20 movies like Mata Hari, ordered by similarity : The Grandmaster(2013), Carve Her Name With Pride(1958), Vita & Virginia(2018), Klimt(2006), The Iron Mistress(1952), Professor Marston & the Wonder Women(2017), Boy Erased(2018), Woodpeckers(2017), The Inn of the Sixth Happiness(1958), Savage Messiah(1972), Wilson(1944), The Aviator(2004) ...
Biography
USA
1931
91 Minutes
Greta Garbo Ramon Novarro Lionel Barrymore Lewis Stone C. Henry Gordon Karen Morley Alec B. Francis Blanche Frederici Edmund Breese Helen Jerome Eddy Frank Reicher
mata hari officer general chief spy love interest sultry melodramatic thrilling paris nightclub apartment world war i espionage seduction jealousy affair love sacrifice rivalry
A semi-fictionalized account of the life of Mata Hari, an exotic dancer who was accused of spying for Germany during World War I.
Biography, Sports & Fitness, Drama
Hong Kong|China
2013
130 Minutes
Tony Leung Zhang Ziyi Chang Chen Wang Qingxiang Jin Zhang Benshan Zhao Hye-kyo Song Cung Le
kung fu master fighter father love interest doctor bruce lee engaging brutal thrilling melodramatic china fighting attraction lost love kung fu adventure rivalry pursuit quest love
The story of martial-arts master Ip Man, the man who trained Bruce Lee.
Drama, Biography, History
UK
1958
116 Minutes
Virginia McKenna Paul Scofield Jack Warner Denise Grey Alain Saury Maurice Ronet Anne Leon Sydney Tafler
spy woman man soldier husband daughter confident emotional engaging patriotic france england germany train concentration camp espionage war love death pursuit
During World War II, a recently widowed young woman is recruited to work as a spy in France.
Gay & Lesbian, Romance, Biography, Drama
Ireland|UK
2018
110 Minutes
Gemma Arterton Elizabeth Debicki Isabella Rossellini Rupert Penry-Jones Peter Ferdinando Emerald Fennell Gethin Anthony Rory Fleck-Byrne Karla Crome
writer married woman love interest husband socialite feminist confident emotional engaging gripping intense passionate london home city garden party affair modernity marriage
It's the fascinating true story about the love affair between socialite and popular author Vita Sackville-West and literary icon Virginia Woolf.
Biography, Drama
Austria|France|Germany|UK
2006
95 Minutes
John Malkovich Veronica Ferres Stephen Dillane Saffron Burrows Nikolai Kinski Aglaia Szyszkowitz Annemarie Düringer Marion Mitterhammer Sandra Ceccarelli Gunther Gillian Paul Hilton
artist john malkovich man woman painter austrian charming creative melodramatic inspiring lighthearted fascinating austria vienna art studio artist's studio art gallery art art history relationships
A portrait of Austrian artist Gustav Klimt, whose lavish, sexual paintings came to symbolize the art nouveau style of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century.
Biography
USA
1952
110 Minutes
Alan Ladd Virginia Mayo Joseph Calleia Phyllis Kirk Alf Kjellin Douglas Dick Anthony Caruso Ned Young George Voskovec Richard Carlyle Robert Emhardt
man friend brother love interest suitor emotional intense new orleans woods texas frontier riverboat romantic dilemma journey self-defense frontier justice jim bowie love adventure rivalry
The life of nineteenth-century pioneer Jim Bowie is portrayed.
Drama, History, Biography
USA
2017
108 Minutes
Luke Evans Rebecca Hall Bella Heathcote Connie Britton Monica Giordano JJ Feild Chris Conroy Oliver Platt Maggie Castle Alexa Havins Sharon Kubo
professor writer inventor lover wife emotional sultry powerful passionate intricate inspiring harvard university massachusetts house stage classroom womanhood comic books threesome marriage
The story of psychologist William Moulton Marston, and his polyamorous relationship with his wife and their mistress who would inspire his creation of the superheroine, Wonder Woman.
Gay & Lesbian, Biography, Drama
Australia|USA
2018
115 Minutes
Lucas Hedges Nicole Kidman Joel Edgerton Russell Crowe Flea Joe Alwyn Xavier Dolan Troye Sivan Britton Sear Jesse LaTourette David Ditmore
gay man young man father mother therapist preacher emotional powerful somber uplifting house high school church office homosexuality homophobia family love religion self-discovery
The son of a Baptist preacher unwillingly participates in a church-supported gay conversion program after being forcibly outed to his parents.
Drama
2017
106 Minutes
Jean Jean Ramón Emilio Candelario Judith Rodriguez Jose Cruz Manuel Raposo Karina Valdez Aleja Johnson Carlota Carretero Keunis Álvarez Orestes Amador
prison guard prisoner prisoners messenger gangsters love interest romantic interest romantic rival rival dark disturbing emotional engaging gripping intense moving passionate powerful raw tense
Incarcerated in the Dominican Republic, an inmate uses sign language to communicate with his imprisoned girlfriend at an adjacent institution.
Biography
USA
1958
158 Minutes
Ingrid Bergman Curt Jurgens Robert Donat Ronald Squire Athene Seyler Richard Wattis Noel Hood Joan Young
innkeeper military officer love interest mandarin spirited emotional china small town mountain england inn daunting task romance culture clash war rescue escape love 1930s
A tenacious British woman becomes a missionary and runs an inn for travelling merchants in China during the Japanese invasion and the tumultuous years leading up to the Second World War.
Biography, Drama
UK
1972
100 Minutes
Dorothy Tutin Scott Antony Helen Mirren Lindsay Kemp Michael Gough John Justin Aubrey Richards Peter Vaughan
sculptor governess writer suffragette muse creative fascinating inspiring melodramatic paris london artist's studio art artistic struggle henri gaudier may-december romance world war i sculpting rise transformation
Biographical movie of the life of French sculptor Henri Gaudier-Brzeska (Scott Antony).
Biography
1944
154 Minutes
Alexander Knox Charles Coburn Geraldine Fitzgerald Thomas Mitchell Ruth Nelson Cedric Hardwicke Vincent Price William Eythe Mary Anderson Ruth Ford Sidney Blackmer
woodrow wilson politician wife military officer opponent patriotic confident princeton, n.j. washington, d.c. white house politics ambition love marriage world war i rise rivalry 1910s
Woodrow Wilson (Alexander Knox) goes from Princeton to the White House and promotes the League of Nations.
Biography, Drama, History
USA|Germany
2004
166 Minutes
Leonardo DiCaprio Cate Blanchett Kate Beckinsale John C. Reilly Alec Baldwin Alan Alda Ian Holm Danny Huston Gwen Stefani Jude Law Adam Scott
howard hughes katharine hepburn ava gardner entrepreneur actor pilot striking fascinating thrilling airplane hangar hollywood, calif. howard hughes love obsessive-compulsive disorder aviation filmmaking ambition fall rise love
A biopic depicting the early years of legendary Director and aviator Howard Hughes' career from the late 1920s to the mid 1940s.
Gay & Lesbian, Romance, Drama
UK|USA|Australia
2015
118 Minutes
Cate Blanchett Rooney Mara Sarah Paulson Jake Lacy John Magaro Cory Michael Smith Carrie Brownstein Kevin Crowley Nik Pajic Kyle Chandler
woman love interest divorcée romantic interest lover daughter mother photographer gay/lesbian emotional engaging endearing sad powerful tense united states manhattan new york new york city department store
An aspiring photographer develops an intimate relationship with an older woman in 1950s New York.
Biography
France
1989
173 Minutes
Isabelle Adjani Gérard Depardieu Laurent Grévill Alain Cuny Madeleine Robinson Katrine Boorman Danièle Lebrun Aurelle Doazan Madeleine Marie Maxime Leroux Philippe Clévenot
sculptor assistant beautiful woman dark passionate france french history art affair schizophrenia jealousy fall love 20th century
Camille Claude impresses already-famous sculptor Auguste Rodin. He hires her as an assistant, but soon Camille begins to sculpt for herself and she also becomes his mistress. But after a while, she would like to get out of his shadow.
Biography
USA
1938
104 Minutes
Tyrone Power Loretta Young Annabella Leon Ames J. Edward Bromberg Joseph Schildkraut Henry Stephenson Sidney Blackmer
nobleman lover napoleon iii native beautiful woman melodramatic spectacular egypt france desert palace imperialism construction romance exile suez canal quest sacrifice love rivalry
Ferdinand de Lesseps, disappointed in love, is sent as a junior diplomat to the Isthmus of Suez, and realizes it's just the place for a canal.
Gay & Lesbian, Biography
UK
1987
108 Minutes
Gary Oldman Alfred Molina Vanessa Redgrave Wallace Shawn Julie Walters James Grant Frances Barber Lindsay Duncan Janet Dale Dave Atkins
playwright lover agent psychiatrist joe orton dark intense england london brighton, england sussex, england bathhouse love homosexuality obsession jealousy writing forbidden love fall 1960s
Biographer John Lahr is writing a book about playwright Joe Orton. Joe and Kenneth meet at drama school and live together for ten years as lovers and collaborators. Both want to be writers, but only one of them is successful.
Biography, Drama
USA
2017
112 Minutes
Mike Vogel Erika Christensen Faye Dunaway Robert Forster Frankie Faison L. Scott Caldwell Tom Nowicki Renell Gibbs Haley Rosenwasser Mike Pniewski
reporter manager journalist priest atheist confident gripping intense passionate office chicago church house home office personal revelation faith investigative journalism love discovery love
An investigative journalist and self-proclaimed atheist sets out to disprove the existence of God after his wife becomes a Christian.
Romance, Biography, Drama, History
Canada|Ireland
2016
115 Minutes
Sally Hawkins Ethan Hawke Kari Matchett Gabrielle Rose Zachary Bennett Billy MacLellan Marthe Bernard David Feehan
artist housekeeper painter fisherman family love interest emotional endearing heartwarming gripping engaging nova scotia farmhouse room rural community illness violence against women independence art abusive relationship
An arthritic Nova Scotia woman works as a housekeeper while she hones her skills as an artist and eventually becomes a beloved figure in the community.
Anime, Biography, Drama, History
Japan|France|USA
2013
126 Minutes
pilot designer engineer dreamy spectacular profound striking uplifting heartwarming japan town biography world war ii airplanes great depression japanese history love work adventure love
A look at the life of Jiro Horikoshi, the man who designed Japanese fighter planes during World War II.
War, Biography, Drama
UK|USA
2018
110 Minutes
Rosamund Pike Jamie Dornan Tom Hollander Stanley Tucci Jeremie Laheurte Hilton McRae Fady Elsayed Raad Rawi
war correspondent photographer friend love interest colleague brooding gripping intense raw syria iraq afghanistan libya london war zone war journalism middle east terrorism evil plot
One of the most celebrated war correspondents of our time, Marie Colvin is an utterly fearless and rebellious spirit, driven to the frontline of conflicts across the globe to give voice to the voiceless.