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Step back in time and discover the most popular girl names of the 1800s! From biblical inspirations to royal influences, you'll be surprised at the timeless ...
Lotta. Simple two-syllable names with the classically feminine -a ending were on trend in the 1800s—Lotta is one of the more unusual ones of the crop. Loula. Lula may be showing signs of a comeback, but Loula remains an under-the-radar choice. Lular. An old, Southern name that seems to have fallen into oblivion. Lulu.
- 25 Sherlock Holmes
- 24 The Great Train Robbery
- 23 Amistad
- 22 Cold Mountain
- 21 The Lighthouse
- 20 The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
- 19 The Elephant Man
- 18 Pride & Prejudice
- 17 The Man Who Would Be King
Directed by Guy Ritchie
Following his success with Iron Man, Robert Downey Jr. was given the chance to headline another blockbuster franchise with Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes. The movie came out in the midst of a Sherlock renaissance. However, while the likes of the BBC series Sherlock and the American series Elementary imagined the famed detective in a modern setting, Sherlock Holmes took the character back to the 1800sto investigate a case involving a cultist who apparently rose from the grave. As well as Sherlo...
Directed by Michael Crichton
It is amazing to see a slick and fun heist movie being successfully pulled off in an 1800s setting. It is a daunting task that The Great Train Robbery handles wonderfully to make for a hugely enjoyable and funny period crime story loosely based on real events. Sean Connery stars as a member of high society who is also secretly a master thief. With a band of entertaining criminals, he plans to steal a fortune from a moving train. The movie is able to incorporate a lot of elements of a typical...
Directed by Steven Spielberg
Steven Spielberg tackled a real-life court case of the 1800s in the movie Amistad. Djimon Honsou stars as a man who leads a rebellion aboard an illegal slave ship. When the ship is apprehended in American waters, a court case is conducted to determine who the slaves belong to with a young New York lawyer (Matthew McConaughey) arguing they are free men. The movie tackles the inhumanity of the slave trade as well as this little-known moment in history with a stirring drama. It also features an...
Directed by Anthony Minghella
The Civil War is a frequent subject explored in movies set in the 1800s with Cold Mountain taking a sweeping romantic view of it, inspired by movies likeGone with the Wind. Nicole Kidman and Jude Law star in the movie as lovers torn apart at the outbreak of the war. Wounded in battle, Law's soldier decides to abandon his post and make the long journey back to Kidman as she struggles to maintain her farm. The epic feel of the movie and the romance at its center give it a tragic tone that highl...
Directed by David Eggers
Some movies explore grand stories of the 1800s, while some use the time period to great effect in smaller-scale stories. Such is the case with The Lighthouse, a thriller set in late 1800s New England. The black-and-white movie stars Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe as two lighthouse workers stuck in isolation on a small island. As tensions grow between them, the lines between what is reality and what is delusion begin to blur. It is an engrossing movie by Robert Eggers with terrific performa...
Directed by Sergio Leone
It is interesting to look atLittle Women and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and realize they are both movies set in the 1800s. Far from the life of young women in England, this classic Spaghetti Western takes a look at the period of lawlessness in the American Westas the Civil War raged on. It follows three characters who find themselves on the same journey to find a buried treasure. Regarded as the greatest Western of all time in the minds of many, as well as one of the greatest movies of an...
Directed by David Lynch
Looking back at society centuries ago can sometimes make for a compelling story that holds true for modern audiences. David Lynch's The Elephant Man is a tragic true story of John Merrick, a disfigured man living in Victorian London. John Hurt gives a heartbreaking performance as Merrick who was used as an attraction and treated as less than human. The movie also stars Anthony Hopkins as a doctor who seeks to help Merrick and sees the kind spirit the rest of the world ignores. The Elephant Ma...
Directed by Joe Wright
While many movies set in the 1800s look back to tell their stories, it is interesting to see a story that was first written during that era. Jane Austen's Pride & Prejudice was published in 1813 as a contemporary romance story about an independent young woman being pressured to find a partner. There have been countless adaptations of Austen's iconic novel, but this 2005 version, directed by Joe Wright, is one of the most acclaimed. Keira Knightley stars in the lead role as Elizabeth Bennet, w...
Directed by John Huston
The combined star power and talent of Michael Cain and Sean Connery help to make The Man Who Would Be King a masterpiece of an adventure movie. The two actors star as British soldiers in 1880s India who seek out fortune in unknown lands. The movie's tremendous scale under the direction of John Huston makes for an exciting ride from beginning to end. But at its center, it is also a terrific morality tale about ambition and greed. Connery and Caine make for a great team of complicated heroes wh...
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Nov 8, 2023 · Updated Wed Nov 08 2023. Copy link. Victorian girl names from the 1800s range from timeless classics like Elizabeth, Catherine and Margaret, to truly Victorian-era names like Euphemia, Tryphena and Lettice (no, not like the vegetable – it's a form of Letitia, which also makes this list!).
Oct 17, 2015 · Wikipedia. 1. Mary, Mary Quite Contrary. Contrary to popular belief, Mary is making a major comeback. In 1880, it was the top choice among parents for their daughters. It's a biblical name, but it ...
Sep 29, 2023 · In 2016, Vox wrote an article that researched popular characters names in movies from 1920 to the present day. It also makes sense that many of these names would also overlap with the most girls and boys baby names of each decade. The Vox article examined the most common names based on the number of times the name appeared in each film, then ...
