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1. Napoleon (2023)

R | 158 min | Action, Adventure, Biography

An epic that details the chequered rise and fall of French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte and his relentless journey to power through the prism of his addictive, volatile relationship with his wife, Josephine.

Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Joaquin Phoenix, Vanessa Kirby, Tahar Rahim, Rupert Everett

Votes: 139,244

2. Waterloo (I) (1970)

G | 123 min | Action, Biography, Drama

Facing the decline of everything he has worked to obtain, conqueror Napoleon Bonaparte and his army confront the British at the Battle of Waterloo.

Director: Sergey Bondarchuk | Stars: Rod Steiger, Christopher Plummer, Orson Welles, Jack Hawkins

Votes: 12,629 | Gross: $3.05M

3. The Song of Bernadette (1943)

Approved | 156 min | Biography, Drama, Mystery

14-year-old Bernadette Soubirous, living in a small town in the south of 1850s France, claims to have seen a divine vision, prompting extreme skepticism, concern from her family, and religious and political turmoil.

Director: Henry King | Stars: Jennifer Jones, Charles Bickford, William Eythe, Vincent Price

Votes: 7,642

4. April and the Extraordinary World (2015)

PG | 105 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

It's 1941 but France is trapped in the nineteenth century, governed by steam and Napoleon V, where scientists vanish mysteriously. Avril, a teenage girl, goes in search of her missing scientist parents.

Directors: Christian Desmares, Franck Ekinci | Stars: Marion Cotillard, Marc-André Grondin, Philippe Katerine, Jean Rochefort

Votes: 8,437 | Gross: $0.29M

5. Juarez (1939)

Approved | 125 min | Biography, Drama, History

Louis Napoleon III (Claude Rains) takes advantage of the American Civil War to circumvent the Monroe Doctrine and expand his power by helping Emperor Maximilian von Habsburg (Brian Aherne) to add Mexico to his empire.

Director: William Dieterle | Stars: Paul Muni, Bette Davis, Brian Aherne, Claude Rains

Votes: 2,555

6. The Battle of Austerlitz (1960)

122 min | Drama, History, War

Another of Napoleon's adventures in this epic reconstruction of the battle of Austerlitz, where he had the greatest victory of his career, over the Russians.

Director: Abel Gance | Stars: Pierre Mondy, Martine Carol, Claudia Cardinale, Leslie Caron

Votes: 979

7. Napoleon (1955)

190 min | Biography, Drama, War

Napoléon Bonaparte's life, loves and exceptional destiny from 1769 to 1821, but as seen through the eyes of Talleyrand, the cynical and ironic politician who once was the Emperor of France's Minister of Foreign Affairs.

Director: Sacha Guitry | Stars: Jean-Pierre Aumont, Jeanne Boitel, Pierre Brasseur, Gianna Maria Canale

Votes: 616

8. 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

9. Mademoiselle Fifi (1944)

Passed | 69 min | Drama, War

In occupied France during the Franco-Prussian War, a young French laundress shares a coach ride with several of her condescending social superiors. But when a Prussian officer holds the ... See full summary »

Director: Robert Wise | Stars: Simone Simon, John Emery, Kurt Kreuger, Alan Napier

Votes: 619

10. Napoleon (2000– )

240 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Documentary about the rise and fall of one of the greatest military geniuses of modern times from his Corsican childhood to final exile in St. Helena.

Star: David McCullough

Votes: 406

11. Age of Empires III (2005 Video Game)

T | Action, Adventure, War

Age of Empires III portrays the European colonization of the Americas, between approximately 1492 and 1876 AD. Command one of eight mighty European powers and colonize vast, uncharted territory.

Director: Kris Zimmerman | Stars: J. Grant Albrecht, June Angela, Philip Anthony-Rodriguez, Rosalind Ayres

Votes: 2,757

12. Napoleon: Total War (2010 Video Game)

Action, Adventure, War

A great travel through the massive empires of the Napoleonic Wars' age.

Director: Michael M. Simpson | Stars: Tom Adams, Paul Bandey, Charles Collingwood, Stephane Cornicard

Votes: 514

13. 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: 246

14. The Lame Devil (1948)

125 min | Biography, Drama, History

From the late 18th thru the early 19th century Talleyrand, known for his skill at compromise, serves 6 regimes.A George Arliss style vehicle gave Guitry, accused of opportunism during the Occupation, a chance to defend himself.

Director: Sacha Guitry | Stars: Sacha Guitry, Lana Marconi, Émile Drain, Henry Laverne

Votes: 289

15. 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

16. Les Alsaciens: ou les deux Mathilde (1996)

90 min | Drama, History

The history of four generations of a family in Alsace between 1870 and 1953. Over this time, the family and the villagers live through three wars between France and Germany and their ... See full summary »

Stars: Caroline Tresca, Catherine Aymerie, Hélène Schwaller, Aurore Clément

Votes: 84

17. 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

18. Napoleon: The Russian Campaign (2015)

Not Rated | History

In 1812 Napoleon gathers the largest army of all times, of about 600.000 men from 24 controlled countries to invade Russia. 172 day later they will have to withdraw, 400.000 soldiers either killed or captured. Why dis this happen?

Stars: Alix Bénézech, Pavel Delong, Marc Duret, Miglen Mirtchev

Votes: 84

19. Empire: Total War (2009 Video Game)

Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Set in the 18th century, Empire: Total War puts the player in control of eleven different nations conquering provinces all over Europe, North America and India both through diplomacy or force.

Director: Michael M. Simpson | Stars: Azhar Abbas, Aziz Abdul, Antonio Abenójar, Tom Adams

Votes: 807

20. The Pearls of the Crown (1937)

105 min | Comedy, History

Three narrators (French writer Jean Martin, an English royal equerry, and a papal chamberlain) tell the story of seven matched pearls, four of them now in the British Crown. Episodes whirl ... See full summary »

Directors: Christian-Jaque, Sacha Guitry | Stars: Jacqueline Delubac, Sacha Guitry, Lyn Harding, Renée Saint-Cyr

Votes: 635

21. 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

22. Fanny Elssler (1937)

Approved | 80 min | Drama, History, Music

Prince Klemens von Metternich (Paul Hoffmann orders Friedrich Gentz (Willy Birger', one of his aides, to keep the Duke of Reichstadt---Napoleon Francois Joseph Charles(Bonaparte)---son of ... See full summary »

Director: Paul Martin | Stars: Lilian Harvey, Rolf Möbius, Willy Birgel, Paul Hoffmann

Votes: 22

23. Non è mai passato (2018)

20 min | Short, Adventure, Fantasy

Ludovico, a normal city boy, on his 18th birthday discovers that he had a previous life, and was reincarnated. Shortly thereafter, he learns that he had a task to accomplish.

Director: Christian Orlandi | Stars: Christian Orlandi, Alessandro Nannini, Giacomo Laudato, Luca Lasiu

Votes: 10

24. Mediterranean Ports of Call (1941)

Approved | 9 min | Documentary, Short

A James A. FitzPatrick short in his Traveltalk series, concentrating on the ports of Algiers and Monaco in the Mediterranean.

Director: James A. FitzPatrick | Star: James A. FitzPatrick

Votes: 82

25. Biography (1987– )
Episode: Napoleon Bonaparte: The Glory of France (1993)

TV-14 | 46 min | Documentary, Biography, History

The meteoric rise and eventual demise of one of the greatest military leaders in history, Napoleon Bonaparte, who rewrote the rules of war and changed the political landscape of Europe forever.

Stars: Brian De Toy, Nancy Fitch, Patrick L. Hatcher, Dana Lombardy

Votes: 110

26. Napoleon: The Man Who Ruled the World (2001– )
Episode: The Battle of Austerlitz (2001)

Documentary, Biography, History

As the world entered the 19th Century, Napoleon's career was in full swing. By 1804, his rise to the status of Emperor, combined with remarkable military victories, left Napoleon a short step from proclaiming himself Emperor of Europe.

Director: Chris Gormlie | Stars: Jeremy Black, T.C.W. Blanning, Linda Butler, Keith Fredericks

27. Napoleon: The Man Who Ruled the World (2001– )
Episode: Napoleon's Road to Moscow (2001)

Documentary, Biography, History

Prior to 1807, Napoleon had experienced almost uninterrupted success, but change was in the air. The Emperor's determination to impose the Continental System on the whole of Europe was the main impetus behind The Peninsular War.

Director: Chris Gormlie | Stars: Jeremy Black, T.C.W. Blanning, Linda Butler, Keith Fredericks

28. Battlefield (1995–2004)
Episode: The Battle for the Mediterranean (2002)

Documentary, History, War

We tell the story of the crucial battles for control of the Mediterranean, North Africa, and the irreplaceable oil fields in World War 2 and the story of the war in Greece.

Stars: Jonathan Booth, Harold Alexander, Claude Auchinleck, Winston Churchill

Votes: 5

29. Battlefield (1995–2004)
Episode: The Battles for Tunisia (2001)

Documentary, History, War

The campaign in Tunisia in World War Two saw the battles that finally ended the brutal war in the desert. We look at the weapons used and tactics and tell the story of the battle itself.

Stars: Jonathan Booth, Harold Alexander, Kenneth Anderson, Claude Auchinleck

Votes: 6

30. Dates That Made History (2017–2020)
Episode: The Battle of Borodino (September 7, 1812 A.D.) (2020)

TV-PG | 26 min | Documentary, History

The Battle of Borodino in 1812 saw Napoleon's Grande Armee invade Russia to face the Imperial Russian Army led by General Mikhail Kutuzov. 250,000 soldiers were involved in the battle that symbolized a key moment in the Napoleonic Wars.

Director: Thomas Sipp | Stars: Patrick Boucheron, Marie-Pierre Rey

Votes: 6

31. OBF (2020– )
Episode: Why France Hides Countries Outside Its Borders (2021)

13 min | Documentary

France still (2021) lays claim to hundreds of islands around the world with even more time zones than Russia making France a global empire. It also means that the Euorpean Union extends ... See full summary »

Star: Oliver Bahl

32. Battle Plan Under Fire (2004– )
Episode: Siege (2004)

Documentary, History, War

We explore siege warfare which is almost as old as history itself and can have several aims.

Director: Gordon Stevens | Stars: Bruce Gudmundsson, Lloyd Clark, Eric Meyers, Christian de Castries

33. World War II in Colour (2009)
Episode: The Mediterranean and North Africa (2009)

TV-MA | 51 min | Documentary, History, War

Italy's failed attacks in the Mediterranean region draw in the Germans.

Stars: Robert Powell, Adolf Hitler, Erwin Rommel, Benito Mussolini

Votes: 254

34. World War II in Colour (2009)
Episode: Red Sun Rampant (2009)

TV-MA | 51 min | Documentary, History, War

Japan attacks the USA on 7 Dec 1941. For the next 6 months, they continue to have successful attacks. However, by the end of the battle for Guadalcanal in Feb 1943, they are completely on the defensive.

Stars: Robert Powell, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Hideki Tôjô, Isoroku Yamamoto

Votes: 271

35. The 100 Days: That Defined Modern History (2022–2023)
Episode: The Suez Crisis - 1956 (2023)

Documentary, History

In July 1956, Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalised the Suez Canal. The British and French were obliged to timidly withdraw.

Directors: Edmund Duff, Mike Kenneally | Stars: Louise Kettle, Bob Bowker, Spencer Mawby, Nigel Ashton

36. How to Lose a War (2023)
Episode: The Best Laid Plans (2023)

Documentary, History, War

Explore how the seeds of Japan's defeat in 1945 were sown a decade earlier with the occupation of Manchuria in China.

Director: Tim Bosanquet | Stars: Rana Mitter, Sandra Wilson, Yuma Totani, Guy Walters

37. How to Lose a War (2023)
Episode: Conquering Heroes (2023)

Documentary, History, War

Explore how the Axis Powers' ruthless, brutal occupation and exploitation of other countries contributed to their demise.

Director: Tim Bosanquet | Stars: Alexander Henry, Sandra Wilson, Ken Kotani, Gregg Huff

38. Military Masterminds (2022)
Episode: Guerrilla Warfare (2022)

52 min | Documentary, History, War

Looking at how Mao Zedong, Fidel Castro, Josip Broz Tito and Võ Nguyên Giáp used Guerrilla Warfare to overcome a militarily superior enemy.

Director: Roberto Irwin | Stars: Eric Y. Shibuya, Eric Gomez, James Rogers, William Leogrande

39. The Empire Files (2015– )
Episode: Electing the President of an Empire (2015)

Documentary, News, Talk-Show

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Stars: Noam Chomsky, Abby Martin

Votes: 11

40. The Empire Files (2015– )
Episode: The Real House of Saud - Saudi Arabia's Oil-for-Tyranny (2015)

Documentary, News, Talk-Show

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Stars: Ali Al Ahmed, George W. Bush, Jimmy Carter, Henry Kissinger

Votes: 20

41. Days of Revolt (2015–2016)
Episode: ISIS, the New Israel (2015)

News, Talk-Show

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Stars: Sabah Alnasseri, Chris Hedges