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Based on events in 7th and 8th-century Tang dynasty and starring producer Fan Bingbing as the titular character Wu Zetian, The Empress of China is the story of the only woman in Chinese history to rule as an emperor.

In an alternate-reality South Korea, where a constitutional monarchical system prevails, Oh Sunny, a musical actress, becomes the empress of the country. Thus begins a dispute for power in the royal palace. Nothing is what it seems, and Oh Sunny is ready to fight until the end to uncover a mysterious homicide within the royal palace, fighting to protect those she loves the most and obtain happiness.

October 28, 2013

A woman born in Korea navigates her way through love, war, politics and national loyalties to become a powerful empress in China's Yuan dynasty.

Zhen Huan, a 17-year-old innocent introduced into the imperial court as the latest concubine of Emperor Yong Zheng. Her dreams of a new life of love and prosperity are swiftly dashed as she enters a dog-eat-dog world of treachery and corruption.

Empress Cheonchu is a 2009 South Korean period television series based on the titular character, an actual historical figure and her lifelong struggle to protect the country her ancestors built. The granddaughter of Goryeo Dynasty founder Taejo Wanggeon, the empress ruled as the regent for her son Mokjong, the dynasty's seventh ruler. Determined to realize her ambitious goals for the kingdom of Goryeo, she dons armor, battles against foreign invaders, and tramples her lover, her son and brother in her rise to power.

A retelling of the life of the first Empress of China.

September 29, 2022

Two young people meet. A fateful encounter - the proverbial love at first sight. He is Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria-Hungary, she is Elisabeth von Wittelsbach, Princess of Bavaria and the sister of the woman Franz is to marry…

Based on the life of Empress Myeongseong (1851 - 1895), the first official wife of King Gojong, the 26th king of the Joseon dynasty. She was killed on October 8, 1895 by Japanese assassins.

December 29, 1975

During the Tang Dynasty, Emperor Taizong favored his concubine Wu Meiniang. She fell in love with the crown prince Li Zhi, and the emperor asked her to become a nun before he died, with the promise that Li Zhi would bring her back to the palace in three years. Wu returned as the Empress Dowager and eliminated her rivals. After Li Zhi's death, Wu continued to control politics, even deposing his successor, Li Zhe, and proclaimed herself as the first female emperor, changing the name of the dynasty to Zhou. With the help of loyal ministers, Li Zhe was eventually reinstated, and the Tang dynasty was restored.

October 1, 2011

Seo In Hwa is a college student studying painting at a prestigious university. In Hwa wants to live her life differently from her mother who ran a hostess bar, but she is trampled over by power and money. Because of this, In Hwa becomes a hostess in a drinking establishment. She overcomes hardships to become the best in her field. In Hwa then seeks revenge on the men in power who destroyed her life and let her mother die...

An epic tale of love, betrayal and scandal set in 1722 during the Qing Dynasty and told from inside the Imperial Harem - the story of one emperor and his countless women. In a world filled with treachery and corruption, who will truly win the Emperor's heart and reign supreme?

Zeynep, a teacher at the Beyoğlu family school, saves Onur, the family heir, from an assassination attempt, leading to unexpected events. Despite Onur's reluctance, they marry. However, Zeynep holds undisclosed secrets about Onur's family. In a house bound by past pains, their love faces challenges, turning their home into a gilded cage.

The story of Empress Dowager Feng, who ruled during the Northern Wei Dynasty.

Modern girl Gu Jin Yan accidentally travels to ancient times and switches souls with the Emperor, despite being the Empress herself! After using the Emperor’s body in various ways and engaging in unexpected palace conflicts, the Emperor and Empress, who initially despised each other, must work together to find a way to switch back.

A top agent from the devil's training camp was shot and killed by her superior's mutiny. However, she is reborn and becomes the powerful third young lady of the Yan family who is escaping from the extermination……

In a social drama context, the work deals with the story of Faisal, who suddenly moves to the luxury class, when one of the businessmen takes him as as a cater to practice his business, and they agreed that Faisal is the bond and protection, and the relationship between them continued until this man decided to get rid of Faisal and the events.

Peter I promised his little daughter Elizabeth that he would marry her to Louis XV, and she would become queen of France. But all plans, including agreements with the French king, crumble with the death of the great monarch: Peter I passes away before he can appoint an heir. This is how the ruthless and merciless era of palace coups begins — a time of intrigue and power struggle. Will the empire built by Peter and its new capital, St. Petersburg, stand? What price will Elizabeth Petrovna, the youngest daughter of the great monarch, have to pay to take her place in history? And what can women on the throne give Russia?

The wife of a galactic dictator makes the decision to leave her husband and take her three kids: Aine, Adam, and Puck, to her home world. But the dictator husband, with armies at his disposal, isn't going to let her go without a fight.

The story of an innocent girl who is destined to become one of the emperor´s concubines. Initially she suffers from a loss of innocence and the intrigues of the other concubines but over the course of time she becomes less and less scrupulous and finally is impregnated by the emperor and thus becomes his wife - the empress of China. However, her "career" has corrupted her once innocent soul and so, after the emperor dies she rules the land with terror.

After the death of her father, a woman is forced to take over as empress and fight to save her kingdom.

Sissi is now the empress of Austria and attempts to learn etiquette. While she is busy being empress she also has to deal with her difficult new mother-in-law, while the arch-duchess Sophie is trying to tell the emperor how to rule and also Sissi how to be a mother.

After a wonderful time in Hungary Sissi falls extremely ill and must retreat to a Mediterranean climate to rest. The young empress’ mother takes her from Austria to recover in Madeira.

The last three days in the life of Elizabeth of Austria before her assassination

September 8, 2023

A young man likes his deceased sister's boyfriend. He torments him by sending strangers uninvited to his apartment for gay hookups. Eventually the older man rescues the young man from a sex party, and they are thrown together to navigate their new relationship - eventually aboard a cruise ship. The movie becomes a movie-within-a-movie by the end.

This dragon lady of the Ching Dynasty was the power behind the throne for 50 years, and hew vast tapestry of palace intrigues is vividly brought to the screen in this memorable epic.

Based on the famous Korean folk tale, a young princess makes a drastic decision in order to save her father's eyesight.

June 23, 1963

The renowned Li Li Hua plays Wu Ze Tian, the most famous woman in China's four thousand year history.

Teodora, a Roman courtesan and former slave girl, marries the Roman emperor Justinian and assumes the throne as Empress of Rome. But the divide between nobility and slave is too great. Teodora seeks justice for her people, and revolution and armed conflict erupt in both Byzantium and Rome.

Zanouba is a poor maid, who is deceived by Ahmed, the son of her employer, after believing that he loves her. She returns broken to her neighborhood and decides to end her poverty with her brothers Salem and Zinhom, by trafficking drugs. Ahmed becomes a police officer in charge of fighting the drug trade

Little Elizabeth thought her future was predestined: she was to marry Louis XV and become the Queen of France – that was the promise given to her by her father, Emperor of Russia Peter the Great. When Peter dies in 1725 without naming a successor, an era of palace coups and power struggles begins in Russia. For some tumultuous years it remains to be seen whether the young Russian Empire and its new capital St. Petersburg would stand, and what future lies in store for the country of Russia. Peter's widow, Catherine I, becomes Empress - the first woman to rule Imperial Russia. She wishes to fulfil the promise her late husband had given to their daughter, but fails. Young Louis XV refuses to marry Elizabeth after learning that she was born before her parents were officially married. That, in his eyes, made her illegitimate.

April 29, 1983

A struggling single mother catches the eye of a rising executive and gains power and wealth as his mistress. But beware, power is fleeting.

November 25, 1999

A college student researching massage parlors decides to join one herself, and learns much about friendship and life.

It's dawn. When Melina enters Café Insomnia, she doesn't imagine she's about to meet someone from her past again. Fate seems to bring them together again for a single night that will change the course of one of them forever.

September 15, 1934

During the 18th century, German noblewoman Sophia Frederica, who would later become Catherine the Great, travels to Moscow to marry the dimwitted Grand Duke Peter, the heir to the Russian throne. Their arranged marriage proves to be loveless, and Catherine takes many lovers, including the handsome Count Alexei, and bears a son. When the unstable Peter eventually ascends to the throne, Catherine plots to oust him from power.

Han Hsiang Li's lush epic re-creates the fascinating life and times of Tzu Hsi, the Manchu Qing dynasty empress who rose from the ranks of Emperor Xianfeng's many concubines to become the de facto ruler of China for nearly 50 years.

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