1846"

1. Gangs of New York (2002)

R | 167 min | Crime, Drama

In 1862, Amsterdam Vallon returns to the Five Points area of New York City seeking revenge against Bill the Butcher, his father's killer.

Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Cameron Diaz, Daniel Day-Lewis, Jim Broadbent

Votes: 473,306 | Gross: $77.81M

2. Burn! (1969)

R | 112 min | Action, Drama, War

In 1844, a British mercenary helps the revolting slaves of an Antilles island colony gain independence from Portugal, but later returns to hunt down a local rebel leader and former protégé.

Director: Gillo Pontecorvo | Stars: Marlon Brando, Evaristo Márquez, Renato Salvatori, Dana Ghia

Votes: 5,831 | Gross: $0.43M

3. Very Good Girls (2013)

R | 91 min | Drama, Romance

Two New York City girls make a pact to lose their virginity during their first summer out of high school. When they both fall for the same street artist, the friends find their connection tested for the first time.

Director: Naomi Foner | Stars: Dakota Fanning, Elizabeth Olsen, Sterling Jones, Lenny Platt

Votes: 16,365

4. The Duel (I) (2016)

R | 110 min | Drama, Western

A Texas Ranger investigates a series of unexplained deaths in a town called Helena.

Director: Kieran Darcy-Smith | Stars: Woody Harrelson, Liam Hemsworth, Alice Braga, Emory Cohen

Votes: 11,920 | Gross: $0.06M

5. The Magician (1958)

Not Rated | 101 min | Comedy, Drama

A traveling magician and his assistants are persecuted by authorities in Sweden of the 19th century. Their capture, however, didn't bring victory to those in power.

Director: Ingmar Bergman | Stars: Max von Sydow, Ingrid Thulin, Gunnar Björnstrand, Naima Wifstrand

Votes: 10,959

6. Little Match Girl (2018)

19 min | Short, Drama, Horror

Scandinavia, 1846. A poor young girl forced to sell matchsticks desperately lights one match to survive the winter night. She is drawn into a dream world where the flames of fire give her ... See full summary »

Director: Björne Larson | Stars: Shree Crooks, Rebecca Ferguson, Gustaf Skarsgård, David Laib

Votes: 113

7. Cousin Bette (1998)

R | 108 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

When her sister dies in 1846, Bette moves from the château to Paris to work as a theater seamstress. She helps a handsome, starving artist. When her niece lures him away from her, she plans a devious revenge.

Director: Des McAnuff | Stars: Jessica Lange, Elisabeth Shue, Bob Hoskins, Geraldine Chaplin

Votes: 2,838 | Gross: $1.20M

8. One Man's Hero (1999)

R | 121 min | Action, Drama, History

John Riley, an Irish immigrant soldier recruited in the American army during the Mexican-American War faces anti-immigrant and anti-Catholic bigotry from his fellow servicemen and defects to the Mexican army.

Director: Lance Hool | Stars: Tom Berenger, Joaquim de Almeida, Daniela Romo, Mark Moses

Votes: 1,342 | Gross: $0.23M

9. The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934)

Passed | 109 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

Elizabeth Barrett's tyrannical father has forbidden any of his family to marry. Nevertheless, Elizabeth falls in love with the poet Robert Browning.

Director: Sidney Franklin | Stars: Norma Shearer, Fredric March, Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Sullivan

Votes: 2,129

10. To New Shores (1937)

106 min | Drama

In 1846 the actress Gloria Vane is performing at the Adelphi Theatre, London. She is in love with the destitute nobleman Albert Finsbury, who is shortly departing to Australia to become an ... See full summary »

Director: Douglas Sirk | Stars: Zarah Leander, Willy Birgel, Edwin Jürgensen, Carola Höhn

Votes: 478

11. The Hunger (II) (2020)

90 min | Documentary, History

The Story of the Irish Famine of the 1840s.

Director: Ruán Magan | Stars: Liam Neeson, Cormac Ó'Gráda, Niamh Gallagher, Mary C. Kelly

Votes: 99

12. Fertile Ground (2011)

R | 95 min | Horror

Emily and Nate Weaver leave the city for the rural comfort of Nate's ancestral home in the country. Once there, Emily is plagued by horrifying visions and haunted by the ghosts inhabiting their isolated new home.

Director: Adam Gierasch | Stars: Leisha Hailey, Gale Harold, Chelcie Ross, JoNell Kennedy

Votes: 3,196

13. Dawson City: Frozen Time (2016)

120 min | Documentary, History

The history of Dawson City, the gold rush town that had a historical treasure of forgotten silent films buried in permafrost for decades until 1978.

Director: Bill Morrison | Stars: Michael Gates, Kathy Jones-Gates, Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Frank Barrett

Votes: 2,154 | Gross: $0.13M

14. The Kissing Bandit (1948)

Approved | 100 min | Comedy, Musical, Western

Ricardo, the milquetoast son of a Mexican bandit, would rather lead a quiet life in Boston. But the family would rather that he follow in his father's footsteps and become "The Kissing Bandit".

Director: Laslo Benedek | Stars: Frank Sinatra, Kathryn Grayson, J. Carrol Naish, Mildred Natwick

Votes: 704

15. Wells Fargo (1937)

Passed | 97 min | Drama, History, Western

The life and career of a Wells Fargo official frames this fictionalized account of the express company's formation.

Director: Frank Lloyd | Stars: Joel McCrea, Bob Burns, Frances Dee, Lloyd Nolan

Votes: 641

16. Westward Ho, the Wagons! (1956)

Approved | 90 min | Family, Western

The adventures of a group of pioneers as their wagon train crosses the West.

Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Fess Parker, Kathleen Crowley, Jeff York, David Stollery

Votes: 405

17. The Burning Dead (2015)

Not Rated | 82 min | Action, Fantasy, Horror

A sheriff must rescue an estranged family from a mountain during a volcano eruption and fight off a horde of lava-filled zombies brought to life by a curse.

Director: Rene Perez | Stars: Danny Trejo, Thomas Downey, Moniqua Plante, Nicole Carmela

Votes: 821

18. Walden (2017)

22 min | Documentary, Short, Biography

In 1854, noted American transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau published his influential book 'Walden; or, Life in the Woods' about his attempt to live self-sufficiently in his cabin in the woods near Walden Pond, MA for two years.

Directors: Christopher Loren Ewers, Erik Ewers | Stars: Kevin Conway, Robert Redford

Votes: 31

19. The Chinese Exclusion Act (2017)

TV-PG | 114 min | Documentary, Biography, History

The origin, history and impact of the 1882 law that made it illegal for Chinese workers to come to America and for Chinese nationals already here to become U.S. citizens.

Directors: Ric Burns, Li-Shin Yu | Stars: Hoon Lee, Mae Ngai, Jean Pfaelzer, David Lei

Votes: 104

20. Dangerous Decades, 1818-1846 (1968)

59 min | Documentary

War with the United States remains a threat to Canada. The only way is to settle a border between them.

Directors: Ronald Dick, Pierre L'Amare | Star: J. Frank Willis

21. Vlcí halír (1975 TV Movie)

81 min | Biography, Drama, History

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Director: Jaroslav Novotný | Stars: Blanka Blahníková, Jana Brezinová, Radoslav Brzobohatý, Vera Bublíková

22. Relic Hunter (1999–2002)
Episode: Flag Day (1999)

TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Sydney and Nigel head to Larivee, California to find the Pioneer's Bear Flag.

Director: David Wu | Stars: Tia Carrere, Christien Anholt, Lindy Booth, Cynthia Preston

Votes: 141

23. Lock 'N Load with R. Lee Ermey (2009– )
Episode: Rockets (2009)

TV-PG | 45 min | Documentary, History, War

Hitting a target with a rocket is tough as Gunny finds out trying to hit a target with a replica of an ancient Chinese rocket. He has better luck and more fun with a Korean hwacha then ... See full summary »

Star: R. Lee Ermey

Votes: 17

24. Today I Found Out (2013– )
Episode: Is Ring Around the Rosie Really About the Plague? (2021)

13 min | Documentary

A common belief is the the nursery rhyme "Ring Around the Rosie" refers to the Black Death or to be more specific The Great Plague of London in 1665. This idea was popularized just a few ... See full summary »

Star: Simon Whistler

25. Biographics (2017– )
Episode: James K. Polk: The Greatest American President You've Never Heard Of (2021)

26 min | Documentary, Biography, History

James Polk entered the White House from obscurity as a dark horse candidate. But as a protegee of Andrew Jackson he was a master politician who accomplished everything he intended during ... See full summary »

Star: Simon Whistler

26. Stories from the Vaults (2007– )
Episode: Life After Death (2007)

TV-G | 27 min | History

Tom's morbid curiosity takes him to the Smithsonian's osteoprep building where he learns about the methods used to preserve animal skeletons. Then he discovers some of the interesting items... See full summary »

Star: Tom Cavanagh

27. Astrum (2013– )
Episode: The Planet Closer to the Sun than Mercury Vulcan (2023)

13 min | Documentary

Vulcan is a theoretical planet inside the orbit of Mercury which, had it existed, would have explained the deviation of Mercury's orbit from Newton's Law of motion. But the orbital deviation was the result or relativistic effects.

Star: Alex McColgan

28. The Terror (2018–2025)
Episode: Go for Broke (2018)

TV-14 | 46 min | Adventure, Drama, Horror

Two ships, brave captains and their crews, royal marines, all battle the elements and unknown adventure while remembering home and mission beginnings.

Director: Edward Berger | Stars: Jared Harris, Tobias Menzies, Paul Ready, Adam Nagaitis

Votes: 3,701

29. Victoria (2016–2019)
Episode: Comfort and Joy (2017)

TV-PG | 90 min | Biography, Drama, History

Christmas 1846, a pregnant Victoria faces the festive season without her beloved Baroness Lehzen. Albert wants to transform the palace into a magical, seasonal, wonderland, but tensions mount when he invites some unwelcome guests.

Director: Jim Loach | Stars: Zaris-Angel Hator, Derek Ezenagu, Leon Stewart, Ben Lamb

Votes: 599