296 Films & TV Shows Set In England During The 19th Century
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Ripper Untold
England The 1880s1888, a bloodbath in Whitechapel. No one is safe. — A detective and a medical examiner join forces to solve a series of horrific murders in Victorian London - but one of them harbours a deadly secret.
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Dolittle
England The 1810sHe's just not a people person. — After losing his wife seven years earlier, the eccentric Dr. John Dolittle, famed doctor and veterinarian of Queen Victoria’s England, hermits himself away behind the high walls of Dolittle Manor with only his menagerie of exotic animals for company. But when the young queen falls gravely ill, a reluctant Dolittle is forced to set sail on an epic adventure to a mythical island in search of a cure, regaining his wit and courage as he crosses old adversaries and discovers wondrous creatures.
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Enola Holmes
England The 1890s The 1880s The 1900sMystery runs in the family. — While searching for her missing mother, intrepid teen Enola Holmes uses her sleuthing skills to outsmart big brother Sherlock and help a runaway lord.
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Emma.
England The 1800sLove knows best. — In 1800s England, a well-meaning but selfish young woman meddles in the love lives of her friends.
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Ammonite
England The 1840sIn 1840s England, palaeontologist Mary Anning and a young woman sent by her husband to convalesce by the sea develop an intense relationship. Despite the chasm between their social spheres and personalities, Mary and Charlotte discover they can each offer what the other has been searching for: the realisation that they are not alone. It is the beginning of a passionate and all-consuming love affair that will defy all social bounds and alter the course of both lives irrevocably.
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Miss Marx
England The 1890s The 1880sIn her public persona, Eleanor “Tussy” Marx was a translator, actress, a children’s rights activist, a feminist and a persuasive labour organizer, a tireless powerhouse determined to carry on her father’s work. She held her own with twentieth century gods, including both her father and his colleague Engels. In her privately life, however, she was vulnerable and her attraction to the self-indulgent and self-important Edward Aveling led her into misery and ultimately proved fatal.
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Bridgerton: Season 1
England The 1810sWealth, lust, and betrayal set in the backdrop of Regency era England, seen through the eyes of the powerful Bridgerton family.
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The Professor and the Madman
England The 1910s The 1900s The 1890s The 1870s The 1880sThe incredible true story that defined our world. — Professor James Murray begins work compiling words for the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary in the mid 19th century, and receives over 10,000 entries from a patient at Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum, Dr. William Minor.
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Missing Link
Washington England Tibet The 1880sMeet Mr. Link — The charismatic Sir Lionel Frost considers himself to be the world's foremost investigator of myths and monsters. Trouble is, none of his small-minded, high-society peers seems to recognize this. Hoping to finally gain acceptance from these fellow adventurers, Sir Lionel travels to the Pacific Northwest to prove the existence of a legendary creature known as the missing link.
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The Aeronauts
England The 1850s The 1860sIn 1862, daredevil balloon pilot Amelia Wren teams up with pioneering meteorologist James Glaisher to advance human knowledge of the weather and fly higher than anyone in history. While breaking records and advancing scientific discovery, their voyage to the very edge of existence helps the unlikely pair find their place in the world they have left far below them. But they face physical and emotional challenges in the thin air, as the ascent becomes a fight for survival.
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Peterloo
England The 1810sAn epic portrayal of the events surrounding the infamous 1819 Peterloo Massacre, where a peaceful pro-democracy rally at St Peter’s Field in Manchester turned into one of the bloodiest and most notorious episodes in British history. The massacre saw British government forces charge into a crowd of over 60,000 that had gathered to demand political reforms and protest against rising levels of poverty.
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The Black Prince
England The 1840s The 1850sFaith. Trust. Hope. — The Black Prince follows the story of the last Sikh Maharaja — the son of the powerful ruler Ranjit Singh — who was placed on the throne at the age of five, after the death of his father. In 1849, the young prince was removed from the throne and eventually sent off to England. His attempts to return to India and reclaim his kingdom were subsequently thwarted by the British.
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My Cousin Rachel
England The 1830sDid she or didn't she? — A young Englishman plots revenge against his mysterious, beautiful cousin, believing that she murdered his guardian. But his feelings become complicated as he finds himself falling under the beguiling spell of her charms.
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Victoria & Abdul
Scotland England 🇮🇹 Italy 🇮🇳 India The 1900s The 1880sHistory's most unlikely friendship. — Queen Victoria strikes up an unlikely friendship with a young Indian clerk named Abdul Karim.
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The Man Who Invented Christmas
England The 1840sHow Charles Dickens wrote “A Christmas Carol” and created a tradition. — In 1843, despite the fact that Dickens is a successful writer, the failure of his latest book puts his career at a crossroads, until the moment when, struggling with inspiration and confronting reality with his childhood memories, a new character is born in the depths of his troubled mind; an old, lonely, embittered man, so vivid, so human, that a whole world grows around him, a story so inspiring that changed the meaning of Christmas forever.
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Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
England The 19th CenturyBloody lovely. — A zombie outbreak has fallen upon the land in this reimagining of Jane Austen's classic tale of the tangled relationships between lovers from different social classes in 19th century England. Feisty heroine Elizabeth Bennet is a master of martial arts and weaponry and the handsome Mr. Darcy is a fierce zombie killer, yet the epitome of upper class prejudice. As the zombie outbreak intensifies, they must swallow their pride and join forces on the blood-soaked battlefield in order to conquer the undead once and for all.
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Alice Through the Looking Glass
England The 1870sIt's time for a little madness. — Alice Kingsleigh returns to Underland and faces a new adventure in saving the Mad Hatter.
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The Legend of Tarzan
England 🇨🇩 Congo Democratic Republic of the The 1890s The 1880s The 1910sHuman. Nature. — Tarzan, having acclimated to life in London, is called back to his former home in the jungle to investigate the activities at a mining encampment.
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The Limehouse Golem
England The 1880sBefore the ripper, fear had another name. — A series of murders has shaken the community to the point where people believe that only a legendary creature from dark times – the mythical Golem – must be responsible.
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Jack the Ripper - Eine Frau jagt einen Mörder
England The 1880s The 1890sA serial killer walks the streets of Whitechapel, London, attacking and killing women, which later came to be known as the 'Whitechapel murders' stretching from 3 April 1888 to 13 February 1891 included in the London Metropolitan Police Service Investigation.
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To Walk Invisible
England The 1840sThe Lives of the Brontë Sisters — To Walk Invisible takes a new look at the extraordinary Brontë family, telling the story of these remarkable women who, despite the obstacles they faced, came from obscurity to produce some of the greatest novels in the English language.
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Queen of the Desert
England 🇯🇴 Jordan 🇲🇦 Morocco The 1890s The 1900s The 1910s The 1920sOne woman can change the course of history — A chronicle of Gertrude Bell's life, a traveler, writer, archaeologist, explorer, cartographer, and political attaché for the British Empire at the dawn of the twentieth century.
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Victor Frankenstein
England The 19th CenturyDiscover the origin of the monster and his creation. — Eccentric scientist Victor Von Frankenstein creates a grotesque creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment.
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Far from the Madding Crowd
England The 1870sBased on the literary classic by Thomas Hardy. Bathsheba Everdene, attracts three very different suitors: Gabriel Oak, a sheep farmer, captivated by her fetching willfulness; Frank Troy, a handsome and reckless Sergeant; and William Boldwood, a prosperous and mature bachelor. This timeless story of Bathsheba's choices and passions explores the nature of relationships and love – as well as the human ability to overcome hardships through resilience and perseverance.
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Lucy
New York England 🇫🇷 France 🇩🇪 Germany 🇮🇹 Italy 🇹🇼 Taiwan The 2010s The 19th CenturyThe average person uses 10% of their brain capacity. Imagine what she could do with 100%. — A woman, accidentally caught in a dark deal, turns the tables on her captors and transforms into a merciless warrior evolved beyond human logic.
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