Highest-Rated Movies about 'Reference To Napoleon'

To Be or Not to Be (1942), The Exorcist (1973), La grande vadrouille (1966), Out of the Past (1947), Patton (1970), Boogie Nights (1997), The Artist (2011), Jules and Jim (1962) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Reference To Napoleon movies.

#1. To Be or Not to Be (1942)

Storyline: In occupied Poland during WWII, a troupe of ham stage actors (led by Joseph Tura and his wife Maria) match wits with the Nazis. A spy has information which would be very damaging to the Polish resistance and they must prevent it's being delivered to the Germans.

Plot Keywords: screwball comedy, poland, world war two, autograph, backstage, beard, bookstore ...

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#2. The Exorcist (1973)

Storyline: A visiting actress in Washington, D.C., notices dramatic and dangerous changes in the behavior and physical make-up of her 12-year-old daughter. Meanwhile, a young priest at nearby Georgetown University begins to doubt his faith while dealing with his mother's terminal sickness. And, book-ending the story, a frail, elderly priest recognizes the necessity for a show-down with an old demonic enemy.

Plot Keywords: exorcist, exorcism, demonic possession, priest, loss of innocence, evil, police detective ...

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#4. Out of the Past (1947)

Storyline: Jeff Bailey, small-town gas pumper, has his mysterious past catch up with him one day when he's ordered to meet with gambler Whit Sterling. En route to the meeting, he tells girlfriend Ann his story. Flashback: Once, Jeff was a private eye hired by Sterling to find his mistress Kathie who shot Whit and absconded with $40,000. He traces her to Acapulco...where the delectable Kathie makes Jeff forget all about Sterling... Back in the present, Whit's new job for Jeff is clearly a trap, but Jeff's precautions only leave him more tightly enmeshed...

Plot Keywords: secret past, double cross, coffee, dead body, dead man, deafness, driving a car ...

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#5. Patton (1970)

Storyline: "Patton" tells the tale of General George S. Patton, famous tank commander of World War II. The film begins with Patton's career in North Africa and progresses through the invasion of Europe and the fall of the Third Reich. Side plots also speak of Patton's numerous faults such his temper and tendency toward insubordination, faults that would prevent him from becoming the lead American general in the Normandy Invasion as well as to his being relieved as Occupation Commander of Germany.

Plot Keywords: year 1942, year 1945, year 1944, year 1943, 1940s, u.s. army, u.s. military ...

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#6. Boogie Nights (1997)

Storyline: Adult film director Jack Horner is always on the lookout for new talent and it's only by chance that he meets Eddie Adams who is working as a busboy in a restaurant. Eddie is young, good looking and plenty of libido to spare. Using the screen name Dirk Diggler, he quickly rises to the top of his industry winning awards year after year. Drugs and ego however come between Dirk and those around him and he soon finds that fame is fleeting.

Plot Keywords: porn industry, 1970s, adult filmmaking, pornography, nightclub, sex in public, porn star ...

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#7. The Artist (2011)

Storyline: Outside a movie premiere, enthusiastic fan Peppy Miller literally bumps into the swashbuckling hero of the silent film, George Valentin. The star reacts graciously and Peppy plants a kiss on his cheek as they are surrounded by photographers. The headlines demand: "Who's That Girl?" and Peppy is inspired to audition for a dancing bit-part at the studio. However as Peppy slowly rises through the industry, the introduction of talking-pictures turns Valentin's world upside-down.

Plot Keywords: homage, dog, filmmaking, film industry, fame, hollywood california, film history ...

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#8. Jules and Jim (1962)

Storyline: In pre-WWI Paris, two friends, Jules (Austrian) and Jim (French), fall in love with the same woman, Catherine. But Catherine loves and marries Jules. When they meet again in Germany after the war, Catherine starts to love Jim - This is the story of three people in love, a love that doesn't affect their friendship, and about how their relationship evolves with the years.

Plot Keywords: marriage, adultery, menage a trois, adulterous wife, female psychopath, promiscuity, french new wave ...

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#9. The Lady Eve (1941)

Storyline: Returning from a year up the Amazon studying snakes, the rich but unsophisticated Charles Pike meets con-artist Jean Harrington on a ship. They fall in love, but a misunderstanding causes them to split on bad terms. To get back at him, Jean disguises herself as an English lady, and comes back to tease and torment him.

Plot Keywords: con artist, screwball comedy, snake, gold digger, victim, seduction, heartbreak ...

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#10. Duck Soup (1933)

Storyline: The country of Freedonia is in the middle of a financial crisis and on the brink of revolution. In order to gain a bail-out from the wealthy Mrs Teasdale, the government appoints Rufus T Firefly as its president. However, Mr Firefly shuns the pomp and pretentiousness of government; along with the prudence and rationality of it too. Meanwhile, the neighbouring country of Sylvania is plotting to overthrow Freedonia and sends Pinky and Chicolini to spy on Firefly. War seems inevitable.

Plot Keywords: absurd comedy, absurd humor, political satire, slapstick comedy, farce, reference to napoleon, delinquent ...

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#11. Dodsworth (1936)

Storyline: A bittersweet tale of the increasing estrangement of a retired automobile tycoon and his wife. Increasingly obsessed with maintaining an appearance of youth, she falls in with a crowd of frivolous socialites during their "second honeymoon" European vacation. He, in turn, meets a woman who is everything she is not: self-assured, self-confident, and able to take care of herself.—Sonya Roberts <sonya_roberts@geocities.com>

Plot Keywords: ocean liner, grandfather grandson relationship, grandmother grandson relationship, husband wife relationship, infidelity, love triangle, marital separation ...

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#12. Gettysburg (1993)

Storyline: The four and 1/4 hour depiction of the historical and personal events surrounding and including the decisive American civil war battle features thousands of civil war re-enactors marching over the exact ground that the federal army and the army of North Virginia fought on. The defense of the Little Round Top and Pickett's Charge are highlighted in the actual three day battle which is surrounded by the speeches of the commanding officers and the personal reflections of the fighting men. Based upon the novel 'The Killer Angels'.

Plot Keywords: american civil war, cannon, shot in the arm, sword, combat, hand to hand combat, bayonet ...

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#13. Born Yesterday (1950)

Storyline: Uncouth, loud-mouth junkyard tycoon Harry Brock descends upon Washington D.C. to buy himself a congressman or two, bringing with him his mistress, ex-showgirl Billie Dawn. Brock hires newspaperman Paul Verrall to see if he can soften her rough edges and make her more presentable in capital society. But Harry gets more than he bargained for as Billie absorbs Verall's lessons in U.S. history and not only comes to the realization that Harry is nothing but a two-bit, corrupt crook, but in the process also falls in love with her handsome tutor.—Paul Penna <tterrace@wco.com>

Plot Keywords: reference to thomas jefferson, selfishness, economics, corruption, concert, cartel, comedy of manners ...

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#14. Fort Apache (1948)

Storyline: Deep into the territory of the great Apache chief, Cochise, the demoted Civil War general, Lieutenant Colonel Owen Thursday, reports for duty as a commanding officer at the remote U.S. cavalry outpost known as Fort Apache, along with his daughter, Philadelphia. There, the arrogant commander will soon lock horns with the realistic and sensible second-in-command, Captain Kirby York, who, as an expert in the local Apaches, disagrees with Thursday who wants to make a name for himself in the Arizona frontier. In the end, is it wise to engage in battle when personal glory is all you seek?

Plot Keywords: u.s. cavalry, 19th century, tortured to death, secret, massacre, last stand, drunkenness ...

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#15. Munich (2005)

Storyline: After Black September's assassination of Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics in 1972, Prime Minister Golda Meir okays a covert operation to hunt down and kill all involved. A team of five gathers in Switzerland led by Avner, a low-level Mossad techie whose father was a war hero and whose wife is pregnant. It's an expendable team, but relying on paid informants, they track and kill several in Europe and Lebanon. They must constantly look over their shoulders for the CIA, KGB, PLO, and their own sources. As the body count mounts -- with retribution following retribution -- so do questions, doubts, and sleepless nights. Loyalties blur. What does it mean to be a Jew?

Plot Keywords: jew, israel, based on true story, based on book, beirut lebanon, vengeance, reference to adolf hitler ...

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