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1. Silence (I) (2016)
R | 161 min | Drama, History
In the 17th century, two Portuguese Jesuit priests travel to Japan in an attempt to locate their mentor, who is rumored to have committed apostasy, and to propagate Catholicism.
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Andrew Garfield, Adam Driver, Liam Neeson, Tadanobu Asano
Votes: 123,043 | Gross: $7.10M
2. The Man in the Iron Mask (I) (1998)
PG-13 | 132 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The cruel King Louis XIV of France has a secret twin brother whom he keeps imprisoned. Can the twin be substituted for the real king?
Director: Randall Wallace | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jeremy Irons, John Malkovich, Gérard Depardieu
Votes: 178,903 | Gross: $56.97M
3. Cutthroat Island (1995)
PG-13 | 124 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A female pirate and her companion race against their rivals to find a hidden island that contains a fabulous treasure.
Director: Renny Harlin | Stars: Geena Davis, Matthew Modine, Frank Langella, Maury Chaykin
Votes: 30,566 | Gross: $10.02M
4. Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003)
PG-13 | 100 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
A young peasant maid working in the house of painter Johannes Vermeer becomes his talented assistant and the model for one of his most famous works.
Director: Peter Webber | Stars: Scarlett Johansson, Colin Firth, Tom Wilkinson, Judy Parfitt
Votes: 82,692 | Gross: $11.63M
5. Fear Street: Part Three - 1666 (2021)
R | 114 min | Horror, Mystery
The origins of Sarah Fier's curse are finally revealed as history comes full circle on a night that changes the lives of Shadysiders forever.
Director: Leigh Janiak | Stars: Kiana Madeira, Ashley Zukerman, Gillian Jacobs, Olivia Scott Welch
Votes: 63,601
6. A Little Chaos (2014)
R | 117 min | Drama, Romance
Two talented landscape artists become romantically entangled while building a garden in King Louis XIV's palace at Versailles.
Director: Alan Rickman | Stars: Kate Winslet, Alan Rickman, Stanley Tucci, Matthias Schoenaerts
Votes: 25,404 | Gross: $0.55M
7. Stage Beauty (2004)
R | 106 min | Drama
A female theatre dresser creates a stir and sparks a revolution in seventeenth century London theatre by playing Desdemona in Othello. But what will become of the male actor she once worked for and eventually replaced?
Director: Richard Eyre | Stars: Billy Crudup, Claire Danes, Rupert Everett, Derek Hutchinson
Votes: 10,743 | Gross: $0.78M
8. Restoration (1995)
R | 117 min | Biography, Drama, History
The exiled royal doctor to King Charles II devotes himself to helping Londoners suffering from the plague, and in the process falls in love with an equally poor woman.
Director: Michael Hoffman | Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Sam Neill, David Thewlis, Polly Walker
Votes: 9,923 | Gross: $4.10M
9. The Last King (2003)
TV-14 | 188 min | Biography, Drama, History
The chronicle of Charles II's time on the throne, his ten-year exile from Oliver Cromwell's England, and his triumphant return.
Stars: Rufus Sewell, Rupert Graves, Charlie Creed-Miles, Christian Coulson
Votes: 1,814
10. Robinson Crusoe (1954)
Approved | 90 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The classic story of Robinson Crusoe, a man who is dragged to a desert island after a shipwreck.
Director: Luis Buñuel | Stars: Dan O'Herlihy, Jaime Fernández, Felipe de Alba, Chel López
Votes: 4,510
11. Tous les matins du monde (1991)
Not Rated | 115 min | Biography, Drama, History
The story of Monsieur de Sainte Colombe, fierce and somber man, grand master of the viola da gamba and professor of Marin Marais, prestigious musician in the court of Louis XIV.
Director: Alain Corneau | Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Anne Brochet, Guillaume Depardieu
Votes: 7,948 | Gross: $3.09M
12. Forever Amber (1947)
Approved | 138 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
In seventeenth-century England, Amber St. Clair aims to raise herself from country girl to nobility, and succeeds, but loses her true love in the process.
Directors: Otto Preminger, John M. Stahl | Stars: Linda Darnell, Cornel Wilde, Richard Greene, George Sanders
Votes: 1,692 | Gross: $16.00M
13. The Great Fire (2014)
Drama, History
An insight into what happened on the night of 2 September 1666, the Great fire of London.
Stars: Polly Dartford, Andrew Buchan, Trixiebell Harrowell, Joey Price
Votes: 782
14. The Brainiac (1962)
Approved | 77 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
In 1661 Mexico, the Baron Vitelius of Astara is sentenced to be burned alive by the Holy Inquisition of Mexico for witchcraft, necromancy, and other crimes. As he dies, the Baron swears ... See full summary »
Director: Chano Urueta | Stars: Abel Salazar, Ariadne Welter, David Silva, Germán Robles
Votes: 1,311
15. Marquise (1997)
120 min | Comedy, Drama, History
The rise and fall of a beauteous actress. She rises from an impoverished background to become a favorite of the Sun King, Louis XIV.
Director: Véra Belmont | Stars: Sophie Marceau, Bernard Giraudeau, Lambert Wilson, Patrick Timsit
Votes: 1,471 | Gross: $0.07M
16. Angélique (I) (2013)
113 min | Adventure, History, Romance
In France, prior to Louis XIV ascending the throne, a young baroness is forced to marry against her will and is caught up in a web of treachery and murder, threatening her and her husband, whom she has come to love deeply.
Director: Ariel Zeitoun | Stars: Nora Arnezeder, Gérard Lanvin, Tomer Sisley, David Kross
Votes: 1,838
17. Har Har Mahadev (2022)
161 min | Action, Drama, War
This is the inspirational story of a real battle in which only 300 soldiers, led by Baji Prabhu Deshpande, the commander of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, held back an enemy army of 15,000 while Shivaji reached the safety of Khera fort.
Director: Abhijeet Shirish Deshpande | Stars: Sharad Kelkar, Subodh Bhave, Yogesh Jadhav, Nabiya Ansari
Votes: 2,255
18. The Fourth Musketeer (2022)
85 min | Action, Adventure
At the behest of his father, young d'Artagnan travels from rural Gascony to Paris, where he becomes embroiled in a devious plot between the King's Musketeers and the Guardsmen of Cardinal Richelieu.
Director: Steve Lawson | Stars: Jonathan Hansler, Matt Ingram-Jones, Morgan Rees-Davies, Ade Dimberline
Votes: 1,436
19. Madame de Sévigné (2023)
93 min | Drama, History
In the middle of the 17th century, the Marquise de Sévigné wanted to make her daughter a brilliant and independent woman in her own image. But the more she tries to control the young ... See full summary »
Director: Isabelle Brocard | Stars: Karin Viard, Ana Girardot, Cédric Kahn, Noémie Lvovsky
Votes: 64
20. Merveilleuse Angélique (1965)
Not Rated | 105 min | Adventure, History, Romance
In the second of the Angélique series, the heroine joins a group of bandits, rescues her children, becomes a successful businesswoman, and once again becomes entangled in politics and matters of the heart.
Director: Bernard Borderie | Stars: Michèle Mercier, Claude Giraud, Jean Rochefort, Jean-Louis Trintignant
Votes: 1,777
21. Time of Violence (1988)
R | 288 min | Drama
In the 17th century, a Bulgarian Christian region is selected by the Ottoman rulers to serve as an example of conversion to Islam. A Janissary who was kidnapped from the village as a boy is... See full summary »
Director: Ludmil Staikov | Stars: Rousy Chanev, Ivan Krystev, Anya Pencheva, Momchil Karamitev
Votes: 2,402
22. The Taking of Power by Louis XIV (1966 TV Movie)
G | 90 min | Biography, History
After the death of Cardinal Mazarin, young king Louis XIV decides to assert his power to control the aristocracy.
Director: Roberto Rossellini | Stars: Jean-Marie Patte, Raymond Jourdan, César Silvagni, Katharina Renn
Votes: 1,702
23. Molière (1978)
260 min | Biography, Drama, History
Who was Moliere? He is known everywhere as one of the world's greatest playwrights. But who was he? Born Jean-Baptiste Poquelin in 1622, the son of a prosperous tapestry maker. His mother ... See full summary »
Director: Ariane Mnouchkine | Stars: Philippe Caubère, Marie-Françoise Audollent, Frédéric Ladonne, Odile Cointepas
Votes: 890
24. Devil's Bride (2016)
R | 110 min | Drama, History
Anna is a 16-year old in a village where women are accused of witchcraft. It's based on the witch hunts on Åland, Finland in the 1600s.
Director: Saara Cantell | Stars: Tuulia Eloranta, Magnus Krepper, Elin Petersdottir, Claes Malmberg
Votes: 1,400
25. Colonel Wolodyjowski (1969)
160 min | Adventure, History, War
In 1668 Polish colonel Michael Wolodyjowski, who recently retired to a monastery, is recalled to active duty and takes charge of Poland's eastern frontier defenses against invading Tatar hordes and Ottoman armies.
Director: Jerzy Hoffman | Stars: Tadeusz Lomnicki, Magdalena Zawadzka, Mieczyslaw Pawlikowski, Hanka Bielicka
Votes: 1,784
26. Shehaweh (1992– )
60 min | Crime
Au début de la colonie en Nouvelle-France, la jeune Amérindienne Shehaweh est enlevée par des guerriers Ouendats. Des Blancs viennent à son secours et la confient à Marguerite Bourgeoys qui... See full summary »
Stars: Marina Foïs, Luc Picard, Marina Orsini, Flint Eagle
Votes: 45
27. We All Fall Down (I) (2005)
24 min | Drama, Short, Horror
During the Great Plague of 1666, an affluent family flees to the countryside, only to be haunted by those they left behind.
Directors: Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer | Stars: Kim Kutner, Carly Schroeder, Robert Pierce, Tish Hicks
Votes: 144
28. L'allée du roi (1996– )
Drama, History
Drama centering around the life at the court of Louis XIV and the role of the Marquise de Maintenon.
Stars: Dominique Blanc, Didier Sandre, Valentine Varela, Raphaëline Goupilleau
Votes: 315
29. The Truth About Mother Goose (1957)
Approved | 15 min | Documentary, Animation, Short
The true story behind various nursery rhymes is explored.
Directors: Bill Justice, Wolfgang Reitherman, Clyde Geronimi, Jack Kinney | Stars: Page Cavanaugh Trio, Kevin Corcoran, John Dehner, Ginny Tyler
Votes: 442
30. The Periwig-Maker (1999)
15 min | Animation, Short, Drama
Europe; the plague years. A wigmaker, locked in his shop, observes the events and writes about them in his journal. Mostly, we see shrouded bodies, and a young girl who lives in the tavern ... See full summary »
Director: Steffen Schäffler | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Alice Fairhall, Roger Law, Daren C. Evans
Votes: 629
31. The Glorious Adventure (1922)
70 min | Adventure, History
An Earl's cousin survives drowning and saves a lady from the Great Fire of London.
Director: J. Stuart Blackton | Stars: Diana Manners, Gerald Lawrence, Cecil Humphreys, Victor McLaglen
Votes: 44
32. An Occurrence at Black Canyon (2004)
20 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
In 1661 France, a frustrated female artist meets a younger swordsman, who adds more color to her lifestyle.
Director: David Lee Hefner | Stars: Karen Knotts, Tyler Ostrander, Tim Weske, Alpha Blair
Votes: 18
33. The Bridges That Built London (2012 TV Movie)
59 min | Documentary
Presented by Dan Cruickshank: Between Richmond and the North Sea, thirty bridges cross the Thames. They carry people across a stretch of river 35 miles long, bringing together a population ... See full summary »
Director: David Wilson | Stars: Dan Cruickshank, Gustav Milne, Nicholas Bateman, Robert Crouch
Votes: 24
34. Shivajichi Agryahun Sutaka (1924)
Adventure, History, War
Director: Dhundiraj Govind Phalke | Stars: Bhaurao Datar, Jardos, Laxman Malusare
35.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
The Visitation: Part One
(1982)
TV-PG | 24 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Trying once more to return Tegan to Heathrow Airport, the Doctor instead lands the Tardis in the same location three hundred years earlier where he and his companions are chased by angry villagers but rescued by a charismatic highwayman.
Director: Peter Moffatt | Stars: Peter Davison, Janet Fielding, Sarah Sutton, Matthew Waterhouse
Votes: 570
36.
Forever Knight (1992–1996)
Episode:
Fatal Mistake
(1993)
Not Rated | 48 min | Crime, Fantasy, Horror
Stonetree is haunted after killing a young robbery suspect as Nick fights off a ghost from his past.
Director: Michael Levine | Stars: Geraint Wyn Davies, Gary Farmer, Catherine Disher, Nigel Bennett
Votes: 46
37.
Forever Knight (1992–1996)
Episode:
Fever
(1995)
Not Rated | 45 min | Crime, Fantasy, Horror
A virus designed to fight HIV in mortals infects the vampire community, threatening Nick and Lacroix's very survival.
Director: Alan Simmonds | Stars: Geraint Wyn Davies, Catherine Disher, Nigel Bennett, Ben Bass
Votes: 33
38.
Highlander (1992–1998)
Episode:
Chivalry
(1995)
TV-14 | 49 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Immortal Kristin is killing mortals, which Duncan hates but he cannot make himself take her head because they were once lovers.
Director: Paolo Barzman | Stars: Adrian Paul, Stan Kirsch, Jim Byrnes, Peter Wingfield
Votes: 182
39.
Highlander (1992–1998)
Episode:
Saving Grace
(1993)
TV-14 | 49 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Grace, an Immortal who has focused on healing rather than fighting, is framed for the murder of her mortal husband by an obsessed ex-lover, the Immortal Carlo Seandaro. Duncan must step in to protect her from her own weakness.
Director: Ray Austin | Stars: Adrian Paul, Alexandra Vandernoot, Stan Kirsch, Julia Stemberger
Votes: 226
40.
Highlander (1992–1998)
Episode:
Shadows
(1994)
TV-14 | 49 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Duncan is having nightmares and hallucinations of fighting against a shadowy figure wearing a dark, hooded robe. When he meets an old Immortal friend, John Garrick, at Garrick's art show, ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Wilkinson | Stars: Adrian Paul, Stan Kirsch, Lisa Howard, Jim Byrnes
Votes: 171
41.
Highlander (1992–1998)
Episode:
Timeless
(1996)
TV-14 | 49 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Immortal Walter Graham is trying to kill pre-Immortal Claudia Jardine, a brilliant pianist, so that she will remain young and at her creative peak forever. In flashback to England 1663, ... See full summary »
Director: Duane Clark | Stars: Adrian Paul, Stan Kirsch, Jim Byrnes, Peter Wingfield
Votes: 187
42.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
The Visitation: Part Two
(1982)
TV-PG | 24 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
To rescue Tegan and Adric, captured and interrogated by the Terileptil fugitive leader, the Doctor must get past the locals under alien control and overcome Death (an android servant dressed up as The Grim Reaper).
Director: Peter Moffatt | Stars: Peter Davison, Matthew Waterhouse, Janet Fielding, Sarah Sutton
Votes: 490
43.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
The Visitation: Part Three
(1982)
TV-PG | 24 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The Doctor makes the fugitive Terileptils a rare offer they shouldn't refuse; but, though few in numbers, they have a plan in the works for the quick and complete domination of Earth and mean to see it through.
Director: Peter Moffatt | Stars: Peter Davison, Sarah Sutton, Matthew Waterhouse, Janet Fielding
Votes: 490
44.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
The Visitation: Part Four
(1982)
TV-PG | 24 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
With Tegan and Richard under alien control, and the manor sealed against anyone leaving or entering, it's a question whether or not the Doctor can get to London before the Terileptils ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Moffatt | Stars: Peter Davison, Matthew Waterhouse, Janet Fielding, Sarah Sutton
Votes: 492
45.
By the Sword Divided (1983–1985)
Episode:
Restoration
(1985)
Drama, History, War
Director: Diarmuid Lawrence | Stars: Sharon Maughan, Rob Edwards, Bert Parnaby, Tim Bentinck
Votes: 6
46.
New Books in South Asian Studies (2011– )
Robert Parthesius, "Dutch Ships in Tropical Waters: The Development of the Dutch East India Company Shipping Network in Asia 1595-1660"
(2011 Podcast Episode)
Talk-Show
Stars: Dhara Anjaria, Robert Parthesius
47.
New Books in Science, Technology, and Society (2012– )
Avner Ben Zaken, "Cross-Cultural Scientific Exchanges in the Eastern Mediterranean, 1560-1660"
(2012 Podcast Episode)
Talk-Show
Stars: Carla Nappi, Avner Ben-Zaken
48.
New Books in East Asian Studies (2011– )
Fabian Drixler, "Mabiki: Infanticide and Population Growth in Eastern Japan, 1660-1950"
(2013 Podcast Episode)
Talk-Show
Stars: Carla Nappi, Fabian Drixler
49.
New Books in French Studies (2013– )
Kieko Matteson, "Forests in Revolutionary France: Conservation, Community, and Conflict, 1669-1848"
(2016 Podcast Episode)
Talk-Show
Stars: Roxanne Panchasi, Kieko Matteson
50.
Six Centuries of Verse (1984– )
Episode:
Restoration and Augustan 1660-1745
(1984)
26 min
Political, social, and literary satire from John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester; John Dryden; Jonathan Swift; and Alexander Pope. Featured performers: Nicholas Gecks, Julian Glover, and Ian Richardson.
Stars: Nicholas Gecks, John Gielgud, Julian Glover, Ian Richardson