Movies by Lists - The Early Period Of Modern History (14Th To 18Th Century) (115 [194]) 
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| 1492 - Conquest Of ParadiseChristopher Columbus' discovery of the Americas and the effect this has on the indigenous people. | 1992 | Ridley Scott (*) | Adventure, Biography, Drama, History | 6.5 (29.7K votes) | 154 | 20211228 |
| 1612 - Chronicles of the Dark Time [1612 - Khroniki smutnogo vremeni]The czar of Russia has died and a power vacuum has developed. This period in late 16th and early 17th century has been called ""The Time of Troubles. | 2007 | Vladimir Khotinenko | Adventure, Drama, History, War | 5.6 (2.3K votes) | 144 | 20240501 |
| Abdication, TheQueen Christina of Sweden abdicates and travels to Rome to embrace the Catholic Church. | 1974 | Anthony Harvey | Biography, Drama, History | 6.1 (319 votes) | 103 | 20220806 |
| Adventures of Don JuanThe great lover Don Juan comes to the assistance of his queen. | 1948 | Vincent Sherman | Action, Adventure, Romance | 7.0 (3K votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
| Affairs of Cellini, TheThe 16th-century sculptor woos the Duchess of Florence despite the duke. | 1934 | Gregory La Cava (*) | Comedy, Drama, History | 6.0 (408 votes) | 79 | 20220414 |
| Agony and the Ecstasy, TheThe biographical story of Michelangelo's troubles while painting the Sistine Chapel at the urging of Pope Julius II. | 1965 | Carol Reed (*) | Biography, Drama, History | 7.2 (7.1K votes) | 138 | 20211228 |
| Aguirre The Wrath Of God [Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes]In the 16th century, the ruthless and insane Don Lope de Aguirre leads a Spanish expedition in search of El Dorado. | 1972 | Werner Herzog (*) | Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, History | 7.9 (55.7K votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
| Andrei RublevThe life, times and afflictions of the fifteenth-century Russian iconographer St. Andrei Rublev. | 1966 | Andrei Tarkovsky (*) | Biography, Drama, History | 8.1 (52.1K votes) | 205 | 20211228 |
| ApocalyptoAs the Mayan kingdom faces its decline, a young man is taken on a perilous journey to a world ruled by fear and oppression. | 2006 | Mel Gibson (*) | Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller | 7.8 (304.3K votes) | 139 | 20211228 |
| ArtemisiaArtemisia Gentileschi (1593-1653) was one of the first well-known female painters. The movie tells the story of her youth, when she was guided and protected by her father, the painter Orazio Gentileschi. Her professional curiosity ab | 1997 | Agnès Merlet | Biography, Drama, History, Romance | 6.7 (2.1K votes) | 98 | 20211228 |
| Black Duke, The [Il duca nero]Cesare Borgia--a cardinal in the Catholic church, a confidant of the Pope and a member of one of the wealthiest and most powerful families in 16th-century Italy--must deal with a host of political and personal crises. He is having pr | 1963 | Pino Mercanti | Adventure, Drama, Romance | 5.2 (59 votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
| Bonnie Prince CharlieIn the Jacobite Rising of 1745, the Young Pretender Bonnie Prince Charlie leads an insurrection to overthrow the Protestant House of Hanover and restore his family, the Catholic branch of the House of Stuart, to the British throne. | 1948 | Anthony Kimmins, Leslie Arliss, Alexander Korda, Robert Stevenson | Biography, Drama, History, War | 5.2 (334 votes) | 98 | 20240625 |
| Boris GodunovBased on the Alexander Pushkin's play, epic story about Tsar Boris Godunov, who reigned over Russia between 1598 and 1605. | 1986 | Sergey Bondarchuk | Drama, History | 6.5 (286 votes) | 130 | 20240407 |
| Bride of VengeanceA female Borgia is sent out to live up to the family name by killing someone, but falls in love with her intended victim. | 1949 | Mitchell Leisen | Adventure, Drama, History, Romance | 5.5 (148 votes) | 92 | 20211228 |
| Burning of Rome, The [Il magnifico avventuriero]Benvenuto Cellini knows no obstacles when it comes to creating a work of art or conquering the heart of a woman. | 1963 | Riccardo Freda | Adventure | 5.4 (93 votes) | 93 | 20211228 |
| Cabeza de VacaA handful of survivors from a disastrous 1528 Spanish expedition to Florida journey across the coast until they reach Mexico. | 1991 | Nicolás Echevarría | Adventure, Biography, Drama, History, Western | 7.0 (1.1K votes) | 111 | 20211228 |
| Captain from CastileThe invasion of Mexico by Cortez, as seen by a young Spanish officer fleeing the Inquisition. | 1947 | Henry King | Adventure, Drama, History | 6.9 (2K votes) | 140 | 20211228 |
| CaravaggioThe tumultuous and adventurous life of Michelangelo Merisi, controversial artist, called by Fate to become the immortal Caravaggio. A violent genius that will dare to defy the ideal vision of the world imposed by the Renaissance p... | 2007 | Angelo Longoni | Biography, History | 6.8 (387 votes) | 180 | 20230806 |
| CaravaggioA retelling of the life of the celebrated 17th-century painter through his brilliant, nearly blasphemous paintings and his flirtations with the underworld. | 1986 | Derek Jarman (*) | Biography, Drama, History, Romance | 6.6 (5.9K votes) | 93 | 20211228 |
| Cardinal RichelieuThe cunning Cardinal Richelieu must save King Louis XIII from treachery within his inner circle. | 1935 | Rowland V. Lee | Drama, History, Romance | 6.4 (214 votes) | 82 | 20211228 |
| Carnival in Flanders [La Kermesse eroica]Tells the story of the Spanish invasion of Flanders | 1935 | Jacques Feyder | Comedy, History, Romance | 7.5 (1.3K votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
| Catherine of Russia [Caterina di Russia]Caterina finds out that her husband Peter Tzar of Russia, is plotting to kill her. She sets Count Orlov free from prison, Peter's sworn enemy, becomes empress of Russia and leads the Cossacks army against him. | 1963 | Umberto Lenzi | Drama, History | 5.2 (113 votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
| Catherine the GreatTrapped in a loveless arranged marriage to the immature future Czar, a young German Princess proves a skillful political infighter and rises to become Catherine the Great. | 1995 | Marvin J. Chomsky, John Goldsmith | Biography, Drama, History, Romance | 6.2 (1.2K votes) | 100 | 20211228 |
| Chasing the DeerThe Jacobite Rebellion of Scotland, and thirty years after the first battle, Bonnie Prince Charlie and his army make a stand at Culloden. | 1994 | Graham Holloway | History, War | 5.4 (158 votes) | 97 | 20211228 |
| Christopher ColumbusChristopher Columbus overcomes intrigue at the Spanish court and convinces Queen Isabella that his plan to reach the East by sailing west is practical. | 1949 | David MacDonald | Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, History | 6.1 (504 votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
| Christopher Columbus - The DiscoveryGenoese navigator overcomes intrigue in the court of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain and gains financing for his expedition to the East Indies. | 1992 | John Glen | Adventure, Biography, Drama, History | 4.5 (3K votes) | 120 | 20211228 |
| Conclave, TheIn 1458, five years after the fall of Constantinople to the Turk, eighteen cardinals met in Rome to elect a new pope. A 27-year-old Spanish cardinal, Rodrigo Borgia, learns to play a very dangerous game; how to survive his first c... | 2006 | Christoph Schrewe | Biography, Drama, History | 6.5 (610 votes) | 100 | 20231013 |
| Controverse de Valladolid, LaSpain conquered the seas, found a new world and different realities than the one known in Europe. But a question needed to be answered with what they found in those new territories: do the Indians have souls? The Church, bound to pro | 1992 | Jean-Daniel Verhaeghe | Drama, History | 7.8 (371 votes) | 87 | 20211228 |
| CromwellOliver Cromwell can no longer tolerate King Charles' policies, and the self-interest of the ruling class, and leads a civil war to install Parliament as the ultimate ruler of England. | 1970 | Ken Hughes | Biography, Drama, History, War | 7.0 (5.8K votes) | 139 | 20211228 |
| CullodenThe 1746 Battle of Culloden, the last land battle fought in the British Isles and the battle that ensured that Scotland was controlled by England. | 1964 | Peter Watkins (*) | Drama, History, War | 7.8 (1.6K votes) | 69 | 20211228 |
| Dangerous BeautyA Venetian courtesan becomes a hero to her city, but later becomes the target of an inquisition by the Church for witchcraft. | 1998 | Marshall Herskovitz | Biography, Drama, Romance | 7.2 (17.3K votes) | 111 | 20211228 |
| Day Of Wrath [Game of Swords]Set in the 16th century, a sheriff working on a series of murders has to choose between his conscience and protecting his family when he's tied to the crimes. | 2006 | Adrian Rudomin | Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 5.5 (1.9K votes) | 109 | 20211228 |
| Decamaron, TheAn adaptation of nine stories from Boccaccio's "Decameron". | 1971 | Pier Paolo Pasolini (*) | Comedy, Drama, History, Romance | 7.1 (10.6K votes) | 111 | 20211228 |
| Devil's Whore, TheDrama charts the progress of the English Civil War through the story of a young woman, the fictional Angelica Fanshawe, and her three husbands. | 2008 | Marc Munden | Adventure, Drama, History, Romance, War | 7.1 (2.5K votes) | 0 | 20211228 |
| Eagle, TheA wanted Russian lieutenant becomes a masked vigilante seeking vengeance upon the man who stole his family's land, only to fall for his charming daughter. | 1925 | Clarence Brown | Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, History, Romance | 6.6 (2K votes) | 73 | 20211228 |
| El GrecoThe story of the uncompromising artist and fighter for freedom, Domenicos Theotokopoulos, known to the world as "El Greco". | 2007 | Yannis Smaragdis | Biography, Drama | 6.6 (4.7K votes) | 119 | 20211228 |
| El Greco16th-century Spain, the famed Greek painter El Greco journeys to Toledo to paint an altarpiece. Trouble ensues when he falls in love with a beautiful local girl. | 1966 | Luciano Salce | Biography, Drama | 6.3 (176 votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
| Ever After - A Cinderella StoryThe Brothers Grimm arrive at the home of a wealthy Grande Dame who speaks of the many legends surrounding the fable of the cinder girl before telling the "true" story of her ancestor. | 1998 | Andy Tennant | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 7.1 (73.8K votes) | 121 | 20211228 |
| Exile, TheCharles II, the King of England, finds himself in exile in Holland, where he falls in love with a beautiful farm-girl. | 1947 | Max Ophüls (*) | Adventure, Romance | 6.7 (494 votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
| Fighting Prince of Donegal, TheAfter inheriting his father's title, the young noble Hugh O'Connell is taken hostage by the English viceroy but escapes to lead an uprising. | 1966 | Michael O'Herlihy | Adventure, Biography, Family, History, Romance | 6.2 (380 votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
| Forbidden ParadiseAlexei saves the Czarina from conspirators and is rewarded with her love. He deserts his sweetheart Anna, but discovers that his Queen is unfaithful too. Enraged, Alexei becomes a leader in the ongoing revolution against the royals. | 1924 | Ernst Lubitsch (*) | Comedy | 6.1 (174 votes) | 76 | 20220315 |
| Forever AmberIn seventeenth-century England, Amber St. Clair aims to raise herself from country girl to nobility, and succeeds, but loses her true love in the process. | 1947 | Otto Preminger, John M. Stahl | Adventure, Drama, Romance | 6.6 (1.4K votes) | 138 | 20211228 |
| GalileoA 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, Galileo exclaims: "Science needs scientist | 1968 | Liliana Cavani | Drama, History | 6.6 (255 votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
| GalileoThis 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 moons of Jupiter. He supported Copernicus' | 1975 | Joseph Losey (*) | Biography, Drama | 6.6 (546 votes) | 145 | 20211228 |
| Giordano BrunoFleeing from his enemies in the Catholic Church, the free thinking philosopher, poet and scientist Giordano Bruno (1548-1600) has found some protection in Venice. But the Roman Inquisition, fearing his influence in Europe, wants to b | 1973 | Giuliano Montaldo | Biography, Drama, History | 7.2 (841 votes) | 123 | 20211228 |
| Girl King, TheTHE GIRL KING paints a portrait of the brilliant, extravagant Kristina of Sweden, queen from age six, who fights the conservative forces that are against her ideas to modernize Sweden and who have no tolerance for her awakening sexua | 2015 | Mika Kaurismäki | Biography, Drama, History, Romance | 5.8 (4.1K votes) | 106 | 20220415 |
| Girl With a Pearl EarringA young peasant maid working in the house of painter Johannes Vermeer becomes his talented assistant and the model for one of his most famous works. | 2003 | Peter Webber | Biography, Drama, Romance | 6.9 (76.9K votes) | 100 | 20211228 |
| Great CatherineSlapstick comedy based on the play by George Bernard Shaw. A stiff English officer, captain Charles Edstaston (Peter O'Toole), and his fiancée Claire arrive in St. Petersburg. Edstaston is brought to the imperial court to seek audien | 1968 | Gordon Flemyng | Comedy | 5.5 (280 votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
| Henri 4 [Henry Of Navarre]A wide-ranging, energetic period piece tracing the rise of the Protestant Henry of Navarre as he goes from battlefield warrior to France's beloved King Henri IV. Director Jo Baier's epic is a classically-entertaining adventure, albei | 2010 | Jo Baier | Biography, Drama, War | 5.8 (1.3K votes) | 155 | 20220414 |
| I, the Worst of All [Yo, la peor de todas]A viceroy and an archbishop take their posts in Mexico. A local nun, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (1651-1695), intrigues them. The viceroy and his wife find her brilliant and fascinating. The prelate finds her a symbol of European laxit | 1990 | María Luisa Bemberg | Drama | 7.0 (644 votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
| If Paris Were Told to Us [Si Paris nous était conté]A witty journey through the history of Paris told to a group of students by Sacha Guitry, from its foundation at the time of Caesar to 1955. Among others you will meet King Charles VII making Agnès Sorel his mistress; you will witnes | 1956 | Sacha Guitry (*) | Comedy, Drama, History | 6.3 (244 votes) | 130 | 20211228 |
| Ivan the Terrible, Part 1 [Ivan Groznyy]During the early part of his reign, Ivan the Terrible faces betrayal from the aristocracy and even his closest friends as he seeks to unite the Russian people. | 1944 | Sergei Eisenstein | Biography, Drama, History | 7.7 (9.9K votes) | 95 | 20220414 |
| Ivan the Terrible, Part 2 [Ivan Groznyy 2]As Ivan the Terrible attempts to consolidate his power by establishing a personal army, his political rivals, the Russian boyars, plot to assassinate their Tsar. | 1958 | Sergei Eisenstein | Biography, Drama, History | 7.8 (7.3K votes) | 88 | 20220414 |
| John Paul JonesThe career of Revolutionary War naval hero from his youth in Scotland through his service to Catherine the Great of Russia. | 1959 | John Farrow | Action, Biography, History, Romance, War | 6.6 (1.3K votes) | 126 | 20211228 |
| King Is Dancing, The [Le roi danse]Corbiau repeats the Farinelli formula, artistic rivalry and social private drama expressed in dazzling, sometimes excessively lavish baroque scenery, music and costume, but this time in its ultimate setting: Versailles. There are two | 2000 | Gérard Corbiau | Drama, History, Music | 6.9 (2.2K votes) | 115 | 20211228 |
| Kings of the SunOn the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, the Native American tribe of chief Black Eagle clashes with the Mayan tribe of king Balam. | 1963 | J. Lee Thompson | Adventure, Drama, History, Thriller | 6.2 (1.9K votes) | 108 | 20211228 |
| King's Thief, TheAn ex-soldier turned highwayman uncovers a plot to take control of England from King Charles II. | 1955 | Robert Z. Leonard, Hugo Fregonese | Adventure, History | 5.8 (579 votes) | 78 | 20211228 |
| King's Whore, The [Le Putain du Roi]Set in the seventeenth century, an Italian nobleman weds an impoverished countess, who is wooed by the King of Piedmont and faces pressure from his entire court to succumb to his wishes. | 1990 | Axel Corti | Drama, History, Romance | 5.8 (797 votes) | 115 | 20211228 |
| Last King, The [Charles II - The Power & the Passion]The chronicle of Charles II's time on the throne, his ten-year exile from Oliver Cromwell's England, and his triumphant return. | 2003 | Joe Wright | Biography, Drama, History, Romance | 7.5 (1.6K votes) | 0 | 20211228 |
| Leonardo - A Dream of FlightLeonardo da Vinci finds it difficult to pursue his own dreams while serving as the Duke's court artist, but young Roberto takes risk to convince the master not to give up on his dreams. | 1996 | Allan King | Biography, Drama, Family | 5.7 (26 votes) | 48 | 20231013 |
| Libertine, TheThe story of John Wilmot, a.k.a. the Earl of Rochester, a 17th century poet who famously drank and debauched his way to an early grave, only to earn posthumous critical acclaim for his life's work. | 2004 | Laurence Dunmore | Biography, Drama, History, Romance | 6.3 (35.9K votes) | 114 | 20211228 |
| Life of Leonardo Da Vinci, The [La vita di Leonardo da Vinci]Miniseries dramatizing the life of the Italian Renaissance genius Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519). | 1971 | Renato Castellani | Biography, History | 8.0 (435 votes) | 0 | 20240524 |
| Long Live Henry IV... Long Live Love [Vive Henri IV... vive l'amour!]King Henri the Fourth claims his Droit Du Seigneur. | 1961 | Claude Autant-Lara | Comedy | 5.4 (64 votes) | 120 | 20230424 |
| Lorna DooneIn 17th-century England, an outlaw clan kidnaps a young girl, who grows up among them. The farm boy who met her just before the kidnapping eventually rescues her, and they fall in love. | 1922 | Maurice Tourneur | Drama, Romance | 6.7 (297 votes) | 70 | 20211228 |
| Lorna DooneHigh drama, set in the English moorland of the 1600's. John Ridd wants revenge on the criminal Doone family, but falls in love with the daughter of the family, Lorna. | 1934 | Basil Dean | Adventure, Drama, Romance | 5.8 (93 votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
| Lorna DooneSet 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. | 1951 | Phil Karlson (*) | Adventure, Drama, Romance | 5.8 (203 votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
| Loves of a Dictator [The Dictator]The story opens in Copenhagen in the year 1776 on the wedding night of the King and Princess Caroline Mathilde. But the marriage was a political alliance, and the Princess felt only repugnance for her dissolute husband. On the night | 1935 | Victor Saville | History, Romance | 6.6 (48 votes) | 81 | 20211228 |
| Lucrèce BorgiaIn the early 16th century, Italy is ruled by the powerful Borgia family, led by César Borgia and his sister Lucrètè. In a ruthless power play, César plots to have his sister's husband murdered. But without her brother's knowledge, Lu | 1953 | Christian-Jaque | Action, Drama, History, Romance | 5.6 (191 votes) | 120 | 20220414 |
| Lucrezia Borgia [Lucrece Borgia]At the end of the 15th Century, Rome is ruled ruthlessly by power mad and sex hungry Cesare Borgia, the eldest son of Pope Alexander VI. Following the advice of his chief adviser Niccolo Macchiavelli, Cesare Borgia decides to attempt | 1935 | Abel Gance (*) | Drama, History, Romance | 6.0 (257 votes) | 93 | 20211228 |
| LutherDuring the early sixteenth century, idealistic German monk Martin Luther, disgusted by the materialism in the Catholic Church, begins the dialogue that will lead to the Protestant Reformation. | 2003 | Eric Till | Biography, Drama, History | 6.6 (15.2K votes) | 123 | 20211228 |
| LutherDuring the early 16th Century idealistic German monk Martin Luther, disgusted by the materialism in the church, begins the dialogue that will lead to the Protestant Reformation. | 1974 | Guy Green | Biography, Drama | 6.4 (426 votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
| Mad Love [Juana La Loca]The love story that transformed Juana, Queen of Spain, into Juana "the Mad". A story of passions, lies and jealousy with a political motive behind. | 2001 | Vicente Aranda | Biography, Drama, History, Romance | 6.6 (3.8K votes) | 115 | 20211228 |
| Martin LutherBiopic of German priest Martin Luther (Niall MacGinnis), covering his life between 1505 and 1530 A.D., and the birth of the Protestant Reformation movement. | 1953 | Irving Pichel | Biography, Drama, History | 6.9 (561 votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
| Michael the Brave [Mihai Viteazul]At the end of the 16th century Wallachian ruler Prince Michael the Brave overcame the adversity of the Ottoman and Austrian Empires to unite Wallachia, Moldavia and Transylvania into one country. | 1971 | Sergiu Nicolaescu | Action, Biography, Drama, History, War | 8.5 (6.3K votes) | 203 | 20211228 |
| Michiel de RuyterWhen the young republic of The Netherlands is attacked by England, France, and Germany, and the country is on the brink of civil war, only one man can lead the country's strongest weapon, the Dutch fleet: Michiel de Ruyter (Frank Lam | 2015 | Roel Reiné | Action, Biography, Drama, History, War | 7.0 (9.7K votes) | 151 | 20220415 |
| Mission, TheEighteenth-century Spanish Jesuits try to protect a remote South American tribe in danger of falling under the rule of pro-slavery Portugal. | 1986 | Roland Joffé (*) | Adventure, Drama, History | 7.4 (60.1K votes) | 125 | 20211228 |
| MoliereWho 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 died when he was a boy. Growing up in the tee | 1978 | Ariane Mnouchkine | Biography, Drama, History | 7.6 (810 votes) | 260 | 20211228 |
| MoliereTo satisfy his creditors, a witty actor reinvents himself as a satirical playwright, with uproarious, yet bittersweet, results. | 2007 | Laurent Tirard | Biography, Comedy | 7.2 (6.2K votes) | 120 | 20211228 |
| Mysterious Rider, The [Il cavaliere misterioso]Giacomo Casanova returns to Venice, to help his brother, falsely accused of robbery. | 1948 | Riccardo Freda | Action, Adventure, Drama | 6.5 (158 votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
| Nell GwynKing Charles II first meets Nell Gwyn after seeing her do a turn at Drury Lane. They soon become close, the King preferring her feisty irreverent company to that of the aristocratic French Duchess of Portsmouth. Nell becomes his most | 1934 | Herbert Wilcox | History | 6.4 (117 votes) | 85 | 20211228 |
| NightwatchingAn extravagant, exotic and moving look at Rembrandt's romantic and professional life, and the controversy he created by the identification of a murderer in the painting 'The Night Watch'. | 2007 | Peter Greenaway (*) | Biography, Drama, History, Mystery | 6.5 (3.2K votes) | 134 | 20211228 |
| Outlaw, The [Lope]A chronicle of the life of Lope de Vega, the Spanish playwright who dominated Spain's early Golden Age of theater. | 2010 | Andrucha Waddington | Biography, Drama, History | 6.1 (1.1K votes) | 106 | 20211228 |
| Peter the GreatBiopic of Peter I, Czar of Russia, from childhood in 1682 to the Great Northern War against Sweden during the 1700s. | 1986 | Marvin J. Chomsky, Lawrence Schiller | Biography, Drama, History, War | 7.8 (793 votes) | 0 | 20231013 |
| Prince Of FoxesAn unscrupulous agent for the Borgias suffers a change of heart when asked to betray a noble count and his much younger, very beautiful wife. | 1949 | Henry King | Adventure, Drama, History, Romance | 7.0 (1.7K votes) | 107 | 20211228 |
| Prince of Homburg, The [Il principe di Homburg]The Prince of Homburg, disobeys orders and leads a cavalry charge in battle against the Swedes, which leads to victory. He is court martialled however for disobeying orders and sentenced to death. His love who is now to be betrothed | 1997 | Marco Bellocchio | Drama, History, Romance, War | 6.7 (440 votes) | 89 | 20211228 |
| Princess of Montpensier, The [La princesse de Montpensier]Based on the classic didactic novel, the action centers on the noble lady who soon becomes exposed to the sexual and political intrigues of the French court of the religious wars era. | 2010 | Bertrand Tavernier | Action, Drama, History, Romance, War | 6.5 (3.9K votes) | 139 | 20211228 |
| Queen ChristinaQueen 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. | 1933 | Rouben Mamoulian (*) | Biography, Drama, Romance | 7.6 (7.7K votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
| Queen Margot [La reine Margot]Young Queen Margot finds herself trapped in an arranged marriage amidst a religious war between Catholics and Protestants. She hopes to escape with a new lover, but finds herself imprisoned by her powerful and ruthless family. | 1994 | Patrice Chéreau | Biography, Drama, History, Romance | 7.4 (17.3K votes) | 159 | 20211228 |
| RembrandtIconic artist Rembrandt van Rijn worked in the fields of painting, drafting, and printing, becoming the most iconic artist in all of Dutch history. This documentary profiles the story of a man whose varied works left an indelible ... | 1999 | Charles Matton | Biography, Drama, History | 6.2 (399 votes) | 103 | 20230806 |
| RembrandtThe respected painter takes to drink and faces down scandal after his wife dies. | 1936 | Alexander Korda | Biography, Drama | 7.1 (1.8K votes) | 85 | 20211228 |
| RestorationThe exiled royal doctor to King Charles II devotes himself to helping Londoners suffering from the plague, and in the process falls in love with an equally poor woman. | 1995 | Michael Hoffman | Biography, Drama, History, Romance | 6.6 (9.8K votes) | 117 | 20231001 |
| Rise of Catherine the Great, TheStraightforward biography of the Russian Empress, up to her assumption of the throne. | 1934 | Paul Czinner, Alexander Korda | Biography, Drama, History | 6.4 (637 votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
| Rise of Louis XIV, The [La prise de pouvoir par Louis XIV]After the death of Cardinal Mazarin, young king Louis XIV decides to assert his power to control the aristocracy. | 1966 | Roberto Rossellini (*) | Biography, History | 7.2 (1.5K votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
| Royal Affair, A [En Kongelig Affære]A young queen, who is married to an insane king, falls secretly in love with her physician - and together they start a revolution that changes a nation forever. | 2012 | Nikolaj Arcel | Biography, Drama, History, Romance | 7.5 (46.6K votes) | 137 | 20211228 |
| Royal Affairs in Versailles [Si Versailles m'était conté]The history of the palace of Versailles from it's founding to the present. | 1954 | Sacha Guitry (*) | Comedy, Drama, History | 6.9 (571 votes) | 152 | 20211228 |
| Royal Hunt of the Sun, TheIn 1532, Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro leads an expedition into the heart of the Inca Empire and captures the Incan Emperor Atahualpa and claims Peru for Spain. | 1969 | Irving Lerner | Adventure, Drama, History, War | 6.2 (725 votes) | 118 | 20211228 |
| Royal Scandal, AIn 18th century Russia,the naive and idealistic lieutenant Chernov meets Empress Catherine the Great who becomes infatuated with him and appoints him Chief of the Imperial Guard. | 1945 | Otto Preminger, Ernst Lubitsch | Comedy, Drama, History, Romance | 6.7 (1K votes) | 94 | 20211228 |
| Saint-Cyr [The King's Daughters]Madame de Maintenon rises from humble beginnings to become a courtesan to the royal court and eventually marries King Louis XIV. With the king's indulgence, Maintenon opens a special school for girls. | 2000 | Patricia Mazuy | Drama, History, Romance | 5.9 (672 votes) | 119 | 20220912 |
| Saraband for Dead LoversYoung Sophie Dorothea (Joan Greenwood) marries Prince George Louis (Peter Bull), but it's far from a love match. Then she falls for Swedish Count Philip Christoph von Königsmark (Stewart Granger). | 1948 | Basil Dearden | Biography, Drama, History, Romance, War | 6.6 (459 votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
| Scarlet EmpressA German noblewoman enters into a loveless marriage with the dim-witted, unstable heir to the Russian throne, then plots to oust him from power. | 1934 | Josef von Sternberg (*) | Drama, History, Romance | 7.6 (6.4K votes) | 104 | 20211228 |
| Seven Cities of GoldIn 1769, a Spanish expedition to California seeks to conquer the land and discover its famed gold treasures while missionaries aim to gain new converts and establish a network of Catholic missions. | 1955 | Robert D. Webb | Adventure, Biography, History | 5.9 (463 votes) | 103 | 20211228 |
| Shadow of the EagleCount Orlof, one of Catherine of Russia's many overnight favourites, travels to Venice on her behalf to abduct Elizabeth Tarakanova who has been laying claim to the throne from the Crimea. Once there, he finds the local charms of the | 1950 | Sidney Salkow | Drama | 6.2 (99 votes) | 93 | 20211228 |
| Sovereign's Servant, The [Sluga Gosudarev]At the beginning of the 18th century, king of France exiles two duelists from the state: one to Russia and another to Sweden, which are at war. | 2007 | Oleg Ryaskov | Action, Adventure, History, War | 5.9 (1.5K votes) | 131 | 20240419 |
| Stage BeautyA female theatre dresser creates a stir and sparks a revolution in seventeenth century London theatre by playing Desdemona in Othello. But what will become of the male actor she once worked for and eventually replaced? | 2004 | Richard Eyre | Drama | 7.1 (10.7K votes) | 106 | 20240407 |
| Taking of Power by Louis XIV, The [La prise de pouvoir par Louis XIV]After the death of Cardinal Mazarin, young king Louis XIV decides to assert his power to control the aristocracy. | 1966 | Roberto Rossellini (*) | Biography, History | 7.1 (1.7K votes) | 90 | 20240826 |
| Taras BulbaSet in the 16th century, this is a story about Ukraine's Cossack warriors and their campaign to defend their lands from the advancing Polish armies. | 2009 | Vladimir Bortko | Action, Drama, History, War | 5.7 (3.4K votes) | 131 | 20240407 |
| Taras BulbaIn the 16th-century Ukraine, the Polish overlords and Ukrainian cossacks fight for control of the land but frequent Turkish invasions force them to unite against the common Turkish foe. | 1962 | J. Lee Thompson | Adventure, Drama, History, Romance, War | 6.4 (3.9K votes) | 122 | 20211228 |
| Tempest [La tempesta]In 18th century Russia, Imperial officer Piotr Grinov is dispatched to a faraway isolated outpost where his loyalties are tested during the Pugachev Rebellion against the Empress Catherine II. | 1958 | Alberto Lattuada | Adventure, History | 6.3 (230 votes) | 120 | 20211228 |
| Teresa de JesúsSt. Teresa de Jesús struggles against all odds to reform the Order of Carmelites in the sixteenth century Spain. | 1984 | Josefina Molina | Drama | 7.4 (120 votes) | 0 | 20211228 |
| That LadyIn 1570, widowed Princess Ana de Mendoza becomes the love object of a deadly rivalry between her cousin Don Inigo, King Philip II of Spain and his secretary of state Antonio Perez. | 1955 | Terence Young | Adventure, Drama, History, Romance | 5.5 (166 votes) | 100 | 20211228 |
| To Kill a KingA recounting of the relationship between General Fairfax and Oliver Cromwell, as they try to cope with the consequences of deposing King Charles I. | 2003 | Mike Barker | Biography, Drama, History, War | 6.2 (3.2K votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
| Under the Red RobeCardinal Richelieu spares the life of a convicted duelist (Veidt) provided he will capture the leader of the Huguenots. | 1937 | Victor Sjöström (*) | Adventure, Romance | 5.9 (309 votes) | 80 | 20220723 |
| VatelVatel is the cook of Prince Condé. When the prince invites Louis XIV to hunt, he has to give lavish banquets in order to fall in his favor. But when Vatel falls in love with the king's mistress, love and duty come into conflict. | 2000 | Roland Joffé (*) | Biography, Drama, Romance | 6.6 (7.7K votes) | 103 | 20211228 |
| Violent Life, A [Una vita scellerata]The story of Benvenuto Cellini (1500-1571), a soldier and one of the most important craftsmen and artists of Renaissance Italy, whose life was marked by many achievements and adventures, but also crimes. | 1990 | Giacomo Battiato | Biography, Drama, History | 7.2 (108 votes) | 118 | 20211228 |
| With Fire and Sword [Ogniem i mieczem]An epic story about the Ukrainian uprising against the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth magnates in the 17th Century. | 1999 | Jerzy Hoffman | Adventure, Drama, History, Romance, War | 7.0 (4.8K votes) | 175 | 20220315 |
| Luther | 1968 | Stuart Burge | Drama | 9.0 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| John Hus | 1977 | Michael Economou | Biography, Drama, History | 7.0 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Caterina Sforza, la leonessa di Romagna | 1959 | Giorgio Walter Chili | Drama, History | nan (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| The Borgias | 1981 | nan | Biography, Drama, History | 7.4 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Los Borgia | 2006 | Antonio Hernández | Biography, History | 6.1 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| The Borgias | 2011 | nan | Crime, Drama, History, Romance | 7.9 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Borgia | 2011 | nan | Biography, Drama, History | 7.7 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Medici | 2016 | nan | Biography, Drama, History, Mystery, Romance, Thriller | 7.9 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Il sacco di Roma | 1953 | Ferruccio Cerio | Drama, History | 5.6 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Caravaggio | 1967 | nan | Biography, Drama | 6.8 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Galileo: On the Shoulders of Giants | 1997 | David Devine | Biography, Drama, Family | 6.5 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Leonardo | 2003 | nan | Documentary, History | 7.9 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Leonardo | 2011 | nan | Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family | 6.5 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| A Season of Giants | 1990 | nan | Biography, Drama, History | 7.4 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| El doncel de la reina | 1946 | Eusebio Fernández ArdavÃn | nan | nan (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Reina santa | 1947 | Rafael Gil, AnÃbal Contreiras, Henrique Campos | Adventure, Drama, History | 6.2 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Locura de amor | 1948 | Juan de Orduña | Drama | 6.2 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| La espada negra | 1976 | Francisco Rovira Beleta | Drama, History | 6.6 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Juana la Loca... de vez en cuando | 1983 | José Ramón Larraz | Comedy, Musical | 4.1 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Réquiem por Granada | 1991 | nan | Drama, History, Romance, War | 7.9 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| The Royal Diaries: Isabel - Jewel of Castilla | 2000 | William Fruet | Drama, Family, History | 6.4 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Isabel | 2011 | nan | Biography, History | 8.3 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| La corona partida | 2016 | Jordi Frades | Biography, Drama, History | 6.6 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Carlos, Rey Emperador | 2015 | nan | Biography, Drama, History | 7.4 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| La leona de Castilla | 1951 | Juan de Orduña | Drama, History | 5.6 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| El juglar y la reina | 1978 | nan | Drama | nan (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Cervantes | 1967 | Vincent Sherman | Adventure, Biography, Drama, History | 5.6 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Cervantes | 1981 | nan | Biography, Drama | 7.8 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Cervantes contra Lope | 2016 | Manuel Huerga | Biography, Drama, History | 6.8 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Teresa de Jesús | 1962 | Juan de Orduña | nan | 6.5 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Teresa, el cuerpo de Cristo | 2007 | Ray Loriga | Biography, Drama | 4.7 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Teresa | 2015 | Jorge Dorado | Biography | 6.4 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| La conjura de El Escorial | 2008 | Stephen Hughes, Antonio del Real | Adventure, Drama, History | 5.3 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| JeromÃn | 1953 | Luis Lucia | Drama, History | 6.4 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| La princesa de Ãboli | 2010 | nan | Drama, History | 6.6 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Torquemada | 1989 | Stanislav Barabas | Drama, History | 7.0 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| El rey pasmado | 1991 | Imanol Uribe | Comedy, History | 6.6 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Ãguila Roja | 2009 | nan | Adventure, History, Romance | 6.6 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Expulsados 1609, la tragedia de los moriscos | 2009 | Miguel E. López Lorca | History | 7.3 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| La monja alférez | 1944 | Emilio Gómez Muriel | Action, Adventure, Drama | 6.4 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| La monja alférez | 1987 | Javier Aguirre | Action, Adventure | 6.0 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| La princesa de los Ursinos | 1947 | Luis Lucia | Drama, History, Romance | 5.9 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Esquilache | 1989 | Josefina Molina | Drama | 6.4 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Alba de América | 1951 | Juan de Orduña | History | 5.4 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Cristóbal Colón | 1968 | nan | History | 6.3 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Cristóbal Colón, de oficio... descubridor | 1982 | Mariano Ozores | Comedy, Musical | 3.9 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Christopher Columbus | 1985 | nan | Adventure, Biography, Drama, History | 6.9 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Los conquistadores del PacÃfico | 1963 | José MarÃa Elorrieta | Adventure, History | 4.7 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| La araucana | 1971 | Julio Coll | Drama, History, War | 6.0 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| El jardÃn de tÃa Isabel | 1972 | Felipe Cazals | Adventure, Drama | 6.7 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| The Father Kino Story | 1976 | Ken Kennedy | Western | 5.8 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Nuevo mundo | 1978 | Gabriel Retes | Drama, History | 7.3 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Tall Tales & Legends: Ponce de Leon | 1986 | Sheldon Larry | Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical, Western | 6.9 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| El Dorado | 1988 | Carlos Saura | Drama, History | 6.4 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Fray Bartolomé de las Casas | 1993 | Sergio Olhovich | Drama | 6.0 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Kino | 1993 | Felipe Cazals | Adventure, Biography, Drama, History | 6.4 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| La otra conquista | 1998 | Salvador Carrasco | Drama, History | 6.6 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Hijos del viento: Entre la luz y las tinieblas | 2000 | José Miguel Juárez | Adventure, Drama, Romance | 4.8 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Eréndira la indomable | 2006 | Juan Mora Catlett | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy | 6.9 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Ivan Groznyy | 2009 | nan | Drama, History | 7.0 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Tarass Boulba | 1936 | Alexis Granowsky | Action, Drama, History, War | 6.3 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Young Catherine | 1991 | Michael Anderson | Biography, Drama, History | 7.4 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Catherine the Great | 2005 | Paul Burgess, John-Paul Davidson | Biography, Drama | 7.0 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Herrscher ohne Krone | 1957 | Harald Braun | Drama | 6.5 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Diane | 1956 | David Miller | Drama, History, Mystery, Romance | 6.1 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| La reine Margot | 1954 | Jean Dréville | Drama | 6.2 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Ce jour là , tout a changé: L'assassinat d'Henri IV | 2009 | Jacques Malaterre | History | 6.9 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Richelieu | 1977 | nan | Biography, History, War | 7.5 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Mazarin | 1978 | nan | nan | 8.5 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Cinq-Mars | 1981 | Jean-Claude Brialy | nan | 6.4 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| La reine et le cardinal | 2009 | Marc Rivière | History | 6.8 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Louis, enfant roi | 1993 | Roger Planchon | Biography, Drama, History, War | 6.2 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| L'allée du roi | 1996 | nan | Drama, History | 7.6 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Versailles, le rêve d'un roi | 2008 | Thierry Binisti | Documentary, Biography, Drama, History | 7.4 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Versailles | 2015 | nan | Biography, Drama, History, Romance, War | 7.9 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Lorna Doone | 1976 | nan | Drama, Romance | 8.0 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Lorna Doone | 1990 | Andrew Grieve | Drama, Romance | 5.8 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Lorna Doone | 2000 | Mike Barker | Drama, Romance | 6.9 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| By the Sword Divided | 1983 | nan | Drama, History, War | 8.1 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| The Massacre of Glencoe | 1972 | Austin Campbell | Drama, History | 7.7 (Unkn) | | Excluded |