Movies like Le Diable Rouge (2008)
The best movies like Le Diable Rouge (2008) are The Taking of Power by Louis XIV (1966), The Death of Louis XIV (2016) and Marie Antoinette (2006). If Le Diable Rouge hooked you with its history, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedPather Panchali (1955)7.8/10 from 520 votes
- NewestA Man of His Time (2026)Released 2026
- In FrenchThe Taking of Power by Louis XIV (1966)Also in French
The Taking of Power by Louis XIV (1966)
Cardinal Mazarin dies, leaving a power vacuum in which the young Louis asserts his intention to govern as well as rule. Mazarin's fiscal advisor, Colbert, warns against Fouquet, the Superintendant who has been systematically looting the treasury and wants to be prime minister. Fouquet believes Louis will soon tire of exercizing power and overplays his hand by offering a bribe to Louis' mistress to be his ally. She reports this to the king who arrests Fouquet. Louis and Colbert design a brilliant strategy to keep merchants making money, nobles in debt, the urban poor working and fed, and peasants untaxed.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both history
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Death of Louis XIV (2016)
August 1715. After going for a walk, Louis XIV feels a pain in his leg. The next days, the king keeps fulfilling his duties and obligations, but his sleep is troubled and he has a serious fever. He barely eats and weakens increasingly. This is the start of the slow agony of the greatest king of France, surrounded by his relatives and doctors.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both history
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMarie Antoinette (2006)
A retelling of the story of France’s iconic but ill-fated queen, Marie Antoinette - from her betrothal and marriage to Louis XVI at fifteen to her reign as queen at nineteen and ultimately the fall of Versailles.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both history
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Flood (2024)
1792. Louis XVI, his wife Marie Antoinette, and their children have been arrested and imprisoned in the Tour du Temple, a sinister chateau in Paris, awaiting their trial. Far from the splendour of Versailles, they are isolated and vulnerable for the first time in their lives.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both history
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAngelique and the King (1966)
Soon after her latest husband death, the King himself (Louis XIV) meets with our heroine and begs her to help convince the Persian Ambassador to agree to a treaty. However, what they didn't realize was that the handsome Persian was in fact a sexual sadist. So, it is up to the King's half- brother, some Hungarian prince, to save Angélique from the evil troll's clutches.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both history
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisA Man of His Time (2026)
September 1940. Henri Marre arrives alone in Vichy as the authoritarian regime settles in. Broke, estranged from his family, and carrying copies of his self-published manifesto Notre Salut (Our Salvation), the 49-year-old is determined to secure what he believes is his rightful place in the new administration. In his writing, Henri sets out his patriotic convictions and his engineer’s methodology: efficiency above all. Claiming he wants to help save France after defeat, he does whatever is required to remain useful, serving the machinery of the new order with increasing skill. But he may be pursuing something more urgent: escape from his own ruin
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both history
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisReturn of the Hero (2018)
France, 1809. Captain Neuville is called to the front, leaving his future bride heartbroken. Her sister decides to write letters on his behalf to cheer her up.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both history
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLost Illusions (2021)
Lucien de Rubempré, a young, lower-class poet, leaves his family's printing house for Paris. Soon, he learns the dark side of the arts business as he tries to stay true to his dreams.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both history
Worth the HypeMovies like thisVatel (2000)
Vatel is the cook of Prince Condé. When the prince invites Louis XIV to hunt, he has to give lavish banquets in order to fall in his favour. But when Vatel falls in love with the king's mistress, love and duty conflict.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both history
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMy Uncle Benjamin (1969)
Benjamin is in love with Manette, the innkeeper's beautiful daughter, but she has no intention of giving in to the young doctor until she sees the marriage contract, and marriage does not fit in with Benjamin's spirit of independence. For the same reason he resists the efforts of his sister Bettine to marry him off to Arabelle, the daughter of old Dr. Minxit. Benjamin does agree to go and meet the girl. But that evening his sister finds him at the inn together with Manette, who is arrested by her father. So she decides to go with Benjamin herself. But as result of an incident with the fat Marquis puts paid to the expedition. Benjamin is subjected by the Marquis to a humiliating practical joke. Benjamin is determined to got his revenge. He succeeds thanks to the gorgeous Vicomte Hector de Pont-Cassé, who also helps Manette with her problems against her father. But Benjamin is now arrested by the Marquis...
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both history
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLes Misérables (2012)
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. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both history
Worth the HypeMovies like thisUntamable Angelique (1967)
Angelique goes in search of her husband Joffrey de Peyrac who did not die on the stake.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both history
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThat Night of Varennes (1982)
During the French Revolution, a surprising company shares a coach, trying to catch up something - the time itself, perhaps.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both history
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBlue Moon (2025)
On the evening of March 31, 1943, legendary lyricist Lorenz Hart confronts his shattered self-confidence in Sardi’s bar as his former collaborator, Richard Rodgers, celebrates the opening night of his ground-breaking hit musical, “Oklahoma!”
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both history
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Ideal Palace (2019)
Follows Joseph Ferdinand Chavel a French postman who built a palace in the French countryside over 33 years.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both history
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSix Minutes to Midnight (2020)
Summer 1939. Influential families in Nazi Germany have sent their daughters to a finishing school in an English seaside town to learn the language and be ambassadors for a future looking National Socialist. A teacher there sees what is coming and is trying to raise the alarm. But the authorities believe he is the problem.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both history
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Last Rifleman (2023)
A WWII veteran escapes his care home in Northern Ireland and embarks on an arduous but inspirational journey to France to attend the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings, finding the courage to face the ghosts of his past.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both history
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Lion in Winter (1968)
Christmas 1183, Angevin Empire: King Henry II plans to announce his successor to the throne. Jockeying for the crown, though, is complex. Henry has three sons and wants his boy Prince John to take over. Henry's wife, Queen Eleanor, believes their son Prince Richard should be king. As family and various schemers gather for the holiday, each tries to make the indecisive king choose their option.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both history
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Electrical Life of Louis Wain (2021)
The extraordinary true story of eccentric British artist Louis Wain, whose playful, sometimes even psychedelic pictures helped to transform the public's perception of cats forever.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both history
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe King Is Dancing (2000)
Louis XIV, the French sun-king has two passions, establishing absolute rule over the realm -after decades of religious/civil wars- by divine right and artistic brilliancy as a dancer
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both history
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
From his birth in Bethlehem to his death and eventual resurrection, the life of Jesus Christ is given the all-star treatment in this epic retelling. Major aspects of Christ's life are touched upon, including the execution of all the newborn males in Egypt by King Herod; Christ's baptism by John the Baptist; and the betrayal by Judas after the Last Supper that eventually leads to Christ's crucifixion and miraculous return.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both history
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBluebeard (1963)
Paris, France, during the First World War. While thousands of soldiers die every day on the battlefields, Henri Landru, a seemingly respectable furniture dealer, married and father of four children, relentlessly feeds his own sinister factory of death.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both history
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe French Revolution (1989)
A history of the French Revolution beginning from the decision of the king to convene the Etats-Generaux in 1789 in order to deal with France's debt problem. Part one spans the event until August 10, 1792 (when the King Louis XVI lost all authority and was imprisoned). Part two carries the story through the end of the terror in 1794.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both history
Worth the HypeMovies like thisAll the Dead Ones (2020)
The story of the decline of the Soares family in the final months of the 19th century. Isabel is the dying mother, and her daughters are Maria and Ana. The three women try hard to forget about their pasts in the coffee farm and face the industrial times that start to take over Brazil.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both history
What's Love Got to Do with It (1993)
Singer Tina Turner rises to stardom while mustering the courage to break free from her abusive husband Ike.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both history
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe King and I (1956)
Widowed Welsh mother Anna Leonowens becomes a governess and English tutor to the wives and many children of the stubborn King Mongkut of Siam. Anna and the King have a clash of personalities as she works to teach the royal family about the English language, customs and etiquette, and rushes to prepare a party for a group of European diplomats who must change their opinions about the King.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both history
Worth the HypeMovies like thisAdmiral (2015)
When the young republic of The Netherlands is attacked by England, France and Germany and faces its own civil war no less, only one man, Michael de Ruyter, can lead the county's strongest weapon, the Dutch fleet.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both history
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDe Gaulle, l'homme à abattre (2020)
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both history
Luther (2003)
During the early 16th century, idealistic German monk Martin Luther, disgusted by the materialism in the church, begins the dialogue that will lead to the Protestant Reformation.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both history
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPather Panchali (1955)
Impoverished priest Harihar Ray, dreaming of a better life for himself and his family, leaves his rural Bengal village in search of work. Alone, his wife, Sarbojaya, looks after her rebellious daughter, Durga, and her young son, Apu, as well as Harihar's elderly aunt Indir. The children enjoy the small pleasures of their difficult life, while their parents suffer the daily indignities heaped upon them.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both history
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What are the best movies like Le Diable Rouge?
The closest matches to Le Diable Rouge are The Taking of Power by Louis XIV (1966), The Death of Louis XIV (2016) and Marie Antoinette (2006). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Le Diable Rouge?
Start with The Taking of Power by Louis XIV (1966), the closest match to Le Diable Rouge.
What is the highest-rated movie like Le Diable Rouge?
Pather Panchali (1955), rated 7.8/10 by 520 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Le Diable Rouge?
A Man of His Time (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there French movies like Le Diable Rouge?
Yes: The Taking of Power by Louis XIV (1966), The Death of Louis XIV (2016) and The Flood (2024).
How are movies similar to Le Diable Rouge chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Le Diable Rouge, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.