For den sjarmerende småkjeltringen kaptein Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) er det krystallblå karibiske havet en lekeplass rik på eventyr og mysterier. Men Jacks idylliske liv kullseiler når hans erkefiende, den ondskapsfulle kaptein Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush), stjeler skipet hans Black Pearl, angriper havnebyen Port Royal, og, ikke minst, kidnapper guvenørens (Jonathan Pryce) vakre datter Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley). For i et ridderlig forsøk på å få tilbake de to vakre damene må Jack gå sammen med Elizabeths barndomsvenn Will Turner (Orlando Bloom) for å rekvirere det raskeste skipet i den britiske flåten, og sette seil etter piratene. Men det oppstår raskt problemer for duoen, og deres noe brokete mannskap, når de får Elizabeths trolovede, den ambisiøse kommandør Norrington (Jack Davenport), i hælene.
A fictional history of two legendary revolutionaries' journey away from home before they began fighting for their country in the 1920s.
Dette storslåtte eposet forteller den sanne historien om T.E. Lawrence – den britiske offiseren som ledet 50 menn gjennom ørkenen for å angripe havnen i Aqaba.
In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes all worldly possessions to take up the cause of Indian independence. Faced with armed resistance from the British government, Gandhi adopts a policy of 'passive resistance', endeavouring to win freedom for his people without resorting to bloodshed.
In 1879, during the Anglo-Zulu War, man-of-the-people Lt. Chard and snooty Lt. Bromhead are in charge of defending the isolated and vastly outnumbered Natal outpost of Rorke's Drift from tribal hordes.
I 1920-tallets Irland går arbeidere fra by og land sammen og former en frivillig geriljahær for å konfrontere de hensynsløse Black and Tan-patruliene som ble sendt fra Storbritannia for å hindre Irlands forsøk på løsrivelse. Drevet av en dyp følelse av plikt og kjærlighet til sitt land, dropper
Damien en lovende karriere som lege og følger sin bror, Teddy, i en farlig og voldelig kamp for Irlands frihet.
Beautiful, funny, passionate, and calculating, Becky is the orphaned daughter of a starving English artist and a French chorus girl. She yearns for a more glamorous life than her birthright promises and resolves to conquer English society by any means possible. A mere ascension into the heights of society is simply not enough. So Becky finds a patron in the powerful Marquess of Steyne whose whims enable Becky to realise her dreams. But is the ultimate cost too high for her?
Når den britiske offiseren Harry Faversham går fra sin post like før regimentet hans skal sendes ut i krigen, får han tilsendt fire hvite fjær av sine tre nære venner og forloveden. De fire fjærene står for feighet, og fargen lyser av skam. For å bevise at han ikke er en feiging begir Harry seg ut på et hemmelig oppdrag. Forkledd, reiser han verden rundt med ett mål for øye; å gjenvinne vennenes respekt. I Sudan redder han livene deres, en etter en, og helteinnsatsen gir ham sjansen til å vinne tilbake sitt gode navn og rykte. Etter at vennene er overbevist, begynner han den lange reisen hjem til England. Der venter den vanskeligste oppgaven, å gjenvinne forlovedens kjærlighet. Filmen er basert på A.E.W. Masons roman fra 1902.
In the rebellious northern frontier province of colonial India, British Army Captain Scott, a young prince and the boy's governess escape by an obsolete train as they are relentlessly pursued by Muslim rebels intent on assassinating the prince.
In late 19th century Hong Kong, the British may rule the land, but the pirates rule the waters. Coast Guard officer Dragon Ma is determined that his beloved Coast Guard will not be made a fool of.
A robust adventure about two British adventurers who take over primitive Kafiristan as "godlike" rulers, meeting a tragic end through their desire for a native girl. Based on a short story by Rudyard Kipling.
Historie om to australske soldaters vennskap og eventyr i 1915. De krysser kontinenter og store hav, klatrer i pyramidene og går gjennom Egypts gamle ørkener for å delta i det skjebnetunge Gallipoli-slaget sammen med regimentet sitt. Historiens ekko blander seg med vennenes tvingende skjebne som deltakere i den legendariske førsteverdenskrigskonfrontasjonen mellom Australia og de tyskallierte tyrkerne - en strid som for australierne er det samme som Alamo er for amerikanerne.
During the Crimean War between Britain and Russia in the 1850s, a British cavalry division, led by the overbearing Lord Cardigan, engages in an infamously reckless strategic debacle against a Russian artillery battery.
During the British Raj, the orphan of a British soldier poses as a Hindu and is torn between his loyalty to a Buddhist mystic and aiding the English secret service.
English General Charles George Gordon is appointed military governor of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan by the Prime Minister. Ordered to evacuate Egyptians from the Sudan, Gordon stays on to protect the people of Khartoum, who are under threat of being conquered by a Muslim army.
England, 1763. After being convicted of a crime, the young and beautiful Abigail Hale agrees, to escape the gallows, to serve fourteen years as a slave in the colony of Virginia, whose inhabitants begin to hear and fear the sinister song of the threatening drums of war that resound in the wild Ohio valley.
Alexandria, Egypt, 1940. Three young Egyptians come to the aid of a woman being attacked by three British soldiers. One of them is arrested and thrown in jail. When the military surrounds the police station and begins an all-out assault, it's up to one man, Gen. Youssef al-Masri, to defend his prison and protect his people.
When a small British owned island in the Caribbean is invaded and the world's most dangerous terrorist kidnaps a member of the Royal family, the countdown to World War 3 begins. If anyone can prevent the oncoming apocalypse it's the American President, but her closest ally the British Prime Minister appears to have gone stark raving mad.
In 1853, as the British and Russian empires compete to gain and maintain their place in the dreadful Great Game of political intrigues and alliances whose greatest prize is the domination of India and the border territories, Major Geoffrey Vickers must endure several betrayals and misfortunes before he can achieve his revenge at the Balaclava Heights, on October 25, 1854, the most glorious day of the Crimean War.
In 1879, the British suffer a great loss at the Battle of Isandlwana due to incompetent leadership.