Movies Like Une aventure secrète de Marie-Antoinette
If you liked Une aventure secrète de Marie-Antoinette (1910), a history movie directed by Camille de Morlhon, 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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Chevalier (2023)
★ 6.4/10Also historyThe illegitimate son of an African slave and a French plantation owner, Joseph Bologne rises to improbable heights in French society as a celebrated violinist-composer and fencer, complete with an ill-fated love affair…
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The Flood (2024)
★ 6.3/10Also 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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Marie Antoinette (2006)
★ 6.7/10Also historyA retelling of the story of France’s iconic but ill-fated queen, Marie Antoinette - from her betrothal and marriage to Louis XVI at fifteen to her reign as queen at nineteen and ultimately the fall of Versailles.
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Farewell, My Queen (2012)
★ 6/10Also historyA look at the relationship between Marie Antoinette and one of her readers during the final days of the French Revolution.
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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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Niki (2024)
★ 6.2/10Also historyFrench-American artist Niki de Saint-Phalle, from the age of 23, is a model and an aspiring actor who is married and has a two year old daughter. Together, they flee the U.S. during the oppressive McCarthy era and come…
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Désirée (1954)
★ 6.6/10Also 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 Count of Monte Cristo (2002)
★ 7.7/10Also historyYoung sailor Edmond Dantès is wrongfully imprisoned, escapes, finds treasure, and reinvents himself as the wealthy Count of Monte Cristo to exact revenge on those who betrayed him.
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De Gaulle: Résistance (2026)
★ 7.8/10Also historyJune, 1940. France collapses and signs the armistice. In the midst of the chaos, one man refuses to give up. Alone against the odds, this unknown general flees to London to save what remains of freedom.
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The Rays and Shadows (2026)
★ 7.4/10Also historyJean and Otto, a French newspaperman and a young German Francophile, are fighting for peace in Europe. Jean’s daughter, Corinne, is launching a brilliant acting career in the film world, but war breaks out and France…
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The Last Rifleman (2023)
★ 6.6/10Also historyA WWII veteran escapes his care home in Northern Ireland and embarks on an arduous but inspirational journey to France to attend the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings, finding the courage to face the ghosts of his…
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Outlaws - For Greater Glory (2012)
★ 7/10Also historyA chronicle of the Cristeros War (1926-1929), which was touched off by a rebellion against the Mexican government's attempt to secularize the country.
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Austerlitz (1960)
★ 6.7/10Also historyA return to the life of the Little Corporal with a dramatisation of the decisive 1805 conflict between French forces and the armies of Austria and Russia. An epic reconstruction of the battle of Austerlitz, where…
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The Colors of Fire (2022)
★ 6.8/10Also historyFebruary 1927. The funeral of Marcel Péricourt, the most powerful banker in Paris. His daughter Madeleine must take the helm of the financial empire of which she is the heiress. But she has a son, Paul, who with an…
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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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Radium Girls (2020)
★ 6.6/10Also historyYoung women toiling in a factory are exposed to hazardous material which takes a disastrous toll on their health.
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De Gaulle: Liberté (2026)
★ 7.8/10Also historyPart two of a two-part biopic following French army officer Charles De Gaulle's life and political commitment between 1940 and 1945, and trace his development towards a political career.
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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…
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Farewell, Mr. Haffmann (2022)
★ 6.9/10Also historyParis 1942. François Mercier is an ordinary man who only aspires to start a family with the woman he loves, Blanche. He is also the employee of a talented jeweler, Mr. Haffmann. But faced with the German occupation…
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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…