French History Movies
- 1927
Napoleon
Napoleon7.81927HD
A biopic of Napoleon Bonaparte, tracing the Corsican's career from his schooldays (where a snowball fight is staged like a military campaign) to his...
- 1994
Queen Margot
Queen Margot7.2011994HD
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...
- 2017
The Royal Exchange
The Royal Exchange6.32017HD
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...
- 1935
Les Misérables
Les Misérables7.21935HD
In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both...
- 1989
The french revolution: Years of rage
The french revolution: Years of rage7.51989HD
Second part of the revolutionary historical drama, which takes up the events that occurred from August 10, 1792 until the end of the reign of terror...
- 1963
Bluebeard
Bluebeard6.41963HD
Paris, France, during the First World War. While thousands of soldiers die every day on the battlefields, Henri Landru, a seemingly respectable...
- 1921
Orphans of the Storm
Orphans of the Storm6.81921HD
France, on the eve of the French Revolution. Henriette and Louise have been raised together as sisters. When the plague that takes their parents'...
- 1989
The french revolution: Years of hope
The french revolution: Years of hope81989HD
First part that includes the beginnings of the French Revolution. The film begins by recounting the events that led to the convocation of the States...
- 2020
De Gaulle, histoire d'un géant
De Gaulle, histoire d'un géant7.42020HD
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.
- 2015
Sanctuary
Sanctuary7.22015HD
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...
- 2005
The French Revolution
The French Revolution5.32005HD
On July 14, 1789, a mob of angry Parisians stormed the Bastille and seized the King's military stores. A decade of idealism, war, murder, and carnage...
- 2018
1968: A Year of War, Turmoil and Beyond
1968: A Year of War, Turmoil and Beyond7.32018HD
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....
- 1954
Royal Affairs in Versailles
Royal Affairs in Versailles6.81954HD
Witty narration follows the history of Versailles Palace; founded by Louis XIII, enlarged by autocratic Louis XIV, whose personal affairs and amours,...
- 1963
Good King Dagobert
Good King Dagobert6.71963HD
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...
- 1999
Rashi: A Light After The Dark Ages
Rashi: A Light After The Dark Ages01999HD
A winemaker overcomes the ignorance and illiteracy of his era to become a Torah commentator who defends the right to spiritual choice and freedom in...
- 2024
Olympics! The French Games
Olympics! The French Games7.72024HD
27 Olympic and Paralympic champions, aged 20 to 100, share their stories in this Mickaël Gamrasni documentary narrated by actress Marion...
- 1993
The Hour of the Pig
The Hour of the Pig6.21993HD
In medieval France, young lawyer Richard Courtois leaves Paris for the simpler life in the country. However, he is soon drawn into amorous and...
- 2021
Napoleon: Destiny and Death
Napoleon: Destiny and Death7.22021HD
May 5, 1821. Napoleon Bonaparte, deposed emperor exiled on the island of St. Helena, is about to take his last breath. The son of a Corsican family,...
- 2014
William the Conqueror
William the Conqueror62014HD
England, 11th century. William the Conqueror (ca. 1027-1087) wins the Battle of Hastings (1066), changing the shape of medieval Europe and the course...
- 1956
If Paris Were Told to Us
If Paris Were Told to Us5.7861956HD
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...