Movies and TV shows like Catherine the Great
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Catherine the Great (2019)
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
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This four-part historical drama follows the end of Catherine the Great's reign and her affair with Russian military leader Grigory Potemkin that helped shape the future of Russian politics.
Style:
period piece, historical drama, realistic, captivating, disturbing, stylized, colorful, exciting, informative, costume drama ...
Plot:
russian history, palace intrigue, imperial russia, historical character, monarchy, empress, power struggle, state affairs, russian empire, female protagonist, monarch, women, politics, intrigue, royalty, rise to the top, queen, royal family, strength, woman, british monarchy, nudity, biopic, world history, female leader ...
Time:
18th century, 1780s, 1770s, 1790s, georgian era
Place:
russia, ottoman empire, russian
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Most similar movies to Catherine the Great
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out period drama, historical drama, costume drama and realistic films and TV series with plots about royal family, royalty, state affairs, royal court, queen, palace intrigue and costume mostly in History, Drama and Biography genres. Some movies like Catherine the Great: The Great (2020), The Magnificent Century (2011), Ekaterina (2014), Versailles (2015), Elizabeth I (2017). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 52 min.
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A genre-bending, anti-historical ride through 18th century Russia following the rise of Catherine the Nothing to Catherine the Great and her explosive relationship with husband Peter, the emperor of Russia.
Style:
sexy, costume drama, humorous, period piece, saga ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick
Plot:
monarch, royal court, royal family, empress, queen, female nudity, king, palace intrigue, imperial russia, love, russian empire, intrigue ...
Time:
18th century, future, georgian era
Place:
russia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Turkey
Duration: 90 min.
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Muhteşem Yüzyıl is a prime time historical Turkish television series. It was originally broadcast on Show TV and then transferred to Star TV. It is based on the life of Suleiman the Magnificent, the longest reigning Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, ...
Style:
stylized, emotional, captivating, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
sultan, palace intrigue, intrigue, political intrigue, power struggle, royal family, love and romance, couple relations, political unrest, political conspiracy, state affairs, military ...
Time:
16th century
Place:
ottoman empire, constantinople, istanbul turkey, turkey, europe ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Russia
Duration: 44 min.
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Story:
The life of the Russian Empress Ekaterina II (Catherine the Great), a German born princess who came to Russia as bride for the young Peter III, chosen by his aunt Elisabeth, and who, once she came into power, transformed the Russian empire.
Style:
captivating, historical drama, suspenseful, costume drama, sentimental ...
Plot:
imperial russia, russian history, russian empire, royal family, palace intrigue, coup d'etat, empress, royal court, nobleman, intrigue, political conspiracy, espionage ...
Time:
18th century, 1770s, 1780s, georgian era
Place:
russia, st. petersburg russia, ottoman empire
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 60 min.
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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, costume drama, historical drama, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
royal family, rivalry, intrigue, royal court, king, ambition, betrayal, political intrigue, rise to the top, state affairs, king of france, royalty ...
Time:
17th century, ancient times
Place:
france, versailles
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Russia
Duration: 49 min.
TV show
Story:
The story of Catherine the Great from the time she came to Russia as the bride of the heir to the Russian throne.
Style:
serious, realistic, exciting, captivating, romantic ...
Plot:
russian history, royal court, lovers, queen, empress, russian empire, power struggle, state affairs, betrayal, society, love, rivalry ...
Time:
18th century, georgian era
Place:
st. petersburg russia, russia, ottoman empire
Similarity:
100%
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, realistic, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
queen elizabeth i, british history, queen, ambition, rivalry, power, palace intrigue, royal family, monarch, throne, war, royalty ...
Time:
16th century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, History
Country: Spain
Duration: 3038 min.
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Charting the life of Isabella I of Castile, one of the most important women in Spain’s history, Isabel follows her passionate story from childhood to being crowned Queen. From her political struggles within King Henry IV's court to her ...
Style:
historical drama, serious, period piece, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
royal family, spanish history, queen, royalty, aristocracy, throne, conquering, palace intrigue, heir, unfaithful husband, medieval, historical figure ...
Time:
15th century, middle ages, medieval times
Place:
spain, portugal, europe, new mexico
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 60 min.
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The story of Elizabeth of York, the White Queen's daughter, and her marriage to the Lancaster victor, Henry VII. Based on the Philippa Gregory book of the same name.
Style:
historical drama, costume drama, stylized, captivating, atmospheric ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
british royal family, monarchy, palace intrigue, royalty, medieval, princess, sex scene, british history, loveless marriage, arranged marriage, monarch, wedding planning ...
Time:
15th century, medieval times, ancient times, 16th century
Place:
england, britain
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Russia
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Russia, January 25, 1725. "Give it all...". The emperor's weakening hand was able to write in his will only these two short incomprehensible words that kept Russia in a bloody struggle for the crown for a century.
Style:
factual, touching, romantic, captivating, educational
Plot:
russian empire, russian history, palace intrigue, empress, state affairs, monarchy, royal family, head of state, family relations, historical character, politics, heir to the throne ...
Time:
18th century
Similarity:
100%
58K
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
Mary, Queen of Scots, faces political and sexual intrigue in the treacherous world of the French court.
Style:
costume drama, sexy, historical drama, stylized, serious ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
queen, royal family, female protagonist, intrigue, royal court, aristocracy, rivalry, state affairs, royalty, power struggle, love triangle, couples ...
Time:
16th century, ancient times
Place:
france, scotland, europe, britain
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, USA, Canada, Soviet Union, Germany, Italy
Duration: 185 min.
Story:
A German princess is chosen to marry the heir to the Russian Throne, but faces plots and intrigues against her.
Style:
serious, historical drama, costume drama, realistic, stylized ...
Plot:
royal court, czar, love and romance, royalty, empress, couple relations, time machine, woman power, historical event, world war one, political intrigue, intrigue ...
Time:
18th century, georgian era
Place:
russia
Similarity:
100%
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:
16th century, medieval times
Place:
england, britain, europe, london, portugal ...
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 200 min.
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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:
39%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Russia
Duration: 50 min.
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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:
39%
34K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 60 min.
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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
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39%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 59 min.
TV show
Story:
The Virgin Queen explores the full sweep of Elizabeth's life: from her days of fear as a potential victim of her sister's terror; through her great love affair with Robert Dudley; into her years of triumph over the Armada; and finally her ...
Style:
costume drama, serious, historical drama, period piece, factual ...
Plot:
queen elizabeth i, tudors, royal family, throne, forbidden love, queen of england, royalty, monarch, renaissance, monarchy, british monarchy, head of state ...
Time:
16th century
Place:
england, britain, rome italy, london, europe
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 150 min.
TV show
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The Hollow Crown is a series of British television films featuring William Shakespeare's History Plays.
The first Season is an adaptation of Shakespeare's second historical tetralogy, the Henriad: Richard II, Henry IV, Part I and Henry ...
Style:
epic, costume drama, serious, captivating, historical drama ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
king, medieval, royal family, queen, royalty, throne, betrayal, politics, monarchy, monarch, shakespeare, heir to the throne ...
Time:
15th century, middle ages, medieval times, 14th century, 12th century
Place:
england, britain, europe
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
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Based on Winston Churchill's biography of his ancestors.
Style:
historical drama, captivating, serious, realistic, stylized ...
Plot:
politics, royalty, time machine, historical event, british monarchy, love, historical figure, british politics, biopic, family relations, leadership, ambition ...
Time:
18th century, 17th century, georgian era
Place:
britain, england
Similarity:
37%
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: UK, France
Duration: 60 min.
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Set against the backdrop of the Wars of the Roses, the series is the story of the women caught up in the protracted conflict for the throne of England.
Style:
sexy, costume drama, erotic, stylized, period piece ...
Plot:
royal family, queen, royalty, monarchy, royal court, aristocracy, throne, young woman, love and romance, medieval, tudors, king ...
Time:
15th century, middle ages, ancient times
Place:
england, britain, europe
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Ireland, Canada, USA, UK
Duration: 60 min.
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The Tudors is a history-based drama series following the young, vibrant King Henry VIII, a competitive and lustful monarch who navigates the intrigues of the English court and the human heart with equal vigor and justifiable suspicion.
Style:
historical drama, captivating, stylized, sexy, soap opera ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
intrigue, tudors, queen, power struggle, historical character, royal family, british history, king, royalty, heir, monarchy, british royal family ...
Time:
16th century, middle ages, ancient times, medieval times
Place:
england, britain, ireland, europe
Similarity:
36%
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:
36%
18K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 60 min.
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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:
36%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK, Ireland, USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Based on a true story, Aristocrats draws back the curtain on an 18th century English family near the summit of society, revealing a tapestry of romance, prejudice, infidelity, and revolution.
Style:
period piece, costume drama, captivating, serious, historical drama ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
master and servant, family relations, royalty, aristocracy, rich and poor, high society, society, royal family, honor, politics, siblings relations, intrigue ...
Time:
18th century, 1780s, georgian era
Place:
england, ireland, europe
Similarity:
35%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Edward the Seventh is a 1975 television drama series, made by ATV in 13 episodes.
Based on the biography of Edward VII by Philip Magnus, it starred Timothy West as the elder Edward VII and Simon Gipps-Kent and Charles Sturridge as Edward in his ...
Style:
costume drama, historical drama, saga, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
royalty, royal family, british monarchy, monarch, biopic, head of state, state affairs, family relations, royal court, parents and children, queen victoria, troubled youth ...
Time:
19th century, 20th century, edwardian era, victorian era
Place:
britain, england
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 540 min.
TV show
Story:
On his deathbed, King Henry VIII recalls how he wooed and wed his six wives - and disposed of five of them - in a bid to secure the succession to the throne with a male heir.
Despite his many marriages and the crowded court, Henry remains ...
Style:
historical drama, fairy tale, costume drama, spiritual, realistic ...
Plot:
tudors, monarch, royalty, queen, king, biopic, royal family, monarchy, intrigue, serial killer, maniac, brutality ...
Time:
16th century, medieval times
Place:
england, europe, london
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: France, Germany, Italy, Canada, USA, UK, Hungary, Spain, Czech Republic
Duration: 89 min.
TV show
Story:
The year is 1816, and NAPOLEON, held prisoner by the British on the island of St. Helena, is telling the young English girl BETSY his life story.
Style:
epic, exciting, captivating, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
napoleon bonaparte, napoleonic wars, imperial russia, battles, politics, conquering, war hero, leadership, rise to the top, ambition, society, military ...
Time:
1810s, 1800s, 19th century, 18th century, regency period ...
Place:
austria, france, europe, prussia
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 183 min.
Story:
Biography of the last Russian Monarch, Tsar Nicholas II and his Tsarina, Alexandra.Czar Nicholas II, the inept monarch of Russia, insensitive to the needs of his people, is overthrown and exiled to Siberia with his family.
Style:
epic, serious, realistic, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
czar, russian history, world war one, royalty, rise and fall, politics, political unrest, rebelliousness, state affairs, rebellion, coming of age, queen ...
Time:
20th century, edwardian era, 19th century, year 1971, 1910s ...
Place:
russia, siberia, crimea
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: UK
Duration: 63 min.
TV show
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Sumptuous BBC mini-series following the fortunes and the rise and fall of five aristocratic families in the waning days of imperial Russia.
Style:
epic, historical drama, emotional, costume drama, captivating ...
Plot:
napoleonic wars, imperial russia, society, inheritance, love story, couple relations, tragic love, wartime life, couples, love and romance, illegitimate son, aristocracy ...
Time:
1800s, 18th century, 19th century, regency period, georgian era
Place:
russia
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 52 min.
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Story:
Through a twenty-first century lens, the series explores the dark, manipulative and misogynistic world of Versailles. Travelling deep inside Marie Antoinette’s head throughout the series, discovering who she is through her internal voice that ...
Style:
costume drama, period piece, dramatic, emotional, atmospheric ...
Plot:
royalty, french history, queen, nobility, palace intrigue, ancient, sex, king of france, woman, intrigue, king, political intrigue ...
Time:
18th century, 1780s, georgian era
Place:
france, austria, europe, paris france, versailles
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The beautiful Spanish princess, Catherine of Aragon, navigates the royal lineage of England with an eye on the throne.
Style:
sexy, costume drama, exciting, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
royal court, royalty, tudors, royal family, medieval, king, monarchy, queen of england, dishonesty, monarch, death, ambition ...
Time:
15th century, 16th century, ancient times
Place:
england, spain, europe
Similarity:
34%
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