20 movies like Hyde Park on Hudson, ordered by similarity : The Private Life of Henry VIII(1933), A United Kingdom(2016), Conquest(1937), That Hamilton Woman(1941), War and Peace(1966), Antony and Cleopatra(1972), The Madness of King George(1994), Her Majesty, Mrs. Brown(1997), Gone With the Wind(1939), Elizabeth(1998), Elizabeth: The Golden Age(2007), Padmaavat(2018) ...
History, Drama
UK
2012
94 Minutes
Bill Murray Laura Linney Samuel West Olivia Colman Olivia Williams Martin McDougall Elizabeth Wilson Eleanor Bron Elizabeth Marvel
u.s. president eleanor roosevelt cousin queen king confidante charming witty touching country house hyde park, n.y. franklin delano roosevelt historical events infidelity royalty forbidden love sacrifice 1930s
The story of the love affair between FDR and his distant cousin Margaret "Daisy" Suckley, centered around the weekend in 1939 when the King and Queen of the United Kingdom visited upstate New York.
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.
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.
Drama, History
1937
112 Minutes
Greta Garbo Charles Boyer Reginald Owen Alan Marshall Henry Stephenson Leif Erickson Dame May Whitty C. Henry Gordon Maria Ouspenskaya Claude Gillingwater
napoleon bonaparte countess marie walewska count politician son patriotic melodramatic poland isle of elba france historical events affair imprisonment divorce love sacrifice wretched excess forbidden love 1800s
Married Countess Marie Walewska (Greta Garbo) becomes Napoleon's (Charles Boyer) mistress, followed by the battle of Waterloo.
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.
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
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|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).
Romance, History, Drama
USA
1939
222 Minutes
Clark Gable Vivien Leigh Leslie Howard Olivia de Havilland Thomas Mitchell Barbara O'Neil Victor Jory Laura Hope Crews Hattie McDaniel Ona Munson Harry Davenport
ingénue soldier husband cousin slave emotional touching family home atlanta park household saloon georgia american civil war romance jealousy marriage friendship love triangle forbidden love
A manipulative woman and a roguish man conduct a turbulent romance during the American Civil War and Reconstruction periods.
Drama, History
1998
121 Minutes
Cate Blanchett Geoffrey Rush Christopher Eccleston Joseph Fiennes Richard Attenborough Fanny Ardant Kathy Burke Éric Cantona James Frain Vincent Cassel Daniel Craig
queen lover adviser nobleman brooding suspenseful emotional gripping england castle royal court royal life espionage historical events queen elizabeth i rivalry sacrifice love 17th century
After succeeding her sister Mary to the throne in 1558, Elizabeth I (Cate Blanchett) rules Britain for more than 40 years.
Drama, History
UK|France|Germany|USA
2007
115 Minutes
Cate Blanchett Geoffrey Rush Clive Owen Rhys Ifans Jordi Mollá Abbie Cornish Samantha Morton Tom Hollander Antony Carrick David Threlfall Eddie Redmayne
queen mary stuart king philip ii adviser sir walter raleigh servant engaging melodramatic powerful england spain throne room ship palace countryside royalty war romance queen elizabeth i assassination plot
A mature Queen Elizabeth endures multiple crises late in her reign including court intrigues, an assassination plot, the Spanish Armada, and romantic disappointments.
War, Drama, History
India
2018
164 Minutes
Deepika Padukone Shahid Kapoor Ranveer Singh Aditi Rao Hydari Anupriya Goenka Raza Murad Jim Sarbh
king queen tyrant wife uncle eunuch brutal bleak disheartening emotional gripping intense kingdom castle mansion forest temple battlefield love at first sight jealousy
Set in medieval Rajasthan, Queen Padmavati is married to a noble king and they live in a prosperous fortress with their subjects until an ambitious Sultan hears of Padmavati's beauty and forms an obsessive love for the Queen of Mewar.
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
Austria|Luxembourg|Germany
2014
96 Minutes
Christian Friedel Birte Schnoeink Stephan Grossmann Katharina Schüttler Sebastian Hülk Sandra Hüller Eva-Maria Kurz Hana Sofia Lopes
poet cousin wife woman death intense emotional melodramatic touching passionate spirited berlin death romance poetry love forbidden love temptation rise fall
Berlin, the Romantic Era. Young poet Heinrich wishes to conquer the inevitability of death through love, yet is unable to convince his skeptical cousin Marie to join him in a suicide pact. ... See full summary »
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.
Biography, Drama, History
USA|Germany
2004
166 Minutes
Leonardo DiCaprio Cate Blanchett Kate Beckinsale John C. Reilly Alec Baldwin Alan Alda Ian Holm Danny Huston Gwen Stefani Jude Law Adam Scott
howard hughes katharine hepburn ava gardner entrepreneur actor pilot striking fascinating thrilling airplane hangar hollywood, calif. howard hughes love obsessive-compulsive disorder aviation filmmaking ambition fall rise love
A biopic depicting the early years of legendary Director and aviator Howard Hughes' career from the late 1920s to the mid 1940s.
War, Drama, History
Norway|Sweden|Denmark|Ireland
2016
133 Minutes
Jesper Christensen Anders Baasmo Christiansen Tuva Novotny Karl Markovics Katharina Schüttler Ketil Høegh Gerald Pettersen Hans Jacob Sand Erik Hivju Rolf Kristian Larsen Jan Frostad
king soldier german german officer bleak inspiring moving emotional frightening norway oslo invasion war difficult choices difficult decision dignity royalty king courage sacrifice
April 1940. Norway has been invaded by Germany and the royal family and government have fled into the interior. The German envoy to Norway tries to negotiate a peace. Ultimately, the decision on Norway's future will rest with the King.
Drama, History
UK
1966
120 Minutes
Paul Scofield Robert Shaw Orson Welles Wendy Hiller Leo McKern Susannah York John Hurt Nigel Davenport Vanessa Redgrave
writer king henry viii wife catherine of aragon emotional inspiring intense england royal court royalty marriage religion social change forbidden love sacrifice rivalry 16th century
The story of Sir Thomas More, who stood up to King Henry VIII when the King rejected the Roman Catholic Church to obtain a divorce and remarry.
Drama, History
France|Italy|Germany
1994
143 Minutes
Isabelle Adjani Daniel Auteuil Jean-Hugues Anglade Vincent Perez Virna Lisi Dominique Blanc Pascal Greggory Claudio Amendola Miguel Bosé Asia Argento Julien Rassam
heiress king catherine de medici husband lover brother striking gripping france household palace political unrest arranged marriage family bloodline royalty political intrigue religious wars forbidden love pursuit 16th century
Young Queen Margot finds herself trapped in an arranged marriage amidst a religious war between Catholics and Protestants. She hopes to escape with a new lover, but finds herself imprisoned by her powerful and ruthless family.
Drama, History
UK|USA
2008
115 Minutes
Natalie Portman Scarlett Johansson Eric Bana Kristin Scott Thomas Mark Rylance David Morrissey Jim Sturgess Benedict Cumberbatch Ana Torrent Eddie Redmayne Juno Temple
king henry viii queen anne boleyn adulterer sister bride melodramatic sultry england castle court country house tower of london royalty pregnancy love triangle divorce betrayal arranged marriage forbidden love
Two sisters contend for the affection of King Henry VIII.