Films like Masquerade
Though it places his own life in danger, a look-alike commoner secretly takes the place of a poisoned king to save his country from falling into chaos.
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The Face Reader
Film · 2013 · also drama and historyAn exceptionally talented face reader becomes entangled in a bloody power struggle between a child king and his uncle who plans to usurp the throne.
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King and the Clown
Film · 2005 · also drama and historyTwo clowns living in Korea's Chosun Dynasty get arrested for staging a play that satirizes the king. They are dragged to the palace and threatened with execution but are...
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The Throne
Film · 2015 · also drama and historyAncient Korea, July 4, 1762. The Crown Prince Hyojang, posthumously named Sado, son of King Yeongjo of Joseon, is accused of treason. Thus, the king asks him to commit su...
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The Fatal Encounter
Film · 2014 · also historyLate 18th-century Joseon dynasty. The King is beleaguered and surrounded by traitors of the ruling elite. They plan to assassinate and replace him with a puppet. But the...
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War of the Arrows
Film · 2011 · also drama and historyAfter the death of their father, two siblings are raised by their father's best friend. However, when one gets kidnapped just before her wedding, the other rises against...
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The Man in the Iron Mask
Film · 1998 · also dramaYears have passed since the Three Musketeers, Aramis, Athos and Porthos, have fought together with their friend, D'Artagnan. But with the tyrannical King Louis using his...
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The Divine Weapon
Film · 2008 · also historyDuring the reign of King Sejong in the 15th century, the Joseon Dynasty was the embodiment of the perfect state. To the Ming China, the aspiring imperial power, Joseon pr...
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Richard III
Film · 1955 · also drama and historyHaving helped his brother King Edward IV take the throne of England, the jealous hunchback Richard, Duke of Gloucester, plots to seize power for himself. Masterfully dece...
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Giant
Film · 2026 · also drama and historyFollows Prince Naseem Hamed from his humble beginnings on the tough working-class streets of Sheffield and his discovery by Ingle, himself a steel industry worker turned...
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Anonymous
Film · 2011 · also drama and historySet against the backdrop of the succession of Queen Elizabeth I, and the Essex Rebellion against her, the story advances the theory that it was in fact Edward De Vere, Ea...
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