In Marseilles, France in 1794, Desiree Clary, a young millinery clerk, becomes infatuated with Napoleon Bonaparte, but winds up wedding General Jean-Baptiste Berandotte, an aid to Napoleon who later joins the forces that bring about the Emperor's downfall. Josephine Beauharnais, a worldly courtesan marries Napoleon and becomes Empress of France, but is then cast aside by her spouse when she proves unable to produce an heir to the throne.

Salome
1953
5.9/10

Flamingo Road
1949
7.1/10

Kitty Foyle
1940
6.6/10

The Magic of Ordinary Days
2005
7.3/10

Lovely, Still
2009
6.6/10

The Secret: Dare to Dream
2020
7.3/10

Peter Ibbetson
1935
7.0/10

Jane Eyre
1996
6.9/10

The Sleeping Dictionary
2003
6.5/10

Return to Peyton Place
1961
6.6/10

Goodbye Again
1961
7.1/10

All This, and Heaven Too
1940
7.2/10

The Lost Husband
2020
6.8/10

Two for the Seesaw
1962
6.6/10

They Won't Believe Me
1947
6.5/10

War and Peace
1956
6.6/10

Nights in Rodanthe
2008
6.2/10

An Autumn Romance
2021
7.1/10

Blood and Sand
1941
6.5/10

Grace of Monaco
2014
6.0/10
Napoleon
1927
7.8/10