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1	Out of Africa (1985) more movies like this directed by Sydney Pollack featuring Meryl Streep, Robert Redford, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Michael Kitchen, Malick Bowens Out of Africa is drawn from the life and writings of Danish author Isak Dinesen, who during the time that the film's events occured was known by her married name, Karen Blixen-Flecke. For convenience's sake, Karen (Meryl Streep) has married Baron Bor Blixen-Flecke (Klaus Maria Brandauer). In 1914, the Baron moves himself and his wife to a ... see all copies from $2.95! new only from $9.65!
2	Brideshead Revisited (1981) more movies like this directed by Charles Sturridge, Michael Lindsay-Hogg Evelyn Waugh's 1945 novel Brideshead Revisited was offered to television viewers in this 11-part adaptation that originally aired on the U.K.'s ITV network. The miniseries, like the book, lays bare the eccentricities of the young British aristocracy, concentrating upon several Oxford students. The story is told from the point-of-view of Charles ... see all copies from $43.08! new only from $43.08!
3	Gandhi (1982) more movies like this directed by Richard Attenborough featuring Ben Kingsley, Candice Bergen, Edward Fox, John Gielgud, Trevor Howard It was Richard Attenborough's lifelong dream to bring the life story of Indian political and spiritual leader Mahatma Gandhi to the screen. When it finally reached fruition in 1982, the 188-minute, Oscar-winning Gandhi was one of the most exhaustively thorough biopics ever made. The film begins in the early part of the 20th century, when Mohandas ... see all copies from $6.15! new only from $6.15!
4	Lawrence of Arabia (1962) more movies like this directed by David Lean featuring Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn, Jack Hawkins, Omar Sharif, Claude Rains This sweeping, highly literate historical epic covers the Allies' mideastern campaign during World War I as seen through the eyes of the enigmatic T. E. Lawrence (Peter O'Toole, in the role that made him a star). After a prologue showing us Lawrence's ultimate fate, we flash back to Cairo in 1917. A bored general staffer, Lawrence talks his way ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99!
5	Zulu (1964) more movies like this directed by Cy Raker Endfield featuring Stanley Baker, Jack Hawkins, Ulla Jacobsson, James Booth, Michael Caine Filmed on a grand scale, Zulu is a rousing recreation of the January 22, 1879, siege of Rorke's Drift in Natal, Africa. An army of 4,000 Zulu warriors have already decimated a huge British garrison; now they are on their way to the much smaller Rorke's Drift. A Royal Engineers officer (Stanley Baker) is determined to stand his ground, despite ... see all copies from $3.21! new only from $3.21!
6	Gunga Din (1939) more movies like this directed by George Stevens featuring Cary Grant, Victor McLaglen, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Sam Jaffe, Eduardo Ciannelli, Joan Fontaine Though Rudyard Kipling's poem Gunga Din makes a swell recital piece, it cannot be said to have much of a plot. It's simply a crude cockney soldier's tribute to a native Indian water boy who remains at his job even after being mortally wounded. Hardly the sort of material upon which to build 118 minutes' worth of screen time-at least, it wasn't ... see all copies from $2.59! new only from $16.50!
7	The Ghost and the Darkness (1996) more movies like this directed by Stephen Hopkins featuring Michael Douglas, Val Kilmer, Tom Wilkinson, John Kani, Om Puri, Bernard Hill A man bringing modern transportation to the ancient jungles of Africa discovers one of man's oldest enemies lays in wait for him in this period adventure drama. John Beaumont (Tom Wilkinson) is the owner of a British railroad firm who is building a rail line through Uganda. A bridge is needed so that the tracks may cross a large river, and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.62!
8	The Man Who Would Be King (1975) more movies like this directed by John Huston featuring Sean Connery, Michael Caine, Christopher Plummer, Saeed Jaffrey, Shakira Caine The Man Who Would Be King opens with author Rudyard Kipling (Christopher Plummer) working in his study. His solitude is broken by the arrival of a tattered, half-mad derelict, who is soon revealed to be his old acquaintance Peachy Carnahan (Michael Caine). As Kipling listens in rapt fascination, Peachy relates the incredible adventures of himself ... see all copies from $2.78! new only from $15.66!
9	The Four Feathers (2002) more movies like this directed by Shekhar Kapur featuring Heath Ledger, Wes Bentley, Kate Hudson, Djimon Hounsou A.E.W. Mason's perennially popular tale of honor and adventure is brought to the screen yet again in this lavish period action-drama. In 1884, Harry Feversham (Heath Ledger) is a young officer-in-training in the British Army who is soon to graduate and is expected to be shipped of to the Sudan, where the King's military are battling Muslim ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.50!
10	Zulu Dawn (1979) more movies like this directed by Douglas Hickox featuring Burt Lancaster, Peter O'Toole, Simon Ward, John Mills, Nigel Davenport This film depicts the events prior to the devastating conflict that occurred in 1879 when British soldiers were held siege by thousands of Zulu warriors. Fifteen hundred soldiers were killed in the epic battle. This film portrays the tensions existing between the tribal factions and the British invaders. Iotis Erlewine, All Movie Guide see all copies from $10.41! new only from $13.05!
11 view cover	Khartoum (1966) more movies like this directed by Basil Dearden featuring Charlton Heston, Laurence Olivier, Richard Johnson, Ralph Richardson, Alexander Knox After declaring a holy war to rid the Sudan of Anglo-Egyptian rule in the 1880s, the fanatical Sudanese leader Muhammad Ahmad (Laurence Olivier) massacres a British-led force of 8,000 and marches on the strategic city of Khartoum at the confluence of the Blue Nile and the White Nile. The British government of Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone ... see all copies from $2.95! new only from $7.59!
12 view cover	Mrs. Brown (1997) more movies like this directed by John Madden featuring Judi Dench, Billy Connolly, Geoffrey Palmer, Antony Sher, David Westhead, Gerard Butler The ruler of England discovers the value of common friendship in this historical drama. After the death of her husband Prince Albert, Queen Victoria (Judi Dench) is despondent, and she remains in mourning for two years after Albert's passing. When one of her servants suggests that a daily ride on horseback might be a tonic for the Queen's health ... see all copies from $2.95!
13 view cover	The Far Pavilions (1984) more movies like this directed by Peter Duffell The lavishly produced three-part telemovie The Far Pavilions was adapted from the best-selling novel by M.M. Kaye. Set in colonial India during the second Afghan war, the film concerns the exploits of Ashton Pelham-Martyn (Ben Cross), a British officer. Born and raised in India, Pelham-Martyn finds himself a victim of his own divided loyalties as ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $19.67!
14 view cover	Wee Willie Winkie (1937) more movies like this directed by John Ford featuring Shirley Temple, Victor McLaglen, C. Aubrey Smith, June Lang, Michael Whalen In this lovely John Ford film, Joyce Williams (June Lang) and her young daughter, Priscilla (Shirley Temple), travel to India to live on a British Army base with Joyce's father, Colonel Williams, Aubrey C. Smith). Once there, sweet, young Priscilla manages to win the love and affection of the soldiers and her curmudgeonly grandfather, and she ... see all copies from $2.95! new only from $7.67!
15 view cover	A Passage to India (1984) more movies like this directed by David Lean featuring Judy Davis, Victor Banerjee, Peggy Ashcroft, James Fox, Alec Guinness A Passage to India, director David Lean's final film (for which he also received editing credit), breaks no new ground cinematically, but remains an exquisitely assembled harkback to such earlier Lean epics as Doctor Zhivago and Ryan's Daughter. Based on the novel by E. M. Forster, the film is set in colonial India in 1924. Adela Quested (Judy ... see all copies from $14.80! new only from $14.80!
16 view cover	Shaka Zulu (1986) more movies like this directed by William C. Faure Originally aired as a British mini-series, Shaka Zulu follows the rise of Shaka (Henry Cele) to the king of the Zulus during the early 19th century when the British were beginning to gain control of Africa. Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Movie Guide see all copies from $4.55! new only from $47.49!
17 view cover	Breaker Morant (1980) more movies like this directed by Bruce Beresford featuring Edward Woodward, Bryan Brown, Lewis Fitz-Gerald, Jack Thompson, John Waters Breaker Morant is one of the most acclaimed Australian films, telling a powerful tale of wartime betrayal and injustice. Henry "Breaker" Morant (Edward Woodward) is an Englishman living in Australia at the end of the 19th century. When war breaks out in 1899 between Britain and the Boers (descendants of Dutch colonists), Morant and a number of ... see all copies from $2.95! new only from $11.99!
18 view cover	The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936) more movies like this directed by Michael Curtiz featuring Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Patric Knowles, Henry Stephenson, Donald Crisp, Nigel Bruce Of the many film versions of Alfred Lord Tennyson's narrative poem, 1936's Charge of the Light Brigade has the least relationship to the facts concerning the famous 19th century British military blunder in the Crimea. Reflecting the popularity of 1935's Lives of A Bengal Lancer, the film uses the climactic charge as the culmination of events which ... see all copies from $5.99! new only from $13.95!
19 view cover	Kim (1950) more movies like this directed by Victor Saville featuring Errol Flynn, Dean Stockwell, Paul Lukas, Robert Douglas, Thomas Gomez Errol Flynn is top-billed in Kim, but the title character is played by Dean Stockwell. The son of an Irish sergeant, young Kim wanders through the streets and hills of Colonial India, disguised as a native boy. Kim's adventures include an episode with a horse trader (Errol Flynn) who is actually a British secret agent; a sojourn with a holy lama ... see all copies from $2.75! new only from $13.99!
20 view cover	The Four Feathers (1939) more movies like this directed by Zoltan Korda featuring John Clements, Ralph Richardson, C. Aubrey Smith, June Duprez, Allan Jeayes This was the first sound production of A.E.W. Mason's classic adventure novel, which was brought to the screen three times in the silent era. Harry Faversham (John Clements) is the son of a military man who expects his son to follow in his footsteps on the fields of battle. Gen. Burroughs (C. Aubrey Smith), the father of Faversham's sweetheart, ... see all copies from $7.29!
21 view cover	Mountains of the Moon (1990) more movies like this directed by Bob Rafelson featuring Patrick Bergin, Iain Glen, Richard E. Grant, Fiona Shaw, John Savident, Peter Vaughan Director Bob Rafelson fulfilled a lifelong dream when he finally received backing to complete Mountains of the Moon. The film recreates the exploratory adventures of 19th century visionaries Sir Richard Burton (Patrick Bergin) and John Henning Speke (Iain Glen). The heart of the film is the effort by Burton and Speke to discover the true source of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.49!
22 view cover	Stanley and Livingstone (1939) more movies like this directed by Henry King featuring Spencer Tracy, Nancy Kelly, Cedric Hardwicke, Richard Greene, Walter Brennan, Charles Coburn Twentieth Century-Fox borrowed Spencer Tracy, from MGM for the sprawling (yet economically produced) historical drama Stanley and Livingstone. Tracy plays 19th-century American journalist Henry M. Stanley, an adventure-prone sort who is assigned by his editor (Henry Hull) to locate lost Scottish missionary David Livingstone (Sir Cedric Hardwicke) ... see all copies from $19.99!
23 view cover	The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943) more movies like this directed by Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell featuring Roger Livesey, Deborah Kerr, Anton Walbrook, Roland Culver, Albert Lieven, Spencer Trevor, James McKechnie Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's much-lauded epic Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, which satirizes British traditionalism, stirred up impassioned hostilities and indignations among the Brits when released in 1943. It so infuriated Winston Churchill, in fact, that he refused to allow its exportation to other countries, particularly the U.S. ... see all copies from $11.20! new only from $27.99!
24 view cover	Victoria & Albert (2001) more movies like this directed by John Erman While 18-year-old Victoria (Victoria Hamilton) struggles to escape the rule of her domineering mother (Penelope Wilton), King William IV dies and the teenager assumes the throne as Queen of Great Britain and Ireland and empress of India. With the help of sympathetic advisers and her lady-in-waiting, Baroness Lehzen (Diana Rigg), Victoria asserts ... see all copies from $14.95! new only from $14.95!
25 view cover	The Jewel in the Crown (1984) more movies like this directed by Christopher Morahan, Jim O'Brien Based on Paul Scott's The Raj Quartet, Jewel in the Crown was an Emmy-winning 14-part presentation of PBS' Masterpiece Theatre . The story is set during the last two decades of British rule in India. The plot is set in motion by the disappearance of British woman Daphne Manners (Susan Woolridge); educated Indian Hari Kumar is implicated and ... see all copies from $45.00! new only from $54.99!

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