Movies like The King and I: 20 to watch next
If you loved The King and I (1956) — a romance, history and drama film directed by Walter Lang — these 20 movies are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of The King and I most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like temple, widow and prime minister. 6 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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Anna and the King of Siam 1946★ 6.2
Shares: Drama, Romance, History
In 1862, a young Englishwoman becomes royal tutor in Siam and befriends the King.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Anna and the King 1999★ 6.8
Shares: 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.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Persuasion 2007★ 7.2
Shares: Drama, Romance
Anne Elliot was once in love with Frederick Wentworth, a commander in the Royal Navy who was rejected by her snobby parents eight years ago. When the family hits hard times and are forced to rent out their mansion to his brother-in-law, Frederick returns as a captain - but will he remember Anne?
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Whole Wide World 1996★ 6.6
Shares: Drama, Romance
In 1930s Texas, pulp fiction master Robert E. Howard is introduced to Novalyne Price, a teacher with aspirations of becoming an author herself, and they begin a unique relationship filled with conversation and imagination. Although the possibility exists for romance, Howard's obsession with his work and dedication to his sick mother leads Price to look elsewhere for love, leaving Howard feeling betrayed and alone.
Stream in India on Tubi TV, Plex
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The Girl King 2015★ 6.2
Shares: Drama, History, Romance
A portrait of the brilliant, extravagant Kristina of Sweden, queen from age six, who fights the conservative forces that are against her ideas to modernize Sweden and who have no tolerance for her awakening sexuality.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Persuasion 1995★ 7.2
Shares: Drama, Romance
In early 19th-century England, dire financial straits reacquaint the aristocratic Anne Elliot with her wealthy ex-fiance Frederick Wentworth. The two must choose between either putting the past behind them or listening to their hearts.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Humoresque 1947★ 7.0
Shares: Drama, Romance
A classical musician from a working class background is sidetracked by his love for a wealthy, neurotic socialite.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Jane Eyre 1943★ 6.9
Shares: Drama, Romance
After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happily in her new position at Thornfield Hall, she meets the dark, cold, and abrupt master of the house, Edward Rochester. Jane and her employer grow close in friendship and she soon finds herself falling in love with him. Happiness seems to have found Jane at last, but could Rochester's terrible secret be about to destroy it forever?
Stream in India on Stingray Amazon Channel
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Marie Antoinette 2006★ 6.7
Shares: 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.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans 1927★ 7.8
Shares: 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.
Stream in India on JustWatch TV Beta, Tubi TV, Plex
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The Ring 1927★ 5.9
Shares: Drama, Romance
Both Jack Sander and Bob Corby are boxers in love with Mabel. Jack and Mabel wed, but their marriage is flat. The young wife looks to Bob for comfort.
Stream in India on JustWatch TV Beta
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The Theory of Everything 2014★ 7.8
Shares: 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.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Sound of Music 1965★ 7.7
Shares: Drama, Romance
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.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Purple Hearts 2022★ 8.0
Shares: Romance, Drama
An aspiring musician agrees to a marriage of convenience with a soon-to-deploy Marine, but a tragedy soon turns their fake relationship all too real.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Dodsworth 1936★ 7.1
Shares: Drama, Romance
A retired auto manufacturer and his wife take a long-planned European vacation only to find that they want very different things from life.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Match Point 2005★ 7.4
Shares: Drama, Romance
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.
Stream in India on Zee5, Lionsgate Play, Lionsgate Play Apple TV Channel
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Far from Heaven 2002★ 7.1
Shares: Drama, Romance
In 1950s Connecticut, a housewife's life is upended by a marital crisis and mounting racial tensions in society.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Painted Veil 2006★ 7.3
Shares: 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.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Duchess 2008★ 7.0
Shares: 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.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Man from Elysian Fields 2001★ 5.9
Shares: Drama, Romance
A failed novelist's inability to pay the bills strains relations with his wife and leads him to work at an escort service, where he becomes entwined with a wealthy woman whose husband is a successful writer.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now