18th century movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant 18th century movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out period drama, realistic, costume drama, historical drama, serious and captivating films and TV shows about / with costume, female nudity, nude, society, nudity, love and romance, couples, love, ancient and betrayal plots mostly in Drama, Romance and History genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as 18th century: Quills (2000), The Duchess (2008), Casanova (2005), Fellini's Casanova (1976), A Royal Affair (2012), Outlander (2014), The Nun (2013), The King's Whore (1990), Valmont (1989), Becoming Jane (2007).
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| The Testament of Ann Lee (2025) | 7.1 | |
| Dovbush (2023) | 7.4 | |
| Amadeus (2025) | 5.0 | |
| Here (2024) | 6.3 | |
| Chief of War (2025) | 7.5 |
List of 18th century movies
59K
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A nobleman with a literary flair, the Marquis de Sade lives in a madhouse where a beautiful laundry maid smuggles his erotic stories to a printer, defying orders from the asylum's resident priest. The titillating passages whip all of France ...
Style:
erotic, period piece, sexy, gothic, sexual ...
Plot:
sexuality, writer's life, rape, priest, sex, perversion, steamy romance, aristocracy, eccentricity, fetish, sexual tension, writers ...
Time:
18th century, 19th century, ancient times, year 2000, georgian era ...
Place:
france, paris france, europe
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, Italy, France, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A chronicle of the life of 18th century aristocrat Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, who was reviled for her extravagant political and personal life.
Style:
costume drama, romantic, sexy, emotional, period piece ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, girls' night
Plot:
love story, royalty, love affair, aristocracy, love triangle, duke, duchess, infidelity, adultery, destiny, life philosophy, high society ...
Time:
18th century, middle ages, 19th century, georgian era, ancient times ...
Place:
england, britain, europe, scotland, london
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58K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
With a reputation for seducing members of the opposite sex, regardless of their marital status, a notorious womanizer discovers a beauty who seems impervious to his charms. However, as he continues to pursue the indifferent lady, he finds himself ...
Style:
romantic, period piece, costume drama, light, cute ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night, teens
Plot:
casanova, womanizer, unlikely couple, sex, inquisition, masquerade, duchess, nobility, happy ending, lovers, secret lover, beefcake ...
Time:
18th century, ancient times, year 2005, 19th century, georgian era ...
Place:
venice, italy, rome italy, europe
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 155 min.
Story:
Casanova is a libertine, collecting seductions and sexual feats. But he is really interested in someone, and is he really an interesting person? Is he really alive?
Style:
sexy, erotic, surreal, costume drama, art house ...
Plot:
casanova, womanizer, nobility, orgy, sex, voyeurism, sexual intercourse, passion, renaissance, looking for sex, biopic, bare breasts ...
Time:
18th century, year 1976
Place:
italy, venice, rome italy, france, europe ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Denmark, Sweden, Czech Republic, Germany
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
A young queen falls in love with her physician, and they start a revolution that changes their nation forever.
Style:
period piece, stylized, costume drama, sexy, historical drama ...
Audience:
date night, teens, pre-teens, adult
Plot:
royal family, love affair, adultery, love triangle, political intrigue, infidelity, queen, royalty, royal court, coup d'etat, aristocracy, marriage ...
Time:
18th century, ancient times, year 2012, victorian era, georgian era ...
Place:
denmark, europe, england, copenhagen, scandinavia ...
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197K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The story of Claire Randall, a married combat nurse from 1945 who is mysteriously swept back in time to 1743, where she is immediately thrown into an unknown world where her life is threatened. When she is forced to marry Jamie, a chivalrous and ...
Style:
historical drama, stylized, exciting, captivating, serious ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, girls' night
Plot:
time travel, fall in love, couples, love affair, true love, danger, life turned upside down, love and romance, battles, rivalry, escapades, couple relations ...
Time:
18th century, year 1945, 20th century, 1940s, georgian era
Place:
scotland, scottish highlands, britain, syria, europe ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Germany, Belgium
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Suzanne Simonin describes her life of suffering in letters. As a young woman she is sent to a convent against her will. Since her parents cannot afford the dowry required for a marriage befitting her rank they decide she must instead become a nun. ...
Style:
realistic, captivating, serious, atmospheric, erotic ...
Plot:
lesbian, religion, convent, power relations, clergy, strong female presence, society, celibacy, women's rights, humiliation, abuse of power, confession ...
Time:
18th century, georgian era
Place:
france, europe
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Germany, France, Spain, Belgium, USA
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, born in the stench of 18th century Paris, develops a superior olfactory sense, which he uses to create the world's finest perfumes. However, his work takes a dark turn as he tries to preserve scents in the search for ...
Style:
psychological, atmospheric, suspense, clever, dark fantasy ...
Audience:
girls' night, adult
Plot:
serial killer, obsession, psychopath, perfume, macabre, insanity, genius, dangerous attraction, woman in danger, master apprentice relationship, psycho killer, secret formula ...
Time:
18th century, year 2006, 19th century, georgian era
Place:
france, paris france, europe, barcelona, germany ...
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK, France, Italy, Austria
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Set in the 17th-century, an Italian nobleman weds an impoverished countess, who is wooed by the King of Piedmont and faces pressure from his entire court to succumb to his wishes.
Style:
sexual, realistic, serious, gloomy, sincere ...
Plot:
fatal attraction, obsessive love, love triangle, royal family, royalty, female nudity, sword fight, pregnancy, ancient, girl, 007, couples ...
Time:
17th century, middle ages, 18th century
Is relevant?
15K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, UK, USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
Set in Baroque France, a scheming widow and her lover make a bet regarding the corruption of a recently married woman. The lover, Valmont, bets that he can seduce her, even though she is an honorable woman. If he wins, he can have his lover to do as ...
Style:
sexy, period piece, costume drama, independent film, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night, adult
Plot:
infidelity, betrayal, virgin, couple relations, manipulation, seduction, hypocrisy, virginity, tragedy, manipulative woman, love triangle, marriage ...
Time:
18th century, year 1989, georgian era, 20th century, 80s ...
Place:
france, paris france, eastern europe, europe
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Ireland, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A biographical portrait of a pre-fame Jane Austen and her romance with a young Irishman.
Style:
romantic, sweet, touching, costume drama, period piece ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, date night, girls' night, adult
Plot:
unfulfilled love, love story, couples, writer's life, love and romance, love, prejudice, fall in love, biopic, women, passion, destiny ...
Time:
18th century, 19th century, victorian era, ancient times, 50s ...
Place:
england, ireland, britain, europe, london
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, Mystery
Country: Belgium
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Charismatic highwayman Jan de Lichte leads the oppressed and downtrodden in a revolt against the corrupt aristocracy of 18th-century Belgium.
Style:
suspense, bleak, realistic, historical drama
Plot:
bandit, elite, nobility, thief, forest, poverty, deserter, exploitation, life is a bitch, criminal, mercenary, village ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
flanders, belgium
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK, Ireland, USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Based on a true story, Aristocrats draws back the curtain on an 18th century English family near the summit of society, revealing a tapestry of romance, prejudice, infidelity, and revolution.
Style:
period piece, costume drama, captivating, serious, historical drama ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
master and servant, family relations, royalty, aristocracy, rich and poor, high society, society, royal family, honor, politics, siblings relations, intrigue ...
Time:
18th century, 1780s, georgian era
Place:
england, ireland, europe
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: France, Portugal, Spain, Germany
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
1774, shortly before the French Revolution, somewhere between Potsdam and Berlin. Madame de Dumeval, the Duke de Tesis and the Duke de Wand, libertines expelled from the puritanical court of Louis XVI, seek the support of the legendary Duc de ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, suspense, avant garde, hot ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
peeping, perversion, sadism, zoophilia, debauchery, lechery, sexual pleasure, bare breasts, blasphemy, exile, female nudity, voyeurism ...
Time:
18th century, 1770s, georgian era
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
After an abrupt and violent encounter with a French warship inflicts severe damage upon his ship, a captain of the British Royal Navy begins a chase over two oceans to capture or destroy the enemy, though he must weigh his commitment to duty and ...
Style:
exciting, tense, period piece, epic, costume drama ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
ship, napoleonic wars, navy, naval battle, sea battle, battles, sailing, warship, heroic mission, royal navy, british navy, sea ...
Time:
18th century, 19th century, 1800s, year 2003, ancient times ...
Place:
britain, england, america, brazil, europe ...
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: Portugal, France
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
The story of the adventures, in the twilight of the eighteenth century, of a singular couple formed by a little orphan with mysterious origins and his young Italian nurse of a similarly uncertain birth. They lead us in their wake, from Rome to ...
Plot:
napoleon bonaparte, vatican, french revolution, cardinal the priest, sea, card playing, cemetery, male nudity, poisoned, sex scene, duel, female nudity ...
Time:
18th century, georgian era
Place:
lisbon portugal, versailles, london, venice, paris france
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Russia
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
The life of the Russian Empress Ekaterina II (Catherine the Great), a German born princess who came to Russia as bride for the young Peter III, chosen by his aunt Elisabeth, and who, once she came into power, transformed the Russian empire.
Style:
captivating, historical drama, suspenseful, costume drama, sentimental ...
Plot:
imperial russia, russian history, russian empire, royal family, palace intrigue, coup d'etat, empress, royal court, nobleman, intrigue, political conspiracy, espionage ...
Time:
18th century, 1770s, 1780s, georgian era
Place:
russia, st. petersburg russia, ottoman empire
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12K
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Brothel owner, Margaret Wells, struggles to raise her daughters in London during the 18th century.
Style:
costume drama, thought provoking, period piece, stylized, captivating ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
brothel madam, prostitution, brothel, courtesan, rivalry, prostitute, interracial sex, class differences, twists and turns, lesbian, rivals, mother daughter relationship ...
Time:
18th century, georgian era
Place:
england, london
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Britain is in the grip of a chilling recession... falling wages, rising prices, civil unrest - only the bankers are smiling. It's 1783 and Ross Poldark returns from the American War of Independence to his beloved Cornwall to find his world in ...
Style:
captivating, family saga, costume drama, period piece, realistic ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
countryside, estate, love affair, rich and poor, couple relations, love and romance, society, master and servant, poverty, social differences, family relations, english countryside ...
Time:
18th century, victorian era, 1790s, 19th century, 1800s ...
Place:
england, cornwall, britain
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A vampire relates his epic life story of love, betrayal, loneliness, and dark hunger to an over-curious reporter.
Style:
gothic, gothic horror, dark, scary, sexy ...
Audience:
girls' night, adult
Plot:
vampire, supernatural, immortality, goth, loneliness, dark hero, vampirism, monster as victim, blood, bonding, vampire bite, child vampire ...
Time:
19th century, 18th century, georgian era, 20th century, 1870s ...
Place:
new orleans, louisiana, paris france, san francisco, france ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Orphaned by smallpox, young Lancashire country lady Fanny Hill cheerfully accepts her friend Esther Davies's offer to join the London 'working girls' with Mrs. Brown, a madam who recruits her as charmingly fresh enough to wait, ...
Style:
costume drama, serious, touching, erotic, sincere ...
Plot:
sexual content, true love, prostitute, lovers apart, sex, love affair, maid, love and romance, society, fall in love, social differences, rich and poor ...
Time:
18th century, georgian era
Place:
england, london
Is relevant?
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
The true story of William Wilberforce's courageous quest to end the British slave trade. Although meeting intense opposition, his minister, John Newton, urges him to see the cause through.
Style:
emotional, inspirational, period piece, costume drama, factual ...
Audience:
teens, family outing
Plot:
slavery, politics, politician, mentor, civil rights, slave trade, friendship, freedom, christian, british empire, religion, biopic ...
Time:
18th century, 19th century, ancient times, 1800s, georgian era ...
Place:
england, london, britain, paris france, france ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Dangerous Liaisons is the film based on the novel of the same name by Choderlos de Laclos set in 18th century France. Marquise de Merteuil’s asks her ex-lover Vicomte de Valmont to seduce the future wife of another ex-lover of hers in return for ...
Style:
sexy, costume drama, gothic, period piece, sensual ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
aristocracy, sexualized violence, fatal attraction, seduction, casanova, love, sexuality, nobility, decadence, passion, medieval, erotic scene ...
Time:
18th century, georgian era, 20th century, 19th century, victorian era ...
Place:
france, paris france, europe
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Painter Francisco Goya faces a scandal involving his muse, who is labeled a heretic by a monk.
Style:
period piece, costume drama, historical drama, factual, realistic ...
Plot:
rape, artist, spanish inquisition, spanish history, art, prison, prostitute, painter, biopic, life is a bitch, lifestyle, painting ...
Time:
18th century, ancient times, regency period, 19th century, 1800s ...
Place:
spain, persia, madrid, europe
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A landscape gardener is hired by famous architect Le Nôtre to construct the grand gardens at the palace of Versailles. As the two work on the palace, they find themselves drawn to each other and are thrown into rivalries within the court of King ...
Style:
romantic, light, period piece, costume drama, melancholic ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
gardener, love story, royal court, garden, female protagonist, aristocracy, jealousy, infidelity, intrigue, voyeurism, adultery, extramarital affair ...
Time:
18th century, 17th century, victorian era, 60s, 1930s ...
Place:
france, paris france, versailles, europe, england ...
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story:
The story of a group of very different men fighting in the American Colonies for freedom, and how they will shape the future for the United States of America.
Style:
captivating, historical drama, exciting, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
american revolution, human spirit, battles, politics, rebelliousness, political unrest, heroes, state affairs, rebellion, military, revolution, american history ...
Time:
18th century, future, 1770s, georgian era
Place:
boston, massachusetts, usa
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: France, Belgium, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The 45-year-old Casanova is in exile in London, where he meets a 25-year-old woman who is unimpressed by his overtures ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, touching, realistic, fairy tale ...
Plot:
womanizer, unrequited love, libertine, sexual content, sex, impossible love, older man younger woman relationship, sex scene, tragic love, unfulfilled love, sexual relations, love and romance ...
Time:
18th century, georgian era
Place:
england, london
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA, Ireland
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A young woman's penchant for sensational Gothic novels leads to misunderstandings in the matters of the heart.
Style:
costume drama, gothic, romantic, period piece, realistic ...
Plot:
love and romance, estate, fall in love, aristocracy, love, friendship, passionate love, family relations, abbey, literary, passion, countryside ...
Time:
18th century, victorian era, 19th century, ancient times, 1800s ...
Place:
england, europe
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Sweden, Finland
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
The Swedish King Gustav III is bold and courageous regarding government. He is to marry a Danish princess. But when it comes to love and courtship, the king feels lost. Therefore he asks the loyal and experienced Captain Munck for assistance.
Style:
historical drama, captivating, historical romance, melancholic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
monarchy, duke, love story, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, royal family, marriage, couples, relationships, male female relationship, love affair, couple relations, palace ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
stockholm sweden
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410K
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
New York detective Ichabod Crane is sent to Sleepy Hollow to investigate a series of mysterious deaths in which the victims are found beheaded. But the locals believe the culprit to be none other than the ghost of the legendary Headless Horseman.
Style:
gothic, dark, scary, atmospheric, dark fantasy ...
Audience:
family friendly, chick flick, teens, horror for children
Plot:
supernatural, witch, ghost, murder, investigation, supernatural horror, magical, witchcraft, small town, horseman, goth, legends and myths ...
Time:
18th century, georgian era, 19th century, 90s, year 1999 ...
Place:
new york, new york state, britain, america, madagascar
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