Movies Like Princess Yang Kwei-fei

If you liked Princess Yang Kwei-fei (1955), a romance and drama movie directed by Kenji Mizoguchi, 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
Mayerling (1968)
★ 6.2/10Also drama and romance
Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria clashes with his father, Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria, over implementing progressive policies for their country. Rudolf soon feels he is a man born at the wrong time in a country…
2
Désirée (1954)
★ 6.5/10Also drama and romance
In Marseilles, France in 1794, Desiree Clary, a young millinery clerk, becomes infatuated with Napoleon Bonaparte, but winds up wedding General Jean-Baptiste Berandotte, an aid to Napoleon who later joins the forces…
3
That Hamilton Woman (1941)
★ 7.1/10Also drama and history
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.
4
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.
5
Raintree County (1957)
★ 6.4/10Also romance and drama
In 1859, idealist John Wickliff Shawnessey, a resident of Raintree County, Indiana, is distracted from his high school sweetheart Nell Gaither by Susanna Drake, a rich New Orleans girl. This love triangle is further…
6
“Wuthering Heights” (2026)
★ 6.6/10Also romance and drama
Tragedy strikes when Heathcliff falls in love with Catherine Earnshaw, a woman from a wealthy family in 18th-century England.
7
Original Sin (2001)
★ 6.2/10Also drama and romance
A young man is plunged into a life of subterfuge, deceit and mistaken identity in pursuit of a femme fatale whose heart is never quite within his grasp.
8
In the Realm of the Senses (1976)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and romance
A passionate telling of the story of Sada Abe, a woman whose affair with her master led to an obsessive and ultimately destructive sexual relationship.
9
Munich - The Edge of War (2021)
★ 6.9/10Also drama and history
At the tense 1938 Munich Conference, former friends who now work for opposing governments become reluctant spies racing to expose a Nazi secret.
10
Anna Karenina (2012)
★ 6.7/10Also drama and romance
In Imperial Russia, Anna, wife of the officer Karenin, goes to Moscow to visit her brother. On the way, she meets charming cavalry officer Vronsky, to whom she's immediately attracted. But in St. Petersburg’s high…
11
Gate of Hell (1953)
★ 7.1/10Also drama and history
Japan, 1159. Moritō, a brave samurai, performs a heroic act by rescuing the lovely Kesa during a violent uprising. Moritō falls in love with her, but becomes distraught when he finds out that she is married.
12
The Scandalous Lady W (2015)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and romance
A gripping 18th century drama details the scandalous life of Lady Seymour Worsley, who dared to leave her husband and elope with his best friend, Captain George Bisset. Lady Seymour Worsley escapes her troubled…
13
The Sleeping Dictionary (2003)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and romance
In the 1930s, British officer John Truscott journeys to a remote village in colonial Malaysia to educate and Westernize the local Iban population. There, he's introduced to the lovely Selima. In keeping with tradition…
14
The Invisible Woman (2013)
★ 5.9/10Also drama and history
In 1857, at the height of his fame and fortune, novelist and social critic Charles Dickens meets and falls in love with teenage stage actress Nelly Ternan. As she becomes the focus of his heart and mind, as well as his…
15
My Tomorrow, Your Yesterday (2016)
★ 7.5/10Also romance and drama
Takatoshi Minamiyama majors in art at an university in Kyoto. On the train to the school, he sees Emi Fukuju and falls in love with her at first sight. Gathering up all his courage, he speaks to her. They begin to date…
16
Lady Jane (1986)
★ 6.9/10Also drama and romance
The death of King Henry VIII throws his kingdom into chaos because of succession disputes. His weak son, Edward, is on his deathbed. Anxious to keep England true to the Reformation, a scheming minister John Dudley…
17
The Age of Innocence (1993)
★ 7/10Also drama and romance
In 19th century New York high society, a young lawyer falls in love with a woman separated from her husband, while he is engaged to the woman's cousin.
18
Northanger Abbey (2007)
★ 6.8/10Also romance and drama
A young woman's penchant for sensational Gothic novels leads to misunderstandings in the matters of the heart.
19
Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)
★ 7.6/10Also drama and romance
In the years before World War II, a penniless Japanese child is torn from her family to work as a maid in a geisha house.
20
Eros + Massacre (1969)
★ 7.3/10Also drama and romance
Two interwoven stories. The first is a biography of anarchist Sakae Osugi which follows his relationship with three women in the 1920s. The second centers around two 1960s students researching Osugi's theories.