Mullaney, T 2016. What caused the French Revolution?, online video, 28 October 2016. Duration: 6 mins.
Marie Antoinette: The doomed queen. Lucy Worsley's Royal Myths and Secrets, 2020. ClickView video, 7 March 2022. Duration: 55 min.
Ruddy, J 2015. French Revolution in 9 minutes, online video, 12 January 2015.
Richey, T 2014. Civil Constitution of the Clergy, online video, 4 April 2014. Duration: 11 mins.
This video is part of a series on the French Revolution and Napolean, including 5 videos on women and the French Revolution. Link to the full playlist here.
Danton, 1983. ClickView video, 17 March 2011. Duration: 140 mins. French language with English subtitles. Based on the novel by Stanislawa Przybyzewska.
Movie begins in November of 1793, with Danton returning to Paris from his country retreat upon learning that the Committee for Public Safety, under Robespierre's incitement, has begun a series of massive executions, The Terror.
Marie Antoinette, 2006. ClickView video, 20 September 2008. Duration: 120 min.
The retelling of France's iconic but ill-fated queen, Marie Antoinette. From her betrothal and marriage to Louis XVI at 15 to her reign as queen at 19 and to the end of her reign as queen and ultimately the fall of Versailles.
Ridicule, 1997. ClickView video, 22 May 2001. Duration: 100 mins. French language with English subtitles.
Looks at life at Versailles, the flamboyant court of Louis XVI, in France in 1780. Gregoire Ponceludon de Malavay is trying to secure an audience with the King to explain the plight of peasants in his province.
The French Revolution, 2017. ClickView video, 20 February 2020. Duration: 16 mins.
Summary of the events leading up to, and the consequences of, the French Revolution.
History Channel, 2005. The French Revolution, ClickView video, 13 July 2011. Duration: 90 mins.
With dramatic re enactments, illustrations, and paintings from the era, plus revealing accounts from journals and expert commentary from historians, The French Revolution vividly unfurls in a maelstrom of violence, discontent, and fundamental change.
Richey, T 2013. The French Revolution (Part 1: The Old Regime), online video, 17 December 2013. Duration: 9 mins.
This video is part of a series on the French Revolution and Napolean, including 5 videos on women and the French Revolution. Link to the full playlist here.
This three-part drama-documentary brings the 150-year reign of France’s three most famous monarchs - Louis XIV, Louis XV and Louis XVI - to life
Louis XIV, The Dream of a King, 2009. ClickView video, 5 July 2013. Duration: 60 mins.
Louis XV, The Palace of Pleasure, 2009. ClickView video, 12 July 2013. Duration: 60 mins.
Louis XVI, Countdown to Revolution, 2009. ClickView video, 19 July 2013. Duration: 60 mins.
BBC, 2009. Terror! Robespierre and the French Revolution, online video, 7 October 2015. Duration: 90 mins.
Drama-documentary.
Richey, T 2017. The Reign of Terror Parts 1 and 2, online videos. Duration: approx 15 mins each.
These two videos are part of a series on the French Revolution and Napolean, including 5 videos on women and the French Revolution. Link to the full playlist here.
Maximilien Robespierre and the Reign of Terror. Part 1, 2019. Online video, 11 January 2019. Duration: 8 mins.
This is the first in a series of videos on Maximilien Robespierre and the Reign of Terror (all available on YouTube).
Khan, S 2010. French Revolution. Part 1, online video 25 March 2010. Duration: 17 mins.
From the Convocation of the Estates General to the storming of the Bastille.
Khan, S 2010. French Revolution. Part 2, online video 25 March 2010. Duration: 17 mins.
Royals try to escape. Champ De Mars Massacre. Declaration of Pillnitz. Movement towards becoming a Republic.
Khan, S 2010. French Revolution. Part 3, online video 26 March 2010. Duration: 23 mins.
The Reign of Terror.
Khan, S 2010. French Revolution. Part 4, online video 26 March 2010. Duration: 17 mins.
The rise of Napoleon Bonaparte.
Green, John, 2012. The French Revolution. ClickView video. Duration: 12 min.
Steel, M 2016. Mark Steel's Revolution: The French Revolution, online video, 3 November 2016. Duration: 28 mins.
Mark Steel is a British comedian and writer - be entertained with his talk on The French Revolution. A three part comedy lecture called Vive la Revolution can also be watched on YouTube.