Napoleon Bonaparte is the most portrayed/referenced real life person to be captured on film.
by meliajanssen | created - 11 Dec 2018 | updated - 28 Dec 2018 | PublicList of times Napoleon Bonaparte was referenced in film and television
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1. The Battle of Waterloo (1913)
44 min | Short, War
The Battle of Waterloo is a 1913 feature film created by British and Colonial Films to dramatize the eponymous battle ahead of its centenary.
Director: Charles Weston | Stars: Ernest G. Batley, George Foley, Vivian Ross
Played by Ernest G. Batley
2. Napoleon (1927)
330 min | Biography, Drama, History
A film about the French general's youth and early military career.
Director: Abel Gance | Stars: Albert Dieudonné, Vladimir Roudenko, Edmond Van Daële, Alexandre Koubitzky
Votes: 8,794
Played by Albert Dieudonné
3. Waterloo (1929)
120 min | Drama, History, War
Waterloo is a German made movie that depicts the soldiers of Belgium + The Netherlands; Brunswick; England, Ireland, Scotland + Wales; Hanover; Nassau; and Prussia's victory over Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815.
Director: Karl Grune | Stars: Charles Willy Kayser, Charles Vanel, Otto Gebühr, Auguste Prasch-Grevenberg
Votes: 48
Played by Charles Vanel
4. The Count of Monte Cristo (1934)
Passed | 113 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
After greedy men have Edmond Dantes unjustly imprisoned for 20 years for innocently delivering a letter entrusted to him, he escapes to get his revenge on them.
Director: Rowland V. Lee | Stars: Robert Donat, Elissa Landi, Louis Calhern, Sidney Blackmer
Votes: 3,240
5. Hearts Divided (1936)
Passed | 87 min | Drama, Romance
Napoleon needs money to fight his wars in Europe so he wants 20 million dollars for the Louisiana Territory in the United States. To help the negotiations, he sends his brother, Jerome, to ... See full summary »
Director: Frank Borzage | Stars: Marion Davies, Dick Powell, Charles Ruggles, Claude Rains
Votes: 894
6. A Royal Divorce (1938)
85 min | Drama, History
The love affair between the French Emperor Napoleon and the lady Josephine leads through Napoleon's rise to power and their eventual divorce.
Director: Jack Raymond | Stars: Ruth Chatterton, Pierre Blanchar, Frank Cellier, Carol Goodner
Votes: 12
7. The Young Mr. Pitt (1942)
Approved | 118 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
This biopic tells the story of the life of Pitt The Younger, who became Prime Minister of Great Britain at the age of twenty-four.
Director: Carol Reed | Stars: Robert Donat, Geoffrey Atkins, Jean Cadell, Robert Morley
Votes: 445
8. Burning Hearts (1945)
111 min | Drama, History, Romance
During Napoleon's German campaign, the city of Kolberg is isolated from Prussian forces. Residents organize resistance against the French army besieging and bombarding the city, refusing to surrender.
Directors: Veit Harlan, Wolfgang Liebeneiner | Stars: Heinrich George, Kristina Söderbaum, Horst Caspar, Gustav Diessl
Votes: 756
9. Désirée (1954)
Approved | 110 min | Biography, Drama, History
The rise and fall of Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of France.
Director: Henry Koster | Stars: Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Merle Oberon, Michael Rennie
Votes: 3,476 | Gross: $9.81M
10. Napoleone (1951)
89 min | Comedy
A group of teachers argues about what text to choose to teach history in their school. When they leave the meeting room the two busts of Napoleon and Julius Caesar, which are in the room, come to life and begin debating too.
Director: Carlo Borghesio | Stars: Renato Rascel, Marisa Merlini, Lilia Silvi, Nico Pepe
Votes: 9
11. Napoléon Bonaparte, empereur des Français (1951 TV Movie)
70 min | Documentary
Emperor Napoléon Ier's prodigious destiny, from his childhood in Corsica to the Return of the Ashes from Saint Helena, on the one hand, through popular imagery, engravings and paintings by ... See full summary »
Director: Jean Tédesco | Star: Louis Seigner
12. 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
13. War and Peace (1956)
PG | 208 min | Drama, Romance, War
Napoleon's tumultuous relations with Russia, including his disastrous 1812 invasion, serve as the backdrop for the tangled personal lives of two aristocratic families.
Director: King Vidor | Stars: Audrey Hepburn, Henry Fonda, Mel Ferrer, Vittorio Gassman
Votes: 10,860 | Gross: $12.50M
14. The Story of Mankind (1957)
Approved | 100 min | Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
The Devil and the Spirit of Man argue as to whether or not humanity is ultimately good or evil.
Director: Irwin Allen | Stars: Ronald Colman, Hedy Lamarr, Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx
Votes: 1,521
15. 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: 978
16. War and Peace (1965)
GP | 393 min | Drama, Romance, War
The Russian aristocracy prepares for the French invasion on the eve of 1812.
Director: Sergey Bondarchuk | Stars: Lyudmila Saveleva, Vyacheslav Tikhonov, Sergey Bondarchuk, Boris Zakhava
Votes: 8,339 | Gross: $0.13M
17. War and Peace, Part II: Natasha Rostova (1965)
Not Rated | 98 min | Drama
Natasha Rostova, a young Russian aristocrat, meets prince Andrey Bolkonskiy at a ball and immediately falls in love with him.
Director: Sergey Bondarchuk | Stars: Lyudmila Saveleva, Sergey Bondarchuk, Vyacheslav Tikhonov, Viktor Stanitsyn
Votes: 1,818
18. 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: 12,615 | Gross: $3.05M
19. Eagle in a Cage (1972)
GP | 98 min | Drama
In 1815, a soldier becomes the Governor of St. Helena, and jailer of Napoleon.
Director: Fielder Cook | Stars: Billie Whitelaw, Ralph Richardson, John Gielgud, Kenneth Haigh
Votes: 188
20. Time Bandits (1981)
PG | 110 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
A young boy accidentally joins a band of time travelling dwarves, as they jump from era to era looking for treasure to steal.
Director: Terry Gilliam | Stars: Sean Connery, Shelley Duvall, John Cleese, Katherine Helmond
Votes: 68,330 | Gross: $42.37M
21. Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989)
PG | 90 min | Adventure, Comedy, Music
Two rock-'n-rolling teens, on the verge of failing their class, set out on a quest to make the ultimate school history report after being presented with a time machine.
Director: Stephen Herek | Stars: Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter, George Carlin, Terry Camilleri
Votes: 141,630 | Gross: $40.49M
22. Napoleon (1995)
G | 81 min | Adventure, Family
The adventures of Golden Retriever pup Napoleon and his friend, the parrot Birdo Lucci.
Director: Mario Andreacchio | Stars: Jamie Croft, Philip Quast, Susan Lyons, Coralie Sawade
Votes: 2,041 | Gross: $0.05M
23. The Emperor's New Clothes (2001)
PG | 107 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
During Napoleon's exile on St. Helena, some loyalists hire a look-alike to swap places with the deposed Emperor. While the impostor lives in luxury on the island, the real Napoleon returns to Paris in order to retake the throne.
Director: Alan Taylor | Stars: Ian Holm, Iben Hjejle, Tim McInnerny, Tom Watson
Votes: 2,757 | Gross: $0.57M
24. The Count of Monte Cristo (2002)
PG-13 | 131 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A young man, falsely imprisoned by his jealous "friend", escapes and uses a hidden treasure to exact his revenge.
Director: Kevin Reynolds | Stars: Jim Caviezel, Guy Pearce, Christopher Adamson, JB Blanc
Votes: 148,419 | Gross: $54.23M
25. Monsieur N. (2003)
Unrated | 120 min | Biography, Drama, Mystery
How could Napoleon, the man of war and pioneering military strategist, meekly accept being locked up on a storm-lashed rock in the middle of the Atlantic ocean? What system of defence, and ... See full summary »
Director: Antoine de Caunes | Stars: Philippe Torreton, Richard E. Grant, Jay Rodan, Elsa Zylberstein
Votes: 1,057 | Gross: $0.02M
26. N (Io e Napoleone) (2006)
110 min | Comedy, History, War
When Napoleon arrives to Elba Island in exile, Martino, an idealist teacher and writer, plots to kill him.
Director: Paolo Virzì | Stars: Daniel Auteuil, Elio Germano, Monica Bellucci, Sabrina Impacciatore
Votes: 1,447
27. Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009)
PG | 105 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
Security guard Larry Daley infiltrates the Smithsonian Institution in order to rescue Jedediah and Octavius, who have been shipped to the museum by mistake.
Director: Shawn Levy | Stars: Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Amy Adams, Hank Azaria
Votes: 212,703 | Gross: $177.24M
28. Minions (2015)
PG | 91 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Minions Stuart, Kevin, and Bob are recruited by Scarlet Overkill, a supervillain who, alongside her inventor husband Herb, hatches a plot to take over the world.
Directors: Kyle Balda, Pierre Coffin | Stars: Sandra Bullock, Jon Hamm, Michael Keaton, Pierre Coffin
Votes: 259,591 | Gross: $336.05M
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