The French Revolution

A history of the French Revolution beginning from the decision of the king to convene the Etats-Generaux in 1789 in order to deal with France's debt problem. Part one spans the event until August 10, 1792 (when the King Louis XVI lost all authority and was imprisoned). Part two carries the story through the end of the terror in 1794.

Two on a Guillotine

1965

English

6.1

♡ 5

William Conrad Director

Billy Curtis as Big Mike

Jon Lormer as Minister at Funeral

Connie Gilchrist as Ramona Ryerdon

Ethelreda Leopold as Theatre Audience Member

The daughter of a dead magician who accidentally killed his wife, her mother, while performing a guillotine trick must spend the night in his house in order to collect her inheritance. Is the house haunted or is it all magic?

Magicians

2007

English

6.0

♡ 6

33%

Andrew O'Connor Director

Robert Webb as Karl Allen

Tim Plester as Malky

Adrian Hood as Theatre Steward

Eleanor Matsuura as Waitress

A pair of rivaling stage magicians are forced to confront their falling out over a guillotine mishap when they compete in a magic competition.

The Scarlet Pimpernel

1934

English

7.3

♡ 5

90%

husband wife relationship

secret identity

Harold Young Director

Arthur Hambling as Captain of the Guard

Melville Cooper as Romney

Joan Gardner as Suzanne de Tournay

Bramwell Fletcher as The Priest

18th century English aristocrat Sir Percy Blakeney leads a double life. He appears to be merely the effete aristocrat, but in reality is part of an underground effort to free French nobles from Robespierre's Reign of Terror.

Mad Love

1935

English

7.2

♡ 5

100%

81%

based on novel or book

Karl Freund Director

Ramsay Hill as Actor

Peter Lorre as Doctor Gogol

Ian Wolfe as Henry Orlac -, Stephen's Stepfather

Matty Roubert as Newsboy

An insane surgeon's obsession with an actress leads him to replace her wounded pianist husband's hands with those of a knife-throwing murderer.

House of Wax

1953

English

7.0

♡ 39

93%

André De Toth Director

Carolyn Jones as Cathy Gray

Charles Bronson as Igor

Vincent Price as Prof. Henry Jarrod

Paul Picerni as Scott Andrews

A sculptor opens a wax museum to showcase the likenesses of famous historical figures, but quickly runs into trouble when his business partner demands the exhibits become more extreme in order to increase profits.

The Swashbuckler

1971

French

6.5

♡ 2

Jean-Paul Rappeneau Director

Sami Frey as Henri - marquis de Guérandes - le chef d'une troupe de chouans

Charles Denner as Le passager partisan des républicains

Vernon Dobtcheff as Le pasteur

Patrick Dewaere as Un volontaire

Nicolas Philibert goes to America after killing a French aristocrat. On his return he tries to divorce his wife, Charlotte, but when he sees others trying to woo her his own interest is rekindled.

Monsieur Beaucaire

1946

English

6.7

♡ 4

93%

George Marshall Director

Fortunio Bonanova as Don Carlos

Douglass Dumbrille as George Washington

Jean Del Val as Minister of War

Martin Garralaga as Spanish Servant

A bumbling barber in the court of King Louis XV becomes engaged in political intrigue when he masquerades as a dashing nobleman engaged to the princess of Spain.

Palace Carnage

1978

Chinese

6.3

♡ 3

Kang Cheng Director

Chok Chow Cheung as

Han Chiang as

Biao Yuen as

Wah Yuen as

The emperor's reign of terror expands. Heroic outlaw Ma Teng joins a squad of female rebels, whose leader is torn between family loyalties.

Women in Cages

1971

English

5.0

♡ 7

24%

Gerardo de Leon Director

Holly Anders as

Pam Grier as Alabama

Paquito Diaz as Jorge

Roberta Collins as Stoke

Carol Jeffries is a naive American woman staying in the Philippines. She is given ten years in prison after being set up by her drug-dealer boyfriend, Rudy. She endures the harsh conditions, sadistic head matron and attempts on her life, then convinces her cell-mates to try to escape with her through the jungle, in spite of the knowledge that ruthless trackers will be sent out after them.

Frankenstein Created Woman

1967

English

6.5

♡ 16

62%

Terence Fisher Director

Peter Cushing as Baron Frankenstein

Colin Jeavons as Priest

Alec Mango as Spokesman

Duncan Lamont as The Prisoner

A deformed tormented girl drowns herself after her lover is framed for murder and guillotined. Baron Frankenstein, experimenting with the transfer of souls, places the boy's soul into her body, bringing Christina back to life. Driven by revenge, she carries out a violent retribution on those responsible for both deaths.

The Flying Guillotine

1975

Chinese

6.6

♡ 8

60%

Action

Drama

guillotine

Meng Hua Ho Director

Siu Loi Chow as Executioner

Wei Tu Lin as Luo Peng

Kuan Tai Chen as Ma Teng

Wu Chi Liu as Yu Ping

The Emperor's armies have developed a new weapon: a thrown blade that can remove someone's head from long distance. As the paranoid Emperor begins decapitating anyone he fears might be a threat, his guard Mau Tang becomes disillusioned with the excesses of his master. He leaves his post and takes up the quiet life of farming and raising a family. Eventually, though, his past catches up with him, and he must find a way to fight the flying guillotine if he is to save his head.

Danton

1983

French

7.4

♡ 8

85%

Andrzej Wajda Director

Andrzej Seweryn as Bourdon

Gérard Depardieu as Danton

Ronald Guttman as Herman

Angela Winkler as Lucile Desmoulins

Danton and Robespierre were close friends and fought together in the French Revolution, but by 1793 Robespierre was France's ruler, determined to wipe out opposition with a series of mass executions that became known as the Reign of Terror. Danton, well known as a spokesman of the people, had been living in relative solitude in the French countryside, but he returned to Paris to challenge Robespierre's violent rule and call for the people to demand their rights. Robespierre, however, could not accept such a challenge, even from a friend and colleague, and he blocked out a plan for the capture and execution of Danton and his allies.

The Curse of Frankenstein

1957

English

7.0

♡ 17

84%

Terence Fisher Director

Hazel Court as Elizabeth

Paul Hardtmuth as Prof. Bernstein

Christopher Lee as The Creature

Peter Cushing as Victor Frankenstein

Baron Victor Frankenstein has discovered life's secret and unleashed a blood-curdling chain of events resulting from his creation: a cursed creature with a horrid face — and a tendency to kill.

I Escaped from Devil's Island

1973

English

5.4

♡ 7

36%

Action

Adventure

blaxploitation cinema

William Witney Director

Christopher George as Davert

James Luisi as Dazzas

Jim Brown as Le Bras

Richard Rust as Sgt. Zamorra

In 1916, a group of prisoners plot their escape from the notorious fortress located in French Guiana.

The Revenge of Frankenstein

1958

English

6.7

♡ 13

87%

Terence Fisher Director

Francis Matthews as Doctor Hans Kleve

Peter Cushing as Doctor Victor Stein

Oscar Quitak as Dwarf

Michael Ripper as Kurt

Rescued from the guillotine by his devoted dwarf Fritz, the Baron relocates to Carlsbruck, where he continues his gruesome experiments.

Papillon

2017

English

7.2

♡ 239

52%

71%

Action

Adventure

based on novel or book

Michael Noer Director

Charlie Hunnam as Henri Charrière

Michael Socha as Julot

Rami Malek as Louis Dega

Máté Haumann as Ship Deck Guard

Henri “Papillon” Charrière, a safecracker from the Parisian underworld, is wrongfully convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in the penal colony of French Guiana, where he forges a strong friendship with Louis Dega, a counterfeiter who needs his protection.

Reign of Terror

1949

English

6.9

♡ 6

62%

Anthony Mann Director

Frank Hagney as Bakery Guard

William Challee as Bourdon

Richard Basehart as Maximilian Robespierre

Russ Tamblyn as Pierre's Oldest Son

The French Revolution, 1794. The Marquis de Lafayette asks Charles D'Aubigny to infiltrate the Jacobin Party to overthrow Maximilian Robespierre, who, after gaining supreme power and establishing a reign of terror ruled by death, now intends to become the dictator of France.

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The French Revolution

Two on a Guillotine

Magicians

The Scarlet Pimpernel

Mad Love

House of Wax

The Swashbuckler

Monsieur Beaucaire

Palace Carnage

Women in Cages

Frankenstein Created Woman

The Flying Guillotine

Danton

The Curse of Frankenstein

I Escaped from Devil's Island

The Revenge of Frankenstein

Papillon

Reign of Terror