Movies like The Lion in Winter
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The Lion in Winter (1968)
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
1183 AD: King Henry II's three sons all want to inherit the throne, but he won't commit to a choice. They and his wife variously plot to force him.
Style:
suspense, political, factual, atmospheric, realistic, stylized, captivating, costume drama, epic, witty ...
Plot:
christmas, king, political intrigue, power struggle, british history, dysfunctional family, infidelity, medieval, royalty, royal family, manipulation, british royal family, castle, rivalry, monarch, sword fight, extramarital affair, dysfunctional marriage, state affairs, politics, ancient, dialogue, british monarchy, great dialogue, queen ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, 12th century, year 1968, 20th century
Place:
england, france, britain
Keyword:
oldies, french
Most similar movies to The Lion in Winter
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, period drama and historical drama films with plots about royal family, state affairs, royalty, ancient, queen, medieval and politics mostly in Drama, History and Biography genres. Some movies like The Lion in Winter: The Other Boleyn Girl (2008), Becket (1964), Macbeth (1971), Macbeth (2015), A Man for All Seasons (1966). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 167 min.
Story:
King Henry II (Patrick Stewart) keeps his wife, Eleanor (Glenn Close) locked away in the towers because of her frequent attempts to overthrow him. With Eleanor out of the way he can have his dalliances with his young mistress (Yuliya Vysotskaya). ...
Style:
serious, realistic, stylized, exciting, captivating ...
Plot:
royal family, medieval, political intrigue, family relations, heir to the throne, parents and children, dishonesty, uninhibited rivalry, couple relations, rivalry, state affairs, infidelity ...
Time:
middle ages, 12th century, medieval times
Place:
england, britain, europe
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A sumptuous and sensual tale of intrigue, romance and betrayal set against the backdrop of a defining moment in European history: two beautiful sisters, Anne and Mary Boleyn, driven by their family's blind ambition, compete for the love of the ...
Style:
romantic, sexy, costume drama, period piece, stylized ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
queen, love triangle, royal family, british history, royalty, royal court, king, medieval, intrigue, politics, family relations, betrayal ...
Time:
16th century, middle ages, 19th century, ancient times, 20th century ...
Place:
england, britain, europe
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100%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
King Henry II of England has trouble with the Church. When the Archbishop of Canterbury dies, he has a brilliant idea. Rather than appoint another pious cleric loyal to Rome and the Church, he will appoint his old drinking and wenching buddy, Thomas ...
Style:
epic, period piece, realistic, clever, talky ...
Plot:
religion, friendship, british history, medieval, royalty, biopic, politics, catholic, saint, martyr, monarch, betrayal ...
Time:
middle ages, 12th century, medieval times, 20th century
Place:
england, britain, europe, london, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
A ruthlessly ambitious Scottish lord siezes the throne with the help of his scheming wife and a trio of witches.
Style:
disturbing, visual, bleak, atmospheric, spiritual ...
Plot:
shakespeare, medieval, murder, guilt, witch, prophecy, macbeth, royalty, betrayal, witchcraft, knight, ambition ...
Time:
11th century, middle ages, medieval times, year 1971, 20th century
Place:
scotland, eastern europe, england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
59K
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Feature film adaptation of Shakespeare's Scottish play about General Macbeth whose ambitious wife urges him to use wicked means in order to gain power of the throne over the sitting king, Duncan.
Style:
bleak, stylized, visually stunning, dark fantasy, psychological ...
Plot:
shakespeare, medieval, crown, witch, murder, throne, ambition, insanity, brutality, macbeth, prophecy, kingdom ...
Time:
middle ages, 11th century, year 2015, medieval times
Place:
scotland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A Man for All Seasons is the filmed version of the life of Thomas More. An English man comes to Sir Thomas More to ask if he can divorce his wife since King Henry VIII has made it illegal. Sir Thomas More stands up in opposition to the King even ...
Style:
period piece, political, inspirational, costume drama, spiritual ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
historical event, politics, lawyer, courtroom drama, catholic, courtroom, royalty, british history, renaissance, idealism, justice, betrayal ...
Time:
16th century, middle ages, year 1966, ancient times, medieval times
Place:
england, britain, persia, europe, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 360 min.
TV show
Story:
England in the 1520s is a heartbeat from disaster. If the King dies without a male heir, the country could be destroyed by civil war. Henry VIII wants to annul his marriage of twenty years and marry Anne Boleyn. The Pope and most of Europe oppose ...
Style:
serious, captivating, period piece, costume drama, stylized ...
Plot:
royal family, tudors, rise to the top, political intrigue, royalty, british monarchy, monarch, manipulation, ambition, state affairs, medieval, society ...
Time:
16th century, medieval times
Place:
england, europe, britain, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
32K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
Gritty adaption of William Shakespeare's play about the English King's bloody conquest of France.
Style:
epic, realistic, exciting, costume drama, atmospheric ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
medieval, battles, shakespeare, king, politics, royal family, war, tragedy, king of england, royalty, love and romance, military ...
Time:
15th century, middle ages, medieval times, year 1989, ancient times
Place:
england, france, europe, britain
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
King George III's erratic behaviour leads to a plot in Parliament to have him declared insane and removed from the throne.
Style:
costume drama, period piece, political, talky, clever ...
Plot:
monarchy, biopic, mental illness, aristocracy, royalty, british monarchy, royal family, politics, monarch, colonialism, king of england, queen ...
Time:
18th century, georgian era, year 1994, ancient times, victorian era ...
Place:
england, britain, europe, north america, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: France, Germany, Italy
Duration: 161 min.
Story:
The night of August 24, 1572, is known as the Massacre of St. Bartholomew. In France a religious war is raging. In order to impose peace a forced wedding is arranged between Margot de Valois, sister of the immature Catholic King Charles IX, and the ...
Style:
period piece, sexy, epic, visually appealing, historical drama ...
Plot:
royalty, french history, renaissance, medieval, religion, sex, female nudity, queen, male nudity, catholic church, politics, political intrigue ...
Time:
middle ages, 16th century, year 1994, ancient times, medieval times
Place:
france, paris france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
The story of the ascension to the throne and the early reign of Queen Elizabeth the First, the endless attempts by her council to marry her off, the Catholic hatred of her and her romance with Lord Robert Dudley.
Style:
factual, costume drama, period piece, realistic, historical drama ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
queen, british history, royalty, tudors, queen elizabeth i, historical character, politics, british royal family, head of state, royal court, royal family, political intrigue ...
Time:
16th century, middle ages, victorian era, year 1998, ancient times ...
Place:
england, london, britain, scotland, europe ...
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100%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
Henry VIII of England discards one wife, Katharine of Aragon, who has failed to produce a male heir, in favor of the young and beautiful Anne Boleyn.
Style:
period piece, historical drama, talky, epic, fairy tale ...
Plot:
tudors, king, british history, royalty, british monarchy, medieval, royal family, monarch, renaissance, adultery, biopic, british royal family ...
Time:
16th century, year 1969, ancient times, medieval times, middle ages
Place:
england, europe, britain
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
Disgusted with the policies of King Charles I, Oliver Cromwell plans to take his family to the New World. But on the eve of their departure, Cromwell is drawn into the tangled web of religion and politics that will result in the English Civil War.
Style:
epic, realistic, factual, talky, serious ...
Plot:
revolution, british history, battles, royal family, political unrest, society, medieval, tyranny, military, against the odds, rivalry, rebellion ...
Time:
17th century, victorian era, middle ages
Place:
england, ireland, britain, europe, america ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Mary Stuart, who was named Queen of Scotland when she was only six days old, is the last Roman Catholic ruler of Scotland. She is imprisoned at he age of 23 by her cousin Elizabeth Tudor, the English Queen and her arch adversary. Nineteen years ...
Style:
historical drama, spiritual, costume drama, realistic, captivating ...
Plot:
tudors, royalty, queen, queen elizabeth i, monarch, ancient, british history, royal family, catholic, execution, political intrigue, 007 ...
Time:
16th century, year 1971, ancient times
Place:
scotland, europe, france, britain, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 150 min.
TV show
Story:
The Hollow Crown is a series of British television films featuring William Shakespeare's History Plays.
The first Season is an adaptation of Shakespeare's second historical tetralogy, the Henriad: Richard II, Henry IV, Part I and Henry ...
Style:
serious, captivating, historical drama, epic, stylized ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
king, royal family, queen, medieval, betrayal, royalty, shakespeare, heir to the throne, battles, power struggle, political intrigue, historical character ...
Time:
15th century, middle ages, medieval times, 14th century
Place:
england, britain, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Switzerland, France
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
The life and death of the Scottish monarch.
Style:
stylized, captivating, realistic, serious, historical drama ...
Plot:
queen, royalty, royal family, political intrigue, royal court, betrayal, political unrest, tudors, renaissance, state affairs, british history, nudity ...
Time:
16th century
Place:
scotland, england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
1547, King Henry VIII's life has taken a turn for the worse and he is forced to look back over his life and the many loves which had brought him his three children, only one of which was the desired male heir to secure the Tudor dynasty.
Style:
historical drama, fairy tale, captivating, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
tudors, royalty, british royal family, renaissance, queen, adultery, ancient, historical event, monarch, british aristocracy, king, decapitation ...
Time:
16th century, year 1972
Place:
england, europe
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100%
Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Ireland, Canada, USA, UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The Tudors is a history-based drama series following the young, vibrant King Henry VIII, a competitive and lustful monarch who navigates the intrigues of the English court and the human heart with equal vigor and justifiable suspicion.
Style:
stylized, captivating, serious, historical drama, soap opera ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
intrigue, queen, tudors, power struggle, royal family, historical character, king, british history, british royal family, love triangle, royalty, heir ...
Time:
16th century, ancient times, middle ages, medieval times
Place:
england, britain, ireland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: South Korea
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
During the confusing and conspiratorial Joseon Dynasty King Gwang-hae orders his councilor, HEO Kyun, to find him a double in order to avoid the constant threat of assassination. HEO Kyun finds Ha-sun, a jester who looks remarkably like the king, ...
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, realistic, stylized, inspirational ...
Plot:
joseon dynasty, royal court, throne, hidden identity, treason, medieval, save the kingdom, ruler, political intrigue, dishonesty, head of state, forced into action ...
Time:
17th century, middle ages
Place:
korea, south korea, east asia, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller, War
Country: Germany, Canada, UK, Hungary
Duration: 471 min.
TV show
Story:
The Pillars of the Earth is an eight-part 2010 TV miniseries, adapted from Ken Follett's novel of the same name.
Style:
captivating, atmospheric, costume drama, historical drama, realistic ...
Plot:
medieval, king, power struggle, state affairs, cathedral, throne, catholic church, heir, religions or cults, culture clash, world politics, storytelling ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, 12th century, ancient times, 50s
Place:
england, britain, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, France, USA, Germany
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
When Queen Elizabeth's reign is threatened by ruthless familial betrayal and Spain's invading army, she and her shrewd adviser must act to safeguard to the lives of her people.
Style:
period piece, costume drama, breathtaking, colorful, historical drama ...
Plot:
british history, queen, queen elizabeth i, throne, royal family, royalty, tudors, politics, monarchy, medieval, political intrigue, biopic ...
Time:
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Place:
england, london, britain, scotland, spain ...
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46%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, USA, China
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Mary Stuart attempts to overthrow her cousin Elizabeth I, Queen of England, only to find herself condemned to years of imprisonment before facing execution.
Style:
serious, realistic, costume drama, stylized, period piece ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
royal family, queen, protestant, royal court, throne, queen elizabeth i, tudors, murder, intrigue, british history, betrayal, british monarchy ...
Time:
16th century, middle ages, ancient times
Place:
scotland, england, scottish highlands, britain, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A recounting of the relationship between General Fairfax and Oliver Cromwell, as they try to cope with the consequences of deposing King Charles I.
Style:
clever, captivating, talky, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
political intrigue, intrigue, society, rivalry, betrayal, rebelliousness, revolution, state affairs, political unrest, torture, royalty, politics ...
Time:
17th century, middle ages, ancient times
Place:
britain
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 178 min.
Story:
Enraged at the slaughter of Murron, his new bride and childhood love, Scottish warrior William Wallace slays a platoon of the local English lord's soldiers. This leads the village to revolt and, eventually, the entire country to rise up against ...
Style:
epic, factual, breathtaking, scenic, inspirational ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, chick flick, adult
Plot:
freedom, courage, sword fight, war, vengeance, medieval, battles, tragic hero, military, love story, beautiful scenery, warrior ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, 14th century, ancient times, 20th century ...
Place:
scotland, england, britain, europe, scottish highlands ...
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42%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
From Academy Award® winners Graham King and Martin Scorsese, along with the makers of Gosford Park and The Departed, comes the story of Queen Victoria’s early rise to power. From an object of a royal power-struggle to her romantic courtship and ...
Style:
period piece, costume drama, romantic, touching, dramatic ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
royal family, royalty, marriage, queen, queen of england, queen victoria, politics, aristocracy, royal court, love and romance, british history, love story ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, middle ages, 1800s, edwardian era ...
Place:
england, london, britain, buckingham palace, europe ...
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41%
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 205 min.
Story:
A BBC miniseries based loosely on the lives of Mary, Queen of Scots, and her son James I of England.
Style:
historical drama, realistic, captivating, serious, political ...
Plot:
royal family, king, queen, intrigue, execution, tudors, coronation, royalty, monarchy, monarch, power, betrayal ...
Time:
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Place:
england, scotland, britain, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA, UK, Germany, Netherlands, France, Italy
Duration: 175 min.
Story:
Alexander, the King of Macedonia, leads his legions against the giant Persian Empire. After defeating the Persians, he leads his army across the then known world, venturing farther than any westerner had ever gone, all the way to India.
Style:
epic, breathtaking, period piece, serious, factual ...
Audience:
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Plot:
ancient history, war, conquering, battles, royalty, warlord, greek, ambition, gay, ruler, knight, mythology ...
Time:
ancient times, year 2004, middle ages
Place:
ancient greece, greece, persia, alexandria egypt, egypt ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 58 min.
TV show
Story:
The gripping, decades-spanning inside story of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the Prime Ministers who shaped Britain's post-war destiny.
The Crown tells the inside story of two of the most famous addresses in the world – Buckingham ...
Style:
atmospheric, serious, suspense, clever, historical drama ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
royal family, british royal family, queen, monarchy, monarch, royalty, winston churchill, british history, queen elizabeth ii, british monarchy, prime minister, british politics ...
Time:
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Place:
england, buckingham palace, london, syria, britain
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 182 min.
Story:
Epic film of the legendary Spanish hero, Rodrigo Diaz ("El Cid" to his followers), who, without compromising his strict sense of honour, still succeeds in taking the initiative and driving the Moors from Spain.
Style:
epic, breathtaking, stylized, historically accurate, phantasmagoric ...
Plot:
knight, medieval, barbarian, sword fight, spanish history, swashbuckler, islam, battles, duel, historical epic, catholic, betrayal ...
Time:
middle ages, 11th century, medieval times, year 1961
Place:
spain, europe, valencia spain
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Russia, Germany, Kazakhstan
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
The story recounts the early life of Genghis Khan, a slave who went on to conquer half the world in the 11th century.
Style:
epic, realistic, captivating, visually stunning, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
conquering, monk, genghis khan, desert, battles, king, leadership, medieval, slave, betrayal, husband wife reunion, rise to the top ...
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middle ages, medieval times, year 2007, ancient times, 12th century
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