Marie Antoinette was a 1938 film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

It was directed by W. S. Van Dyke and starred Norma Shearer as Marie Antoinette, Tyrone Power, John Barrymore, Robert Morley, Anita Louise, Joseph Schildkraut and Gladys George. It was based upon the 1933 biography of the queen by the Austrian writer, Stefan Zweig.

The film was the last project of Irving Thalberg who died in 1936 while it was in the planning stage. His widow Norma Shearer remained committed to the project even while her enthusiasm for her film career in general was waning following his death.

With a budget close to 2 million dollars, it was one of the most expensive films of the 1930s but also one of the biggest successes. Apart from the opulent Hollywood sets, it featured scenes filmed on location at the Palace of Versailles, near Paris, France, and this was reported to have been the first time a film crew had been allowed to film in the grounds of the palace.

The story began in Vienna where a 15-year-old Marie-Antoinette was informed by her mother that she is to marry the future king of France. Most of the film's introduction is concerned with the young princess's attempt to navigate the treacherous environment of the court at Versailles. The film progresses to follow her life as queen - dealing with her transformation into a charitable, humanitarian but somewhat out-of-touch queen. The final part of the movie follows Zweig's theory that Marie Antoinette "achieved greatness" in the final years of her life, with an emotionally gut-wrenching scene showing the final supper of the royal family before King Louis's execution, the separation of the queen from her young son and the savage murder of her closest friend. The final scene shows Marie Antoinette going to the guillotine, where the audience hears the voice of the sweet-natured young princess who was so excited to be going to France. Shearer refused any complementary make-up for this scene, and chose to look as haggard and exhausted as the real queen had in her final moments.

The film was nominated for Academy Awards in the following categories:

• Best Actress - Norma Shearer
• Best Supporting Actor - Robert Morley
• Best Art Direction - Cedric Gibbons
• Best Music, Original Score - Herbert Stothart.