20 movies like Richard III, ordered by similarity : They Shall Not Grow Old(2018), Breaker Morant(1980), Henry V(1989), The Iron Duke(1934), The Fall of the Roman Empire(1964), Mary of Scotland(1936), The Madness of King George(1994), Adanggaman(2000), Alexander(2004), The King's Choice(2016), Beau Geste(1926), Richard III(1995) ...
Drama, History
UK
1955
155 Minutes
Laurence Olivier Claire Bloom Cedric Hardwicke Ralph Richardson John Gielgud Mary Kerridge Pamela Brown Alec Clunes Stanley Baker Michael Gough Laurence Naismith
king richard iii king edward iv lady courtier soldier brooding somber powerful england palace battlefield ambition family palace intrigue murder deception rise fall 15th century
Shakespeare's powerful tale of the wicked deformed King and his conquests, both on the battlefield and in the boudoir.
Documentary, War, Drama, History
UK|New Zealand
2018
99 Minutes
soldier army recruit british officer british soldier british soldiers german soldier german troops bleak emotional moving patriotic powerful sad somber war zone france belgium united kingdom trenches training camp
A documentary about World War I with never-before-seen footage to commemorate the centennial of the end of the war.
Drama, War, History
Australia
1980
107 Minutes
Edward Woodward Jack Thompson Bryan Brown John Waters Rod Mullinar Lewis Fitz-Gerald Charles "Bud" Tingwell Vincent Ball Frank Wilson Terence Donovan Russell Kiefel
military officer lord soldier enemy prisoner of war somber south africa court battlefield military base horrors of war war murder court battles injustice sacrifice fall 1900s
Three Australian lieutenants are court martialed for executing prisoners as a way of deflecting attention from war crimes committed by their superior officers.
Drama, History
UK
1989
137 Minutes
Kenneth Branagh Derek Jacobi Brian Blessed Ian Holm Paul Scofield Michael Maloney Alec McCowen Emma Thompson Geraldine McEwan Simon Shepherd James Larkin
king princess soldier henry v patriotic rousing emotional thrilling battlefield royal court royal palace inn england france war political intrigue royalty treason heroism leadership
In the midst of the Hundred Years War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France in 1415.
Drama, History
UK
1934
88 Minutes
George Arliss Gladys Cooper Emlyn Williams Ellaline Terriss A.E. Matthews Alan Aynesworth Lesley Wareing Felix Aylmer Norma Varden
duke king inspiring fascinating england france belgium battlefield battle ambition courage heroism arthur wellesley, duke of wellington war quest rivalry rise 19th century
Chronicling the life of Arthur Wellesley the first duke of Wellington, who faced down Napoleon's armies at Waterloo, and served as prime minister.
Drama, History
USA
1964
153 Minutes
Sophia Loren Alec Guinness Stephen Boyd James Mason Christopher Plummer Anthony Quayle John Ireland Mel Ferrer Omar Sharif Eric Porter
soldier emperor heir daughter senator barbarian thrilling tense brooding rome battlefield frontier palace roman empire corruption decadence power play rebellion showdown fall
The death of Marcus Aurelius leads to a succession crisis, in which the deceased emperor's son, Commodus, demonstrates that he is unwilling to let anything undermine his claim to the Roman Empire.
Drama, History
USA
1936
123 Minutes
Katharine Hepburn Fredric March Florence Eldridge Douglas Walton John Carradine Robert Barrat Gavin Muir Ian Keith Moroni Olsen William Stack Ralph Forbes
mary stuart elizabeth tudor earl lord courtier engaging fascinating powerful scotland palace england prison abdication imprisonment execution royalty marriage jealousy rivalry rise
The recently widowed Mary Stuart returns to Scotland to reclaim her throne but is opposed by her half-brother and her own Scottish lords.
Drama, History
UK|USA
1994
110 Minutes
Nigel Hawthorne Helen Mirren Ian Holm Rupert Everett Rupert Graves John Wood Amanda Donohoe Julian Rhind-Tutt Julian Wadham
queen prime minister king doctor prince of wales lady fascinating melodramatic royal court palace england king george iii mental illness political intrigue royalty marriage assassination plot transformation rivalry love
When King George III goes mad, his Lieutenants try to adjust the rules to run the country without his participation.
Drama, History
France|Switzerland|Côte d'Ivoire|Burkina Faso|Italy
2000
89 Minutes
Rasmane Ouedraogo Albertine N'Guessan Ziable Honoré Goore Bi Bintou Bakayoko Nicole Suzis Menyeng Mireille Andree Boti Tie Dijian Patrick Nadege Blagone Anastasie Tode Bohi Didier Grandidier Mylene-Perside Kouame
king african slave trader young man mother soldier disheartening dark chilling village west africa battlefield survival escape murder war kidnapping slavery pursuit forbidden love
In West Africa during the late 17th century, King Adanggaman leads a war against his neighboring tribes, ordering his soldiers to torch enemy villages, kill the elderly and capture the ... See full summary »
Drama, Biography, History, War, Adventure
USA|UK|Germany|Netherlands|France|Italy|Morocco|Thailand
2004
175 Minutes
Colin Farrell Angelina Jolie Val Kilmer Christopher Plummer Jared Leto Rosario Dawson Anthony Hopkins Brian Blessed Tim Pigott-Smith Connor Paolo Gary Stretch
emperor king mother wife friend soldier powerful spectacular passionate sultry thrilling moving greece persia india egypt battlefield palace alexander the great political intrigue
Alexander, the King of Macedonia and one of the greatest army leaders in the history of warfare, conquers much of the known world.
War, Drama, History
Norway|Sweden|Denmark|Ireland
2016
133 Minutes
Jesper Christensen Anders Baasmo Christiansen Tuva Novotny Karl Markovics Katharina Schüttler Ketil Høegh Gerald Pettersen Hans Jacob Sand Erik Hivju Rolf Kristian Larsen Jan Frostad
king soldier german german officer bleak inspiring moving emotional frightening norway oslo invasion war difficult choices difficult decision dignity royalty king courage sacrifice
April 1940. Norway has been invaded by Germany and the royal family and government have fled into the interior. The German envoy to Norway tries to negotiate a peace. Ultimately, the decision on Norway's future will rest with the King.
Adventure, Drama, History, War
USA
1926
129 Minutes
Robert Colman Neil Hamilton Ralph Forbes Alice Joyce Mary Brian Noah Beery Norman Trevor William Powell Victor McLaglen Donald Stuart
young man frenchman aunt brother soldier military officer dark frenetic somber africa military base england family home battle jewelry theft family honor military brotherhood french foreign legion sacrifice
Michael "Beau" Geste leaves England in disgrace and joins the infamous French Foreign Legion. He is reunited with his two brothers in North Africa, where they face greater danger from their... See full summary »
Drama
UK|USA
1995
105 Minutes
Ian McKellen Annette Bening Jim Broadbent Robert Downey Jr. Nigel Hawthorne Kristin Scott Thomas Maggie Smith John Wood Adrian Dunbar Dominic West
richard iii henry vi lady earl duke king dark intricate spectacular england regicide ambition murder paranoia fall temptation rivalry 1930s
The classic Shakespearean play about the murderously scheming 15th-century king is reimagined in an alternative setting of 1930s England as clouds of fascism gather.
Romance, War, Drama, History
1966
373 Minutes
Lyudmila Saveleva Sergei Bondarchuk Vyacheslav Tikhonov Oleg Tabakov Boris Zakhava Anatoliy Ktorov Anastasiya Vertinskaya Antonina Shuranova Viktor Stanitsyn
count countess military officer soldier wife socialite creative gripping passionate russia royal palace family home battlefield countryside war love marriage infidelity horrors of war love
Drama, History
USA
1941
128 Minutes
Vivien Leigh Laurence Olivier Alan Mowbray Sara Allgood Gladys Cooper Henry Wilcoxon Heather Angel Halliwell Hobbes Gilbert Emery Miles Mander Ronald Sinclair
ambassador lady admiral captain lord king witty sultry touching melodramatic france italy england prison adultery war love loss courage adventure
The story of courtesan and dance-hall girl Emma Hamilton, including her relationships with Sir William Hamilton and Admiral Horatio Nelson and her rise and fall, set during the Napoleonic Wars.
Drama, History
1965
115 Minutes
Orson Welles Jeanne Moreau John Gielgud Margaret Rutherford Marina Vlady Keith Baxter Norman Rodway
friend girlfriend prince henry iv hostess wife brash cheeky amusing sad england battlefield castle pub inn royal life father/son relationship friendship loyalty war
Welles' adaptation of "Falstaff" and other Shakespearean works, chronicling the nobleman's relationship with Henry V.
Western, Drama, History
Australia
2017
113 Minutes
Bryan Brown Matt Day Tremayne Doolan Anni Finsterer Natassia Gorey Furber Gibson John Ewen Leslie Hamilton Morris Sam Neill Thomas M. Wright
aboriginal murderer farmer murder victim runaway office worker emotional gripping intense sad somber uneasy australian outback cattle ranch outdoors manhunt on the run murder law justice
Australian western set on the Northern Territory frontier in the 1920s, where justice itself is put on trial when an aged Aboriginal farmhand shoots a white man in self-defense and goes on the run as a posse gathers to hunt him down.
Drama, History
UK
1958
82 Minutes
George Baker Sylvia Sims Peter Arne Marius Goring Clive Morton Gary Raymond Richard Leech Iris Russell Michael Anderson Jr. Paul Whitsun-Jones Patrick Troughton
general smuggler king earl fiancée rousing spectacular intense patriotic brooding suspenseful england united kingdom castle battlefield civil war smuggling escape capture escape
After the battle of Worcester at the end of the Civil War, the main aim of Oliver Cromwell's Commonwealth is to capture Charles Stuart. The future king's escape depends on the intrepid Earl of Dawlish.
Drama, History
Hungary|Germany|UK|Israel|France|USA
2005
136 Minutes
Marcell Nagy Áron Dimény András M. Kecskés József Gyabronka Endre Harkányi Daniel Craig Béla Dóra Bálint Péntek Zsolt Dér János Bán Judit Schell
teen boy father jew prisoner soldier young girl somber powerful budapest, hungary auschwitz bus train holocaust family survival friendship deception transformation growing up 1940s
14-year-old György's life is torn apart in WWII Hungary, as he is deported first to Auschwitz and then to Buchenwald, where he is forced to become a man in the midst of hatred, and what it really means to be Jewish.
Drama, History
UK
1986
142 Minutes
Helena Bonham Carter Cary Elwes John Wood Michael Hordern Jill Bennett Jane Lapotaire Sara Kestelman Patrick Stewart Warren Saire Joss Ackland Ian Hogg
father minister princess king edward vi lady son brutal disheartening passionate england castle prison carriage woods bedroom power royalty schemes lady jane grey reformation
The story of Lady Jane Grey, who was Queen of England for only nine days.
Drama, History
France
2019
137 Minutes
Lise Leplat Prudhomme Annick Lavieville Justine Herbez Benoît Robail Alain Desjacques Serge Holvoet Julien Manier Jérôme Brimeux
joan of arc king soldier priest passionate inspiring rousing spirited france england heir to throne divine intervention capture heresy trial mission pursuit sacrifice transformation discovery
In the 15th century, both France and England stake a blood claim for the French throne. Believing that God had chosen her, the young Joan (Lise Leplat Prudhomme) leads the army of the King ... See full summary »