Movies / TV Series Set in the 17th Century
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1. Cyrano de Bergerac (1950)
Not Rated | 113 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
The charismatic swordsman-poet helps another woo the woman he loves.
Director: Michael Gordon | Stars: José Ferrer, Mala Powers, William Prince, Morris Carnovsky
Votes: 4,569
2. Queen Christina (1933)
Approved | 99 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
Queen Christina of Sweden is a popular monarch who is loyal to her country. However, when she falls in love with a Spanish envoy, she must choose between the throne and the man she loves.
Director: Rouben Mamoulian | Stars: Greta Garbo, John Gilbert, Ian Keith, Lewis Stone
Votes: 8,610 | Gross: $0.77M
3. Captain Blood (1935)
Passed | 119 min | Action, Adventure, History
After treating a Monmouth rebel against King James II in 1680s England, a young Irish doctor is exiled as a slave to Jamaica where he captures a Spanish galleon and becomes the most feared pirate of the Caribbean.
Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Lionel Atwill, Basil Rathbone
Votes: 16,094 | Gross: $2.96M
4. Carnival in Flanders (1935)
95 min | Comedy, History, Romance
Tells the story of the Spanish invasion of Flanders
Director: Jacques Feyder | Stars: Françoise Rosay, André Alerme, Jean Murat, Louis Jouvet
Votes: 1,402
5. Rembrandt (1936)
Not Rated | 85 min | Biography, Drama
The respected painter takes to drink and faces down scandal after his wife dies.
Director: Alexander Korda | Stars: Charles Laughton, Gertrude Lawrence, Elsa Lanchester, Edward Chapman
Votes: 1,988
6. Under the Red Robe (1937)
Approved | 80 min | Adventure, Romance
Cardinal Richelieu spares the life of a convicted duelist (Veidt) provided he will capture the leader of the Huguenots.
Director: Victor Sjöström | Stars: Conrad Veidt, Annabella, Raymond Massey, Romney Brent
Votes: 334
7. Minin i Pozharskiy (1939)
110 min | Drama, History
Director: Vsevolod Pudovkin | Stars: Aleksandr Khanov, Boris Livanov, Boris Chirkov, Anatoliy Goryunov
Votes: 118
8. Stepan Razin (1939)
115 min | Biography, Drama, History
Don Cossack Stepan Razin swore revenge on the boyars for his tortured friends. Leading the rebel peasants, he becomes the leader of the whole army. From all over the land of the Russian, ... See full summary »
Directors: Ivan Pravov, Olga Preobrazhenskaya | Stars: Andrei Abrikosov, Vladimir Gardin, Sergey Petrov, Mikhail Zharov
Votes: 35
9. Hudson's Bay (1940)
Approved | 95 min | Adventure, History, Romance
Highly fictionalized early history of Canada. Trapper/explorer Radisson imagines an empire around Hudson's Bay. He befriends the Indians, fights the French, and convinces King Charles II to sponsor an expedition of conquest.
Director: Irving Pichel | Stars: Paul Muni, Gene Tierney, Laird Cregar, John Sutton
Votes: 497
10. Bogdan Khmelnitskiy (1941)
114 min | Drama, History, War
Director: Igor Savchenko | Stars: Nikolai Mordvinov, Boris Bezgin, Nikita Ilchenko, Rostislav Ivitsky
Votes: 116
11. The Black Swan (1942)
Approved | 87 min | Adventure, Drama
An ex-pirate contends with rowdy buccaneers and a love/hate relationship with an aristocratic woman who's tougher than she seems.
Director: Henry King | Stars: Tyrone Power, Maureen O'Hara, Laird Cregar, Thomas Mitchell
Votes: 5,085 | Gross: $1.01M
12. Rembrandt (1942)
99 min | Biography, Drama
Director: Hans Steinhoff | Stars: Ewald Balser, Hertha Feiler, Gisela Uhlen, Elisabeth Flickenschildt
Votes: 50
13. Don Cesare di Bazan (1942)
78 min | Adventure, Comedy
In Barcelona, in 1650, Count Don Cesare di Bazan tries to foil, with the help of an actress, a plot hatched against the king by the French ambassador.
Director: Riccardo Freda | Stars: Gino Cervi, Anneliese Uhlig, Enrico Glori, Paolo Stoppa
Votes: 71
14. Day of Wrath (1943)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama, History
The young wife of an aging priest falls in love with his son amidst the horror of a merciless witch hunt in 17th-century Denmark.
Director: Carl Theodor Dreyer | Stars: Thorkild Roose, Lisbeth Movin, Sigrid Neiiendam, Kirsten Andreasen
Votes: 11,075
15. Frenchman's Creek (1944)
Approved | 110 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
An English lady falls madly in love with a French pirate.
Director: Mitchell Leisen | Stars: Joan Fontaine, Arturo de Córdova, Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce
Votes: 816
16. The Wicked Lady (1945)
Not Rated | 97 min | Adventure, Drama
A noblewoman begins to lead a dangerous double life in order to alleviate her boredom.
Director: Leslie Arliss | Stars: Margaret Lockwood, James Mason, Patricia Roc, Griffith Jones
Votes: 1,637
17. The Exile (1947)
Approved | 95 min | Adventure, Romance
Charles II, the King of England, finds himself in exile in Holland, where he falls in love with a beautiful farm-girl.
Director: Max Ophüls | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Maria Montez, Paula Corday, Henry Daniell
Votes: 558
18. Adventures of Don Juan (1948)
Passed | 110 min | Action, Adventure, Romance
The great lover Don Juan comes to the assistance of his queen.
Director: Vincent Sherman | Stars: Errol Flynn, Viveca Lindfors, Robert Douglas, Alan Hale
Votes: 3,536 | Gross: $4.72M
19. Ruy Blas (1948)
93 min | Drama
Exiled from the court of Spain, Don Salluste, the chief of police, wants to take revenge on the Queen. One day he meets Ruy Blas, a young student who happens to be a lookalike of Don Cesar,... See full summary »
Director: Pierre Billon | Stars: Danielle Darrieux, Jean Marais, Marcel Herrand, Gabrielle Dorziat
Votes: 162
20. Saraband (1948)
Approved | 96 min | Biography, Drama, History
Young Sophie Dorothea marries Prince George Louis but it's far from a love match. Then she falls for Swedish Count Philip Christoph von Königsmark.
Director: Basil Dearden | Stars: Stewart Granger, Joan Greenwood, Flora Robson, Françoise Rosay
Votes: 623
XVII c. / XVIII c.
21. Fortunes of Captain Blood (1950)
Approved | 91 min | Action, Adventure, Romance
When some of his crew are captured by the Spaniards in Rio De La Hacha, pirate Captain Peter Blood enters the city in disguise in order to free his men from Marquis De Riconete's prison.
Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Louis Hayward, Patricia Medina, George Macready, Alfonso Bedoya
Votes: 383
22. Lorna Doone (1951)
Approved | 88 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
Set in 17th century Scotland, a young woman falls in love with a humble villager whose community suffers under the rule of her despotic landowning family.
Director: Phil Karlson | Stars: Barbara Hale, Richard Greene, Carl Benton Reid, William Bishop
Votes: 240
23. Lady in the Iron Mask (1952)
78 min | Adventure
A female version of 'The Man in the Iron Mask'. In this version, the mask is put on a princess (Patricia Medina) rather than a prince as in the original book by Alexandre Dumas.
Director: Ralph Murphy | Stars: Louis Hayward, Patricia Medina, John Sutton, Steve Brodie
Votes: 88
24. At Sword's Point (1952)
Approved | 81 min | Adventure, History
In 1648 France, it's the sons (and daughter) of the Three Musketeers to the rescue!
Director: Lewis Allen | Stars: Cornel Wilde, Maureen O'Hara, Robert Douglas, Gladys Cooper
Votes: 823
25. Göingehövdingen (1953)
93 min | Drama, Adventure
When the Swedish army occupies the eastern part of Denmark in 1678, the local inhabitants decide to fight back. Under the leadership of Svend Poulsen, a guerrilla is formed. And guerrilla ... See full summary »
Director: Åke Ohberg | Stars: Edvin Adolphson, Alf Kjellin, Hjördis Petterson, Eva Dahlbeck
Votes: 46
26. The Three Musketeers (1953)
116 min | Adventure
D'Artagnan and his musketeer comrades must thwart the plans of Cardinal Richelieu to usurp King Louis XIII's power.
Director: André Hunebelle | Stars: Georges Marchal, Yvonne Sanson, Gino Cervi, Bourvil
Votes: 417
27. Star of India (1954)
Approved | 92 min | Adventure, Romance
Squire Pierre St. Laurent returns from wars in India to 17th-century provincial France to find his estate confiscated by governor Narbonne, for back taxes, and resold to Katrina, a Dutch ... See full summary »
Director: Arthur Lubin | Stars: Cornel Wilde, Jean Wallace, Herbert Lom, Yvonne Sanson
Votes: 187
28. Robinson Crusoe (1954)
Approved | 90 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The classic story of Robinson Crusoe, a man who is dragged to a desert island after a shipwreck.
Director: Luis Buñuel | Stars: Dan O'Herlihy, Jaime Fernández, Felipe de Alba, Chel López
Votes: 4,504
29. A Story from Chikamatsu (1954)
Not Rated | 102 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
Ishun is a wealthy but unsympathetic master printer who has wrongly accused his wife and best employee of being lovers. To escape punishment, the accused run away together, but Ishun is certain to be ruined if word gets out.
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi | Stars: Kazuo Hasegawa, Kyôko Kagawa, Eitarô Shindô, Eitarô Ozawa
Votes: 4,948
30. Der Cornet - Die Weise von Liebe und Tod (1955)
109 min | History, Romance, War
Director: Walter Reisch | Stars: Götz von Langheim, Anita Björk, Wolfgang Preiss, Peter van Eyck
Votes: 16
31. Psohlavci (1955)
97 min | Drama, History
When the ancient privileges of Chodové were threatened by Wolf Maximilian Laminger von Albenreuth, "Lomikar", Jan Sladký Kozina defended their rights. He was arrested and executed in 1695.
Director: Martin Fric | Stars: Vladimír Ráz, Jana Dítetová, Jarmila Kurandová, Zdenek Stepánek
Votes: 46
32. The Case of Poisons (1955)
103 min | Crime, Drama, History
Madame de Montespan, the Maîtresse-en-titre of Louis XIV, has been in disgrace since the King set eyes on a younger beauty, Marie-Angélique Scorailles. Having had enough of the situation, ... See full summary »
Director: Henri Decoin | Stars: Danielle Darrieux, Viviane Romance, Paul Meurisse, Anne Vernon
Votes: 154
33. Podhale w ogniu (1956)
105 min | Biography, Drama, History
Directors: Jan Batory, Henryk Hechtkopf | Stars: Janusz Bylczynski, Stanislaw Milski, Teresa Szmigielówna, Jerzy Pichelski
Votes: 29
34. Trista let tomu... (1956)
100 min | Drama, History
A Soviet propaganda film on the subject of mockery of Ukrainians, the film distorts the history of the Hetmanate, and elements of Ukrainophobia are present.
Director: Vladimir Petrov | Stars: Viktor Dobrovolsky, Yulian Panich, Evgeniy Samoylov, Artem Tarsky
Votes: 20
35. The Crucible (1957)
145 min | Drama, History
Salem 1692. The young Abigail, seduced and abandoned by John Proctor, accuses John's wife of being a witch in revenge. It will be the beginning of a series of witchcraft trials and a dark moment in American history.
Director: Raymond Rouleau | Stars: Simone Signoret, Yves Montand, Jean Debucourt, Alfred Adam
Votes: 788
36. The Moonraker (1958)
82 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
After the battle of Worcester at the end of the Civil War, the main aim of Oliver Cromwell's Commonwealth is to capture Charles Stuart. The future king's escape depends on the intrepid Earl of Dawlish.
Director: David MacDonald | Stars: George Baker, Sylvia Syms, Marius Goring, Peter Arne
Votes: 458
37. Captain Blood (1960)
120 min | Action, Adventure
The young King Louis XIII is dominated by his mother Marie de Medici and her favorite Concino Concini. Francois de Capestang, a faithful knight falls for the daughter of the Duke of Angouleme that conspires against the Crown by his side.
Director: André Hunebelle | Stars: Jean Marais, Bourvil, Elsa Martinelli, Pierrette Bruno
Votes: 951
38. Gustav Adolfs Page (1960)
93 min | Drama, Romance, War
Gustl Leubelfing, daughter of the mayor of Nuremberg adores the king of the Swedes. So she happily substitutes for her brother as Gustav Adolf's page instead of marrying her fiancé Roland. ... See full summary »
Director: Rolf Hansen | Stars: Liselotte Pulver, Curd Jürgens, Ellen Schwiers, Walther Reyer
Votes: 114
39. Mother Joan of the Angels (1961)
110 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A priest is sent to a small parish in the Polish countryside which is believed to be under demonic possession and there he finds his own temptations awaiting.
Director: Jerzy Kawalerowicz | Stars: Lucyna Winnicka, Mieczyslaw Voit, Anna Ciepielewska, Maria Chwalibóg
Votes: 4,307
40. The Three Musketeers: Part I - The Queen's Diamonds (1961)
102 min | Adventure, History, Romance
In order to join the Musketeers, young D'Artagnan is embroiled in a plot in which Cardinal of Richelieu tries to take control of power from the King of France, along with Rochefort and Milady de Winter,
Director: Bernard Borderie | Stars: Gérard Barray, Georges Descrières, Bernard Woringer, Jacques Toja
Votes: 631
41. Gøngehøvdingen (1961)
111 min | Action, Drama, Family
Denmark, February 1658: The Swedish king invades Jutland via Germany and tries to get to the islands. The sea's been frozen to the islands so he can cross with his men. Some brave Danes try to bring a fortune to the king in Copenhagen.
Director: Annelise Hovmand | Stars: Jens Østerholm, Dirch Passer, Ove Sprogøe, Birgitte Federspiel
Votes: 146
42. Le capitaine Fracasse (1961)
108 min | Action, Adventure
The ruined Baron Philippe de Sigognac, meets one day a troupe of traveling actors. Attracted by Isabelle, and by the enthusiasm of his acting companions, he joins the troupe.
Director: Pierre Gaspard-Huit | Stars: Jean Marais, Geneviève Grad, Gérard Barray, Riccardo Garrone
Votes: 745
43. Long Live Henry IV... Long Live Love! (1961)
120 min | Comedy
King Henri the Fourth claims his Droit Du Seigneur.
Director: Claude Autant-Lara | Stars: Francis Blanche, Bernard Blier, Pierre Brasseur, Francis Claude
Votes: 74
44. Vengeance of the Three Musketeers (1961)
91 min | Adventure, Romance
To avenge her defeat and with the help of the Cardinal's army leader Rochefort, the treacherous Milady de Winter kidnaps both D'Artagnan and Constance, in order to spur a war between the French and the English, as per the Cardinal's wish.
Director: Bernard Borderie | Stars: Gérard Barray, Mylène Demongeot, Perrette Pradier, Georges Descrières
Votes: 467
45. Le masque de fer (1962)
127 min | Adventure
The story of the Three Musketeers, D'Artagnan, and the imprisonment in an iron mask of the identical twin of the King of France, Louis XIV.
Director: Henri Decoin | Stars: Jean Marais, Sylva Koscina, Jean-François Poron, Gisèle Pascal
Votes: 609
46. Harakiri (1962)
Not Rated | 133 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
When a ronin requesting seppuku at a feudal lord's palace is told of the brutal suicide of another ronin who previously visited, he reveals how their pasts are intertwined - and in doing so challenges the clan's integrity.
Director: Masaki Kobayashi | Stars: Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Ishihama, Shima Iwashita, Tetsurô Tanba
Votes: 68,586
47. Dronningens vagtmester (1963)
95 min | Drama, History, War
After the Swedish invasion of Denmark in 1657 described in Gøngehøvdingen (1961), Copenhagen is now besieged and they are starving there. Svend and Ib help a noble family escape and bring food and weapons to Copenhagen.
Director: Johan Jacobsen | Stars: Poul Reichhardt, Jens Østerholm, Birgitte Federspiel, Gunnar Lauring
Votes: 80
48. Il monaco di Monza (1963)
105 min | Comedy
In 1630 Italy, widower Pasquale loses his job as a cobbler, so to get food for his 12 children, he and a poor companion disguise themselves as mendicant monks and knock for help at the ... See full summary »
Director: Sergio Corbucci | Stars: Totò, Nino Taranto, Erminio Macario, Lisa Gastoni
Votes: 395
49. Zorro and the Three Musketeers (1963)
101 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A romantic adventure about royal kidnapping, friendship across the trenches and high treason.
Director: Luigi Capuano | Stars: Gordon Scott, José Greci, Giacomo Rossi Stuart, Livio Lorenzon
Votes: 159
50. The Crimson Blade (1963)
Approved | 83 min | Adventure, Drama, History
In 1648, during the English Civil War, Captain Sylvester switches sides between the Parliamentary and Royalist camps as his interests dictate, while King Charles I is on the run from Oliver Cromwell's troops.
Director: John Gilling | Stars: Lionel Jeffries, Oliver Reed, Jack Hedley, June Thorburn
Votes: 691
51. Bláznova kronika (1964)
82 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Karel Zeman's brilliant animation, cowritten with Jurácek: ironic, surreal, following the adventures of a plowboy and a mercenary to the battlefields of the Thirty Years War.
Director: Karel Zeman | Stars: Petr Kostka, Emília Vásáryová, Miroslav Holub, Karel Effa
Votes: 530
52. Angélique (1964)
TV-14 | 115 min | Adventure, Drama, History
In the first of the Angélique series, the beautiful feisty teenage heroine becomes entangled in a political assassination plot and is betrothed to a stranger who is twelve years her senior and a reputed sorcerer.
Director: Bernard Borderie | Stars: Michèle Mercier, Robert Hossein, Jean Rochefort, Claude Giraud
Votes: 3,021
53. The Great Killing (1964)
Not Rated | 118 min | Action, Drama
A Shogunate Elder connives to rule Japan by making his puppet, the Shogun's brother Tsunashige, the next Shogun. The best strategist in Japan, Yamaga, leads a plot to stop the Elder, but ... See full summary »
Director: Eiichi Kudô | Stars: Takayuki Akutagawa, Kôtarô Satomi, Chôichirô Kawarasaki, Mikijirô Hira
Votes: 395
54. Panienka z okienka (1964)
155 min | History, Romance
Krystyna and Marysia are kidnapped by the Tatars. Two young men set out to find and bring back the girls.
Director: Maria Kaniewska | Stars: Pola Raksa, Jadwiga Chojnacka, Aleksandra Karzynska, Halina Kossobudzka
Votes: 47
55. Merveilleuse Angélique (1965)
Not Rated | 105 min | Adventure, History, Romance
In the second of the Angélique series, the heroine joins a group of bandits, rescues her children, becomes a successful businesswoman, and once again becomes entangled in politics and matters of the heart.
Director: Bernard Borderie | Stars: Michèle Mercier, Claude Giraud, Jean Rochefort, Jean-Louis Trintignant
Votes: 1,776
56. The Soimaresti Clan (1965)
137 min | Adventure, Biography, History
Vying for Principality of Moldavia's throne the descendants of Prince Stephen the Great start a bloody civil war in 1612.
Director: Mircea Dragan | Stars: George Calboreanu, Stefan Ciubotarasu, Colea Rautu, Dina Cocea
Votes: 200
57. Angelique and the King (1966)
TV-MA | 100 min | Adventure, History, Romance
In the third of the Angélique series, the heroine is sent on a mission by King Louis XIV, and later finds herself the subject of rumors.
Director: Bernard Borderie | Stars: Michèle Mercier, Robert Hossein, Jean Rochefort, Jacques Toja
Votes: 1,800
58. The Three Musketeers (1966–1967)
25 min | Drama
Naive but avid for adventure, young D'Artagnan travels from Gascony to Paris in 1625 to become a Musketeer like his father. He is at once plunged into intrigue.
Stars: Jeremy Brett, Brian Blessed, Jeremy Young, Gary Watson
Votes: 94
59. The Taking of Power by Louis XIV (1966 TV Movie)
G | 90 min | Biography, History
After the death of Cardinal Mazarin, young king Louis XIV decides to assert his power to control the aristocracy.
Director: Roberto Rossellini | Stars: Jean-Marie Patte, Raymond Jourdan, César Silvagni, Katharina Renn
Votes: 1,700
60. Untamable Angelique (1967)
TV-14 | 95 min | Adventure
In the fourth of the Angélique series, the heroine sets sail in hopes of discovering the truth about a man she once loved and lost.
Director: Bernard Borderie | Stars: Michèle Mercier, Robert Hossein, Roger Pigaut, Christian Rode
Votes: 1,565
61. Witchfinder General (1968)
Unrated | 86 min | Drama, Horror
A young soldier seeks to put an end to the evils caused by a vicious witch-hunter when the latter terrorizes his fiancée and kills her uncle.
Director: Michael Reeves | Stars: Vincent Price, Ian Ogilvy, Rupert Davies, Patrick Wymark
Votes: 12,212
62. Galileo (1968)
105 min | Drama, History
A humble scientist from Padua proves that the Earth revolves and that it is not the center of the universe. He has few supporters and many enemies. When Giordano Bruno dies a martyr's death... See full summary »
Director: Liliana Cavani | Stars: Cyril Cusack, Georgi Kaloyanchev, Nikolay Doychev, Miroslav Mindov
Votes: 280
XVI c. - XVII c.
63. Angelique and the Sultan (1968)
TV-MA | 105 min | Adventure, Romance
In the fifth and final of the Angélique series, the beautiful heroine is sold into a sultan's harem.
Director: Bernard Borderie | Stars: Michèle Mercier, Robert Hossein, Jean-Claude Pascal, Jacques Santi
Votes: 1,615
64. Colonel Wolodyjowski (1969)
160 min | Adventure, History, War
In 1668 Polish colonel Michael Wolodyjowski, who recently retired to a monastery, is recalled to active duty and takes charge of Poland's eastern frontier defenses against invading Tatar hordes and Ottoman armies.
Director: Jerzy Hoffman | Stars: Tadeusz Lomnicki, Magdalena Zawadzka, Mieczyslaw Pawlikowski, Hanka Bielicka
Votes: 1,783
65. Witchhammer (1970)
107 min | Drama, History, Horror
In the 1600s, an overzealous clergy hauls innocent women in front of tribunals, forces them to confess to imaginary witchery, and engages in brutal torture and persecution of their subjects.
Director: Otakar Vávra | Stars: Vladimír Smeral, Elo Romancik, Josef Kemr, Sona Valentová
Votes: 2,834
66. Cromwell (1970)
G | 139 min | Biography, Drama, History
Puritan statesman Oliver Cromwell leads England in a civil war against the absolutist and Catholic-sympathetic King Charles I.
Director: Ken Hughes | Stars: Richard Harris, Alec Guinness, Robert Morley, Dorothy Tutin
Votes: 6,953 | Gross: $1.37M
67. Vella kalpi (1970)
90 min | Action, Comedy
Three young men fight to prevent surrender of the city of Riga city to Swedish and Polish enemies.
Director: Aleksandrs Leimanis | Stars: Lolita Cauka, Haralds Ritenbergs, Eduards Pavuls, Olga Drege
Votes: 425
68. Countess Dracula (1971)
PG | 93 min | Horror
In 17th-century Hungary, elderly widow Countess Elisabeth Nádasdy maintains her misleading youthful appearance by bathing in the blood of virgins regularly supplied to her by faithful servant Captain Dobi.
Director: Peter Sasdy | Stars: Ingrid Pitt, Nigel Green, Sandor Elès, Maurice Denham
Votes: 4,813
69. Chinmoku (1971)
129 min | Drama, History
Two Jesuit priests encounter persecution when they travel to Japan in the 17th century to spread Christianity and to locate their mentor.
Director: Masahiro Shinoda | Stars: David Lampson, Don Kenny, Tetsurô Tanba, Mako
Votes: 1,181
70. The Last Valley (1971)
PG | 128 min | Adventure, Drama, War
During the Thirty Years' War of 1600s, a band of Protestant mercenaries peacefully coexist with German Catholic villagers in a hidden idyllic mountain valley untouched by war.
Director: James Clavell | Stars: Michael Caine, Omar Sharif, Florinda Bolkan, Nigel Davenport
Votes: 3,580 | Gross: $0.25M
71. The Devils (1971)
R | 111 min | Biography, Drama, History
In 17th-century France, Father Urbain Grandier's protection of the city of Loudun from the corrupt Cardinal Richelieu is undermined by a sexually repressed nun's accusation of witchcraft.
Director: Ken Russell | Stars: Vanessa Redgrave, Oliver Reed, Dudley Sutton, Max Adrian
Votes: 18,652 | Gross: $1.13M
72. Delusions of Grandeur (1971)
PG | 85 min | Adventure, Comedy, History
In 17th-century Spain, the Minister of Finance tries to dishonor the queen with an overly complex plan.
Director: Gérard Oury | Stars: Louis de Funès, Yves Montand, Alice Sapritch, Karin Schubert
Votes: 7,967
73. Vella kalpi vella dzirnavas (1973)
92 min | Adventure, Comedy, History
It is the time when Poland and Sweden are fighting for Riga. Three brave young men interfere and the city remains in the hands of Riga citizens.
Director: Aleksandrs Leimanis | Stars: Haralds Ritenbergs, Arturs Ekis, Eduards Pavuls, Lolita Cauka
Votes: 264
74. Blaise Pascal (1972 TV Movie)
135 min | Biography, History
Blaise Pascal struggles to understand the natural world around him, in addition to an inner quest for religious faith.
Director: Roberto Rossellini | Stars: Pierre Arditi, Rita Forzano, Giuseppe Addobbati, Christian De Sica
Votes: 635
75. Czarne chmury (1973– )
600 min | Adventure, History
Poland in the 17th century. Two army officers stand up to the ruling aristocracy and end up in prison.
Stars: Leonard Pietraszak, Ryszard Pietruski, Edmund Fetting, Anna Seniuk
Votes: 224
76. The Three Musketeers (1973)
PG | 106 min | Action, Adventure, Romance
A young swordsman comes to Paris and faces villains, romance, adventure and intrigue with three Musketeer friends.
Director: Richard Lester | Stars: Oliver Reed, Raquel Welch, Richard Chamberlain, Michael York
Votes: 20,131 | Gross: $22.02M
77. The Abdication (1974)
PG | 103 min | Biography, Drama, History
Queen Christina of Sweden abdicates and travels to Rome to embrace the Catholic Church.
Director: Anthony Harvey | Stars: Peter Finch, Liv Ullmann, Cyril Cusack, Paul Rogers
Votes: 349 | Gross: $0.18M
78. Les quatre Charlots mousquetaires (1974)
110 min | Adventure, Comedy
D'Artagnan and his musketeer comrades must thwart the plans of Cardinal Richelieu to usurp King Louis XIII's power.
Director: André Hunebelle | Stars: Gérard Rinaldi, Gérard Filippelli, Jean Sarrus, Jean-Guy Fechner
Votes: 632
79. Cartesius (1974 TV Movie)
150 min | Biography, History
This made for television film chronicles the illustrious life of French philosopher René Descartes (1596-1650)
Director: Roberto Rossellini | Stars: Ugo Cardea, Anne Pouchie, Claude Berthy, Gabriele Banchero
Votes: 471
80. The Deluge (1974)
287 min | Adventure, History, Romance
During the 1655 war between Protestant Sweden and Catholic Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth some Polish-Lithuanian nobles side with Swedish king Charles X Gustav while others side with the Polish king Jan Kazimierz.
Director: Jerzy Hoffman | Stars: Daniel Olbrychski, Malgorzata Braunek, Tadeusz Lomnicki, Kazimierz Wichniarz
Votes: 3,181
81. The Four Musketeers: Milady's Revenge (1974)
PG | 108 min | Action, Adventure, Romance
The Four Musketeers defend the queen and her dressmaker from Cardinal Richelieu and Milady de Winter.
Director: Richard Lester | Stars: Michael York, Raquel Welch, Oliver Reed, Richard Chamberlain
Votes: 11,703 | Gross: $19.10M
82. Les Charlots en folie: À nous quatre Cardinal! (1974)
105 min | Adventure, Comedy
The Queen of France finds herself in a state of embarrassment, when the king asked her to wear the special necklace for the forthcoming appearance in public.
Director: André Hunebelle | Stars: Gérard Rinaldi, Gérard Filippelli, Jean Sarrus, Jean-Guy Fechner
Votes: 373
83. Galileo (1975)
PG | 145 min | Biography, Drama
This biopic is about Galileo Galilei, the seventeenth century Italian who laid the foundations of modern science. Galileo made himself one of the world's first telescopes and discovered the... See full summary »
Director: Joseph Losey | Stars: Topol, Edward Fox, Colin Blakely, Georgia Brown
Votes: 667
84. Ces beaux messieurs de Bois-Doré (1976–1977)
Once a Huguenot, Marquis Sylvain de Bois Doré was converted to catholicism at the same time as King Henri IV, whose campaigned he shared. He now leads a comfortable life in his castle. A ... See full summary »
Stars: Jean-François Poron, Olivier Hussenot, Jean Martinelli, Nelly Benedetti
Votes: 49
85. Grete Minde (1977)
102 min | Drama
Director: Heidi Genée | Stars: Katerina Jacob, Siemen Rühaak, Hannelore Elsner, Tilo Prückner
Votes: 22
86. Richelieu (1977– )
52 min | Biography, History, War
Stars: Pierre Vernier, René Clermont, Maria Wimmer, Bernard Lavalette
Votes: 45
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87. The Man in the Iron Mask (1977 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 100 min | Adventure, History
D'Artagnan and his fellow Musketeers plot to replace the ineffectual Louis XIV of France with his secretly imprisoned twin brother Phillipe, who is the firstborn and rightful King.
Director: Mike Newell | Stars: Richard Chamberlain, Patrick McGoohan, Louis Jourdan, Jenny Agutter
Votes: 3,363
88. Rembrandt fecit 1669 (1977)
120 min | Drama
In the final year of his life, Rembrandt painted a series of self-portraits that show him in a dark, lonely state of mind. Stelling has painstakingly recreated the pathetic end of a genius ... See full summary »
Director: Jos Stelling | Stars: Frans Stelling, Ton de Koff, Lucie Singeling, Aya Gill
Votes: 194
89. Molière (1978)
260 min | Biography, Drama, History
Who was Moliere? He is known everywhere as one of the world's greatest playwrights. But who was he? Born Jean-Baptiste Poquelin in 1622, the son of a prosperous tapestry maker. His mother ... See full summary »
Director: Ariane Mnouchkine | Stars: Philippe Caubère, Marie-Françoise Audollent, Frédéric Ladonne, Odile Cointepas
Votes: 889
90. Wallenstein (1978– )
340 min | Biography, History
The rise of Albrecht von Wallenstein from minor Moravian nobleman to imperialist generalissimo in the Thirty Years-War, and his fall once the emperor begins to doubt his loyalty.
Stars: Rolf Boysen, Romuald Pekny, Werner Kreindl, Karl Schwetter
Votes: 101
91. Mazarin (1978– )
80 min
Stars: François Périer, Nathalie Roussel, Jean-Pol Dubois, Fernand Guiot
Votes: 12
92. The Dog in the Manger (1978 TV Movie)
138 min | Comedy, Musical
Teodoro, the secretary of countess Diana de Belfler, is in love with her maid Marcela. Following the development of their affair, countess suddenly feels the jealousy.
Director: Yan Frid | Stars: Margarita Terekhova, Mikhail Boyarskiy, Armen Dzhigarkhanyan, Elena Proklova
Votes: 989
93. The Fifth Musketeer (1979)
PG | 104 min | Action, Adventure, Romance
When French King Louis XIV (Beau Bridges) learns that his twin brother, Philippe (Beau Bridges), could usurp his crown, he sets out to imprison him in the Bastille prison but four loyal musketeers are protecting Philippe.
Director: Ken Annakin | Stars: Sylvia Kristel, Ursula Andress, Beau Bridges, Cornel Wilde
Votes: 853
94. D'artagnan and Three Musketeers (1979)
220 min | Adventure, History, Musical
D'Artagnan and his musketeer comrades thwart the plans of Cardinal Richelieu to usurp King Louis XIII's power.
Stars: Mikhail Boyarskiy, Venyamin Smekhov, Igor Starygin, Valentin Smirnitskiy
Votes: 3,810
95. Ojciec królowej (1980)
106 min | Comedy, History
Director: Wojciech Solarz | Stars: Anna Seniuk, Mariusz Dmochowski, Ignacy Machowski, Jan Englert
Votes: 29
96. Yunost Petra (1980)
140 min | Biography, Drama, History
Part one of a pair of historical films about the life of Peter the Great.
Director: Sergey Gerasimov | Stars: Dmitriy Zolotukhin, Tamara Makarova, Natalya Bondarchuk, Nikolay Yeryomenko
Votes: 217
97. The Miser (1980)
125 min | Comedy
An incredible miser fights against the whole world to multiply his wealth.
Directors: Louis de Funès, Jean Girault | Stars: Louis de Funès, Franck Cabot-David, Hervé Bellon, Georges Audoubert
Votes: 5,174
98. Blagochestivaya Marta (1980 TV Movie)
145 min | Comedy
Spain, XVII century. Two students, Felipe and Pastrano, who left an annoying university, decide to look for happiness in Madrid.
Director: Yan Frid | Stars: Margarita Terekhova, Emmanuil Vitorgan, Nikolay Karachentsov, Svetlana Toma
Votes: 144
99. V nachale slavnykh del (1980)
134 min | Drama, History
Based on the novel by A. N. Tolstoy "Peter I" (1945). Continuation of the film "Peter's Youth" (1980). At the end of the XVII century, Russia suffered huge losses in trade, as it had no ... See full summary »
Director: Sergey Gerasimov | Stars: Dmitriy Zolotukhin, Tamara Makarova, Natalya Bondarchuk, Nikolay Yeryomenko
Votes: 183
100. The Witch Hunt (1981)
93 min | Drama
The year is 1630. A young woman in Laupstad comes to a small mountain village. She witnesses a woman being hunted and captured.
Director: Anja Breien | Stars: Lil Terselius, Bjørn Skagestad, Anita Björk, Erik Mørk
Votes: 62
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