french history movies

Queen Margot (1994)
7.199 / 10

Drama, History, Romance

Paris, Kingdom of France, August 18, 1572. To avoid the outbreak of a religious war, the Catholic princess Marguerite de Valois, sister of the feeble...

The French Revolution (1989)
7.5 / 10

Drama, War, History, Thriller

A history of the French Revolution from the decision of the king to convene the Etats-Generaux in 1789 in order to deal with France's debt problem....

Bluebeard (1963)
6.3 / 10

Drama, Crime, History

Paris, France, during the First World War. While thousands of soldiers die every day on the battlefields, Henri Landru, a seemingly respectable...

Les Misérables (1935)
7.2 / 10

Drama, History, Romance

In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both...

The Royal Exchange (2017)
6.3 / 10

History, Drama

After many years of confrontation, the treasures of Spain and France are empty. In 1721, the regent of France draws up an ambitious plan to...

Orphans of the Storm (1921)
6.779 / 10

Drama, History, Romance

France, on the eve of the French Revolution. Henriette and Louise have been raised together as sisters. When the plague that takes their parents'...

Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954)
6.8 / 10

Drama, History, Comedy

Witty narration follows the history of Versailles Palace; founded by Louis XIII, enlarged by autocratic Louis XIV, whose personal affairs and amours,...

François 1er (1937)
5.8 / 10

Comedy, Fantasy

Honorin is the simple and naive stage manager of a traveling theatre troupe, whose one ambition is to once play the role of the cavalier in the opera...

If Paris Were Told to Us (1956)
5.8 / 10

Comedy, Drama, History

Historical film directed and written by Sacha Guitry follows the the history of Paris from its founding through the significant events in the city's...

The Hour of the Pig (1993)
6.3 / 10

Drama, History, Thriller, Crime, Romance, Mystery

In medieval France, young lawyer Richard Courtois leaves Paris for the simpler life in the country. However, he is soon drawn into amorous and...

Sanctuary (2015)
7.2 / 10

Drama, History, Thriller

In the mid-1980s, the GAL, a Spanish paramilitary group, pursues and assassinates members of the terrorist gang ETA who have taken refuge in the...

Napoléon Bonaparte (1935)
8 / 10

Drama, War, History

A second version of Gance's Napoléon, with sound.

Good King Dagobert (1963)
6.7 / 10

Comedy

Mr. Pelletan's rascal son Bébert son got another F for playing in class. His punishment is an essay on the Merovingian king Dagobert. All they know...

Cinq-Mars (1981)
1 / 10

History

In the 17th century, under Louis XIII, the policy of Cardinal de Richelieu aimed at the definitive establishment of a monarchic power, and gave rise...

De Gaulle, histoire d'un géant (2020)
7.2 / 10

Documentary, History, TV Movie

50 years after the death of General De Gaulle, this film retraces his life, from his birth in 1890 to his burial at Colombey-Les-Deux-Eglises in 1970.

André Malraux: Writer, Politician, Adventurer (2019)
5 / 10

Documentary, History, TV Movie

Writer, journalist, explorer, filmmaker, communist militant, freedom fighter. Truths and lies. A plot twist. Politician. General De Gaulle's shadow....

Dreyfus (1931)
0 / 10

Drama, History

In 1894, French officer Alfred Dreyfus is wrongly convicted for the treasonous acts of another man, Major Esterhazy. When investigations begin into...

William the Conqueror (2014)
5.5 / 10

Documentary, History, TV Movie

England, 11th century. William the Conqueror (ca. 1027-1087) wins the Battle of Hastings (1066), changing the shape of medieval Europe and the course...

1968: A Year of War, Turmoil and Beyond (2018)
7.3 / 10

Documentary, History, TV Movie

The Tet Offensive during the Vietnam War, the Civil Rights Movement, the May events in France, the assassinations of Martin Luther King and Robert F....

De Gaulle, le géant aux pieds d'argile (2012)
9 / 10

Documentary, TV Movie, History