Movies and TvShows featuring "historical-setting" theme.

The Duchess (2008) is a biographical drama about the life of Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire. She navigates the complexities of her loveless marriage, her husband's infidelities, and her own desires for freedom and love. As a prominent figure in society, she becomes involved in political affairs and faces public humiliation. The story depicts her struggle to find happiness and fulfillment in a world governed by societal expectations.

In 1348, as the Black Death spreads across England, a young monk is sent on a mission to investigate rumors of a remote village unaffected by the plague. He soon discovers that the village has made a pact with a necromancer, who is using the plague to carry out acts of witchcraft. Faced with both the brutality of the plague and the terror of the supernatural, the monk must confront his own faith and beliefs to survive.

Set in 1930s London, Upstairs Downstairs follows the lives of the aristocratic Bellamy family and their domestic workers. The series delves into the complexities of class differences, family relationships, romance, scandal, and racial issues during the interwar period in England.

Agatha (1979) is a movie set in 1920s England that follows the disappearance of mystery writer Agatha Christie. After her husband asks her for a divorce, Agatha travels to a health spa where she goes missing. A reporter investigates her disappearance and uncovers a number of secrets and hidden identities. The movie explores themes of betrayal, mystery, and the interwar period.

What the Future Holds is a drama TV show set in 1960s Barcelona, Spain during the Francoist regime. It follows the life of an informant involved with the communist party who leads a double life while navigating love, friendship, ambition, and betrayal.

Northanger Abbey follows Catherine Morland and her journey as she navigates the world of love and mystery in the English countryside. Set in the 19th century, the story explores themes of innocence, family relationships, and forbidden love. Catherine's journey takes her to a grand estate, where she encounters a love triangle, romantic rivals, and dark secrets hidden within the mansion.

An old captain & his young wife share a lot of adventures after they're shipwrecked and captured by Aborigines on an island near Australia.

A Field in England is a surreal and psychedelic historical drama set in 17th-century England during the English Civil War. The film follows a group of deserters who find themselves trapped in a mysterious field while searching for a hidden treasure. As they journey through the field, they encounter hallucinations, chaos, and an occultism that tests their friendship. With elements of folk-horror and satire-comedy, A Field in England explores themes of insanity, spirituality, and the dark side of human nature.

Pandaemonium is a biographical drama set in Somerset, England, during the French Revolution. The film explores the tumultuous friendship and creative rivalry between renowned poets Samuel Taylor Coleridge and William Wordsworth. It delves into their shared muses, drug abuse, and struggles with personal demons. The story unfolds against the backdrop of the social and political upheaval of the late 18th century.

In 1974, after years of civil war, the Portuguese and their descendants fled the colony of Angola where groups working for independence gradually claim their territory back. A tribal girl discovers love and death when her path crosses that of a young Portuguese soldier. Meanwhile, another group of Portuguese soldiers is barracked inside an infinite wall from which they will have to escape once the past comes out of the grave to claim its long-awaited justice.

Adaptation of Catherine Cookson's novel. In mid-19th century Yorkshire, Hannah Boyle is left with the family of Matthew Thornton, the man her dying mother claims fathered her. Ill-treated by Thornton's bitter and vindictive wife Anne, who views Hannah only as evidence of her husband's infidelity, she is married off to the village butcher, whose waspish mother torments her further. But through her patience, intelligence and strength, she wins her freedom and the man she loves.

The film, taking place in 1950, presents the story of Father Leopold and the monks of his order struggling to once again revive Christianity in a country trying to scrape itself together after the war. Initially, the communist powers do not hinder their work, and the Church was even able to regain possession of holy objects hidden during the war. This "peaceful" state does not last long. Father Leopold is arrested on trumped up charges, and in order to break him, he is subjected to cruel torture. His former student, Lieutenant Keller, who turned his back on religion and now believes in the socialist system, is appointed - upon the command of Major Fyodorov - to extract a confession of guilt. But the Father's perseverance and resistance changes everything.

Astounding stories by women born in the USSR, pioneers and survivors, that reveal their heroic experiences from the time of the Revolution in 1917 to the present day through personal testimonies and intimate conversations with remarkable women and unseen archive footage. It opens a door to their inner thoughts, feelings, fears and hopes. Their experience foreshadowed that of women of today and yet their fate is also the story of their century.

A farm murder shakes a community and family to a standstill, forcing young Faan Venter to return to the place where his beloved grandfather was murdered. His return to the farm reopens old wounds. Faan despairs about his future in South Africa, but answers to his questions about the future come from an unexpected place – from the past, as told by his great-grandmother Katryn.

During the American Civil War, two individuals from different backgrounds find love amidst the chaos and turmoil of the war. Their relationship is tested by the challenges of the time, but their love perseveres.