Movies and TvShows featuring "half-caste" theme.
Indian Summers is a TV show that takes place in the summer of 1932 during the final few months of British colonial rule in India. The series follows a group of people living in Simla, a picturesque hill station and the summer capital of British India. The show explores various themes like illicit affairs, abusive relationships, class differences, and the impact of the British Empire on Indian society. It also delves into the social and political tensions of the time, including the struggles for Indian independence. Indian Summers provides a captivating exploration of the complexities and conflicts of a society in transition.
In 1931, three Aboriginal girls escape from an Australian settlement, traversing the harsh Outback in order to find their way home. Based on a true story, the film explores themes of identity, cultural assimilation, and the strength of family bonds.
In 1930s Australia, a bounty hunter forms an unlikely alliance with an Aboriginal man to track down an outlaw responsible for a brutal massacre. As they navigate the harsh landscape, they confront their own morality and the dark history of colonialism.
In the remote Amazon rainforest, a group of explorers stumble upon a hidden world populated by dinosaurs and prehistoric creatures. As they navigate the dangers of this lost world, they must also contend with personal conflicts and the threat of a volcanic eruption.
Set during the British Raj in 19th century India, 'The Stranglers of Bombay' follows an investigation into the thuggee cult, responsible for disappearances and murders. The story delves into the murderous cult's rituals, including strangulation and burning victims on funeral pyres. As the investigation progresses, the protagonist uncovers a web of betrayal, mass murder, and religious fanaticism, leading to a thrilling climax.
Set on a Pacific island during a heavy rainstorm, a group of people seek refuge in a general store. An American missionary, fearing the effects of the rampant immorality, tries to convert a prostitute. Their clash leads to a tragic outcome.
Bhowani Junction is a movie set in post-World War II India, where a half-Indian, half-British woman named Victoria Jones finds herself torn between her heritage and the changing world around her. As the country moves towards independence from British rule, Victoria must navigate the complexities of her relationships and her own identity. This epic drama explores themes of love, colonialism, and cultural clashes.
During the Korean War, a World War II veteran turned preacher becomes a bomber pilot to serve his country. He finds himself questioning his own guilt and seeking redemption as he witnesses the horrors of war and forms an unlikely friendship with an orphan boy.
Lady of the Tropics is a drama and romance movie set in Saigon, French Indochina. It tells the story of a wealthy American playboy who falls in love with a half-caste woman. The movie explores themes of self-sacrifice, romantic rivalry, and the challenges of a marriage of convenience.
A half-caste beauty emigrates from India to Great Britain, pursues fame and fortune at the cost of personal happiness, and becomes a Hollywood movie star while suppressing the truth of her heritage.
Thirteen Women is a crime, drama, horror, and mystery movie released in 1932. The story revolves around thirteen women who receive a prediction of their deaths from a vengeful swami. As each woman faces tragic events, a police detective tries to unravel the mystery and prevent further killings.
Diamond Head is a drama romance movie set in Hawaii in the 1950s. The story revolves around a judge and his dysfunctional family, facing racial prejudice and opposition in their community. The judge embarks on a forbidden love affair with his mistress, leading to a child born out of wedlock. The movie explores themes of redemption, cross-cultural relationships, and the challenges faced by mixed-race individuals in a society plagued by bigotry.
A Chinese general's daughter tracks her father to a slave-labor tyrant's jungle empire.
A woman shoots her lover and goes on trial for murder. The incriminating letter, which could prove her innocence, is in the possession of the man's wife. The woman must overcome blackmail and scandal to obtain the letter and clear her name.
Young Soul Rebels is a drama movie set in 1977 London. It revolves around the lives of two best friends, Chris and Caz, who run a pirate radio station. Their friendship is put to the test when a murder occurs, and they find themselves caught up in a mystery involving race, sexuality, and violence. As they navigate their way through a vibrant and rebellious subculture, they must confront their own fears and desires.
In 1870, in the Spanish Philippines, the commandant of an island penal colony, aided by an American doctor and local villagers, decides to relocate his coastal camp to a fertile valley inland but the arduous trek is fraught with dangers.
Four one-for-all and all-for-one privates in the French Foreign Legion are all in jail for disorderly conduct, but they break out and rejoin their regiment and fight off a band of marauding Arabs, and are soon in Casablanca getting decorated by the French Minister of War. Deucalion spots Eleanor, a spy who had done him dirt and after tangling with the local gendarmes, they take her and head back for Morocco where they are charged with desertion, and have to go out and defeat some more marauding natives, and dodge the machine-gun fire directed at them by the highly-displeased Eleanor, and one thing just follows another.
Bird of Paradise is a romantic adventure film set on an exotic island. It tells the story of a German man who falls in love with a Polynesian woman and must overcome cultural differences and superstitions.
A woman who is in love with her boss entices him to join her at a nudist camp, but his affection soon turns elsewhere.
The headmaster of a stuffy British boys' school receives a surprise visit from the now-grown, and very voluptuous, daughter he fathered years earlier in the Pacific islands.