332 Films & TV Shows Set In Europe During The 18th Century
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Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
England ๐ช๐ธ Spain The 18th CenturyLive Forever Or Die Trying. โ Captain Jack Sparrow crosses paths with a woman from his past, and he's not sure if it's love -- or if she's a ruthless con artist who's using him to find the fabled Fountain of Youth. When she forces him aboard the Queen Anne's Revenge, the ship of the formidable pirate Blackbeard, Jack finds himself on an unexpected adventure in which he doesn't know who to fear more: Blackbeard or the woman from his past.
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Mozart's Sister
๐ซ๐ท France The 18th CenturyA re-imagined account of the early life of Maria Anna 'Nannerl' Mozart, five years older than Wolfgang and a musical prodigy in her own right.
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Barbie and the Three Musketeers
๐ซ๐ท France The 18th CenturyCorinne (Barbie) is a young country girl who heads to Paris to pursue her big dream โ to become a female musketeer! Never could she imagine she would meet three other girls who secretly share the same dream! Using their special talents, the girls work together as a team to foil a plot and save the prince. It's all for one and one for all!
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I, Don Giovanni
๐ฆ๐น Austria ๐ฎ๐น Italy The 18th CenturyA drama based on the life of 18th century Italian lyricist Lorenzo da Ponte, who collaborated with Mozart on his "Don Giovanni" opera.
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The Duchess
England The 18th CenturyBased on the incredible true story. โ A chronicle of the life of 18th century aristocrat Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, who was reviled for her extravagant political and personal life.
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Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
๐ซ๐ท France The 18th CenturyBased on the best-selling novel โ Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, born in the stench of 18th century Paris, develops a superior olfactory sense, which he uses to create the world's finest perfumes. However, his work takes a dark turn as he tries to preserve scents in the search for the ultimate perfume.
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Marie Antoinette
๐ซ๐ท France ๐ฆ๐น Austria The 18th CenturyRumor. Scandal. Fame. Revolution. โ 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.
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Goya's Ghosts
๐ช๐ธ Spain The 1800s The 1810s The 18th CenturyPainter Francisco Goya faces a scandal involving his muse, who is labeled a heretic by a monk.
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Amazing Grace
England The 1800s The 18th CenturyBehind the song you love is a story you will never forget. โ The true story of William Wilberforce and his courageous quest to end the British slave trade. Along the way, Wilberforce meets intense opposition, but his minister urges him to see the cause through.
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Devilwood
England The 18th CenturyIn a lawless outpost in 17th Century England, the people have ceased to be God-fearing but learn to fear the Devil instead.
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Casanova
๐ฎ๐น Italy The 18th CenturyHe won every woman's heart. She won his. โ With a reputation for seducing members of the opposite sex, regardless of their marital status, a notorious womanizer discovers a beauty who seems impervious to his charms. However, as he continues to pursue the indifferent lady, he finds himself falling in love.
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Nomad: The Warrior
๐ฐ๐ฟ Kazakhstan The 18th CenturyCourage know no limit โ The Nomad is a historical epic set in 18th-century Kazakhstan. The film is a fictionalised account of the youth and coming-of-age of Ablai Khan, as he grows and fights to defend the fortress at Hazrat-e Turkestan from Dzungar invaders.
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The Remains of Nothing
๐ฎ๐น Italy The 18th CenturySet in the 1790s, this historical drama follows the travails of an idealistic noblewoman who helps lead a daring revolution in Italy.
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Luisa Sanfelice
๐ฎ๐น Italy The 1800s The 18th CenturyAn 18th-century true story about a rebel and his lover's attempt to overthrow the Italian monarchy.
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The Horseman
๐ญ๐ท Croatia The 18th CenturyThe movie takes place in the early 18th century on the borders between Bosnia and Dalmatia, the crossroad between the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Venice. It deals with issues relating to the region's native Croats as they struggle between to live between two empires and two faiths: Catholicism and Islam.
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Benedict Arnold: A Question of Honor
New York Maine Connecticut New Jersey Pennsylvania England The 18th CenturyOn 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. Benedict Arnold rose from humble origins to become the most respected and feared of America's generals. He won brilliant military victories against the English colonists and was Washington's favorite soldier. But two conflicting forces battled inside Arnold's heart; a deep concern for his country and his passionate love for an enchanting and manipulative English woman, Peggy Shippen. Blinded by desire, Arnold defected to the English army, orchestrating an attempt to assassinate his own mentor, George Washington.
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The Abduction Club
๐ฎ๐ช Ireland The 18th CenturyA group of Irish noblemen kidnap girls in order to marry into their fortune and avoid becoming priests or soldiers.
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The Lady and the Duke
๐ซ๐ท France The 18th CenturyGrace Dalrymple Elliot is a British aristocrat trapped in Paris during the French Revolution. Determined to maintain her stiff upper lip and pampered life despite the upheaval, Grace continues her friendship with the Duke of Orlรฉans while risking her life and liberty to protect a fugitive.
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Brotherhood of the Wolf
๐ซ๐ท France The 18th CenturyIn 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.
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The Affair of the Necklace
๐ซ๐ท France The 18th CenturyHer birthright was stolen. Her dignity taken. Her rights denied. Deception was the only option. โ 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.
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Pandaemonium
England The 18th CenturySet in England during the early 19th century, Pandaemonium evokes late-1960s America in its depiction of the relationship between Samuel Taylor Coleridge (Linus Roach) and William Wordsworth (John Hannah). Instead of going to Vietnam, Wordsworth goes off to fight against the French while Coleridge stays at home and promotes utopianism. After the war, the poets live and work together with Coleridge's wife, Sara (Samantha Morton), and Wordsworth's sister, Dorothy (Emily Woof). At first this communal arrangement works to the advantage of Coleridge--who does some of his best writing while Wordsworth stagnates--until Coleridge becomes addicted to opium. Wordsworth, meanwhile, doesn't find his voice until he abandons his friend. In 20th-century vernacular, Wordsworth is the yuppie, Coleridge the hippie.
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Pan Tadeusz
๐ฑ๐น Lithuania The 1810s The 18th CenturyA grand and patriotic tale of Poland's struggle for freedom just before Napoleon's war with Russia. Written in poetic style by Adam Mickiewicz, this story follows two feuding Polish families as they overcome their old conflicts and petty lives. However, they are able to unite as one with their patriotic and rebellious efforts to free the country they deeply love from Russian control.
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Plunkett & MacLeane
England The 18th CenturyThey Robbed The Rich...And That's It โ Will Plunkett and Captain James Macleane, two men from different ends of the social spectrum in 18th-century England, enter a gentlemen's agreement: They decide to rid the aristocrats of their belongings. With Plunkett's criminal know-how and Macleane's social connections, they team up to be soon known as "The Gentlemen Highwaymen". But when one day these gentlemen hold up Lord Chief Justice Gibson's coach, Macleane instantly falls in love with his beautiful and cunning niece, Lady Rebecca Gibson. Unfortunately, Thief Taker General Chance, who also is quite fond of Rebecca, is getting closer and closer to getting both.
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Hornblower: The Duchess and the Devil
๐ช๐ธ Spain ๐ซ๐ท France The 1800s The 18th CenturyHoratio Homblower, now promoted to Acting Lieutenant, captures the French ship Le Reve off the Spanish coast. The Captain of the French ship is furious that such a youngster has pulled off such a coup. But far more daunting is Hornblower's first taste of the high life, when he is invited to dine with the Governor of Gibraltar and his wife. The prospect of this is frightening enough, but an unexpected guest, the glamorous Duchess of Wharfedale, adds another spin to his evening.
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