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Movies that feel likeMarie Antoinette (2006)

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.

If you loved Marie Antoinette, the closest films we have are Milk (2008), Coach Carter (2005) and Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India (2001). All three share Marie Antoinette's contemplative and epic feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is The Ambassador (2011).

🍅 58% Rotten Tomatoes★ 6.5 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Sofia Coppolacontemplativeepic
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Milk
2008 · dir. Gus Van Sant
🍅 93%★ 7.5history · drama

Both land stillness and scale at once

The difference: Reviewed even better

The true story of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man ever elected to public office. In San Francisco in the late 1970s, Harvey Milk becomes an activist for gay rights and inspires others to join him in his fight for equal rights that should be available to all Americans.

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Coach Carter
2005 · dir. Thomas Carter
🍅 63%★ 7.4drama · historyStarz

Drama with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

Based on a true story, in which Richmond High School head basketball coach Ken Carter made headlines in 1999 for benching his undefeated team due to poor academic results.

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Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India
2001 · dir. Ashutosh Gowariker
🍅 95%★ 8.1adventure · drama · history

Common ground: period drama

The difference: Sits closer to adventure than Marie Antoinette does

The year is 1893 and India is under British occupation. In a small village, the tyrannical Captain Russell has imposed an unprecedented land tax on its citizens. Outraged, Bhuvan, a rebellious farmer, rallies the villagers to publicly oppose the tax. Russell offers a novel way to settle the dispute: he challenges Bhuvan and his men to a game of cricket, a sport completely foreign to India. If Bhuvan and his men can defeat Russell's team, the tax will be repealed.

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Labyrinth of Lies
2014 · dir. Giulio Ricciarelli
🍅 83%★ 7.3drama · history

Epic history, and it commits to that

A young prosecutor in postwar West Germany investigates a massive conspiracy to cover up the Nazi pasts of prominent public figures.

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Borg vs McEnroe
2017 · dir. Janus Metz
🍅 84%★ 6.9drama · historyNetflixParamount+

Both lean on stillness more than on drama

The Swedish Björn Borg and the American John McEnroe, the best tennis players in the world, maintain a legendary duel during the 1980 Wimbledon tournament.

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Invictus
2009 · dir. Clint Eastwood
🍅 76%★ 7.3drama · history

History built on scale, twice over

Newly elected President Nelson Mandela knows his nation remains racially and economically divided in the wake of apartheid. Believing he can bring his people together through the universal language of sport, Mandela rallies South Africa's rugby union team as they make their historic run to the 1995 Rugby World Cup Championship match.

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Jobs
2013 · dir. Joshua Michael Stern
🍅 27%★ 6drama · historyPrime VideoStarz

Both play drama straight

The story of Steve Jobs' ascension from college dropout into one of the most revered creative entrepreneurs of the 20th century.

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The Lost City of Z
2017 · dir. James Gray
🍅 87%★ 6.6adventure · drama · historyPrime Video

Both are history through and through

A true-life drama in the 1920s, centering on British explorer Col. Percy Fawcett, who discovered evidence of a previously unknown, advanced civilization in the Amazon and disappeared whilst searching for it.

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Silence
2016 · dir. Martin Scorsese
🍅 83%★ 7.2drama · historyRent or buy

The same drama instincts

In the 17th century, two Portuguese Jesuit priests travel to Japan in an attempt to locate their mentor, who is rumored to have committed apostasy, and to propagate Catholicism.

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Lincoln
2012 · dir. Steven Spielberg
🍅 90%★ 7.3history · drama

The history is handled with the same confidence

The revealing story of the 16th US President's tumultuous final months in office. In a nation divided by war and the strong winds of change, Lincoln pursues a course of action designed to end the war, unite the country and abolish slavery. With the moral courage and fierce determination to succeed, his choices during this critical moment will change the fate of generations to come.

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House of Gucci
2021 · dir. Ridley Scott
🍅 62%★ 6.6drama · historyPrime Video

Both working the same drama territory

When Patrizia Reggiani, an outsider from humble beginnings, marries into the Gucci family, her unbridled ambition begins to unravel the family legacy and triggers a reckless spiral of betrayal, decadence, revenge, and ultimately… murder.

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The Ambassador
2011 · dir. Mads Brügger
🍅 71%★ 7.2documentary · history

History in the same key

Danish journalist Mads Brügger goes undercover as a Liberian Ambassador to embark on a dangerous yet hysterical journey to uncover the blood diamond trade in Africa.

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