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The Sorrow and the Pity (1969)

Summary: An in-depth exploration of the various reactions by the French people to the Vichy government's acceptance of the German invasion.

Release Date: March 25, 1972

Genres: Documentary, History, War

Director: Marcel Ophüls

Writers: André Harris

, Marcel Ophüls

Runtime: 4 h 11 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Télévision Rencontre, Société Suisse de Radiodiffusion et Télévision (SSR), Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR)

Countries: Switzerland, West Germany

Language: French

Domestic: $ 13,082

100 - Rotten Tomatoes
27 votes

The Serpent Queen (2022)

Summary: Series based on Leonie Frieda's book "Catherine de Medici: Renaissance Queen of France."

Release Date: September 11, 2022

Genre: Drama

Runtime: 1 h 00 min

MPAA: TV-MA

Production: 3 Arts Entertainment, Attitude Production, Lionsgate Television

Country: United States

Language: English

99 - Rotten Tomatoes
89 votes

The Battle of Algiers (1966)

Summary: In the 1950s, fear and violence escalate as the people of Algiers fight for independence from the French government.

Release Date: September 20, 1967

Genres: Drama, War

Director: Gillo Pontecorvo

Writers: Franco Solinas

, Gillo Pontecorvo

Runtime: 2 h 01 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Igor Film, Casbah Film

Distributor: Rizzoli, Allied Artists Pictures, Encore Entertainment, Rialto Pictures, The Criterion Collection, The Criterion Channel, Image Entertainment

Countries: Italy, Algeria

Language: Italian

Movie budget: $ 800,000

Domestic: $ 879,794

International: $ 82,208

88 - Rotten Tomatoes
57 votes

The Death of Louis XIV (2016)

Summary: Upon returning from a hunting expedition, King Louis XIV feels a sharp pain in his leg. He begins to die, surrounded by loyal followers in the royal chambers.

Release Date: November 02, 2016

Genres: Drama, Biography, History

Director: Albert Serra

Writers: Thierry Lounas

, Albert Serra

Runtime: 1 h 55 min

Production: Capricci Films, Rosa Filmes, Andergraun Films, Région des Pays-de-la-Loire, Département de la Dordogne, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), Institut Català de les Empreses Culturals (ICEC), Ministério da Cultura, Instituto do Cinema e do Audiovisual (ICA), Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP), Arte / Cofinova 12, Ciné+, Televisió de Catalunya (TV3)

Countries: France, Portugal, Spain

Language: French

Domestic: $ 43,635

International: $ 166,080

88 - Rotten Tomatoes
41 votes

Napoleon (1927)

Summary: A film about the French general's youth and early military career.

Release Date: February 17, 1929

Genres: Drama, Biography, History

Director: Abel Gance

Writer: Abel Gance

Runtime: 5 h 30 min

Production: Ciné France, Films Abel Gance, Isepa-Wengeroff Film GmbH, Société générale des films

Distributor: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Cinema Services Ltd., Images Film Archive, Zoetrope Studios, MCA Home Video, MCA/Universal Home Video, Universal Home Video, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE)

Country: France

Language: French

Movie budget: $ 20,000,000

87 - Rotten Tomatoes
76 votes

Francofonia (2015)

Summary: A history of the Louvre during the Nazi occupation and a meditation on the meaning and timelessness of art.

Release Date: November 11, 2015

Genres: Drama, History

Director: Aleksandr Sokurov

Writer: Aleksandr Sokurov

Runtime: 1 h 28 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Idéale Audience, Zero One Film, N279 Entertainment, Arte France Cinéma, Musée du Louvre, Paris, Eurimages, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Film- und Medienstiftung NRW, Filmförderungsanstalt (FFA), Deutscher Filmförderfonds (DFFF), Nederlands Filmfonds, MEDIA Programme of the European Union

Distributor: Music Box Films

Countries: France, Germany, Netherlands

Language: French

Domestic: $ 307,040

International: $ 701,114

85 - Rotten Tomatoes
66 votes

The Princess of Montpensier (2010)

Summary: Based on the classic didactic novel, the action centers on the noble lady who soon becomes exposed to the sexual and political intrigues of the French court of the religious wars era.

Release Date: November 03, 2010

Genres: Action, Drama, History

Director: Bertrand Tavernier

Writers: Jean Cosmos

, Madame de La Fayette

, François-Olivier Rousseau

Runtime: 2 h 19 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Paradis Films, StudioCanal, France 2 Cinéma, Outsider Productions, Canal+, CinéCinéma, France Télévisions, Cinémage 4, Banque Postale Image 3, La, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), Filmförderungsanstalt (FFA), Région Auvergne, Centre Images - Région Centre, MEDIA Programme of the European Union

Distributor: Sundance Selects

Countries: France, Germany

Language: French

Domestic: $ 352,428

International: $ 6,612,773

82 - Rotten Tomatoes
34 votes

Queen Margot (1994)

Summary: Young Queen Margot finds herself trapped in an arranged marriage amidst a religious war between Catholics and Protestants. She hopes to escape with a new lover, but finds herself imprisoned by her powerful and ruthless family.

Release Date: December 09, 1994

Genres: Drama, Biography, History

Director: Patrice Chéreau

Writers: Alexandre Dumas

, Danièle Thompson

, Patrice Chéreau

Runtime: 2 h 41 min

MPAA: R

Production: Renn Productions, France 2 Cinéma, D.A. Films, NEF Filmproduktion & Vertrieb (I), WMG Film, RCS Films & TV, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), Canal+, Miramax, Eurimages

Distributor: Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Cohen Media Group, Entertainment One

Countries: France, Germany, Italy

Language: French

Movie budget: $ 42,000,000

Domestic: $ 1,304,237

International: $ 14,341

78 - Rotten Tomatoes
18 votes

November (2022)

Summary: 5 days into the heart of the French anti-terrorism services during the hunt for suspects after the 13/11/2015 attacks in Paris.

Release Date: October 05, 2022

Genres: Drama, Crime, Thriller

Director: Cédric Jimenez

Writers: Olivier Demangel

, Cédric Jimenez

, LB

Runtime: 1 h 46 min

Production: Récifilms, Chi-Fou-Mi Productions, StudioCanal, France 2 Cinéma, Umedia

Countries: France, Belgium

Language: French

Movie budget: $ 12,000,000

78 - Rotten Tomatoes
9 votes

La Marseillaise (1938)

Summary: A news-reel like movie about early part of the French Revolution, shown from the eyes of individual people, citizens of Marseille, counts in German exile and, of course the king Louis XVI, showing their own small problems.

Release Date: April 17, 1938

Genres: Drama, Music, History

Director: Jean Renoir

Writers: Jean Renoir

, Carl Koch

, Noelle Gillmor

Runtime: 2 h 10 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Compagnie Jean Renoir, Societé d'Exploitation et de Distribution de Films (SEDIF), Confédération Générale du Travail (CGT)

Distributor: World Pictures Corporation, Interama Video Classics, Connaissance du Cinéma, Tamasa Distribution, Lionsgate Home Entertainment

Country: France

Language: French

76 - Rotten Tomatoes
37 votes

Safe Conduct (2002)

Summary: In German-occupied France, two filmmakers solve the collaboration dilemma differently.

Release Date: January 09, 2002

Genres: Drama, Biography, History

Director: Bertrand Tavernier

Writers: Jean Cosmos

, Jean Devaivre

, Bertrand Tavernier

Runtime: 2 h 50 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Les Films Alain Sarde, Little Bear, KC Medien, Vertigo, France 2 Cinéma, France 3 Cinéma, StudioCanal, Studio Image

Distributor: Empire Pictures Inc., Koch Lorber Films

Countries: France, Germany, Spain

Language: French

Domestic: $ 25,440

International: $ 1,687,981

57 - Rotten Tomatoes
14 votes

Intimate Enemies (2007)

Summary: A drama following a French platoon during Algeria's war of independence.

Release Date: October 02, 2009

Genres: Drama, History, War

Director: Florent-Emilio Siri

Writers: Patrick Rotman

, Florent-Emilio Siri

Runtime: 1 h 51 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Les Films du Kiosque, SND Films, France 2 Cinéma, Cofimage 18, Banque Populaire Images 7, Uni Etoile 4, Agora Films

Distributor: SND Groupe M6

Countries: France, Morocco

Language: French

Movie budget: $ 9,780,000

48 - Rotten Tomatoes
27 votes

Eiffel (2021)

Summary: The government is asking Eiffel to design something spectacular for the 1889 Paris World Fair, but Eiffel simply wants to design the subway. Suddenly, everything changes when Eiffel crosses paths with a mysterious woman from Arun'...

Release Date: October 13, 2021

Genres: Drama, Biography, History

Director: Martin Bourboulon

Writers: Caroline Bongrand

, Thomas Bidegain

, Natalie Carter

Runtime: 1 h 48 min

MPAA: R

Production: VVZ Productions, Pathé, Scope Pictures, Canal+, Ciné+, M6, W9, La Région Île-de-France, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), SofiTVciné 7, Cofimage 31, Cofinova 16, SG Image 2018, Tax Shelter du Gouvernement Fédéral Belge, BNP Paribas

Distributor: Blue Fox Entertainment

Countries: France, Belgium, Germany

Language: French

Domestic: $ 444,814

International: $ 13,129,109

40 - Rotten Tomatoes
10 votes

De Gaulle (2020)

Summary: Paris, June 1940. The de Gaulle couple is confronted with the military and political collapse of France. Charles de Gaulle joins London while Yvonne, his wife, finds herself with her three children on the road of the exodus.

Release Date: October 22, 2021

Genres: Drama, Biography, History

Director: Gabriel Le Bomin

Writers: Gabriel Le Bomin

, Valérie Ranson-Enguiale

Runtime: 1 h 48 min

Production: Vertigo, Les Films de la Baleine, SND Groupe M6, Les Productions du Renard, La Région Île-de-France, Pictanovo, Région Hauts-de-France, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), Canal+, Ciné+, France Télévisions, Poisson Rouge Pictures

Distributor: SND Groupe M6, Samuel Goldwyn Films

Country: France

Language: French

38 - Rotten Tomatoes
8 votes

Nostradamus (1994)

Summary: Nostradamus (1503-66) was a French doctor, astrologer and seer during the Inquisition, successful in treating patients during an outbreak of plague.

Release Date: September 16, 1994

Genres: Drama, Biography

Director: Roger Christian

Writers: Piers Ashworth

, Roger Christian

, Knut Boeser

Runtime: 1 h 59 min

MPAA: R

Production: Allied Entertainments Group PLC, Allied Entertainments Group PLC, Filmex, Filmex, Nostradamus Enterprises Ltd., Nostradamus Enterprises Ltd.

Countries: France, United Kingdom, Germany, Romania

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 20,000,000

Domestic: $ 364,164

32 - Rotten Tomatoes
75 votes

The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999)

Summary: A young girl receives a vision that drives her to rid France of its oppressors.

Release Date: November 12, 1999

Genres: Adventure, Drama, Biography

Director: Luc Besson

Writers: Andrew Birkin

, Luc Besson

Runtime: 2 h 28 min

MPAA: R

Production: Gaumont, Okko Productions

Distributor: Columbia TriStar Home Video, Mill Creek Entertainment, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Countries: France, Czechia, United States, Czech Republic

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 85,000,000

Domestic: $ 14,276,317

International: $ 52,700,000

25 - Rotten Tomatoes
12 votes

Saint Joan (1957)

Summary: In 1456, French King Charles VII recalls the story of how he met the seventeen-year-old peasant girl Joan of Arc, entrusted her with the command of the French Army, and ultimately burned her at the stake as a heretic.

Release Date: May 08, 1957

Genres: Drama, Biography, History

Director: Otto Preminger

Writers: Graham Greene

, George Bernard Shaw

Runtime: 1 h 50 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Wheel Productions

Distributor: Hal Roach Studios Film Classics, Hal Roach Studios, Video Treasures, Warner Home Video, Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN)

Countries: United States, United Kingdom

Language: English

15 - Rotten Tomatoes
62 votes

The Affair of the Necklace (2001)

Summary: In pre-Revolutionary France, a young aristocratic woman left penniless by the political unrest in the country must avenge her family's fall from grace by scheming to steal a priceless necklace.

Release Date: December 07, 2001

Genres: Drama, Romance, History

Director: Charles Shyer

Writer: John Sweet

Runtime: 1 h 58 min

MPAA: R

Production: Alcon Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 30,000,000

Domestic: $ 471,210

International: $ 726,903

0 - Rotten Tomatoes

One Nation, One King (2018)

Summary: The intertwining fates of the historical figures, the men and the women of the 1789 French revolution, as they meet at the newly established Assemblée Nationale.

Release Date: September 26, 2018

Genres: Drama, History

Director: Pierre Schoeller