Movies like The Queen

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The Queen (2006)
 7.3
 113K
The Queen (2006)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, USA, France, Italy
Duration: 103 min.
Story: The Queen is an intimate behind the scenes glimpse at the interaction between HM Elizabeth II and Prime Minister Tony Blair during their struggle, following the death of Diana, to reach a compromise between what was a private tragedy for the Royal family and the public's demand for an overt display of mourning.
Style: political, factual, emotional, compassionate, thought provoking, dramatic, realistic, talky, sexy, sentimental ...
Plot: british royal family, royal family, historical character, head of state, queen, queen elizabeth ii, british, politics, royalty, queen of england, monarchy, etiquette, leadership, tragedy, death, pride and honor, death in the family, rules and policies, prime minister, british monarchy, private vs public, women, society, estrangement, coldhearted ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1997, 1990s
Place: england, buckingham palace, london, scotland, britain, united kingdom, scottish highlands ...

Most similar movies to The Queen

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, dramatic and interesting films with plots about politics, mentor, betrayal, british, culture clash, catastrophe and courage mostly in Drama, Biography and History genres. Some movies like The Queen: The Crown (2016), The King's Speech (2010), Victoria (2016), The Iron Lady (2011), Frost/Nixon (2008). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Crown (2016)
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, realistic, serious, clever, disturbing ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: royal family, british royal family, british history, queen elizabeth ii, monarchy, winston churchill, queen, politics, prime minister, british monarchy, monarch, suspense ...
Time: 50s, 70s, 80s, 1940s, 20th century
Place: england, buckingham palace, london, britain
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100%
The King's Speech (2010)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
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, sincere, uplifting, dramatic, realistic ...
Audience: teens, chick flick
Plot: british royal family, world war two, royal family, british history, stuttering, disability, unlikely friendships, politics, british monarchy, king of england, historical character, friendship ...
Time: 1930s, pre world war two, 50s, 20th century, 1940s ...
Place: england, britain, london, united kingdom, europe ...
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67%
 8.2
 29K
Victoria (2016)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: 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: romantic, realistic, touching, factual, serious ...
Plot: royal family, british history, monarchy, royalty, queen victoria, european history, british monarchy, queen of england, queen, female protagonist, british empire, husband wife relationship ...
Time: victorian era, 19th century, future, 1830s
Place: england, britain, london, united kingdom, buckingham palace
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.4
 111K
The Iron Lady (2011)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, France
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A look at the life of Margaret Thatcher, the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, with a focus on the price she paid for power.
Style: political, touching, thought provoking, inspirational, sexy ...
Plot: politics, prime minister, british history, leadership, female politician, women, female protagonist, british politics, british prime minister, political leader, life & death, idealism ...
Time: 70s, 90s, 20th century, 60s, 50s ...
Place: england, london, europe, united kingdom, argentina
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Movie in collections
 7.7
 110K
Frost/Nixon (2008)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story: For three years after being forced from office, Nixon remained silent. But in summer 1977, the steely, cunning former commander-in-chief agreed to sit for one all-inclusive interview to confront the questions of his time in office and the Watergate ...
Style: clever, political, tense, sincere, tricky ...
Plot: journalism, politics, president, reporter, loneliness, american politics, scandal, corruption, conspiracy, power struggle, uncover truth, mind game ...
Time: 70s, year 1977, year 1974, 20th century
Place: california, washington d.c., new york, usa, manhattan new york city ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Young Victoria (2009)
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: romantic, touching, emotional, dramatic, factual ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night
Plot: royal family, royalty, aristocracy, queen victoria, queen of england, royal court, marriage, politics, queen, love and romance, love, love story ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, edwardian era, middle ages, 1820s ...
Place: england, london, europe, buckingham palace, belgium
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Man Who Knew Infinity (2015)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, USA, Singapore, Hong Kong, United Arab Emirates, India
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Growing up poor in Madras, India, Srinivasa Ramanujan Iyengar earns admittance to Cambridge University during WWI, where he becomes a pioneer in mathematical theories with the guidance of his professor, G.H. Hardy.
Style: intellectual, philosophical, clever, inspirational, motivational ...
Audience: kids
Plot: mathematics, genius, scientist, discovery, mathematician, imagination, life, cambridge university, mentor, transformation, science, culture clash ...
Time: 1910s, 1920s, year 1914, year 1976, post world war one ...
Place: england, india, bombay india
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Lost Prince (2003)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 180 min.
Story: The Lost Prince is an acclaimed British television drama about the life of Prince John – youngest child of Britain's King George V and Queen Mary – who died at the age of 13 in 1919. John suffered from epileptic seizures and an autism-like ...
Style: captivating, serious, sincere, touching, realistic ...
Audience: kids
Plot: epilepsy, royal family, family relations, disability, royalty, british royal family, intrigue, state affairs, separation from family, family in crisis, world war one, countryside ...
Time: 1910s, 20th century, pre world war one, edwardian era
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Grace of Monaco (2014)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: Switzerland, France, Italy, Belgium
Duration: 103 min.
Story: The story of former Hollywood star Grace Kelly's crisis of marriage and identity, during a political dispute between Monaco's Prince Rainier III and France's Charles De Gaulle, and a looming French invasion of Monaco in the early ...
Style: realistic, stylized, captivating, sentimental, touching ...
Plot: husband wife relationship, royal family, politics, state affairs, political intrigue, family relations, society, supportive spouse, betrayal, royal court, teaching the ways of the world, women ...
Time: 20th century, 60s
Place: monaco, french riviera, europe, monte carlo
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Special Relationship (2010)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A dramatisation that follows Tony Blair's journey from political understudy waiting in the wings of the world arena to accomplished prime minister standing confidently in the spotlight of centre stage. It is a story about relationships, between ...
Style: realistic, political, intense, tricky, sincere ...
Plot: politics, head of state, honest, relationships, manipulation, greed, friends, twists and turns, corruption, character study, political intrigue, love ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: new jersey, england, washington d.c., usa, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
 7.0
 1K
The Deal (2003)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: It is approaching an election in the UK when the leader of the Labour party, John Smith, suffers another in a line of heart attacks and dies. With the leadership campaign about to start the clear choice appears to be Gordon Brown, a stanch Scotsman. ...
Style: clever, realistic, serious, political, thought provoking ...
Plot: politics, leadership, ambition, rise to the top, society, friendship, political corruption, political intrigue, dishonesty, campaign, state affairs, betrayal ...
Time: 80s, 90s, 21st century
Place: england, britain
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
 7.4
 101K
Elizabeth (1998)
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, realistic, stylized, political, epic ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick
Plot: queen, british history, queen elizabeth i, tudors, historical character, politics, head of state, british royal family, royal court, royal family, throne, political intrigue ...
Time: 16th century, 19th century, victorian era, middle ages, 18th century
Place: england, london, scotland, spain, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
 6.6
 71K
Spencer (2021)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, Germany, USA, Chile
Duration: 117 min.
Story: During her Christmas holidays with the royal family at the Sandringham estate in Norfolk, England, Diana decides to leave her marriage to Prince Charles.
Style: political, philosophical, cerebral, romantic, thought provoking ...
Plot: christmas, royal family, princess, unfaithful husband, unhappy marriage, women, queen elizabeth ii, psychological abuse, lesbian, marriage, mental disorder, lifestyle ...
Time: 90s, year 1991
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.9
 43K
Suffragette (2015)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK, France
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Based on true events about the foot soldiers of the early feminist movement who were forced underground to evade the State.
Style: captivating, factual, inspirational, bleak, political ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night
Plot: women, feminism, feminist, fighting the system, sexism, sexual harassment, girl power, adoption, rebelliousness, prejudice, politics, protest ...
Time: year 1912, 1910s, edwardian era, victorian era, 20th century ...
Place: england, london, israel, ireland, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Lion in Winter (1968)
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: political, factual, atmospheric, stylized, realistic ...
Plot: power struggle, political intrigue, royalty, king, infidelity, suspense, dysfunctional family, british history, medieval, royal family, manipulation, british royal family ...
Time: middle ages, 12th century
Place: england, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007)
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: colourful, epic, factual, breathtaking, captivating ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: british history, queen elizabeth i, throne, queen, women, tudors, royal family, politics, female protagonist, catholicism, medieval, renaissance ...
Time: 16th century, 19th century, middle ages, 1930s, victorian era ...
Place: england, london, scotland, spain, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
 7.8
 15K
Becket (1964)
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, talky, tense, thought provoking, realistic ...
Plot: religion, friendship, politics, medieval, british history, martyr, betrayal, murder, christian, royalty, catholic, intrigue ...
Time: middle ages, 12th century
Place: england, california, rome italy, europe, france ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
 7.5
 31K
Henry V (1989)
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, atmospheric, serious ...
Plot: medieval, battles, war, shakespeare, politics, royal family, tragedy, king, king of england, mistress, military, state affairs ...
Time: 15th century, middle ages
Place: england, france, europe, london, scotland
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)
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: talky, sexy, colourful, heartbreaking, dramatic ...
Plot: british history, tudors, royal family, british monarchy, royalty, adultery, british royal family, renaissance, intrigue, betrayal, politics, king ...
Time: 16th century, 60s, 18th century, 1930s, middle ages
Place: england, london, scotland, europe, britain
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
A Man for All Seasons (1966)
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: political, thought provoking, inspirational, spiritual, talky ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: politics, lawyer, catholic, idealism, justice, betrayal, court, legal, intrigue, royal family, christian, royalty ...
Time: 16th century
Place: england, new york, vatican, rome italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
 7.0
 6K
RKO 281 (1999)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A film about the making of Citizen Kane. Orson Welles produces his greatest film, Citizen Kane, despite the opposition of the film's de facto subject, William Randolph Hearst.
Style: talky, sexy, tricky, sad, romantic ...
Plot: screenwriter, writers, movie business, obsession, filmmaking, hollywood, anti semitism, mentor, wilderness, brutality, war, british ...
Time: 1940s, 70s
Place: new jersey, california, wisconsin
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
The Last Station (2009)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, UK, Russia
Duration: 112 min.
Story: A historical drama that illustrates Russian author Leo Tolstoy's struggle to balance fame and wealth with his commitment to a life devoid of material things. The Countess Sofya, wife and muse to Leo Tolstoy, uses every trick of seduction on her ...
Style: sentimental, emotional, sexy, factual, melancholic ...
Plot: russian, philosophy, adultery, betrayal, love and romance, family relations, golden years, lifestyle, writer's life, parents and children, art, husband wife relationship ...
Time: 1910s, 19th century, 20th century
Place: russia, europe, moscow russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
 7.4
 83K
Trumbo (2015)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: The career of screenwriter Dalton Trumbo is halted by a witch hunt in the late 1940s when he defies the anti-communist HUAC committee and is blacklisted.
Style: factual, talky, touching, inspirational, intense ...
Plot: communism, hollywood, communist, politics, gossip, gossip columnist, cancer, movie business, film industry, mccarthyism, freedom, tragedy ...
Time: 70s, 50s, 1930s, 1940s, year 1954 ...
Place: los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Movie in collections
 7.1
 7K
Lady Jane (1986)
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: sexy, sincere, romantic, light, enigmatic ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night
Plot: tudors, royal family, royalty, politics, conspiracy, british monarchy, corporal punishment, women, renaissance, female nudity, beautiful scenery, political intrigue ...
Time: 19th century, 16th century, 1930s, 18th century, middle ages
Place: london, england, europe, rome italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
 7.3
 60K
Woman in Gold (2015)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Maria Altmann, an octogenarian Jewish refugee, takes on the Austrian government to recover a world famous painting of her aunt plundered by the Nazis during World War II, she believes rightfully belongs to her family. She did so not just to regain ...
Style: captivating, realistic, touching, dramatic, uplifting ...
Plot: art, holocaust, lawyer, courtroom drama, art theft, nazi, injustice, jewish, justice, legal action, world war two, flashback ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century, 90s
Place: austria, vienna, los angeles, poland, germany ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Hyde Park on Hudson (2012)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story: The story of the love affair between FDR and his distant cousin Margaret Stuckley, centered around the weekend in 1939 when the King and Queen of the United Kingdom visited upstate New York.
Style: political, factual, witty, stylized, captivating ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: president, cousin cousin relationship, king of england, queen, disability, royalty, king, state affairs, family relations, love affair, polio, politics ...
Time: 1930s, year 1939, 20th century
Place: usa, england, new jersey, new york state, new york ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
 6.9
 6K
Cromwell (1970)
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, battles, royal family, political unrest, british history, society, tyranny, military, leadership, intrigue, against the odds, rebellion ...
Time: 17th century, 80s, 18th century, middle ages
Place: england, ireland, scotland, europe, london ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
 7.8
 39K
Hamlet (1996)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 242 min.
Story: Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, returns home to find his father murdered and his mother remarrying the murderer, his uncle. Meanwhile, war is brewing.
Style: stylized, atmospheric, captivating, serious, sexy ...
Plot: shakespeare, revenge, betrayal, tragedy, vengeance, medieval, royal family, ghost, funeral, intrigue, love and romance, rivalry ...
Time: 19th century, middle ages, 18th century
Place: europe, denmark, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
 7.4
 11K
Grey Gardens (2009)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Based on the life stories of the eccentric aunt and first cousin of Jackie Onassis raised as Park Avenue débutantes but who withdrew from New York society, taking shelter at their Long Island summer home, "Grey Gardens." As their wealth ...
Style: touching, realistic, compassionate, depressing, melancholic ...
Plot: eccentric family, mother daughter relationship, eccentricity, betrayal, depression, family life, eviction, family relations, parents and children, oldtimer, elderly, dysfunctional family ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, 1930s
Place: new york, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
 7.6
 101K
Philomena (2013)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A woman searches for her adult son, who was taken away from her decades ago when she was forced to live in a convent.
Style: touching, sentimental, captivating, realistic, emotional ...
Plot: adoption, journalist, convent, catholic church, self discovery, journalism, religious intolerance, catholic, faith, nun, golden years, illegitimate son ...
Time: 50s, 20th century, year 1952, 2000s, year 1955 ...
Place: ireland, england, washington d.c., usa, oxford university
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%