French History Movies
- 1994
Queen Margot
Queen Margot7.21994HD
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...
- 1989
The French Revolution
The French Revolution7.51989HD
A history of the French Revolution from the decision of the king to convene the Etats-Generaux in 1789 in order to deal with France's debt problem....
- 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...
- 1963
Bluebeard
Bluebeard6.31963HD
Paris, France, during the First World War. While thousands of soldiers die every day on the battlefields, Henri Landru, a seemingly respectable...
- 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,...
- 1921
Orphans of the Storm
Orphans of the Storm6.7791921HD
France, on the eve of the French Revolution. Henriette and Louise have been raised together as sisters. When the plague that takes their parents'...
- 1993
The Hour of the Pig
The Hour of the Pig6.31993HD
In medieval France, young lawyer Richard Courtois leaves Paris for the simpler life in the country. However, he is soon drawn into amorous and...
- 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...
- 1981
Cinq-Mars
Cinq-Mars11981HD
In the 17th century, under Louis XIII, the policy of Cardinal de Richelieu aimed at the definitive establishment of a monarchic power, and gave rise...
- 1935
Napoléon Bonaparte
Napoléon Bonaparte81935HD
A second version of Gance's Napoléon, with sound.
- 1956
If Paris Were Told to Us
If Paris Were Told to Us5.81956HD
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...
- 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...
- 2020
De Gaulle, histoire d'un géant
De Gaulle, histoire d'un géant7.22020HD
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.
- 2014
William the Conqueror
William the Conqueror5.52014HD
England, 11th century. William the Conqueror (ca. 1027-1087) wins the Battle of Hastings (1066), changing the shape of medieval Europe and the course...
- 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....
- 2020
Auguste Escoffier: The Birth of Haute Cuisine
Auguste Escoffier: The Birth of Haute Cuisine82020HD
A succulent account of the life of French chef Auguste Escoffier (1846-1935) who made the simple act of cooking food a true art by creating the...
- 1937
François 1er
François 1er5.81937HD
Honorin is the simple and naive stage manager of a traveling theatre troupe, whose one ambition is to once play the role of the cavalier in the opera...
- 2019
Un peu, beaucoup, passionnément... Les Présidents et les Français
Un peu, beaucoup, passionnément... Les Présidents et les Français82019HD
- 2019
André Malraux: Writer, Politician, Adventurer
André Malraux: Writer, Politician, Adventurer52019HD
Writer, journalist, explorer, filmmaker, communist militant, freedom fighter. Truths and lies. A plot twist. Politician. General De Gaulle's shadow....