Movies like One Night with the King

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   The Book of Esther

   Strong story similarity

   2013 · 90 min · Drama · Fantasy · TV Movie

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   When Ester becomes King Xerxes’ queen, her Cousin Mordecai and that despicable Haman engage in a dangerous game of intrigue for control of the young Persian King Xerxes.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • strong shared themes: 5th century bc and bible

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   Victoria & Abdul

   Similar atmosphere

   2017 · 112 min · Drama · History

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   Queen Victoria strikes up an unlikely friendship with a young Indian clerk named Abdul Karim.

   Why it connects

   • strong genre and movie-style overlap
   • shared theme: biography

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   The Duchess

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   2008 · 110 min · Drama · History · Romance

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   A chronicle of the life of 18th century aristocrat Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, who was reviled for her extravagant political and personal life.

   Why it connects

   • strong genre and movie-style overlap
   • a closely matched era

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   Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

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   2011 · 104 min · Drama · History

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   A story set in 19th century China and centered on the lifelong friendship between two girls who develop their own secret code as a way to contend with the rigid cultural norms imposed on women.

   Why it connects

   • strong genre and movie-style overlap

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   I Can't Think Straight

   Strong story similarity

   2008 · 82 min · Drama · Romance

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   Tala, a London-based Palestinian, is preparing for her elaborate Middle Eastern wedding when she meets Leyla, a young British Indian woman who is dating her best friend. Spirited Christian Tala and shy Muslim Leyla could not be more different from each other, but the attraction is immediate and goes deeper than friendship. But Tala is not ready to accept the implications of the choice her heart has made for her and escapes back to Jordan, while Leyla tries to move on with her new-found life, to the shock of her tradition-loving parents. As Tala's wedding day approaches, simmering tensions come to boiling point and the pressure mounts for Tala to be true to herself.

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   • strong story and style similarity
   • a closely matched era

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   Pariah

   Strong story similarity

   2011 · 86 min · Drama

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   A Brooklyn teenager juggles conflicting identities and risks friendship, heartbreak, and family in a desperate search for sexual expression.

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   • strong story and style similarity
   • substantial genre overlap

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   Towelhead

   Strong story similarity

   2008 · 111 min · Drama

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   A young Arab-American girl struggles with her sexual obsession, a bigoted Army reservist, and her strict father during the Gulf War.

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   • strong story and style similarity
   • substantial genre overlap
   • a closely matched era

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   Queen of the Desert

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   2015 · 128 min · Adventure · Drama · History

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   A chronicle of Gertrude Bell's life, a traveler, writer, archaeologist, explorer, cartographer, and political attaché for the British Empire in the Near and Middle East at the dawn of the twentieth century. Her knowledge of the tribal leaders is used by the British to establish the Kingdoms of Iraq, Jordan and Saudi Arabia.

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   • strong genre and movie-style overlap

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   Pride & Prejudice

   Strong movie match

   2005 · 128 min · Drama · Romance

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   A story of love and life among the landed English gentry during the Georgian era. Mr. Bennet is a gentleman living in Hertfordshire with his overbearing wife and five daughters, but if he dies their house will be inherited by a distant cousin whom they have never met, so the family's future happiness and security is dependent on the daughters making good marriages.

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    Atonement

    Strong movie match

    2007 · 123 min · Drama · Romance

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    A young girl irrevocably changes the course of several lives when she accuses her older sister's lover of a crime he did not commit.

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    • strong recommendation signals

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