The entertainment industry hasn't ignored Napoleon Bonaparte. Unfortunately, much of our current understanding of the French emperor is based on less than adequate portrayals. He's often presented as a hopeless romantic or a raving lunatic. Below are a few movies that focus on the Napoleonic era.
The Battle of Austerlitz (1960)
Abel Gance directed
Captain Horatio Hornblower (1951)
Faithful adaptation of C.S. Forrester's book
Colonel Chabert (1994)
Gérard Depardieu stars
Conquest (1937)
Charles Boyer won a best actor Oscar for his portrayal of Napoleon
The Count of Monte Cristo (1934)
The Count was imprisoned for carrying a message from the exiled Napoleon
Desiree (1954)
Starring Marlon Brando as Napoleon
The Duelists (1977)
Ridley Scott feature about Napoleonic French officers
Napoléon (1927)
Abel Gance's masterpiece
Napoleon and Josephine (1924)
An early black and white silent movie
Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story (1987) (TV mini-series)
Armand Assante as Napoleon and Jacqueline Bisset as Josephine
Napoleon and Love (1974) (TV mini-series)
Ian Holm as Napoleon, Billie Whitelaw as Josephine
Napoléon Bonaparte (1934)
French film by Abel Gance
Suez (1938)
Entertaining but historically flawed
War and Peace (1915)
Black and white Russian version
War and Peace (1956)
Audrey Hepburn and Henry Fonda
War and Peace (1968)
The Russian version - probably one of the best
Waterloo (1970)
Dino DiLaurentiis feature starring Rod Steiger as Napoleon
...and if we must...
Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure(1989)
Two dudes rewrite Napoleonic history
Love and Death(1975)
Woody Allen's Napoleonic era spoof.
Napoleon (1920)
Early Mutt and Jeff cartoon
Napoleon Blown-Aparte (1966)
Inspector Clouseau animation
Napoleon Bunny-Part (1956)
The Bugs Bunny Classic!
Time Bandits (1980)
Ian Holme plays Napoleon
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