Movies Set in the 1800s
Kinora's catalogue lists 54 films set in the 1800s, spanning 1922–2023. Each is tagged by where and when it takes place — filter by real-world setting, era, and environment, or open any film for its full tagged world.
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- 2013
12 Years a Slave
Ruraldir. Steve McQueen - 2007
3:10 to Yuma
Desert · Wildernessdir. James Mangold - 1964
A Fistful of Dollars
Urban · Wildernessdir. Sergio Leone - 1997
Amistad
Coastal Sea · Urbandir. Steven Spielberg - 1986
An American Tail
Urban · Ruraldir. Don Bluth - 1989
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
Suburbandir. Stephen Herek - 1974
Blazing Saddles
Desert · Ruraldir. Mel Brooks - 1992
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Urban · Ruraldir. Francis Ford Coppola - 1986
Castle in the Sky
Underground · Island · Ruraldir. Hayao Miyazaki - 1964
Charulata
Urbandir. Satyajit Ray - 2012
Cloud Atlas
Urban · Island · Coastal Sea · Off Worlddir. Lilly Wachowski - 2003
Cold Mountain
Rural · Mountaindir. Anthony Minghella - 1972
Cries and Whispers
Ruraldir. Ingmar Bergman - 2015
Crimson Peak
Rural · Urbandir. Guillermo del Toro - 1990
Dances with Wolves
Wilderness · Ruraldir. Kevin Costner - 2012
Django Unchained
Ruraldir. Quentin Tarantino - 1990
Dreams
Rural · Mountain · Wilderness · Coastal Seadir. Akira Kurosawa - 2020
First Cow
Wilderness · Ruraldir. Kelly Reichardt - 2016
Free State of Jones
Ruraldir. Gary Ross - 2002
Gangs of New York
Urbandir. Martin Scorsese - 1989
Glory
Coastal Sea · Ruraldir. Edward Zwick - 1952
High Noon
Ruraldir. Fred Zinnemann - 1973
High Plains Drifter
Desert · Ruraldir. Clint Eastwood - 2017
Hostiles
Wildernessdir. Scott Cooper - 1994
Interview with the Vampire
Urbandir. Neil Jordan - 1972
Jeremiah Johnson
Wilderness · Mountaindir. Sydney Pollack - 2019
Klaus
Island · Coastal Seadir. Sergio Pablos - 2001
Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India
Ruraldir. Ashutosh Gowariker - 2019
Little Women
Rural · Urbandir. Greta Gerwig - 2003
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Coastal Seadir. Peter Weir - 2011
Meek's Cutoff
Desert · Wildernessdir. Kelly Reichardt - 1922
Nosferatu
Mountain · Ruraldir. F. W. Murnau - 1979
Nosferatu the Vampyre
Urban · Mountaindir. Werner Herzog - 1968
Once Upon a Time in the West
Desert · Ruraldir. Sergio Leone - 2023
Poor Things
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Yorgos Lanthimos - 2002
Russian Ark
Urbandir. Aleksandr Sokurov - 1939
Stagecoach
Desert · Wildernessdir. John Ford - 2007
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Ruraldir. Andrew Dominik - 2018
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Wilderness · Ruraldir. Joel Coen - 1980
The Elephant Man
Urbandir. David Lynch - 1926
The General
Ruraldir. Clyde Bruckman - 1966
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Desert · Wildernessdir. Sergio Leone - 2015
The Hateful Eight
Mountain · Ruraldir. Quentin Tarantino - 1961
The Innocents
Ruraldir. Jack Clayton - 1963
The Leopard
Urban · Ruraldir. Luchino Visconti - 2019
The Lighthouse
Island · Coastal Seadir. Robert Eggers - 1993
The Piano
Coastal Sea · Wilderness · Ruraldir. Jane Campion - 2005
The Proposition
Desert · Wildernessdir. John Hillcoat - 2015
The Revenant
Wilderness · Mountaindir. Alejandro G. Iñárritu - 1956
The Searchers
Wilderness · Desertdir. John Ford - 1993
Tombstone
Desert · Ruraldir. George P. Cosmatos - 2010
True Grit
Wilderness · Mountaindir. Ethan Coen - 1992
Unforgiven
Rural · Wildernessdir. Clint Eastwood - 1961
Yojimbo
Ruraldir. Akira Kurosawa
Frequently asked
How many movies are set in the 1800s?
Kinora's catalogue lists 54 films set in the 1800s, spanning 1922–2023.
What are some movies set in the 1800s?
Films set in the 1800s in our catalogue include 12 Years a Slave (2013), 3:10 to Yuma (2007), A Fistful of Dollars (1964), Amistad (1997), and An American Tail (1986).
What is the oldest movie set in the 1800s?
Nosferatu (1922) is the earliest film set in the 1800s in our catalogue; the most recent is Poor Things (2023).