20 movies like Orlando, ordered by similarity : The King's Speech(2010), Stan & Ollie(2018), Life of the Party(2017), Adrift(2018), Beginners(2010), Long Way North(2015), Young Bess(1953), Henry V(1989), Goodbye Christopher Robin(2017), Rasputin and the Empress(1932), The Exterminating Angel(1962), The Red Turtle(2016) ...
Gay & Lesbian, Drama, Fantasy, History
UK|Russia|Italy|France|Netherlands
1992
93 Minutes
Tilda Swinton Billy Zane Lothaire Bluteau John Wood Charlotte Valandrey Heathcote Williams Quentin Crisp Peter Eyre Thom Hoffman Jimmy Somerville Dudley Sutton
nobleman queen elizabeth i princess adventurer aristocrat offbeat cool london constantinople royal court russia party ship sex change immortality misogyny affair poetry rise transformation
After Queen Elizabeth I commands him not to grow old, a young nobleman struggles with love and his place in the world.
Drama, History
UK|USA|Australia
2010
118 Minutes
Colin Firth Geoffrey Rush Helena Bonham Carter Guy Pearce Timothy Spall Derek Jacobi Jennifer Ehle Anthony Andrews Claire Bloom Eve Best Michael Gambon
prince actor speech therapist queen elizabeth ii uplifting fascinating england royal palace royalty stuttering unlikely friendship teaching public speaking king george vi rise transformation quest 1940s
The story of King George VI, his impromptu ascension to the throne of the British Empire in 1936, and the speech therapist who helped the unsure monarch overcome his stammer.
Comedy, Biography, Drama, History
UK|Canada|USA
2018
97 Minutes
Steve Coogan John C. Reilly Shirley Henderson Nina Arianda Rufus Jones Danny Huston Susy Kane Ella Kenion Harry Hepple Bentley Kalu Roger Ringrose
comedian laurel and hardy audience fan partner playful heartwarming tense emotional stage backstage theater dressing room hotel friendship partnership performance comedy team love
Laurel and Hardy, the world's most famous comedy duo, attempt to reignite their film careers as they embark on what becomes their swan song - a grueling theatre tour of post-war Britain.
Comedy, Drama
Australia
2017
84 Minutes
Georgia Chara Christopher Kirby Holly Brisley Talin Argon Michela Carattini Hayley Hughes Michael Budd Johnny Lahoud
man partygoer friend gangster drug dealer amusing tense brooding hilarious unrestrained house party cemetery bar office relationships self-destruction self-discovery party lifestyle changes
A touching comedy drama about 3 friends edging towards their mid thirties who, in an attempt to hang on to their carefree youth,embark on an attempt to write themselves into the history books by trying to host the world's longest house party.
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.
Gay & Lesbian, Drama
USA
2010
105 Minutes
Ewan McGregor Christopher Plummer Mélanie Laurent Goran Visnjic Kai Lennox Mary Page Keller Keegan Boos China Shavers
artist father actress mother son boyfriend moving offbeat los angeles party house coming out father/son relationship terminal illness romance depression commitment love transformation 20th century
A young man is rocked by two announcements from his elderly father: that he has terminal cancer and that he has a young male lover.
Animation, Adventure, Drama
France|Denmark|Belgium|USA
2015
81 Minutes
russian young girl aristocrat adventurer explorer charming moving russia north pole adventure family life legacy exploration honor journey animation adventure quest 19th century
In 1882, a young Russian aristocrat goes on an epic adventure to find out what happened to her grandfather and save her family's reputation.
Drama, History
USA
1953
112 Minutes
Jean Simmons Stewart Granger Charles Laughton Deborah Kerr Cecil Kellaway Leo G. Carroll Kay Walsh Elaine Stewart
admiral queen courtesan king princess bleak somber fascinating royal palace royal court london manor aspirations love royal life transformation forbidden love growing up 16th century
The early life of Elizabeth I, from her childhood until her accession to the throne of England in 1558.
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.
Biography, Drama, History
UK
2017
107 Minutes
Domhnall Gleeson Margot Robbie Kelly Macdonald Alex Lawther Will Tilston Stephen Campbell Moore Vicki Pepperdine Richard McCabe Geraldine Somerville Phoebe Waller-Bridge
christopher robin writer piglet father son winnie the pooh cheery charming creative endearing heartwarming playful london english countryside woods postwar britain children's book parent/child relationship writing success
The relationship between writer AA Milne and his son, Christopher Robin, and how this became the inspiration for Winnie the Pooh.
Drama, History
USA
1932
123 Minutes
John Barrymore Ethel Barrymore Lionel Barrymore Ralph Morgan Diana Wynyard Tad Alexander C. Henry Gordon Edward Arnold Gustav von Seyffertitz Dawn O'Day Jean Parker
mystic czar nicholas ii child prince princess doctor dark intense russia palace party hypnosis czarina alexandra royalty rasputin assassination revolution quest rise fall
A prince plots to kill the mad monk Rasputin for the good of the czar, the czarina and Russia.
Comedy, Fantasy, Drama
Italy
1962
92 Minutes
Silvia Pinal Jacqueline Andere José Baviera Enrique Rambal Augusto Benedico Luis Beristáin Antonio Bravo Claudio Brook César del Campo Lucy Gallardo
nobleman wife servant doctor dying person brother offbeat witty mansion salon church dinner party trapped food suicide catholic church incest piano transformation fall
In Venice,during the Inquisition,Sandrigo Bembo,the son of the Doge Giovanni Bembo,is falsely accused of treason out of pure malice by the Grand Inquisitor Rodrigo Zeno.
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.
Drama, Gay & Lesbian, Comedy
UK|France|USA
2014
119 Minutes
Bill Nighy Imelda Staunton Dominic West Paddy Considine George MacKay Joseph Gilgun Andrew Scott Ben Schnetzer Chris Overton Faye Marsay Freddie Fox
coal miner activist gay man lesbian politician police officer brash confident cool london office coal mine street apartment police station mining gay rights activism politics trust
U.K. gay activists work to help miners during their lengthy strike of the National Union of Mineworkers in the summer of 1984.
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.
Drama, Romance
UK
1949
90 Minutes
Gordon Jackson Rona Anderson John Laurie Jack Lambert Jimmy Logan Janet Brown Elizabeth Sellars Gordon McLeod Ian MacLean Archie Duncan James Woodburn
shipyard worker daughter boss shipbuilder farmer scottish person emotional passionate melodramatic gritty engaging gutsy glasgow, scotland shipyard scotland forbidden love shipbuilding family traditions career change shipping industry
David Shields decides to become a ship designer instead of following the family tradition and entering farming.
Biography, Drama, History
UK|France
2011
105 Minutes
Meryl Streep Jim Broadbent Alexandra Roach Harry Lloyd Olivia Colman Iain Glen Victoria Bewick Nicholas Farrell John Sessions Anthony Head David Westhead
prime minister husband father deputy politician grocer intricate fascinating powerful london grantham, england house of parliament westminster, london margaret thatcher gender bias politics discrimination conservatism rise transformation
An elderly Margaret Thatcher talks to the imagined presence of her recently deceased husband as she struggles to come to terms with his death while scenes from her past life, from girlhood to British prime minister, intervene.
Drama
1978
102 Minutes
aunt young man narrator poet artist witty spirited suburbia family home england london poetry middle class sex stevie smith religion convention discovery adventure 20th century
Eccentric British poet Stevie Smith (Glenda Jackson) has emotional and relationship troubles while living with her maiden aunt.
Drama, History
1934
94 Minutes
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Elisabeth Bergner Flora Robson Gerald du Maurier Irene Vanbrugh Griffith Jones Joan Gardner Dorothy Hale Gibb McLaughlin Clifford Heatherley Lawrence Hanray
empress duke duchess princess emotional melodramatic russia st. petersburg, russia royal palace ambition royalty revolution marriage social change catherine the great rise transformation 18th century
Taken to Russia to marry Grand Duke Peter (Douglas Fairbanks Jr.), German Princess Catherine (Elisabeth Bergner) kicks him out and becomes empress.
Drama
UK|Italy
1980
95 Minutes
Brinsley Forde Karl Howman Trevor Laird Brian Bovell Victor Romero Archie Pool Mel Smith Beverly Michaels Maggie Steed Bill Moody Stefan Kalipha
dj mc friend girlfriend neighbor cool disheartening emotional engaging gritty melancholy moving offbeat profound raw spirited uneasy london united kingdom black culture
The movie centres around Brindsley Forde's character Blue. He fronts a reggae sound system based in West London. The film captures the trials and tribulations of young black youths in troubled London in the early eighties.
Comedy, Drama
2007
109 Minutes
Daniel Auteuil Jean-Pierre Darroussin Fanny Cottençon Alexia Barlier
painter gardener artist former classmate man friend amusing heartwarming charming uplifting lighthearted melodramatic france paris rural community countryside garden lake friendship relationships