The appearance of Napoleon in movies has resulted in everything from historical epics to love stories and fantasy epics to madcap comedies. Napoleon Bonaparte was the Emperor of France who earned this role thanks to his success as a military leader as he roared across Europe conquering several countries during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. His success was short-lived, as he ended up in exile, where he died six years after losing his position. As with many famed historical military and political leaders, Napoleon has been used in several movies.
His story, featuring his rise to power, incredible military success, and eventual fall from grace in France, has been told since the silent era of films and as recently as 2023 when Ridley Scott set his sights on telling his story. However, thanks to his diminutive size and the use of the term “Napoleonic complex,” he has also been used as a source of humor in many comedies and fantasy films, including some like Napoleon Dynamite, which uses his name as a joke.
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Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009)
A Family Movie Where Historical Figures Come To Life
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Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
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AdventureFantasy
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian is the first sequel to Shawn Levy’s 2006 comedy. Ben Stiller returns as museum security guard Larry Daley, who must now stop the evil Pharaoh Kahmunrah (Hank Azaria) from taking over the Smithsonian Institution. Other returning members of the cast include Robin Williams as Theodore Roosevelt, Mizuo Peck as Sacagawea, and Amy Adams as Amelia Earhart.
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May 22, 2009
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105minutes
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Ben Stiller
, Owen Wilson
, Shawn Levy
, Robin Williams
, Bill Hader
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Shawn Levy
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20th Century
In Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, Ben Stiller was back for the sequel to his hit 2006 comedy film. In the previous movie, Stiller plays a security guard at the Museum of Natural History who realizes that all the museum’s exhibits come to life after dark. This included Theodore Roosevelt, Atilla the Hun, and many more. The sequel upped the ante. While Robin Williams was back as Roosevelt, he was joined by Amy Adams as Amelia Earhart, Christopher Guest as Ivan the Terrible, and Jon Bernthal as Al Capone.
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Also coming aboard is Alain Chabat as Napoleon Bonaparte. In the film, Napoleon becomes an ally of Hank Azaria’s Kahmunrah, a pharaoh who is the evil older brother of Rami Malek’s Ahkmenrah. This makes him one of the film’s villains, and he is also there to be the brunt of jokes when Stiller mocks him for his Napoleon complex. Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian received average to below-average reviews.
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War and Peace (1965)
The Epic Retelling Of Tolstoy’s Novel
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War and Peace
DramaWar & Politics
War and Peace (1966): A sprawling adaptation of Leo Tolstoy’s novel, this film interweaves the romance of Countess Natasha Rostova and Count Pierre Bezukhov with the backdrop of the Great Patriotic War of 1812 against Napoleon’s forces.
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March 14, 1966
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Anastasiya Vertinskaya
, Anatoli Ktorov
, Antonina Shuranova
, Boris Smirnov
, Boris Zakhava
, Eduard Martsevich
, Yelena Tyapkina
, Giuli Chokhonelidze
, Irina Gubanova
, Irina Skobtseva
, Kira Golovko
, Klavdiya Polovikova
, Ludmila Savelyeva
, Nikolai Tolkachyov
, Nikolay Trofimov
, Oleg Efremov
, Oleg Tabakov
, Sergei Yermilov
, Sergey Bondarchuk
, Vasili Lanovoy
, Viktor Stanitsyn
, Vladislav Strzhelchik
, Vyacheslav Tikhonov
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War and Peace is the Sergei Bondarchuk adaptation of Leo Tolstoy’s epic novel, and it was released in four parts totaling 431 total minutes. As a result, it was as dense a film as it was as a novel. Bondarchuk also starred in the movie’s lead role as Pierre Bezukhov, the favorite out of several illegitimate sons of the wealthy nobleman Count Kirill Vladimirovich Bezukhov, one of the richest people in the Russian Empire.
There was a lot of room for Bondarchuk to add in characters and events thanks to the seven-hour running time, and this included Napoleon Bonaparte. Vladislav Strzhelchik stars in the movie as Napoleon. The first part sees the War of the Third Coalition against Napoleon ongoing and by the third part, Napoleon has invaded Russia. This leads to the big moment in the final part where Pierre attempts to assassinate Napoleon. The film won the Oscar and Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
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The Story of Mankind (1957)
The Devil & Spirit Of Man Debate Humanity’s Fate
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The Story of Mankind
NR
DramaFantasyScience Fiction
The Story of Mankind features a celestial trial where the devil and the spirit of mankind debate humanity’s moral compass. This 1957 film explores historical and cultural milestones to determine if humanity leans toward good or evil, bringing various historical figures to testify in this cosmic courtroom.
Release Date
November 8, 1957
Runtime
100 minutes
Cast
Hedy Lamarr
, Ronald Colman
, Groucho Marx
, Harpo Marx
, Chico Marx
, Virginia Mayo
, Agnes Moorehead
, Vincent Price
, Peter Lorre
, Charles Coburn
, Cedric Hardwicke
, Cesar Romero
, John Carradine
, Dennis Hopper
, Marie Wilson
, Helmut Dantine
, Edward Everett Horton
, Reginald Gardiner
, Marie Windsor
, George E. Stone
, Cathy O’Donnell
, Franklin Pangborn
, Melville Cooper
, Henry Daniell
, Francis X. Bushman
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Loosely based on the 1921 based on the nonfiction novel by Hendrik Willem van Loon, The Story of Mankind was a 1957 dark fantasy film that took the real story and added a supernatural twist. In the movie, the Devil (Vincent Price as Mr. Scratch) is the prosecutor in a case to decide the fate of humanity in a court of law. The Spirit of Man acts as the defense attorney. Throughout the trial, historical figures are used to both condemn and fight for humanity’s salvation.
The film has a rough ending as the judge is unable to decide, so humanity has to keep fighting its own struggles on whether it chooses to be good or evil. The most famous stars in the film were the Marx Brothers as Peter Minuit, Isaac Newton, and a Monk. However, a young Dennis Hopper stars as Napoleon, who is called to testify.
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The Count of Monte Cristo (1934)
The Classic Telling Of The French Adventure Novel
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The Count of Monte Cristo
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The Count of Monte Cristo, released in 1934, is a drama film depicting Edmond Dantes’ journey from wrongful imprisonment to escape and retribution. It follows his transformation and elaborate quest for vengeance against those responsible for his two-decade confinement.
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September 6, 1934
Runtime
113 minutes
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Elissa Landi
, Robert Donat
, Louis Calhern
, Sidney Blackmer
, Raymond Walburn
, O. P. Heggie
, Irene Hervey
, Georgia Caine
, Walter Walker
, Lawrence Grant
, Luis Alberni
, Douglas Walton
, Juliette Compton
, Clarence Wilson
, Eleanor Phelps
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Rowland V. Lee
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Based on the Alexandre Dumas novel of the same name, The Count of Monte Cristo tells the story of a man unjustly imprisoned for 20 years for delivering a letter entrusted to him. When he escapes his long imprisonment, he takes on the fake identity of a count to get revenge against the man who betrayed him and stole his family after his banishment. Paul Irving plays Napoleon Bonaparte in this film.
In the movie, Napoleon gives a letter to a merchant ship captain, and he hands it off to his first officer, Edmond Dantès to deliver it to someone in Marseille before dying. However, Edmond is arrested after the exchange and Dantès’ friend Fernand Mondego betrays him during the trial and has him imprisoned for not delivering the letter. The film was a massive success and was named one of the best movies released in 1934.
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The Emperor’s New Clothes (2001)
What If Napoleon Escaped His Exile?
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The Emperor’s New Clothes
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The Emperor’s New Clothes (2001) stars Ian Holm as Napoleon Bonaparte in an alternate history narrative. The film imagines Napoleon escaping from exile and switching places with a lookalike, only for the plan to go awry, leaving him to navigate life anonymously in Paris. Directed by Alan Taylor, the movie blends humor and historical drama, exploring themes of identity and ambition against the backdrop of early 19th century France.
Release Date
December 7, 2001
Runtime
107 Minutes
Cast
Ian Holm
, Iben Hjejle
, Tim McInnerny
, Tom Watson
, Nigel Terry
, Hugh Bonneville
, Murray Melvin
, Eddie Marsan
Director
Alan Taylor
Main Genre
Drama
Released in 2001, Alan Taylor (Game of Thrones) directed the historical drama The Emperor’s New Clothes. The movie is based on the 1992 novel, The Death of Napoleon by Simon Leys. In the movie, Ian Holm plays Napoleon Bonaparte, his third time taking on the role after Napoleon and Love (1974) and Time Bandits (1981). The plot follows Napoleon’s exile to Saint Helena after his defeat at the Battle of Waterloo.
The movie starts off in 1821, six years after his exile to Saint Helena when Napoleon has big plans to escape. His plan is to escape to France after switching places with a deckhand and then when he gets there, the deckhand will reveal what happened and Napoleon will reclaim his throne. However, when the deckhand decides not to reveal the truth and dies, Napoleon is a man without an identity in France. The film was mostly a fantasy with the twist that, in this world, Napoleon died of old age under an assumed name.
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The Count of Monte Cristo (2002)
A Retelling Of The Classic Alexandre Dumas Novel
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The Count of Monte Cristo
PG-13
The Count of Monte Cristo (2002) is an adaptation of Alexandre Dumas’ classic story, portraying the tale of Edmond Dantès, a falsely imprisoned man who escapes and seeks revenge. Set in the early 19th century, the film follows Dantès’ transformation and quest for justice against those who betrayed him.
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January 23, 2002
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131 Minutes
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Jim Caviezel
, Guy Pearce
, Richard Harris
, James Frain
, Dagmara Dominczyk
, Michael Wincott
, Luis Guzman
, Christopher Adamson
, JB Blanc
, Henry Cavill
, Zahara Moufid
, Katherine Holme
, Helen McCrory
, Albie Woodington
, Alex Norton
, Patrick Godfrey
, Freddie Jones
Director
Kevin Reynolds
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Adventure
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A more modern take on The Count of Monte Cristo arrived in 2002 with Jim Caviezel taking on the role of Edmond Dantès and Guy Pearce playing his friend Fernand, who betrays him. The story is mostly the same, with Edmond spending 20 years in an island prison run by the vicious Armand Dorléac (Michael Wincott). Much like in the original, when Edmond escapes, he takes on the role of a Count and seeks revenge.
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The arrest was similar, with Edmond and Fernand going to an island to find help for their ill captain, only to find Napoleon Bonaparte exiled there. Napoleon asks Edmond to deliver a letter for him in exchange for helping the captain, but when Fernand sees this, he turns over his friend who is imprisoned. Alex Norton stars as Napoleon in a small role at the start of the film. The film received mostly positive reviews with praise going to Pearce and Caviezel for their performances.
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Waterloo (1970)
The Battle Of Waterloo
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Waterloo
Waterloo, released in 1970, depicts the historic confrontation between Napoleon Bonaparte and the Duke of Wellington following Napoleon’s escape from Elba. The film highlights the strategic maneuvers of the Anglo Allied army as they prepare for a decisive battle against the French forces led by their charismatic leader.
Release Date
October 26, 1970
Runtime
134 minutes
Cast
Christopher Plummer
, Rod Steiger
, Orson Welles
, Jack Hawkins
, Virginia McKenna
, Dan O’Herlihy
, Rupert Davies
, Philippe Forquet
, Gianni Garko
, Ivo Garrani
, Ian Ogilvy
, Michael Wilding
, Terence Alexander
, Donal Donnelly
, Oleg Vidov
, Charles Borromel
, Peter Davies
, Veronica De Laurentiis
, Vladimir Druzhnikov
, Willoughby Gray
, Roger Green
, Orso Maria Guerrini
, Richard Heffer
, Orazio Orlando
, John Savident
Director
Sergey Bondarchuk
Main Genre
History
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A lesser-known movie with Napoleon Bonaparte in a key role is Waterloo, released in 1970. This epic war film is based on the Battle of Waterloo, the historical battle that saw Napoleon finally lose. Co-produced by Italy and the Soviet Union, with United States producer Dino De Laurentis leading things, Sergei Bondarchuk (War and Peace) took another shot at directing a movie about Napoleon Bonaparte.
In this release, Rod Steiger stars as Napoleon, while Christopher Plummer takes on the role of the Duke of Wellington. Orson Welles also has a small role as Louis XVIII. The movie was praised by critics for its lush and impressive battle scenes, which were all shot on location in Ukraine. It went on to win the BAFTAs for Best Costume Design and Best Art Direction. Both Steiger and Plummer received praise as well, with both actors delivering narration voice-overs and revealing the battle leaders’ thoughts.
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Monsieur N. (2003)
Napoleon’s Final Days In Exile
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Monsieur N.
Unrated
BiographyDramaMysteryThriller
Monsieur N. explores the final years of Napoleon Bonaparte’s life during his imprisonment on St Helena. Despite the isolation enforced by the zealous Governor Sir Hudson Lowe, Napoleon employs a loyal group of officers to aid in his escape attempts, highlighting the enduring influence of the fallen Emperor.
Release Date
January 15, 2003
Runtime
120 minutes
Main Genre
Drama
Cast
Philippe Torreton
, Richard E. Grant
, Jay Rodan
, Elsa Zylberstein
, Roschdy Zem
, Bruno Putzulu
, Stéphane Freiss
, Frédéric Pierrot
, Siobhan Hewlett
, Peter Sullivan
, Stanley Townsend
, Igor Skreblin
, Blanche de Saint-Phalle
, Jake Nightingale
, Bernard Bloch
, Michael Culkin
, Christopher Bowen
, Richard Heffer
, Kate Duchêne
, Jim Adhi Limas
Character(s)
Napoleon Bonaparte
, Hudson Lowe
, Basil Heathcote
, Albine de Montholon
, Marshal Bertrand
, Cipriani
, Gen. Montholon
, Gen. Gourgaud
, Betsy Balcombe
, Thomas Reade
, Dr. O’Meara
, Ali
, Fanny Bertrand
, Carpenter
, Von Holgendorp
, Adm. Cockburn
, Col. Bingham
, Monsieur Balcombe
, Madame Balcombe
, Le Vieux Chinois
Director
Antoine de Caunes
Writers
René Manzor
, Pierre Kubel
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Monsieur N. is another movie that follows Napoleon Bonaparte after his exile. It is also another fictional tale that supposes that Napoleon never died on the island but instead escaped, and someone else was buried in his place. Philippe Torreton stars as Napoleon in this telling of his exile and escape while Richard E. Grant plays Hudson Lowe, the governor of Saint Helena.
As mentioned, this movie was another in a long line of stories that assumed that Napoleon not only planned out an escape from Saint Helena but also succeeded and was able to live out his life in peace with the world believing he was dead. The big difference is that this movie never had him wanting to retake his throne and instead had him choosing to live his life with a new bride in hiding in the United States.
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Désirée (1954)
Napoleon’s Unfulfilled Love Story
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Désirée
NR
DramaRomance
Désirée follows the story of Désirée Clary, a young woman in 1794 France, who becomes romantically involved with Napoleon Bonaparte before marrying Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte. The film explores the shifting personal and political dynamics as Napoleon’s ambitions grow and his relationship with Empress Josephine evolves.
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November 16, 1954
Runtime
110 minutes
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Jean Simmons
, Marlon Brando
, Merle Oberon
, Michael Rennie
, Cameron Mitchell
, Elizabeth Sellars
, Charlotte Austin
, Cathleen Nesbitt
, Evelyn Varden
, Isobel Elsom
, John Hoyt
, Alan Napier
, Richard Deacon
, Edith Evanson
, Dorothy Neumann
, Carolyn Jones
, Bess Flowers
, Gene Roth
, Nicolas Koster
Director
Henry Koster
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The 1954 historical romance film Désirée is based on the novel of the same name by Annemarie Selinko. This film sees none other than Marlon Brando starring as Napoleon Bonaparte. Directed by Henry Koster, the film follows Napoleon as he falls in love with the beautiful Désirée Clary (played by Golden Age icon Jean Simmons). Unlike many Napoleon movies, this one starts before his rise to the throne.
Napoleon and his brother Joseph meet Désirée Clary, and while Napoleon falls for her, his brother falls for her sister, Julie. However, while Napoleon proposes to Désirée, she soon learns he is also engaged to Joséphine de Beauharnais, and she instead marries Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte. However, she is never able to get completely out of Napoleon’s life as he rises in power and becomes more dangerous. The story spans over 20 years and asks what could have happened if Napoleon had made different choices.
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Love and Death (1975)
A Woody Allen Comedy In The Napoleonic Era
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Love and Death
PG
ComedyWar
Love and Death is a comedy film that satirizes Russian literature, particularly the works of Leo Tolstoy. Set during the Napoleonic Wars, the film follows the misadventures of Boris Grushenko, a cowardly and uncertain Russian soldier who becomes embroiled in a series of absurd and fantastical events.
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June 10, 1975
Runtime
85 Minutes
Cast
Woody Allen
, Diane Keaton
, Harold Gould
, Olga Georges-Picot
, Zvee Scooler
Director
Woody Allen
Distributor(s)
United Artists
One of the strangest movies about Napoleon arrived in 1975 with the Woody Allen comedy Love and Death. This is a satire on Russian literature with Allen and Diane Keaton starring as Boris and Sonja, two Russians living in the Napoleonic Era who have fake philosophical debates about life at the time. Boris is about to be executed for a crime he never committed, and he recalls how he got into this predicament.
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The movie takes place in the same period of time that Napoleon invaded Austria, and Boris is forced to enlist in the Russian Army, even though he doesn’t care to fight in it. While he loves Sonja, she never loves him back and eventually convinces him to help her assassinate Napoleon, which all goes wrong. James Tolkan (Mr. Strickland in Back to the Future) stars as Napoleon and his double at the end of the movie when the assassination attempt all goes wrong.
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Napoleon (2023)
Ridley Scott On Napoleon’s Rise To Power
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Napoleon
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BiopicDrama
From director Ridley Scott and writer David Scarpa comes Napoleon, a dramatic historical-epic film that follows the rise of Napoleon Bonaparte as he embarks on a lengthy French campaign of conquest. The film also focuses on his relationship with Josephine, his Empress and the love of his life, a relationship that was equal parts romantically intense and self-destructive.
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November 22, 2023
Runtime
158 Minutes
Cast
Joaquin Phoenix
, Vanessa Kirby
, Ben Miles
, Ludivine Sagnier
Director
Ridley Scott
Distributor(s)
Apple TV+
, Columbia Pictures
Ridley Scott sets out to tell the story of Napoleon Bonaparte in the big-budget 2023 epic war film Napoleon. In this movie, Joaquin Phoenix stars as Napoleon while The Crown‘s Vanessa Kirby stars as Joséphine. The main focus of this film is Napoleon’s rise to power and his marriage to Joséphine, as well as her role in helping him become the warrior that he would be known as throughout history.
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The movie was a huge undertaking, with Napoleon‘s director’s cut checking in at 3 hours and 25 minutes, and the regular version still running just under three hours. Produced for Apple TV+, while also receiving a limited theatrical release, Napoleon picked up three Oscar nominations for Best Production Design, Best Costume Design, and Best Visual Effects. The film only received mostly mixed to critical reviews, with both Phoenix and Kirby receiving praise for their performances.
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Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure (1989)
Bill & Ted Bring Napoleon To The Modern Day
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Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure
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AdventureSci-FiMusicComedyRomance
Starring Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter, Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure follows the titular heroes, two high school students in 1980s California who must go on a time-traveling quest assembling historical figures in order to pass a history test and in doing so ensure a utopian future that they play a large part in. George Carlin stars alongside Reeves and Winter as Rufus.
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February 17, 1989
Runtime
90 minutes
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Keanu Reeves
, Alex Winter
, George Carlin
, Terry Camilleri
, Dan Shor
, Tony Steedman
Director
Stephen Herek
Distributor(s)
De Laurentiis Entertainment Group
In 1989, Napoleon Bonaparte was added into a comedy fantasy film and made into mostly a joke, albeit a funny one. Similar to Night at the Museum, this film sees the real Napoleon in a modern-day setting, but this time using time travel. Bill and Ted are two slacker best friends who are trying to pass high school history and find a phone booth that can help them travel to the past to learn history first hand.
However, when Bill and Ted‘s historical figures come to the present day with the time machine, they begin to run rampant, and Bill and Ted have to stop them while also learning enough to pass their high school finals. Terry Camilleri stars as Napoleon, the firs historical figure to get displaced in time and the man whose actions convince Bill and Ted to bring in people like Billy the Kid, Socrates, Sigmund Freud, Beethoven, Joan of Arc, Genghis Khan, and Abraham Lincoln. The movie remains a beloved cult classic to this day.
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Quills (2000)
Napoleon Has The Marquis De Sade Institutionalized
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Quills
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Drama
Quills is a historical drama set in a French asylum where the infamous Marquis de Sade, played by Geoffrey Rush, continues to write explicit works with the help of a covert assistant. As his writings incite controversy, a conservative doctor, portrayed by Michael Caine, seeks to suppress his influence.
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Release Date
November 22, 2000
Runtime
124 minutes
Cast
Geoffrey Rush
, Kate Winslet
, Joaquin Phoenix
, Michael Caine
, Billie Whitelaw
, Patrick Malahide
, Amelia Warner
, Jane Menelaus
, Stephen Moyer
, Tony Pritchard
, Michael Jenn
, Danny Babington
, George Antoni
, Stephen Marcus
, Elizabeth Berrington
, Edward Tudor-Pole
, Harry Jones
, Bridget McConnell
, Pauline McLynn
, Rebecca Palmer
, Toby Sawyer
, Daniel Ainsleigh
, Alex Avery
, Terry O’Neill
, Diana Morrison
Director
Philip Kaufman
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Quills is a period drama directed by Philip Kaufman following the life and work of the Marquis de Sade. The film mostly picks up during the final years of the Marquis’ incarceration in the asylum at Charenton. Geoffrey Rush stars as the Marquis, while Kate Winsley is Maddie LeClerc. Joaquin Phoenix and Michael Caine also co-star in the film, which picked up three Oscar nominations.
Ron Cook stars as Napoléon Bonaparte. His role in the story was as the emperor at the time who ordered all copies of the novel Justine to be burned and the author executed. Of course, the author was the Marquis de Sade, and it is Napoleon’s advisor, Delbené, who convinces him to have de Sade institutionalized instead to silence him. Rush earned an Oscar nomination for his performance and the National Board of Review named it the best film of 2000.
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Time Bandits (1981)
Time Travelers Meet Napoleon In The Past
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Time Bandits
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Time Bandits is a fantasy adventure film directed by Terry Gilliam. The story follows a young boy named Kevin who joins a group of dwarfs on a journey through various historical eras, using a stolen map to navigate different time periods. Along the way, they encounter iconic figures and ultimately confront an evil force. The film combines elements of history, humor, and fantasy in a visually distinctive narrative.
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July 16, 1981
Runtime
110 Minutes
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Family
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Craig Warnock
, David Rappaport
, Kenny Baker
, Mike Edmonds
, Malcolm Dixon
, John Cleese
, Sean Connery
, Shelley Duvall
Director
Terry Gilliam
In his second of three times to play Napoleon Bonaparte, Ian Holm took on the role in the fantasy adventure movie Time Bandits, Terry Gilliam directs this film about a young boy who goes on an adventure through time travel with a band of thieves who set out to capture treasure from different points in history. Gilliam wrote the script with fellow Monty Python crew member Michael Palin, and the movie was financed by George Harrison of the Beatles, who was a huge Monty Python fan.
Since the thieves travel through time to steal treasure, Time Bandits had several cameos from different timeframes including Robin Hood and Napoleon Bonaparte. As mentioned, Holm played Napoleon two other times (once in the TV movie Napoleon and Love and later in The Emperor’s New Clothes). While Napoleon’s role here was small, it was still a memorable appearance in one of the best movies of Gilliam’s impressive directorial career.
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Napoléon (1927)
Napoleon’s Rise To Power
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Napoleon
Napoleon (1927) is a French silent film directed by Abel Gance, chronicling the rise of Napoleon Bonaparte from his early days in the military to his invasion of Italy. Featuring Albert Dieudonné in the titular role, the film is renowned for its ambitious cinematic techniques and epic scale, capturing the fervor and ambition of one of history’s most compelling figures.
Release Date
April 7, 1927
Runtime
330 Minutes
Main Genre
Biography
Cast
Albert Dieudonné
, Nicolas Roudenko
, Edmond Van Daële
, Alexandre Koubitzky
, Antonin Artaud
, Abel Gance
, Gina Manès
, Suzanne Bianchetti
Director
Abel Gance
The best movie about Napoleon Bonaparte was the silent movie simply called Napoleon. Released in 1927, the film did so much that is taken for granted in cinema today but was revolutionary at the time. While most movies in the 1920s were shot with static shots, director Abel Gance allowed his camera to move while also using fast cutting, close-ups, and even hand-held shots to tell the story of Napoleon’s early years.
Albert Dieudonné plays Napoléon, with the story starting in his early years when he attended a military school for sons of nobility. After this sequence, it moves on to his rise in the military with the French Revolution and his marriage to Josephine, and it ends with him taking control of the troops and showing that he is the leader they all need to march into war. This shows the rise and power of Napoleon, but the film chooses not to bother with his eventual downfall, making him a hero of this silent film.
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