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W.E. (2011)
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
In 1998, an auction of the estate of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor causes great excitement. For one woman, Wally Winthrop, it has much more meaning. Wally becomes obsessed by their historic love story. As she learns more about the sacrifices involved, Wally gains her own courage to find happiness.
Style:
historical drama, sentimental, serious, realistic, costume drama, breathtaking, melancholic, touching, romantic, stylized ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
forbidden love, royal family, true love, abusive husband, royalty, abuse, infidelity, monarch, monarchy, obsession, love and romance, couples, love affair, illicit affair, husband wife relationship, brother brother relationship, throne, sexual attraction, attraction, world war two, queen, rich man, romantic relationship, destiny, post war ...
Time:
1940s, future, 50s, 20th century, 90s, 70s, 1930s ...
Place:
london, england, new york, paris france, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city, shanghai ...
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Most similar movies to W.E.
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, period drama, serious and costume drama films with plots about costume, couples, love and romance, couple relations, royal family, adultery and infidelity mostly in Drama, Romance and History genres. Some movies like W.E.: The Young Victoria (2009), Tulip Fever (2017), Scarlett (1994), Wallis & Edward (2005), Anna Karenina (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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 ...
Style:
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 ...
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
An artist falls for a married young woman while he's commissioned to paint her portrait. The two invest in the risky tulip market in hopes to build a future together.
Style:
sexy, period piece, costume drama, sensual, touching ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick
Plot:
painter, love affair, doctor, sex scene, portrait, artist, nude painting, female nudity, adultery, extramarital affair, cheating wife, art history ...
Time:
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Place:
netherlands, amsterdam
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, USA, Germany, Italy, UK, Spain, Austria
Duration: 90 min.
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Story:
The greatest love story ever told began with Gone with the Wind and continues in this sweeping epic sequel, as Scarlett, Rhett and a host of unforgettable characters go from tragedy to triumph in an action-packed saga of international scope
Style:
serious, romantic, stylized, captivating, emotional ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
love and romance, couples, parents and children, family relations, society, fall in love, infidelity, star crossed lovers, reconciliation, civil war, 007, control ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, 1870s
Place:
europe, london, savannah georgia, georgia, atlanta georgia ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
In 1936, Edward VIII abdicated in order to marry the woman he loved, Wallis Simpson, a twice divorced American. These events caused a scandal around the world and Wallis has since been demonised as the woman who stole the King of England. Wallis and ...
Style:
serious, sentimental, touching, emotional, romantic ...
Plot:
love affair, true love, british royal family, monarch, royalty, royal family, relationship vs career, against the rules, social differences, politics, moral dilemma, follow your dream ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, year 1936
Place:
england, france, budapest
Similarity:
32%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA, Russia
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, sentimental, historical drama, colorful ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, girls' night, adult
Plot:
high society, forbidden love, imperial russia, infidelity, tragic love, aristocracy, marriage, suicide, adultery, cuckolded husband, love, depression ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, ancient times, year 2012, 1800s ...
Place:
moscow russia, russia, st. petersburg russia, europe
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
In 1857, at the height of his fame and fortune, novelist and social critic Charles Dickens meets and falls in love with teenage stage actress Nelly Ternan. As she becomes the focus of his heart and mind, as well as his muse, painful secrecy is the ...
Style:
costume drama, period piece, sentimental, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
love affair, actress, writers, writer's life, forbidden love, biopic, older man younger woman relationship, secret relationship, affair, scandal, secret, marital discord ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, ancient times, 1860s, 1850s ...
Place:
london, england, britain, europe, manchester
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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, 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:
26%
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
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK, USA
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 ...
Style:
romantic, sexy, inspirational, period piece, sweet ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
forbidden love, cross dressing, love and romance, shakespeare, lovers, gender disguise, couples, writer's life, tudors, literary, passionate love, monarchy ...
Time:
16th century, ancient times, middle ages, medieval times, 90s ...
Place:
england, london, europe, britain
Similarity:
25%
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:
period piece, costume drama, epic, factual, atmospheric ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens
Plot:
politics, countess, nobility, conspiracy, royal family, revenge, justice, police investigation, ancient, french revolution, royalty, couples ...
Time:
18th century, ancient times, year 2001, georgian era, 1770s ...
Place:
france, paris france, europe, versailles, england
Similarity:
25%
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:
sexy, costume drama, period piece, factual, intense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
redemption, medicine, forbidden love, fall in love, royal family, monarch, science, betrayal, rise and fall, doctor, jealousy, justice ...
Time:
17th century, ancient times, 19th century, 1930s, 18th century
Place:
england, london, britain, europe, scotland
Similarity:
25%
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:
25%
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK, Japan
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
homoerotic, serious, realistic, stylized, factual ...
Plot:
gay interest, gay, brother brother relationship, royal family, royalty, gender, homosexual, lgbtq, uncle nephew relationship, conspiracy, lgbt, society ...
Time:
middle ages, year 1991, 90s, 14th century
Place:
london
Similarity:
25%
16K
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 ...
Style:
costume drama, period piece, touching, sentimental, emotional ...
Plot:
victorian england, queen, british history, monarchy, monarch, politics, friendship, widow, british monarchy, skinny dipping, relationships, love story ...
Time:
19th century, ancient times, 1860s, 1880s, year 1997 ...
Place:
england, scotland, britain, europe, london
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: France, Spain
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A look at the relationship between Marie Antoinette and one of her readers during the final days of the French Revolution.
Style:
sexy, stylized, costume drama, period piece, erotic ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
royal court, royal family, master and servant, french revolution, female pubic hair, monarchy, lady in waiting, lesbian, lesbian subtext, lgbt, queen, king ...
Time:
18th century, 1780s, year 2012, georgian era, victorian era ...
Place:
france, versailles, paris france, indiana, europe
Similarity:
24%
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:
24%
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:
realistic, serious, sentimental, touching, emotional ...
Plot:
forbidden love, royal family, tragic love, politics, revolution, royalty, hopes, state affairs, fall in love, society, rebelliousness, illicit love ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1880s
Place:
england, austria, italy, venice, europe ...
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
In this captivating Depression-era melodrama, impetuous veterinary student Jacob Jankowski joins a celebrated circus as an animal caretaker but faces a wrenching dilemma when he's transfixed by angelic married performer Marlena.
Style:
romantic, sexy, emotional, touching, stylized ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens
Plot:
circus, love story, forbidden love, older woman younger man relationship, love and romance, couple relations, performer's life, lovers, couples, love affair, animal abuse, artists and showbiz ...
Time:
year 2011, 2010s, 50s, 20th century, 1920s ...
Place:
usa
Similarity:
24%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK, Australia, USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
The story of John Wilmot, a.k.a. the Earl of Rochester, a 17th century poet who famously drank and debauched his way to an early grave, only to earn posthumous critical acclaim for his life's work.
Style:
period piece, costume drama, atmospheric, melancholic, surreal ...
Plot:
writers, decadence, sexual attraction, poet, libertine, debauchery, oral sex, making love, infidelity, biopic, steamy romance, unfaithful husband ...
Time:
17th century, ancient times, year 2006, year 2004, 19th century ...
Place:
england, london, britain, europe
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK, Italy
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Lady Caroline Lamb, dissatisfied in her marriage, has an affair with the dashing Romantic poet Lord Byron.
Style:
sexual, realistic, serious, costume drama, crying ...
Plot:
writers, forbidden love, poet, extramarital affair, adultery, victorian england, historical event, art, napoleonic wars, obsession, politics, infidelity ...
Time:
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Place:
europe, england, rome italy
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: USA, France, Japan
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
The retelling of France's iconic but ill-fated queen, Marie Antoinette. From her betrothal and marriage to Louis XVI at 15 to her reign as queen at 19 and ultimately the fall of Versailles.
Style:
visually stunning, period piece, visual, costume drama, factual ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
queen, french revolution, historical character, french history, royal court, royal family, decadence, royalty, aristocracy, teenage girl, monarchy, princess ...
Time:
18th century, ancient times, year 2006, victorian era, georgian era ...
Place:
france, versailles, europe, austria, vienna ...
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 276 min.
TV show
Story:
In 2002, the first two books and the first interlude of John Galsworthy's trilogy The Forsyte Saga were adapted by Granada Television for the ITV network. Additional funding for this production was provided by American PBS station WGBH, the ...
Style:
period piece, costume drama, realistic, family saga, serious ...
Plot:
love affair, high society, forbidden love, love and romance, victorian england, couple relations, parents and children, society, unfulfilled love, rich and poor, family relations, power relations ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 20th century, 1920s, 1800s ...
Place:
england, britain, europe, london
Similarity:
23%
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:
romantic, atmospheric, gothic, emotional, period piece ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
obsession, forbidden love, revenge, social differences, passion, tragic love, master and servant, love story, childhood sweetheart, betrayal, love triangle, haunted by the past ...
Time:
18th century, 19th century, 1800s, year 1992, regency period ...
Place:
britain, england, europe
Similarity:
23%
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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:
23%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Kate is secretly betrothed to a struggling journalist, Merton Densher. But she knows her Aunt Maude will never approve of the match, since Kate's deceased mother has lost all her money in a marriage to a degenerate opium addict. When Kate meets ...
Style:
sexy, atmospheric, period piece, costume drama, serious ...
Plot:
love, nobility, love triangle, literary, death, greed, betrayal, relationships, nudity, forbidden love, fall in love, power relations ...
Time:
1910s, year 1997, victorian era, 20th century, edwardian era ...
Place:
england, london, venice, britain, europe ...
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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:
23%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
Tale of 19th century New York high society in which a young lawyer falls in love with a woman separated from her husband, while he is engaged to the woman's cousin.
Style:
sexy, touching, atmospheric, period piece, stylized ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
high society, lovers, infidelity, forbidden love, destiny, countess, marriage, aristocracy, love, couple relations, love triangle, lawyer ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 20th century, turn of the century, 90s ...
Place:
new york, america, philadelphia, usa, paris france ...
Similarity:
23%
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:
23%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Netherlands, Luxembourg
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
The story of the women on the KLM flight that won the 1953 Air Race from London to Christchurch, New Zealand.
Style:
realistic, captivating, emotional, serious, sentimental ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
couples, couple relations, unwanted pregnancy, marriage, emigration, dishonesty, forbidden love, love and romance, husband wife relationship, aviation, world war two, slutty wife ...
Time:
20th century, 50s, 1950s, post world war two
Place:
new zealand
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Set in rural England in the 1950s Eva (Samantha Morton) fantasises about her handsome, worldly cousin Joseph Lees (Rupert Graves), with whom she fell in love as a girl. However, stuck in a closed community she becomes the object of someone ...
Style:
emotional, serious, realistic, atmospheric, touching ...
Plot:
unrequited love, obsession, bittersweet, forbidden love, love, father daughter relationship, sister sister relationship, farm, male female relationship, post war, love triangle, love affair ...
Time:
year 1999, 20th century, 50s, 1950s
Place:
england, europe, italy
Similarity:
22%
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