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- DirectorJean RenoirStarsAnna MagnaniOdoardo SpadaroNada FiorelliThree men of varying social standing - a viceroy, a bullfighter, and a soldier - vie for the affections of an actress in 18th-century Peru.
- DirectorYorgos LanthimosStarsOlivia ColmanEmma StoneRachel WeiszIn early 18th-century England, the status quo at the court is upset when a new servant arrives and endears herself to a frail Queen Anne.
- CreatorRobert LevineJonathan E. SteinbergStarsJessica Parker KennedyToby StephensHannah NewFollows Captain Flint and his pirates twenty years prior to Robert Louis Stevenson's classic novel "Treasure Island."
- DirectorMarc DugainStarsLambert WilsonAnamaria VartolomeiOlivier GourmetIn 1721, the Regent of France, wanting to seal the peace with Spain, offers to the Spanish King, a marriage between their respective heirs: Louis XV, age 11, and Maria Anna Victoria, the 4-year-old Spanish Infanta (princess). The Regent of France also offers to marry his daughter, Mademoiselle deè Montpensier, 12, to the Prince of Asturias, the 14-year-old heir apparent to the Spanish throne. Madrid responds enthusiastically to both proposals, and the ceremonies are promptly organized. The exchange of the princesses is to take place with great pomp on a small island, in the river bordering the two countries. Everything has been done to expect the best of the children, but nothing will proceed as planned.
- DirectorCharles BartonStarsDonald O'ConnorHelena CarterWill GeerAfter being falsely accused of dishonesty, a young man decides to become a pirate.
- DirectorRobert Z. LeonardW.S. Van DykeStarsJeanette MacDonaldNelson EddyFrank MorganIn order to avoid a prearranged marriage, a rebellious French princess sheds her identity and escapes to colonial New Orleans, where she finds an unlikely true love.
- DirectorArne BornebuschLeif SindingStarsSonja WigertIngjald HaalandSten LindgrenDuring the great Nordic war in 1719, the Swedes occupied Trøndelag. During the retreat most freeze to death. But some seek refuge, even if the farmers are chasing them. Sjur comes on the trail of Per who is in love with Eli.
- DirectorDavid ButlerSidney LanfieldStarsBob HopeVirginia MayoWalter BrennanA cowardly actor and a runaway princess are voyaging on a ship that is captured by a notorious pirate who recently buried his treasure on a secretly mapped island.
- DirectorGeorge ShermanDouglas SirkStarsErrol FlynnMaureen O'HaraAnthony QuinnBrian Hawke of the Royal Navy versus the pirates of Madagascar.
- DirectorJoseph M. NewmanStarsJack PalanceBarbara RushRex ReasonIn 1700, a Spanish princess travels from New Mexico to California with ruthless outlaw El Tigre as guide.
- DirectorGuido SalviniStarsValentina CorteseGabriele FerzettiOlga VilliWhen famous actress Adriana Lecouvreur is attacked by criminals, she is saved by the timely intervention of Maurice of Saxony; a passionate love springs up between them.
- DirectorMarcel L'HerbierStarsYvonne PrintempsPierre FresnayJunie AstorA famous actress and a Polish prince have an ill-fated love affair.
- DirectorHelmut KäutnerStarsGustaf GründgensLiselotte PulverSabine SinjenIn early-18th-century London, Queen Anne, the last of the House of Stuart, is a weak ruler. She is committed to peace in the War of Spanish Succession. The Duchess of Marlborough, whose husband is commander-in-chief of the British Army, has high hopes of a war.
- DirectorJames ClavellStarsTommy SteeleStanley BakerAlan BadelThe adventures and the exploits of notorious English thief and prison-breaker Jack Sheppard in 1720s London.
- DirectorDimitri BuchowetzkiStarsEmil JanningsDagny ServaesBernhard GoetzkePeter the Great, on becoming czar of Russia, using his knowledge of shipbuilding gained in a foreign country to establish a navy, and to be able to use the navy, provokes a war with Sweden, defeating that country at the battle of Poltava. This battle marks a turning point with Peter and with Russia, his only son proves a coward, he meets a girl refugee and finally makes her his empress, he alienates the church and many nobles. All these factors finally lead to a conspiracy which, while it is crushed, ends in Peter finding out how he is hated by his people, and in his killing of his son, the remorse for which hastens his own death.
- DirectorVladimir PetrovStarsNikolai SimonovNikolay CherkasovAlla TarasovaA historical film about the life and state activities of Tsar Peter I, the reformer of Russia of the XVIII century, starting from the Battle of Narva in 1700 and ending with the adoption of the title of emperor by Peter the Great in 1721.
- DirectorVladimir PetrovStarsNikolai SimonovAlla TarasovaNikolay CherkasovThe second part of the story is about the life and state activity of Tsar Peter I, the reformer of Russia of the XVIII century, starting from the Battle of Narva in 1700 and ending with the adoption of the title of emperor by Peter the Great in 1721.
- DirectorAmo Bek-NazaryanStarsHrachia NersisyanAvet AvetisyanHasmik AgopyanArmenian national hero, David Bek, leads a major struggle against Turkish invaders in the Syunik region of Armenia in the 18th century.
- DirectorMasaki KobayashiStarsToshirô MifuneYôko TsukasaGô KatôThe mother of a feudal lord's only heir is kidnapped away from her husband by the lord. The husband and his samurai father must decide whether to accept the unjust decision, or risk death to get her back.
- DirectorGheorghe VitanidisStarsAlexandru RepanIurie DarieIoana BulcaAfter 20 years in Ottoman Constantinople, Moldavian Prince Dimitrie Cantemir completes the written history of the Ottoman Empire and is crowned King of Moldavia in 1710 but his valuable manuscript is stolen by foreign agents.
- DirectorBertrand TavernierStarsPhilippe NoiretJean RochefortJean-Pierre MarielleA look at 18th-century France, when the authorities depravity contributed to social oppression, and the uprisings flared up one after another.
- DirectorGheorghe VitanidisStarsIurie DarieAlexandru RepanIoana BulcaDuring the 18th century when Moldavian Prince Dimitrie Cantemir writes The History of the Rise and Fall of the Ottoman Empire the manuscript is stolen and offered to the highest bidder.