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101. Marianne the First (1990– )
25 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
A brave woman looking for a fabulous treasure in the France of late 18th century.
Stars: Virginie Ledieu, Jean-Philippe Puymartin, Michel Le Royer, Michel Vigné
Votes: 28
102. Le souper (1992)
90 min | Drama, History
France, 1815. After his defeat at Waterloo, Napoleon heads for exile. Royalists occupy Paris and attempt to restore the monarchy. However, the battle doesn't seem to be over. On July 6, ... See full summary »
Director: Édouard Molinaro | Stars: Michel Piccoli, Claude Brasseur, Claude Rich, Ticky Holgado
Votes: 643
103. Laissez-faire (2015)
80 min | Documentary, History, War
A historical perspective to understand Neoliberalism and to understand why this ideology today so profoundly influences the choices of our governments and our lives.
Director: Ruggero Arenella | Stars: Stefano Accomo, Giovanni Agnelli, Jaime Roldós Aguilera, Salvador Allende
Votes: 14
104. Terror! Robespierre and the French Revolution (2009 TV Movie)
Drama
In 1794, French revolutionary Maximilien Robespierre produced the world's first defense of "state terror" - claiming that the road to virtue lay through political violence. This film ... See full summary »
Director: Carl Hindmarch | Stars: Stephen Hogan, Vasile Albinet, David Andress, Martin Hancock
Votes: 67
105. Charlotte Corday (2008 TV Movie)
93 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Set In July 1793 During The Outbreak Of The Revolution In France In This 2008 Crime Thriller A Young Girl From Caen Named Charlotte Corday Who Assasinated A Jacobin Newspaper Editor ... See full summary »
Director: Henri Helman | Stars: Émilie Dequenne, Bernard Blancan, Thierry Gibault, Marc Fayet
Votes: 64
106. 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: 1,357
107. Madame Sans-Gêne (1941)
100 min | Comedy, Drama, History
The ordeals of a crude washerwoman in the chic court of Napoleon the First;La Maréchale Lefèvre ,a former launderer who followed the emperor in many of his campaigns is the laughing stock ... See full summary »
Director: Roger Richebé | Stars: Arletty, Aimé Clariond, Maurice Escande, Henri Nassiet
Votes: 75
108. 1788... et demi (2010– )
52 min | History
Stars: Sam Karmann, Julie Voisin, Lou de Laâge, Camille Claris
Votes: 41
109. Paris no Isabelle (1979)
24 min | Animation, Drama
When Paris is besieged and Napoleon III's army is defeated, Isabelle escapes to London, disguised as a boy, and engages in secret agent stuff.
Stars: Mami Koyama, Kazuyuki Sogabe, Yûji Mitsuya
Votes: 19
110. La comtesse de Charny (1989– )
52 min | Drama, History
The personal history of Andrée de Taverney, the beautiful daughter of a ruined baron. Thanks to her brother Philippe, she gets to know the Dauphine and future Queen of France, ... See full summary »
Stars: Anne Jacquemin, Isabelle Guiard, Alain Payen, Jean-François Garreaud
Votes: 26
111. 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
112. 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
113. W (2022)
102 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
Terminally ill Madame Europa languishes at her last post in the company of her Chinese man-machine. There is a sadomasochistic relationship between them. They are on the run from a war that is inexorably approaching through the darkness.
Director: Anna Eriksson | Stars: Anna Eriksson, Parco Lee, Jussi Parviainen, Hanna Trygg
Votes: 66
114. The Color of Flesh
Drama | Announced
A painter exploits her affair with a count to get a commission from Marie Antoinette. However, she and the count develop genuine feelings for the queen, leading to a scandalous love triangle that ends tragically with the French Revolution.
Director: Jon Amiel
115. Vigée Le Brun: The Queens Painter (2015 TV Movie)
94 min | Documentary, Drama, History
A renowned painter and a free-thinker, Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun is still considered ahead of her time. Follow the artist's adventures over the course of her nearly 90-year life in this captivating docudrama.
Director: Arnaud Xainte | Stars: Stéphane Ronchewski, Xavier Salmon, Katharine Baetjer, Joseph Baillio
Votes: 68
116. 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
117. Bonaparte
History, War | Announced
Searing, long-form account of how an unknown Corsican artillery officer transformed France from a bankrupt revolutionary regime into the most feared military power in the world.
118. La prise de la Bastille heure par heure (2022 TV Special)
44 min | Documentary, Drama, History
Paris, July 14, 1789. The kingdom has been in crisis for several months, and the city is buzzing with unrest. Citizens are angry and have had enough of inequality, unemployment and hunger. ... See full summary »
Director: Juliette Desbois | Stars: Mirabelle Kirkland, William Doyle, Guillaume Mazeau, Jean-Christian Petitfils
Votes: 16
119. 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: 26
120. Let's Go Up the Champs-Élysées (1938)
Not Rated | 100 min | Comedy, Drama
Let Guitry take you down cause he's going to...Elysées Fields .
Directors: Sacha Guitry, Robert Bibal | Stars: Sacha Guitry, Lucien Baroux, Jean Périer, Roger Bourdin
Votes: 245
121. How to Stage a Coup (2017 TV Movie)
47 min | Documentary, History
A guide to human history through its most audacious power grabs. From Julius Caesar to Napoleon; from Mussolini to the strongmen of the present day - we see how the world we know has been shaped by those who dream big.
Director: Cal Seville | Stars: Nicholas O'Shaughnessy, Giles Milton, Donald Rayfield, Daniel Beer
Votes: 191
122. 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
123. The Fighting Guardsman (1945)
Approved | 84 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A band of Frenchmen start an uprising against the aristocracy in the days before the French Revolution.
Director: Henry Levin | Stars: Willard Parker, Anita Louise, Janis Carter, John Loder
Votes: 128
124. Joséphine ou la comédie des ambitions (1979–1980)
90 min | Biography, Drama, History
The main events of the French Revolution and First Empire serve as a background canvas to a detailed biography of Empress Josephine, Napoleon I's first wife. Her initial tribulations, ... See full summary »
Stars: Danièle Lebrun, Daniel Mesguich, Claire Vernet, Jean-Luc Moreau
Votes: 33
125. 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: 75
126. Stairway to Light (1945)
Approved | 10 min | Short, Drama, History
The story of 18th Century French physician Dr. Phillipe Pinel, whose initiated enlightened, humane treatment of the mentally ill.
Director: Sammy Lee | Stars: John Nesbitt, Harry Cording, Lotte Palfi Andor, Dewey Robinson
Votes: 272
127. 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: 162
128. The Royalists (1947)
99 min | Adventure, History
Director: Henri Calef | Stars: Jean Marais, Marcel Herrand, Pierre Dux, Louis Seigner
Votes: 85
129. 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
130. Founding Brothers (2002 TV Movie)
200 min | Documentary
Director: Melissa Jo Peltier | Stars: Peter Coyote, Brian Dennehy, Bill Doran, Joseph Ellis
Votes: 111
131. 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
132. Une femme dans la Révolution (2013– )
History
Stars: Gaëlle Bona, Cyril Descours, Grégory Gadebois, Alex Lutz
Votes: 14
133. Danton (1931)
92 min | Drama
At the height of the French Revolution, the fanatic Robespierre brings the popular but more moderate leader Danton to trial and demands his execution.
Director: Hans Behrendt | Stars: Fritz Kortner, Lucie Mannheim, Gustaf Gründgens, Alexander Granach
Votes: 71
134. Le chevalier de Maison Rouge (1963)
History, Romance
The Knight of Maison-Rouge (translation for the roman of Alexandre Dumas)
Stars: Annie Ducaux, Jean Desailly, François Chaumette, Julien Bertheau
Votes: 62
135. Mechanical Marvels: Clockwork Dreams (2013 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 60 min | Documentary
Excellent one hour documentary narrated by Professor Simon Schaffer which explores the fascinating and rarely told story of automata, those intricate clockwork devices built hundreds of ... See full summary »
Director: Nic Stacey | Stars: Simon Schaffer, Ilan Goodman, Laura Heath, Jonathan Betts
Votes: 109
136. Mystery of the Hope Diamond (2010 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 47 min | Documentary
The program tells the history, both documented and supposed, of the Hope Diamond including the source of the legendary curse. Then the mystery of the deep blue color and red phosphorescence is partially explained.
Director: Mark Radice | Stars: Kim Basinger, Lucy Worsley
Votes: 54
137. 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
138. Marianne, une étoile pour Napoléon (1983– )
13 min | Drama, History
Stars: Corinne Touzet, Marthe Mercadier, Benoist Brione, Jean-François Poron
Votes: 10
139. 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
140. The French Revolution: Tearing Up History (2014 TV Movie)
59 min | Documentary, History
UK art historian, Dr Richard Clay, visits Paris to show how The French Revolution tried to erase the previous order by destroying the art that symbolized it, and how destruction of public space is used even today to influence people.
Director: Nick Clarke Powell | Stars: Serge Aberdam, Richard Clay, So What
Votes: 36
141. The King Without a Crown (1937)
10 min | Short, History, Mystery
Explores the possibility that Louis XVII, son of King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, escaped death during the French Revolution and were raised by Indians in America.
Director: Jacques Tourneur | Stars: Carey Wilson, Scotty Beckett, John Burton, Doris Lloyd
Votes: 149
142. Ireland, a Nation (1914)
50 min | Drama, History
The story of Ireland and her fight for Home Rule, as seen through the experiences of Father Tom Murphy, a patriot with a price on his head, and the famous Irish leader Robert Emmet.
Stars: Barry O'Brien, Patrick Ennis, Dominick Reilly, Barney Magee
Votes: 56
143. Andrea Chénier (I) (1985 TV Movie)
116 min | Drama, Music
Opera inspired by the life of the French poet André Marie Chénier, victim of conspiracy for his death sentence by the Revolutionary Tribunal of the French Revolution.
Director: Humphrey Burton | Stars: Plácido Domingo, Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Giorgio Zancanaro, Jonathan Summers
Votes: 27
144. 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: 146
145. 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: 171
146. 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
147. 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
148. The Ghosts of Versailles (1992 TV Movie)
174 min | Drama, Musical
Director: Brian Large | Stars: Teresa Stratas, Marilyn Horne, Graham Clark, Gino Quilico
Votes: 31
149. Akli Miklós (1986)
96 min | Comedy, History
A jester's adventures in the court of Franz Joseph I.
Directors: György Révész, László Bánk | Stars: István Hirtling, Eva Vejmelková, Adél Kováts, László Helyey
Votes: 54
150. 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: 106