Movies and TvShows featuring "buying-a-wife" theme.

In the 1860s Sierra Nevada Mountains, a surveyor must confront the consequences of his past actions when a woman and her daughter arrive in town.

Blind Mountain tells the story of a young woman who is tricked and forced into an unwanted marriage in a rural village in China. As she struggles with the misogyny and abuse she faces, she plans her escape from the mountain.

In the harsh Canadian wilderness, a fur-trapper and a mute woman navigate through various challenges, including a wolf attack and a heartbreaking miscarriage, as they develop a deep bond and find themselves falling in love. The film explores themes of survival, love, and the resilience of the human spirit.

Mister Johnson follows the life of a Nigerian worker named Mister Johnson in a British colonial settlement in 1920s Africa. He faces several challenges, including racism, corruption, tribal law, and trade. His desire to become more Westernized and his involvement in a road-building project lead to his downfall and eventual tragic ending.

The Sheik is an adventure-drama-romance film from 1921 that tells the story of an impossible love between a sheik and an Englishwoman. Set in the desert, the film explores themes of interracial relationships, kidnapping, and escape. The sheik rescues the Englishwoman from a bandit and they navigate the harsh desert landscape together, facing night attacks, sandstorms, and other dangers. Along the way, they develop a complicated relationship that is both tender and fraught with tension.

Tasia (Dolores del Río), a beautiful dancer lower class of Russia, falls heir to the throne Prince, Grand Duke Eugene (Charles Farrell), but only admired from a distance. At the outbreak of the Russian Revolution, the Duke falls in captivity and this allows Tasia be near him.