Tegevus toimub 17. sajandi Kariibi merel, mida valitsesid mereröövlid ja koloniaalvallutajad. Seiklus algab kui vaimudest piraatide kapten Barbossa röövib kohaliku kuberneripreili Elizabeth Swanni , keda asuvad jälitama tema austaja Will Turner ja piraat Jack Sparrow . Will ega Jack ei tea, et nende vastased on surematud vaimud, kes kannatavad needuse all. Needusest aitaks vabaneda Elizabethi veri ja kaelakee.
Kapten Jack Sparrow ja tema endine vihavaenlane Barbossa asuvad ohtlikule teekonnale, et leida salapärane igavese nooruse allikas. Oma meelehärmiks saavad merehundid õige pea teada, et sedasama otsib ka julm kapten Musthabe koos oma kauni, ent ohtliku tütre Angelicaga.
18. sajandi Prantsusmaal tellitakse noorelt maalikunstnikult Mariannelt tema teadmata Héloïse pulmaportree. Seetõttu peab Marianne oma modelli päeval jälgima, et öösel temast portreed maalida. Päevast päeva saavad kaks naist lähedasemaks, kui nad jagavad Héloïse viimaseid vabadusehetki enne eelseisvaid pulmi.
On aasta 1781. Antonio Salieri on keiser Joseph II edukas õukonnahelilooja. Kui Mozart saabub õukonda, mõistab Salieri ehmatusega, et jumaliku andega, mida ta endale sooviks, on õnnistatud hoopis seda lärmakat ja vallatut irvhammast. Kadedusest ajendatuna otsustab Salieri Mozarti vahendeid valimata hävitada, kas või mõrvata.
Vampiir nimega Louis (Brad Pitt) räägib enda eluloost, mis sai alguse mitusada aastat tagasi. Ta oli puuvillaistanduse omanik, kes elas raskesti üle enda naise surma. Ühel õhtul kohtas ta vampiiri nimega Lestate (Tom Cruise), kes pakkus talle igavest elu. Meeleheitel Louis võttis pakkumise vastu ja temast sai vampiir. Elu vampiirina ei ole aga nii kerge, kui see algul tunduda võis.
Aastal 1755 asub vaesunud kapten Ludvig Kahlen vallutama karmi ja asustamata Taani nõmme-ala näiliselt võimatul eesmärgil – ehitada koloonia kuninga nimel. Vastutasuks saab ta endale väga soovitud kuningliku nime. Kuid selle piirkonna ainuvalitseja, halastamatu Frederik de Schinkel, usub, et see maa kuulub talle. Kui de Schinkel saab teada, et teenija Ann Barbara ja tema teenistujast abikaasa on põgenenud varjupaika Kahleni juurde, vannub privileegidele pretendeeriv ja pahatahtlik valitseja kättemaksu ning teeb kõik endast oleneva, et kapten sealt minema ajada. Kahlen ei lase end hirmutada ja võtab vastu ebavõrdse võitluse – riskides mitte ainult oma eluga, vaid ka ümberkaudsete võõraste peredega.
18. sajandi hakul on pea kõik Inglismaa mehed hõivatud üksteise mahanottimisega Hispaania pärilussõjas. Kummalisel kombel haigestunud kuninganna Anne (Olivia Colman) igavleb luksuslikus palees oma voodis. Tema naeruväärse imetluse on pälvinud 17 armsat jänkukest ja ta osaleb alati ekstravagantsetel meelelistel üritustel, kuid lükkab olulisemad kohustused oma ustava sõbranna Sarah’ (Rachel Weisz) kaela. Marlborough’ hertsoginna kutsub palee toateenijaks veetleva, kuid ujeda nõbu Abigaili (Emma Stone). Petlikuna näiv kuninglik rahu ja peomeeleolu ei jää aga kauaks kestma, kui need kolm kuritahtlikku ja kalki naist hakkavad tunnetama armastuse varjatud piire eri moel.
Redmond Barry, kena iiri noormees on otsutanud endale hankida rikka aadliku elu. Selleks osaleb ta Seitsmeaastase sõjas, jookseb inglaste armeest preislate poole üle ja saab ameti spioonina. Seejärel asub Barry rajama endale teed rikkuse ja kõrge sotsiaalse positsiooni nimel, selleks valetades, võrgutades ja duelle pidades. Lõpuks abiellub ta krahvinna Lyndoniga, võtab endale nimeks Barry Lyndon ja asub Inglismaale elama. Kuid Barry iseloom viib ta uhkest elust üha eemale, nii mitmegi katastroofini.
The story of Claire Randall, a married combat nurse from 1945 who is mysteriously swept back in time to 1743, where she is immediately thrown into an unknown world where her life is threatened. When she is forced to marry Jamie, a chivalrous and romantic young Scottish warrior, a passionate affair is ignited that tears Claire's heart between two vastly different men in two irreconcilable lives.
Daniel Boone is an American action-adventure television series starring Fess Parker as Daniel Boone that aired from September 24, 1964 to September 10, 1970 on NBC for 165 episodes, and was made by 20th Century Fox Television. Ed Ames co-starred as Mingo, Boone's Cherokee friend, for the first four seasons of the series. Albert Salmi portrayed Boone's companion Yadkin in season one only. Dallas McKennon portrayed innkeeper Cincinnatus. Country Western singer-actor Jimmy Dean was a featured actor as Josh Clements during the 1968–1970 seasons. Actor and former NFL football player Rosey Grier made regular appearances as Gabe Cooper in the 1969 to 1970 season. The show was broadcast "in living color" beginning in fall 1965, the second season, and was shot entirely in California and Kanab, Utah.
Britain is in the grip of a chilling recession... falling wages, rising prices, civil unrest - only the bankers are smiling. It's 1783 and Ross Poldark returns from the American War of Independence to his beloved Cornwall to find his world in ruins: his father dead, the family mine long since closed, his house wrecked and his sweetheart pledged to marry his cousin. But Ross finds that hope and love can be found when you are least expecting it in the wild but beautiful Cornish landscape.
After trading in the seemingly charmed life of a gentleman for one of a swashbuckling buccaneer, Stede Bonnet becomes captain of the pirate ship Revenge. Struggling to earn the respect of his potentially mutinous crew, Stede’s fortunes change after a fateful run-in with the infamous Captain Blackbeard. Stede and crew attempt to get their ship together and survive life on the high seas.
Zhen Huan, a 17-year-old innocent introduced into the imperial court as the latest concubine of Emperor Yong Zheng. Her dreams of a new life of love and prosperity are swiftly dashed as she enters a dog-eat-dog world of treachery and corruption.
Set in England in the early 19th century, Pride and Prejudice tells the story of Mr and Mrs Bennet's five unmarried daughters after the rich and eligible Mr Bingley and his status-conscious friend, Mr Darcy, have moved into their neighbourhood. While Bingley takes an immediate liking to the eldest Bennet daughter, Jane, Darcy has difficulty adapting to local society and repeatedly clashes with the second-eldest Bennet daughter, Elizabeth.
1745. The reigning Empress Elizabeth Petrovna is infertile. The only heir is her feeble-minded nephew Peter III. Elizabeth cannot allow Peter to ascend to the throne, so she decides to marry the tsarevich, wait for the birth of her son, and then take the boy and raise him as a real Russian emperor herself. Brides are coming to St. Petersburg. Among them is the lovely Fike - the young Princess Sofia Frederica from the impoverished branch of the Prussian kings.
The story of New York farmer, Abe Woodhull, who bands together with a group of childhood friends to form The Culper Ring, an unlikely group of spies who turn the tide in America’s fight for independence.
A genre-bending, anti-historical ride through 18th century Russia following the rise of Catherine the Nothing to Catherine the Great and her explosive relationship with husband Peter, the emperor of Russia.
The chaotic and violent struggle to control wealth and power in the North American fur trade in late 18th century Canada. Told from multiple perspectives, Frontier takes place in a world where business negotiations might be resolved with close-quarter hatchet fights, and where delicate relations between native tribes and Europeans can spark bloody conflicts.
England, 1705: Framed for murder and on the run with her sisters, Nell Jackson turns her hand to highway robbery to survive. Aided by her superpowered sidekick, a plucky little sprite called Billy Blind, Nell realizes that fate has put her on the wrong side of the law for a reason. A reason much bigger than she could have ever imagined: to defeat a magical plot against the Queen of England.
The drama talks about the complicated relationship between the king Youngjo, (21st king of the Joson dynasty) to his son Sado.
Brothel owner, Margaret Wells, struggles to raise her daughters in London during the 18th century.
Adapted from David McCullough's Pulitzer Prize-winning biography, this lavish seven-part miniseries chronicles the life of Founding Father John Adams, starting with the Boston Massacre of 1770 through his years as an ambassador in Europe, then his terms as vice president and president of the United States, up to his death on July 4, 1826.
Bir Zamanlar Osmanlı: Kıyam is a Turkish historical television series about Assassins, Tulip period and Patrona Halil rebellion in 18th-century Ottoman Empire. It was originally broadcast on Turkey's state television TRT.
This is the “embedded” French Revolution that we want to share: an exceptional, immersive experience seen through cameras that dive into the heart of history, following its every jolt. It's the story of the fall of the world's most glorious, most powerful ad most ancient monarchy.
The true tale of pioneering 18th century barrister William Garrow, who acted as counsel for the accused, introducing the concept of 'innocent until proved guilty' at London's Old Bailey.
Who would have thought that Canadian history could be so much fun? Blackfly is set in the 18th century fur-trading post of Fort Simpson-Eaton and is a hysterical romp through the backwoods of Canada when the British ruled, the French explored, and beaver was king.
In December 1776, Benjamin Franklin is world-famous for his electrical experiments. But his passion and power are put to the test when he embarks on a secret mission to France—with the fate of American independence hanging in the balance.
