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10 Best Movies Like Napoleon

If you loved Napoleon, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
The French Revolution

The French Revolution

1989★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Napoleon for fans of Drama & History & War. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

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 eve...

#2
War and Peace

War and Peace

1956★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Napoleon for fans of Drama & History & War. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The love story of young Countess Natasha Rostova and Count Pierre Bezukhov is interwoven with the Great Patriotic War of 1812 against Napoleon's invading army....

#3
The Scarlet and the Black

The Scarlet and the Black

1983★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Napoleon for fans of Drama & History & War. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Fr. Hugh O'Flaherty is a Vatican official in 1943-45 who has been hiding downed pilots, escaped prisoners of war, and Italian resistance families. His activities become so large th...

#4
Is Paris Burning?

Is Paris Burning?

1966★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Napoleon for fans of Drama & History & War. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Near the end of World War II, Gen. Dietrich von Choltitz receives orders to burn down Paris if it becomes clear the Allies are going to invade, or if he cannot maintain control of ...

#5
The Big Parade

The Big Parade

1925★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Napoleon for fans of Drama & War. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The story of an idle rich boy who joins the US Army's Rainbow Division and is sent to France to fight in World War I, becomes friends with two working class men, experiences the ho...

#6
Gods and Generals

Gods and Generals

2003★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Napoleon for fans of Drama & History & War. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The film centers mostly around the personal and professional life of Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, a brilliant if eccentric Confederate general, from the outbreak of the American Civ...

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