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Royal Wives at War (2016)
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 59 min.
Story:
The Queen Mother and Wallis Simpson look back at the dramatic events of 1936, which led to King Edward Vlll giving up the throne for the woman he loved.
Style:
thought provoking, historical drama, captivating, period piece, reflective, non fiction, costume drama, emotional, educational, nostalgic
Audience:
adult
Plot:
royal family, british history, memories, feud, queen, monarchy, queen elizabeth ii, biopic, relationships, kingdom, queen of england, british monarchy, royal court, political scandal, aristocracy, palace, palace intrigue, social history, wooing, ethical dilemma, royalty, abdication, british royal family, reenactment, stage ...
Time:
1930s, year 1936
Place:
united kingdom
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out historical drama, captivating, period drama and period piece films with plots about royal family, royalty, monarchy, queen, royal court, biopic and palace intrigue mostly in Drama, History and Biography genres. Some movies like Royal Wives at War: The Royal Exchange (2017), The Queen (2009), The Marriage of Gustav III (2001), Elizabeth I (2017), The Biographer (2002). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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, royal court, intrigue, union, palace intrigue, arranged marriage, royalty, engagement, reconciliation, forced marriage, marriage of convenience ...
Time:
18th century, georgian era
Place:
versailles, france, spain
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163
Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK
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Story:
The Queen was a 2009 British drama-documentary showing Queen Elizabeth II at different points during her life. Broadcast on Channel 4 over five consecutive nights from 29 November 2009, the Queen was portrayed by a different actress in each episode. ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological, captivating, thought provoking
Plot:
monarch, royal family, british monarchy, queen elizabeth ii, british royal family, historical character, queen of england, historical figure, british history, female protagonist, ruler, relationships ...
Place:
england, britain
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37%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Biography - First telecast in 1982, this drama picks up the story of Prince Charles (Roger Rees) and Lady Diana (Catherine Oxenberg) as their marriage begins to fall apart and follows it through to the royal couple's very public divorce. ...
Style:
dramatic, emotional, historical drama, intense, poignant ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
royal family, princess diana, princess, divorce, biopic, british monarchy, scandal, queen elizabeth ii, paparazzi, family conflict, tabloid journalism, royalty ...
Place:
london, buckingham palace, britain
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Sweden, Finland
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
The Swedish King Gustav III is bold and courageous regarding government. He is to marry a Danish princess. But when it comes to love and courtship, the king feels lost. Therefore he asks the loyal and experienced Captain Munck for assistance.
Style:
historical drama, captivating, historical romance, melancholic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
monarchy, duke, love story, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, royal family, marriage, couples, relationships, male female relationship, love affair, couple relations, palace ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min.
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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, realistic, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
queen elizabeth i, british history, queen, ambition, rivalry, power, palace intrigue, royal family, monarch, throne, war, royalty ...
Time:
16th century
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Dramatisation of the events leading to Andrew Morton writing his biography of Princess Diana.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, emotional, melancholic ...
Plot:
british monarchy, royal family, infidelity, princess diana, biopic, family relations, male female relationship, unfaithful husband, relationship problems, queen of england, british royal family, marital problem ...
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 210 min.
Story:
It’s 1786 and King George III is the most powerful man in the world. But his behaviour is becoming increasingly erratic as he succumbs to fits of lunacy. With the King’s mind unravelling at a dramatic pace, ambitious politicians and the scheming ...
Style:
historical drama, suspense, captivating, disturbing, period piece ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
political intrigue, power struggle, royal family, power, mental illness, monarchy, madness, stage play, character study, british history, intrigue, king ...
Time:
18th century
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 203 min.
Story:
The life of King Henry the Sixth, in three parts.
Style:
period piece, historical drama
Audience:
adult
Plot:
shakespeare, british history, political intrigue, civil war, power struggle, royal court, betrayal, ambition, monarchy, treason, political manipulation, palace ...
Place:
england, france
Similarity:
29%
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Czech Republic
Story:
Czech Television's epic historical film draws on the breathtaking dramatic life of the great of Czech history, King Charles IV.
Style:
historical drama, captivating, tense, thought provoking, disturbing ...
Plot:
czech history, power struggle, royal family, king, medieval, knight, father son relationship, aristocrat, european history, royal court, family relations, historical figure ...
Time:
14th century, middle ages
Place:
central europe, prague
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 211 min.
Story:
The life of King Henry the Sixth, in three parts.
Style:
historical drama, period piece, tense, grim, bleak
Plot:
shakespeare, british history, civil war, treason, betrayal, ambition, monarchy, royal court, palace intrigue, literary, tragedy, royalty ...
Time:
15th century
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Katherine Parr, the sixth wife of King Henry VIII, is named regent while the tyrant battles abroad. When the king returns, increasingly ill and paranoid, Katherine finds herself fighting for her own survival.
Style:
captivating, historical drama, costume drama, period drama
Plot:
palace intrigue, marriage, queen, duke, based on real people, king, female protagonist, love, relationships, intrigue, royal family, male female relationship ...
Time:
16th century, medieval times
Similarity:
27%
34K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA, 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:
historical drama, romantic, costume drama, period piece, realistic ...
Plot:
royal family, british history, royalty, monarchy, queen victoria, queen of england, british monarchy, european history, queen, british politics, female protagonist, british empire ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, future, 1800s, 1830s
Place:
britain, england, london, united kingdom, buckingham palace
Similarity:
27%
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:
27%
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 ...
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
A modern take on the British royal drama, this steamy series offers a window into the lives of history's deadliest, sexiest and most iconic monarchs.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, steamy, historical drama, erotic drama ...
Plot:
royalty, royal court, palace intrigue, scandal, monarchy, royal family, relationships, male female relationship, king, queen, intrigue, storytelling ...
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
A monarch ordained by God to lead his people. But he is also a man of very human weakness. A man whose vanity threatens to divide the great houses of England and drag his people into a dynastic civil war that will last 100 years.
Style:
period piece, historical drama, disturbing, captivating, costume drama ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
monarchy, political intrigue, civil war, shakespeare, palace intrigue, monarch, medieval, power struggle, king, royalty, ruler, arrogance ...
Time:
14th century
Similarity:
25%
18K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
England in the 1520s is a heartbeat from disaster. If the King dies without a male heir, the country could be destroyed by civil war. Henry VIII wants to annul his marriage of twenty years and marry Anne Boleyn. The Pope and most of Europe oppose ...
Style:
costume drama, captivating, period piece, serious, stylized ...
Plot:
royal family, tudors, medieval, rise to the top, monarchy, cardinal the priest, british monarchy, queen, manipulation, state affairs, ambition, dishonesty ...
Time:
16th century, medieval times
Place:
england, britain, europe, london
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 173 min.
Story:
For sixty years, Elizabeth II has met each of her twelve Prime Ministers in a weekly audience at Buckingham Palace, a meeting like no other in British public life, it is private.
Style:
political, psychological, captivating, reflective, poignant ...
Plot:
british politics, live performance, theater, british history, queen, prime minister, british, monarchy, royalty, queen elizabeth ii, politics, royal family ...
Time:
20th century, 21st century
Place:
england, britain, buckingham palace
Similarity:
25%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Switzerland, France
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
The life and death of the Scottish monarch.
Style:
stylized, realistic, captivating, serious, historical drama ...
Plot:
queen, royalty, royal family, tudors, renaissance, royal court, monarchy, political intrigue, betrayal, political unrest, monarch, british history ...
Time:
16th century
Place:
scotland, england, europe
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Russia
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Daughter of Peter the Great, Elizabeth reigns as Russia's enlightened 18th-century tsarina. Amid courtly intrigue, she champions art and culture, defying doubters of her ability as a female ruler to innovate and strengthen the vast empire.
Style:
period piece, historical drama, stylized, captivating, entertaining ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
palace intrigue, russian empire, royal court, royal family, happiness, female nudity, biopic, historical figure, queen, royal palace, russian history, imperial russia ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
st. petersburg russia
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Strap in for a rollercoaster ride through the emotional worlds of love and royalty in an original WE Channel movie exploring the enduring, 30-year romance shared between Prince Charles and Camilla Parker-Bowles. Decades before the fairy tale wedding ...
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological
Plot:
royal family, british royal family, royalty, princess diana, extramarital affair, heir to the throne, troubled marriage, love story, relationships, male female relationship, crown prince, royal court ...
Place:
house of windsor
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min.
TV show
Story:
When Elizabeth Tudor comes to the throne, her (male) advisors know she has to marry. Doesn't she?
Style:
historical drama, costume drama, serious, realistic, stylized ...
Plot:
queen elizabeth i, monarchy, palace intrigue, royal family, queen of england, queen, throne, monarch, tudors, political conspiracy, renaissance, betrayal ...
Time:
16th century, medieval times
Place:
england, europe, london
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, USA, China
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Mary Stuart attempts to overthrow her cousin Elizabeth I, Queen of England, only to find herself condemned to years of imprisonment before facing execution.
Style:
costume drama, period piece, serious, realistic, stylized ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
royal family, throne, queen elizabeth i, royal court, queen of england, tudors, queen, british history, betrayal, intrigue, protestant, royalty ...
Time:
16th century, middle ages, ancient times, medieval times
Place:
scotland, england, scottish highlands, britain, europe
Similarity:
24%
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175K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, Hungary, USA, Australia
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
In 15th-century England, Prince Hal transforms from wayward wastrel to powerful king after he reluctantly inherits the throne and its many conflicts.
Style:
period piece, costume drama, disturbing, bleak, captivating ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
medieval, british history, king, king of england, father son relationship, kingdom, combat, boy, royal court, crown, battlefield, lie ...
Time:
15th century, middle ages, medieval times, 2010s, year 2019
Place:
england, britain, france
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Story:
To many, the legacy of King Henry VIII begins and ends with his six wives. But remarkable though his marital history is, it is not what defines him. Just as influential were the men who surrounded him before and during his 37-year reign as King of ...
Style:
historical drama, captivating, period piece, costume drama, intense ...
Plot:
renaissance, intrigue, love affair, monarchy, shakespeare, power struggle, anne boleyn, religious conflict, henry viii, political intrigue, palace intrigue, king ...
Time:
16th century
Place:
england, london
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Mary Stuart, who was named Queen of Scotland when she was only six days old, is the last Roman Catholic ruler of Scotland. She is imprisoned at he age of 23 by her cousin Elizabeth Tudor, the English Queen and her arch adversary. Nineteen years ...
Style:
historical drama, costume drama, spiritual, realistic, captivating ...
Plot:
tudors, royalty, queen elizabeth i, nobility, queen, monarch, ancient, monarchy, queen of england, british history, royal court, royal family ...
Time:
ancient times, 16th century, year 1971, medieval times, middle ages
Place:
scotland, europe, britain, france, england
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, France, Germany, USA
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, historical drama, costume drama, breathtaking, visually stunning ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
queen elizabeth i, british history, queen, throne, royalty, royal family, tudors, monarchy, politics, renaissance, medieval, political intrigue ...
Time:
16th century, middle ages, ancient times, medieval times, 19th century ...
Place:
england, london, britain, spain, scotland ...
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 101 min.
TV show
Story:
A BBC miniseries based loosely on the lives of Mary, Queen of Scots, and her son James I of England.
Style:
historical drama, period piece, captivating, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
royal family, king, tudors, monarchy, royalty, monarch, intrigue, coronation, execution, renaissance, power, medieval ...
Time:
17th century, 16th century, middle ages, ancient times
Place:
england, britain, london, scotland
Similarity:
23%
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:
23%
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, History
Country: UK, USA, China
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Queen Victoria strikes up an unlikely friendship with a young Indian clerk named Abdul Karim.
Style:
costume drama, period piece, atmospheric, stylized, touching ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
queen of england, servant, british history, queen victoria, royalty, muslim, biopic, royal court, british empire, friendship, hindu, racism ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, ancient times, 1900s, 1890s ...
Place:
britain, buckingham palace, america, florence, scotland ...
Similarity:
23%
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