20 movies like The Favorite, ordered by similarity : Woodpeckers(2017), Bill & Ted Face the Music(2020), Arabian Nights(1974), Ben-Hur(2016), The Red Turtle(2016), Papillon(2017), Islands in the Stream(1977), First Man(2018), Noah(2014), The Flame and the Arrow(1950), The Man From Beyond(1922), Bajrangi Bhaijaan(2015) ...
Adventure
USA|Switzerland
1989
104 Minutes
Amber O'Shea F. Murray Abraham Maud Adams James Michael Gregary Ron Dortch Laurent Le Doyen
sultan wife slave schoolgirl son sultry tense turkey palace harems politics human rights human trafficking husband/wife relationship kidnapping sacrifice love underdog 19th century
At the dawn of the 19th century, a young French woman is kidnapped and forced into a sultan's harem in Turkey. Fiercely independent, she resists, but must make choices in order to survive. ... See full summary »
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.
Comedy, Adventure, Fantasy
Bahamas|USA
2020
91 Minutes
Keanu Reeves Alex Winter Kristen Schaal Samara Weaving Brigette Lundy-Paine William Sadler Anthony Carrigan Erinn Hayes Jayma Mays Amy Stoch Holland Taylor
time traveler aging musician best friend wife robot daughter uplifting positive charming heartwarming thrilling cheeky wedding reception therapist's office phone booth garage hell prison time travel music
Once told they'd save the universe during a time-traveling adventure, 2 would-be rockers from San Dimas, California find themselves as middle-aged dads still trying to crank out a hit song and fulfill their destiny.
Adventure, Fantasy
Italy|France
1974
155 Minutes
Ninetto Davoli Franco Merli Ines Pellegrini Luigina Rocchi Zeudi Biasolo Franco Citti Tessa Bouche Alberto Argentino
slave young man king wife creative playful dense market house paradise street storytelling impersonation romance kidnapping rags to riches love transformation underdog 14th century
Ancient Arabia. A youth is chosen by a beautiful slave girl to be her new master; she is kidnapped and they must search for each other. Stories are told within stories; love, travel and the whims of destiny.
Adventure, History, Drama, Action
USA
2016
125 Minutes
Jack Huston Toby Kebbell Morgan Freeman Rodrigo Santoro Nazanin Boniadi Ayelet Zurer Sofia Black-D'Elia Moises Arias Pilou Asbæk Marwan Kenzari
prince adoptive brother roman soldier wife mentor slave brash brooding intense thrilling powerful ancient rome ship villa racetrack battlefield slave market false accusations slavery racing
Judah Ben-Hur, a prince falsely accused of treason by his adopted brother, an officer in the Roman army, returns to his homeland after years at sea to seek revenge, but finds redemption.
Animation, Adventure
France|Belgium|Japan|USA
2016
80 Minutes
castaway man turtle woman lover son charming creative emotional melodramatic fascinating heartwarming island shipwreck ship beach cave love relationships island life
A man is shipwrecked on a deserted island and encounters a red turtle, which changes his life.
Adventure, History, Biography, Drama
USA|Czech Republic|Spain
2017
133 Minutes
Charlie Hunnam Rami Malek Roland Møller Nina Senicar Tommy J. Flanagan Eve Hewson Christopher Fairbank Brian Vernel
convict innocent man prison guard prisoner escape artist friend tense bleak thrilling suspenseful incredible intricate prison island prison cell paris french guiana apartment prison prison break
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.
Adventure
1977
105 Minutes
George C. Scott David Hemmings Claire Bloom Gilbert Roland Susan Tyrrell Richard Evans Julius Harris Hart Bochner Brad Savage Michael James Wixted Charles Lampkin
man friend son wife refugee dreamy emotional inspiring melancholy moving profound sad uneasy bahamas self-discovery family relationships aging altruism self-sacrifice metamorphosis
A Hemingwayesque artist (George C. Scott) plays and drinks in the 1940s Bahamas, visited by his first wife (Claire Bloom) and three sons.
Adventure, Biography, Drama, History
USA|Japan
2018
141 Minutes
Ryan Gosling Claire Foy Jason Clarke Kyle Chandler Corey Stoll Patrick Fugit Christopher Abbott Ciarán Hinds Olivia Hamilton Pablo Schreiber Shea Whigham
neil armstrong astronaut wife son engineer test pilot thrilling intense confident inspiring moon florida space center space shuttle family home spaceship moon space exploration space travel life story
A look at the life of the astronaut, Neil Armstrong, and the legendary space mission that led him to become the first man to walk on the Moon on July 20, 1969.
Fantasy, Adventure, Drama, History
USA
2014
137 Minutes
Russell Crowe Jennifer Connelly Emma Watson Anthony Hopkins Ray Winstone Logan Lerman Douglas Booth Leo McHugh Carroll Dakota Goyo
god wife son adopted daughter animal husband brutal chilling intense ark sea mount ararat turkey forest house apocalypse flooding god anger sin
Noah is chosen by God to undertake a momentous mission before an apocalyptic flood cleanses the world.
Adventure
USA
1950
88 Minutes
Burt Lancaster Virginia Mayo Robert Douglas Aline MacMahon Frank Allenby Nick Cravat Lynne Baggett Gordon Gebert
archer wife leader rebel niece tyrant spirited thrilling melodramatic italy castle village kidnapping rebellion father/son relationship estrangement freedom marriage underdog revenge
Dardo, a Robin Hood-like figure, and his loyal followers use a Roman ruin in Medieval Lombardy as their headquarters as they conduct an insurgency against their Hessian conquerors.
Romance, Adventure, Drama, Mystery & Thriller, Fantasy
USA
1922
60 Minutes
Harry Houdini Arthur Maude Albert Tavernier Edwin Connelly Frank Montgomery Luis Alberni Yale Benner Jane Connelly Nita Naldi
doctor love interest fiancée explorer man boyfriend suspenseful emotional new york city arctic ship mental institution glacier wedding cryogenics missing persons schemes kidnapping time marriage
A man who has been frozen in the Arctic ice for 100 years returns to civilization to find his lost love.
Comedy, Action, Adventure, Drama
India
2015
163 Minutes
Salman Khan Kareena Kapoor Nawazuddin Siddiqui Harshaali Malhotra Najeem Khan Ali Quli Mirza Deepti Naval Om Puri
man mute person girl parent father daughter emotional endearing gripping uplifting india village pakistan train border lost returning home religious beliefs helping others adventure
An Indian man with a magnanimous heart takes a young mute Pakistani girl back to her homeland to reunite her with her family.
Adventure, Anime
1993
72 Minutes
student teacher young girl young boy lover friend amusing charming confident dreamy heartwarming passionate asia japan tokyo osaka, japan school college friendship friends vs girlfriend
The arrival of a pretty transfer student from Tokyo sets in motion a change in the relationship between two best friends.
Adventure, Drama, History, Biography, War
Russia|Germany|Kazakhstan|China
2007
126 Minutes
Tadanobu Asano Honglei Sun Khulan Chuluun Amadu Mamadakov Bayertsetseg Erdenebat Amarbold Tuvshinbayar Tegen Ao Sai Xing Ga
warrior wife father soldier slave brooding gripping intense mongolia outdoors camp genghis khan childhood marriage betrayal slavery friendship growing up love rivalry
The story recounts the early life of Genghis Khan who was a slave before going on to conquer half the world in 1206.
Comedy, Adventure, Drama
India
2012
150 Minutes
Ranbir Kapoor Priyanka Chopra Ileana D'Cruz Saurabh Shukla Rupa Ganguly Ashish Vidyarthi Bholaraj Sapkota Jishu Sengupta
deaf person young woman husband autistic person emotional sad intense melodramatic touching heartwarming india deafness wedding autism broken heart jealousy unconditional love love temptation rivalry
Three young people learn that love can neither be defined nor contained by society's definition of normal and abnormal.
Adventure, Action
USA
1958
114 Minutes
Kirk Douglas Tony Curtis Janet Leigh Ernest Borgnine James Donald Alexander Knox Frank Thring Maxine Audley Eileen Way Edric Connor Dandy Nichols
king prince princess slave half brother viking thrilling intense brutal castle boat rivalry power struggle feud love triangle kidnapping mistaken identity discovery love rivalry
A slave and a Viking prince fight for the love of a captive princess.
Adventure
USA
1940
113 Minutes
Joan Crawford Clark Gable Ian Hunter Peter Lorre Albert Van Dekker Paul Lukas Edward Ciannelli J. Edward Bromberg John Arledge Frederick Worlock Bernard Nedell
prisoner prostitute killer religious person captor cynic dark eerie profound intense prison island jungle french guiana boat religious conversion prison break death penal system boats
Convicts escaping from Devil's Island come under the influence of a strange Christ-like figure.
Adventure
USA
1937
110 Minutes
Dorothy Lamour Jon Hall Mary Astor C. Aubrey Smith Thomas Mitchell Raymond Massey John Carradine Jerome Cowan
islander wife governor woman priest guard melodramatic spectacular thrilling profound boat island tahiti south pacific office prison colonialism racism seafaring weather
A Polynesian sailor -- unjustly imprisoned after defending himself against a colonial bully -- is relentlessly persecuted by his island's martinet French governor.
Romance, Adventure, Drama
Hong Kong|Iceland|USA
2018
120 Minutes
Shailene Woodley Sam Claflin Jeffrey Thomas Elizabeth Hawthorne Grace Palmer Marisiale Tunoka Kael Damlamian Neil Andrea Apakuki Nalawa Tim Solomon
sailor husband wife shipwreck survivor shipmate couple thrilling gripping frightening emotional incredible suspenseful boat ocean sea shipwreck ship pacific ocean shipwreck survival
A true story of survival, as a young couple's chance encounter leads them first to love, and then on the adventure of a lifetime as they face one of the most catastrophic hurricanes in recorded history.
Adventure
USA
1994
107 Minutes
Jason Scott Lee Esai Morales Sandrine Holt Eru Potaka-Dewes George Henare Anzac Wallace
king shaman rival tribal leader young man love interest brutal thrilling passionate easter island village sea cliff race legends primitive society love triangle class conflict slavery rivalry
Love between the representatives of two warring tribes changes the balance of power on the whole remote island.