Movies like Shakespeare in Love

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Shakespeare in Love (1998)
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Shakespeare in Love (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, History, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 123 min.
Story: Young Shakespeare is forced to stage his latest comedy, "Romeo and Ethel, the Pirate's Daughter," before it's even written. When a lovely noblewoman auditions for a role, they fall into forbidden love -- and his play finds a new life (and title). As their relationship progresses, Shakespeare's comedy soon transforms into tragedy.
Style: romantic, inspirational, sweet, sexy, period piece, costume drama, feel good, funny, romantic comedy, sentimental ...
Audience: date night, girls' night, chick flick
Plot: forbidden love, cross dressing, shakespeare, gender disguise, writer's life, love and romance, theater, couples, love story, lovers, playwright, passion, medieval, tudors, fall in love, renaissance, hidden identity, unlikely couple, verbal byplay, nobility, marriage of convenience, theatre play, monarchy, gender, destiny ...
Time: 16th century, 90s, middle ages, ancient times, 19th century, year 1998, medieval times ...
Place: england, london, europe, britain
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Most similar movies to Shakespeare in Love

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, romantic, period piece and period drama films with plots about love and romance, love story, love, women, costume, couples and fall in love mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres. Some movies like Shakespeare in Love: Twelfth Night or What You Will (1996), Much Ado About Nothing (1993), Stage Beauty (2004), You've Got Mail (1998), Casanova (2005). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Twelfth Night or What You Will (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 134 min.
Story: Shakespeare's comedy of gender confusion, in which a girl disguises herself as a man to be near the count she adores, only to be pursued by the woman he loves.
Style: period piece, stylized, light, feel good, humorous ...
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: cross dressing, shakespeare, twins, mistaken identity, comedy of errors, beach, disguise, love triangle, sea disaster, disorder, couples, fall in love ...
Time: 19th century, year 1996, 1890s, 1800s, victorian era
Place: cornwall, britain
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Much Ado About Nothing (1993)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: In this Shakespearean farce, Hero and her groom-to-be, Claudio, team up with Claudio's commanding officer, Don Pedro, the week before their wedding to hatch a matchmaking scheme. Their targets are sharp-witted duo Benedick and Beatrice -- a ...
Style: romantic, period piece, costume drama, talky, sweet ...
Audience: date night, chick flick, teens
Plot: opposites attract, shakespeare, countryside, wedding, bachelor, honest, intrigue, happy ending, mistaken identity, love and romance, battle of wits, dishonesty ...
Time: 16th century, 90s, year 1993, victorian era
Place: italy, tuscany, europe, venice
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100%
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Stage Beauty (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA, Germany
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Humble Maria, who outfits top London theater star Ned Kynaston, takes none of the credit for the male actor's success at playing women. And because this is the 17th century, Maria, like other females, is prohibited from pursuing her dream of ...
Style: period piece, stylized, humorous, semi serious, romantic ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot: gender bending, mistaken identity, gender, cross dressing, actor, mistress, actor's life, lifestyle, overnight success, life is a bitch, human nature, downfall ...
Time: 17th century, year 2004, victorian era
Place: london, england, europe
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You've Got Mail (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Book superstore magnate, Joe Fox and independent book shop owner, Kathleen Kelly fall in love in the anonymity of the Internet – both blissfully unaware that he's putting her out of business.
Style: feel good, sweet, touching, sentimental, light ...
Audience: girls' night, date night, kids, family friendly, chick flick ...
Plot: love, fall in love, bookstore, happy ending, destiny, online dating, unlikely couple, rivalry, christmas, internet, hidden identity, love story ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, usa
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100%
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Casanova (2005)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: With a reputation for seducing members of the opposite sex, regardless of their marital status, a notorious womanizer discovers a beauty who seems impervious to his charms. However, as he continues to pursue the indifferent lady, he finds himself ...
Style: romantic, period piece, light, costume drama, factual ...
Audience: chick flick, date night
Plot: casanova, womanizer, unlikely couple, masquerade, beefcake, happy ending, runaway, duchess, inquisition, love story, renaissance, sex ...
Time: 18th century, year 2005, ancient times, 19th century, georgian era ...
Place: venice, italy, europe, rome italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Cyrano de Bergerac (1990)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, History, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 137 min.
Story: Embarrassed by his large nose, a romantic poet/soldier romances his cousin by proxy.
Style: touching, emotional, witty, costume drama, atmospheric ...
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: poet, love and romance, unrequited love, friendship, destiny, love triangle, tragic love, swashbuckler, poetry, sword fight, love, power of love ...
Time: 17th century, medieval times, ancient times, year 1990
Place: france, paris france
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100%
The Merchant of Venice (2004)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Italy, Luxembourg, USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story: In 16th century Venice, when a merchant must default on a large loan from an abused Jewish moneylender for a friend with romantic ambitions, the bitterly vengeful creditor demands a gruesome payment instead.
Style: sexy, period piece, talky, melancholic, stylized ...
Plot: shakespeare, renaissance, religious intolerance, women, friends, love and romance, judaism, trial, prejudice, segregation, culture clash, life is a bitch ...
Time: 16th century, middle ages, ancient times, year 2004
Place: venice, italy, israel, middle east, europe
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100%
Dangerous Beauty (1998)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Veronica is brilliant, gifted and beautiful, but the handsome aristocrat she loves, Marco Venier, cannot marry her because she is penniless and of questionable family. So Veronica's mother, Paola, teaches her to become a courtesan, one of the ...
Style: romantic, sexual, period piece, witty, sexy ...
Audience: chick flick, adult
Plot: beauty, courtesan, medieval, forbidden love, prostitute, prostitution, love and romance, couple relations, social differences, rich and poor, society, love story ...
Time: 16th century, victorian era, ancient times, year 1998
Place: italy, venice, europe, turkey, cyprus ...
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100%
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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
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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Notting Hill (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: William Thacker is a London bookstore owner whose humdrum existence is thrown into romantic turmoil when famous American actress Anna Scott appears in his shop. A chance encounter over spilled orange juice leads to a kiss that blossoms into a ...
Style: romantic, feel good, touching, romantic comedy, rom com ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, girls' night, date night
Plot: couples, fame, social differences, love and romance, bookstore, opposites attract, power of love, paparazzi, love, friendship, male female relationship, dating ...
Time: 90s, year 1999, 20th century
Place: london, england, europe, united kingdom
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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: 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 ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
My Best Friend's Wedding (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: When she receives word that her longtime platonic pal Michael O'Neal is getting married to debutante Kimberly Wallace, food critic Julianne Potter realizes her true feelings for Michael -- and sets out to sabotage the wedding.
Style: romantic, feel good, sentimental, sweet, funny ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, date night
Plot: wedding, women, love story, unrequited love, wedding preparations and rituals, best friend, love triangle, gay, friendship, love and romance, male female friendship, screwball ...
Time: 90s, year 1997, 20th century
Place: chicago, madagascar, usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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The Duchess (2008)
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: romantic, costume drama, sexy, emotional, dramatic ...
Audience: chick flick, teens
Plot: royalty, love story, duchess, love triangle, love affair, aristocracy, duke, infidelity, adultery, high society, marriage, nobility ...
Time: 18th century, georgian era, 19th century, middle ages, ancient times ...
Place: england, britain, europe, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
The Very Thought of You (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Laurence recounts to his neighbour how his life long friendship with Frank and Daniel has been overturned in just three days by their each independently meeting, and falling for, Martha, who has no idea of their connection. Slowly the tale unfolds, ...
Style: sexy, romantic, sweet, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: couples, friendship, relationships, best friend, love triangle, love and romance, fall in love, infidelity, looking for love, couple relations, comedy of errors, destiny ...
Time: 90s, year 1998
Place: london, england, europe, minneapolis minnesota
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Pride & Prejudice (2005)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, UK, USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story: Pride & Prejudice is a humorous story of love and life among English gentility during the Georgian era. Mr. Bennet is an English gentleman living in Hertfordshire with his overbearing wife and five daughters. If Mr. Bennet dies their house will ...
Style: romantic, costume drama, sweet, dramatic, captivating ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens, family friendly ...
Plot: prejudice, love, happy ending, fall in love, love and romance, opposites attract, strong female character, aristocracy, initially antagonists, wooing, unlikely couple, pride ...
Time: 19th century, 18th century, victorian era, georgian era, 1790s ...
Place: england, britain, united kingdom, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Great Expectations (1998)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Loosely based on the Charles Dickens' classic novel, "Great Expectations" is a sensual tale of a young man's unforgettable passage into manhood, and the three individuals who will undeniably change his life forever. Through the ...
Style: romantic, heartbreaking, emotional, sexy, touching ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, date night
Plot: childhood, artist, art, love, love story, fall in love, painting, inheritance, social differences, stranger, understanding, painter ...
Time: 20th century, year 1998, 80s, 90s, 70s
Place: new york, usa, florida, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Mansfield Park (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story: This fun and sexy comedy tells a timelessly entertaining story where wealthy, secret passions and mischievous women put love to the test.. When a spirited young woman, Fanny Price, is sent away to live on the great country estate of her rich ...
Style: period piece, witty, costume drama, romantic, sexy ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night
Plot: fall in love, country estate, estate, couple relations, women, love, love and romance, love story, slavery, literary, love triangle, society ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, middle ages, 1800s, ancient times ...
Place: england, britain, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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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: 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: 16th century, middle ages, 19th century, victorian era, ancient times ...
Place: england, london, britain, scotland, spain ...
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41%
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Becoming Jane (2007)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A biographical portrait of a pre-fame Jane Austen and her romance with a young Irishman.
Style: romantic, touching, costume drama, period piece, sweet ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, date night, adult
Plot: unfulfilled love, writer's life, love, prejudice, love and romance, love story, couples, fall in love, women, biopic, social differences, society ...
Time: 18th century, 19th century, victorian era, 50s, year 2007 ...
Place: england, ireland, britain, europe, london
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41%
Sense and Sensibility (1995)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 136 min.
Story: Rich Mr. Dashwood dies, leaving his second wife and her daughters poor by the rules of inheritance. Two daughters are the titular opposites.
Style: romantic, feel good, sincere, costume drama, dramatic ...
Audience: date night, girls' night, chick flick, kids, adult
Plot: love, love story, happy ending, love triangle, love and romance, love affair, fall in love, sisters, social differences, rich and poor, village life, eligible bachelor ...
Time: 19th century, 18th century, 90s, year 1995, 1800s ...
Place: england, britain, europe, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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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, 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 ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Anna Karenina (2012)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story: Trapped in a loveless marriage, aristocrat Anna Karenina enters into a life-changing affair with the affluent Count Vronsky.
Style: costume drama, period piece, emotional, sentimental, stylized ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, girls' night, adult
Plot: high society, forbidden love, imperial russia, tragic love, infidelity, aristocracy, suicide, cuckolded husband, depression, love, adultery, marriage ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, year 2012, 1870s, ancient times ...
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41%
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When Harry Met Sally... (1989)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: During their travels from Chicago to New York, Harry and Sally Will debate whether or not sex ruins a perfect relationship between a man and a woman. Eleven years later, and they're still no closer to finding the answer.
Style: feel good, romantic, sweet, sentimental, funny ...
Audience: date night, girls' night, chick flick
Plot: male female friendship, autumn, friendship, love and romance, initially antagonists, best friends in love, fall in love, unlikely couple, love story, life philosophy, opposites attract, looking for love ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, 70s, year 1989, year 1987 ...
Place: new york, seattle, chicago, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Being Julia (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA, Hungary, UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Julia Lambert is a true diva: beautiful, talented, weathly and famous. She has it all - including a devoted husband who has mastermined her brilliant career - but after years of shining in the spotlight she begins to suffer from a severe case of ...
Style: period piece, stylized, emotional, entertaining, witty ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: midlife crisis, older woman younger man relationship, theater, loneliness, women, complex characters, actor's life, love, art, adultery, backstage, vengeance ...
Time: 1930s, year 2004, 20th century, year 1938
Place: england, europe, london, west end london
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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, period piece, sincere, uplifting, dramatic ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, adult
Plot: british royal family, british history, world war two, stuttering, royal family, disability, queen, politics, unlikely friendships, british monarchy, king of england, historical character ...
Time: 1930s, year 2010, 2010s, pre world war two, 50s ...
Place: england, britain, london, united kingdom, scotland ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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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 ⇓
40%
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Cheri (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France, Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A sumptuous dramatic comedy set in late 19th Century France, during the Belle Epoque, a period of social and cultural excess in European upper classes which ended only as the First World War erupted.
Style: sexual, sexy, period piece, costume drama, romantic ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: older woman younger man relationship, age difference, older woman younger man sex, mature woman, prostitute, society, love story, power relations, fall in love, love affair, teaching the ways of the world, family relations ...
Time: edwardian era, 19th century, victorian era, 1910s, 20th century ...
Place: paris france, france, europe
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Romeo and Juliet (1968)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Italy
Duration: 138 min.
Story: Director Franco Zeffirelli's beloved version of one of the most well-known love stories in the English language. Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet fall in love against the wishes of their feuding families. Driven by their passion, the young ...
Style: romantic, sweet, colorful, period piece, emotional ...
Audience: date night, teens
Plot: forbidden love, shakespeare, shakespeare's romeo and juliet, tragic love, fall in love, family feud, love story, medieval, unfulfillment, true love, love, star crossed lovers ...
Time: year 1968, 1900s
Place: italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Titanic (1997)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 194 min.
Story: 84 years later, a 101-year-old woman named Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story to her granddaughter Lizzy Calvert, Brock Lovett, Lewis Bodine, Bobby Buell and Anatoly Mikailavich on the Keldysh about her life set in April 10th 1912, on a ship called ...
Style: romantic, emotional, sentimental, dramatic, touching ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, date night, kids, family friendly ...
Plot: love, love story, titanic, disaster, ship, tragedy, forbidden love, ocean, love and romance, survival, fall in love, tragic love ...
Time: 20th century, 1910s, year 1997, 90s, edwardian era ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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