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Elizabeth I (2017)
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min.
TV show
Story:
Elizabeth I may be remembered as the greatest monarch to rule England, but during her lifetime she was beset by enemies and hers was a life of constant battling.
Style:
disturbing, exciting, serious, captivating, realistic, educational, historical drama
Plot:
queen elizabeth i, british history, queen, power, rivalry, ambition, royal family, palace intrigue, monarch, throne, war, royalty, historian, women, queen of england, strength, monarchy, british monarchy, british royal family, renaissance, female protagonist, reenactment, reconstruction, court intrigue
Time:
16th century
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out historical drama, period drama, captivating and costume drama films and TV series with plots about royal family, royalty, queen, monarchy, british royal family, monarch and royal court mostly in History, Drama and Biography genres. Some movies like Elizabeth I: The Virgin Queen (2005), The White Queen (2013), The Crown (2016), The White Princess (2017), Victoria (2016). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 112 min.
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HBO miniseries about the the public and private lives of the later years of Queen Elizabeth I.
Style:
historical drama, costume drama, realistic, sincere, captivating ...
Plot:
queen elizabeth i, queen, monarchy, royal family, couple relations, british history, medieval, politics, monarch, tudors, renaissance, queen of england ...
Time:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK
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Time:
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: UK, France
Duration: 60 min.
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royal family, queen, royalty, monarchy, royal court, aristocracy, throne, young woman, love and romance, medieval, tudors, king ...
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Place:
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Country: UK, USA
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Audience:
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Duration: 60 min.
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
england, britain
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
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Duration: 60 min.
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Time:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
russia, ottoman empire
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100%
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Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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Country: Spain
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Style:
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Time:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min.
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Style:
historical drama, costume drama, serious, realistic, stylized ...
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Place:
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45%
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Country: Ireland, Canada, USA, UK
Duration: 60 min.
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Audience:
teens
Plot:
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Place:
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Country: UK, USA
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Country: UK, USA
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179
Genre: History
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Duration: 60 min.
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Plot:
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37%
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Country: UK, USA
Duration: 101 min.
TV show
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Style:
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: UK
Duration: 193 min.
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Place:
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Country: UK, USA, China
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Story:
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costume drama, period piece, serious, realistic, stylized ...
Audience:
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Country: UK
Duration: 540 min.
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Time:
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Country: UK, France, Germany, USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
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queen elizabeth i, british history, queen, throne, royalty, royal family, tudors, monarchy, politics, renaissance, medieval, political intrigue ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 200 min.
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
england, europe, united kingdom
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32%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Place:
scotland, europe, britain, france, england
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Genre: Biography, History
Country: Spain
Duration: 3038 min.
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historical drama, serious, period piece, captivating, realistic ...
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Country: UK
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Country: UK
Duration: 59 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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30%
Genre: Documentary, Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
In an ambitious and groundbreaking approach to drama and history featuring dramatic reconstruction, historian Lucy Worsley time travels back to the Tudor Court to witness some of the most dramatic moments in the lives of Henry VIII's six wives.
Style:
light, captivating, costume drama, semi documentary, entertaining
Plot:
royal family, palace intrigue, tudors, palace, british royal family, king of england, love affair, storytelling, royal court, king, love story, relationships ...
Time:
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Similarity:
30%
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