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

51. Tarzan the Tiger (1929)

Passed | 266 min | Action, Adventure

After Tarzan's estate is destroyed by Arabs Jane is sold into slavery by a man posing as a friendly scientist.

Director: Henry MacRae | Stars: Frank Merrill, Natalie Kingston, Al Ferguson, Lillian Worth

Votes: 150

52. Lions Among Men (2011)

22 min | Short, Action, Adventure

After masking her identity as a woman and joining the British Royal Navy in 1808, Victoria finds herself shipwrecked on an unknown island with the Lieutenant who betrayed her, the slave ... See full summary »

Director: Traci Hays | Stars: Johanna Watts, Dayo Okeniyi, Crispian Belfrage, Jonah Priour

Votes: 35

53. Valley of the Lions (1961)

94 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

The evil dictator Ajak sends his armies to attack a neighboring kingdom, and during the battle, the besieged King Annurius orders one of his subjects to take his son Ursus to a place of ... See full summary »

Director: Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia | Stars: Ed Fury, Moira Orfei, Alberto Lupo, Giacomo Furia

Votes: 215

54. Ill Gotten Gains (1997)

R | 101 min | Drama, History

WEST AFRICA 1869 - Slave trade is illegal. There is a revolt on a slave ship - twenty four men fight for their lives. Out-gunned, the revolt fails but a second uprising is planned.

Director: Joel B. Marsden | Stars: Djimon Hounsou, Akosua Busia, De'aundre Bonds, Eartha Kitt

Votes: 94

55. Stand Up and Fight (1939)

Passed | 97 min | Drama, History, Romance

It starts in 1844 in Maryland, where Blake Cantrell, plantation owner with slaves, is forced by debts to sell his estate and his people. Then he leaves for Cumberland, looking for a job (... See full summary »

Director: W.S. Van Dyke | Stars: Wallace Beery, Robert Taylor, Florence Rice, Helen Broderick

Votes: 330

56. The Desert Hawk (1944)

Approved | 285 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Evil Hassan slips back into his native land of Ahad and plots to overthrow his twin bother, Kasim, who has just been crowned the Caliph. Hassan enlists the aid of the chief Chamberlain, ... See full summary »

Director: B. Reeves Eason | Stars: Gilbert Roland, Mona Maris, Ben Welden, Kenneth MacDonald

Votes: 45

57. Mamluqi (1958)

97 min | Action, Adventure, Romance

A young boy from a Georgian village is kidnapped and sold in slavery. He is raised as a Mamluk in Egypt, where he quickly rises through the ranks.

Director: Davit Rondeli | Stars: Dato Danelia, V. Djodjua, Manana Londaridze, Otar Koberidze

Votes: 218

58. Captain Caution (1940)

Passed | 86 min | Action, Adventure, Romance

When her father dies, a young woman helps a young man take command of the ship to fight the British during the war of 1812.

Director: Richard Wallace | Stars: Victor Mature, Louise Platt, Leo Carrillo, Bruce Cabot

Votes: 354

59. Baduk (1992)

G | 89 min | Drama, Family

Baduk is the name of the child who works in smuggling, due to poverty he and his sister separated, the sister will work as a maid, he keeps trying to reach his sister in vain, finally he ... See full summary »

Director: Majid Majidi | Stars: Mohammad Kasebi, Mehrollah Mazarehi, Allahnour Barahouei, Eydouk Moghaddam

Votes: 398

60. Last of the Pagans (1935)

Passed | 70 min | Adventure, Romance, Drama

A young Polynesian couple is separated by a mining company which enslaves islanders.

Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Mala, Lotus Long, Rudolph Anders, Chester Gan

Votes: 211

61. Liane, die Tochter des Dschungels (1961)

101 min | Adventure

A German expedition is in the African jungles on an unidentified mission. During this mission one of the German explorers, Thoren, is attacked and captured by the local natives called the Botos.

Directors: Hermann Leitner, Eduard von Borsody | Stars: Marion Michael, Hardy Krüger, Adrian Hoven, Rudolf Forster

Votes: 48

62. The First Marine

Adventure, History | Announced

The story base on one of most glorious events in American History.This was a First Overseas War won by U.S.A. America for a first time, as a unified State fight against the pirates of ... See full summary »

Stars: Jamie B. Chambers, Bashar Rahal, Sean James Sutton, Wassim Hawat

63. Amazon: Guardians of Eden (1992 Video Game)

Adventure, Fantasy

Occasionally violent cinematic point and click adventure that mimics the style and feel of the 1940s adventure film serials. In 1957, explorer Jason Roberts travels to the Amazon river basin to find his missing brother.

Stars: Travis Durango, Pamela Vanderwerff, Jon Clark, DeeAnn Blair

64. The Siren (II) (2020)

Short, Fantasy

Danny, a lonesome teenager, meets the beautiful but fierce mermaid, Celia.

Director: Nor Hazlin Nor Salam | Stars: Rohan Gotobed, Lola May, Melissa Dean, Tony Sams

65. Perils of the Jungle (1927)

Passed | 200 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

A young woman and her father search for hidden treasure in the African jungle.

Director: Jack Nelson | Stars: Eugenia Gilbert, Frank Merrill, Bobby Nelson, Milburn Morante

Votes: 21

66. The Ship of Doom (1917)

50 min | Drama

Martin Shaw, a young fisherman, kills Jeff Whittlesey while defending the honor of his fiancée Clara Gove. Although the townspeople disliked Jeff, they nevertheless demand punishment for ... See full summary »

Director: Wyndham Gittens | Stars: Claire McDowell, Monte Blue, Arthur Millett, Aaron Edwards

67. Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode: The Slave Traders (1965)

TV-PG | 24 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

The travelers decide to take a holiday near ancient Rome, but after a month the Doctor gets restless. He and Vicki determine to visit Rome, and while they are gone Ian and Barbara are ... See full summary »

Director: Christopher Barry | Stars: William Hartnell, William Russell, Jacqueline Hill, Maureen O'Brien

Votes: 713

68. Star Trek: Enterprise (2001–2005)
Episode: Rajiin (2003)

TV-PG | 43 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Enterprise helps an alien woman, Rajiin, seeking to escape her life as a sex slave. Once on board she uses her alien abilities to gather biometric data about humans and is recaptured by her employers, the Xindi council.

Director: Michael Vejar | Stars: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating

Votes: 1,637

69. Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (1995–1999)
Episode: The Fire Down Below (1995)

Not Rated | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Salmoneus is set up with treasure stolen from Hera. When Hercules convinces Nemesis that Salmoneus is innocent, Hera sends a deadly creature of fire to eliminate all three of them.

Director: Timothy Bond | Stars: Kevin Sorbo, Andy Anderson, Daniel Batten, Jon Brazier

Votes: 382

70. Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (1995–1999)
Episode: The March to Freedom (1995)

Not Rated | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A treacherous slave dealer, Belus, pretends to lead a group of refugees to safety so he can sell them as slaves. Hercules buys Oi-lan to save her from prostitution and agrees to help her rescue her fiancé Cyrus.

Director: Harley Cokeliss | Stars: Kevin Sorbo, Lucy Liu, Michael Hurst, Nathaniel Lees

Votes: 433

71. The Rat Patrol (1966–1968)
Episode: The Chain of Death Raid (1966)

25 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Troy and Dietrich are taken captive by a roving band of Bedouin slave traders. Meanwhile, Moffitt, Hitch and Tully are preparing to sabotage an oasis the Germans depend upon for water.

Director: John Peyser | Stars: Christopher George, Gary Raymond, Eric Braeden, Lawrence P. Casey

Votes: 64

72. Tales of the Gold Monkey (1982–1983)
Episode: Shanghaied (1982)

Adventure, Comedy, Drama

A mysterious sailor calling himself Captain Ahab comes to Bora Gora and kidnaps Corky, forcing him to fix a broken part on Ahab's ship. Despite suffering from malaria, Jake goes after them.

Director: Alan J. Levi | Stars: Stephen Collins, Jeff MacKay, Caitlin O'Heaney, Marta DuBois

Votes: 66

73. Jungle Jim (1955–1956)
Episode: Return of the Tauregs (1956)

30 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

While on an expedition to capture rare butterflies, a professor stumbles into a band of slave traders and his native guides captured. Jungle Jim leads the rescue party tracking the kidnappers.

Director: Don McDougall | Stars: Johnny Weissmuller, Martin Huston, Dean Fredericks, Byron Foulger

Votes: 36

74. The Adventures of Tintin (1991–1992)
Episode: The Red Sea Sharks: Part 2 (1992)

TV-G | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Tintin and Captain Haddock try to stop a terrible refugee smuggling ring and end up trapped with the other prisoners out at sea.

Director: Stéphane Bernasconi | Stars: Colin O'Meara, Thierry Wermuth, David Fox, Christian Pelissier

Votes: 275

75. A House Through Time (2018– )
Episode: Episode #3.1 (2020)

59 min | Documentary, Biography, History

David Olusoga investigates the residents of an 18th-century house in Bristol over time, uncovering stories of piracy, an abandoned baby, a notorious political writer and a runaway slave.

Director: Eleanor Scoones | Stars: David Olusoga, Ian Hislop

Votes: 13

76. Inés of My Soul (2020)
Episode: Un mundo nuevo (2020)

Drama

A NEW WORLD: After the death of her mother, Inés Suárez lives in Plasencia together with her sister Asuncion and her authoritarian grandfather. There she meets Juan de Malaga, a merchant ... See full summary »

Directors: Alejandro Bazzano, Vicente Sabatini | Stars: Elena Rivera, Eduardo Noriega, Carlos Serrano, Ismael Martínez

Votes: 32

77. Spartacus (2010–2013)
Episode: Fugitivus (2012)

TV-MA | 56 min | Action, Adventure, Biography

Spartacus discovers the grave responsibilities and costs in his new role as a leader of freed slaves. Claudius Glaber's arrival in Capua forces Spartacus to keep his rebellious band intact.

Director: Michael Hurst | Stars: Liam McIntyre, Manu Bennett, Peter Mensah, Craig Parker

Votes: 3,541

78. Racism: A History (2007– )
Episode: The Colour of Money (2007)

Documentary

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Director: Paul Tickell | Star: Sophie Okonedo

Votes: 6

79. The Infographics Show (2011– )
Episode: The Real Worst People in America (2021)

15 min | Documentary, Animation

With so many nasty, murderous people out there you have to be perversely "special" to make the list of the worst twenty.

80. The Matt Walsh Show (2018– )
Tennessee Passes Law Outlawing the Transing of Kids (2023 Podcast Episode)

News, Talk-Show

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Star: Matt Walsh

81. The Matt Walsh Show (2018– )
You're a 'Fascist' if You Want to Know What Your Child Is Being Taught in School (2023 Podcast Episode)

News, Talk-Show

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Star: Matt Walsh

Votes: 10

82. Secrets of the Dead (2000– )
Episode: The Lost Diary of Dr. Livingstone (2014)

Not Rated | 53 min | Documentary, History, War

On his third and final journey to Africa, David Livingstone, one of the greatest explorers in history, kept a diary that's only now being deciphered. It shines a new light on the horrors of slave trade in Africa, and Livingstone himself.

Directors: Melisa Akdogan, Ben Mole | Stars: Peter De Jersey, Jay O. Sanders, Adrian Wisnicki, Neil Wilson

Votes: 70

83. Game of Thrones (2011–2019)
Episode: Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken (2015)

TV-MA | 54 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Arya is put to the test. Tyrion and Jorah are captured by slavers. Loras Tyrell is judged by the Sparrows. Jaime and Bronn face the Sand Snakes. Sansa marries Ramsay Bolton.

Director: Jeremy Podeswa | Stars: Peter Dinklage, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Lena Headey, Aidan Gillen

Votes: 34,412

84. 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

85. 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: 602

86. The Michael Knowles Show (2017– )
Luther Revisited (2017 Podcast Episode)

58 min | Talk-Show

Eric Metaxas guests and defends Martin Luther. Austen Fletcher (aka Fleccas Talks), Bradley Devlin and Elisha Krauss make up the Panel of Deplorables.

Stars: Michael J. Knowles, Austen Fletcher, Bradley Devlin, Elisha Krauss