Movies Like The King's Daughters
If you liked The King's Daughters (2000), a drama and history movie directed by Patricia Mazuy, 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.
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Loving Annabelle (2007)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and romanceAnnabelle is the wise-beyond-her-years newcomer to an exclusive Catholic girls school. Having been expelled from her first two schools she's bound to stir some trouble. Sparks fly though when sexual chemistry appears…
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The Other Boleyn Girl (2003)
★ 7.1/10Also drama and historyBased on the controversial novel by Philippa Gregory, "The Other Boleyn Girl" is a fictionalised account of the life of Lady Mary Boleyn who becomes mistress to England's king, Henry VIII, before being ousted by her…
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Jeanne du Barry (2023)
★ 6.9/10Also drama and historyThe life of Jeanne Bécu, who was born as the illegitimate daughter of an impoverished seamstress in 1743 and went on to rise through the Court of Louis XV to become his last official mistress.
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Rosalie (2024)
★ 6.5/10Also drama and romanceFrance, 1870s. Rosalie is a young woman unlike any other. She hides a secret: she was born with a face and body covered in hair. She’s concealed her peculiarity all her life to stay safe, shaving to fit in. Until Abel…
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Les Misérables (2026)
★ 7.2/10Also history and romanceAfter enduring 19 years in prison for stealing a loaf of bread, Jean Valjean emerges a hardened man. He seeks redemption by reinventing himself as a respected dignitary under a new identity. He promises Fantine, a…
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Lady J (2018)
★ 6.4/10Also drama and romanceWhen a romance between a widow and a notorious libertine takes an unexpected turn, Mademoiselle de Joncquières becomes instrumental to one lover’s plans for revenge.
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Total Eclipse (1995)
★ 6.4/10Also drama and romanceYoung, wild poet Arthur Rimbaud and his mentor Paul Verlaine engage in a fierce, forbidden romance while feeling the effects of a hellish artistic lifestyle.
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The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999)
★ 6.4/10Also drama and historyIn 1429, a French teenager stood before her King with a message she claimed came from God; that she would defeat the world's greatest army and liberate her country from its political and religious turmoil. As she…
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All This, and Heaven Too (1940)
★ 7.2/10Also drama and romanceWhen lovely and virtuous governess Henriette Deluzy comes to educate the children of the debonair Duc de Praslin, a royal subject to King Louis-Philippe and the husband of the volatile and obsessive Duchesse de…
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Orphans of the Storm (1921)
★ 6.8/10Also drama and historyFrance, on the eve of the French Revolution. Henriette and Louise have been raised together as sisters. When the plague that takes their parents' lives causes Louise's blindness, they decide to travel to Paris in…
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Benedetta (2021)
★ 6.6/10Also history and dramaA 17th-century nun becomes entangled in a forbidden lesbian affair with a novice. But it is Benedetta's shocking religious visions that threaten to shake the Church to its core.
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Farewell, My Queen (2012)
★ 6/10Also drama and historyA look at the relationship between Marie Antoinette and one of her readers during the final days of the French Revolution.
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Les Misérables (1998)
★ 7.2/10Also drama and historyIn 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the…
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No Chains, No Masters (2024)
★ 6.5/10Also drama and history1759, Mauritius Island, Indian Ocean. The island is controlled by French settlers and the deported slave population live in fear while toiling in the sugar cane plantations. Unlike her disillusioned father Massamba…
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A Man and a Woman (1966)
★ 7.4/10Also drama and romanceA man and a woman meet by accident on a Sunday evening at their childrens' boarding school. Slowly, they reveal themselves to each other, finding that they have something deeply in common.
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The Young Victoria (2009)
★ 7.2/10Also drama and historyAs the only legitimate heir of England's King William, teenage Victoria gets caught up in the political machinations of her own family. Victoria's mother wants her to sign a regency order, while her Belgian uncle…
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Hollywood Dirt (2017)
★ 6.4/10Also drama and romanceHollywood arrives in force to Quincy, the small town where the secret Crown Cola billionaire's live. They want to film about the billionaire's and how they made their fortunes. Summer Jenkins, who was the town pariah…
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Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
★ 7.2/10Also drama and romanceIn 18th century France, Marquise de Merteuil asks her ex-lover Vicomte de Valmont to seduce the future wife of another ex-lover of hers in return for one last night with her. Yet things don’t go as planned.
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Sense and Sensibility (2026)
★ 7.4/10Also drama and romanceA charming, witty, and deeply relatable story of love and sisterhood.
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Luna (2018)
★ 6.2/10Also drama and romanceA film in which the director captures the beautiful and accurate qualities of reality when building the energetic portrait of a 16-year-old girl immersed in the macho culture of urban suburban south-west France, just a…