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1. Medici (2016–2019)
TV-14 | 1,314 min | Biography, Drama, History
A political family drama set in Florence in the early fifteenth century. Cosimo de Medici finds himself at the helm of his banking dynasty when his father, Giovanni, dies suddenly.
Stars: Daniel Sharman, Alessandra Mastronardi, Synnove Karlsen, Sebastian De Souza
Votes: 22,349
2. Da Vinci's Demons (2013–2015)
TV-MA | 60 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
Follows Leonardo Da Vinci during his early days in Florence, as a young artist, inventor and dreamer, trying to change the future.
Stars: Tom Riley, Gregg Chilingirian, Eros Vlahos, Laura Haddock
Votes: 79,237
3. Leonardo (2021– )
TV-PG | 409 min | Biography, Drama, History
The series recounts Leonardo da Vinci's extraordinary life through the works that made him famous, through the stories hidden within those works, revealing little by little the inner torment of a man obsessed with attaining perfection.
Stars: Aidan Turner, Matilda De Angelis, Freddie Highmore, Carlos Cuevas
Votes: 4,197
4. The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965)
Approved | 138 min | Biography, Drama, History
The biographical story of Michelangelo's troubles while painting the Sistine Chapel at the urging of Pope Julius II.
Director: Carol Reed | Stars: Charlton Heston, Rex Harrison, Diane Cilento, Harry Andrews
Votes: 8,068
5. The Borgia (2006)
120 min | Biography, History
A portrait of the bloody dynasty that spawned a pope, Alexander VI, as well as the role model for Machiavelli's "The Prince," his son Cesare Borgia, and a legend of femme duplicity, daughter Lucrezia Borgia.
Director: Antonio Hernández | Stars: Lluís Homar, Sergio Peris-Mencheta, María Valverde, Sergio Múñiz
Votes: 1,660
6. Prince of Foxes (1949)
Approved | 107 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
An unscrupulous agent for the Borgias suffers a change of heart when asked to betray a noble count and his much younger, very beautiful wife.
Director: Henry King | Stars: Tyrone Power, Orson Welles, Wanda Hendrix, Marina Berti
Votes: 1,981 | Gross: $2.55M
7. The Life of Leonardo Da Vinci (1971)
300 min | Biography, History
Miniseries dramatizing the life of the Italian Renaissance genius Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519).
Stars: Philippe Leroy, Giulio Bosetti, Giorgio Piazza, Bruno Piergentili
Votes: 435
8. The Borgias (1981)
50 min | Biography, Drama, History
The ruthless Rodrigo Borgia intends to become Pope and will not let anything stand in his way.
Stars: Oliver Cotton, Maurice O'Connell, Louis Selwyn, Adolfo Celi
Votes: 195
9. The Profession of Arms (2001)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama, History, War
The history of the first victim of modern artillery and its moving agony, amidst conspiracies and betrayals of the powerful. Life and death of Giovanni De' Medici, a young brave captain in ... See full summary »
Director: Ermanno Olmi | Stars: Christo Jivkov, Sergio Grammatico, Dimitar Rachkov, Fabio Giubbani
Votes: 1,913
10. Lucrezia (1968)
98 min | Adventure, Drama
Fabrizio finds refuge from thugs in a convent, and passion in the arms of Lucrezia Borgia.
Director: Osvaldo Civirani | Stars: Olga Schoberová, Lou Castel, Gianni Garko, Nina Sandt
Votes: 48
11. Lucrezia Borgia (1935)
93 min | Drama, History, Romance
At the end of the 15th Century, Rome is ruled ruthlessly by power mad and sex hungry Cesare Borgia, the eldest son of Pope Alexander VI. Following the advice of his chief adviser Niccolo ... See full summary »
Director: Abel Gance | Stars: Edwige Feuillère, Gabriel Gabrio, Maurice Escande, Roger Karl
Votes: 278
12. A Season of Giants (1990– )
Biography, Drama, History
At the turn of the sixteenth century, Michelangelo (Mark Frankel), Raphael (Andrea Prodan), and Leonardo Da Vinci (John Glover) create their masterpieces, while dealing with religious prosecution, political turmoil, and the discovery of America.
Stars: F. Murray Abraham, Steven Berkoff, Juliette Caton, Vernon Dobtcheff
Votes: 107
13. La cena delle beffe (1942)
87 min | Drama, Romance
This is an opera in four acts composed by Umberto Giordano . The story is set in Florence at the time of Lorenzo de'Medici recounts the rivalry between Gianneto Malespini and Neri ... See full summary »
Director: Alessandro Blasetti | Stars: Amedeo Nazzari, Osvaldo Valenti, Clara Calamai, Valentina Cortese
Votes: 250
14. Cellini: A Violent Life (1990)
118 min | Biography, Drama, History
The story of Benvenuto Cellini (1500-1571), a soldier and one of the most important craftsmen and artists of Renaissance Italy, whose life was marked by many achievements and adventures, but also crimes.
Director: Giacomo Battiato | Stars: Wadeck Stanczak, Max von Sydow, Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, Ben Kingsley
Votes: 128
15. Il magnifico avventuriero (1963)
93 min | Adventure
Benvenuto Cellini knows no obstacles when it comes to creating a work of art or conquering the heart of a woman.
Director: Riccardo Freda | Stars: Brett Halsey, Claudia Mori, Françoise Fabian, José Nieto
Votes: 104
16. Menocchio the Heretic (2018)
103 min | Drama, History
The story of a man who is incapable of betraying his principles.
Director: Alberto Fasulo | Stars: Marcello Martini, Maurizio Fanin, Carlo Baldracchi, Nilla Patrizio
Votes: 282
17. La florentine (1991)
52 min | Adventure, History, Romance
Stars: Anne Jacquemin, Benoît Vallès, Alain Payen, Isabelle Guiard
Votes: 10
18. Caterina Sforza, la leonessa di Romagna (1959)
100 min | Drama, History
Giovanni Medici, the future leader of the Black Bands, has a last meeting in a convent with his dying mother Caterina Sforza, listening to the re-enactment of her life.
Director: Giorgio Walter Chili | Stars: Virna Lisi, Carlo Giuffrè, Sergio Fantoni, Pierre Cressoy
19. The Pagans (1953)
Not Rated | 83 min | Drama, History
Rome, 1527. Massimo Colonna is in love with Angela, a member of the Orsinis, the Colonnas'arch enemies. As she is officially engaged to Tancredi Serra, the latter, a faithless individual, ... See full summary »
Director: Ferruccio Cerio | Stars: Pierre Cressoy, Hélène Rémy, Vittorio Sanipoli, Luigi Tosi
Votes: 41
20. Lucrezia Borgia (1940)
76 min | Drama, History, Romance
A look at famous Lucrezia Borgia ,in the last part of her life,when she was duchess of Ferrara.
Director: Hans Hinrich | Stars: Isa Pola, Friedrich Benfer, Carlo Ninchi, Nerio Bernardi
Votes: 34
21. Conspiracy of the Borgias (1959)
93 min | Drama
Director: Antonio Racioppi | Stars: Frank Latimore, Constance Smith, Gisèle Gallois, Alberto Farnese
22.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
City of Death: Part Two
(1979)
TV-PG | 25 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Count Scarlioni has the Doctor, Romana and Duggan locked in his basement but the trio manage to escape and learn of the Count's experiments with time travel. Even more surprising are his multiple genuine copies of the Mona Lisa.
Director: Michael Hayes | Stars: Tom Baker, Lalla Ward, Julian Glover, Catherine Schell
Votes: 719
23.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
City of Death: Part Three
(1979)
TV-PG | 25 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Travelling back in time to 1505 Florence in search of Leonardo da Vinci, the Doctor is surprised to instead find Count Scarlioni under a different name. Back in 1979, Romana and Duggan attempt to stop the Count's heist but arrive too late.
Director: Michael Hayes | Stars: Tom Baker, Lalla Ward, Julian Glover, Catherine Schell
Votes: 699
24.
The Private Life of a Masterpiece (2001–2011)
Episode:
Paolo Uccello: The Battle of San Romano
(2005)
50 min | Documentary
Scholars, critics, and military strategists discuss the abundant merits of Paolo Uccello's "The Battle of San Romano," a triptych painting that immortalizes a single day's warfare from preparation, engagement, and victory.
Director: Ian Michael Jones | Stars: Samuel West, Susanna Avery-Quash, Francesco Cagliotti, Alessandro Cecchi
Votes: 11
25.
Man, Moment, Machine (2005–2007)
Episode:
DaVinci and the Handgun
(2006)
Biography, History
An episode dealing with the MAN, famed artist and inventor Leonardo DaVinci, whose constant mechanical sketches for fantastic inventions leads to the weapons milestone of the enclosed "... See full summary »
Director: Jon Taylor | Stars: Tristan Ott, Stephan Smith Collins, Peter Solimene
26.
The Private Life of a Masterpiece (2001–2011)
Episode:
Leonardo Da Vinci: The Last Supper
(2006)
Documentary
The rise, fall, and rise again of Leonardo's Last Supper is recounted by critics, historians, and the work's primary restorer. The iconic painting's recreations, spoofs, and its pivotal role in The Da Vinci Code are also discussed.
Stars: Samuel West, Cristine Acidini, Pinin Brambilla Barcilon, Martin Clayton
Votes: 16
27.
Pritzker Military Library Presents (2006– )
Episode:
Christopher Lynch: Machiavelli, the Citizen Soldier, and the Art of War
(2014)
Documentary, History
Professor Christopher Lynch joins us for an examination of famed Italian historian and politician Niccolò Machiavelli's views on war.
Director: Bradley Guidera | Stars: Nancy Houghton, Jay DeVon Johnson, Christopher Lynch