20 movies like Anna and the King, ordered by similarity : Floodtide(1949), Henry V(1989), Henry VIII and His Six Wives(1972), Teorema(1968), Unhook the Stars(1996), Woodpeckers(2017), The Madness of King George(1994), Her Majesty, Mrs. Brown(1997), Sky Without Stars(1955), A Majority of One(1961), War and Peace(1966), That Hamilton Woman(1941) ...
Drama, History
USA
1999
147 Minutes
Jodie Foster Chow Yun-Fat Bai Ling Tom Felton Syed Alwi Randall Duk Kim Lim Kay Siu Melissa Campbell Deanna Yusoff
teacher king widow daughter son concubine tender melodramatic passionate siam palace ship temple battlefield culture clash opposites attract prejudice royalty class distinctions family
The story of the romance between the King of Siam and widowed British schoolteacher, Anna Leonowens, during the 1860s.
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.
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
1972
125 Minutes
king henry viii wife ex-wife prince princess widow brooding profound emotional melodramatic passionate patriotic great britain castle london church chapel king henry viii marriage british royal family
On his deathbed, King Henry VIII looks back over his eventful life and his six marriages.
Drama
Italy
1968
100 Minutes
Silvana Mangano Terence Stamp Massimo Girotti Anne Wiazemsky Laura Betti Ninetto Davoli Alfonso Gatto Susanna Pasolini Adele Cambria Carlo De Mejo Luigi Barbini
young man stranger husband wife daughter maid emotional engaging fascinating passionate sultry melodramatic italy milan milan, italy villa passion secret attraction relationships
A mysterious young man seduces each member of a bourgeois family. When he suddenly leaves, how will their lives change?
Drama
France|USA
1996
103 Minutes
Gena Rowlands Marisa Tomei Gérard Depardieu Jake Lloyd Moira Kelly David Thornton David Sherrill
widow elderly woman daughter neighbor single mother young boy tender melodramatic moving apartment family home family mother/daughter relationship mother/son relationship aging self-discovery transformation growing up sacrifice 1990s
After her abusive husband leaves, Monica asks her neighbor to look after her son while she's at work. Mildred's angry daughter's just moved out, so she's happy to have JJ.
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.
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
1997
103 Minutes
Judi Dench Billy Connolly Geoffrey Palmer Antony Sher Gerard Butler Richard Pasco David Westhead Georgie Glen
prince of wales servant prime minister queen victoria heartwarming passionate touching royal palace england royal court scotland duty scandal forbidden love grief royalty transformation quest forbidden love 1860s
The friendship of a loyal servant, Scotsman John Brown (Billy Connolly), revives the spirits of Britain's widowed Queen Victoria (Judi Dench).
Drama, Romance
West Germany
1955
105 Minutes
Eva Kotthaus Erik Schumann Horst Buchholz Georg Thomalla Gustav Knuth Camilla Spira Erich Ponto Lucie Höflich Siegfried Lowitz Otto Wernicke Wolfgang Neuss
german woman son border patrol officer love interest great-grandmother emotional melodramatic engaging heartwarming passionate charming east germany germany west germany border mother/son relationship east/west clash family relationships father/son relationship
A border police officer helps a woman cross between West and East Germany with her son. Despite being increasingly united by love, the distance between them increases as border security tightens.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1961
153 Minutes
Rosalind Russell Alec Guinness Ray Danton Madlyn Rhue Mae Questel
mother daughter son-in-law widower neighbor emotional melodramatic ship family home japan friendship marriage family mother/child relationship grief racism love transformation 1960s
A gentle love story about a Japanese businessman and widower, and a Brooklyn widow. But before a happy ending can ensue, they must learn again the lessons of tolerance, kindness, and forgiveness.
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
Italy|France
1963
165 Minutes
Burt Lancaster Claudia Cardinale Alain Delon Paolo Stoppa Rina Morelli Romolo Valli Terence Hill Pierre Clémenti Lucilla Morlacchi Giuliano Gemma Evelyn Stewart
prince nephew beautiful woman mayor soldier wife spectacular confident sicily mansion ballroom family home class distinctions civil war politics family wealth marriage transformation love
The Prince of Salina, a noble aristocrat of impeccable integrity, tries to preserve his family and class amid the tumultuous social upheavals of 1860's Sicily.
Drama, History
USA
1954
82 Minutes
Van Heflin Anne Bancroft Lee Marvin Richard Boone Tommy Rettig Will Wright Peter Graves Douglas Spencer Paul Cavanagh Helen Ford
confederate soldier prisoner of war veteran widow son banker thrilling intense uneasy stockade canada vermont small town boarding house bank american civil war deception friendship arson looting
A group of Confederate prisoners escape to Canada and plan to rob the banks and set fire to the small town of Saint Albans in Vermont. To get the lie of the land, their leader spends a few ... See full summary »
Drama, History
USA
1933
92 Minutes
Charles Laughton Elsa Lanchester Binnie Barnes Robert Donat Merle Oberon Miles Mander Wendy Barrie John Loder
anne boleyn wife queen king cheeky melodramatic emotional england royal court castle king henry viii marriage royalty death infidelity forbidden love love 16th century
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.
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.
Drama, History
UK
1969
122 Minutes
David Hemmings Michael York Prunella Ransome Colin Blakely Ian McKellen Peter Vaughan
war hero soldier princess viking brother spectacular patriotic thrilling melodramatic england battlefield church marsh invasion religion bloodlust patriotism english history royalty rivalry
While Old England is being ransacked by roving Danes in the ninth century, Alfred is planning to join the priesthood. But observing the rape of his land, he puts away his religious vows, to... See full summary »
Drama
USA|Mexico
2005
112 Minutes
Kathy Baker Amy Brenneman Elpidia Carrillo Glenn Close Stephen Dillane Dakota Fanning William Fichtner LisaGay Hamilton Holly Hunter Jason Isaacs Joe Mantegna
divorcée sick person prisoner old flame teen girl woman tender moving intricate melodramatic jail hospital family home supermarket graveyard mother/daughter relationship family dysfunction estrangement reunion illness
Captives of the very relationships that define and sustain them, nine women resiliently meet the travails and disappointments of life.
Drama, Romance
Japan
1962
103 Minutes
Ganjirô Nakamura Setsuko Hara Yoko Tsukasa Keiju Kobayashi Michiyo Aratama Chieko Naniwa Daisuke Kato
father daughter mistress son-in-law grandson emotional melodramatic kyoto, japan household brewery aging father/daughter relationship family deception sister relationship romance love discovery 1960s
The family of an older man who runs a small sake brewery become concerned with his finances and his health after they discover him visiting an old mistress from his youth.
Drama
India
1960
98 Minutes
Sharmila Tagore Soumitra Chatterjee Chhabi Biswas Purnendu Mukherjee Karuna Bannerjee Arpan Chowdhury Anil Chatterjee Kali Sarkar Mohammed Israil Khagesh Chakravarti Santa Devi
husband wife father brother nephew sick person solemn touching sad tender rural community family home front porch india healing reincarnation mental illness father/son relationship crisis of faith family
A young woman is deemed a goddess when her father-in-law, a rich feudal land-lord, has a dream envisioning her as an avatar of Kali.