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1. The Devils (1971)
R | 111 min | Biography, Drama, History
In 17th-century France, Father Urbain Grandier's protection of the city of Loudun from the corrupt Cardinal Richelieu is undermined by a sexually repressed nun's accusation of witchcraft.
Director: Ken Russell | Stars: Vanessa Redgrave, Oliver Reed, Dudley Sutton, Max Adrian
Votes: 18,669 | Gross: $1.13M
2. Farewell, My Queen (2012)
R | 100 min | Drama, History, Romance
A look at the platonic relationship between Marie Antoinette and one of her female readers during the first days of the French Revolution.
Director: Benoît Jacquot | Stars: Léa Seydoux, Diane Kruger, Virginie Ledoyen, Noémie Lvovsky
Votes: 9,148 | Gross: $0.07M
3. Six Flying Dragons (2015–2016)
Action, Drama, History
Story of the the foundation of the Joseon Dynasty in Korea and ambition, success and fall of several real and fictional characters.
Stars: Kim Hyun-bin, Yoo Ah-in, Byun Yo-han, Kim Myung-min
Votes: 1,201
4. 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
5. The Twelve Months (1956)
55 min | Animation, Family, Fantasy
A poor girl was given an impossible task by her stepmother: to gather snowdrops in a winter forest. Suddenly she stumbled across twelve brothers who happened to be the twelve months.
Directors: Ivan Ivanov-Vano, Mikhail Botov | Stars: Tatyana Barysheva, Yuliya Yulskaya, Lyudmila Kasatkina, Galina Novozhilova
Votes: 1,501
6. The French Revolution (2005 TV Movie)
100 min | Documentary, History
Documentary about the bloody beginning, bloodier middle and unceremonious end of the French Revolution, an event that ended in blood the reign of kings in France and laid the foundation for a new - republican - system of government.
Director: Doug Shultz | Stars: Edward Herrmann, George Ivascu, Rodica Lazar, Tomi Cristin
Votes: 336
7. 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
8. 1870 (1972)
116 min | Drama, History
Rome, 1870. Opponents of the church power are being sent to prison. Some of the exhausted prisoners are asking for the mercy of Pope. Others, like Augusto Parenti, prefer to fight for their... See full summary »
Director: Alfredo Giannetti | Stars: Anna Magnani, Marcello Mastroianni, Mario Carotenuto, Osvaldo Ruggieri
Votes: 101
9. Les camisards (1972)
100 min | Drama, History, War
King Louis XIV orders all Protestants to convert to Catholicism.
Director: René Allio | Stars: Rufus, Jacques Debary, Gérard Desarthe, Philippe Clévenot
Votes: 244
10. Tomorrow the Day Will Come (1986 TV Movie)
In 1703, in the Cevennes. In the midst of repression Camisard by the king dragons, two Protestant peasant girls are forced to collect an enemy, a young Catholic soldier. How will they live ... See full summary »
Director: Jean-Louis Lorenzi | Stars: Serge Avedikian, Emmanuelle Béart, Elisabeth Sender, Pierre Santini
Votes: 14
11. At the Crossroads of Great Storms (1980)
86 min | Biography, Drama, History
In 1848 during the tumultuous era of European revolutions shaking the continent out of its feudal-based empire-based system the Wallachian politician Nicolae Balcescu is trying to reach the same revolutionary goals at home.
Director: Mircea Moldovan | Stars: Vlad Radescu, Cornel Ciupercescu, Constantin Codrescu, Silviu Stanculescu
Votes: 41
12.
The Empire Files (2015– )
Episode:
The Real House of Saud - Saudi Arabia's Oil-for-Tyranny
(2015)
Documentary, News, Talk-Show
Stars: Ali Al Ahmed, George W. Bush, Jimmy Carter, Henry Kissinger
Votes: 20
13.
The Windsors (2016– )
Episode:
Episode #2.6
(2017)
TV-MA | 24 min | Comedy
With the PM in a coma, Charles announces that he will become absolute monarch--if he can get the agreement of one world leader. Pippa's wedding day arrives--will Harry let her go through with it?
Director: Adam Miller | Stars: Gillian Bevan, Matthew Cottle, James Doherty, Celeste Dring
Votes: 62
14.
House of Saud: A Family at War (2018)
Episode:
Episode #1.3
(2018)
TV-PG | 59 min | Documentary
The series concludes by looking at how the House of Saud stays in power. Enormous wealth and a very generous social contract has protected them but a demographic time-bomb, social media and low oil prices have forced reform.
Director: John O'Kane | Stars: Saskia Reeves, David Weinberg, Joao Ferreira, Saad Al-Fagih
Votes: 17
15.
The Academic Agent (2017– )
Episode:
Economics and Politics: Basic Definitions
(2018)
6 min | News
Stars: The Academic Agent, Portia Antonia Alexis, George Sanders
16.
La minute nécessaire de Monsieur Cyclopède (1982–1984)
Episode:
Dissolvons la monarchie absolue dans l'acide sulfurique
(1983)
2 min | Short, Comedy
Director: Jean-Louis Fournier | Star: Pierre Desproges