Films like The Lion in Winter

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   The Last Duel

   Film · 2021 · also drama and history

   King Charles VI declares that Knight Jean de Carrouges settle his dispute with his squire, Jacques Le Gris, by challenging him to a duel.

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   Becket

   Film · 1964 · also drama and history

   Thomas Becket, Henry II's longtime advisor, finds his friendship with the debauched king corroding when he is unwillingly appointed as Archbishop of Canterbury in an atte...

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   FX's A Christmas Carol

   Film · 2019 · also drama

   London, 1843. Ebenezer Scrooge, a bitter old man, despises the Christmas holiday. Over the course of Christmas Eve night he is visited by three ghosts to show him his pas...

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   Macbeth

   Film · 1971 · also drama

   Scotland, 11th century. Driven by the twisted prophecy of three witches and the ruthless ambition of his wife, warlord Macbeth, bold and brave, but also weak and hesitant...

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   Firebrand

   Film · 2024 · also drama and history

   Katherine Parr, the sixth wife of King Henry VIII, is named regent while the tyrant battles abroad. When the king returns, increasingly ill and paranoid, Katherine finds...

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   Wilde

   Film · 1997 · also drama and history

   Oscar Wilde is a married playwright who has occasionally indulged his weakness for male suitors. After much toil, Wilde debuts 'The Importance of Being Earnest' in London...

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   The Testament of Ann Lee

   Film · 2025 · also drama and history

   The extraordinary true legend of Ann Lee, founder of the devotional sect known as the Shakers, who preached gender and social equality and was revered by her followers as...

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   The Tragedy of Macbeth

   Film · 2021 · also drama

   Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis, receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his w...

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   Prizefighter: The Life of Jem Belcher

   Film · 2022 · also drama and history

   At the turn of the 19th century, Pugilism was the sport of kings and a gifted young boxer fought his way to becoming champion of England.

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    The Boys in the Band

    Film · 2020 · also drama

    At a birthday party in 1968 New York, a surprise guest and a drunken game leave seven gay friends reckoning with unspoken feelings and buried truths.

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