Movies like Esther and the King

20 movies like Esther and the King, ordered by similarity : The Madness of King George(1994), Asoka(2001), The Private Life of Henry VIII(1933), The Moonraker(1958), Darkest Hour(2017), The Invisibles(2017), Henry V(1989), Elizabeth: The Golden Age(2007), Hero(2002), Mary Queen of Scots(2018), The Pagan King(2018), Antony and Cleopatra(1972) ...

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Esther and the King

Two decades before she would gain fame and some fortune as Alexis Carrington on Dynasty (1981), Dame Joan Collins starred as Esther in this melodramatic, routine Biblical story. The setting... See full summary »

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The Madness of King George

When King George III goes mad, his Lieutenants try to adjust the rules to run the country without his participation.

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Asoka

After raging a brutal war, Asoka (Shahrukh Khan) renounces violence, embraces Buddhism and unites India.

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The Private Life of Henry VIII

Lederer is a Hessian soldier who defects to the Americans during the Revolutionary War.He falls in love with a Yankee girl, but a thuggish local militiaman jealously makes things hard for him while he's a prisoner of war.

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The Moonraker

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.

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Darkest Hour

In May 1940, the fate of World War II hangs on Winston Churchill, who must decide whether to negotiate with Adolf Hitler, or fight on knowing that it could mean the end of the British Empire.

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The Invisibles

While Joseph Goebbels infamously declared Berlin "free of Jews" in 1943, 1,700 managed to survive in the Nazi capital through the end of WWII. The Invisibles traces the stories of four young people who learned to hide in plain sight.

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Henry V

In the midst of the Hundred Years War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France in 1415.

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Elizabeth: The Golden Age

A mature Queen Elizabeth endures multiple crises late in her reign including court intrigues, an assassination plot, the Spanish Armada, and romantic disappointments.

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Hero

Flashbacks reveal how a warrior (Jet Li) stopped the elusive assassins (Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Maggie Cheung Man-yuk) who tried to kill the emperor of China.

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Mary Queen of Scots

Mary Stuart's (Saoirse Ronan's) attempt to overthrow her cousin Elizabeth I (Margot Robbie), Queen of England, finds her condemned to years of imprisonment before facing execution.

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The Pagan King

On his deathbed, the reigning king bestows power to an unexpected heir who must find strength within himself to unite his people against the violent crusades which threaten their freedom.

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Antony and Cleopatra

After the murder of her lover Caesar, Egypt's queen Cleopatra needs a new ally. She seduces his probable successor Mark Antony. This develops into real love and slowly leads to a war with the other possible successor: Octavius.

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The Fortress

In 1636, King Injo hides in the mountains to avoid being part of the Qing dynasty.

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Padmaavat

Set in medieval Rajasthan, Queen Padmavati is married to a noble king and they live in a prosperous fortress with their subjects until an ambitious Sultan hears of Padmavati's beauty and forms an obsessive love for the Queen of Mewar.

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Queen Margot

Young Queen Margot finds herself trapped in an arranged marriage amidst a religious war between Catholics and Protestants. She hopes to escape with a new lover, but finds herself imprisoned by her powerful and ruthless family.

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Alexander

Alexander, the King of Macedonia and one of the greatest army leaders in the history of warfare, conquers much of the known world.

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The Young Victoria

A dramatization of the turbulent first years of Queen Victoria's rule, and her enduring romance with Prince Albert.

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Cromwell

Oliver Cromwell can no longer tolerate King Charles' policies, and the self-interest of the ruling class, and leads a civil war to install Parliament as the ultimate ruler of England.

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Henry VIII and His Six Wives

On his deathbed, King Henry VIII looks back over his eventful life and his six marriages.

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Congo: White King, Red Rubber, Black Death

In the late 19th century, King Leopold II uses the Congo -- part of his newly established kingdom, the Belgian Free State -- as a rubber and ivory mecca and uses troops to brutally dispose of anyone who refuses to retrieve the valuable materials.

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