Movies like The Lion in Winter

20 movies like The Lion in Winter, ordered by similarity : Mary Queen of Scots(2018), Woodpeckers(2017), Papillon(2017), Les Misérables(2012), Antony and Cleopatra(1972), Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison(1951), Elizabeth(1998), The Current War: Director's Cut(2019), Chimes at Midnight(1965), The Winslow Boy(1999), Ford v Ferrari(2019), A Royal Affair(2012) ...

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The Lion in Winter

1183 A.D.: King Henry II's three sons all want to inherit the throne, but he won't commit to a choice. They and his wife variously plot to force him.

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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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Woodpeckers

Incarcerated in the Dominican Republic, an inmate uses sign language to communicate with his imprisoned girlfriend at an adjacent institution.

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Papillon

Wrongfully convicted for murder, Henri Charriere forms an unlikely relationship with fellow inmate and quirky convicted counterfeiter Louis Dega, in an attempt to escape from the notorious penal colony on Devil's Island.

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Les Misérables

In 19th-century France, Jean Valjean, who for decades has been hunted by the ruthless policeman Javert after breaking parole, agrees to care for a factory worker's daughter. The decision changes their lives forever.

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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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Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison

At California's Folsom Prison, escape attempts and riots are on the rise due to the old-school sadistic style of management of a brutal warden.

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Elizabeth

After succeeding her sister Mary to the throne in 1558, Elizabeth I (Cate Blanchett) rules Britain for more than 40 years.

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The Current War: Director's Cut

The dramatic story of the cutthroat race between electricity titans Thomas A. Edison and George Westinghouse to determine whose electrical system would power the modern world.

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Chimes at Midnight

Welles' adaptation of "Falstaff" and other Shakespearean works, chronicling the nobleman's relationship with Henry V.

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The Winslow Boy

Following the theft of a postal-order, a fourteen-year old cadet is expelled from Naval College. To save the honour of the boy and his family, the pre-eminent barrister of the day is engaged to take on the might the Admiralty.

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Ford v Ferrari

American car designer Carroll Shelby and driver Ken Miles battle corporate interference and the laws of physics to build a revolutionary race car for Ford in order to defeat Ferrari at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1966.

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A Royal Affair

A young queen, who is married to an insane king, falls secretly in love with her physician - and together they start a revolution that changes a nation forever.

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Back to Burgundy

After a 10 year absence, Jean returns to his hometown when his father falls ill. Reuniting with his sister Juliette and his brother Jérémie, they have to re-build their relationship and trust as a family again.

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Happy End

A well-to-do French family deals with a series of setbacks and crises.

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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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A Prophet

A young Algerian man is sent to a French prison.

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The Old Man & the Gun

Based on the true story of Forrest Tucker and his audacious escape from San Quentin at the age of 70 to an unprecedented string of heists that confounded authorities and enchanted the public.

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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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Baahubali: The Beginning

In ancient India, an adventurous and daring man becomes involved in a decades-old feud between two warring peoples.

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Saraband for Dead Lovers

Young Sophia Dorothea (Joan Greenwood) marries Prince George Louis (Peter Bull), but it's far from a love match. Then she falls for Swedish Count Philip Christoph von Königsmark (Stewart Granger).

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