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1. Casanova (2015 TV Movie)
TV-MA | 55 min | Drama
18th century Venetian Giacomo Casanova escapes from prison and flees to France.
Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet | Stars: Diego Luna, Bojana Novakovic, Ben Daniels, Amelia Clarkson
Votes: 763
2. Two Women (2014)
Not Rated | 103 min | Drama
A headstrong young woman is married to land baron. Her feelings for her son's tutor becomes a complex web of unrequited love.
Director: Vera Glagoleva | Stars: Anna Brenner-Vartanyan, Ralph Fiennes, Aleksandr Baluev, Anna Levanova
Votes: 394
3. Sand Dollars (2014)
Not Rated | 84 min | Drama
An older European woman becomes enchanted with a young Dominican woman who must struggle to make ends meet. Love brings a flow of entanglements in a drama which unfolds like palm trees in an irresistible storm.
Directors: Israel Cárdenas, Laura Amelia Guzmán | Stars: Geraldine Chaplin, Yanet Mojica, Ricardo Ariel Toribio, Bernard Bizel
Votes: 553
4. The Girl from Nowhere (2012)
91 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A retired mathematics professor spends his days writing, when one day he comes across a young injured girl with no home or history. As he takes her in and cares for her, he begins to suspect that she is the reincarnation of his late wife.
Director: Jean-Claude Brisseau | Stars: Virginie Legeay, Claude Morel, Lise Bellynck, Anne Berry
Votes: 1,066
5. Quatre étoiles (2006)
Not Rated | 106 min | Comedy
Franssou, a charming Parisian English teacher, who shares part of her life with a boring middle-aged lover, dreams of another life. So, when she unexpectedly inherits 50,000 euros, she ... See full summary »
Director: Christian Vincent | Stars: José Garcia, Renée Le Calm, Isabelle Carré, Raymond Gil
Votes: 1,343
6. Madame De Pompadour: The King's Favourite (2006)
192 min | History, Romance
Jeanne Poisson, the headstrong, ambitious, witty and erudite, catches the eye and heart of French King Louis XV at a costumed ball. She masters the art of seduction well enough to become ... See full summary »
Stars: Hélène de Fougerolles, Vincent Perez, Rosemarie La Vaullée, Charlotte de Turckheim
Votes: 231
7. Nightwatching (2007)
R | 134 min | Biography, Drama, History
An 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'.
Director: Peter Greenaway | Stars: Martin Freeman, Emily Holmes, Eva Birthistle, Jodhi May
Votes: 3,449
8. The Prince of Homburg (1997)
89 min | Drama, History, Romance
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... See full summary »
Director: Marco Bellocchio | Stars: Andrea Di Stefano, Barbora Bobulova, Toni Bertorelli, Anita Laurenzi
Votes: 471
9. The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders (1996)
Unrated | 195 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Story of a woman who merely wished to be a loving wife, but always had to live the life of crime.
Stars: James Bowers, Alex Kingston, Daniel Craig, Trevyn McDowell
Votes: 1,417
10. Inês de Portugal (1997)
90 min | Drama, History, Romance
The consuming passion between Pedro I of Portugal and Ines de Castro is brutally interrupted when Ines is executed, as a consequence of political intrigue and in the name of the kingdom's ... See full summary »
Director: José Carlos de Oliveira | Stars: Cristina Homem de Mello, Heitor Lourenço, Carlos Cabral, Afonso Melo
Votes: 83
11. The Broken Crown (2016)
113 min | Biography, Drama, History
In a Spain consumed by ambition and power, the future of an empire depends on one woman's state of mind.
Director: Jordi Frades | Stars: Rodolfo Sancho, Irene Escolar, Raúl Mérida, Eusebio Poncela
Votes: 863
12. Black Angel (2002)
Unrated | 128 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
Trapped in an unhappy marriage, the wife of a high ranking Fascist official starts a dangerous, self-destructive relationship with a duplicitous S.S. Officer.
Director: Tinto Brass | Stars: Anna Galiena, Gabriel Garko, Franco Branciaroli, Antonio Salines
Votes: 2,207
13. Venezzia (2009)
106 min | Drama
Venezuelan film based on real events of Venezuela's role during World War II
Director: Haik Gazarian | Stars: Alfonso Herrera, Ruddy Rodríguez, Rafael Romero, William Goite
Votes: 145
14. Gloomy Sunday (1999)
Not Rated | 112 min | Romance, Drama
Follows three men who are in love with a beautiful waitress during World War II: an intellectual restaurant owner, a mysterious musician, and an erratic businessman.
Director: Rolf Schübel | Stars: Joachim Król, Erika Marozsán, Stefano Dionisi, Ben Becker
Votes: 8,404 | Gross: $0.22M
15. A Long Way from Home (2013)
80 min | Drama, Romance
A couple realise their dream of retiring to the South of France. Their life changes dramatically when they meet another, younger couple.
Director: Virginia Gilbert | Stars: James Fox, Natalie Dormer, Paul Nicholls, Brenda Fricker
Votes: 312
16. Liberal Arts (2012)
PG-13 | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
When 30-something Jesse returns to his alma mater for a professor's retirement party, he falls for Zibby, a college student, and is faced with a powerful attraction that springs up between them.
Director: Josh Radnor | Stars: Josh Radnor, Elizabeth Olsen, Zac Efron, Elizabeth Reaser
Votes: 40,289 | Gross: $0.32M
17. Secret Things (2002)
Unrated | 115 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Nathalie teaches Sandrine that sexual transgression can cause violent pleasure and give those who use it a powerful weapon to climb the social hierarchy. They decide to get a job in a bank, a place where victims abound.
Director: Jean-Claude Brisseau | Stars: Coralie Revel, Sabrina Seyvecou, Roger Miremont, Fabrice Deville
Votes: 5,397 | Gross: $0.10M
18. Late August, Early September (1998)
112 min | Drama, Romance
A story about the transition from late youth to early maturity, the film follows several friends and lovers as they come to make decisions on how to live their lives--getting a job more in ... See full summary »
Director: Olivier Assayas | Stars: Mathieu Amalric, Virginie Ledoyen, François Cluzet, Jeanne Balibar
Votes: 1,976 | Gross: $0.04M
19. Prague (2012)
Not Rated | 109 min | Horror, Mystery, Romance
The chaotic ramblings of a young architect's mind take hold of his life as he leaves behind his past in India to work in Prague. In a city of beautiful architecture, a young architect is diverted toward constructions that exist within.
Director: Ashish R. Shukla | Stars: Chandan Roy Sanyal, Elena Kazan, Arfi Lamba, Kumar Mayank
Votes: 383
20. Isabel (2011–2014)
3,038 min | Biography, History
The life of Isabella I of Castile, also known as Isabella the Catholic.
Stars: Michelle Jenner, Ramon Madaula, Rodolfo Sancho, Jordi Díaz
Votes: 2,524
21. The Borgia (2006)
120 min | Biography, History
A portrait of the bloody dynasty that spawned a pope, Alexander VI, as well as the role model for Machiavelli's "The Prince," his son Cesare Borgia, and a legend of femme duplicity, daughter Lucrezia Borgia.
Director: Antonio Hernández | Stars: Lluís Homar, Sergio Peris-Mencheta, María Valverde, Sergio Múñiz
Votes: 1,659
22. 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: 2,872 | Gross: $0.33M
23. 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
24. Kronprinz Rudolf (2006– )
Not Rated | 105 min | Biography, Drama, History
A retelling of the tragic love affair between Austrian Archduke Rudolf and Baroness Mary Vetsera.
Stars: Max von Thun, Vittoria Puccini, Omar Sharif, Christian Clavier
Votes: 459
25. The Scandalous Four (2011)
Unrated | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, History
When you marry for status be prepared for unsuspected consequences.
Director: Christianne van Wijk | Stars: Chris Butler, Meredith Colchester, Nicola Dane, Gayle Dudley
Votes: 311
26. The Love Letter (1998 TV Movie)
Unrated | 99 min | Fantasy, Romance
20th century computer games designer Scott exchanges love letters with 19th century poet Elizabeth Whitcomb through an antique desk that can make letters travel through time.
Director: Dan Curtis | Stars: Campbell Scott, Jennifer Jason Leigh, David Dukes, Estelle Parsons
Votes: 2,385
27. The Marquise of Darkness (2010 TV Movie)
180 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Marie Madeleine Dreux, Marquise of Brinvilliers, was executed in 1676 for poisoning. Manipulated by her lover and having kept the aftereffects of her childhood, she does not hesitate to ... See full summary »
Director: Edouard Niermans | Stars: Anne Parillaud, Nicolas Bouchaud, Olivier Perrier, Eric Ruf
Votes: 58
28. The Queen and the Cardinal (2009 TV Movie)
197 min | History
With France's prime minister Cardinal Richelieu and King Louis XIII dead, the Italian-born Cardinal Mazarin and the Spanish-born Queen Anne struggle to establish a regency to rule France in the name of the five-year-old Louis XIV.
Director: Marc Rivière | Stars: Philippe Torreton, Alessandra Martines, Marc Citti, Cyril Descours
Votes: 112
29. The Abduction Club (2002)
96 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A group of Irish noblemen kidnap girls in order to marry into their fortune and avoid becoming priests or soldiers.
Director: Stefan Schwartz | Stars: Alice Evans, Daniel Lapaine, Sophia Myles, Matthew Rhys
Votes: 1,781
30. The Clandestine Marriage (1998)
90 min | Comedy
A period movie, set around an English country house whose owners want to arrange a marriage of convenience between their elder daughter and an aristocratic heir of a hard-up noble family. ... See full summary »
Director: Christopher Miles | Stars: Nigel Hawthorne, Joan Collins, Timothy Spall, Tom Hollander
Votes: 397
31. Marguerite Volant (1996– )
Drama, History
Nous sommes en 1763. Au terme d'une longue lutte, le roi Louis XV abandonne la Nouvelle-France aux mains des Britanniques par le biais du Traité de Paris. Marguerite Volant, vingt ans, ... See full summary »
Stars: Catherine Sénart, Pascale Bussières, Pierre Curzi, Pascale Montpetit
Votes: 143
32. The Scarlet Tunic (1998)
Not Rated | 88 min | Drama, History, Romance
In nineteenth century rural England, a German hussar serving with King George III's personal cavalry, Matthaus Singer, falls madly in love with the only daughter of a West Country solicitor, Frances Groves.
Director: Stuart St Paul | Stars: Jean-Marc Barr, Emma Fielding, Simon Callow, Jack Shepherd
Votes: 173
33. Clarissa (1991)
156 min | Drama, History
A virtuous young woman is oppressed by her ambitious family and a rake who's becomes obsessed with her.
Stars: Sean Bean, Saskia Wickham, Jonny Phillips, Lynsey Baxter
Votes: 628
34. The King's Daughter (2022)
PG | 98 min | Action, Adventure, Family
King Louis XIV's quest for immortality leads him to capture and steal a mermaid's life force, a move that is further complicated by his illegitimate daughter's discovery of the creature.
Director: Sean McNamara | Stars: Pierce Brosnan, Kaya Scodelario, William Hurt, Benjamin Walker
Votes: 6,066
35. Wondrous Boccaccio (2015)
120 min | Comedy, Drama, History
10 young friends hide out from a deadly disease in the countryside during the 1300s.
Directors: Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani | Stars: Lello Arena, Paola Cortellesi, Carolina Crescentini, Flavio Parenti
Votes: 995
36. The Bridge of San Luis Rey (2004)
PG | 120 min | Drama, History, Romance
In 1714 Peru, a friar is tried by the Inquisition for questioning God's intentions when five die in the collapse of an Andean rope bridge.
Director: Mary McGuckian | Stars: Gabriel Byrne, Robert De Niro, Harvey Keitel, Kathy Bates
Votes: 3,682 | Gross: $0.04M
37. Colonel Chabert (1994)
110 min | Drama, History, Romance
Colonel Chabert has been severely wounded in the French-Russian Napoleonic war to the point that the medical examiner has signed his death certificate. When he regains his health and memory... See full summary »
Director: Yves Angelo | Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Fanny Ardant, Fabrice Luchini, André Dussollier
Votes: 2,075 | Gross: $0.73M
38. Marguerite & Julien (2015)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama, History, Romance
An aristocratic brother and sister embrace passion and hope as they flee from society. A story of desire, love and death beyond all morality.
Director: Valérie Donzelli | Stars: Anaïs Demoustier, Jérémie Elkaïm, Frédéric Pierrot, Aurélia Petit
Votes: 1,106
39. Luisa Sanfelice (2004 TV Movie)
200 min | Drama, History, Romance
An 18th-century true story about a rebel and his lover's attempt to overthrow the Italian monarchy.
Directors: Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani | Stars: Laetitia Casta, Adriano Giannini, Cecilia Roth, Marie Bäumer
Votes: 106
40. The Admiral (2015)
TV-PG | 151 min | Action, Biography, Drama
When 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.
Director: Roel Reiné | Stars: Frank Lammers, Sanne Langelaar, Barry Atsma, Lieke van Lexmond
Votes: 10,425
41. The Queen of Sheba's Pearls (2004)
131 min | Drama
Set in post-war England, a mysterious woman arrives at the Prettys' rural family home on the eve of young Jack Bradley's (Rollo Weeks') sixteenth birthday. Her remarkable likeness to a ... See full summary »
Director: Colin Nutley | Stars: Helena Bergström, Lorcan Cranitch, Lindsay Duncan, Tim Dutton
Votes: 519
42. The Golden Bowl (2000)
R | 130 min | Drama, Romance
A man marries an heiress for her money even though he is actually in love with her friend.
Director: James Ivory | Stars: Uma Thurman, Jeremy Northam, Kate Beckinsale, James Fox
Votes: 4,605 | Gross: $3.04M
43. The Confession (2016)
116 min | Drama
In a village in France during the German occupation of World War II, a friendship develops between the new priest and an atheist.
Director: Nicolas Boukhrief | Stars: Romain Duris, Marine Vacth, Anne Le Ny, Lucie Debay
Votes: 882
44. Ekaterina (2014–2023)
44 min | Biography, Drama, History
The life of Russian Empress Ekaterina II (Catherine the Great), a German-born princess who came to Russia as the wife of Peter III, chosen by her aunt Elizabeth, and who, once in power, transformed the Russian empire.
Stars: Marina Aleksandrova, Michael Gor, Vladimir Yaglych, Pavel Tabakov
Votes: 1,684
45. Louis XV, le soleil noir (2009 TV Movie)
90 min | History
How Louis XV, a young king loved by his people, sensitive to the artistic and intellectual turmoil of his century (that of the Enlightenment), will end his reign in decay and hatred? Only fifteen years after his death, it's the Revolution.
Director: Thierry Binisti | Stars: Vinciane Millereau, Stanley Weber, François Berland, Féodor Atkine
Votes: 216
46. A Countess from Hong Kong (1967)
G | 120 min | Comedy, Romance
In Hong Kong, an ambassador returning to America meets a Russian countess, a refugee without a passport, who decides to hide in his cabin.
Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Marlon Brando, Sophia Loren, Sydney Chaplin, Tippi Hedren
Votes: 6,966
47. Roses à crédit (2010)
113 min | Drama
A young couple marry in France in the 1940s and the film follows the arc of their marriage over the next decade. As France recovers from the trauma of the war, the wife finds herself ... See full summary »
Director: Amos Gitai | Stars: Léa Seydoux, Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet, Catherine Jacob, Pierre Arditi
Votes: 157
48. The Libertine (2000)
Not Rated | 100 min | Comedy, History
The 'philosopher' (modernist intellectual of the French 18th-century Enlightenment) Denis Diderot is part of an aristocratic circle which practices the libertarian principles on the rural ... See full summary »
Director: Gabriel Aghion | Stars: Vincent Perez, Fanny Ardant, Josiane Balasko, Michel Serrault
Votes: 1,820
49. Marcel Proust's Time Regained (1999)
169 min | Drama, Romance, War
A lush, elegant epic taking us on a time-swirling trip down the infinitely complex labyrinth that is Marcel Proust's memory lane.
Director: Raúl Ruiz | Stars: Catherine Deneuve, Emmanuelle Béart, Vincent Perez, John Malkovich
Votes: 2,830 | Gross: $0.46M
50. The Collection (2016)
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, History, Romance
A gripping family drama and entrepreneurial fable, set in a post-war Paris fashion house. It exposes the grit behind the glamour of a rising business, spearheaded by two clashing brothers.
Stars: Richard Coyle, Mamie Gummer, Tom Riley, Alix Poisson
Votes: 2,420
51. Mary Queen of Scots (2018)
R | 124 min | Biography, Drama, History
Mary Stuart's (Saoirse Ronan's) attempt to overthrow her cousin Elizabeth I (Margot Robbie), Queen of England, finds her condemned to years of imprisonment before facing execution.
Director: Josie Rourke | Stars: Saoirse Ronan, Margot Robbie, Jack Lowden, Joe Alwyn
Votes: 55,329 | Gross: $16.47M
52. The Favourite (2018)
R | 119 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
In early 18th-century England, the status quo at the court is upset when a new servant arrives and endears herself to a frail Queen Anne.
Director: Yorgos Lanthimos | Stars: Olivia Colman, Emma Stone, Rachel Weisz, Nicholas Hoult
Votes: 233,482 | Gross: $34.37M
53. The Conspiracy (2008)
128 min | Adventure, Drama, History
16th century ruler King Philip II of Spain maneuvers within a court of deceit and betrayal.
Director: Antonio del Real | Stars: Jason Isaacs, Julia Ormond, Jürgen Prochnow, Jordi Mollà
Votes: 423
54. Mata Hari (2016–2017)
60 min | Drama, History
A sex icon becomes a spy during one of the most important wars of the 20th century.
Stars: Vahina Giocante, Aleksey Guskov, Viktoriya Isakova, Keith Silverstein
Votes: 506
55. The Price of Desire (2015)
108 min | Biography, Drama
"The Price of Desire" tells the controversial story of how Le Corbusier effaced and defaced Eileen Gray's moral right to be recognized as the author of her work and as one of the most ... See full summary »
Director: Mary McGuckian | Stars: Orla Brady, Vincent Perez, Francesco Scianna, Alanis Morissette
Votes: 167
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