Movies like The King Is Dancing
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The King Is Dancing (2000)
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Original name: Le Roi Danse
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, serious, realistic, captivating, dramatic, baroque, contemplative
Plot:
king of france, performer's life, french history, royal family, ballet, dancing, prodigy, composer, playwright, intrigue, love triangle, love and romance, tragic love, infidelity, rise and fall, dishonesty, artists and showbiz, celebrity culture, forbidden love, politics, couples, love affair, lifestyle, musician's life, state affairs ...
Time:
17th century
Place:
france, versailles, europe
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, captivating and stylized films with plots about love and romance, female nudity, artists and showbiz, unfulfillment, couples, royal family and lifestyle mostly in Drama, History and Biography genres. Some movies like The King Is Dancing: Falling Star (2014), The Color of Pomegranates (1969), The Princess of Montpensier (2010), Louis, the Child King (1993), Othello (1986). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Spain
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
This colourful feature debut from experienced producer Luis Miñarro offers an almost hallucinatory look at the world of Amadeo of Savoy, who was king of an ungovernable Spain for two years around 1870. This intriguing episode is transformed into a ...
Style:
serious, realistic, stylized, captivating
Plot:
male nudity, erection, royal family, gay interest, society, state affairs, royal court, political unrest, masturbation, master and servant, gay, art ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
spain, europe
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Music
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
The life of revered the 18th-century Armenian poet and musician Sayat-Nova (Vilen Galstyan). Portraying events in the life of the artist from childhood up to his death, the movie addresses in particular his relationships with women, including his ...
Style:
surreal, atmospheric, experimental, art house, disturbing ...
Plot:
surrealism, writers, poet, art, death, betrayal, magic realism, avant-garde, modernism, folk, lgbt, trippy ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
russia, caucasus, armenia, georgia (former ussr)
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: France, Germany
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
Set in the high courts of 16th Century France, where the wars of religion between Catholics and Protestants are raging. Marie de Mézières, a beautiful young aristocrat, is in love with Henri de Guise, but her hand in marriage is promised to the ...
Style:
serious, stylized, emotional, sad, romantic ...
Plot:
forbidden love, jealous husband, love affair, society, aristocracy, royal court, french history, princess, heir, duke, religions or cults, unhappy marriage ...
Time:
16th century
Place:
france, europe, paris france
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100%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: France
Duration: 160 min.
Story:
History buffs will glory in the riches of Louis, Enfant Roi, others will perhaps find this complex story of intrigues and betrayals in the court of the young king tough sledding. When Louis the Fourteenth (1638-1715) was born, the power of ...
Style:
baroque
Plot:
french history, french royalty, royal family, intrigue, ballet, spaniard, decadence, sibling rivalry, female nudity, court, teenage boy, male nudity ...
Time:
17th century
Place:
france
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Netherlands, Italy, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Having previously staged Verdi's 1887 opera Otello at the Met and La Scala, filmmaker Franco Zeffirelli committed his production to film in 1986. Starring as the fatally jealous Moor of Venice is Placido Domingo, who had also headlined ...
Style:
atmospheric, stylized, sexy, disturbing, melancholic ...
Plot:
opera, shakespeare, betrayal, obsession, dancing, tragedy, literature, infidelity, music, mozart, redemption, natural disaster ...
Time:
19th century, 18th century
Place:
paris france, italy, europe, venice
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Music
Country: West Germany, Italy
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Using letters Anna Magdalena Bach wrote to her husband, seminal composer Johann Sebastian, filmmakers Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet created one of the most precise, rewarding biopics ever put to screen. CHRONICLE OF ANNA MAGDALENA ...
Style:
captivating, serious, realistic, emotional, atmospheric ...
Plot:
music, musician, composer, classical composer, art, couples, hopes, couple relations, ambition, musician's life, crumbling marriage, introspection ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
germany, europe
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43%
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 ...
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sexy, captivating, serious, realistic, sexual ...
Plot:
sex, femme fatale, couples, love triangle, unfulfillment, artists and showbiz, rise and fall, dishonesty, society, prostitute, intrigue, tragic hero ...
Time:
17th century, 18th century, georgian era
Place:
paris france, france, europe, lyon, versailles
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43%
Genre: Drama, History, Music
Country: Italy, Spain, France
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
A drama based on the life of 18th century Italian lyricist Lorenzo da Ponte, who collaborated with Mozart on his "Don Giovanni" opera.
Style:
stylized, realistic, serious, captivating, weird
Plot:
casanova, mozart, opera, lifestyle, love affair, love and romance, writer's life, musician's life, rivalry, womanizer, music, dancing ...
Time:
18th century, 1780s, georgian era
Place:
venice, europe, italy, austria, vienna
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Austria, France, Germany, Italy
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A great Empire, once famous for its enlightened traditions, is taken over by a ruthless political establishment. Religious fundamentalists and national separatists are tearing at the fabric of its liberal society. Under the influence of his ...
Style:
serious, atmospheric, realistic, exciting, suspenseful ...
Plot:
royal family, royalty, family relations, betrayal, couples, politics, state affairs, parents and children, forbidden love, emperor, couple relations, love and romance ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1890s
Place:
austria, europe, vienna
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Spain, Brazil, France
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A chronicle of the life of Spanish playwright and poet Lope de Vega, who dominated Spain’s early Golden Age of Theatre in the 16th Century. Lope returns home from war and enters the theatre world when a producer’s beautiful daughter takes a ...
Style:
serious, captivating, realistic, clever, stylized ...
Plot:
playwright, lifestyle, love triangle, love affair, love and romance, writers, womanizer, writer's life, artists and showbiz, scandal, employer employee relationship, sex scene ...
Time:
16th century
Place:
spain, portugal, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Italy, France, West Germany, Monaco
Duration: 238 min.
Story:
A history of Ludwig, king of Bavaria, from his crowning in 1864 until his death in 1886.
Style:
realistic, captivating, serious, atmospheric, homoerotic ...
Plot:
royal family, decadence, gay, empress, politics, lgbt, betrayal, homosexual subtext, friendship, state affairs, downfall, tragic hero ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1880s, 1860s, 1870s
Place:
europe, germany, southern germany, austria, bavaria ...
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39%
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: France, Italy, West Germany
Duration: 176 min.
Story:
Screen adapatation of Mozart's greatest opera. Don Giovanni, the infamous womanizer, makes one conquest after another until the ghost of Donna Anna's father, the Commendatore, (whom Giovanni killed) makes his appearance. He offers Giovanni ...
Style:
serious, realistic, atmospheric, emotional, stylized
Plot:
opera, womanizer, dancing, artists and showbiz, downfall, music, vengeance, ambition, dishonesty, society, unfulfillment, love and romance ...
Time:
17th century
Place:
italy
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38%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: France, Italy, Belgium, UK
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Farinelli is a 1994 biopic film about the life and career of Italian opera singer Farinelli, considered one of the greatest castrato singers of all time.
Style:
realistic, heartbreaking, factual, sexy, disturbing ...
Plot:
opera, music, brother brother relationship, art, opera singer, classical music, nude, destiny, musician, siblings relations, artist, gay ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
europe, london, spain, england, naples italy ...
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38%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Music, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
It's late 17th century. The viola da gamba player Monsieur de Sainte Colombe comes home to find that his wife died while he was away. In his grief he builds a small house in his garden into wich he moves to dedicate his life to music and his ...
Style:
emotional, stylized, sexy, melancholic, atmospheric ...
Plot:
musician, music, artist, art, older man younger man relationship, shoemaker, male nudity, classical music, death, composer, orchestra, love ...
Time:
17th century, 19th century, 70s
Place:
france, europe, paris france, versailles
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38%
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: France
Duration: 184 min.
Story:
The film follows four families, with different nationalities (French, German, Russian and American) but with the same passion for music, from the 1930s to the 1960s. The various story lines cross each other time and again in different places and ...
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realistic, serious, sentimental, epic, atmospheric ...
Plot:
world war two, holocaust, ballet, anti semitism, state affairs, artists and showbiz, politics, musician's life, love and romance, music, society, friends ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 1930s, year 1936, post world war two
Place:
france, russia, europe, paris france, moscow russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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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:
sexy, realistic, serious, sincere, sexual ...
Plot:
fatal attraction, royal family, girl, ancient, obsessive love, love triangle, sword fight, society, love and romance, prostitute, obsession, state affairs ...
Time:
17th century, 18th century, middle ages
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
While rehearing Carmen of Bizet, the middle-aged choreographer Antonio brings the sexy Carmen to perform the lead role. Antonio falls in love for Carmen, who is an independent and seductive woman incapable to accept a possessive love. When Carmen ...
Style:
atmospheric, art house, inspirational, captivating, emotional ...
Plot:
dancing, jealousy, dancer, artist, sensuality, girl, tragic love, latin, dancer's life, betrayal, couple relations, unfulfillment ...
Time:
80s
Place:
spain
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38%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
A biographical account of Mei Lanfang, China's greatest opera star.
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, stylized, epic
Plot:
opera, tragic love, ambition, lifestyle, couples, love and romance, performer's life, society, warning, music, unfulfillment, chinese ...
Place:
china, asia
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37%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 52 min.
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Story:
The story of a young Louis XIV on his journey to become the most powerful monarch in Europe, from his battles with the fronde through his development into the Sun King. Historical and fictional characters guide us in a world of betrayal and ...
Style:
captivating, realistic, serious, political, erotic ...
Plot:
royal family, rivalry, intrigue, royal court, king, betrayal, ambition, political intrigue, state affairs, rise to the top, graphic violence, dishonesty ...
Time:
17th century
Place:
versailles, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: France, Italy, Germany
Duration: 159 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:
sexy, epic, visually appealing, captivating, atmospheric ...
Plot:
french history, religion, renaissance, betrayal, royalty, male nudity, female nudity, sex, intrigue, politics, forbidden love, royal family ...
Time:
middle ages, 16th century
Place:
france, paris france, spain, england, poland ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: France, UK, Belgium
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
In 1671, with war brewing with Holland, a penniless prince invites Louis XIV to three days of festivities at a chateau in Chantilly. The prince wants a commission as a general, so the extravagances are to impress the king. In charge of all is the ...
Style:
light, melancholic, tricky, captivating, visually appealing ...
Plot:
king of france, food, betrayal, political intrigue, tragic love, fall in love, power relations, nobility, intrigue, secret love, cooking and food, royal court ...
Time:
17th century, victorian era, 70s
Place:
france, paris france, england, europe, holland ...
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36%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, History, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Beaumarchais the Scoundrel is a biopic film based on the life of the French playwright, financier and spy Pierre Beaumarchais depicting his activities during the American War of Independence and his authorship of the Figaro trilogy of plays.
Style:
realistic, serious, stylized
Plot:
writers, playwright, couples, human nature, unfulfillment, lifestyle, couple relations, ambition, writer's life, love and romance, dishonesty, artists and showbiz ...
Time:
18th century, 1780s, 1770s
Place:
france, europe, london, versailles, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Genre: Drama, Romance, Music
Country: Poland
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
The biography of world famous Polish composer Fryderyk Chopin.
Style:
sentimental, realistic, serious, captivating, emotional
Plot:
composer, prodigy, lifestyle, musician's life, love affair, couples, society, destructive relationship, fall in love, love triangle, friendship, scandal ...
Time:
19th century, 1830s
Place:
poland, warsaw poland, siberia, vienna, mallorca ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Aging opera singer Joachim Dallayrac retires from the stage and retreats to the countryside to school two young singers, Sophie and Jean. Although the rigorous training takes its toll on both teacher and students, there is plenty of time for ...
Style:
serious, realistic, baroque
Plot:
music teacher, singing competition, music, musician, retiring, contests and competitions, rivalry, follow your dream, youth, prodigy, unfulfillment, love and romance ...
Time:
80s
Place:
belgium
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: France, Belgium, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
In 1721, the Regent of France, wanting to seal the peace with Spain, offers to the Spanish King, a marriage between their respective heirs: Louis XV, age 11, and Maria Anna Victoria, the 4-year-old Spanish infanta. The Regent of France also offers ...
Style:
atmospheric, captivating, serious, scenic, thought provoking ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
child bride, king of france, princess, union, intrigue, reconciliation, engagement, politics, french royalty, royal family, forced marriage, swinger ...
Time:
18th century, georgian era
Place:
versailles, france, spain
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
In June of 1791, a group of passengers in a stagecoach find themselves caught up in the events of the French Revolution, when they find themselves in the city of Varennes when revolutionists arrest the fleeing King Louis.
Style:
serious, realistic, surprise ending
Plot:
french revolution, king of france, revolution, teenage prostitute, female nudity, writers, escape attempt, aristocracy, stagecoach, napoleonic wars, womanizer, libertine ...
Time:
18th century, georgian era, 1790s
Place:
paris france, france, europe
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36%
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: France
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Marie leaves home to study the piano at the conservatory in Lyons. Through lack of money, she is obliged to share an apartment with Emma, a friend of the family who has lived alone since the death of her father. The two young women develop a strange ...
Style:
serious, psychological, realistic, sexy, tense ...
Plot:
lesbian, dangerous attraction, love and romance, gender, youth, lgbt, musician's life, dishonesty, lifestyle, unfulfilled love, student life, lgbtq ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, europe, lyon
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: UK, Germany, Austria
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A biopic of Alma Mahler, the wife of composer Gustav Mahler (as well as Walter Gropius and Franz Werfel), and the mistress of Oskar Kokoschka.
Style:
atmospheric, realistic, serious, captivating
Plot:
fall in love, painter, artist, family relations, infidelity, prodigy, ambition, lifestyle, love affair, couples, remarry, obsession ...
Time:
20th century, 19th century, 1890s, turn of the century
Place:
austria, vienna, new york, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
True tale of the tumultuous love affair between two French literary icons of the 19th Century, novelist George Sand and poet Alfred de Musset. But their affair falls apart during an excursion to Venice, Italy where Musset is distracted by drugs and ...
Style:
sexy, captivating, stylized, atmospheric, romantic ...
Plot:
sex, love affair, writers, lifestyle, love and romance, destructive relationship, sexuality, forbidden love, infidelity, poet, erotica, making love ...
Time:
19th century, 1830s, 1820s
Place:
paris france, italy, venice, europe, france ...
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36%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
The seemingly separate lives of a group of men intersect entwining the fates of each of them over the course of a week.
Style:
sincere, touching, realistic, serious
Plot:
love affair, lifestyle, love and romance, dishonesty, teachers and students, infidelity, betrayal, couples, social relations, cons and scams, celebrity culture, human nature ...
Time:
21st century
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