Movies like Mrs Brown
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Mrs Brown (1997)
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK, Ireland, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Queen Victoria is deeply depressed after the death of her husband, disappearing from public. Her servant Brown, who adores her, through caress and admiration brings her back to life, but that relationship creates scandalous situation and is likely to lead to monarchy crisis.
Style:
costume drama, period piece, touching, sentimental, atmospheric, emotional, melancholic, intense, serious, sincere ...
Plot:
victorian england, queen, british history, monarchy, monarch, friendship, politics, widow, british monarchy, skinny dipping, relationships, love story, biopic, state affairs, aging, queen victoria, women, grief, royalty, love, depression, politician, queen of england, intrigue, male nudity ...
Time:
19th century, ancient times, 1880s, 1860s, 20th century, year 1997, turn of the century ...
Place:
england, scotland, britain, europe, london
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Most similar movies to Mrs Brown
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, period drama, period piece and realistic films with plots about costume, biopic, women, royal family, politics, betrayal and royalty mostly in Drama, Biography and History genres. Some movies like Mrs Brown: Anna and the King (1999), The King's Speech (2010), The Young Victoria (2009), Miss Austen Regrets (2007), Brideshead Revisited (2008). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
The story of the romance between the King of Siam (now Thailand) and the widowed British school teacher Anna Leonowens during the 1860s. Anna teaches the children and becomes romanced by the King. She convinces him that a man can be loved by just ...
Style:
romantic, epic, emotional, serious, captivating ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, adult
Plot:
love story, culture clash, royal family, forbidden love, social differences, interracial relations, politics, love and romance, opposites attract, teacher, palace, fall in love ...
Time:
19th century, ancient times, victorian era, 1860s, year 1999 ...
Place:
southeast asia, asia, thailand, madagascar, burma ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
The King's Speech tells the story of the man who became King George VI, the father of Queen Elizabeth II. After his brother abdicates, George ('Bertie') reluctantly assumes the throne. Plagued by a dreaded stutter and considered unfit ...
Style:
inspirational, period piece, sincere, sentimental, uplifting ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, adult
Plot:
british history, stuttering, world war two, british royal family, royal family, politics, queen, friendship, british monarchy, monarchy, historical character, king ...
Time:
1930s, year 2010, pre world war two, 50s, 2000s ...
Place:
england, britain, london, united kingdom, scotland ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK
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 ...
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period piece, costume drama, romantic, touching, historical drama ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
royal family, queen of england, marriage, royalty, queen, politics, queen victoria, royal court, aristocracy, love and romance, princess, love story ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, middle ages, ancient times, 1800s ...
Place:
london, buckingham palace, england, britain, europe ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
An outwardly confident but unmarried woman on the verge of her fortieth birthday reflects on her past suitors and the choices she once made while attempting to help her marriage minded niece choose between a number of potential suitors in this tale ...
Style:
period piece, realistic, stylized, captivating, melancholic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
introspection, love and romance, regret, looking for love, society, maid, countryside, sister sister relationship, marriage proposal, women, love, cottage ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, regency period, georgian era
Place:
england, london, europe, britain
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Italy, Morocco, USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Based on Evelyn Waugh's 1945 classic British novel, Brideshead Revisited is a poignant story of forbidden love and the loss of innocence set in England prior to the Second World War.
Style:
sentimental, emotional, sincere, period piece, serious ...
Plot:
friendship, world war two, male nudity, nobility, couples, gay, longing, catholic, religion, menage a trois, oxford, brutality ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century, 50s, 1930s, year 2008 ...
Place:
england, oxford university, britain, venice, morocco ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, History
Country: UK, USA, China
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Queen Victoria strikes up an unlikely friendship with a young Indian clerk named Abdul Karim.
Style:
costume drama, period piece, atmospheric, stylized, touching ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
queen of england, servant, british history, queen victoria, royalty, muslim, biopic, royal court, british empire, friendship, hindu, racism ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, ancient times, 1900s, 1890s ...
Place:
britain, buckingham palace, america, florence, scotland ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Switzerland, France
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
The life and death of the Scottish monarch.
Style:
stylized, realistic, captivating, serious, historical drama ...
Plot:
queen, royalty, royal family, tudors, renaissance, royal court, monarchy, political intrigue, betrayal, political unrest, monarch, british history ...
Time:
16th century
Place:
scotland, england, europe
Similarity:
100%
279K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 60 min.
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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, costume drama, clever, period piece ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
royal family, british royal family, queen, monarchy, monarch, british history, royalty, winston churchill, queen elizabeth ii, british monarchy, prime minister, politics ...
Time:
50s, 2000s, 1940s, 1950s, 70s ...
Place:
england, buckingham palace, london, wales, syria ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, France, Germany, USA
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, historical drama, costume drama, breathtaking, visually stunning ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
queen elizabeth i, british history, queen, throne, royalty, royal family, tudors, monarchy, politics, renaissance, medieval, political intrigue ...
Time:
16th century, middle ages, ancient times, medieval times, 19th century ...
Place:
england, london, britain, spain, scotland ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, History
Country: Ireland, UK, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
In early 18th century England, a frail Queen Anne occupies the throne and her close friend Lady Sarah governs the country in her stead. When a new servant Abigail arrives, her charm endears her to Sarah.
Style:
period piece, factual, costume drama, historical drama, visually stunning ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
lesbian, queen, lgbt, aristocracy, british history, power struggle, queen of england, fight for supremacy, female rivalry, violence, british aristocracy, politics ...
Time:
18th century, 2010s, victorian era, 19th century
Place:
britain, england
Similarity:
100%
34K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The story of Queen Victoria, who came to the throne at a time of great economic turbulence and resurgent republicanism – and died 64 years later the head of the largest empire the world had ever seen, having revitalised the throne’s public image ...
Style:
historical drama, romantic, costume drama, period piece, realistic ...
Plot:
royal family, british history, royalty, monarchy, queen victoria, queen of england, british monarchy, european history, queen, british politics, female protagonist, british empire ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, future, 1800s, 1830s
Place:
britain, england, london, united kingdom, buckingham palace
Similarity:
75%
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, costume drama, sexy, historical drama, stylized ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
queen, love triangle, royal family, british history, medieval, royal court, king, intrigue, tudors, betrayal, siblings relations, kingdom ...
Time:
16th century, middle ages, ancient times, 19th century, 20th century ...
Place:
england, britain, europe, rome italy, london ...
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, costume drama, spiritual, realistic, captivating ...
Plot:
tudors, royalty, queen elizabeth i, nobility, queen, monarch, ancient, monarchy, queen of england, british history, royal court, royal family ...
Time:
ancient times, 16th century, year 1971, medieval times, middle ages
Place:
scotland, europe, britain, france, england
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
The true story of William Wilberforce's courageous quest to end the British slave trade. Although meeting intense opposition, his minister, John Newton, urges him to see the cause through.
Style:
emotional, inspirational, period piece, costume drama, factual ...
Audience:
teens, family outing
Plot:
slavery, politics, politician, mentor, civil rights, slave trade, friendship, freedom, christian, british empire, religion, biopic ...
Time:
18th century, 19th century, ancient times, 1800s, georgian era ...
Place:
england, london, britain, paris france, france ...
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When a humorous script-reader in her New York apartment sees an ad in the Saturday Review of Literature for a bookstore in London that does mail order, she begins a very special correspondence and friendship with Frank Doel, the bookseller who works ...
Style:
sweet, romantic, touching, sincere, feel good ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
book, bookstore, correspondence, friendship, writers, love, post war, pen pal, bittersweet, death, longing, kindness ...
Time:
1940s, 1950s, year 1987, 20th century, 50s ...
Place:
london, new york, england, europe, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Spain, Italy, Portugal, France
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
The love story who transformed Juana I de Castilla, Queen of Spain, into Juana "The mad". The tragic fate of a Queen madly in love to an unfaithful husband, Felipe el Hermoso, Archduke of Austria.
Style:
sexy, costume drama, melancholic, stylized, captivating ...
Plot:
love and romance, obsession, royal family, tudors, male nudity, medieval, politics, intrigue, infidelity, tragic hero, royalty, crazy ...
Time:
16th century, 15th century, ancient times, middle ages, 18th century ...
Place:
spain, portugal, austria, europe, flanders ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 200 min.
TV show
Story:
The passionate love story that was Queen Victoria and Prince Albert's lengthy marriage. Beginning in 1837, the year of King William IV's death and 18-year-old Victoria's ascension to the throne, the series charts the tumultuous period ...
Style:
costume drama, captivating, sentimental, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
queen victoria, husband wife relationship, royal family, monarch, royalty, monarchy, victorian england, royal court, state affairs, british monarchy, couple relations, political unrest ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era
Place:
england, europe, united kingdom
Similarity:
32%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
The story of Joan Stanley, who was exposed as the KGB's longest-serving British spy.
Style:
suspense, intense, suspenseful, factual, realistic ...
Plot:
propaganda, woman, female spy, atomic bomb, closeted homosexual, politics, world war two, soviet spy, female secret agent, espionage, war crime, love ...
Time:
year 1945, year 1946, year 1941, year 2019, 1940s ...
Place:
soviet union, canada, russia, hiroshima japan, montreal ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK, Luxembourg, USA, Ireland, Australia
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
The love affair between poet Percy Shelley and Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin resulted in the creation of an immortal novel, “Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus.”
Style:
gothic, stylized, costume drama, atmospheric, period piece ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
poet, forbidden love, young lovers, literature, love and romance, relationship problems, tragedy, female writer, renegade, frustration, social misfits, writers ...
Time:
19th century, regency period, 1810s, georgian era
Place:
london, scotland, switzerland
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
The death of King Henry VIII throws his kingdom into chaos because of succession disputes. His weak son Edward, is on his deathbed. Anxious to keep England true to the Reformation, a scheming minister John Dudley marries off his son, Guildford to ...
Style:
costume drama, period piece, historical drama, sincere, gothic ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
tudors, royalty, royal family, monarch, renaissance, british monarchy, politics, nobility, female nudity, corporal punishment, queen, monarchy ...
Time:
16th century, medieval times, middle ages, 19th century, 18th century ...
Place:
england, london, britain, rome italy, europe
Similarity:
27%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
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, historical drama, visually stunning ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
queen, british history, queen elizabeth i, tudors, royalty, historical character, politics, head of state, british royal family, royal court, monarchy, throne ...
Time:
16th century, middle ages, ancient times, medieval times, victorian era ...
Place:
england, london, britain, scotland, europe ...
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Lush scenery and gorgeous photography highlight this bio of Princess Ka'iulani (Q'Orianka Kilcher), a 19th-century Hawaiian princess raised in England but determined to maintain her people's independence from aggressive American ...
Style:
sincere, emotional, serious, realistic, captivating ...
Plot:
royal family, historical figure, save the kingdom, politics, downfall, fall in love, life is a bitch, youth, political unrest, destiny, redemption, heroes ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, year 2009, turn of the century, 9th century ...
Place:
hawaii, usa, england, honolulu hawaii
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, Italy, France, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A chronicle of the life of 18th century aristocrat Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, who was reviled for her extravagant political and personal life.
Style:
costume drama, romantic, sexy, emotional, period piece ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, girls' night
Plot:
love story, royalty, love affair, aristocracy, love triangle, duke, duchess, infidelity, adultery, destiny, life philosophy, high society ...
Time:
18th century, middle ages, 19th century, georgian era, ancient times ...
Place:
england, britain, europe, scotland, london
Similarity:
27%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 112 min.
TV show
Story:
HBO miniseries about the the public and private lives of the later years of Queen Elizabeth I.
Style:
historical drama, costume drama, realistic, sincere, captivating ...
Plot:
queen elizabeth i, queen, monarchy, royal family, couple relations, british history, medieval, politics, monarch, tudors, renaissance, queen of england ...
Time:
16th century, medieval times
Place:
england, britain, europe, london, portugal ...
Similarity:
26%
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:
costume drama, period piece, serious, realistic, stylized ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
royal family, throne, queen elizabeth i, royal court, queen of england, tudors, queen, british history, betrayal, intrigue, protestant, royalty ...
Time:
16th century, middle ages, ancient times, medieval times
Place:
scotland, england, scottish highlands, britain, europe
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A look at the mysterious relationship between Victorian art critic John Ruskin and his teenage bride Effie Gray.
Style:
period piece, costume drama, stylized, emotional, captivating ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
love, biopic, couples, unfulfillment, self discovery, crumbling marriage, love and romance, fall in love, painter, art, writers, love triangle ...
Time:
19th century, ancient times, victorian era
Place:
england, britain, europe, london, scotland
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: Australia, UK, France
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
In 1818, high-spirited young Fanny Brawne finds herself increasingly intrigued by the handsome but aloof poet John Keats, who lives next door to her family friends the Dilkes. After reading a book of his poetry, she finds herself even more drawn to ...
Style:
costume drama, heartbreaking, period piece, romantic, sad ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
poet, writers, poetry, love story, love, biopic, tuberculosis, passion, art, friendship, literary, longing ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, regency period, ancient times, 1810s ...
Place:
england, europe, britain, rome italy, london ...
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 59 min.
TV show
Story:
The Virgin Queen explores the full sweep of Elizabeth's life: from her days of fear as a potential victim of her sister's terror; through her great love affair with Robert Dudley; into her years of triumph over the Armada; and finally her ...
Style:
costume drama, serious, historical drama, period piece, factual ...
Plot:
queen elizabeth i, tudors, royal family, throne, forbidden love, queen of england, royalty, monarch, renaissance, monarchy, british monarchy, head of state ...
Time:
16th century
Place:
england, britain, rome italy, london, europe
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The duke of York, nicknamed Bertie, was born as royal 'spare heir', younger brother to the prince of Wales, and thus expected to spend a relatively private life with his Scottish wife Elisabeth Bowes-Lyon and their daughters, in the shadow ...
Style:
touching, realistic, serious, historical drama, period drama
Plot:
royal family, world war two, family relations, couples, family life, social differences, head of state, intrigue, rivalry, fall in love, society, dishonesty ...
Time:
1930s, 1920s
Place:
england, europe, britain, london
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
The story of Beatrix Potter, the author of the beloved and best-selling children's book, "The Tale of Peter Rabbit", and her struggle for love, happiness and success.
Style:
touching, sentimental, period piece, costume drama, serious ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
writers, writer's life, biopic, female artist, book, family relations, snobbism, painting, fall in love, art, happy ending, artist ...
Time:
1900s, victorian era, edwardian era, 19th century, 1910s ...
Place:
england, london, britain, europe, san francisco
Similarity:
25%
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