18th Century Movies

Nobleman Jean-Francois de la Plaine is exiled to serve as governor of a West African colony.

The era of palace coups in Russia ended with the coronation of a prominent historical figure: Catherine the Great. She could have settled for the...

This film is one of the most popular pictures of Slovak cinema and relates the story about the legendary folk hero and brigand Juro...

A young boy betrays his family who hides a refugee and tells the pursuer where the hiding-place is - just because he wants a valuable telescope for...

Fort St. David, Cuddalore, southern India, 1748. While colonial empires battle to seize an enormous territory, rich in spices and precious metals...

Japan, 1701. A group of samurai become rônin after their lord is forced to commit seppuku for assaulting a court official, who will become the...

How Louis XV, a young king loved by his people, sensitive to the artistic and intellectual turmoil of his century (that of the Enlightenment), will...

Set during the bloody and turbulent years of the French Revolution, it follows the life and exploits of François-Séverin Marceau, an...

Comedy in five acts by Beaumarchais, filmed by Marcel Bluwal in studio and on location. The cast, in accordance with Marcel Bluwal's wishes, is in...

Drama looking at artist William Hogarth and his relationship with the prostitute that inspired his most famous piece.

Robert Louis Stevenson's hero David Balfour joins rebel Alan Breck Stewart in 18th-century Scotland.

A period film, set around an English country house whose owners want to arrange a marriage of convenience between their elder daughter and an...

Jack, Angelica and the relentless Captain Maynard race to claim the Lamp of Secrets. Familiar allies and rivals resurface, new bonds are forged and...

Simon Schama presents a drama-documentary that charts the extraordinary journey of the American slaves who fought for the British side in the...

In the 17th century, advances in the natural sciences and the invention of the telescope led Dutch women painters to closely study nature and include...

Highly fictionalized early history of Canada. Trapper/explorer Radisson imagines an empire around Hudson's Bay. He befriends the Indians, fights the...

In a small Southern town, a plantation owner is duped into thinking a thief is a kind stranger. To repay the stranger for stopping a robbery, the...

A pious plantation owner attempts to teach Christianity to 12 of his slaves by inviting them to participate in a reenactment of the Last Supper.

King Frederick II (aka "Frederick the Great") of Prussia is engaged in a major battle against the Austrian army at Kunersdorf, and things aren't...

A funny outlaw tale inspired by traditional folk humour. Pacho is no ordinary outlaw. He detests injustice and feudal oppression and he copes with...