20 movies like Alexander, ordered by similarity : Antony and Cleopatra(1972), Viceroy's House(2017), Dangerous Beauty(1998), Professor Marston & the Wonder Women(2017), They Shall Not Grow Old(2018), Tolkien(2019), Bajirao Mastani(2015), Carol(2015), War and Peace(1966), Alexander the Great(1956), Baahubali: The Beginning(2015), Woodpeckers(2017) ...
Drama, Biography, History, War, Adventure
USA|UK|Germany|Netherlands|France|Italy|Morocco|Thailand
2004
175 Minutes
Colin Farrell Angelina Jolie Val Kilmer Christopher Plummer Jared Leto Rosario Dawson Anthony Hopkins Brian Blessed Tim Pigott-Smith Connor Paolo Gary Stretch
emperor king mother wife friend soldier powerful spectacular passionate sultry thrilling moving greece persia india egypt battlefield palace alexander the great political intrigue
Alexander, the King of Macedonia and one of the greatest army leaders in the history of warfare, conquers much of the known world.
Drama, History
UK|Spain|Switzerland
1972
160 Minutes
Charlton Heston Hildegard Neil Eric Porter John Castle Fernando Rey Juan Luis Galiardo
queen egyptian lover rival roman seducer brooding emotional gripping intense moving powerful egypt kingdom chamber desert love sacrifice rivalry power
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.
Drama, History
UK|India|Sweden
2017
105 Minutes
Hugh Bonneville Gillian Anderson Manish Dayal Huma Qureshi Om Puri Denzil Smith Neeraj Kabi Michael Gambon Simon Callow Lily Travers Jaz Deol
lord viceroy wife daughter servant staff member moving emotional profound patriotic rousing inspiring india palace town street indian culture indian history indian independence movement british culture
The final Viceroy of India, Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (Hugh Bonneville), is tasked with overseeing the transition of British India to independence, but meets with conflict as different sides clash in the face of monumental change.
Drama, History
USA
1998
111 Minutes
Catherine McCormack Rufus Sewell Jacqueline Bisset Oliver Platt Moira Kelly Fred Ward Naomi Watts Jeroen Krabbé Joanna Cassidy Daniel Lapaine Jake Weber
aristocrat courtesan mother lover wrongly accused zealot powerful fiery passionate sultry venice, italy old city palace beauty poverty love power play suspicion book transformation
A Venetian courtesan becomes a hero to her city, but later becomes the target of an inquisition by the Church for witchcraft.
Drama, History, Biography
USA
2017
108 Minutes
Luke Evans Rebecca Hall Bella Heathcote Connie Britton Monica Giordano JJ Feild Chris Conroy Oliver Platt Maggie Castle Alexa Havins Sharon Kubo
professor writer inventor lover wife emotional sultry powerful passionate intricate inspiring harvard university massachusetts house stage classroom womanhood comic books threesome marriage
The story of psychologist William Moulton Marston, and his polyamorous relationship with his wife and their mistress who would inspire his creation of the superheroine, Wonder Woman.
Documentary, War, Drama, History
UK|New Zealand
2018
99 Minutes
soldier army recruit british officer british soldier british soldiers german soldier german troops bleak emotional moving patriotic powerful sad somber war zone france belgium united kingdom trenches training camp
A documentary about World War I with never-before-seen footage to commemorate the centennial of the end of the war.
Biography, Drama, History
USA
2019
112 Minutes
Nicholas Hoult Lily Collins Colm Meaney Derek Jacobi Anthony Boyle Patrick Gibson Tom Glynn-Carney Craig Roberts Harry Gilby Adam Bregman Albie Marber
writer professor soldier child wife friend inspiring confident creative dreamy emotional battlefield england restaurant woods friendship love war storytelling biography
The formative years of the orphaned author J.R.R. Tolkien as he finds friendship, love and artistic inspiration among a group of fellow outcasts at school.
Romance, Action, Drama, History
India
2015
158 Minutes
Priyanka Chopra Deepika Padukone Ranveer Singh Aditya Pancholi Mahesh Manjrekar Milind Soman Tanvi Azmi Vaibbhav Tatwawdi
warrior prince princess queen mother gripping intense powerful inspiring passionate india city mansion kingdom battlefield love at first sight love triangle love adventure quest
An account of the romance between the Maratha general, Baji Rao I and Mastani, princess of Bundelkhand.
Gay & Lesbian, Romance, Drama
UK|USA|Australia
2015
118 Minutes
Cate Blanchett Rooney Mara Sarah Paulson Jake Lacy John Magaro Cory Michael Smith Carrie Brownstein Kevin Crowley Nik Pajic Kyle Chandler
woman love interest divorcée romantic interest lover daughter mother photographer gay/lesbian emotional engaging endearing sad powerful tense united states manhattan new york new york city department store
An aspiring photographer develops an intimate relationship with an older woman in 1950s New York.
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
Spain|USA
1956
141 Minutes
Richard Burton Fredric March Claire Bloom Danielle Darrieux Barry Jones Harry Andrews
king father mother stepmother friend philosopher incredible intense ancient greece babylon palace battlefield alexander the great royalty greek empire persian empire conquest family quest rivalry
The life and military conquests of Alexander III of Macedon (July 20/21, 356 - June 10/11, 323 B.C.), commonly known as Alexander the Great.
Adventure, Drama, Action
India
2015
159 Minutes
Prabhas Rana Daggubati Anushka Shetty Tamannaah Sathyaraj Nassar Ramya Krishnan Subbaraju Adivi Sesh
young man prince mother brother mentor lover intense powerful fascinating confident passionate emotional india kingdom village town house mansion good vs. evil family ties
In ancient India, an adventurous and daring man becomes involved in a decades-old feud between two warring peoples.
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
Switzerland|UK|USA
1963
243 Minutes
Elizabeth Taylor Richard Burton Rex Harrison Pamela Brown George Cole Hume Cronyn Cesare Danova Kenneth Haigh Andrew Keir Martin Landau Roddy McDowall
julius caesar mark antony cleopatra soldier military officer passionate powerful spectacular ancient egypt royal court jealousy love triangle politics assassination quest love ancient egypt
Queen Cleopatra VII of Egypt experiences both triumph and tragedy as she attempts to resist the imperial ambitions of Rome.
Romance, Adventure, Drama, History, War
USA
1992
114 Minutes
Daniel Day-Lewis Madeleine Stowe Russell Means Eric Schweig Jodhi May Steven Waddington Wes Studi Maurice Roeves Patrice Chéreau
sister frontiersman colonel native american traitor brother thrilling powerful melodramatic new york state fort wilderness waterfall indian village adirondack mountains brotherhood changing times loyalty cross-cultural romance abduction
Three trappers protect the daughters of a British Colonel in the midst of the French and Indian War.
Romance
USA
2017
91 Minutes
Zosia Mamet Matthew Shear Deirdre O'Connell Sarah Ramos Diana Irvine Arliss Howard Deborah Offner David Wohl Jeff Ward Theo Stockman Liz Larsen
writer ex-boyfriend girlfriend friend neighbor love interest amusing quirky emotional charming cool endearing new york city apartment brooklyn cab restaurant central park love friendship
A young woman is forced to reflect on her first relationship when she inadvertently moves into her ex-boyfriend's apartment building.
Romance, Biography, Drama, History
Czech Republic|UK|France|USA
2016
111 Minutes
David Oyelowo Rosamund Pike Jack Davenport Tom Felton Laura Carmichael Charlotte Hope Jack Lowden Nicholas Lyndhurst Jessica Oyelowo Arnold Oceng Anastasia Hille
prince african white woman british woman citizen president charming moving emotional engaging inspiring powerful botswana africa united kingdom embassy village street love forbidden love
The story of King Seretse Khama of Botswana and how his loving but controversial marriage to a British white woman, Ruth Williams, put his kingdom into political and diplomatic turmoil.
Sports & Fitness, Action, Drama, History
2002
93 Minutes
Jet Li Tony Leung Maggie Cheung Donnie Yen Chen Daoming Zhang Ziyi Liu Zhongyuan Tianyong Zheng
king warrior assassin gripping incredible spectacular rousing china palace desert love assassination betrayal revenge quest adventure rivalry 2nd century b.c.
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.
War, Biography, Drama, History
UK|USA
2017
125 Minutes
Gary Oldman Kristin Scott Thomas Ben Mendelsohn Lily James Ronald Pickup Stephen Dillane Nicholas Jones Samuel West Richard Lumsden Charley Palmer Rothwell Hannah Steele
winston churchill nazi king soldier politician adolf hitler brooding rousing passionate striking tense spirited london great britain war zone nazi germany government building house of parliament world war ii nazi occupation
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.
Drama
India|UK|USA
2015
116 Minutes
Radhika Apte Sayani Gupta Adil Hussain Surveen Chawla Tannishtha Chatterjee Sumeet Vyas Mahesh Balraj Chandan Anand Riddhi Sen Lehar Khan Tanya Sachdeva
young woman indian father mother friend man intense emotional melodramatic inspiring disturbing heartwarming india big city family traditions religious traditions women's rights confrontation friendship love
In the arid landscape of Rajasthan, four women navigate their way through personal and cultural difficulties.
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.