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10 Best Movies Like Jodhaa Akbar

If you loved Jodhaa Akbar, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Padmaavat

Padmaavat

2018★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Jodhaa Akbar for fans of Romance & History & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Rajputana, India, 13th century. The tyrannical usurper Alauddin Khilji, sultan of Delhi, becomes obsessed with Queen Padmavati, wife of King Ratan Singh of Mewar, and goes to great...

#2
Tristan & Isolde

Tristan & Isolde

2006★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Jodhaa Akbar for fans of Romance & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

An affair between the second in line to Britain's throne and the princess of the feuding Irish spells doom for the young lovers....

#3
Viceroy's House

Viceroy's House

2017★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Jodhaa Akbar for fans of History & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In 1947, Lord Mountbatten assumes the post of last Viceroy, charged with handing India back to its people, living upstairs at the house which was the home of British rulers, whilst...

#4
Aśoka

Aśoka

2001★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Jodhaa Akbar for fans of Romance & History & Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A young Prince Asoka works to perfect his skills in battle and also deals with family conflict. During a struggle with one of his step-brothers, his mother urges Asoka to escape to...

#5
The Girl King

The Girl King

2015★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Jodhaa Akbar for fans of Romance & History & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

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 t...

#6
Out of Africa

Out of Africa

1985★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Jodhaa Akbar for fans of Romance & History & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Tells the life story of Danish author Karen Blixen, who at the beginning of the 20th century moved to Africa to build a new life for herself. The film is based on her 1937 autobiog...

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