Movies like The King and I
The King and I (1956) is a romance movie directed by Walter Lang. The list below collects the movies that people who loved it enjoyed most, best known first.
1. Anna and the King (1999)
★ 6.8 · 843 votes · Drama, Romance, History
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 that a man can be loved by just one woman.
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2. Aladdin (2019)
★ 7.1 · 10,855 votes · Adventure, Fantasy, Romance
A kindhearted street urchin named Aladdin embarks on a magical adventure after finding a lamp that releases a wisecracking genie while a power-hungry Grand Vizier vies for the same lamp that has the power to make their deepest wishes come true.
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3. Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
★ 7.2 · 12,915 votes · Drama, Comedy, Romance
After losing his job and wife, and spending time in an institution, a former teacher winds up living with his parents. He wants to rebuild his life and reconcile with his wife, but his father would be happy if he shared his obsession with the Philadelphia Eagles. Things get complicated when he meets Tiffany Maxwell who offers to help him reconnect with his wife if he will do something very important for her in exchange.
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4. What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)
★ 7.7 · 4,415 votes · Romance, Drama
Gilbert Grape is a small-town young man with a lot of responsibility. Chief among his concerns are his mother, who is so overweight that she can't leave the house, and his mentally impaired younger brother, Arnie, who has a knack for finding trouble. Settled into a job at a grocery store and an ongoing affair with local woman Betty Carver, Gilbert finally has his life shaken up by the free-spirited Becky.
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5. Mamma Mia! (2008)
★ 7.0 · 7,190 votes · Comedy, Romance
A spirited young bride-to-be living with her single mother on a small Greek island secretly invites three of her mother's ex-boyfriends in hope of finding her biological father to walk her down the aisle.
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6. Grease (1978)
★ 7.4 · 7,860 votes · Romance, Comedy
Australian good girl Sandy and greaser Danny fell in love over the summer. But when they unexpectedly discover they're now in the same high school, will they be able to rekindle their romance despite their eccentric friends?
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7. The Sound of Music (1965)
★ 7.7 · 3,769 votes · Drama, Family, Music
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.
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8. The Theory of Everything (2014)
★ 7.8 · 11,322 votes · Drama, 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 thing he now has precious little of – time.
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9. Marie Antoinette (2006)
★ 6.7 · 3,028 votes · Drama, 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.
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10. Match Point (2005)
★ 7.4 · 4,505 votes · Drama, Romance, Thriller
Chris, a former tennis pro, takes a job as an instructor and befriends his wealthy young student, Tom. After being introduced to his family, Chris is soon engaged to Tom's sister, Chloe. Despite the professional and financial advantages that this relationship affords him, Chris becomes obsessed with Tom's fiancee, American actress Nola.
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11. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
★ 7.8 · 937 votes · Drama, Romance
A married farmer falls under the spell of a slatternly woman from the city, who tries to convince him to drown his wife.
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12. Far from Heaven (2002)
★ 7.1 · 698 votes · Drama, Romance
In 1950s Connecticut, a housewife's life is upended by a marital crisis and mounting racial tensions in society.
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13. The Duchess (2008)
★ 7.0 · 1,850 votes · Drama, History, Romance
A chronicle of the life of 18th century aristocrat Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, who was reviled for her extravagant political and personal life.
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14. The Painted Veil (2006)
★ 7.3 · 1,322 votes · Romance, 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.
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