Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "historical-romance"

1. Chocolat (2000)

PG-13 | 121 min | Drama, Romance

A French woman and her young daughter open up a chocolate shop in a small remote village that shakes up the rigid morality of the community.

Director: Lasse Hallström | Stars: Juliette Binoche, Johnny Depp, Judi Dench, Alfred Molina

Votes: 202,382 | Gross: $71.51M

2. The King's Affection (2021– )

TV-PG | Drama, Romance

The story is set during the Joseon Dynasty when twins were considered an ominous sign. When the Crown Princess Consort gives birth to twins, an order is sent to kill the daughter. To save her, she is secretly sent out of the palace.

Stars: Park Eun-bin, Kim Ro-Woon, Nam Yoon-Su, Byungchan

Votes: 6,070

3. The Decameron (1971)

R | 111 min | Comedy, Drama, History

An adaptation of nine stories from Boccaccio's "Decameron".

Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini | Stars: Franco Citti, Ninetto Davoli, Jovan Jovanovic, Vincenzo Amato

Votes: 12,165

4. The Last Manhunt (2022)

R | 103 min | Western

Based on true events in the early 1900s Wild West, Willie Boy falls in love with Carlota from the Chemehuevi tribe despite being forbidden to be together. A fatal incident forces the young couple to flee the only place they know as home.

Director: Christian Camargo | Stars: Martin Sensmeier, Mainei Kinimaka, Zahn McClarnon, Lily Gladstone

Votes: 1,294

5. Grace of Monaco (2014)

Not Rated | 103 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

The story of former Hollywood star Grace Kelly's crisis of marriage and identity, during a political dispute between Monaco's Prince Rainier III and France's Charles De Gaulle, and a looming French invasion of Monaco in the early 1960s.

Director: Olivier Dahan | Stars: Nicole Kidman, Tim Roth, André Penvern, Frank Langella

Votes: 21,224

6. Red Sleeve (2021–2022)

TV-14 | 70 min | Drama, History, Romance

Based on a novel of the same name, it tells the record of a royal court romance between the King of Joseon who believes his duty is to his country first above love, and a court lady who wants to protect the life she has chosen.

Stars: Lee Ji-wan, Lee Jun-ho, Lee Se-yeong, Kang Hoon

Votes: 3,057

7. Vita & Virginia (2018)

Unrated | 110 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

The fascinating true story of the love affair between socialite and popular author Vita Sackville-West and literary icon Virginia Woolf.

Director: Chanya Button | Stars: Gemma Arterton, Elizabeth Debicki, Isabella Rossellini, Rupert Penry-Jones

Votes: 4,880 | Gross: $0.04M

8. Rookie Historian Goo Hae-Ryung (2019)

35 min | Comedy, Drama, History

Set in 19th-century Korea, a female historian faces gender discrimination but perseveres. She gets entangled with Prince Lee Rim, blurring lines between duty and personal involvement.

Stars: Shin Se-Kyung, Cha Eun-woo, Lee Ji-hoon, Park Gi-woong

Votes: 3,190

9. The Tale of Nokdu (2019)

30 min | Action, Comedy, History

During the Joseon period, a man named Jeon Nok-du disguises himself as a woman to escape into a village of widows. There, he meets Dong Dong-ju, a kisaeng trainee who is more fond of crafts than singing or dancing.

Stars: Jang Dong-yoon, Kim So-hyun, Kang Tae-oh, Jeong Jun-ho

Votes: 1,995

10. Prince Valiant (1997)

PG-13 | 91 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Romance

The evil sorceress Morgan le Fey teams up with the Viking Sligon to should steal Arthur's sword Excalibur. The young boy Valiant, who masquerades as Sir Gawain to be near the princess Ilene, has to save the kingdom.

Director: Anthony Hickox | Stars: Stephen Moyer, Katherine Heigl, Thomas Kretschmann, Edward Fox

Votes: 2,418

11. Paging Mr. Darcy (2024 TV Movie)

TV-G | 84 min | Romance

A love of Jane Austen's stories helps two people to overcome their pride and admit to their belief in love.

Director: Peter Wellington | Stars: Mallory Jansen, Will Kemp, Lillian Doucet-Roche, Carolyn Scott

Votes: 803

12. Lillie (1978)

672 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama

Seen on Masterpiece Theatre, starring Francesca Annis in an award-winning performance, Lillie vividly captures the complex woman who became one of the most notorious and respected figures of the Victorian era.

Stars: Francesca Annis, Catherine Feller, Peggy Ann Wood, Anton Rodgers

Votes: 689

13. Queen Christina (1933)

Approved | 99 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

Queen Christina of Sweden is a popular monarch who is loyal to her country. However, when she falls in love with a Spanish envoy, she must choose between the throne and the man she loves.

Director: Rouben Mamoulian | Stars: Greta Garbo, John Gilbert, Ian Keith, Lewis Stone

Votes: 8,647 | Gross: $0.77M

14. Anna Karenina (II) (2013–2018)

Not Rated | 354 min | Drama

Set in late-19th-century Russia high-society, the aristocrat Anna Karenina enters into a life-changing affair with the affluent and handsome Count Vronsky. Tolstoy's novel adaptation.

Stars: Santiago Cabrera, Lou de Laâge, Sydne Rome, Ángela Molina

Votes: 651

15. The Magic Flute (1975)

G | 135 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Music

The story of the prince Tamino and his zestful sidekick Papageno, who are sent on a mission to save a beautiful princess from the clutches of evil.

Director: Ingmar Bergman | Stars: Ulrik Cold, Josef Köstlinger, Irma Urrila, Håkan Hagegård

Votes: 5,281

16. Carmen (2003)

Not Rated | 119 min | Drama, Romance

Based on the novel by Prosper Merimee, CARMEN is the classic tale of forbidden passion between a young man (Leonardo Sbaraglia) and a spoken-for woman, Carmen (Paz Vega). It is told in ... See full summary »

Director: Vicente Aranda | Stars: Paz Vega, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Antonio Dechent, Joan Crosas

Votes: 2,291

17. Adventures of Don Juan (1948)

Passed | 110 min | Action, Adventure, Romance

The great lover Don Juan comes to the assistance of his queen.

Director: Vincent Sherman | Stars: Errol Flynn, Viveca Lindfors, Robert Douglas, Alan Hale

Votes: 3,552 | Gross: $4.72M

18. Mad Love (2001)

R | 115 min | Biography, Drama, History

The love story that transformed Juana, Queen of Spain, into Juana "the Mad". A story of passions, lies and jealousy with a political motive behind.

Director: Vicente Aranda | Stars: Pilar López de Ayala, Daniele Liotti, Rosana Pastor, Giuliano Gemma

Votes: 4,063 | Gross: $0.28M

19. The Son of Monte Cristo (1940)

Approved | 102 min | Drama, Romance

General Gurko Lanen is the dictator of Lichtenburg, a country set in the Balkans. With the help of Napoleon II, the rightful ruler Grand Duchess Zona aims to overthrow the general. She is also helped by the visiting Count of Monte Cristo.

Director: Rowland V. Lee | Stars: Louis Hayward, Joan Bennett, George Sanders, Florence Bates

Votes: 884

20. Man, Pride & Vengeance (1967)

Not Rated | 101 min | Action, Drama, Romance

A stalwart Spanish soldier turns to a life of crime to prove his love for a mysterious and promiscuous gypsy woman.

Director: Luigi Bazzoni | Stars: Tina Aumont, Franco Nero, Klaus Kinski, Guido Lollobrigida

Votes: 765

21. Lola Montès (1955)

Not Rated | 116 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

When she is reduced to appearing in a circus, a notorious beauty thinks back on her past loves.

Director: Max Ophüls | Stars: Martine Carol, Peter Ustinov, Anton Walbrook, Henri Guisol

Votes: 6,066 | Gross: $0.11M

22. The Loves of Carmen (1948)

Approved | 99 min | Adventure, Drama, Music

A beautiful but amoral gypsy girl entices a young dragoon to betray his honor and get cashiered from the service, and for her sake he soon turns to a life of crime.

Director: Charles Vidor | Stars: Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford, Ron Randell, Victor Jory

Votes: 1,407

23. The Great Waltz (1972)

G | 135 min | Biography, Drama, Music

Composer Johann Strauss becomes the "Waltz-King" and woos a baron's mistress in 19th-century Austria.

Director: Andrew L. Stone | Stars: Horst Buchholz, Mary Costa, Nigel Patrick, Yvonne Mitchell

Votes: 292 | Gross: $0.89M

24. Tinted with You (2021–2022)

Fantasy, Romance

A time-slip fantasy romance between Heon, the deposed Crown Prince who is trapped in the painting, Guem, a guard silently protecting the prince, and Eun Ho, a high school student who adores painting and living in the present

Stars: Park Jun-Hee, Hyun Woo Yoo, Kim Tae-Jung, Yoon Ye-hee

Votes: 498

25. No Doubt in Us (2021– )

TV-14 | 14 min | Animation, Comedy, Fantasy

When an emperor accidentally switches bodies with his empress, the two must deal with the awkward fallouts as they learn to accept each other.

Stars: Jiaqi Xu, Ketsu, Shangqing Su, Tianxiang Yang

Votes: 189

26. Ooku (2023– )

45 min | Drama, History, Romance

It is a TV drama series that has been airing on NHK General's "Drama 10" slot since January 10, 2023. Based on Fumi Yoshinaga's manga "O-oku," it will feature three episodes of Tokugawa ... See full summary »

Stars: Riisa Naka, Sôta Fukushi, Kôji Yamamoto, Mayu Hotta

Votes: 17

27. Inés of My Soul (2020)

Drama

This is a romantic historical drama based on the true story of the first woman "conquistador" who went to the South American land that would become Chile, and helped to form the city of ... See full summary »

Stars: Elena Rivera, Eduardo Noriega, Ismael Martínez, Nicolás Zárate

Votes: 483

28. The Man in Grey (1943)

Approved | 90 min | Drama, History, Romance

After a brutish, hedonistic Marquis marries a pretty young Clarissa to act as a 'brood sow,' he begins an affair with her friend who plots to take her place.

Director: Leslie Arliss | Stars: Margaret Lockwood, James Mason, Phyllis Calvert, Stewart Granger

Votes: 1,600

29. Anna Karenina (1977)

500 min | Drama, History, Romance

Anna Karenina is the young wife of an older husband. She has an affair with the handsome Count Vronsky. By following her desires, Anna complicates her life.

Stars: Nicola Pagett, Stuart Wilson, Eric Porter, Robert Swann

Votes: 293

30. Bossam: Steal the Fate (2021)

TV-14 | 65 min | Drama, History, Romance

Bossam was a custom in Joseon period, in which a bachelor, who missed marriage secretly wrapped up a widow in a blanket at night and made her his wife. This custom changes the fate of Ba Woo when he kidnaps a princess by mistake.

Stars: Jung Il-woo, Kwon Yuri, Shin Hyun-soo, Shin Dong-mi

Votes: 300

31. Summer of '67 (2018)

83 min | Drama, History, Romance

Two sisters live in the shadow of their mother's suicide, struggling to live their lives and protect their loved ones in the face of the Vietnam war.

Director: Sharon Wilharm | Stars: Joe Lara, Alexandra Sedlak, Skeeta Jenkins, Sam Brooks

Votes: 200 | Gross: $0.01M

32. The Story of Vickie (1954)

108 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

England, the 19th century. Young Victoria is crowned to be the queen of England. She aims to do her best in order to help her country prosper. However, the family and her trustful advisor, ... See full summary »

Director: Ernst Marischka | Stars: Romy Schneider, Adrian Hoven, Magda Schneider, Karl Ludwig Diehl

Votes: 1,109

33. Priest of Love (1981)

R | 125 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

Following the banning and burning of his novel, "The Rainbow", D.H. Lawrence and his wife, Frieda, move to the United States, and then to Mexico. When Lawrence contracts tuberculosis, they ... See full summary »

Director: Christopher Miles | Stars: Ian McKellen, Janet Suzman, Ava Gardner, Penelope Keith

Votes: 524

34. The King's Woman (2017)

TV-14 | Action, Drama, History

A sad love triangle in the ancient imperial palace.

Stars: Dilraba Dilmurat, Vin Zhang, Tong Yang, Chang Liu

Votes: 705

35. Dreaming Back to the Qing Dynasty (2019–2020)

TV-14 | 45 min | Drama, Romance

A girl accidentally travels back in time and could change the entire history of China.

Stars: Anyu Wang, Landi Li, Yunlai Xin, Qiao Ding

Votes: 75

36. The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1957)

Approved | 105 min | Biography, Drama, History

Elizabeth Barrett's tyrannical father has forbidden any of his family to marry. Nevertheless, Elizabeth falls in love with the poet Robert Browning.

Director: Sidney Franklin | Stars: Jennifer Jones, John Gielgud, Bill Travers, Virginia McKenna

Votes: 568

37. The Legend of Qin (2015– )

TV-MA | Action, Adventure, Drama

The Legend of Qin follows through the Qin dynasty time when the Emperor of the Qin, King Zheng conquers the other 6 nations and unified the whole of China to the rise of the king of Western... See full summary »

Stars: Michelle Chen, Yi Lu, Bingqing Hu, Le Geng

Votes: 43

38. Sound of the Desert (2014– )

Drama, History, Romance

Yu Jin was raised within the desert tribes of Xiong Nu, was forced to flee to Chinese capital Chang'an where she got caught into palace politics due to her romantic involvement to important men.

Stars: ShiShi Liu, Eddie Peng, Ge Hu, Fala Chen

Votes: 168

39. The King of Blaze (2018– )

TV-14 | Action, Adventure, Drama

It tells a story about Zhong Tian, The King of Blaze of Shenyu who came to the man's world to save his home.

Stars: Chen Bo-lin, Tian Jing

Votes: 23

40. Regresa (2010)

98 min | Comedy, Romance

A woman in Mexico City has marital problems and goes to a therapist. She wakes up from hypnosis thinking she's a Basque princess from the 15th century. Her husband hires a Basque interpreter.

Director: Alejandro González Padilla | Stars: Jaime Camil, Blanca Soto, Javier Tolosa, Daniela Schmidt

Votes: 292

41. The Conquering Power (1921)

TV-G | 89 min | Drama, Romance

After losing his father, a playboy moves in with his miserly uncle, who seeks to cheat him out of his inheritance.

Director: Rex Ingram | Stars: Alice Terry, Rudolph Valentino, Eric Mayne, Ralph Lewis

Votes: 542

42. Love Between the Covers (2015)

Not Rated | 95 min | Documentary, History, Romance

In LOVE BETWEEN THE COVERS Emmy Award Winning director Laurie Kahn turns her insightful eye towards another American pop culture phenomenon: the romance industry.

Director: Laurie Kahn | Stars: Len Barot, Melanie Bernier, Mary Bly, Celeste Bradley

Votes: 133

43. Strange Testament (1941)

Passed | 11 min | Short, Drama, History

Story of Julian Poydras, whose encounter with a girl at Mardi Gras had a profound effect on his later life.

Director: Sammy Lee | Stars: Edward Ashley, John Nesbitt, Ava Gardner, Dorothy Morris

Votes: 54

44. Shantaye's World (2022)

118 min | Romance, History

Shantaye Anderson is bold, black, beautiful, intelligent, and passionate about love. Born in rural St. Lucia during post-colonial times, she struggles to process the loss of a mother who ... See full summary »

Directors: Mathurine Emmanuel, Guillaume Rico | Stars: Antonia Charles, Densie Charles, Carlton Cyril, Kolbe Devaux

45. Roses and Chocolates

120 min | Drama, History, War | Pre-production

Pregnant Veronica is discovered helping the German Jews, Forced to flee, she and her unborn child go into hiding leaving the love of her life behind. Can this family be reunited after decades of time apart?

Director: Maria Johnsen | Stars: Reece Alexander-Putinas, Jack Gates, Joshua Neil, Lukas Hanus

46. Pride and Prejudice

Drama, History, Romance | Announced

Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice Re-imagined with the Bing family in Jane Austen's England.

Director: Kailin Gow

47. El Eterno Dilema de Perseo (The Eternal Dilemma of Perseus) (2020 Video)

Short, Fantasy

After being rejected from his homeland by his own grandfather, Acrisius, the young Perseus must navigate on a journey with the sole mission to save his mother, princess Andromeda, to fight every kind of monsters and restore the order.

Director: Carlos Puruncajas | Stars: Katy Asimbaya, Daniel Benalcázar, David Echeverria, Marie Anee Ezquerra

48. Beauregard, A love Story (2021)

14 min | Short, Romance

The Civil War goes on and Mary so misses her husband, Beauregard. He is a Southern General fighting a war he knows he can not win. Will Mary ever see her husband again?

Director: Roy Lewis Garton | Stars: Roy Lewis Garton, Mary Myers-Garton

49. Long Black Veil (II)

Horror, Romance | Filming

Set in the 1870s, a young woman is sent away for an arranged marriage to an unloving older man, a judge. Meeting a married man, they fall in love, and she is blamed for a murder, executed and returns as a ghost - in a long black veil.

Director: Bethany Drier | Stars: Bethany Drier, Timothy Pickett

50. Royal Nirvana (2019–2020)
Episode: Episode #1.1 (2019)

Drama, History, Romance

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Stars: Jin Luo, Yitong Li, Zhizhong Huang, Chunhui Dong