Nel 1914 la danese Karen Dinesen arriva nel Kenya per occuparsi di una piantagione di caffè, acquistata dal marito (e cugino), il barone svedese Bror von Blixen-Finecke che, dopo averla contagiata di sifilide, la trascura. Divorziata, s'innamora di Denys Finch-Hatton, inglese avventuroso, che muore in un incidente aereo. Dall'omonimo romanzo autobiografico di Karen Blixen.

Siamo nel 1893, nell'India sconvolta dalle siccità, gli inglesi opprimono ancor di più il popolo indigeno (ricordiamo che l'India è stata sotto il dominio britannico per 190 anni tra il 1757 e il 1947, anno della sua indipendenza ottenuta grazie a Gandhi) costringendolo a pagare il lagaan (da qui il titolo originale della pellicola), un balzello sul raccolto. In particolare, i contadini del villaggio di Champaner, guidati dal giovane Bhuvan, sfidano a cricket gli inglesi guidati dal capitano Russell, che anzi lancia la sfida seppur pungolato.

Nominato governatore della Giamaica, il famigerato pirata Henry Morgan affida al giovane Jamie Waring il compito di debellare una fronda di ex colleghi ribelli nelle cui mani è caduta lady Margaret, la figlia del suo predecessore...

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.

Anna, una giornalista della Bbc, decide di andare in India, attratta dalle lettere che la sua prozia Olivia scriveva a sua nonna negli anni Venti. Si troverà così non solo a subire il fascino dei riti e delle magie dell'India, ma anche a ripercorrere l'itinerario sentimentale della zia, sessant'anni dopo.

Tai-Pan, "capo supremo", è il nome cinese dello spregiudicato scozzese Dirk Struan, che gestisce a Canton la più importante compagnia commerciale dell'Oriente. Tanto libertina è la sua esistenza quanto priva di scrupoli la sua condotta professionale e nel 1839 le autorità lo cacciano da Canton. Struan fonda quella che diventerà Hong Kong e ricomincia i suoi traffici. Morto lui, continuerà suo figlio. Del romanzo di James Clavel da cui è tratto, in una vacua spettacolarità, va perso il fascino esotico.

The fifth filming of the adventure classic about a British soldier in the 1880s who fights to regain his honor after being given four white feathers, symbols of cowardice.

The wife of a rubber plantation owner must put her marriage problems on hold when her family is forced to defend themselves during a native uprising.

In 1923 British Colonial Nigeria, Mister Johnson is an oddity -- an educated black man who doesn't really fit in with the natives or the British. He works for the local British magistrate, and considers himself English, though he has never been to England. He is always scheming, trying to get ahead, which lands him in a lot of hot water.

A British colonial policeman in Africa investigates a murder in a hospital up river.

The Warrior Queen of Jhansi tells the true story of Lakshmibai, the historic Queen of Jhansi who fiercely led her army against the British East India Company in the mutiny of 1857. From Queen Elizabeth to Queen Victoria, two-and- a half-centuries of East India Company rule will be reversed by its attempt to crush India’s Warrior Queen. Lakshmibai is known as one of the most prominent figures within the independence movement of India. The passion to free her province from colonial rule led this young woman to become one of the greatest generals of the Indian army, and to go down in history for her bravery, strategic acumen, and as a force to reckon with by the East India Company and the British Raj. The Warrior Queen of Jhansi is the story of the woman who lived and fought for the freedom of her people.

Made by an English family living in north India during the heyday of the Raj, this amateur film reveals the grandeur in which middle-class English colonials lived.

The man called Obam struggles with the increasingly hostile forces facing each other in a colonial African country. The African natives want their land and lives back from the British colonists. Obam's motives are questioned by his own people, in particular his brother Kanda. With the help of his wife Renee and missionary Bruce Craig, will he be able to get things under control before the country self-destructs? Written by Greg Bruno

In a town called Hope on the edge of Britain's empire, desperations clash: the beautiful Dorothea Brook is desperate to free her pregnant sister Rose from the clutches of Fraser, a fortune hunter. A local politician, William Poyner, is desperate for cash and thinks marriage to Dorothea will save him. Dorothea hires Lawrence Hayes, a rough but handsome Argonaut, to bribe Fraser with jewels and to marry Rose; Hayes desperately loves Dorothea and may marry Rose to stay close to her. But Dorothea has a lover, the ravishing Anne Cooper, who encourages the match with Poyser to give the lovers cover. Are these remedies, each desperate in its turn, going to make anyone happy?

In Nigeria un capo chiamato Bozambo si mostra fedelissimo agli inglesi. Quando il Governatore si allontana per una licenza di un anno, alcuni avventurieri spargono la notizia della sua morte e della fine della dominazione inglese, per poter facilmente contrabbandare l'alcool e le armi. Tutto il paese si accende di stragi e di guerre per opera soprattutto del re Mofolaba, nemico degli inglesi, che compie così le sue vendette. Bozambo è il solo a resistergli e riesce a impedirgli di entrare nel suo territorio fino al ritorno improvviso del Governatore. Ma Re Mofolaba rapisce la moglie di Bozambo e questi, pur di non perderla, si presenta solo al campo nemico. Catturato, viene legato con la sposa a un palo per essere torturato. Giunge però in tempo l'imbarcazione del Governatore, che impedisce l'esecuzione. Re Mofolaba è ucciso e Bozambo prende il suo posto.

A trade union official becomes governor of a British island colony

A documentary on how British double-dealing during the First World War ignited the conflict between Arab and Jew in the Middle East. The bitter struggle between Arab and Jew for control of the Holy Land has caused untold suffering in the Middle East for generations. It is often claimed that the crisis originated with Jewish emigration to Palestine and the foundation of the state of Israel. Yet the roots of the conflict are to be found much earlier – in British double-dealing during the First World War. This is a story of intrigue among rival empires; of misguided strategies; and of how conflicting promises to Arab and Jew created a legacy of bloodshed which determined the fate of the Middle East.

This portait of life on the tea plantations is decidedly rosy – clearly, there are no exploited workers here. However, the film provides an intriguing overview of tea production – from the planting of tea seeds to the final shipping of the precious leaves across the globe.

The Randolph family have a tradition of working in the British colonial service. Clive comes home from a mission in the Gold Coast of Africa accompanied by his wife Helen. He discovers his younger brother John, is not keen on following in his footsteps. John is then persuaded to try colonial service by his grandfather. He is accompanied by Clive who has been sent to investigate the source of a series of radio broadcasts that are sewing unrest throughout the world. These may be linked to Hugo Zurof, a man plotting to rule the world.

In 1948, a new British governor takes over a Far Eastern colony after his predecessor is murdered by terrorists.