Movies Like The King and I

If you liked The King and I (1956), a romance and history movie directed by Walter Lang, 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
Anna and the King of Siam (1946)
★ 6.2/10Also drama and romance
In 1862, a young Englishwoman becomes royal tutor in Siam and befriends the King.
2
Anna and the King (1999)
★ 6.8/10Also drama and romance
The story of the romance between the King of Siam (now Thailand) and the widowed British school teacher Anna Leonowens during the 1860s. Anna teaches the children and becomes romanced by the King. She convinces him…
3
Persuasion (2007)
★ 7.2/10Also drama and romance
Anne Elliot was once in love with Frederick Wentworth, a commander in the Royal Navy who was rejected by her snobby parents eight years ago. When the family hits hard times and are forced to rent out their mansion to…
4
Queen Christina (1934)
★ 6.9/10Also romance and history
Popular monarch Queen Christina of Sweden must choose between love and loyalty to her nation when she unexpectedly falls for a Spanish envoy.
5
The Girl King (2015)
★ 6.2/10Also drama and history
A portrait of the brilliant, extravagant Kristina of Sweden, queen from age six, who fights the conservative forces that are against her ideas to modernize Sweden and who have no tolerance for her awakening sexuality.
6
Marie Antoinette (2006)
★ 6.7/10Also drama and history
A retelling of the story of France’s iconic but ill-fated queen, Marie Antoinette - from her betrothal and marriage to Louis XVI at fifteen to her reign as queen at nineteen and ultimately the fall of Versailles.
7
The Theory of Everything (2014)
★ 7.8/10Also drama and romance
Once a healthy, active young man, Hawking received an earth-shattering diagnosis at 21 years of age. With Jane fighting tirelessly by his side, Stephen embarks on his most ambitious scientific work, studying the very…
8
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
★ 7.8/10Also drama and romance
A married farmer falls under the spell of a slatternly woman from the city, who tries to convince him to drown his wife.
9
Persuasion (1995)
★ 7.2/10Also drama and romance
In early 19th-century England, dire financial straits reacquaint the aristocratic Anne Elliot with her wealthy ex-fiance Frederick Wentworth. The two must choose between either putting the past behind them or listening…
10
The Sound of Music (1965)
★ 7.7/10Also drama and romance
In the years before World War II, a tomboyish postulant at an Austrian abbey is hired as a governess in the home of a widowed naval captain with seven children and brings a new love of life and music into the home.
11
Purple Hearts (2022)
★ 8/10Also romance and drama
An aspiring musician agrees to a marriage of convenience with a soon-to-deploy Marine, but a tragedy soon turns their fake relationship all too real.
12
The Whole Wide World (1996)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and romance
In 1930s Texas, pulp fiction master Robert E. Howard is introduced to Novalyne Price, a teacher with aspirations of becoming an author herself, and they begin a unique relationship filled with conversation and…
13
A Letter to Three Wives (1949)
★ 7.2/10Also romance and drama
A letter is addressed to three wives from their 'best friend', announcing that she's running away with one of their husbands – but she doesn't specify which one.
14
The Duchess (2008)
★ 7/10Also drama and history
A chronicle of the life of 18th century aristocrat Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, who was reviled for her extravagant political and personal life.
15
Far from Heaven (2002)
★ 7.1/10Also drama and romance
In 1950s Connecticut, a housewife's life is upended by a marital crisis and mounting racial tensions in society.
16
The Painted Veil (2006)
★ 7.3/10Also romance and drama
A British medical doctor fights a cholera outbreak in a small Chinese village, while also being trapped at home in a loveless marriage to an unfaithful wife.
17
Autumn in New York (2000)
★ 6.1/10Also drama and romance
Will Keane, a Manhattan restaurateur, is content with his playboy lifestyle until he meets Charlotte Fielding, a free-spirited young woman. Together the pair pursue a passionate affair that forces them both to…
18
Never Let Me Go (2010)
★ 6.8/10Also drama and romance
As children, Kathy, Ruth, and Tommy spend their childhood at an idyllic and secluded English boarding school. As they grow into adults, they must come to terms with the complexity and strength of their love for one…
19
Far from the Madding Crowd (2015)
★ 7/10Also drama and romance
In Victorian England, the independent and headstrong Bathsheba Everdene attracts three very different suitors: Gabriel Oak, a hardworking young sheep farmer; Frank Troy, a handsome and reckless Sergeant; and William…
20
Romeo and Juliet (1968)
★ 7.4/10Also drama and romance
Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet fall in love against the wishes of their feuding families. Driven by their passion, the young lovers defy their destiny and elope, only to suffer the ultimate tragedy.