European Royalty
by t-xy | created - 25 Sep 2016 | updated - 26 Nov 2018 | PublicBiographical and fictionalized films and TV productions about Royals, their lovers and their courts.
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1. Ludwig (1973)
R | 238 min | Biography, Drama, History
The reign of the tormented Ludwig, king of Bavaria, from 1864 to 1886.
Director: Luchino Visconti | Stars: Helmut Berger, Romy Schneider, Trevor Howard, Silvana Mangano
Votes: 5,994
2. Marie Antoinette (2006)
PG-13 | 123 min | Biography, Drama, History
The retelling of France's iconic but ill-fated queen, Marie Antoinette. From her betrothal and marriage to Louis XVI at 14 to her reign as queen at 19 and to the end of her reign as queen, and ultimately the fall of Versailles.
Director: Sofia Coppola | Stars: Kirsten Dunst, Jason Schwartzman, Rip Torn, Steve Coogan
Votes: 121,809 | Gross: $15.96M
3. Grace of Monaco (2014)
Not Rated | 103 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
The story of former Hollywood star Grace Kelly's crisis of marriage and identity, during a political dispute between Monaco's Prince Rainier III and France's Charles De Gaulle, and a looming French invasion of Monaco in the early 1960s.
Director: Olivier Dahan | Stars: Nicole Kidman, Tim Roth, André Penvern, Frank Langella
Votes: 21,180
4. Queen Margot (1994)
R | 161 min | Biography, Drama, History
Young Queen Margot finds herself trapped in an arranged marriage amidst a religious war between Catholics and Protestants. She hopes to escape with a new lover, but finds herself imprisoned by her powerful and ruthless family.
Director: Patrice Chéreau | Stars: Isabelle Adjani, Daniel Auteuil, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Vincent Perez
Votes: 18,987 | Gross: $2.02M
5. Sissi (1955)
102 min | Comedy, Drama, History
In the first of a trilogy of movies about Elisabeth "Sissi" of Austria, the vibrant young princess catches the eye of her sister's fiancé, Emperor Franz Josef.
Director: Ernst Marischka | Stars: Romy Schneider, Karlheinz Böhm, Magda Schneider, Uta Franz
Votes: 9,978
6. Sissi - Die junge Kaiserin (1956)
107 min | Drama, History
The second in a trilogy of movies about Elisabeth "Sissi" of Austria, the film chronicles the married life of the young empress as she tries to adjust to formal and strict life in the palace and an overbearing mother-in-law.
Director: Ernst Marischka | Stars: Romy Schneider, Karlheinz Böhm, Magda Schneider, Gustav Knuth
Votes: 7,356
7. Sissi - Schicksalsjahre einer Kaiserin (1957)
109 min | Drama, History, Romance
The final film in a highly romanticized trilogy about Elisabeth "Sissi" of Austria finds the young empress traveling throughout Europe.
Director: Ernst Marischka | Stars: Romy Schneider, Karlheinz Böhm, Magda Schneider, Gustav Knuth
Votes: 5,992
8. Princess Sissi (1997–1998)
TV-Y7-FV | 30 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
The smart and beautiful Sissi does everything to be with her beloved charming Prince Franz, but many people try to stop the couple from living happily ever after...
Stars: Jacob Tierney, Terri Hawkes, Terrence Scammell, Elisabeth Fargeot
Votes: 847
9. 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
10. Mayerling (1968)
PG-13 | 140 min | Drama, History, Romance
Based on real life events that led to tragic deaths of Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria and his lover Baroness Mary Vetsera.
Director: Terence Young | Stars: Omar Sharif, Catherine Deneuve, James Mason, Ava Gardner
Votes: 1,758
11. Mayerling (1936)
Approved | 96 min | Drama, Romance
Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria, is fettered on all sides. He's bored; his father, the emperor, is domineering; his politics are more liberal than his father's, but he knows his views carry... See full summary »
Director: Anatole Litvak | Stars: Charles Boyer, Danielle Darrieux, Marthe Régnier, Yolande Laffon
Votes: 955 | Gross: $0.24M
12. Kronprinz Rudolfs letzte Liebe (1956)
99 min | Drama, History
The tragic 1889 Mayerling Incident in which Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria, and his lover, Baroness Mary Vetsera, committed suicide.
Director: Rudolf Jugert | Stars: Rudolf Prack, Christiane Hörbiger, Winnie Markus, Lil Dagover
Votes: 93
13. The King's Whore (1990)
R | 115 min | Drama, History, Romance
Set in the seventeenth century, an Italian nobleman weds an impoverished countess, who is wooed by the King of Piedmont and faces pressure from his entire court to succumb to his wishes.
Director: Axel Corti | Stars: Valeria Golino, Robin Renucci, Paul Crauchet, Amy Werba
Votes: 876
14. The Man in the Iron Mask (I) (1998)
PG-13 | 132 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The cruel King Louis XIV of France has a secret twin brother whom he keeps imprisoned. Can the twin be substituted for the real king?
Director: Randall Wallace | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jeremy Irons, John Malkovich, Gérard Depardieu
Votes: 178,688 | Gross: $56.97M
15. The Man in the Iron Mask (1977 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 100 min | Adventure, History
D'Artagnan and his fellow Musketeers plot to replace the ineffectual Louis XIV of France with his secretly imprisoned twin brother Phillipe, who is the firstborn and rightful King.
Director: Mike Newell | Stars: Richard Chamberlain, Patrick McGoohan, Louis Jourdan, Jenny Agutter
Votes: 3,360
16. The Man in the Iron Mask (1939)
Passed | 113 min | Adventure, History, Romance
Despotic King Louis XIV discovers he has a twin brother who has grown up under the tutelage of his foster father, the patriotic musketeer D'Artagnan.
Director: James Whale | Stars: Louis Hayward, Joan Bennett, Warren William, Joseph Schildkraut
Votes: 1,903
17. Ludwig II (2012)
130 min | Biography, Drama, History
A dramatic retelling of the life of Ludwig II, King of Bavaria, one of the most fascinating monarchs of modern times. From his accession to the throne at age 18 to his passionate support of... See full summary »
Directors: Marie Noëlle, Peter Sehr | Stars: Sabin Tambrea, Sebastian Schipper, Hannah Herzsprung, Edgar Selge
Votes: 878
18. Ludwig II: Glanz und Ende eines Königs (1955)
115 min | Biography, Drama, History
King Ludwig II of Bavaria is frustrated, having to accept parliament's will to join Bismarck, rather he his cultured Habsburg friends, in wars. His love-life being as fruitless, he seeks ... See full summary »
Director: Helmut Käutner | Stars: O.W. Fischer, Marianne Koch, Paul Bildt, Friedrich Domin
Votes: 341
19. Ludwig II. (1922)
Director: Otto Kreisler | Stars: Olaf Fjord, Thea Rosenquist, Eugen Preiß, Franz Scherer
20. Ludwig der Zweite, König von Bayern (1930)
117 min | Biography, Drama, History
Second of two German silents about the life of Bavarian king Ludwig II, a character who would much later also be the center of a film by Luchino Visconti.
Director: William Dieterle | Stars: William Dieterle, Theodor Loos, Eugen Burg, Ferdinand von Alten
Votes: 60
21. Ludwig 1881 (1993)
90 min | Biography, Drama
In 1881 Ludwig of Bavaria goes on a cruise on a Swiss lake. He takes with him a famous actor, Josef Kainz, to act out the scenes from a story which took place on the lake, at the actual locations.
Directors: Donatello Dubini, Fosco Dubini | Stars: Helmut Berger, Max Tidof, Michael Schiller, Dietmar Mössmer
Votes: 63
22. Sophie - Sissis kleine Schwester (2001 TV Movie)
186 min | Drama
Director: Matthias Tiefenbacher | Stars: Valerie Koch, Steffen Groth, Fritz Karl, Miguel Herz-Kestranek
Votes: 92
23. Ludwig - Requiem for a Virgin King (1972)
140 min | Biography, Drama, History
The story of the legendary King Ludwig II of Bavaria (1845-1886), his opera interest and friendship with theatre personalities such as Richard Wagner and Joseph Kainz, and at the same time a reflection of the German 1800s.
Director: Hans-Jürgen Syberberg | Stars: Harry Baer, Ingrid Caven, Hanna Köhler, Ursula Strätz
Votes: 336
24. Das Schweigen am Starnbergersee (1920)
82 min | Biography
The fateful last days in the life of King Ludwig II of Bavaria.
Director: Rolf Raffé | Stars: Oskar Bayrer, Ferdinand Bonn, Karl Guttenberger, Anton Herrmann
Votes: 22
26. De Mayerling à Sarajevo (1940)
89 min | Drama
In the late 1800's, Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian empire, falls for Sophie Chotek, a Czech countess. He's already a problem to the Crown because of his political ideas; this... See full summary »
Director: Max Ophüls | Stars: Edwige Feuillère, John Lodge, Aimé Clariond, Jean Worms
Votes: 300 | Gross: $0.01M
27. The Secret of Mayerling (1949)
90 min | Drama
On the morning of January 30, 1889, the Archduke Rodolphe de Habsbourg and his mistress Marie Vetsera were found dead. The remains of Rodolphe are discreetly repatriated to Hofburg, while ... See full summary »
Director: Jean Delannoy | Stars: Jean Marais, Dominique Blanchar, Claude Farell, Jean Debucourt
Votes: 71
28. Fall of Eagles (1974)
50 min | Drama, History, War
The collapse of three great European dynasties: the Romanovs, the Habsburgs, and the Hohenzollerns.
Stars: Michael Hordern, Charles Kay, Barry Foster, Gayle Hunnicutt
Votes: 667
29. Versailles: The Dream of a King (2008 TV Movie)
180 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama
Docudrama about the life of Louis XIV nicknamed "the Sun King", the King of France who ran a glamorous court, expanded the borders of France, loved women and parties and built an incredible palace for himself - the Versailles.
Director: Thierry Binisti | Stars: Vinciane Millereau, Samuel Theis, Jérôme Pouly, Antoine Coesens
Votes: 369
30. Let Joy Reign Supreme (1975)
Not Rated | 119 min | Drama, History, War
A look at 18th-century France, when the authorities depravity contributed to social oppression, and the uprisings flared up one after another.
Director: Bertrand Tavernier | Stars: Philippe Noiret, Jean Rochefort, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Christine Pascal
Votes: 1,757
31. Sisi (2009)
200 min | Drama, History, Romance
Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph falls in love with young Elisabeth. It's love at first sight but Franz Joseph's mother Sophie doesn't approve of the relationship.
Stars: Clemens Kienast, Cristiana Capotondi, David Rott, Martina Gedeck
Votes: 622
32. Sissi, l'impératrice rebelle (2004 TV Movie)
120 min | Drama
The last three days in the life of Elizabeth of Austria before her assassination
Director: Jean-Daniel Verhaeghe | Stars: Arielle Dombasle, Stéphane Audran, Didier Bezace, Frédéric van den Driessche
Votes: 116
33.
Secrets d'histoire (2007– )
Episode:
Sissi impératrice: Amour, gloire et tragédie
(2011)
Biography, History
About the life, love, glory and ultimately unhappiness of Sissi, the empress of Austria.
Stars: Stéphane Bern, Jean des Cars, Hortense Dufour
Votes: 7
34.
Secrets d'histoire (2007– )
Episode:
Louis II de Bavière, le roi perché
(2016)
Biography, History
The life of King Ludwig II of Bavaria, plagued by mental illness, who spent the country's funds on the building of fairy tale castles and the commission of Wagner operas.
Directors: David Jankowski, Dominique Leeb | Star: Stéphane Bern
35.
Secrets d'histoire (2007– )
Episode:
Pourquoi Sissi a t'elle été assassinée?
(2007)
Biography, History
Star: Stéphane Bern
36.
Secrets d'histoire (2007– )
Episode:
Eugénie, la dernière impératrice
(2010)
Biography, History
About Eugénie de Montijo, wife of emperor Napoleon III, who was the last Empress consort of the French.
Star: Stéphane Bern
37.
Secrets d'histoire (2007– )
Episode:
Diane De Poitiers, La reine des favorites
(2010)
Biography, History
About Diane De Poitiers who, in the 16th century, was a favorite courtesan of King Henri II of France.
Stars: Stéphane Bern, Pierre Behar, Michèle Bimbenet-Privat, Jean Ceard
38.
Secrets d'histoire (2007– )
Episode:
La Palatine, une commère à la cour de Louis XIV
(2010)
Biography, History
Stars: Stéphane Bern, Jean-Jacques Aillagon, Michael Amandry, Jean-François Beges
39.
Secrets d'histoire (2007– )
Episode:
Anne d'Autriche, la mystérieuse mère du Roi Soleil
(2010)
Biography, History
About Anne of Austria, the mysterious mother of the Sun King Louis XIV of France.
Stars: Stéphane Bern, Philippe Alexandre, Hugues Aufray, Jean-Pierre Bachelon
40.
Secrets d'histoire (2007– )
Episode:
Francois Ier: Le roi des rois
(2011)
Biography, History
Director: David Jankowski | Stars: Stéphane Bern, Gonzague Saint-Bris
Votes: 7
41.
Secrets d'histoire (2007– )
Episode:
Louis XIV, Les Passions Du Roi-Soleil
(2012)
Biography, History
About the Sun King, Louis XIV of France, and his passions.
Star: Stéphane Bern
Votes: 8
42.
Secrets d'histoire (2007– )
Episode:
Louis XV et Marie Leczinska, tromperie à Versailles
(2012)
Biography, History
About King Louis XV of France, and his wife, Marie Leczinska.
Star: Stéphane Bern
43.
Secrets d'histoire (2007– )
Episode:
Christine de Suède, la Reine des scandales
(2012)
Biography, History
About Christina, Queen of Sweden, a queen of scandals, at least in her time, for her unconventional behavior and choices in life.
Star: Stéphane Bern
44.
Secrets d'histoire (2007– )
Episode:
Marie-Caroline, l'indomptable Reine de Naples et de Sicile
(2012)
Biography, History
About Maria Carolina of Austria, who, in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, through her marriage to Ferdinand IV of Naples was the ruler of Naples and Sicily.
Star: Stéphane Bern
45.
Secrets d'histoire (2007– )
Episode:
Monaco Et Les Princes De Grimaldi
(2012)
Biography, History
About the principality of Monaco and the princes of its ruling De Grimaldi family.
Star: Stéphane Bern
46.
Secrets d'histoire (2007– )
Episode:
Juan Carlos, le roi des Espagnols
(2013)
Biography, History
About King Juan Carlos of Spain.
Director: Guillaume de Lestrange | Stars: Stéphane Bern, Carlos Bastarreche Sagües, Isabelle Benhadj, Jaime Carvajal
47.
Secrets d'histoire (2007– )
Episode:
La reine Amélie, une Française au Portugal
(2013)
Biography, History
About Princess Amélie of Orléans, through her marriage to Carlos I of Portugal queen consort of Portugal. She was the last queen consort of Portugal, and after monarchy was abolished in Portugal she spent her later life in exile in France.
Directors: Antoine De Meaux, David Jankowski, Dominique Leeb | Star: Stéphane Bern
48.
Secrets d'histoire (2007– )
Episode:
Frédéric II: Le roi prusse est un peu baroque
(2013)
Biography, History
About Friedrich II, King of Prussia, at the height of the baroque period in the 18th century.
Director: Dominique Leeb | Stars: Stéphane Bern, Elisabeth Badinter, Jean-Paul Bled, Guy Chaussinand-Nogaret
49.
Secrets d'histoire (2007– )
Episode:
François Ferdinand ou la fin du monde
(2014)
Biography, History
About Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, whose assassination in Sarajevo in 1914 is generally seen as the event marking the outbreak of Word War One.
Director: David Jankowski | Star: Stéphane Bern
50.
Secrets d'histoire (2007– )
Episode:
La Grande-Duchesse Charlotte de Luxembourg
(2014)
Biography, History
About Charlotte, grand duchess of Luxembourg, who ruled her country after a form of constitutional monarchy was introduced in the early 20th century.
Directors: David Jankowski, Vanessa Pontet | Star: Stéphane Bern
51.
Secrets d'histoire (2007– )
Episode:
Les courtisanes: L'irrésistible ascension de madame de Maintenon
(2014)
Biography, History
About Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon, known for much of her life as Madame de Maintenon, the second wife of the Sun King, Louis XIV of France.
Director: David Jankowski | Stars: Stéphane Bern, Simone Bertière, Olivier Chaline, Françoise Chandernagor
52.
Secrets d'histoire (2007– )
Episode:
Anne de Bretagne, deux fois Reine
(2014)
Biography, History
About Anne of Brittany, the grand duchess and ruler of Brittany in the late 15th and early 16th century, who was instrumental in the unification of France and Brittany.
Directors: David Jankowski, Vanessa Pontet | Stars: Stéphane Bern, Julia Gratens
53.
Secrets d'histoire (2007– )
Episode:
La reine Hortense pour le meilleur et pour l'empire
(2014)
Biography, History
About queen Hortense, the wife of Louis Bonaparte, the French king of Holland, and mother of Napoleon III who became the French emperor.
Directors: David Jankowski, Dominique Leeb | Stars: Stéphane Bern, Eric Anceau, Marie-Hélène Baylac, Pierre Branda
54.
Secrets d'histoire (2007– )
Episode:
Louis XVI, l'inconnu de Versailles
(2015)
Biography, History
About King Louis XVI of France.
Director: Guillaume de Lestrange | Stars: Stéphane Bern, Robert Badinter, Hélène Becquet, Simone Bertière
55.
Secrets d'histoire (2007– )
Episode:
Aliénor d'Aquitaine, une rebelle au Moyen Âge
(2015)
Biography, History
About Eleanor of Aquitaine, one of the most powerful women in the middle ages, wife of King Louis VII of France, and later of King Henry II of England.
Director: Vanessa Pontet | Stars: Stéphane Bern, Martin Aurell, Steven Brindle, Mireille Calmel
Votes: 7
56.
Secrets d'histoire (2007– )
Episode:
Désirée Clary: Marseillaise et reine de Suède
(2015)
Biography, History
About Bernardine Eugénie Désirée Clary, the French born wife of the also French born King Charles XIV John of Sweden and Norway.
Director: Marie-Laurence Rincé | Stars: Stéphane Bern, Patricia Bouchenot-Déchin, David Chanteranne, Michel de Decker
57.
Secrets d'histoire (2007– )
Episode:
Louis XIV, l'homme et le Roi
(2015)
108 min | Biography, History
Louis XIV, the man and the king. About the Sun King, Louix XIV of France.
Director: Guillaume de Lestrange | Stars: Stéphane Bern, Vladimir Perrin, Dorothée Lebard, Sébastien Gill
Votes: 7
58.
Secrets d'histoire (2007– )
Episode:
Louis XIV: le roi est mort, vive le roi!
(2015)
Biography, History
Louis XIV: the king is dead, long live the king. About the Sun King, Louis XIV of France.
Director: Antoine De Meaux | Stars: Stéphane Bern, Olivier Chaline, Joël Cornette, Michel de Decker
59.
Secrets d'histoire (2007– )
Episode:
Sacré Charlemagne!
(2015)
107 min | Biography, History
About Charlemagne, the first ruler of the Holy Roman Empire in the 8th and early 9th century.
Director: Antoine De Meaux | Stars: Stéphane Bern, Dominique Alibert, Geneviève Bührer-Thierry, Bruno Dumezil
Votes: 8
60.
The Days That Made History (2009– )
Episode:
L'assassinat d'Henri IV
(2009)
90 min | History
A reenactment of the last day of king Henri IV of France before his murder by the fanatical catholic Ravaillac.
Director: Jacques Malaterre | Stars: Arnaud Bedouët, Chiara De Luca, Marc Saez, Jean-Baptiste Malartre
Votes: 19
61. Madame du Barry (1954)
106 min | Drama, History
The daughter of a seamstress, Jeanne Bécu could hardly imagine she would later become one of the most influential women of the Kingdom of France. Nor could she anticipate her quick fall and... See full summary »
Director: Christian-Jaque | Stars: Martine Carol, Daniel Ivernel, Gianna Maria Canale, Jean Parédès
Votes: 103
62. Madame Du Barry (1934)
Passed | 79 min | Comedy, Drama, History
Madame DuBarry is a 1934 American historical film directed by William Dieterle and starring Dolores del Rio, Reginald Owen, Victor Jory and Osgood Perkins. The film portrays the life of ... See full summary »
Director: William Dieterle | Stars: Dolores Del Río, Reginald Owen, Victor Jory, Osgood Perkins
Votes: 308
63.
The Days That Made History (2009– )
Episode:
L'évasion de Louis XVI
(2009)
History
Director: Arnaud Sélignac | Stars: Antoine Gouy, Estelle Skornik, Catherine Aymerie, Adélaïde Bon
Votes: 35
64. L'Autrichienne (1990)
98 min | Biography, Drama, History
Last days of queen Marie Antoinette stunningly portrayed by a director who's clearly done a massive historical research. An accurate plot and a very moving rendering.
Director: Pierre Granier-Deferre | Stars: Ute Lemper, Patrick Chesnais, Daniel Mesguich, Philippe Leroy
Votes: 124
65. Stephen the Great - Vaslui 1475 (1975)
137 min | Biography, Drama, History
In 1475 when Stephen the Great ruler of Moldavia is facing an invading Ottoman army of 120 000 men the fate of Christian Europe largely depends on the battle's outcome.
Director: Mircea Dragan | Stars: Gheorghe Cozorici, Gheorghe Dinica, Violeta Andrei, Toma Dimitriu
Votes: 745
66. Vlad Tepes (1979)
114 min | Drama, History
Vlad Tepes, otherwise known as Vlad the Impaler and Dracula, fights the Ottoman Turks on the battlefield and the Hungarian Boyars in his court.
Directors: Dumitru Fernoaga, Doru Nastase | Stars: Stefan Sileanu, Ernest Maftei, Emanoil Petrut, Teofil Vâlcu
Votes: 1,277
67. Lola Montès (1955)
Not Rated | 116 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
When she is reduced to appearing in a circus, a notorious beauty thinks back on her past loves.
Director: Max Ophüls | Stars: Martine Carol, Peter Ustinov, Anton Walbrook, Henri Guisol
Votes: 6,045 | Gross: $0.11M
68. Vatel (2000)
PG-13 | 103 min | Biography, Drama, History
Vatel is the cook of Prince Condé. When the prince invites Louis XIV to hunt, he has to give lavish banquets in order to fall in his favor. But when Vatel falls in love with the king's mistress, love and duty come into conflict.
Director: Roland Joffé | Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Uma Thurman, Tim Roth, Julian Glover
Votes: 8,250 | Gross: $0.05M
69. Louis: The Child King (1993)
160 min | Biography, Drama, History
The title of this major French costume drama means "Louis, child-king", and indeed it's a fascinating fresco about the formative years of the young king Louis XIV, before he became the ... See full summary »
Director: Roger Planchon | Stars: Carmen Maura, Maxime Mansion, Paolo Graziosi, Jocelyn Quivrin
Votes: 300
70. Charlemagne (1993– )
90 min | Action, Adventure, Biography
Young Charlemagns is placed on the Frankish throne in the middle of the 8th Century A.D. Despite having many powerful enemies he slowly unites the nations of Western Europe and rebuilds civilization on the ruins of the Roman Empire.
Stars: Christian Brendel, Anny Duperey, Lino Capolicchio, Gilles Gaston-Dreyfus
Votes: 236
71. Mad Love (2001)
R | 115 min | Biography, Drama, History
The love story that transformed Juana, Queen of Spain, into Juana "the Mad". A story of passions, lies and jealousy with a political motive behind.
Director: Vicente Aranda | Stars: Pilar López de Ayala, Daniele Liotti, Rosana Pastor, Giuliano Gemma
Votes: 4,053 | Gross: $0.28M
72. A Little Chaos (2014)
R | 117 min | Drama, Romance
Two talented landscape artists become romantically entangled while building a garden in King Louis XIV's palace at Versailles.
Director: Alan Rickman | Stars: Kate Winslet, Alan Rickman, Stanley Tucci, Matthias Schoenaerts
Votes: 25,375 | Gross: $0.55M
73. Michael the Brave (1971)
203 min | Action, Biography, Drama
At the end of the 16th century Wallachian ruler Prince Michael the Brave overcame the adversity of the Ottoman and Austrian Empires to unite Wallachia, Moldavia and Transylvania into one country.
Director: Sergiu Nicolaescu | Stars: Amza Pellea, Ion Besoiu, Olga Tudorache, Irina Gardescu
Votes: 6,563
74. Le roi danse (2000)
115 min | Drama, History, Music
Corbiau repeats the Farinelli formula, artistic rivalry and social private drama expressed in dazzling, sometimes excessively lavish baroque scenery, music and costume, but this time in its... See full summary »
Director: Gérard Corbiau | Stars: Benoît Magimel, Boris Terral, Tchéky Karyo, Colette Emmanuelle
Votes: 2,398
75. Versailles (2015–2018)
TV-MA | 60 min | Biography, Drama, History
In 1667, 28-year-old all-powerful king of France, Louis XIV, decides to build the greatest palace in the world - Versailles. But drained budget, affairs and political intrigues complicate things.
Stars: George Blagden, Alexander Vlahos, Tygh Runyan, Stuart Bowman
Votes: 18,698
76. William the Conqueror (1982)
316 min | Action, History
William's government blended elements of the English and Norman systems into a new one that laid the foundations of the later medieval English kingdom.[141] How abrupt and far-reaching the ... See full summary »
Directors: Gilles Grangier, Sergiu Nicolaescu | Stars: Hervé Bellon, John Terry, Mircea Albulescu, Violeta Andrei
Votes: 130
77. Henry IV (1984)
PG-13 | 85 min | Drama
Deranged after a fall from a horse, a man has lived for twenty years in a castle laboring under the delusion that he is Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV. His psychiatrist concocts an elaborate scheme to shock him out of his medieval reverie.
Director: Marco Bellocchio | Stars: Marcello Mastroianni, Claudia Cardinale, Leopoldo Trieste, Paolo Bonacelli
Votes: 389
78. Königin Luise (1957)
100 min | Drama
The life of Luise de Mecklenburg-Strelitz, wife of Frederick Wilhelm II of Prussia, and her opposition to Napoleon during the Napoleonic Wars.
Director: Wolfgang Liebeneiner | Stars: Ruth Leuwerik, Dieter Borsche, Bernhard Wicki, René Deltgen
Votes: 69
79. Maria Theresia (1951)
91 min | Drama, History
Director: Emil E. Reinert | Stars: Paula Wessely, Fred Liewehr, Marianne Schönauer, Rosa Albach-Retty
Votes: 37
80. Liselotte von der Pfalz (1935)
Drama, History
The story of the German princess Liselotte and her arranged marriage to the French duke Philippe of Orleans.
Director: Carl Froelich | Stars: Renate Müller, Eugen Klöpfer, Maria Krahn, Maly Delschaft
Votes: 24
81. Liselotte von der Pfalz (1966)
99 min | Comedy
The story of free-spirited German Princess Liselotte who, giving in to her father's wish, marries Philippe, the Duke of Orleans. Initially she is met with arrogance by her new husband and ... See full summary »
Director: Kurt Hoffmann | Stars: Heidelinde Weis, Harald Leipnitz, Karin Hübner, Hans Caninenberg
Votes: 81
82. The Leopard (1963)
PG | 186 min | Drama, History
The Prince of Salina, a noble aristocrat of impeccable integrity, tries to preserve his family and class amid the tumultuous social upheavals of 1860s Sicily.
Director: Luchino Visconti | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Alain Delon, Claudia Cardinale, Paolo Stoppa
Votes: 28,801
83. 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: 2,523
84. 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
85. L'allée du roi (1996– )
Drama, History
Drama centering around the life at the court of Louis XIV and the role of the Marquise de Maintenon.
Stars: Dominique Blanc, Didier Sandre, Valentine Varela, Raphaëline Goupilleau
Votes: 315
86. 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
87. Louis XVI, the Man Who Didn't Want to Be King (2011 TV Movie)
90 min | History
The dramatic events around the French king Louis XVI and the French crises in the late 1700's with no will to pay taxes, which led Louis XVI into an impossible situation as a king.
Director: Thierry Binisti | Stars: Vinciane Millereau, Gabriel Dufay, Raphaëlle Agogué, Carlo Brandt
Votes: 86
88. Charles, Emperor King (2015–2016)
TV-MA | Biography, Drama, History
The Roman Catholic Church faces the new challenges of Protestanism in Northern Europe and Paganism in the Americas. Carlos V seeks to secure the power of the Church, in this continuation of Isabel (2011-2014) and La Corona Partida (2016).
Stars: Álvaro Cervantes, Alfonso Bassave, Marina Salas, Félix Gómez
Votes: 734
89. Beau Brummell (1954)
Approved | 113 min | Biography, Drama, History
In 1796, Captain George Bryan "Beau" Brummell of the 10th Royal Hussars Regiment offends the Prince of Wales with his straightforward outspokenness and gets fired from the Army but is chosen as the Prince's personal advisor.
Director: Curtis Bernhardt | Stars: Stewart Granger, Elizabeth Taylor, Peter Ustinov, Robert Morley
Votes: 1,745
90.
Die Geschichte Mitteldeutschlands (1999– )
Episode:
Friedrich der Gebissene - Der letzte Staufer
(2003)
History
91. The Real Versailles (2016 TV Movie)
History
Lucy Worsley untangles Louis XIV's complex world of court etiquette, fashion and feasting, while court politics expert Helen Castor delves into the archives and unpicks the Machiavellian world that Louis created.
Director: Rosie Schellenberg | Stars: Helen Castor, Lucy Worsley
Votes: 177
92. Marie Antoinette (1938)
Passed | 149 min | Biography, Drama, History
The tragic life of Marie Antoinette, who became queen of France in her late teens.
Directors: W.S. Van Dyke, Julien Duvivier | Stars: Norma Shearer, Tyrone Power, John Barrymore, Robert Morley
Votes: 3,285
93. Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story (1987)
285 min | History, Romance, War
Epic story about the romance between the most powerful man in the world and the woman who conquered his heart.
Stars: Armand Assante, Jacqueline Bisset, Stephanie Beacham, Anthony Higgins
Votes: 535
94. Napoleon and Love (1974)
469 min | Biography, Drama, History
A dramatized account of Napoleon's love life and his many women. From first love, marriage, and betrayal with Josephine, liaisons with actresses, his love for the beautiful patriotic Marie ... See full summary »
Stars: Ian Holm, Billie Whitelaw, Peter Bowles, Peter Jeffrey
Votes: 87
95. Princess of the Ursinos (1947)
110 min | Drama, History, Romance
The story of the Countess d'Orsini, French noblewoman and courtesan at the court of the Spanish king, who acted as an agent for the King of France and was one of the most powerful people at the Spanish court.
Director: Luis Lucia | Stars: Ana Mariscal, Roberto Rey, Fernando Rey, Juan Espantaleón
Votes: 44
96. Felipe y Letizia (2010)
150 min | Biography, Drama
Dramatisation of the romance between Spain's king Felipe and his wife Letizia.
Stars: Amaia Salamanca, Fernando Gil, Marisa Paredes, Juanjo Puigcorbé
Votes: 199
97.
Die Deutschen (2008– )
Episode:
Ludwig II. und die Bayern
(2010)
43 min | Documentary, History
King Ludwig II mounted the Bavarian throne at 19 at his father's death. His political ambition was to maintain Bavaria as truly sovereign member of the German League of 39 states ... See full summary »
Directors: Christian Twente, Robert Wiezorek | Stars: André Kaczmarczyk, Hans Mittermüller, Hans-Michael Körner, Wolfram Siemann
Votes: 20
98.
Die Deutschen (2008– )
Episode:
Karl der Große und die Sachsen
(2010)
43 min | Documentary, History
Charlemagne, son of a new dynasty started as ministers of the former Merovingian kings of the Franks, turned his people's realm into a Germanic empire, a Catholic rebirth of western Rome's,... See full summary »
Directors: Christian Twente, Carsten Gutschmidt, Martin Carazo Mendez, Judith Voelker, Robert Wiezorek | Stars: Jens Schäfer, Hans Mittermüller, Stefan Weinfurter, Bernd Schneidmüller
Votes: 20
99.
Die Deutschen (2008– )
Episode:
Friedrich II. und der Kreuzzug
(2010)
43 min | Documentary, History
Frederick II Hohenstaufen was an enlightened, tolerant, yet absolute king in the Neopolitan realm of the two Sicilies where he studied nature and science from Moors in self-designed castles... See full summary »
Directors: Christian Feyerabend, Daniel Sich | Stars: Michael Pink, Olaf B. Rader, Stefan Weinfurter
Votes: 16
100.
Die Deutschen (2008– )
Episode:
Karl IV. und der Schwarze Tod
(2010)
43 min | Documentary, History
Future Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV lost his father in the Hundred Years War on the loosing French side at the battle of Crécy. The heir of the house of Luxemburg made Prague in his rich ... See full summary »
Directors: Christian Twente, Robert Wiezorek | Stars: Christoph Jacobi, Hans Mittermüller, Bernd Schneidmüller, Stefan Weinfurter
Votes: 18
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