Movies Like Louis XV, le Soleil noir
If you liked Louis XV, le Soleil noir (2009), a history and tv movie 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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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Firebrand (2024)
★ 6.3/10Also historyKatherine Parr, the sixth wife of King Henry VIII, is named regent while the tyrant battles abroad. When the king returns, increasingly ill and paranoid, Katherine finds herself fighting for her own survival.
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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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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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Napoleon (1927)
★ 7.9/10Also historyA biopic of former Emperor of France, Napoleon Bonaparte, tracing the Corsican's career from his schooldays (where a snowball fight is staged like a military campaign) to his flight from Corsica, through the French…
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Fanny Lye Deliver'd (2019)
★ 6.3/10Also 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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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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Victoria & Abdul (2017)
★ 6.9/10Also historyQueen Victoria strikes up an unlikely friendship with a young Indian clerk named Abdul Karim.
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The King Is Dancing (2000)
★ 6.5/10Also historyLouis XIV, the French sun-king has two passions, establishing absolute rule over the realm -after decades of religious/civil wars- by divine right and artistic brilliancy as a dancer
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Henry V (1944)
★ 6.7/10Also historyIn 1415, in the midst of the Hundred Years' War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France.