British Colonial Movies

  • 2001
    Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India

    Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India

    Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India

    7.2512001HD

    In 1890s India, an arrogant British commander challenges the harshly taxed residents of Champaner to a high-stakes cricket match.

    Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India
  • 1985
    Out of Africa

    Out of Africa

    Out of Africa

    7.21985HD

    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...

    Out of Africa
  • 1968
    The Charge of the Light Brigade

    The Charge of the Light Brigade

    The Charge of the Light Brigade

    6.0161968HD

    During the Crimean War between Britain and Russia in the 1850s, a British cavalry division, led by the overbearing Lord Cardigan, engages in an...

    The Charge of the Light Brigade
  • 1942
    The Black Swan

    The Black Swan

    The Black Swan

    6.41942HD

    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...

    The Black Swan
  • 2019
    The Warrior Queen of Jhansi

    The Warrior Queen of Jhansi

    The Warrior Queen of Jhansi

    5.72019HD

    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...

    The Warrior Queen of Jhansi
  • 1986
    Tai-Pan

    Tai-Pan

    Tai-Pan

    51986HD

    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...

    Tai-Pan
  • 1978
    The Four Feathers

    The Four Feathers

    The Four Feathers

    6.71978HD

    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,...

    The Four Feathers
  • 1983
    Heat and Dust

    Heat and Dust

    Heat and Dust

    6.11983HD

    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...

    Heat and Dust
  • 1963
    Death Drums Along the River

    Death Drums Along the River

    Death Drums Along the River

    5.0941963HD

    A British colonial policeman in Africa investigates a murder in a hospital up river.

    Death Drums Along the River
  • 1952
    His Excellency

    His Excellency

    His Excellency

    61952HD

    A trade union official becomes governor of a British island colony

    His Excellency
  • 1957
    The Mark of the Hawk

    The Mark of the Hawk

    The Mark of the Hawk

    31957HD

    The man called Obam struggles with the increasingly hostile forces facing each other in a colonial African country. The African natives want their...

    The Mark of the Hawk
  • 1952
    The Planter's Wife

    The Planter's Wife

    The Planter's Wife

    6.21952HD

    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.

    The Planter's Wife
  • 1935
    Sanders of the River

    Sanders of the River

    Sanders of the River

    5.71935HD

    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...

    Sanders of the River
  • 1991
    Mister Johnson

    Mister Johnson

    Mister Johnson

    6.31991HD

    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...

    Mister Johnson
  • 1946
    Cyprus Is an Island

    Cyprus Is an Island

    Cyprus Is an Island

    61946HD

    A short history of the island is followed by views of the countryside and people in town and village.

    Cyprus Is an Island
  • 1939
    The Sun Never Sets

    The Sun Never Sets

    The Sun Never Sets

    4.81939HD

    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...

    The Sun Never Sets
  • 1993
    Desperate Remedies

    Desperate Remedies

    Desperate Remedies

    5.71993HD

    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...

    Desperate Remedies
  • 2002
    Promises & Betrayals: Britain and the Struggle for the Holy Land

    Promises & Betrayals: Britain and the Struggle for the Holy Land

    Promises & Betrayals: Britain and the Struggle for the Holy Land

    02002HD

    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...

    Promises & Betrayals: Britain and the Struggle for the Holy Land
  • 1928
    Home Life

    Home Life

    Home Life

    01928HD

    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...

    Home Life
  • 1936
    Gardens of the Orient

    Gardens of the Orient

    Gardens of the Orient

    01936HD

    This portait of life on the tea plantations is decidedly rosy – clearly, there are no exploited workers here. However, the film provides an...

    Gardens of the Orient