| The Madness of King George (1994) | 7.2 | |
| Rob Roy (1995) | 6.9 | |
| Belle (2013) | 7.3 | |
| Black Sails (2014) | 8.2 | |
| Outlander (2014) | 8.3 |
18th century movies and TV shows – page 3
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| Chief of War (2025) | 7.5 | |
| The Seduction (2025) | 6.1 | |
| House of Ga'a (2024) | 4.0 | |
| Unbound (2025) | 7.0 | |
| The Devil's Bath (2024) | 6.6 |
List of 18th century movies
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
The familiar story of Lieutenant Bligh, whose cruelty leads to a mutiny on his ship. This version follows both the efforts of Fletcher Christian to get his men beyond the reach of British retribution, and the epic voyage of Lieutenant Bligh to get ...
Style:
costume drama, period piece, captivating, sexy, epic ...
Plot:
ship, mutiny, sea, island, sea voyage, colonialism, storm at sea, journey, royal navy, lifeboat, pacific island, captain ...
Time:
18th century, georgian era, year 1984, 1780s, 1930s
Place:
england, tahiti, britain, pacific ocean, europe
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
In 18th century France, the Chevalier de Fronsac and his Native American friend Mani are sent by the King to the Gevaudan province to investigate the killings of hundreds by a mysterious beast.
Style:
gothic, atmospheric, gothic horror, period piece, sexy ...
Plot:
werewolf, martial arts, supernatural, beast, murder, conspiracy, investigation, legends and myths, good versus evil, animal attack, sword fight, violence ...
Time:
18th century, year 2001, 19th century, 2000s
Place:
france, canada, europe
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: USA, France
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
His wife having recently died, Thomas Jefferson accepts the post of United States ambassador to pre-revolutionary France, though he finds it difficult to adjust to life in a country where the aristocracy subjugates an increasingly restless ...
Style:
costume drama, dramatic, historical drama, romantic drama, political ...
Plot:
slavery, biopic, president, interracial romance, revolution, french revolution, u.s. president, american revolution, politics, renaissance, african american, slave ...
Time:
18th century, ancient times, georgian era, 1780s, 19th century
Place:
france, paris france, europe, versailles, tokyo ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
Jack Sparrow, a freewheeling 17th-century pirate, quarrels with a rival pirate bent on pillaging Port Royal. When the governor's daughter is kidnapped, Sparrow decides to help the girl's love save her.
Style:
exciting, entertaining, fairy tale, visually stunning, saga ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, kids, family friendly, chick flick ...
Plot:
pirate, treasure hunt, ship, pirate ship, fantasy world, treasure, sword fight, captain, curses spells and rituals, swashbuckler, tombs and skeletons, love ...
Time:
18th century, year 2003, 2000s, georgian era
Place:
caribbean, iran, fictional island, britain, jamaica ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Austria, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary
Duration: 200 min.
TV show
Story:
The young Maria Theresia sees her life clearly in front of her: she will marry Franz Stephan of Lorraine and start a family of many with him. Even if Franz Stephan is not quite sure of his luck and her father, Emperor Charles VI, and his powerful ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, contemplative, visually appealing
Plot:
aristocrat, empress, female politician, female protagonist, motherhood, high society, czech history, european history, political leader, noblewoman, strong female character, royalty ...
Time:
18th century, georgian era
Place:
central europe
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 185 min.
Story:
In the Eighteenth Century, in a small village in Ireland, Redmond Barry is a young farm boy in love with his cousin Nora Brady. When Nora engages to the British Captain John Quin, Barry challenges him for a duel of pistols. He wins and escapes to ...
Style:
period piece, costume drama, epic, visually appealing, atmospheric ...
Plot:
nobility, rise and fall, aristocracy, opportunist, duel, card playing, british army, pistol duel, wealth, soldier, social climber, literary ...
Time:
18th century, georgian era, 20th century, year 1975, 19th century ...
Place:
ireland, england, prussia, berlin germany, britain ...
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Young orphan Heathcliff is adopted by the wealthy Earnshaw family and moves into their estate, Wuthering Heights. Soon, the new resident falls for his compassionate foster sister, Cathy. The two share a remarkable bond that seems unbreakable until ...
Style:
romantic, atmospheric, gothic, emotional, period piece ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
obsession, forbidden love, revenge, social differences, passion, tragic love, master and servant, love story, childhood sweetheart, betrayal, love triangle, haunted by the past ...
Time:
18th century, 19th century, 1800s, year 1992, regency period ...
Place:
britain, england, europe
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The story revolves around Goya's womanising and the mysterious death of the Duchess of Alba at the end of the 18th and beginning of the 19th Centuries, at a time when Madrid was wobbling through a difficult time and setting the scene for the ...
Style:
historical drama, period piece, atmospheric, tension, melancholic ...
Plot:
painter, biopic, napoleonic era, painting, art history, palace intrigue, spanish history, betrayal, love triangle, murder investigation, womanizer, high society ...
Time:
19th century, 18th century
Place:
madrid
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Genre: Comedy, History, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
The beginning of the XVIII century. England (already Great Britain) is waging a long and ruinous war with France for the Spanish inheritance. The English court, formally in the hands of Queen Anne, is in fact completely under the control of her ...
Style:
period piece, historical drama, sincere, suspense, unusual plot structure ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
strong female lead, queen, lady in waiting, female rivalry, female friendship, affair, queen of england, duel, royalty, royal court, power struggle, twists and turns ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
england
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, History, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
To get royal backing on a needed drainage project, a poor French lord must learn to play the delicate games of wit at court at Versailles.
Style:
sexy, period piece, talky, humorous, witty ...
Plot:
royal court, nobility, food, lechery, chess, french history, royalty, courtroom, society, ambition, idealism, marquis ...
Time:
18th century, year 1996, 1790s, 1780s
Place:
france, england, versailles, paris france
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Music
Country: France, Italy, Belgium, UK
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Farinelli is a 1994 biopic film about the life and career of Italian opera singer Farinelli, considered one of the greatest castrato singers of all time.
Style:
sexy, emotional, heartbreaking, realistic, factual ...
Plot:
opera, music, art, opera singer, brother brother relationship, classical music, destiny, life philosophy, musician, siblings relations, sex, artist ...
Time:
18th century, ancient times, year 1994
Place:
europe, madrid, napoli italy, italy, london ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Ireland, France, Netherlands
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
From Jane Austen’s novella, the beautiful and cunning Lady Susan Vernon visits the estate of her in-laws to wait out colorful rumors of her dalliances and to find husbands for herself and her daughter. Two young men, handsome Reginald DeCourcy and ...
Style:
period piece, romantic, costume drama, sweet, stylized ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, family outing
Plot:
friendship, relationships, love story, manipulation, culture clash, betrayal, adaptation, love, literary, lesbian, strong female lead, sex ...
Time:
18th century, 1790s, victorian era, 1800s, year 2016 ...
Place:
england, london, ireland
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: Turkey, Russia
Duration: 150 min.
TV show
Story:
Mahmud brings Anna to his palace to teach his children French. The Russian ambassador also sends him there with the pressure to 'spy on his country'.
Style:
touching, captivating, sincere, emotional, tense ...
Plot:
sultan, female teacher, love and romance, espionage, strong female character, couple relations, parent child relationship, love triangle, relationships, male female relationship, relationship problems, female protagonist ...
Time:
18th century, 19th century, 1800s
Place:
turkey, ottoman empire
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: France, Portugal, Spain
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
August 1715. After going for a walk, Louis XIV feels a pain in his leg. The next days, the king keeps fulfilling his duties and obligations, but his sleep is troubled and he has a serious fever. He barely eats and weakens increasingly. This is the ...
Style:
disturbing, suspenseful, touching, exciting, tense ...
Plot:
old man, king of france, dying, french history, agony, pain, death of king, medicine, disability, death, royalty, king ...
Time:
18th century, georgian era
Place:
france
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Genre: Comedy, History
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
On his death bed in the 1820s, King Ferdinando I of Naples tries to escape the ghosts of his bloody kingship by remembering his younger days, when he was allowed to go hunting and have fun, and inventing love games. Then he was obliged to marry Mary ...
Style:
sexy, semi serious, realistic, epic, humorous ...
Plot:
true love, italian history, empress, forbidden love, nudity, sex scene, mutiny, marriage, sex, female nudity, royalty, manipulation ...
Time:
18th century, georgian era
Place:
naples italy, austria, italy
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The life of one of the USA's Founding Fathers, its second President, and his role in the nation's first 50 years.
Style:
period piece, costume drama, political, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
american history, president, politics, american revolution, true love, lawyer, u.s. president, independence, colonial america, politician, leader, historical character ...
Time:
18th century, 19th century, ancient times, 2000s, year 2008 ...
Place:
usa, boston, massachusetts, america, paris france ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
City of Vice is a British historical crime drama television series set in Georgian London and was first screened on 14 January 2008 on Channel 4. It is produced by Touchpaper Television part of the RDF Media Group. The series mixes fiction with fact ...
Style:
captivating, serious, detective, historical drama, suspense ...
Plot:
blind character, murder, fighting crime, prostitution, legal, rivalry, gang, police, novelist, brothel, partners against crime, blind man ...
Time:
18th century, georgian era
Place:
london, england
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Based on the novel 'Les Liaisons Dangereuses,' this film is set in aristocratic 18th-century Korea at the end of the Chosun Dynasty. The irresistible temptress Lady Cho asks her cad of a younger cousin, Jo-won, to deflower the innocent ...
Style:
sexy, sexual, period piece, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
cousin cousin relationship, seduction, nobility, murder, virginity, passionate sex, love and romance, betrayal, loss of virginity, dishonesty, couple relations, rivalry ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
korea, asia
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
period piece, costume drama, epic, factual, atmospheric ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens
Plot:
politics, countess, nobility, conspiracy, royal family, revenge, justice, police investigation, ancient, french revolution, royalty, couples ...
Time:
18th century, ancient times, year 2001, georgian era, 1770s ...
Place:
france, paris france, europe, versailles, england
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Genre: Drama, War, Action
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The true story of Iroquois warrior Thayendanegea participating in the French and Indian War and the American Revolutionary War.
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, factual, epic ...
Plot:
colonial america, battles, fort, society, friendship, military, american revolution, historical event, brothers, rise and fall, french army, 007 ...
Time:
18th century, 1770s, 90s, 1780s
Place:
america, canada, new york
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
On an isolated island in Brittany at the end of the 18th century, an artist is commissioned to paint a young woman's wedding portrait.
Style:
sexy, scenic, touching, costume drama, period piece ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
painter, lesbian, lgbtq, lgbt, painting, portrait, lesbian relationship, lesbian love, lgbtqi, love, female protagonist, lesbian sex ...
Time:
18th century, 2010s, ancient times, victorian era, year 2019 ...
Place:
brittany, france
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: South Korea
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Korea, 1724. Once upon a time in the Choson Dynasty, Chun-doong falls in love at first sight with a beautiful woman whilst in the middle of a fight.When she is delivered by accident to Chun-doong's tavern to work as a maid, he is the happiest ...
Style:
exciting, humorous, captivating, entertaining, action comedy ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangster, rivalry, intrigue, gang, fall in love, love affair, escapades, uninhibited rivalry, prostitute, joseon dynasty, courtesan, power struggle ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
korea, asia
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Genre: History, Romance
Country: Switzerland, France, Belgium
Duration: 192 min.
TV show
Story:
Jeanne Poisson, the headstrong, ambitious, witty and erudite, catches the eye and heart of French King Louis XV at a costumed ball. She masters the art of seduction well enough to become accepted even by the Queen, corpulent mother of ten. As a ...
Style:
intense, sentimental, stylized, realistic, atmospheric ...
Plot:
aristocracy, queen, royal court, palace intrigue, royalty, infidelity, love story, love, state affairs, adultery, love and romance, sibling relationship ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
france
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 156 min.
TV show
Story:
Clarissa is a 1991 British period drama television miniseries starring Sean Bean, Saskia Wickham and Lynsey Baxter. It aired on the BBC in three hour-long episodes between 27 November and 11 December 1991. It was based on the 1749 novel Clarissa by ...
Style:
costume drama, period piece, historical drama, period drama
Plot:
deception, rape, letter, time machine, manor, disguise, prison, estate, church of england, sword fight, church, ruse ...
Time:
18th century, georgian era
Place:
england
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Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, History
Country: Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Germany
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
In the mid-1700s, Danish King Frederik V declared that the wild heath of Jutland should be tamed, cultivated and colonized so that civilization could spread and new taxes be generated for the royal house. However, no one dared to follow the ...
Style:
period piece, captivating, exciting, epic, historical drama ...
Plot:
landowner, soldier, king, royal court, nobleman, desert, colonization, dream come true, follow your dream, following a dream, wealth, dreaming ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
denmark, germany
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
On the glorious battlefields of the American Revolution, two great generals distinguished themselves; George Washington and Benedict Arnold. Washington is remembered as America's founding father, Arnold as America's most notorious traitor. ...
Style:
serious, captivating, realistic, thought provoking, emotional ...
Plot:
american revolution, independence, revolution, treason, political unrest, political conspiracy, military, assassination, moral dilemma, war, tragic hero, rebellion ...
Time:
18th century, georgian era, 1770s, 1780s
Place:
usa, america, west point, canada, quebec ...
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 178 min.
Story:
The Bounty leaves Portsmouth in 1787. Its destination: to sail to Tahiti and load bread-fruit. Captain Bligh will do anything to get there as fast as possible, using any means to keep up a strict discipline. When they arrive at Tahiti, it is like a ...
Style:
costume drama, epic, suspense, psychological, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mutiny, ship, ocean, brutality, corporal punishment, betrayal, captain, native tribe, language barrier, discipline, leadership, tyrant ...
Time:
18th century, 1780s, victorian era, year 1962, georgian era ...
Place:
tahiti, england, persia, europe
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: Japan, France
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Oscar François de Jarjayes was born female, but her father insisted she be raised as a boy as he had no sons. She becomes the captain of the guards at Versailles under King Louis XVI and Marie Antonette. Her privileged, noble life comes under fire ...
Style:
art house
Plot:
tomboy, nobility, woman dressed as man, royal court, peasant, ancient, napoleonic wars, empowerment, revolutionary, female empowerment, woman, naked woman ...
Time:
18th century, ancient times, 1770s
Place:
versailles, france
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A BBC adaptation of the Victorian "penny dreadful" tale of 18th century "demon barber" Sweeney Todd, of Fleet Street, who cuts the throats of unsuspecting clients in his London shop.
Style:
gothic, stylized, suspenseful, disturbing, suspense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
serial killer, cannibalism, obsession, vengeance, cannibal, dark hero, violent, haunted by the past, revenge, murder, barber, murder mystery ...
Time:
18th century, victorian era, 19th century
Place:
london, england, europe
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 165 min.
Story:
After proving himself on the field of battle in the French and Indian War, Benjamin Martin wants nothing more to do with such things, preferring the simple life of a farmer. But when his son Gabriel enlists in the army to defend their new nation, ...
Style:
period piece, dramatic, sincere, rough, inspirational ...
Audience:
family friendly, kids, manly, boys' night, girls' night ...
Plot:
american revolution, war, military, revolution, battles, vengeance, lone hero, violence, freedom, rebellion, revenge, wartime ...
Time:
18th century, year 2000, y2k, georgian era, 1780s ...
Place:
boston, southern usa, america, virginia, britain ...
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