Movies like Danton
If Danton's mix of france, beheading and civil rights stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Danton's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Napoleon
1927 · Directed by Abel Gance · 425 min7.8
Why you'll like itShares: france, french revolution, guillotine · Also a French drama
A biopic of former Emperor of France, Napoleon Bonaparte, tracing the Corsican's career from his schooldays (where a snowball fight is staged like a military campaign) to his flight from Corsica, through the French…
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Les Misérables
2012 · Directed by Tom Hooper · 158 min7.3
Why you'll like itShares: france, french revolution · Also history and drama
An adaptation of the successful stage musical based on Victor Hugo's classic novel set in 19th-century France. Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert.
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The Wild Child
1970 · Directed by François Truffaut · 83 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: 18th century · Also a French drama
The true story of Victor of Aveyron. In a French forest circa 1798, an abandoned child — feral, filthy and mentally impaired — is found.
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An Officer and a Spy
2019 · Directed by Roman Polanski · 132 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: trial · Also a French historical drama
In 1894, French Captain Alfred Dreyfus is wrongfully convicted of treason and sentenced to life imprisonment at the Devil’s Island penal colony.
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The Count of Monte Cristo
2002 · Directed by Kevin Reynolds · 131 min7.7
Why you'll like itShares: period drama · Also drama and history
Young sailor Edmond Dantès is wrongfully imprisoned, escapes, finds treasure, and reinvents himself as the wealthy Count of Monte Cristo to exact revenge on those who betrayed him.
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12 Angry Men
1957 · Directed by Sidney Lumet · 97 min8.6
Why you'll like itShares: trial, courtroom
The defense and the prosecution have rested and the jury is filing into the jury room to decide if a young Spanish-American is guilty or innocent of murdering his father.
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A Man for All Seasons
1966 · Directed by Fred Zinnemann · 120 min7.3
Why you'll like itShares: beheading · Also drama and history
A depiction of the conflict between King Henry VIII of England and his Lord Chancellor, Sir Thomas More, who refuses to swear the Oath of Supremacy declaring Henry Supreme Head of the Church in England.
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The Eichmann Show
2015 · Directed by Paul Andrew Williams · 90 min6.7
Why you'll like itShares: trial · Also drama and history
The behind-the-scenes true life story of a groundbreaking producer, Milton Fruchtman, and blacklisted TV director Leo Hurwitz who, overcoming enormous obstacles, set out to capture the testimony of one of the war's…
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Dunkirk
2017 · Directed by Christopher Nolan · 107 min7.5
Why you'll like itShares: france, period drama
The story of the miraculous evacuation of Allied soldiers from Belgium, Britain, Canada and France, who were cut off and surrounded by the German army from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk between May 26th and June…
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The Judge
2014 · Directed by David Dobkin · 141 min7.3
Why you'll like itShares: trial, courtroom
A successful lawyer returns to his hometown for his mother's funeral only to discover that his estranged father, the town's judge, is suspected of murder.
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Molly's Game
2017 · Directed by Aaron Sorkin · 141 min7.2
Why you'll like itShares: trial, courtroom
Molly Bloom, a young skier and former Olympic hopeful becomes a successful entrepreneur (and a target of an FBI investigation) when she establishes a high-stakes, international poker game.
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Beauty and the Beast
2017 · Directed by Bill Condon · 129 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: france, 18th century
A live-action adaptation of Disney's version of the classic tale of a cursed prince and a beautiful young woman who helps him break the spell.