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1. The French Revolution (1989)
335 min | Drama, History, Thriller
A chronicle of the French Revolution from the calling of the Etats General in 1789 until the end of the Jacobin Terror in 1794.
Directors: Robert Enrico, Richard T. Heffron | Stars: Klaus Maria Brandauer, Jane Seymour, François Cluzet, Jean-François Balmer
Votes: 1,847
2. Mr. Peabody & Sherman (2014)
PG | 92 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Sherman, a young boy, misuses a time machine made by his scientist father Mr. Peabody and causes the world history to go haywire. It is now up to Mr. Peabody to rescue his son and the world.
Director: Rob Minkoff | Stars: Ty Burrell, Max Charles, Stephen Colbert, Leslie Mann
Votes: 77,842 | Gross: $111.51M
3. The Affair of the Necklace (2001)
R | 118 min | Drama, History, Romance
In pre-Revolutionary France, a young aristocratic woman left penniless by the political unrest in the country must avenge her family's fall from grace by scheming to steal a priceless necklace.
Director: Charles Shyer | Stars: Hilary Swank, Simon Baker, Jonathan Pryce, Adrien Brody
Votes: 5,594 | Gross: $0.43M
4. The Queen's Necklace (1946)
118 min | Drama, History
3 years before the Revolution, clever Jeanne De La Motte manages to procure a special necklace belonging to Marie Antoinette.
Director: Marcel L'Herbier | Stars: Viviane Romance, Maurice Escande, Jacques Dacqmine, Jean Hébey
Votes: 90
5. The Queen's Necklace (1929)
Biography, Drama, History
Adaptation of Alexandre Dumas's novel 'The Queen's Necklace' which portrays the Affair of the Diamond Necklace which occurred before the French Revolution.
Directors: Tony Lekain, Gaston Ravel | Stars: Marcelle Chantal, Georges Lannes, Diana Karenne, Jeanne Evrard
6. Lady Oscar (1979)
124 min | Drama, History, Romance
The story of Lady Oscar, a female military commander who served during the time of the French Revolution.
Director: Jacques Demy | Stars: Catriona MacColl, Barry Stokes, Patrick Allen, Nicholas Amer
Votes: 655
7. Marie Antoinette (2005 TV Movie)
Documentary
Director: Alain Brunard | Stars: Michel Fau, Vahina Giocante, Sava Lolov, Alexandra Stewart
8. C'était Marie-Antoinette (2010 TV Movie)
155 min | Drama
Director: Andy Sommer | Stars: Natacha Régnier, Sonya Yoncheva, Stéphanie d'Oustrac, Manuel Nuñez Camelino
9. La caméra explore le temps (1957–1966)
History
Stars: Roland Ménard, François Maistre, Alain Nobis, Louis Arbessier
Votes: 59
10. The Days That Made History (2009– )
90 min | History
Stars: Antoine Gouy, Arnaud Bedouët, Michel Vuillermoz, Estelle Skornik
Votes: 38
11. Bonaparte and the Revolution (1971)
275 min | Drama, History
Abel Gance's 1971 sound edition of his epic 1927 'Napoleon', which contains much of the silent original, with new material shot and added in both 1965 and 1971, and with sound synchronization from both the 1932 reissue and this version.
Director: Abel Gance | Stars: Albert Dieudonné, Annabella, Antonin Artaud, Pierre Batcheff
Votes: 102
12. Robespierre (1913)
83 min | Drama
Robespierre and Dumont were sworn friends in their college days. During their early manhood both loved Louise Brissac, but she favored Dumont and refused Robespierre's hand. Her father was ... See full summary »
Director: Herbert Brenon | Stars: William E. Shay, William Welsh, Jane Fearnley, Frank Smith
13. The End of Robespierre (1912)
13 min | Short, Drama
This film is not exceedingly well acted, but has the additional charm of being taken from the actual history of the man whose personality dominated the Committee of Safety in the early days... See full summary »
Director: Albert Capellani | Stars: Georges Saillard, Jacques Grétillat, Charles de Rochefort, Georges Dorival
Votes: 13
14. Saint-Just ou La force des choses (1975 TV Movie)
175 min | Biography, Drama, History
From a restless youth in Picardy who stole his mother's jewelry to get himself to Paris, Louis Antoine Saint-Just became a statesman and one of the most politically persuasive figures of ... See full summary »
Director: Pierre Cardinal | Stars: Patrice Alexsandre, Pierre Vaneck, Hervé Sand, Raymond Jourdan
Votes: 28
15. Manon Roland (1989 TV Movie)
98 min | Biography, History
Director: Édouard Molinaro | Stars: Sabine Haudepin, Jacques Perrin, Christine Citti, Niels Arestrup
Votes: 13
16. Les apprentis sorciers (1977)
91 min | Drama
"Les Apprentis Sorciers" is a thriller in which the characters are Latin-American exiles living in Paris. It is also a comedy about artists who play at revolution rather than actually participate in one.
Director: Edgardo Cozarinsky | Stars: Dennis Hopper, Zouzou, Peter Chatel, Niels Arestrup
Votes: 56
17. Malesherbes, avocat du roi (1982 TV Movie)
Director: Yves-André Hubert | Stars: Henri Virlojeux, Gérard Caillaud, Jean-François Rémi, Christiane Minazzoli
18. Une femme dans la Révolution (2013– )
History
Stars: Gaëlle Bona, Cyril Descours, Grégory Gadebois, Alex Lutz
Votes: 14
19. Blanc, bleu, rouge (1981– )
55 min | Drama, History
The history of two different families from Brittany occurs against the backdrop of the events of the French Revolution.
Stars: Bernard Giraudeau, Anne Canovas, Henri Virlojeux, Paul Le Person
Votes: 31
20. Jean-Paul Marat förföljd och mördad så som det framställs av patienterna på hospitalet Charenton under ledning av herr de Sade (1967 TV Movie)
110 min | Drama
Set at Charenton mental hospital July 13, 1808. A play about Charlotte Cordays murder of the French revolutionary Jean-Paul Marat July 13, 1793, is staged by the committed patient, Marquis de Sade.
Director: Tom Segerberg | Stars: Gustav Wiklund, Pehr-Olof Sirén, Hilkka Östman, Gösta Bredefeldt
21. Marie Antoinette - Das Leben einer Königin (1922)
137 min | Drama, History
Director: Rudolf Meinert | Stars: Diana Karenne, Maria Reisenhofer, Gustav May, Ludwig Hartau
22. Marie-Antoinette (1975– )
90 min | Biography, Drama, History
Stars: Henri Déus, Anne Lefol, Régine Blaess, Bernard Allouf
Votes: 25
23. Marie Antoinette (2006)
PG-13 | 123 min | Biography, Drama, History
The retelling of France's iconic but ill-fated queen, Marie Antoinette. From her betrothal and marriage to Louis XVI at 14 to her reign as queen at 19 and to the end of her reign as queen, and ultimately the fall of Versailles.
Director: Sofia Coppola | Stars: Kirsten Dunst, Jason Schwartzman, Rip Torn, Steve Coogan
Votes: 121,919 | Gross: $15.96M
24. Marie-Antoinette (2006 TV Movie)
90 min | Biography, Drama, History
Directors: Francis Leclerc, Yves Simoneau | Stars: Karine Vanasse, Olivier Aubin, Marie-Eve Beaulieu, Danny Gilmore
Votes: 171
25. Vent de galerne (1989)
105 min | Drama, History, War
Director: Bernard Favre | Stars: Jean-François Casabonne, Charlotte Laurier, Roger Jendly, Jean-François Blanchard
Votes: 15
26. Simone Evrard; Or, Deathless Devotion (1923)
Short, Drama, History
Director: Edwin Greenwood | Stars: Marjorie Hume, Charles Barratt, Dacia Deane, Roy Beard
27. Song of Revolt (1937)
Approved | 11 min | Short, Biography, Drama
This tabloid musical short tells the story of how France's national anthem came to be written during the French Revolution.
Director: Roy Rowland | Stars: Leon Ames, Frank Austin, Barbara Bedford, Harry Cording
Votes: 92
28. A Tale of Two Cities (1922)
Short, Drama
During the turbulent days of the French Revolution, Frenchwoman Lucie Manette falls in love with Englishman Charles Darnay who's hiding his true identity and purpose.
Director: W. Courtney Rowden | Stars: Clive Brook, Ann Trevor, J. Fisher White
Votes: 8
29. The Only Way (1948 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama
During the turbulent days of the French Revolution, Frenchwoman Lucie Manette falls in love with Englishman Charles Darnay who's hiding his true identity and purpose.
Stars: Andrew Osborn, Roger Snowdon, Harold Scott, Alan Judd
30. The Only Way (1925)
100 min | Adventure, Drama
A dissolute English advocate goes to the guillotine in place of his aristocratic double.
Director: Herbert Wilcox | Stars: John Martin Harvey, Madge Stuart, Betty Faire, Ben Webster
Votes: 19
31. The Oath and the Man (1910)
17 min | Short, Drama
Before the revolution in France the nobility exercised a most despotic rule over the peasants, subjecting them to abject slavery. Not only did they suffer pecuniary oppression, but their ... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Henry B. Walthall, Florence Barker, W. Chrystie Miller, Francis J. Grandon
Votes: 105
32. My Lady's Slipper (1916)
50 min | Drama, Romance
Francis Burnham, a young American naval officer in the time of King Louis XVI of France, escapes from a British convict ship. He is desirous of reaching Paris to see Benjamin Franklin, then... See full summary »
Director: Ralph Ince | Stars: Anita Stewart, Earle Williams, Joseph Kilgour, Julia Swayne Gordon
33. Let Them Eat (2006 Video)
Not Rated | 45 min | Drama, Romance
Let Them Eat is a poetic and haunting journey which spans from the turbulent time of the French Revolution to present day. From the prison cell of the former queen of France, Marie ... See full summary »
Director: Leslie Cottle | Stars: Mark Camacho, Leslie Cottle, Derek Dugas, Marcel Jeannin
Votes: 25
34. Les 3 tambours (1939)
85 min | Drama, History, War
12-year old Armand-Pierre embraces the French Revolution and leaves his mother to enlist in the army.
Director: Maurice de Canonge | Stars: Jean Yonnel, Madeleine Soria, Raymond Aimos, Jacques Grétillat
35. Hälfte des Lebens (1985)
98 min | Biography, Drama, History
A tragic love affair ensues between German poet Friedrich Hölderlin and banker's wife Susette Gontard.
Director: Herrmann Zschoche | Stars: Ulrich Mühe, Jenny Gröllmann, Swetlana Schönfeld, Michael Gwisdek
Votes: 74
36. The Elusive Pimpernel (1919)
Adventure, Drama
A fop is forced to confess to spying to save his wife from the guillotine.
Director: Maurice Elvey | Stars: Cecil Humphreys, Marie Blanche, Norman Page, A.C. Fotheringham-Lysons
Votes: 13
37. Toussaint Louverture (2012)
180 min | History
The historical drama "Toussaint Louverture" is dedicated to the fate of Toussaint Louverture, the leader of the Haitian Revolution, as a result of which Haiti became the first independent state in Latin America.
Stars: Jimmy Jean-Louis, Aïssa Maïga, Yann Ebongé, Arthur Jugnot
Votes: 114
38. Amazing Grace (2006)
PG | 118 min | Biography, Drama, History
The idealist William Wilberforce maneuvers his way through Parliament, endeavoring to end the British transatlantic slave trade.
Director: Michael Apted | Stars: Ioan Gruffudd, Albert Finney, Michael Gambon, Romola Garai
Votes: 25,696 | Gross: $21.21M
39. Captain of the Guard (1930)
Passed | 83 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
A captain of the king's guards secretly works for the rebels.
Directors: John S. Robertson, Pál Fejös | Stars: Laura La Plante, John Boles, Sam De Grasse, James A. Marcus
Votes: 44
40. La grande cabriole (1989– )
85 min | Biography, Drama, History
Stars: Raphaëlle Spencer, Vanessa Dane, Jacques Alric, Jacqueline Jehanneuf
Votes: 20
41. The Black Tulip (1964)
115 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
In 1789, when the Revolution went on, a bandit named "Black Tulip" held the surroundings of village Roussillon in fear. The poor people respected him as Robin Hood, who declare himself a ... See full summary »
Director: Christian-Jaque | Stars: Alain Delon, Virna Lisi, Dawn Addams, Adolfo Marsillach
Votes: 2,722
42. Carry on Don't Lose Your Head (1967)
90 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
The time of the French Revolution, and Citizen Robespierre is beheading the French aristocracy. When word gets to England, two noblemen, Sir Rodney Effing and Lord Darcy take it upon ... See full summary »
Director: Gerald Thomas | Stars: Sidney James, Kenneth Williams, Jim Dale, Charles Hawtrey
Votes: 3,129
43. Leaves From Satan's Book (1920)
TV-14 | 167 min | Drama
In 4 episodic tales of human suffering: the temptation of Jesus, the Spanish Inquisition, the French Revolution and the Russo-Finnish war of 1918, Satan attempts to win God's favor.
Director: Carl Theodor Dreyer | Stars: Helge Nissen, Halvard Hoff, Jacob Texiere, Hallander Helleman
Votes: 1,356
44. Scaramouche (1952)
Approved | 115 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
In France during the late 18th Century, a man sets out to avenge the death of his friend at the hands of a master swordsman.
Director: George Sidney | Stars: Stewart Granger, Janet Leigh, Eleanor Parker, Mel Ferrer
Votes: 6,367
45. Sally Hemings: An American Scandal (2000)
Unrated | 251 min | Biography, Drama, History
This epic television miniseries explores the complicated relationship of Thomas Jefferson and slave Sally Hemings, who conducted a 38-year, ocean-spanning love affair that produced children, grandchildren, and lots of controversy.
Stars: Diahann Carroll, Mario Van Peebles, Sam Neill, Carmen Ejogo
Votes: 559
46. Orphans of the Storm (1921)
Not Rated | 150 min | Drama, History, Romance
Two orphaned sisters are caught up in the turmoil of the French Revolution, encountering misery and love along the way.
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Lillian Gish, Dorothy Gish, Joseph Schildkraut, Frank Losee
Votes: 5,480 | Gross: $0.79M
47. Pandaemonium (2000)
PG-13 | 124 min | Biography, Drama
Friendship and betrayal between two poets during the French Revolution.
Director: Julien Temple | Stars: Linus Roache, John Hannah, Samantha Morton, Emily Woof
Votes: 883
48. Marat/Sade (1967)
Not Rated | 119 min | Drama, History, Music
In an insane asylum, Marquis de Sade directs Jean Paul Marat's last days through a theater play. The actors are the patients.
Director: Peter Brook | Stars: Patrick Magee, Clifford Rose, Glenda Jackson, Ian Richardson
Votes: 2,671
49. Passion (1919)
Not Rated | 113 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
The story of Madame DuBarry, the mistress of Louis XV of France, and her loves in the time of the French revolution.
Director: Ernst Lubitsch | Stars: Pola Negri, Emil Jannings, Harry Liedtke, Eduard von Winterstein
Votes: 1,005
50. Madame Du Barry (1917)
Passed | 105 min | Drama, History
Jeanette (Theda Bara), unknown in Paris but of great beauty and wit, attracts the attention of Louis XV (Charles Clary) who expresses a desire to meet her to Jean Du Barry (Herschel Mayall)... See full synopsis »
Director: J. Gordon Edwards | Stars: Theda Bara, Charles Clary, Fred Church, Herschel Mayall
Votes: 23
51. Revolution!! (1989 TV Movie)
55 min | Comedy, History
Desmond "Olivier" Dingle and Wallace, of the National Theatre of Brent, take us on a magical history tour of Paris as they retell the tale of the French Revolution.
Director: Jonathan Stedall | Stars: Patrick Barlow, Jim Broadbent
Votes: 31
52. Madame Tallien (1911)
Short, Drama
The fascinating story deals with a woman of resource during the Reign of Terror in France. She is a member of the aristocracy, and as such, she and a friend are thrown into jail. When the ... See full summary »
Director: Camille de Morlhon | Stars: Berthe Bovy, Georges Wague, Léon Bernard
53. Madame Tallien (1916)
19th century Sardou period melodrama turned into a vehicle for diva star Lyda Borelli: an aristocratic French lady leaves her unfaithful husband and becomes involved with a member of Robespierre's revolutionary regime.
Directors: Mario Caserini, Enrico Guazzoni | Stars: Lyda Borelli, Renzo Fabiani, Amleto Novelli, Ettore Baccani
Votes: 21
55. Madame Guillotine (1931)
74 min | History, Romance
During the French Revolution, a revolutionary falls in love with and marries an aristocratic woman.
Director: Reginald Fogwell | Stars: Madeleine Carroll, Brian Aherne, Henry Hewitt, Frederick Culley
Votes: 14
56. 1789 (1974)
150 min | Documentary
Documentary about the play 1789 by Theatre du Soleil at La Cartoucherie de Vincennes.
Director: Ariane Mnouchkine | Stars: Roland Amstutz, Lucia Bensasson, Jean-Claude Bourbault, Philippe Caubère
Votes: 72
57. Chouans! (1988)
143 min | Adventure, History, War
In 1793 when terror is widespread in France, peasants known as Chouans fight the revolutionaries in attempt to restore the monarchy.
Director: Philippe de Broca | Stars: Philippe Noiret, Vincent Schmitt, Raoul Billerey, Claudine Delvaux
Votes: 864
58. The Royalists (1947)
99 min | Adventure, History
Director: Henri Calef | Stars: Jean Marais, Marcel Herrand, Pierre Dux, Louis Seigner
Votes: 85
59. 1788... et demi (2010– )
52 min | History
Stars: Sam Karmann, Julie Voisin, Lou de Laâge, Camille Claris
Votes: 41
60. Scaramouche (1923)
Passed | 124 min | Drama, Romance
When a nobleman murders his best friend, a lawyer becomes a revolutionary with his heart set on vengeance.
Director: Rex Ingram | Stars: Lloyd Ingraham, Alice Terry, Ramon Novarro, Lewis Stone
Votes: 704 | Gross: $0.94M
61. Mlle. Desiree (1942)
95 min | Comedy, Drama, History
Historical romance, made under the Nazi occupation, centering on a woman, played by two different actresses, who influenced the life of Napoleon.
Director: Sacha Guitry | Stars: Sacha Guitry, Gaby Morlay, Jacques Varennes, Jean Hervé
Votes: 120
62. Mort de Marat (1897)
1 min | Short, History
Charlotte Corday murders Marat while he is bathing.
Director: Georges Hatot
Votes: 196
63. The Lady and the Duke (2001)
PG-13 | 129 min | Drama, History, Romance
During the French Revolution, a Scottish aristocrat and her former lover, the Duke of Orleans, find themselves on opposite sides of the conflict.
Director: Éric Rohmer | Stars: Lucy Russell, Jean-Claude Dreyfus, Alain Libolt, Charlotte Véry
Votes: 2,873 | Gross: $0.33M
64. The Rose of Versailles (1979–1980)
TV-PG | 24 min | Animation, Action, Drama
The story of Lady Oscar, a female military commander who served during the time of the French Revolution.
Stars: Reiko Tajima, Tarô Shigaki, Hisashi Katsuta, Nachi Nozawa
Votes: 2,310
65. Farewell, My Queen (2012)
R | 100 min | Drama, History, Romance
A look at the platonic relationship between Marie Antoinette and one of her female readers during the first days of the French Revolution.
Director: Benoît Jacquot | Stars: Léa Seydoux, Diane Kruger, Virginie Ledoyen, Noémie Lvovsky
Votes: 9,150 | Gross: $0.07M
66. A Tale of Two Cities (1917)
70 min | Drama, History, Romance
Alcoholic lawyer Sydney Carton travels to Paris during the Reign of Terror to rescue French aristocrat Charles Darnay, husband of the woman he loves.
Director: Frank Lloyd | Stars: William Farnum, Jewel Carmen, Charles Clary, Herschel Mayall
Votes: 161
67. The Visitors: Bastille Day (2016)
110 min | Comedy, Fantasy
Knight Godefroy de Montmirail and squire Jacquouille are stranded in 1793. Using trickery to break free from their shackles, both perilously partake in the Montmirail family's run away in the quest for an exiting time-shift.
Director: Jean-Marie Poiré | Stars: Christian Clavier, Jean Reno, Franck Dubosc, Karin Viard
Votes: 4,733
68. A Tale of Two Cities (1989)
188 min | Drama, History, Romance
Two men, one an aristocrat, and one a drunken lawyer, fall in love with the same woman during the early stages of the French Revolution.
Stars: James Wilby, Xavier Deluc, Serena Gordon, John Mills
Votes: 402
69. A Tale of Two Cities (1984 TV Movie)
TV-Y7-FV | 73 min | Animation, Drama
During the turbulent days of the French Revolution, Frenchwoman Lucie Manette falls in love with Englishman Charles Darnay who's hiding his true identity and purpose.
Stars: Henri Szeps, Phillip Hinton, Ken Wayne, Liz Horne
Votes: 62
70. A Tale of Two Cities (1980 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 162 min | Drama, History, Romance
An ex-aristocrat from France and an alcoholic English lawyer find themselves crossing paths and in love with the same woman during the French Revolution.
Director: Jim Goddard | Stars: Chris Sarandon, Peter Cushing, Kenneth More, Barry Morse
Votes: 1,016
71. A Tale of Two Cities (1958)
117 min | Drama, History, Romance
During the turbulent days of the French Revolution, Frenchwoman Lucie Manette falls in love with Englishman Charles Darnay, who's hiding his true identity and purpose.
Director: Ralph Thomas | Stars: Dirk Bogarde, Dorothy Tutin, Cecil Parker, Stephen Murray
Votes: 1,616
72. A Tale of Two Cities (1935)
Not Rated | 128 min | Drama, History, Romance
A pair of lookalikes, one a former French aristocrat and the other an alcoholic English lawyer, fall in love with the same woman amidst the turmoil of the French Revolution.
Directors: Jack Conway, Robert Z. Leonard | Stars: Ronald Colman, Elizabeth Allan, Edna May Oliver, Reginald Owen
Votes: 6,299
73. That Night in Varennes (1982)
R | 150 min | Drama, History
During the French Revolution, a surprising company shares a coach, trying to catch up something - the time itself, perhaps.
Director: Ettore Scola | Stars: Jean-Louis Barrault, Marcello Mastroianni, Hanna Schygulla, Harvey Keitel
Votes: 2,533
74. Beauties of the Night (1952)
Approved | 87 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Music
A young composer has vivid dreams of the past that reflect, yet conflict with his waking life.
Director: René Clair | Stars: Gérard Philipe, Martine Carol, Gina Lollobrigida, Magali Vendeuil
Votes: 809
75. Start the Revolution Without Me (1970)
M | 90 min | Comedy, History
Two mismatched sets of identical twins, one aristocrat, one peasant, mistakenly exchange identities on the eve of the French Revolution.
Director: Bud Yorkin | Stars: Gene Wilder, Donald Sutherland, Hugh Griffith, Jack MacGowran
Votes: 3,121
76. Ridicule (1996)
R | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, History
To get royal backing on a needed drainage project, a poor French lord must learn to play the delicate games of wit at court at Versailles.
Director: Patrice Leconte | Stars: Charles Berling, Jean Rochefort, Fanny Ardant, Judith Godrèche
Votes: 8,183 | Gross: $2.50M
77. Napoleon (1927)
330 min | Biography, Drama, History
A film about the French general's youth and early military career.
Director: Abel Gance | Stars: Albert Dieudonné, Vladimir Roudenko, Edmond Van Daële, Alexandre Koubitzky
Votes: 8,794
78. Napoléon (2002)
380 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
A masterful soldier, tactician, and statesmen, Napoleon Bonaparte, with courage and love for his country, rises from an unpaid general consumed with ambition to the most powerful man in Europe. But his life ends with a fall and exile.
Stars: Christian Clavier, Isabella Rossellini, Gérard Depardieu, John Malkovich
Votes: 5,024
79. The Swashbuckler (1971)
Not Rated | 98 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Nicolas Philibert goes to America after killing a French aristocrat. On his return he tries to divorce his wife, Charlotte, but when he sees others trying to woo her his own interest is rekindled.
Director: Jean-Paul Rappeneau | Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Marlène Jobert, Laura Antonelli, Michel Auclair
Votes: 1,659
80. Sade (2000)
100 min | Biography, Drama, History
A man prepares himself to be transferred to a detention center and rest home where he will relive one more time the highlights of his youth.
Director: Benoît Jacquot | Stars: Daniel Auteuil, Marianne Denicourt, Jeanne Balibar, Grégoire Colin
Votes: 1,834 | Gross: $0.03M
81. Marquis (1989)
R | 83 min | Animation, Comedy
The scene is a pre-French Revolution Bastille, where various political prisoners are being held: a woman who was raped and impregnated by the king, a police chief who was accused of selling... See full summary »
Director: Henri Xhonneux | Stars: François Marthouret, Valérie Kling, Michel Robin, Isabelle Wolfe
Votes: 1,525
82. Shadow of the Guillotine (1956)
120 min | Drama, History
While Louis XV is dying, the Dauphine of France, Marie-Antoinette, seduces a Swedish officer, Axel de Fersen, which pains her husband, the new King Louis XVI, who will know how to be generous when he learns of this deception.
Director: Jean Delannoy | Stars: Michèle Morgan, Richard Todd, Jacques Morel, Jeanne Boitel
Votes: 172
83. Marie Antoinette (1938)
Passed | 149 min | Biography, Drama, History
The tragic life of Marie Antoinette, who became queen of France in her late teens.
Directors: W.S. Van Dyke, Julien Duvivier | Stars: Norma Shearer, Tyrone Power, John Barrymore, Robert Morley
Votes: 3,285
84. A Tale of Two Cities (1911)
30 min | Short, Drama, History
A condensed silent film version of the Charles Dickens classic about the French Revolution and its subsequent Reign of Terror.
Director: William Humphrey | Stars: Maurice Costello, Florence Turner, Charles Kent, Leo Delaney
Votes: 145
85. A Tale of Two Cities (1907)
Drama, Short
During the turbulent days of the French Revolution, Frenchwoman Lucie Manette falls in love with Englishman Charles Darnay who's hiding his true identity and purpose.
86. Du Barry, Woman of Passion (1930)
Passed | 90 min | Romance, Drama
A French milliner becomes a casino hostess and courtesan, eventually rising to the position of mistress of King Louis XV.
Director: Sam Taylor | Stars: Norma Talmadge, William Farnum, Conrad Nagel, Hobart Bosworth
Votes: 110
87. Cadet Rousselle (1954)
105 min | Adventure, Comedy
The Adventures of Cadet Rousselle that on the French Revolution left his hometown in search of fortune. He thinks know love with Violeta, a dancer in a band of comedians but a ends involved in a monarchist plot.
Director: André Hunebelle | Stars: François Périer, Dany Robin, Bourvil, Madeleine Lebeau
Votes: 170
88. Jefferson in Paris (1995)
PG-13 | 139 min | Biography, Drama, History
Widower Thomas Jefferson (3rd US president 1801-09) lives in Paris 1785-90 with his daughter. He has a pretty slave girl accompany his other daughter to France. He has an alleged affair with her resulting in children.
Director: James Ivory | Stars: Nick Nolte, Greta Scacchi, Gwyneth Paltrow, Estelle Eonnet
Votes: 3,195 | Gross: $2.47M
89. Reign of Terror (1949)
Approved | 89 min | History, Romance, Thriller
Robespierrre, a powerful figure in the French revolution, is desperately looking for his black book, a death list of those marked for the guillotine.
Director: Anthony Mann | Stars: Robert Cummings, Richard Basehart, Richard Hart, Arlene Dahl
Votes: 2,121
90. History of the World: Part I (1981)
R | 92 min | Comedy, History, Musical
Mel Brooks brings his one-of-a-kind comic touch to the history of mankind covering events from the Old Testament to the French Revolution in a series of episodic comedy vignettes.
Director: Mel Brooks | Stars: Mel Brooks, Gregory Hines, Dom DeLuise, Madeline Kahn
Votes: 55,230 | Gross: $31.67M
91. The Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1937)
Approved | 88 min | Drama, History, Romance
Paris is Burning. Under the iron fist of Robespierre, hundreds are executed, by the swift and bloodstained guillotine. Through these acts of injustice a new heroism is born - the League of The Scarlet Pimpernel.
Director: Hanns Schwarz | Stars: Barry K. Barnes, Sophie Stewart, Margaretta Scott, James Mason
Votes: 348
92.
Présence du passé (1965–1968)
Episode:
Valmy - 1ere partie: La chute de la royauté
(1967)
79 min | History
Another Revolutionary era epic of the French military.The Battle of Valmy was the first major victory for "Liberty, Equality and Fraternity" against Prussian troops helping the defeated aristocrats, September 20th of 1792.
Directors: Jean Chérasse, Abel Gance | Stars: Jean-Pierre Dougnac, Aram Stephan, François Bennard, William Sabatier
93. The Scarlet Pimpernel (1999–2000)
TV-14 | 540 min | Adventure, Drama
During the turmoil of the French Revolution, English aristocrat Percy Blakeney, often aided by his League of friends, secretly undertakes various daring missions as the Scarlet Pimpernel.
Stars: Richard E. Grant, Ronan Vibert, Gerard Murphy, Ron Donachie
Votes: 1,256
94. The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 142 min | Action, Drama, Romance
Paris, 1792: After France becomes a republic, aristocrats are guillotined. The English Sir Percy tries to save as many as he can as The Scarlet Pimpernel in disguises.
Director: Clive Donner | Stars: Anthony Andrews, Jane Seymour, Ian McKellen, James Villiers
Votes: 5,158
95. The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934)
Not Rated | 97 min | Adventure, Drama
A noblewoman discovers her husband is The Scarlet Pimpernel, a vigilante who rescues aristocrats from the blade of the guillotine.
Director: Harold Young | Stars: Leslie Howard, Merle Oberon, Raymond Massey, Nigel Bruce
Votes: 4,769
96. The Scarlet Pimpernel (1917)
50 min | Adventure
During the French Revolution, Englishman Sir Percy Blakeney is considered to be a terrible fop, completely unaware of the seriousness of the political situation abroad. In reality, Sir ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Stanton | Stars: Dustin Farnum, Winifred Kingston, William Burress, Bertram Grassby
Votes: 31
97. L'Autrichienne (1990)
98 min | Biography, Drama, History
Last days of queen Marie Antoinette stunningly portrayed by a director who's clearly done a massive historical research. An accurate plot and a very moving rendering.
Director: Pierre Granier-Deferre | Stars: Ute Lemper, Patrick Chesnais, Daniel Mesguich, Philippe Leroy
Votes: 124
98. Charlotte Corday (1914)
Drama, History
In the magnificent grounds surrounding her home in Normandy, Charlotte Corday and Barbaroux are happy in their love-making, unwarned of the stormy events that fate has decreed should end ... See full summary »
Stars: Constance Crawley, Arthur Maude, Harry Griffith, Felix Modjeska
99. The Royal Opera House: Andrea Chenier (2015)
174 min | History, Musical, Romance
Director: Jonathan Haswell | Stars: Jonas Kaufmann, Eva-Maria Westbroek, Zeljko Lucic, Denyce Graves
Votes: 25
100. Andrea Chénier (1981 TV Movie)
139 min | Drama, History, Musical
The poet and revolutionary André Chenier in Paris in 1789.
Director: Otto Schenk | Stars: Plácido Domingo, Piero Cappuccilli, Czeslawa Slania, Gabriela Benacková
Votes: 22
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