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Movies Like Close to the Sultan

If you liked Close to the Sultan (2024), a drama and fantasy movie directed by Javier Rebollo, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

  1. 1Winter's Tale

    Winter's Tale (2014)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama and fantasy

    A burglar falls for an heiress as she dies in his arms. When he learns that he has the gift of reincarnation, he sets out to save her.

  2. 2Peter Ibbetson

    Peter Ibbetson (1935)

    ★ 7/10Also drama and fantasy

    When his mother dies, young Peter Ibbetson leaves Paris and his best friend, Mary, behind to live with a severe uncle in England. Years later, Peter is an architect with little time for women, until he begins a project…

  3. 3Sahara

    Sahara (1983)

    ★ 5.9/10Also adventure and drama

    Intent on winning a competition in place of her distinguished late father, beautiful young heiress Dale takes on the guise of a man and competes in his spot, embarking on a car race that crosses the unforgiving Sahara…

  4. 4Wicked

    Wicked (2021)

    ★ 7.8/10Also fantasy and romance

    Ivy Morgan, a college student in New Orleans, falls for Ren Owens, the last person she expected to enter her rigidly controlled life.

  5. 5The Gambler

    The Gambler (1979)

    ★ 7.5/10Also adventure and drama

    Three childhood friends; when they grow up, the poor boy is shut out from the possibility of romancing the girl because of class issues. He leaves town, learns to play pro-level poker, wins a fortune, then goes home to…

  6. 6The Firefly

    The Firefly (2013)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama and fantasy

    After her estranged brother's sudden death, young wife Lucia bonds with his fiancée through their shared grief and finds herself falling in love.

  7. 7Amor Bandido

    Amor Bandido (2021)

    ★ 6.7/10Also romance and drama

    Joan is a naïve, 16-year-old who falls in love easily. One day he decides to escape to the provinces with Luciana, a beautiful 35-year-old woman and a teacher at his school, in order to give free rein to his love…

  8. 8Supercross

    Supercross (2005)

    ★ 6.3/10Also adventure and drama

    Faced with the suspicious death of their father, two brothers must motivate one another to get back on their bikes and take the Las Vegas Motocross Championships by storm.

  9. 9Orbiter 9

    Orbiter 9 (2017)

    ★ 5.8/10Also drama and romance

    Helena, a young woman on a deep space mission, has been alone for 20 years. Her parents abandoned ship after a technical malfunction made it impossible for all three of them to reach their intended destination. Alex…

  10. 10Ashes in the Snow

    Ashes in the Snow (2018)

    ★ 6.4/10Also drama and romance

    The coming-of-age tale of 16-year-old Lina Vilkas who is deported to Siberia amid Stalin's reign of terror in the Baltic region during WWII. An aspiring artist, she secretly documents her harrowing journey with her…

  11. 11Maria's Lovers

    Maria's Lovers (1984)

    ★ 6/10Also drama and romance

    A World War II prisoner returns home to his childhood sweetheart. However, back home, he discovers that he has to compete to win her love.

  12. 12In Secret

    In Secret (2014)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama and romance

    In 1860s Paris, a young woman, Therese, is trapped in a loveless marriage to the sickly Camille by her domineering aunt, Madame Raquin. She spends her days behind the counter of a small shop and her evenings watching…

  13. 13Blind

    Blind (2017)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama and romance

    A novelist is blinded in a car crash that killed his wife and several years later rediscovers his passion for life and writing when he embarks on an affair with the neglected wife of an indicted businessman.

  14. 14Time Is Up

    Time Is Up (2021)

    ★ 6.5/10Also romance and drama

    Vivien, an accomplished student with a passion for physics, and Roy, a troubled young man, are involved in an accident that forces them to reclaim their lives one minute at the time.

  15. 15The Shepherd

    The Shepherd (2023)

    ★ 7/10Also drama and fantasy

    On Christmas Eve, a fighter pilot on his way home becomes lost while flying over water and needs a miracle to land safely.

  16. 16Mio in the Land of Faraway

    Mio in the Land of Faraway (1987)

    ★ 6/10Also adventure and drama

    Under the watch of his unkind realtives, lonely Bosse's luck is changed when he is sent to the land where his real father is the King. In that country, he sets out on a quest, together with his new friend, to destroy…

  17. 17Angel Eyes

    Angel Eyes (2001)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama and romance

    A story about a seemingly unlikely couple who cross paths under life-threatening circumstances as though they are destined not only to meet but to save each other's lives. Not once, but twice.

  18. 18A Big Bold Beautiful Journey

    A Big Bold Beautiful Journey (2025)

    ★ 6.1/10Also romance and fantasy

    Sarah and David are single strangers who meet at a mutual friend’s wedding and soon, through a surprising twist of fate, find themselves on a funny, fantastical, sweeping adventure together where they get to re-live…

  19. 19Not Easily Broken

    Not Easily Broken (2009)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama and romance

    A car accident and shifting affections test the bond between a married couple.

  20. 20Perras

    Perras (2011)

    ★ 7.3/10Also drama and romance

    Something terrible is happening in class 3A at Calmecatl Junior High. No one can leave the classroom until the guilty party is found. This is the device that gives us a glimpse of the ethics, games, esthetics and…

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