French royalty movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant french royalty movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out serious, historical drama, realistic, period drama, captivating and baroque films and TV shows about / with french royalty, royal family, royalty, french history, female nudity, king, intrigue, king of france, royal court and politics plots mostly in History, Drama and Romance genres shot in France, USA, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as french royalty: The Serpent Queen (2022), The Inventor (2023), The Man in the Iron Mask (1977), Farewell, My Queen (2012), Angelique and the King (1966), The Rise of Louis XIV (1966), Let Joy Reign Supreme (1975), The French Revolution (1989), Louis, the Child King (1993), Queen Margot (1994).

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The Serpent Queen (2022)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story: Considered an immigrant, common and plain, Catherine de Medici is married into the 16th century French court as an orphaned teenager expected to bring a fortune in dowry and produce many heirs, only to discover that her husband is in love with an ...
Style: costume drama, period piece, thrilling, psychological, captivating ...
Plot: royalty, french history, french royalty, monarch, female protagonist, queen, european history, historical figure, renaissance, women, royal family, royal court ...
Time: 16th century
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 5.9
 429
The Inventor (2023)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA, France, Ireland
Duration: 100 min.
Story: The insatiably curious and headstrong inventor Leonardo da Vinci leaves Italy to join the French court, where he can experiment freely, inventing flying contraptions, incredible machines, and study the human body. There, joined in his adventure by ...
Style: captivating, exciting, humorous, funny, entertaining ...
Plot: leonardo da vinci, stop motion, inventor, french royalty, painter, meaning of life, artists' life, kingdom, inventions and discoveries, royal court, invention
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The Man in the Iron Mask (1977)
Genre: Adventure, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: The story of Louis XIV of France and his attempts to keep his identical twin brother Philippe imprisoned away from sight and knowledge of the public, and Philippe's rescue by the aging Musketeers, led by D'Artagnan.
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough, psychotronic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: musketeer, king of france, royal family, twins, french royalty, swashbuckler, prison, three musketeers, prison escape, ancient, peplum, sorcery ...
Time: 17th century
Place: france, europe, paris france
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Farewell, My Queen (2012)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: France, Spain
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A look at the relationship between Marie Antoinette and one of her readers during the final days of the French Revolution.
Style: stylized, serious, realistic, historical drama, erotic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: lesbian, royal court, king, french revolution, master and servant, royal family, lesbian subtext, female pubic hair, lgbt, lady in waiting, nobility, suicide by hanging ...
Time: 18th century, georgian era, 1780s, ancient times, year 2012 ...
Place: paris france, france, versailles, europe, indiana
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Angelique and the King (1966)
Genre: Adventure, History, Romance
Country: France, Italy, West Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Soon after her latest husband death, the King himself (Louis XIV) meets with our heroine and begs her to help convince the Persian Ambassador to agree to a treaty. However, what they didn't realize was that the handsome Persian was in fact a ...
Style: romantic, captivating, entertaining, scenic, stylized ...
Plot: high society, beauty, femme fatale, love and romance, danger, king, passion, chase, attempted murder, lovers, beautiful scenery, french royalty ...
Time: 17th century
Place: france, versailles
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The Rise of Louis XIV (1966)
Genre: Biography, History
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Cardinal Mazarin dies, leaving a power vacuum in which the young Louis asserts his intention to govern as well as rule. Mazarin's fiscal advisor, Colbert, warns against Fouquet, the Superintendant who has been systematically looting the ...
Style: historical drama, historically accurate, political, epic, baroque ...
Plot: king of france, french history, royalty, fashion, royal family, time machine, clergy, peplum, colonialism, french royalty, dialogue, musketeer ...
Time: 17th century, year 1966
Place: france, versailles
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Let Joy Reign Supreme (1975)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: France
Duration: 119 min.
Story: France, 1719. Louis 14th died four years ago, Philippe d'Orleans is the regent. He is a liberal and a libertine. His right-hand man, Dubois, an atheistic and cupid priest, as libertine as Philippe, tries to take advantage of a little rebellion ...
Style: anthology, historical drama, realistic, serious, weird ...
Plot: royalty, royal family, female nudity, libertine, french royalty, time machine, french history, time travel, french revolution, scandal, prisoner, priest ...
Time: 18th century, year 1975
Place: france, versailles, europe, spain, paris france ...
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The French Revolution (1989)
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: France, West Germany, Italy, Canada
Duration: 335 min.
Story: A history of the French Revolution from the decision of the king to convene the Etats-Generaux in 1789 in order to deal with France's debt problem. The first part of the movie tells the story from 1789 until August 10, 1792 (when the King Louis ...
Style: historical drama, cult classic, exciting, captivating, uplifting ...
Plot: french revolution, revolution, french history, royal family, medieval, nobility, democracy, guillotine, monarch, world history, napoleonic wars, french royalty ...
Time: 18th century, georgian era, 1780s, 1790s
Place: france, paris france, versailles, europe
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Louis, the Child King (1993)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: France
Duration: 160 min.
Story: History buffs will glory in the riches of Louis, Enfant Roi, others will perhaps find this complex story of intrigues and betrayals in the court of the young king tough sledding. When Louis the Fourteenth (1638-1715) was born, the power of ...
Style: historical drama, baroque, period drama
Plot: french history, royalty, french royalty, historical event, royal family, bare butt, palace intrigue, monarch, king, queen, battles, family relations ...
Time: 17th century
Place: france
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 7.4
 19K
Queen Margot (1994)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: France, Germany, Italy
Duration: 161 min.
Story: The night of August 24, 1572, is known as the Massacre of St. Bartholomew. In France a religious war is raging. In order to impose peace a forced wedding is arranged between Margot de Valois, sister of the immature Catholic King Charles IX, and the ...
Style: period piece, sexy, epic, visually appealing, historical drama ...
Plot: royalty, french history, renaissance, medieval, religion, sex, female nudity, queen, male nudity, catholic church, politics, political intrigue ...
Time: middle ages, 16th century, year 1994, ancient times, medieval times
Place: france, paris france, europe
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The Man in the Iron Mask (1998)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 132 min.
Story: Years have passed since the Three Musketeers, Aramis, Athos and Porthos, have fought together with their friend, D'Artagnan. But with the tyrannical King Louis using his power to wreak havoc in the kingdom while his twin brother, Philippe, ...
Style: exciting, period piece, costume drama, suspense, atmospheric ...
Audience: teens
Plot: musketeer, royalty, swashbuckler, sword fight, twins, conspiracy, royal family, twin brother, lookalikes, prison, palace, secret ...
Time: 17th century, middle ages, ancient times, 90s
Place: france, paris france, europe
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The Accursed Kings (1972)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: France
Duration: 616 min.
TV show
Story: Set during the reigns of the last five kings of the Capetian dynasty and the first two kings of the House of Valois, the series begins as the French King Philip the Fair, already surrounded by scandal and intrigue, brings a curse upon his family ...
Style: historical drama
Plot: french history, royalty, medieval, royal family, king, peplum, time machine, french royalty, ancient, historical figure, power struggle, manipulation ...
Time: middle ages, medieval times, 14th century
Place: paris france, france
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The King's Daughters (2000)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: France, Germany, Belgium
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Late 17th Century: Anne de Grandcamp and Lucie de Fontenelle, two little girls from Normandy, arrive at the Saint-Cyr school founded by Madame de Maintenon for educating the daughters of impoverished nobles ruined in wars and making them into free ...
Style: captivating, touching, sincere, serious, realistic ...
Plot: royalty, women's rights, boarding school, hysteria, mistress, human spirit, nobility, society, obsessive quest, idealism, youth, teaching the ways of the world ...
Time: 17th century
Place: france, paris france
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 6.6
 8K
Vatel (2000)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: France, UK, Belgium
Duration: 103 min.
Story: In 1671, with war brewing with Holland, a penniless prince invites Louis XIV to three days of festivities at a chateau in Chantilly. The prince wants a commission as a general, so the extravagances are to impress the king. In charge of all is the ...
Style: melancholic, light, tricky, captivating, visually appealing ...
Plot: king of france, food, betrayal, nobility, political intrigue, tragic love, fall in love, power relations, french history, wine, storytelling, intrigue ...
Time: 17th century, ancient times, victorian era
Place: france, europe, netherlands, holland, versailles
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The Affair of the Necklace (2001)
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: costume drama, period piece, factual, realistic, atmospheric ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: countess, politics, conspiracy, royal family, revenge, justice, police investigation, nobility, french revolution, royalty, couples, love and romance ...
Time: 18th century, georgian era, ancient times, year 2001, 1780s ...
Place: france, paris france, versailles, europe
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The King Is Dancing (2000)
Genre: Drama, History, Music
Country: France, Germany, Belgium
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Louis XIV, the French sun-king has two passions, establishing absolute rule over the realm -after decades of religious/civil wars- by divine right and artistic brilliancy as a dancer
Style: atmospheric, stylized, realistic, serious, captivating ...
Plot: french history, king of france, performer's life, royal family, royalty, composer, ballet, dancing, playwright, intrigue, dishonesty, rise and fall ...
Time: 17th century
Place: france, versailles, europe
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 7.3
 5K
Napoleon (2002)
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: France, Germany, Italy, Canada, USA, UK, Hungary, Spain, Czech Republic
Duration: 380 min.
TV show
Story: The year is 1816, and NAPOLEON, held prisoner by the British on the island of St. Helena, is telling the young English girl BETSY his life story.
Style: exciting, captivating, realistic, serious, epic ...
Plot: napoleonic wars, napoleon bonaparte, megalomaniac, battles, rise and fall, imperial russia, conquering, ambition, leadership, rise to the top, society, politics ...
Time: 19th century, 1810s, 1800s, 18th century, regency period ...
Place: austria, france, europe, prussia
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Marie Antoinette (2006)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: USA, France, Japan
Duration: 123 min.
Story: The retelling of France's iconic but ill-fated queen, Marie Antoinette. From her betrothal and marriage to Louis XVI at 15 to her reign as queen at 19 and ultimately the fall of Versailles.
Style: costume drama, period piece, visual, melancholic, visually stunning ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: queen, french revolution, historical character, princess, french history, royal family, royal court, aristocracy, decadence, biopic, fashion, royalty ...
Time: 18th century, year 2006, victorian era, ancient times, georgian era ...
Place: france, versailles, europe, austria, vienna ...
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A Cursed Monarchy (2005)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 500 min.
TV show
Story: It is the early 1300's and the treasury of France, under the rule of Philippe IV (Philippe le Bel or Philippe the Beautiful), is empty. The king decides the only solution is to raid the treasures of the Knights Templar (amongst others) and ...
Style: disturbing, mysterious, captivating, tense
Plot: king of france, medieval, royalty, royal family, burned at the stake, curse, betrayal, french history, murder, execution, intrigue, politics ...
Time: middle ages, medieval times, 14th century
Place: paris france, france
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Madame De Pompadour: The King's Favourite (2006)
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: sentimental, intense, realistic, atmospheric, stylized ...
Plot: aristocracy, queen, royalty, infidelity, state affairs, royal court, love story, love, uninhibited rivalry, love triangle, jealousy, family relations ...
Time: 18th century
Place: france
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Versailles: The Dream of a King (2008)
Genre: Documentary, Biography, Drama, History
Country: France
Duration: 180 min.
Story: Docudrama about the life of Louis XIV nicknamed "the Sun King", the King of France who ran a glamorous court, expanded the borders of France, loved women and parties and built an incredible palace for himself - the Versailles.
Style: historical drama, political, weird, baroque
Plot: king of france, french history, palace, royalty, womanizer, construction, affair, royal family, queen, french royalty, king, royal court ...
Time: 17th century
Place: versailles
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 5.8
 1K
Henri 4 (2010)
Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: Germany, France, Austria, Spain
Duration: 155 min.
Story: A wide-ranging, energetic period piece tracing the rise of the Protestant Henry of Navarre as he goes from battlefield warrior to France's beloved King Henri IV. Director Jo Baier's epic is a classically entertaining adventure, albeit one ...
Style: tense, serious, captivating, psychological, twisted ...
Plot: french history, medieval, political unrest, politics, betrayal, military, head of state, battles, renaissance, royalty, war, love and romance ...
Time: 16th century, medieval times, middle ages
Place: france, europe
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The Queen and the Cardinal (2009)
Genre: History
Country: France
Duration: 197 min.
Story: In the middle of the 17th century, forbidden lovers Queen Anne of Austria, the widow of King Louis XIII, and her Prime Minister, Cardinal Mazarin, face the opposition of a revengeful and power-seeking Court.
Style: historical drama, captivating, disturbing, tense, suspense
Plot: french history, royal family, kingdom, secret love, nobility, palace intrigue, king of france, royal court, french politics, historical figure, ruler, historical character ...
Time: 17th century
Place: france, paris france
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 6.5
 25K
A Little Chaos (2014)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
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, melancholic, costume drama ...
Audience: date night
Plot: gardener, royal court, love story, garden, female protagonist, aristocracy, jealousy, infidelity, adultery, extramarital affair, unfaithfulness, voyeurism ...
Time: 18th century, 17th century, victorian era
Place: france, paris france, versailles, europe
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 6.1
 2K
Angelique (2013)
Genre: Adventure, History, Romance
Country: France, Belgium, Czech Republic, Austria
Duration: 113 min.
Story: The incredible destiny of Angélique: a beautiful girl who found in her love for Joffrey Peyrac the strength to fight injustice and submission in a century plagued by power struggles, inequality and the oppression.
Style: romantic, stylized, compassionate, touching, serious ...
Plot: royal court, young wife, true love, love and romance, couples, palace, society, forced marriage, nobility, fall in love, escapades, rich and poor ...
Time: 17th century
Place: france, europe, paris france
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 7.9
 19K
Versailles (2015)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story: The story of a young Louis XIV on his journey to become the most powerful monarch in Europe, from his battles with the fronde through his development into the Sun King. Historical and fictional characters guide us in a world of betrayal and ...
Style: captivating, costume drama, historical drama, realistic, serious ...
Plot: royal family, intrigue, royal court, king, betrayal, ambition, rivalry, political intrigue, state affairs, rise to the top, infidelity, french history ...
Time: 17th century, ancient times
Place: versailles, france
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The Death of Louis XIV (2016)
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: suspenseful, disturbing, tense, touching, exciting ...
Plot: old man, king of france, dying, french history, medicine, royalty, death of king, disability, death of protagonist, king, death, royal family ...
Time: 18th century
Place: france
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The Royal Exchange (2017)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: France, Belgium, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story: In 1721, the Regent of France, wanting to seal the peace with Spain, offers to the Spanish King, a marriage between their respective heirs: Louis XV, age 11, and Maria Anna Victoria, the 4-year-old Spanish infanta. The Regent of France also offers ...
Style: atmospheric, captivating, serious, scenic, thought provoking ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night
Plot: child bride, king of france, forced marriage, princess, union, intrigue, reconciliation, engagement, royalty, royal family, french royalty, politics ...
Time: 18th century
Place: versailles, spain, france
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 4.7
 15K
The Musketeer (2001)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Romance
Country: Germany, Luxembourg, UK, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: In Peter Hyams's adaptation of the famous Alexander Dumas story The Three Musketeers, the young D'Artagnan seeks to join the legendary musketeer brigade and avenge his father's death - but he finds that the musketeers have been ...
Style: stylized, serious, exciting, captivating, cult classic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: musketeer, swordsman, swashbuckler, rescue, conspiracy, righting the wronged, heroic mission, sword fight, escapades, state affairs, haunted by the past, martial arts ...
Time: 17th century, year 2001
Place: paris france, france, europe
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 6.6
 282K
Robin Hood (2010)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 140 min.
Story: When soldier Robin happens upon the dying Robert of Loxley, he promises to return the man's sword to his family in Nottingham. There, he assumes Robert's identity; romances his widow, Marion; and draws the ire of the town's sheriff ...
Style: captivating, epic, exciting, heroic, entertaining ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: medieval, robin hood, knight, sword fight, fighting the system, archer, folk hero, love and romance, bow and arrow, escapades, sword and shield, heroes ...
Time: middle ages, medieval times, year 2010, 2010s, ancient times ...
Place: england, britain, france, europe, london
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