Daughters of the Dust(1991)

Combined Rating:
52
Combined Critics Rating: 72

Languid look at the Gullah culture of the sea islands off the coast of South Carolina and Georgia where African folk-ways were maintained well into the 20th Century and was one of the last ...



Amazing Grace(2006)

Combined Rating:
47
Combined Critics Rating: 33

The idealist William Wilberforce maneuvers his way through Parliament, endeavoring to end the British transatlantic slave trade.



Zanan-e bedun-e mardan(2009)

Combined Rating:
45
Combined Critics Rating: 57

Against the tumultuous backdrop of Iran's 1953 CIA-backed coup d'état, the destinies of four women converge in a beautiful orchard garden, where they find independence, solace and companionship.



The Mission(1986)

Combined Rating:
41
Combined Critics Rating: 17

18th century Spanish Jesuits try to protect a remote South American Indian tribe in danger of falling under the rule of pro-slavery Portugal.



Cobra Verde(1987)

Combined Rating:
41
Combined Critics Rating: 39

During the 1800s, paroled Brazilian bandit Cobra Verde is sent to West Africa with a few troops to man an old Portuguese fort and to convince the local African ruler to resume the slave trade with Brazil.



One Night with the King(2006)

Combined Rating:
40
Combined Critics Rating: 36

The young Jewish girl, Hadassah, goes on to become the Biblical Esther, the Queen of Persia, who saves the Jewish nation from annihilation at the hands of its archenemy.



Alice(2022)

Combined Rating:
40
Combined Critics Rating: 53

A slave in the antebellum South escapes her secluded plantation only to discover a shocking reality that lies beyond the tree line.



Vazante(2017)

Combined Rating:
37
Combined Critics Rating: 54

Brazil 1821. A rich cattle herder finds out that his wife dies in labor. Forced to live in the property with numerous African slaves, he marries his wife's niece. But he returns to droving, leaving his wife behind alone with the slaves.



Wu ji(2005)

Combined Rating:
36
Combined Critics Rating: 27

Empowered by the love of a slave (Jang), a royal concubine (Cheung) is given the chance to make an extraordinary decision.



Queimada(1969)

Combined Rating:
36
Combined Critics Rating: 36

The professional mercenary Sir William Walker instigates a slave revolt on the Caribbean island of Queimada in order to help improve the British sugar trade. Years later he is sent again to...



The Beastmaster(1982)

Combined Rating:
36
Combined Critics Rating: 19

A sword-and-sorcery fantasy about a young man's search for revenge. Armed with supernatural powers, the handsome hero and his animal allies wage war against marauding forces.



Beloved(1998)

Combined Rating:
35
Combined Critics Rating: 29

Based on the book by Toni Morrison, in which a slave is visited by the spirit of her deceased daughter.



Edge of the World(2021)

Combined Rating:
34
Combined Critics Rating: 41

The adventures of Sir James Brooke, who defied the British Empire to rule a jungle kingdom in 1840s Borneo, embarked on a lifelong crusade to end piracy, slavery and head-hunting, and inspired LORD JIM and THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING.



Jefferson in Paris(1995)

Combined Rating:
32
Combined Critics Rating: 34

One of the obsessive speculations in American history is whether Thomas Jefferson, in the years before he became president, had an affair with (and fathered a child with) his 15-year-old ...



Chevalier(2022)

Combined Rating:
30
Combined Critics Rating: 45

Based on the true story of composer Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, the illegitimate son of an African slave and a French plantation owner, who rises to heights in French society as a composer before an ill-fated love affair.



Adanggaman(2000)

Combined Rating:
29
Combined Critics Rating: 42

In West Africa during the late 17th century, King Adanggaman leads a war against his neighboring tribes, ordering his soldiers to torch enemy villages, kill the elderly and capture the ...



The Puppet Masters(1994)

Combined Rating:
28
Combined Critics Rating: 16

The Earth is invaded by stingray-shaped alien "slugs" that ride on people's backs and control their minds.



Murder at Yellowstone City(2022)

Combined Rating:
28
Combined Critics Rating: 37

A former slave arrives in Yellowstone City, Montana, a desolate former boomtown now on the decline, looking for a place to call home. On that same day, a local prospector discovers gold - and is murdered.



Kull the Conqueror(1997)

Combined Rating:
26
Combined Critics Rating: 14

An barbarian warrior becomes a king when he defeats a king in armed combat and the king's heir conspire to overthrow him and reclaim the throne by resurrecting an evil sorceress.



The Handmaid's Tale(1990)

Combined Rating:
25
Combined Critics Rating: 14

In a dystopicly polluted rightwing religious tyranny, a young woman is put in sexual slavery on account of her now rare fertility.




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