320 Films & TV Shows Set In United Kingdom During The 19th Century
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Dorian Gray
England The 1910s The 1890sForever Young. Forever Cursed. — A vain London playboy offers his soul in exchange for eternal beauty in this adaptation of the chilling tale by author Oscar Wilde. Seduced into the decadent world of Lord Henry Wotton (Colin Firth), handsome young aristocrat Dorian Gray (Ben Barnes) becomes obsessed with maintaining his youthful appearance, and commissions a special portrait that will weather the winds of time while he remains forever young. When Gray's obsession spirals out of control, his desperate attempts to safeguard his secret turn his once-privileged life into a living hell.
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Bright Star
England 🇮🇹 Italy The 1810s The 1820sFirst love burns brightest. — In 1818, high-spirited young Fanny Brawne finds herself increasingly intrigued by the handsome but aloof poet John Keats, who lives next door to her family friends the Dilkes. After reading a book of his poetry, she finds herself even more drawn to the taciturn Keats. Although he agrees to teach her about poetry, Keats cannot act on his reciprocated feelings for Fanny, since as a struggling poet he has no money to support a wife.
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The Secret of Moonacre
England The 19th CenturyA Magical Journey Begins. — When 13 year old Maria Merryweather's father dies, leaving her orphaned and homeless, she is forced to leave her luxurious London life to go and live with Sir Benjamin, an eccentric uncle she didn't know she had, at the mysterious Moonacre Manor.
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Stardust
England The 1930s The 1850s The 1830s The 1840sThis Summer A Star Falls. The Chase Begins. — In a countryside town bordering on a magical land, a young man makes a promise to his beloved that he'll retrieve a fallen star by venturing into the magical realm. His journey takes him into a world beyond his wildest dreams and reveals his true identity.
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National Treasure: Book of Secrets
South Dakota Virginia District of Columbia England 🇫🇷 France The 2000s The 1860sThe Greatest Adventure History Has Ever Revealed — Benjamin Franklin Gates and Dr. Abigail Chase re-team with Riley Poole and, now armed with a stack of long-lost pages from John Wilkes Booth's diary, Ben must follow a clue left there to prove his ancestor's innocence in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
England The 1800sNever Forget. Never Forgive. — The infamous story of Benjamin Barker, a.k.a Sweeney Todd, who sets up a barber shop down in London which is the basis for a sinister partnership with his fellow tenant, Mrs. Lovett. Based on the hit Broadway musical.
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The Prestige
Colorado England The 1890s The 1900sAre You Watching Closely? — A mysterious story of two magicians whose intense rivalry leads them on a life-long battle for supremacy -- full of obsession, deceit and jealousy with dangerous and deadly consequences.
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Amazing Grace
England The 1800s The 18th CenturyBehind the song you love is a story you will never forget. — The true story of William Wilberforce and his courageous quest to end the British slave trade. Along the way, Wilberforce meets intense opposition, but his minister urges him to see the cause through.
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Oliver Twist
England The 1830sOliver Twist the modern filmed version of Charles Dickens bestseller, a Roman Polanski adaptation. The classic Dickens tale, where an orphan meets a pickpocket on the streets of London. From there, he joins a household of boys who are trained to steal for their master.
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Corpse Bride
England The 1870sThere's been a grave misunderstanding. — Set in a 19th-century european village, this stop-motion animation feature follows the story of Victor, a young man whisked away to the underworld and wed to a mysterious corpse bride, while his real bride Victoria waits bereft in the land of the living.
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The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby
Scotland The 1870s The 1860s The 1850sThis is the true story of a little dog that refused to leave his master's graveside in Edinburgh. The dog visited the grave for years.
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H.G. Wells' The War of the Worlds
England The 1890sThis movie is a faithful adaptation of H. G. Well's book, set in the 19th century.
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Finding Neverland
England The 1910s The 1900s The 1890sWhere will your imagination take you? — During a writing slump, playwright J.M. Barrie meets a widow and her three children—who soon become an important part of Barrie’s life and the inspiration that lead him to create his masterpiece. Peter Pan'.
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Van Helsing: The London Assignment
England The 1880sIt tells of the events before the film, in which monster hunter Gabriel Van Helsing travels to London to investigate a series of horrific, and decidedly supernatural murders, being committed by the mad scientist Dr. Jekyll, in the form of his evil alter-ego, Mr. Hyde.
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Steamboy
England The 1860sHe will save the future. — After receiving a package from his grandfather, Ray, a young inventor who lives in England during the mid-19th century, finds himself caught in the middle of a deadly conflict related to a revolutionary advance in steam power.
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Around the World in 80 Days
New York New Mexico California England 🇫🇷 France 🇩🇪 Germany 🇹🇷 Turkey 🇮🇳 India 🇨🇳 China Atlantic Ocean The 1890sLet your imagination soar. — A bet pits a British inventor, a Chinese thief and a French artist on a worldwide adventure that they can circle the globe in 80 days.
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Shanghai Knights
🇨🇳 China England Nevada New York The 1880sA Royal Kick In The Arse. — The dynamic duo of Chon Wang and Roy O'Bannon return for another crazy adventure. This time, they're in London to avenge the murder of Chon's father, but end up on an even bigger case. Chon's sister is there to do the same, but instead unearths a plot to kill the royal family. No one believes her, though, and it's up to Chon and Roy (who has romance on his mind) to prove her right.
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The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
England 🇫🇷 France 🇮🇹 Italy 🇷🇺 Russia 🇰🇪 Kenya The 1890sThe power of seven become a league of one. — To prevent a world war from breaking out, famous characters from Victorian literature band together to do battle against a cunning villain.
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The Importance of Being Earnest
England The 1890sEverybody Loves Ernest... But Nobody's Quite Sure Who He Really Is. — Two young gentlemen living in 1890s England use the same pseudonym ("Ernest") on the sly, which is fine until they both fall in love with women using that name, which leads to a comedy of mistaken identities...
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Detective Conan: The Phantom of Baker Street
England The 1880sNoah's Ark—the latest in VR technology and a milestone of human innovation—is set for a showcase to Japan's privileged children. They have the honour of beginning a new revolution in gaming; however, their carefree fun is cut short when a company employee is found murdered, with his dying message pointing to a clue hidden within the Ark. Along with the Detective Boys and Ran Mouri, Conan Edogawa enters Noah's Ark to solve this mystery and ensure the perpetrator is caught. But once they're inside the Ark, it takes on a mind of its own, imprisoning them and the children within its worlds. To escape and bring the murderer to justice, Conan and company must navigate a simulated 19th century London and track down the infamous Jack the Ripper—with the lives of 50 innocent children depending on them.
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Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary
England The 1890sA cinematic version of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet's adaptation of Bram Stoker's gothic novel Dracula. Filmed in a style reminiscent of silent Expressionist cinema of the early 20th century (complete with intertitles and monochrome photography), it uses dance to tell the story of a sinister but intriguing immigrant who preys upon young English women.
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VeggieTales: The Star of Christmas
England The 1880sBob the Tomato and Larry the Cucumber appear as Cavis Appythart and Millward Phelps, respectively--two jingle writers based loosely on Gilbert and Sullivan. The setting is 1880s London, and they've written a musical called "The Princess and the Plumber", which they plan to open on Christmas Eve. Cavis thinks the production will "teach London how to love". But children at nearby St. Bart's Church are planning a nativity play for the same evening, and they plan to feature the Star of Christmas, a religious artifact unseen by the public for decades. The London Post Gazette writes a front-page story about the nativity play and the Star, and Cavis and Millward hatch a plan to make their musical better than the children's play. In the end, they learn about the true meaning of Christmas.
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From Hell
England The 1880sOnly the legend will survive. — Frederick Abberline is an opium-huffing inspector from Scotland Yard who falls for one of Jack the Ripper's prostitute targets in this Hughes brothers adaption of a graphic novel that posits the Ripper's true identity.
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Esther Kahn
England The 19th CenturyA Jewish girl in 19th century London dreams of becoming a stage actress.
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A Christmas Carol
England The 1840s The 1830sScrooge is a miserly old businessman in 1840s London. One Christmas Eve he is visited by the ghost of Marley, his dead business partner. Marley foretells that Scrooge will be visited by three spirits, each of whom will attempt to show Scrooge the error of his ways. Will Scrooge reform his ways in time to celebrate Christmas?
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