Renaissance movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant renaissance movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out period drama, serious, realistic, historical drama, period piece and costume drama films and TV shows about / with renaissance, betrayal, medieval, costume, biopic, female nudity, tudors, politics, ancient and nude plots mostly in Drama, Biography and History genres shot in France, Italy, USA and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as renaissance: Medici (2016), Da Vinci's Demons (2013), Benedetta (2021), Leonardo (2021), Sin (2019), The Conclave (2006), The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965), I, Leonardo (2019), Borgia (2011), The Borgias (2011).
Best films
New films
| I, Leonardo (2019) | 5.5 | |
| Sin (2019) | 6.8 | |
| Will (2017) | 6.8 | |
| Becoming Elizabeth (2022) | 7.1 | |
| Benedetta (2021) | 6.7 |
List of renaissance movies
24K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Italy, UK, France
Duration: 1314 min.
TV show
Story:
The story of the Medici family of Florence, their ascent from simple merchants to power brokers sparking an economic and cultural revolution. Along the way, they also accrue a long list of powerful enemies.
Style:
historical drama, political thriller, period piece, exciting, atmospheric ...
Plot:
renaissance, medieval, wealth, european history, politics, aristocracy, husband wife relationship, father son relationship, brother brother relationship, betrayal, secret, rise to power ...
Time:
15th century, middle ages, medieval times, ancient times, future
Place:
florence, venice, italy, tuscany
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Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, Fantasy, History, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The series follows the "untold" story of Leonardo Da Vinci: the genius during his early years in Renaissance Florence. As a 25-year old artist, inventor, swordsman, lover, dreamer and idealist, he struggles to live within the confines of ...
Style:
exciting, intellectual, sexy, captivating, witty ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
renaissance, prodigy, leonardo da vinci, inventions and discoveries, talented, inventor, escapades, shrewd, historical character, sex scene, male nudity, medieval ...
Time:
15th century, medieval times, future
Place:
italy, florence, wales, europe, rome italy ...
Is relevant?
29K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium, Netherlands
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
The story of Sister Benedetta Carlini, a 15th century nun who was hailed as a visionary but later accused of fabricated miracles, homosexuality and other charges, and imprisoned for 35 years.
Style:
sexy, sentimental, erotic, costume drama, period piece ...
Plot:
nun, lesbian, lgbt, convent, lesbianism, lesbian romance, lesbian nun, nunsploitation, catholicism, mother superior, blasphemy, fall in love ...
Time:
17th century, 2020s, 15th century
Place:
italy, europe, florence
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Italy, USA, UK, France, Spain
Duration: 409 min.
TV show
Story:
A fresh look at the life and legacy of the iconic artist Leonardo da Vinci, positing that he was a gay outsider who used his work as a way of hiding his true self. Each episode will examine one of da Vinci’s artworks for hidden clues about a ...
Style:
sexy, costume drama, historical drama, period drama
Plot:
leonardo da vinci, renaissance, painter, inventor, inventions and discoveries, artist, medieval, historical figure, discovery, artists' life, scientific discovery, performer's life ...
Time:
15th century, 16th century
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Russia, Italy
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
The life of Michelangelo Buonarroti.
Style:
breathtaking, uplifting, inspirational, captivating, intellectual ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
renaissance, tudors, painter, misery, dog attack, art school, artist, fight, power struggle, wealthy family, talent, genius ...
Time:
16th century
Place:
florence, italy, rome italy
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Canada, Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
In 1458, five years after the fall of Constantinople to the Moslems, eighteen cardinals meet to elect a new pope. Rodrigo Borgia, a 27 year old cardinal learns to play a very dangerous game.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, captivating, stylized, controversial ...
Plot:
renaissance, vatican, politics, medieval, tudors, brutality, rivalry, pope, religious, war, violence, catholic ...
Time:
15th century, middle ages, medieval times
Place:
rome italy, italy
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
Charlton Heston stars as Renaissance artist Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (6 March 1475 – 18 February 1564), who begrudgingly paints the Sistine Chapel for imperious Pope Julius II in this epic adaptation of Irvine Stone's novel ...
Style:
inspirational, uplifting, serious, costume drama, biblical ...
Plot:
renaissance, painter, artist, biopic, gay subtext, painting, art, catholic, pope, male male relationship, art history, christian ...
Time:
16th century, ancient times, medieval times, 60s
Place:
italy, europe, rome italy
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Discover Leonardo da Vinci, the man, the painter, the scientist and the inventor, through a unique, engaging and fascinating journey in the mind of Leonardo.
Style:
inspirational, intellectual, mind bending, thought provoking, educational ...
Plot:
leonardo da vinci, renaissance, genius, painter, artist, art, medieval, art school, scientist, biopic, mona lisa, innovation ...
Time:
15th century, 16th century
Place:
italy, florence, milan italy
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: France, Germany, Italy, Czech Republic
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story:
Borgia is a French-German-Czech historical drama television series created by Tom Fontana. The show recounts the Borgia family's rise to power and subsequent domination of the Papal States during the Renaissance.
Borgia debuted in Italy via ...
Style:
captivating, realistic, rough, costume drama, sensual ...
Plot:
renaissance, vatican, european history, italian history, political intrigue, power struggle, politics, historical character, pope, duke, church, brother sister sex ...
Time:
middle ages, 15th century, 16th century, medieval times
Place:
italy, rome italy, naples italy, europe, france ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, History, Romance
Country: USA, Hungary, Ireland, Canada
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Set in 15th century Italy at the height of the Renaissance, The Borgias chronicles the corrupt rise of patriarch Rodrigo Borgia to the papacy, where he proceeds to commit every sin in the book to amass and retain power, influence and enormous wealth ...
Style:
serious, costume drama, epic, clever, captivating ...
Plot:
historical character, intrigue, sex scene, brother sister incest, siblings relations, medieval, renaissance, brother sister sex, incest, clergy, lust, power struggle ...
Time:
15th century, middle ages, ancient times, medieval times, 16th century
Place:
rome italy, italy, ireland, europe, florence
Is relevant?
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Veronica is brilliant, gifted and beautiful, but the handsome aristocrat she loves, Marco Venier, cannot marry her because she is penniless and of questionable family. So Veronica's mother, Paola, teaches her to become a courtesan, one of the ...
Style:
romantic, sexy, sexual, period piece, witty ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, adult
Plot:
beauty, courtesan, forbidden love, prostitute, medieval, prostitution, love and romance, couple relations, sex, love story, social differences, rich and poor ...
Time:
16th century, ancient times, victorian era, year 1998
Place:
venice, italy, europe, turkey, cyprus ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Luxembourg, Italy
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
In 16th century Venice, when a merchant must default on a large loan from an abused Jewish moneylender for a friend with romantic ambitions, the bitterly vengeful creditor demands a gruesome payment instead.
Style:
sexy, period piece, costume drama, visually stunning, talky ...
Plot:
shakespeare, renaissance, love and romance, religious intolerance, tudors, women, gay subtext, friends, judaism, culture clash, trial, prejudice ...
Time:
16th century, middle ages, ancient times, year 2004, medieval times ...
Place:
venice, italy, israel, middle east, europe ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Germany, USA, Czech Republic, Italy
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
During the early 16th Century idealistic German monk Martin Luther, disgusted by the materialism in the church, begins the dialogue that will lead to the Protestant Reformation.
Style:
biblical, costume drama, inspirational, political, touching ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
christianity, renaissance, inquisition, religion, clergy, politics, reformation, tudors, rebellion, idealism, human spirit, hypocrisy ...
Time:
middle ages, 16th century, ancient times, medieval times, year 2003 ...
Place:
rome italy, germany, austria, europe, england ...
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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:
sexy, period piece, costume drama, epic, visually appealing ...
Plot:
royalty, french history, renaissance, male nudity, religion, sex, intrigue, female nudity, forbidden love, politics, queen, passionate sex ...
Time:
middle ages, 16th century, ancient times, medieval times, year 1994
Place:
france, paris france, europe, poland, england ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
In this Shakespearean farce, Hero and her groom-to-be, Claudio, team up with Claudio's commanding officer, Don Pedro, the week before their wedding to hatch a matchmaking scheme. Their targets are sharp-witted duo Benedick and Beatrice -- a ...
Style:
romantic, period piece, costume drama, sweet, romantic comedy ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, teens, girls' night
Plot:
opposites attract, countryside, shakespeare, wedding, bachelor, tudors, happy ending, true love, young lovers, wedding preparations and rituals, nobility, honest ...
Time:
16th century, 90s, victorian era, year 1993, 18th century
Place:
italy, tuscany, europe, venice, seattle ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Spain
TV show
Story:
The series tells the story of Charles I or Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, one of the most powerful men Europe has met, the ruler of a empire as great in size as in diversity.
As the life of Charles of Habsburg is told since his arrival to Spain, it ...
Style:
serious, factual, tense, captivating, erotic ...
Plot:
aristocracy, spanish history, renaissance, royal family, european history, king, catholicism, society, church, rivalry, love and romance, royalty ...
Time:
16th century
Place:
spain, portugal
Is relevant?
Genre: Short, Action, Adventure, Horror
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 36 min.
TV show
Story:
Giovanni is an assassin living during the Renaissance in 15th century Italy. At this dawn of a new era, a conspiracy is being plotted by one corrupt family to overthrow the powerful Medici family and destroy a unified Italy. As an assassin, Giovanni ...
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, serious, tense, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
assassin, video game, renaissance, secret identity, assassination, investigation, father son relationship, danger, injustice, family secret, undercover, conspiracy ...
Time:
15th century
Place:
italy, rome italy, venice, florence
Is relevant?
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, France, Spain
Duration: 154 min.
Story:
1492: Conquest of Paradise depicts Christopher Columbus’ discovery of The New World and his effect on the indigenous people.
Style:
inspirational, epic, period piece, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
renaissance, conquistador, adventurer, medieval, native american, ship, new world, tudors, ocean, jungle, nobility, ancient ...
Time:
15th century, medieval times, ancient times, 16th century, year 1941 ...
Place:
spain, caribbean, italy, europe, west indies ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 193 min.
Story:
Henry VIII is a two-part British television movie produced principally by Granada Television for ITV. It chronicles the life of Henry VIII of England from the disintegration of his first marriage to an aging Spanish princess until his death ...
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, period piece, historical drama ...
Plot:
tudors, king of england, renaissance, royal family, queen of england, royalty, ambition, dishonesty, head of state, infidelity, monarch, historical event ...
Time:
16th century, middle ages
Place:
britain, europe, england
Is relevant?
Genre: Biography, History
Country: Italy, France, Spain
Duration: 300 min.
TV show
Story:
La Vita di Leonardo Da Vinci — in English, The Life of Leonardo da Vinci — is a 1971 Italian television miniseries dramatizing the life of the Italian Renaissance polymath Leonardo da Vinci.
The Golden Globe-winning miniseries was directed by ...
Style:
educational, inspirational, mind bending, uplifting, enigmatic ...
Plot:
renaissance, leonardo da vinci, art, painter, artist, talent, scientific discovery, discovery, talented, art history, medieval, inventor ...
Time:
15th century, medieval times, 16th century
Place:
italy, france, milan italy
Is relevant?
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Switzerland, France
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
The life and death of the Scottish monarch.
Style:
stylized, realistic, captivating, serious, historical drama ...
Plot:
queen, royalty, royal family, tudors, renaissance, royal court, monarchy, political intrigue, betrayal, political unrest, monarch, british history ...
Time:
16th century
Place:
scotland, england, europe
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Story:
To many, the legacy of King Henry VIII begins and ends with his six wives. But remarkable though his marital history is, it is not what defines him. Just as influential were the men who surrounded him before and during his 37-year reign as King of ...
Style:
historical drama, captivating, period piece, costume drama, intense ...
Plot:
renaissance, intrigue, love affair, monarchy, shakespeare, power struggle, anne boleyn, religious conflict, henry viii, political intrigue, palace intrigue, king ...
Time:
16th century
Place:
england, london
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Italy, France, Germany, Bulgaria
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
In autumn of 1526, the Emperor, Charles V, sends his German landsknechts led by Georg von Frundsberg to march towards Rome. The inferior papal armies, commanded by Giovanni de'Medici, try to chase them in the midst of a harsh winter. ...
Style:
psychological, realistic, serious, epic
Plot:
soldier, renaissance, leadership, military, military life, danger, betrayal, life is a bitch, battles, war, winter, italian history ...
Time:
16th century, middle ages, 2000s, year 2001
Place:
italy
Is relevant?
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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
Is relevant?
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A Man for All Seasons is the filmed version of the life of Thomas More. An English man comes to Sir Thomas More to ask if he can divorce his wife since King Henry VIII has made it illegal. Sir Thomas More stands up in opposition to the King even ...
Style:
period piece, political, costume drama, inspirational, spiritual ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
catholic, renaissance, historical event, politics, royalty, lawyer, courtroom drama, courtroom, saint, monarch, british history, idealism ...
Time:
16th century, middle ages, ancient times, medieval times, year 1966
Place:
england, britain, persia, europe, london ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
The warrior is Esmeralda, a princess who has brains, can fight and is pretty, too. The sexy one is Don Juan, a pretty boy laughing at danger. These two Spanish champions, along with Don Juan's sidekick Miguel, dance and joke their way through a ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, period piece, heroic, funny ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, adult
Plot:
renaissance, princess, adventurer, imaginary, rivalry, escapades, danger, heroic mission, swordplay, female warrior, royalty, strong female lead ...
Place:
europe, spain, england
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Italy, Switzerland, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
In Verona, bad blood between the Montague and Capulet families leads to much bitterness. Despite the hostility, Romeo Montague manages an invitation to a masked ball at the estate of the Capulets and meets Juliet, their daughter. The two are ...
Style:
romantic, dramatic, touching, emotional, realistic ...
Audience:
date night, teens, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
true love, forbidden love, star crossed lovers, young lovers, shakespeare's romeo and juliet, tragic love, shakespeare, family feud, love and romance, family relations, uninhibited rivalry, parents and children ...
Time:
middle ages, 16th century
Place:
italy, united kingdom, europe
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: UK, USA, India, France
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
A Bollywood update of Jane Austen's classic tale, in which Mrs. Bakshi is eager to find suitable husbands for her four unmarried daughters. When the rich single gentlemen Balraj and Darcy come to visit, the Bakshis have high hopes, though ...
Style:
romantic, feel good, rom com, romantic comedy, light ...
Audience:
date night, teens, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
love and romance, wedding, opposites attract, initially antagonists, society, love, arranged marriage, fall in love, love story, culture clash, happy ending, heir ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
india, london, england, asia, usa ...
Is relevant?
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:
sexy, stylized, costume drama, period piece, erotic ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
royal court, royal family, master and servant, french revolution, female pubic hair, monarchy, lady in waiting, lesbian, lesbian subtext, lgbt, queen, king ...
Time:
18th century, 1780s, year 2012, georgian era, victorian era ...
Place:
france, versailles, paris france, indiana, europe
Is relevant?
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: France, Italy, Germany
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Artemisia Gentileschi (1593-1653) was one of the first well-known female painters. The movie tells the story of her youth, when she was guided and protected by her father, the painter Orazio Gentileschi. Her professional curiosity about the male ...
Style:
factual, sexual, historical drama, art film, spiritual ...
Plot:
virginity, art, female artist, artist, painter, biopic, renaissance, women, rape, art history, female nudity, painting ...
Time:
16th century, ancient times, 17th century, year 1997, 70s
Place:
rome italy, italy, europe
Is relevant?
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