French Revolution Movies

  • 1985
    Liberté, égalité, choucroute

    Liberté, égalité, choucroute

    Liberté, égalité, choucroute

    61985HD

    A parody of the French Revolution, on Arabian Nights background. Bagdad Calif is in Paris in 1789, where he decides to visit the Executionner...

    Liberté, égalité, choucroute
  • 1916
    Madame Guillotine

    Madame Guillotine

    Madame Guillotine

    51916HD

    “Madame Tallien” (1916) depicts the libertine life and loves of the eponymous decadent aristocrat, an important activist who was ahead of...

    Madame Guillotine
  • 1948
    Les Misérables

    Les Misérables

    Les Misérables

    61948HD

    In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both...

    Les Misérables
  • 1956
    If Paris Were Told to Us

    If Paris Were Told to Us

    If Paris Were Told to Us

    5.7861956HD

    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...

    If Paris Were Told to Us
  • 1989
    J'écris dans l'espace

    J'écris dans l'espace

    J'écris dans l'espace

    5.51989HD

    J'écris dans l'espace
  • 2018
    A Violent Desire for Joy

    A Violent Desire for Joy

    A Violent Desire for Joy

    4.52018HD

    Region of Occitania, France, 1792. As the storm of revolution devastates the country, young monk Gabriel and his companions live peacefully in the...

    A Violent Desire for Joy
  • 1953
    Let's Ask Nostradamus

    Let's Ask Nostradamus

    Let's Ask Nostradamus

    61953HD

    Nostradamus writes a letter to his young son, and his prophecies are compared to events of the French Revolution.

    Let's Ask Nostradamus
  • 1937
    Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel

    Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel

    Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel

    4.21937HD

    Sir Percy is forced to return to France one last time, to rescue his wife from the clutches of the sinister Robespierre. It's clearly a trap, but...

    Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel
  • 1979
    The Tale of Jean Valjean

    The Tale of Jean Valjean

    The Tale of Jean Valjean

    7.51979HD

    In 19th century France, an escaped convict seeks redemption while caring for a young woman whose mother he once protected, and aligning himself with...

    The Tale of Jean Valjean
  • 1992
    The Ghosts of Versailles

    The Ghosts of Versailles

    The Ghosts of Versailles

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    What happened to Figaro and his friends after the events told in Rossini’s and Mozart’s operas? One possible sequel is told in John...

    The Ghosts of Versailles
  • 2008
    Charlotte Corday

    Charlotte Corday

    Charlotte Corday

    62008HD

    Set in July 1793 during the outbreak of the French Revolution and the unleashing of the Reign of Terror, a young girl from Caen named Charlotte...

    Charlotte Corday
  • 2006
    Marie Antoinette: A Film by David Grubin

    Marie Antoinette: A Film by David Grubin

    Marie Antoinette: A Film by David Grubin

    7.32006HD

    This was a very human account of the lives and deaths of Marie Antoinette and Louis the XVI focusing primarily on Marie. It is an account of their...

    Marie Antoinette: A Film by David Grubin
  • 1990
    The Austrian

    The Austrian

    The Austrian

    61990HD

    A woman is detained at La Conciergerie. She's 37 but her hair are already white. She's suffering from terrible haemorraghe. Her name is...

    The Austrian
  • 1978
    La Barricade du Point-du-Jour

    La Barricade du Point-du-Jour

    La Barricade du Point-du-Jour

    01978HD

    La Barricade du Point-du-Jour
  • 2019
    Sur les pas de Robespierre

    Sur les pas de Robespierre

    Sur les pas de Robespierre

    02019HD

    Sur les pas de Robespierre
  • 1897
    Death of Marat

    Death of Marat

    Death of Marat

    4.41897HD

    This early film made by Georges Hatot for the Lumière Company is a brief single shot-scene of the assassination of the French revolutionary...

    Death of Marat
  • 1947
    The Royalists

    The Royalists

    The Royalists

    71947HD

    The Marquis de Montauran was appointed to command the Chouans whose first two revolts were crushed. An aristocrat, Marie-Nathalie de Verneuil, is...

    The Royalists
  • 1922
    Marie Antoinette - Das Leben einer Königin

    Marie Antoinette - Das Leben einer Königin

    Marie Antoinette - Das Leben einer Königin

    01922HD

    Marie Antoinette - Das Leben einer Königin
  • 1930
    Du Barry, Woman of Passion

    Du Barry, Woman of Passion

    Du Barry, Woman of Passion

    5.51930HD

    Jeannette Vaubernier, an impulsive shopgirl en route to deliver a hat, dreams of luxury and position as she saunters through the woods, and attracted...

    Du Barry, Woman of Passion
  • 1907
    On the Barricade

    On the Barricade

    On the Barricade

    5.11907HD

    During the Paris Commune, a boy runs across trouble at the barricade.

    On the Barricade