
10 Best Movies Like The Empress Dowager
If you loved The Empress Dowager, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

Munich – The Edge of War
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Empress Dowager for fans of Drama & History. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
At the tense 1938 Munich Conference, former friends who now work for opposing governments become reluctant spies racing to expose a Nazi secret....

A City of Sadness
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Empress Dowager for fans of Drama & History. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
The story of a family embroiled in the "White Terror," the Kuomintang government's anti-communist political repression that was wrought on the Taiwanese people from 1947-1987....

Mayerling
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Empress Dowager for fans of Drama & History. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria clashes with his father, Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria, over implementing progressive policies for their country. Rudolf soon feels he is a man b...

Radium Girls
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Empress Dowager for fans of Drama & History. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Young women toiling in a factory are exposed to hazardous material which takes a disastrous toll on their health....

Leap
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Empress Dowager for fans of Drama & History. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
After 12 years, the Chinese women's volleyball team again reached the Olympic final. The ups and downs of the Chinese women's volleyball team for more than three decades have slowl...

Adventures of a Mathematician
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Empress Dowager for fans of Drama & History. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
The warmhearted story of Polish immigrant and mathematician Stan Ulam, who moved to the U.S. in the 1930s. Stan deals with the difficult losses of family and friends all while help...