Here we've displayed a list of the best 1790s films : Pride & Prejudice(2005), Billy Budd(1962), Scaramouche(1952), Danton(1982), The Wild Child(1970), La Marseillaise(1938), A Tale of Two Cities(1958), Brotherhood of the Wolf(2001), Goya in Bordeaux(1999), Passion in the Desert(1997), Terror of Frankenstein(1975), Marie Antoinette(1938) ... ...
Romance, Drama
France|UK|USA
2005
128 Minutes
Keira Knightley Matthew Macfadyen Judi Dench Brenda Blethyn Rosamund Pike Talulah Riley Donald Sutherland Claudie Blakley Cornelius Booth Tom Hollander Jena Malone
sister mother father suitor priest melodramatic tender passionate england country house love-hate relationship sister relationship class distinctions marriage family love growing up 1790s
Sparks fly when spirited Elizabeth Bennet meets single, rich, and proud Mr. Darcy. But Mr. Darcy reluctantly finds himself falling in love with a woman beneath his class. Can each overcome their own pride and prejudice?
Drama
UK
1962
123 Minutes
Robert Ryan Terence Stamp Melvyn Douglas Peter Ustinov John Neville Ronald Lewis Lee Montague Paul Rogers Niall MacGinnis John Meillon Ray McAnally
captain seaman military officer assistant lieutenant young man tense fascinating profound rousing ship deck mediterranean sea accidental death moral dilemma false accusations schemes law enforcement naval warfare rivalry
Billy Budd is an innocent, naive seaman in the British Navy in 1797. When the ship's sadistic master-at-arms is murdered, Billy is accused and tried.
Adventure
USA
1952
111 Minutes
Stewart Granger Eleanor Parker Janet Leigh Mel Ferrer Henry Wilcoxon Nina Foch Richard Anderson Robert Coote Lewis Stone Elisabeth Risdon Howard Freeman
marquis peasant damsel in distress instructor love interest swordsman charming thrilling spirited france theater palace revenge betrayal acting murder royalty love quest rescue
In France during the late 18th Century, a man sets out to avenge the death of his friend at the hands of a master swordsman.
Drama, History
France|Poland
1982
136 Minutes
Gérard Depardieu Wojciech Pszoniak Patrice Chéreau Anne Alvaro Roland Blanche Emmanuelle Debever Krzysztof Globisz Ronald Guttman
leader revolutionary wife robespierre intense fascinating paris france power struggle revolution political coup injustice historical events georges danton fall rivalry 1790s
In 1793, as the Terror begins in France, Georges Danton, a champion-of-the-people, returns to clash against Maximilien Robespierre and his extremist party.
Drama
France
1970
86 Minutes
Jean-Pierre Cargol François Truffaut Jean Dasté Françoise Seigner Annie Miller Claude Miller Paul Ville Nathan Miller
doctor hunter boy deaf person confident fascinating forest paris school education isolation unusual behavior behavioral disorder discovery transformation 1790s
In a French forest in 1798, a child is found who cannot walk, speak, read or write. A doctor becomes interested in the child and patiently attempts to civilize him.
Drama, History
France
1938
130 Minutes
Pierre Renoir Lise Delamare Louis Jouvet Julien Carette Léon Larive William Aguet
king louis xvi marie antoinette soldier revolutionary patriotic unrestrained france paris french revolution royalty social change armed conflict rebellion underdog rise fall 1790s
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, ... See full summary »
Drama, History
UK
1958
117 Minutes
Dirk Bogarde Dorothy Tutin Cecil Parker Stephen Murray Athene Seyler Paul Guers Marie Versini Ian Bannen Alfie Bass Ernest Clark Rosalie Crutchley
aristocrat soldier duchess marquis doctor attorney chilling melodramatic france paris french revolution poverty power struggle french history redemption forbidden love fall wretched excess sacrifice 1790s
During the turbulent days of the French Revolution, Frenchwoman Lucie Manette falls in love with Englishman Charles Darnay, who's hiding his true identity and purpose.
Horror, Action, Fantasy
France
2001
142 Minutes
Samuel Le Bihan Mark Dacascos Émilie Dequenne Vincent Cassel Monica Bellucci Jérémie Renier Jean Yanne Jean-François Stévenin Hans Meyer Édith Scob Jacques Perrin
beast hunter friend scientist naturalist priest gory thrilling frightening creepy engaging france small town bordello provincial town chateau catacombs science french revolution superstition
In 18th-century France, the Chevalier de Fronsac and his Native American friend Mani are sent to the Gevaudan province at the king's behest to investigate the killings of hundreds by a mysterious beast.
Drama, Biography, War
Spain|Italy
1999
102 Minutes
Francisco Rabal José Coronado Dafne Fernández Maribel Verdú Eulàlia Ramon Joaquín Climent Cristina Espinosa Jose Maria Pou Saturnino Garcia Carlos Hipólito
artist wife daughter duchess mistress fascinating melodramatic passionate bordeaux, france royal court spain painting inspiration relationships exile war francisco goya rise love transformation
Francisco Goya (1746-1828), deaf and ill, lives the last years of his life in voluntary exile in Bordeaux, a Liberal protesting the oppressive rule of Ferdinand VII. He's living with his ... See full summary »
Fantasy
USA
1997
93 Minutes
Ben Daniels Michel Piccoli Paul M. Meston Kenneth Collard Nadia Odeh Mohammed Alì Auda Mohammed Badoul
guard artist leopard officer bedouin profound offbeat dreamy fascinating egypt desert survival desperation human-animal friendship abandonment nature transformation discovery 1790s
Young French officer Augustin Robert escorts artist Jean-Michel Venture de Paradis to Egypt during Napoleon's Egyptian campaign. Napoleon sent de Paradis to record Egypt's great monuments ... See full summary »
Horror
1975
91 Minutes
Leon Vitali Per Oscarsson Nicholas Clay Stacey Dorning Jan Ohlsson Archie O'Sullivan
doctor monster brother fiancé mad scientist eerie tense dark germany ingolstadt laboratory wedding frankenstein's monster scientific experiments guilt murder discovery 1790s
Victor Frankenstein (Leon Vitali) toils in his lab and brings a soulless monster-man (Per Oscarsson) to life.
Biography
1938
149 Minutes
Norma Shearer Tyrone Power John Barrymore Gladys George Robert Morley Anita Louise Joseph Schildkraut Henry Stephenson Reginald Gardiner Peter Bull Albert Van Dekker
marie antoinette louis xvi count louis xv duke engaging melodramatic spectacular france palace versailles, france royal life revolution affair execution love growing up wretched excess fall 1790s
The 18th-century Austrian princess (Norma Shearer) has an affair with a Swedish count (Tyrone Power) and becomes queen of France.
Horror
1994
123 Minutes
Robert De Niro Kenneth Branagh Thomas Hulce Helena Bonham Carter Aidan Quinn Ian Holm Richard Briers John Cleese Robert Hardy Cherie Lunghi Celia Imrie
frankenstein's monster captain professor doctor wife creepy suspenseful arctic geneva university mansion cottage monsters murder family scientific experiments transformation revenge wretched excess 1790s
Dr. Frankenstein (Kenneth Branagh) creates a soulless monster (Robert De Niro) from cadavers and tries to hide it from his beloved.
Adventure
1949
89 Minutes
Bob Cummings Richard Basehart Arlene Dahl Richard Hart Arnold Moss Jess Barker Norman Lloyd Wade Crosby William Challee Georgette Windsor Charles McGraw
marquis de lafayette robespierre secret agent political dissidents ex-lover villager thrilling fascinating paris countryside palace hideout france french revolution political intrigue rebellion historical events search assumed identity adventure
An enemy (Robert Cummings) of Robespierre (Richard Basehart) steals the secret book listing his candidates for the guillotine.
Adventure
1950
109 Minutes
David Niven Emeric Pressburger Margaret Leighton Cyril Cusack Jack Hawkins Robert Coote Edmond Audran Danielle Godet Arlette Marchal Charles Victor David Hutcheson
aristocrat hero revolutionary englishman prisoner brother-in-law spectacular brash gutsy paris london court english channel inn prison rescue french revolution secret identity heroism scarlet pimpernel
London dandy Sir Percy (David Niven) dons disguises to rescue French nobles from the Reign of Terror guillotine.