British Colonial Movies
- 2001
Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India
Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India7.2512001HD
In 1890s India, an arrogant British commander challenges the harshly taxed residents of Champaner to a high-stakes cricket match.
- 1985
Out of Africa
Out of Africa7.21985HD
Tells the life story of Danish author Karen Blixen, who at the beginning of the 20th century moved to Africa to build a new life for herself. The...
- 1968
The Charge of the Light Brigade
The Charge of the Light Brigade6.0161968HD
During the Crimean War between Britain and Russia in the 1850s, a British cavalry division, led by the overbearing Lord Cardigan, engages in an...
- 1942
The Black Swan
The Black Swan6.41942HD
When notorious pirate Henry Morgan is made governor of Jamaica, he enlists the help of some of his former partners in ridding the Caribbean of...
- 2019
The Warrior Queen of Jhansi
The Warrior Queen of Jhansi5.72019HD
The Warrior Queen of Jhansi tells the true story of Lakshmibai, the historic Queen of Jhansi who fiercely led her army against the British East India...
- 1986
Tai-Pan
Tai-Pan51986HD
The film begins following the British victory of the first Opium War and the seizure of Hong Kong. Although the island is largely uninhabited and the...
- 1978
The Four Feathers
The Four Feathers6.71978HD
The fifth filming of the adventure classic about a British soldier in the 1880s who fights to regain his honor after being given four white feathers,...
- 1983
Heat and Dust
Heat and Dust6.11983HD
Anne is investigating the life of her grand-aunt Olivia, whose destiny has always been shrouded with scandal. As Anne delves into the history of her...
- 1963
Death Drums Along the River
Death Drums Along the River5.0941963HD
A British colonial policeman in Africa investigates a murder in a hospital up river.
- 1952
His Excellency
His Excellency61952HD
A trade union official becomes governor of a British island colony
- 1957
The Mark of the Hawk
The Mark of the Hawk31957HD
The man called Obam struggles with the increasingly hostile forces facing each other in a colonial African country. The African natives want their...
- 1952
The Planter's Wife
The Planter's Wife6.21952HD
The wife of a rubber plantation owner must put her marriage problems on hold when her family is forced to defend themselves during a native uprising.
- 1935
Sanders of the River
Sanders of the River5.71935HD
A British District Officer in Nigeria in the 1930s rules his area strictly but justly. He struggles with gun-runners and slavers with the aid of a...
- 1991
Mister Johnson
Mister Johnson6.31991HD
In 1923 British Colonial Nigeria, Mister Johnson is an oddity -- an educated black man who doesn't really fit in with the natives or the British. He...
- 1946
Cyprus Is an Island
Cyprus Is an Island61946HD
A short history of the island is followed by views of the countryside and people in town and village.
- 1939
The Sun Never Sets
The Sun Never Sets4.81939HD
The Randolph family have a tradition of working in the British colonial service. Clive comes home from a mission in the Gold Coast of Africa...
- 1993
Desperate Remedies
Desperate Remedies5.71993HD
In a town called Hope on the edge of Britain's empire, desperations clash: the beautiful Dorothea Brook is desperate to free her pregnant sister Rose...
- 2002
Promises & Betrayals: Britain and the Struggle for the Holy Land
Promises & Betrayals: Britain and the Struggle for the Holy Land02002HD
A documentary on how British double-dealing during the First World War ignited the conflict between Arab and Jew in the Middle East. The bitter...
- 1928
Home Life
Home Life01928HD
Made by an English family living in north India during the heyday of the Raj, this amateur film reveals the grandeur in which middle-class English...
- 1936
Gardens of the Orient
Gardens of the Orient01936HD
This portait of life on the tea plantations is decidedly rosy – clearly, there are no exploited workers here. However, the film provides an...