Movies like The King's Whore

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The King's Whore (1990)
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The King's Whore (1990)
Original name: La Putain du roi
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK, France, Italy, Austria
Duration: 138 min.
Story: Set in the 17th-century, an Italian nobleman weds an impoverished countess, who is wooed by the King of Piedmont and faces pressure from his entire court to succumb to his wishes.
Style: sincere, serious, realistic, gloomy, sexual, sexy, period drama, baroque
Plot: fatal attraction, royal family, royalty, ancient, 007, girl, american revolution, love triangle, sword fight, war, prostitute, obsession, politics, love and romance, couples, love affair, vengeance, society, dishonesty, state affairs, unfulfillment, obsessive love, king, hunting, pregnancy ...
Time: 17th century, 18th century, middle ages, 1600s

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, period drama and captivating films with plots about love and romance, couples, infidelity, dishonesty, female nudity, state affairs and society mostly in Drama, Romance and History genres. Some movies like The King's Whore: The Other Boleyn Girl (2008), Valmont (1989), Lady Chatterley's Lover (2015), Lorna Doone (2000), The Other Boleyn Girl (2003). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Other Boleyn Girl (2008)
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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Valmont (1989)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, UK
Duration: 137 min.
Story: Set in Baroque France, a scheming widow and her lover make a bet regarding the corruption of a recently married woman. The lover, Valmont, bets that he can seduce her, even though she is an honorable woman. If he wins, he can have his lover to do as ...
Style: stylized, period piece, sensual, costume drama, sexy ...
Audience: adult
Plot: betrayal, virginity, seduction, manipulation, infidelity, virgin, tragedy, hypocrisy, couple relations, wager, love triangle, love ...
Time: 18th century, georgian era, year 1989, 80s, 20th century
Place: france, paris france, eastern europe, europe
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Lady Chatterley's Lover (2015)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story: An early-20th-century tale of love across class boundaries which tells the legendary and romantic story of Lady Chatterley’s affair with her gamekeeper. Jed Mercurio’s adaptation of DH Lawrence’s classic.
Style: serious, realistic, erotic, costume drama, disturbing ...
Plot: social differences, infidelity, cheating on husband, master and servant, love affair, obsession, society, couples, love and romance, couple relations, power relations, fall in love ...
Time: 20th century, 1910s, 1920s, edwardian era
Place: england, europe, britain
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.9
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Lorna Doone (2000)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min.
Story: The year is 1675. England is threatened by religious and political rivalries. King Charles II's Catholic brother, James, is next in line for the throne, but many Protestants put their faith in Charles' illegitimate son, The Duke of ...
Style: realistic, emotional, captivating, serious, stylized ...
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: revenge, love, political unrest, forbidden love, state affairs, vengeance, love and romance, uninhibited rivalry, countryside, politics, rivalry, historical event ...
Time: 17th century
Place: england, scotland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
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The Other Boleyn Girl (2003)
Genre: Romance, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Based on the controversial novel by Philippa Gregory, "The Other Boleyn Girl" is a fictionalised account of the life of Lady Mary Boleyn (Natascha McElhone) who becomes mistress to England's king, Henry VIII (Jared Harris), before ...
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, stylized, period drama
Plot: royal family, renaissance, mistress, royal court, sister, infidelity, intrigue, uninhibited rivalry, blind ambition, love and romance, state affairs, rise to the top ...
Time: 16th century
Place: europe, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Marquise (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, History
Country: France, Italy, Spain, Switzerland
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Marquise is a drama about the rise and fall of a beauteous actress. As cheerfully portrayed by Sophie Marceau, the eponymous heroine is an engagingly ribald, but perhaps rather too modern, character. She rises from an impoverished background to ...
Style: sexy, costume drama, historical drama, realistic, serious ...
Plot: woman peeing, sex, femme fatale, ancient, porn, biopic, unfaithful wife, couples, love and romance, society, intrigue, rise and fall ...
Time: 17th century, 18th century, georgian era, ancient times
Place: paris france, france, lyon, europe, versailles
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100%
Wuthering Heights (1992)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Young orphan Heathcliff is adopted by the wealthy Earnshaw family and moves into their estate, Wuthering Heights. Soon, the new resident falls for his compassionate foster sister, Cathy. The two share a remarkable bond that seems unbreakable until ...
Style: gothic, romantic, atmospheric, emotional, period piece ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: obsession, tragic love, forbidden love, social differences, passion, revenge, master and servant, betrayal, haunted by the past, love, love story, love and romance ...
Time: 18th century, 19th century, regency period, 1800s, year 1992 ...
Place: britain, england, europe
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100%
A Tale of Two Cities (1980)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 162 min.
Story: Dissolute barrister Sydney Carton becomes enchanted and then hopelessly in love with the beautiful Lucie Manette. But Lucie loves and marries Charles Darnay, and remains oblivious to Carton's undimmed devotion to her. When Darnay is ensnared in ...
Style: costume drama, sad, serious, realistic, touching ...
Plot: french revolution, charles dickens, revolution, historical event, literary, fall in love, friendship, love triangle, unrequited love, couples, dishonesty, couple relations ...
Time: 18th century, 1790s
Place: paris france, london, england, france, europe
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100%
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Black Angel (2002)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 128 min.
Story: March 1945 Asolo, Italy. Livia Mazzion, the attractive wife of a top ministry official, slips into the car of lawyer Ugo Oggiano, Livia's admirer and her husband's informer. Livia must reach Venice and her lover Helmut Schultz, a Wermacht ...
Style: erotic, disturbing, captivating, realistic, serious ...
Audience: adult
Plot: sex, sexual relations, fascism, unfaithful wife, love affair, love triangle, infidelity, wartime life, family problems, moral dilemma, destructive relationship, danger ...
Time: 1940s
Place: europe, venice, italy
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100%
A Frozen Flower (2008)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 133 min.
Story: A historical drama set in the Koryo dynasty and focused on the relationship between a king and his bodyguard. Under the dominance of Yuan Dynasty China, the king of Goryeo Dynasty Korea is pressured to produce a successor to the throne. Unable to ...
Style: sexy, touching, captivating, realistic, atmospheric ...
Plot: gays and lesbians, gay, royal family, love triangle, love and romance, unrequited love, gay love, adultery, tragedy, medieval, sword fight, lgbt ...
Time: middle ages, 14th century, 13th century
Place: korea, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
Marquis de Sade (1996)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA, Russia
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Based on the true story of the notorious Marquis de Sade. In 18th century Paris, an innocent beauty's search for her missing sister leads her into the deadly sensuous realm of the infamous Marquis de Sade. Imprisoned for his sordid crimes, the ...
Plot: sex, deviant sex, fetish, loveless marriage, perversion, prostitute, torture, virgin, debauchery, infidelity, prisoner, missing person ...
Time: 18th century, 1790s
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Last September (1999)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: France, UK, Ireland
Duration: 103 min.
Story: In 1920s Ireland, an elderly couple reside over a tired country estate. Living with them are their high-spirited niece, their Oxford student nephew, and married house guests, who are trying to cover up that they are presently homeless. The niece ...
Style: period piece, emotional, gloomy, realistic, psychological ...
Plot: ira, war, world war one, nudity, murder, attempted rape, love triangle, tragic love, unfulfilled love, rich and poor, political unrest, social differences ...
Time: year 1999, 1920s
Place: ireland, europe, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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A Royal Affair (2012)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Denmark, Sweden, Czech Republic, Germany
Duration: 137 min.
Story: A young queen falls in love with her physician, and they start a revolution that changes their nation forever.
Style: period piece, costume drama, realistic, stylized, factual ...
Audience: date night, teens, adult
Plot: royal family, queen, love affair, love triangle, adultery, political intrigue, aristocracy, coup d'etat, royalty, royal court, infidelity, king ...
Time: 18th century, year 2012, ancient times, victorian era, georgian era ...
Place: denmark, europe, england, scandinavia, copenhagen ...
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50%
 6.5
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Mad Love (2001)
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: melancholic, costume drama, stylized, captivating, serious ...
Plot: betrayal, obsession, royal family, intrigue, infidelity, love and romance, politics, tragic hero, royalty, state affairs, society, rivalry ...
Time: 16th century, middle ages, ancient times, 15th century
Place: spain, austria, europe, flanders, portugal
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Queen Margot (1994)
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%
The Scarlet Letter (1995)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story: Set in puritanical Boston in the mid 1600s, the story of seamstress Hester Prynne, who is outcast after she becomes pregnant by a respected reverend. She refuses to divulge the name of the father, is "convicted" of adultery and forced to ...
Style: sexy, romantic, costume drama, stylized, erotic ...
Audience: date night
Plot: forbidden love, adultery, interracial relations, women, justice, betrayal, repression, social misfits, destructive relationship, clergy, christian, husband wife relationship ...
Time: 17th century, victorian era
Place: massachusetts, nova scotia, new england, boston, europe ...
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100%
The Bostonians (1984)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story: Based on Henry James's novel of the same name. This bittersweet tragicomedy centers on an odd triangle of characters: Basil Ransom, a political conservative from Mississippi; Olive Chancellor, Ransom's cousin and a Boston feminist; and ...
Style: serious, stylized, talky, realistic, romantic drama ...
Plot: lesbian, post civil war, lawyer, feminist, couple relations, fall in love, couples, infidelity, love triangle, love affair, american history, gender ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 1870s
Place: boston, massachusetts
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100%
Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Dangerous Liaisons is the film based on the novel of the same name by Choderlos de Laclos set in 18th century France. Marquise de Merteuil’s asks her ex-lover Vicomte de Valmont to seduce the future wife of another ex-lover of hers in return for ...
Style: sexy, costume drama, period piece, sexual, erotic ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: aristocracy, fatal attraction, seduction, sexuality, sex, sexual manipulation, decadence, love, love letter, adultery, casanova, sexual relations ...
Time: 18th century, georgian era, 19th century, 20th century, year 1988 ...
Place: france, paris france, europe
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The Marquise of O (1976)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: West Germany, France
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A German Marquise has to deal with a pregnancy she cannot explain and an infatuated Russian Count.
Style: spiritual, romantic, realistic, serious, period piece ...
Plot: marriage, american revolution, spirit, spirituality, napoleon bonaparte, german history, summer, pregnancy, couples, introspection, life is a bitch, rescue ...
Time: year 1976, 19th century, 18th century, 1790s
Place: italy, europe
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100%
Belle du Seigneur (2012)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Luxembourg, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story: English-language adaptation of Albert Cohen's epic Swiss tale of a tortured love affair between a high-ranking Jewish official and the protestant wife of one of his employees.
Style: emotional, inspirational, realistic, touching, serious ...
Plot: tragic love, love affair, sexual content, forbidden love, cheating wife, nudity, love and romance, election, nazi germany, lust, world war one, affair ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century
Place: switzerland, europe
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100%
Torrents of Spring (1989)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France, Italy
Duration: 101 min.
Story: In 1840, a young Russian aristocrat, Dimitri Sanin, is returning home after a long tour of Europe. In Germany, he falls in love with a beautiful pastry shop girl, Gemma Rosselli, who soon starts sharing his feelings. They decide to get married and, ...
Style: serious, realistic, sexual, clever, emotional ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: true love, love, erotica, renaissance, estate, betrayal, love triangle, power relations, couples, love and romance, dishonesty, femme fatale ...
Time: 19th century, year 1989
Place: eastern europe, europe, germany, russia, venice
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Mayerling (1968)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK, France
Duration: 140 min.
Story: Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria (Omar Sharif) clashes with his father, Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria (James Mason), over implementing progressive policies for their country. Ava Gardner plays his mother Empress Elisabeth. Rudolf soon feels he is ...
Style: serious, realistic, emotional, sentimental, touching ...
Plot: forbidden love, royal family, tragic love, infidelity, politics, revolution, royalty, hopes, rebelliousness, state affairs, fall in love, society ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 1880s
Place: austria, england, italy, europe, venice ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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The Old Garden (2006)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Activist Hyun-woo is released from prison after a 17-year stint. Journeying back to the village where he spent some time as a fugitive he recalls the time spent with Yoon-hee, a woman who gave him shelter and companionship.
Style: serious, realistic, touching, sincere
Plot: life sentence, tragic love, love affair, political unrest, couples, society, fall in love, love and romance, couple relations, state affairs, isolation, mountain ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: korea, seoul, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Frenchman's Creek (1998)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Seeking to escape the stifling London court society, the beautiful headstrong Lady Dona St. Columb flees to her family estate on the Cornish coast. Her new freedom swiftly brings her into contact with the dashingly handsome French privateer Jean ...
Style: realistic, captivating, serious, atmospheric, stylized
Plot: pirate, love and romance, strength, women, infidelity, dishonesty, escapades, master and servant, politics, estate, power relations, couples ...
Time: 17th century, 18th century
Place: england, europe, london, cornwall
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
The King Is Dancing (2000)
Genre: Drama, History, Music
Country: France, Germany, Belgium
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Louis XIV, the French sun-king has two passions, establishing absolute rule over the realm -after decades of religious/civil wars- by divine right and artistic brilliancy as a dancer
Style: atmospheric, stylized, realistic, serious, captivating ...
Plot: french history, king of france, performer's life, royal family, royalty, composer, ballet, dancing, playwright, intrigue, dishonesty, rise and fall ...
Time: 17th century
Place: france, versailles, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
The Affair of the Necklace (2001)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: In pre-Revolutionary France, a young aristocratic woman left penniless by the political unrest in the country, must avenge her family's fall from grace by scheming to steal a priceless necklace.
Style: costume drama, period piece, factual, realistic, atmospheric ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: countess, politics, conspiracy, royal family, revenge, justice, police investigation, nobility, french revolution, royalty, couples, love and romance ...
Time: 18th century, georgian era, ancient times, year 2001, 1780s ...
Place: france, paris france, versailles, europe
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20%
Catherine the Great (1995)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Germany, Austria
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Trapped in a loveless arranged marriage to the immature future Czar, a young German Princess proves a skillful political infighter and rises to become Catherine the Great.
Style: period piece, political, serious, realistic, epic ...
Plot: royalty, husband rapes wife, rape, imperial russia, royal family, chess, historical event, colonialism, ancient, devastation, world history, peplum ...
Time: 18th century
Place: russia, ottoman empire, st. petersburg russia, prussia
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
The Lady and the Highwayman (1988)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK, Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Set in old England, Hugh Grant ("Four Weddings & a Funeral", "Notting Hill") plays a highwayman who steals from the rich and gives to the poor. But during one of his robberies, he falls in love with an aristocratic lady, Emma ...
Style: stylized, captivating, exciting, tense, light ...
Plot: aristocracy, forbidden love, escapades, intrigue, couples, heroes, rivalry, woman in danger, fall in love, royal family, conspiracy, death sentence ...
Time: 17th century
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Stealing Heaven (1988)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK, Yugoslavia
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Abelard, a famous teacher of philosophy at the cathedral school of Notre Dame, falls in love with one of his students, Héloïse d'Argenteuil. A sixteen-year old girl raised in a convent, Héloïse has an intellectual curiosity and rebels ...
Style: independent film, erotic, realistic, serious, captivating ...
Plot: medieval, fall in love, love and romance, religion, ancient, time machine, royalty, sensuality, celibacy, convent, pregnancy, courtesan ...
Time: middle ages, medieval times, 12th century
Place: france, paris france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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Restoration (1995)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 117 min.
Story: An aspiring young physician, Robert Merivel found himself in the service of King Charles II and saves the life of someone close to the King. Merivel joins the King's court and lives the high life provided to someone of his position. Merivel is ...
Style: factual, costume drama, intense, serious, emotional ...
Audience: adult
Plot: plague, medicine, redemption, royal family, science, betrayal, fall in love, rise and fall, jealousy, justice, doctor, royalty ...
Time: 17th century, ancient times
Place: england, london, britain, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
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