Colonial Adventures
The Charge of the Light Brigade
Michael Curtiz, 1936; 115 mins.
Major Vickers (Errol Flynn) commands British Lancers in India against rebel Surat Khan, then charges off to the Crimean War.

Colonial Adventures
The Rising: The Ballad of Mangal Pandey
Ketan Mehta, 2005; 150 mins.
A hero (or traitor) leads what the British remember as the Indian Mutiny but Indians call the First War of Independence.

Colonial Adventures
Khartoum
Basil Dearden, 1966; 128 mins.
Bible-quoting General Gordon (Charlton Heston) battles Islamic fundamentalists led by a charismatic radical Muslim cleric.

Colonial Adventures
Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India
Ashutosh Gowariker, 2001; 224 mins.
Colonials versus Brits, this time on the cricket pitch. At stake: the subject people's annual tax (lagaan) - and their dignity.

Colonial Adventures
Duck Soup
Leo McCarey, 1933; 68 mins.
Classic Marxist criticism of imperialism. Hail, Freedonia!

Closing Night Late, Late Show
Dracula
George Melford & Enrique Tovar Avalo, 1931; 104 mins.
Some critics like this Spanish version better than Lugosi's, which was filmed during the day on the same sets this one was made at night.