Movies Like Louis XVI, l'homme qui ne voulait pas être roi
If you liked Louis XVI, l'homme qui ne voulait pas être roi (2011), a history movie directed by Thierry Binisti, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.
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The Taking of Power by Louis XIV (1966)
★ 7.1/10Also historyCardinal Mazarin dies, leaving a power vacuum in which the young Louis asserts his intention to govern as well as rule. Mazarin's fiscal advisor, Colbert, warns against Fouquet, the Superintendant who has been…
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Chouans ! (1988)
★ 5.8/10Also historyDirected by Philippe de Broca, the film recounts a bloody episode of the French Revolution. 1793, the Terror . In Vendée and in Bretagne, the chouans are revolting against the young Republic and fight for the monarchy…
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That Night of Varennes (1982)
★ 6.9/10Also historyDuring the French Revolution, a surprising company shares a coach, trying to catch up something - the time itself, perhaps.
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Angelique and the King (1966)
★ 6.5/10Also historySoon after her latest husband death, the King himself (Louis XIV) meets with our heroine and begs her to help convince the Persian Ambassador to agree to a treaty. However, what they didn't realize was that the…
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Angelique (1964)
★ 6.7/10Also historyIn 17th-century France, beautiful country maiden Angélique marries wealthy neighbor Jeoffray de Peyrac out of convenience, but eventually, she falls in love with him. So when Jeoffray is arrested and then vanishes, she…
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The Flood (2024)
★ 6.4/10Also history1792. Louis XVI, his wife Marie Antoinette, and their children have been arrested and imprisoned in the Tour du Temple, a sinister chateau in Paris, awaiting their trial. Far from the splendour of Versailles, they are…
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A Man of His Time (2026)
★ 6.6/10Also historySeptember 1940. Henri Marre arrives alone in Vichy as the authoritarian regime settles in. Broke, estranged from his family, and carrying copies of his self-published manifesto Notre Salut (Our Salvation), the…
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Désirée (1954)
★ 6.5/10Also historyIn Marseilles, France in 1794, Desiree Clary, a young millinery clerk, becomes infatuated with Napoleon Bonaparte, but winds up wedding General Jean-Baptiste Berandotte, an aid to Napoleon who later joins the forces…
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The Death of Louis XIV (2016)
★ 6.5/10Also historyAugust 1715. After going for a walk, Louis XIV feels a pain in his leg. The next days, the king keeps fulfilling his duties and obligations, but his sleep is troubled and he has a serious fever. He barely eats and…
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Jeanne du Barry (2023)
★ 6.9/10Also historyThe life of Jeanne Bécu, who was born as the illegitimate daughter of an impoverished seamstress in 1743 and went on to rise through the Court of Louis XV to become his last official mistress.
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The French Revolution (1989)
★ 7.5/10Also historyA history of the French Revolution beginning from the decision of the king to convene the Etats-Generaux in 1789 in order to deal with France's debt problem. Part one spans the event until August 10, 1792 (when the…
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The Young Victoria (2009)
★ 7.2/10Also historyAs the only legitimate heir of England's King William, teenage Victoria gets caught up in the political machinations of her own family. Victoria's mother wants her to sign a regency order, while her Belgian uncle…
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Fanny Lye Deliver'd (2019)
★ 6.2/10Also historyOn an isolated English farm in 1657, Fanny lives a quiet life with her oppressive husband John and their young son. One day their life is rocked with the arrival of young couple Thomas and Rebecca who claim to have…
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Untamable Angelique (1967)
★ 6.5/10Also historyAngelique goes in search of her husband Joffrey de Peyrac who did not die on the stake.
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The Current War (2018)
★ 6.7/10Also historyElectricity titans Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse compete to create a sustainable system and market it to the American people.
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Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas (2013)
★ 5.9/10Also historyIn the 16th century in the Cévennes, a horse dealer by the name of Michael Kohlhaas leads a happy and prosperous family life. When a lord treats him unjustly, this pious, upstanding man raises an army and puts the…
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The Three Musketeers: D'Artagnan (2023)
★ 6.9/10Also historyD'Artagnan, a spirited young Gascon, is left for dead after trying to save a noblewoman from being kidnapped. Once in Paris, he tries by all means to find his attackers, unaware that his quest will lead him to the very…
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Vatel (2000)
★ 6.1/10Also historyVatel 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 favour. But when Vatel falls in love with the king's mistress, love and duty conflict.
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The Royal Exchange (2017)
★ 6.2/10Also historyAfter many years of confrontation, the treasures of Spain and France are empty. In 1721, the regent of France draws up an ambitious plan to inaugurate an era of peace and prosperity that will heal the economies of both…
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Stavisky... (1974)
★ 5.9/10Also historyBiarritz, 1933. Charm and talent assist small-time swindler Serge Alexandre, alias Stavisky, to bribe his way into the centre of French politics. But when his great scam involving millions is exposed, he brings the…