After the battle of Worcester at the end of the Civil War, the main aim of Oliver Cromwell's Commonwealth is to capture Charles Stuart. The future king's escape depends on the intrepid Earl of Dawlish, who as the Moonraker has already spirited away many Royalists. Dawlish travels to the Windwhistle Inn on the south coast to prepare the escape, where he meets Anne Wyndham, the fiancée of a top Roundhead colonel.

Marquise

1997

French

5.9

♡ 13

41%

Véra Belmont Director

Gino Marturano as

Remo Girone as Jean-Baptiste Lully

Thierry Lhermitte as Louis XIV

Sophie Marceau as Marquise

Marquise is a drama about the rise and fall of a beauteous actress. As cheerfully portrayed by Sophie Marceau, the eponymous heroine is an engagingly ribald, but perhaps rather too modern, character. She rises from an impoverished background to become a favourite of the Sun King, Louis XIV, and the mistress of the celebrated Racine, who wrote roles especially for her; but her fate, in the end, is a tragic one.

Chinmoku

1971

Japanese

7.1

♡ 3

17th century

based on novel or book

christianity

Drama

History

jesuits (society of jesus)

religious persecution

Masahiro Shinoda Director

Eiji Okada as Inoue Chikugonokami

Tomo'o Nagai as Official

Kappei Matsumoto as Prisoner official

Yoshio Inaba as Prisoner official

Two Jesuit priests encounter persecution when they travel to Japan in the 17th century to spread Christianity and search for their mentor.

The Three Musketeers

1993

English

6.4

♡ 52

31%

based on novel or book

Stephen Herek Director

Kiefer Sutherland as Athos

Tim Curry as Cardinal Richelieu

Rebecca De Mornay as Countess D'Winter

Oliver Platt as Porthos

D'Artagnan travels to Paris hoping to become a musketeer, one of the French king's elite bodyguards, only to discover that the corps has been disbanded by conniving Cardinal Richelieu, who secretly hopes to usurp the throne. Fortunately, Athos, Porthos and Aramis have refused to lay down their weapons and continue to protect their king. D'Artagnan joins with the rogues to expose Richelieu's plot against the crown.

War of the Arrows

2011

Korean

7.1

♡ 45

100%

Han-min Kim Director

Chae-won Moon as Ja-in

Hae-il Park as Nam-yi

Woo-jin Jo as Qing Messenger

Jo Ha-seok as Yan Bu-reu

After the death of their father, two siblings are raised by their father's best friend. However, when one gets kidnapped just before her wedding, the other rises against the Manchus.

Stage Beauty

2004

English

7.1

♡ 4

64%

based on play or musical

Drama

duke

Richard Eyre Director

Claire Danes as Maria Hughes

Alice Eve as Miss Frayne

Billy Crudup as Ned Kynaston

Tom Hollander as Sir Peter Lely

Humble Maria, who outfits top London theater star Ned Kynaston, takes none of the credit for the male actor's success at playing women. And because this is the 17th century, Maria, like other females, is prohibited from pursuing her dream of acting. But when powerful people support her, King Charles II lifts the ban on female stage performers. And just as Maria aided Ned, she needs his help to learn her new profession.

The Delivered

2019

English

6.2

♡ 10

90%

Thomas Clay Director

Maxine Peake as Fanny Lye

Charles Dance as John Lye

Peter McDonald as The High Sheriff for the Council of State

Freddie Fox as Thomas Ashbury

On an isolated English farm in 1657, Fanny lives a quiet life with her oppressive husband John and their young son. One day their life is rocked with the arrival of young couple Thomas and Rebecca who claim to have been robbed and need a place to stay. But are these strangers really who they say they are?

The Convent

2018

English

4.2

♡ 27

60%

Paul Hyett Director

Dilan Gwyn as Alice Langley

Hannah Arterton as Persephone

Katie Sheridan as Sister Margaret

Ciarán McMenamin as William Carpenter

During the 17th century, a young woman is saved from execution and led to a priory to repent her sins but discovers a greater evil lies within.

Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji

1955

Japanese

7.3

♡ 11

80%

Tomu Uchida Director

Ryûnosuke Tsukigata as

Masao Oda as

Chiezô Kataoka as Gonpachi

Unpei Yokoyama as Yomosuke, Otane's father

Tragicomic road movie set during the Edo period. It follows a samurai, his two servants – including spear-carrier Genpachi – and the various people they meet on their journey, including a policeman in pursuit of a thief, a young child and a woman who is to be sold into prostitution.

Tous les matins du monde

1991

French

7.5

♡ 11

Alain Corneau Director

Michel Bouquet as Baugin

Myriam Boyer as Guignotte

Gérard Depardieu as Marin Marais

Guillaume Depardieu as Young Marin Marais

Following the death of his wife, a renowned musician ostracises himself from the outer world and dedicates his life to music. However, his life changes when a young man approaches him to learn music.

The Huntresses

2014

Korean

5.5

♡ 6

joseon dynasty (1392–1910)

musketeer

Jae-Hyun Park Director

Sang-uk Ju as

Ji-hye Kwak as

Ji-won Ha as Jin-ok

Sang-uk Joo as Sa-hyeon

Set in the Joseon Period, three beautiful musketeers fight against a powerful group who tries to overturn the royal family and gain absolute power. The leader of the Beautiful Three Musketeers is Jin-ok, a smart and righteous woman. Hong-dan is the only married woman among the three women. Ga-bi is the youngest among the musketeers and excels at fighting.

Rampant

2018

Korean

6.3

♡ 71

62%

joseon dynasty (1392–1910)

palace intrigue

Thriller

zombie

Sung-hoon Kim Director

Ji-hye Seo as Concubine Jo

Jeong-hwan Kong as Geum Wi-jang

Hyun Bin as Lee Chung

Woo-jin Jo as Park Jong-sa

Ancient Korea, 17th century. While the paranoid King Lee Jo of Joseon, vassal of the Qing dynasty, feels surrounded by conspirators and rebels, a dark evil emerges from the bowels of a merchant ship and the exiled Prince Lee Cheung returns to the royal court, ignoring that he will have to lead the few capable of defeating the ambitious humans and the bloody monsters who threaten to destroy the kingdom.

Night of the Blood Monster

1970

Italian

5.2

♡ 12

Jesús Franco Director

John Thompson as Jonathan Dickens

Christopher Lee as Judge Jeffries

Maria Schell as Mother Rosa

José María Prada as Palafox

In 1685 England, an overzealous Lord Chancellor condemns various rebels and "witches" to satisfy his political whims, ignorant of the true consequences of his actions.

Michael Palin's Quest for Artemisia

2015

English

7.0

♡ 1

Eleanor Yule Director

Michael Palin as Self - Presenter

Michael Palin discovers the story of 17th-century Italian artist Artemisia Gentileschi. He unearths not only her paintings, but a complex and difficult life.

The Day of the Siege: September Eleven 1683

2012

Italian

4.4

♡ 8

39%

Renzo Martinelli Director

Antonio Cupo as Charles V Duke of Lorraine

Edward Linde-Lubaszenko as Jan Andrzej Morsztyn

Daniel Olbrychski as Marcin Kazimierz Katski

F. Murray Abraham as Marco D'Aviano

In the summer of 1683, 300 000 Ottoman Empire's warriors begin the siege of Vienna. City's fall, will open way to conquer the Europe. The Sept 11 is the day of main battle between Polish cavalry under the King Jan III Sobieski and Turks.

Sher Shivraj

2022

Marathi

8.2

♡ 4

Digpal Lanjekar Director

Varsha Usgaonkar as Badi Begum Sahiba

Mrinmayee Deshpande as Kesar

Ravindra Mankani as Shahji Raje Bhosale

Ajay Purkar as Tanaji Malsure

One of the greatest and bravest incident from the life of The Great Maratha King Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj where he defeated Afzalkhan with his brilliant tactics and courage.

Angélique

1964

French

6.7

♡ 12

Bernard Borderie Director

Michèle Mercier as Angélique Sancé de Monteloup

Henri Cogan as Cul-de-Bois

Etchika Choureau as Hortense de Sancé de Monteloup

Jean-Pierre Castaldi as Un courtisan

In 17th-century France, beautiful country maiden Angélique marries wealthy neighbor Jeoffray de Peyrac out of convenience, but eventually, she falls in love with him. So when Jeoffray is arrested and then vanishes, she bravely sets out to find him. This is the first of many dramas based on Anne and Serge Golon's novels about strong-willed Angélique and her adventures during the reign of Louis XIV, the Sun King.

Le capitaine Fracasse

1961

French

6.1

♡ 2

17th century

Action

Adventure

based on novel or book

Pierre Gaspard-Huit Director

Gérard Barray as Duc de Vallombreuse

Riccardo Garrone as Lampourde

Jean Rochefort as Malartic

Christian Marin as Picard

A ruined Baron Philippe de baron, meets one day a troupe of traveling actors led by Herod. Attracted by the one who plays the role of the ingenue: Isabella, and by the dynamism and enthusiasm of his companions, he takes the place of the deceased poet of the troupe. And during performances, Philippe became the captain Sunder. For his part, Isabelle loves Philip, but does not consider marriage, nobility him missing, she refuses to harm the career of Baron. And one day, the Duke of Vallombrosa, seduced by Isabella, finds himself challenged to a duel by Philippe for touching the girl. Defeated, he launched his men against Sunder, then removes Isabelle. The actors throw themselves then to storm the castle where she is being held. This time Vallombrosa was seriously injured, and the duke's own father, rushed to the scene, Isabelle discovers the girl he had once been an actress. Nothing stands now the union of Sunder and Isabella, under the tender gaze of the actors Herod and Scapin.

14 Blades

2010

Chinese

6.3

♡ 10

67%

Daniel Lee Director

Chen Kuan-Tai as Fa Huang

Fung Hak-On as Justice Escort's Counselor

Sammo Hung as Prince

Donnie Yen as Qinglong

Commander Qinglong is the loyal leader of the assassin group that serves the emperor. But when his allies plan a rebellion against the ruler, he finds himself in danger.

Cyrano

2021

English

6.4

♡ 33

85%

Joe Wright Director

Peter Dinklage as Cyrano

Bashir Salahuddin as Le Bret

Haley Bennett as Roxanne

Paul Biddiss as The Gate Keeper

A man ahead of his time, Cyrano de Bergerac dazzles whether with ferocious wordplay at a verbal joust or with brilliant swordplay in a duel. But, convinced that his appearance renders him unworthy of the love of a devoted friend, the luminous Roxanne, Cyrano has yet to declare his feelings for her—and Roxanne has fallen in love, at first sight, with Christian.

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Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji

Tous les matins du monde

The Huntresses

Rampant

Night of the Blood Monster

Michael Palin's Quest for Artemisia

The Day of the Siege: September Eleven 1683

Sher Shivraj

Angélique

Le capitaine Fracasse

14 Blades

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