Movies like Possession 2002

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Possession (2002)
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Possession (2002)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Maud Bailey, a brilliant English academic, is researching the life and work of poet Christabel La Motte. Roland Michell is an American scholar in London to study Randolph Henry Ash, now best-known for a collection of poems dedicated to his wife. When Maud and Roland discover a cache of love letters that appear to be from Ash to La Motte, they follow a trail of clues across England, echoing the journey of the couple over a century earlier.
Style: romantic, clever, period piece, sentimental, serious, realistic, heartbreaking, sweet, slasher, romantic drama ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night
Plot: investigation, fall in love, writers, infidelity, opposites attract, uncover truth, lesbian, passion, life is a bitch, couples, love affair, dishonesty, women, destiny, hidden identity, obsession, murder, lgbtq, self discovery, adultery, chase, literature, poetry, marriage, mysticism ...
Time: 18th century, 19th century, year 2002, victorian era
Place: england, london, europe, france, yorkshire, english channel
Keyword: irish

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, period drama, romantic drama and romantic films with plots about love and romance, couples, love, fall in love, couple relations, love triangle and society mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres. Some movies like Possession: Angels and Insects (1995), Far from the Madding Crowd (2015), Sense and Sensibility (1995), The Age of Innocence (1993), Howards End (1992). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Angels and Insects (1995)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: In Victorian England, wealthy patriarch Sir Harald Alabaster invites an impoverished biologist, William Adamson, into his home. There, William tries to continue his work, but is distracted by Alabaster's seductive daughter, Eugenia. William and ...
Style: costume drama, erotic, period piece, stylized, thought provoking ...
Plot: incest, brother sister sex, erection, nudity, brother sister incest, sex with brother, family secret, destructive relationship, sex, sex with sister, male nudity, erotica ...
Time: victorian era, 1860s, 19th century
Place: england, britain, europe
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Far from the Madding Crowd (2015)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Based on the literary classic by Thomas Hardy, Far from the Madding Crowd is the story of independent, beautiful and headstrong Bathsheba Everdene, who attracts three very different suitors: Gabriel Oak, a sheep farmer, captivated by her fetching ...
Style: romantic, period piece, emotional, costume drama, sexy ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, date night, girls' night
Plot: couples, couple relations, looking for love, love story, victorian england, english countryside, love and romance, relationships, love affair, dishonesty, countryside, unrequited love ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, year 2015, 1800s
Place: england, britain, europe
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100%
Sense and Sensibility (1995)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 136 min.
Story: Rich Mr. Dashwood dies, leaving his second wife and her daughters poor by the rules of inheritance. Two daughters are the titular opposites.
Style: romantic, feel good, sincere, costume drama, dramatic ...
Audience: date night, girls' night, chick flick, kids, adult
Plot: love, love story, happy ending, love triangle, love and romance, love affair, fall in love, sisters, social differences, rich and poor, village life, eligible bachelor ...
Time: 19th century, 18th century, 90s, year 1995, 1800s ...
Place: england, britain, europe, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Age of Innocence (1993)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story: Tale of 19th century New York high society in which a young lawyer falls in love with a woman separated from her husband, while he is engaged to the woman's cousin.
Style: touching, costume drama, atmospheric, stylized, period piece ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: high society, countess, marriage, infidelity, lovers, aristocracy, forbidden love, love triangle, lawyer, love, destiny, couple relations ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, year 1993, 1870s, 20th century ...
Place: new york, america, philadelphia, usa, washington d.c. ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Howards End (1992)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Japan, USA
Duration: 142 min.
Story: A saga of class relations and changing times in an Edwardian England on the brink of modernity, the film centers on liberal Margaret Schlegel, who, along with her sister Helen, becomes involved with two couples: wealthy, conservative industrialist ...
Style: romantic, costume drama, emotional, period piece, stylized ...
Audience: date night
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Time: 1910s, turn of the century, edwardian era, 19th century, year 1992 ...
Place: england, britain, oxford university, london
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Italy, UK, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Jane Eyre is an orphan cast out as a young girl by her aunt, Mrs. Reed, and sent to be raised in a harsh charity school for girls. There she learns to be come a teacher and eventually seeks employment outside the school. Her advertisement is ...
Style: romantic, costume drama, period piece, melancholic, emotional ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night
Plot: happy ending, orphan, love triangle, fall in love, power relations, family relations, love and romance, love affair, parents and children, haunted by the past, rich and poor, love story ...
Time: 19th century, year 1996, ancient times, victorian era
Place: england, europe, britain
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Sliding Doors (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Gwyneth Paltrow plays London publicist Helen, effortlessly sliding between parallel storylines that show what happens if she does or does not catch a train back to her apartment. Love. Romantic entanglements. Deception. Trust. Friendship. Comedy. ...
Style: romantic, feel good, clever, sweet, sentimental ...
Audience: date night, chick flick, girls' night, teens, kids
Plot: infidelity, choice, road not taken, love, time travel, breakup, parallel universe, multiple outcomes, butterfly effect, destiny, love story, philosophy ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, year 1998
Place: london, england, europe, usa, tower bridge london ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Circle of Friends (1995)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Ireland, USA, UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story: 'Circle Of Friends' is set in 1950's Ireland. The movie focuses on Benny Hogan and her best friend, Eve Malone. The story centers around Benny and Eve as they enter student life at University College, Dublin. Here Benny and Eve ...
Style: period piece, emotional, sentimental, realistic, sweet ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: coming of age, friendship, college, small town, love, pregnancy, class differences, college life, adaptation, love affair, lust, breakup ...
Time: 1950s, 20th century, 50s, year 1957, year 1949
Place: ireland, dublin ireland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Persuasion (2007)
Genre: Action, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Persuasion is the newest adaptation of the classic Jane Austen novel of the same name published in 1818. Anne falls deeply in love with handsome young naval officer Frederick Wentworth at the age of nineteen.
Style: romantic, costume drama, period piece, sentimental, stylized ...
Audience: girls' night, date night, kids
Plot: love affair, love, fall in love, rich and poor, love and romance, relationships, love story, couple relations, society, female protagonist, couples, literary ...
Time: 19th century, regency period, 1800s, 1810s, victorian era ...
Place: england, britain
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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A Little Chaos (2014)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 117 min.
Story: A landscape gardener is hired by famous architect Le Nôtre to construct the grand gardens at the palace of Versailles. As the two work on the palace, they find themselves drawn to each other and are thrown into rivalries within the court of King ...
Style: romantic, light, period piece, melancholic, costume drama ...
Audience: date night
Plot: gardener, royal court, love story, garden, female protagonist, aristocracy, jealousy, infidelity, adultery, extramarital affair, unfaithfulness, voyeurism ...
Time: 18th century, 17th century, victorian era
Place: france, paris france, versailles, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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A Good Year (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Failed London banker Max Skinner inherits his uncle's vineyard in Provence, where he spent many childhood holidays. Upon his arrival, he meets a woman from California who tells Max she is his long-lost cousin and that the property is hers.
Style: feel good, romantic, sentimental, inspirational, romantic comedy ...
Audience: chick flick, date night
Plot: wine, vineyard, fall in love, countryside, character change, love story, love and romance, starting over, doubts and hesitations, workaholic, inheritance, self discovery ...
Time: year 2006, 20th century, 80s, 21st century
Place: provence, france, europe, england, london
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 144 min.
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Style: psychological, period piece, costume drama, talky, atmospheric ...
Audience: girls' night
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Place: europe, england, florence, london, italy ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 113 min.
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Style: serious, realistic, sentimental, light, sincere ...
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Jane Eyre (2011)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 120 min.
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Style: romantic, touching, gothic, atmospheric, captivating ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick, date night
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Time: 19th century, victorian era, 1840s, 1800s, ancient times ...
Place: england, britain, europe, yorkshire
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Anna Karenina (2012)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story: Trapped in a loveless marriage, aristocrat Anna Karenina enters into a life-changing affair with the affluent Count Vronsky.
Style: costume drama, period piece, emotional, sentimental, stylized ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, girls' night, adult
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Time: 19th century, victorian era, year 2012, 1870s, ancient times ...
Place: russia, moscow russia, st. petersburg russia, europe
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37%
The End of the Affair (1999)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 102 min.
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Style: romantic, erotic, intellectual, heartbreaking, enigmatic ...
Audience: girls' night
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Time: 1940s, year 1999, 1930s, 20th century, year 1946
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⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Sylvia (2003)
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Country: UK
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Story of the relationship between the poets Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath.
Style: depressing, emotional, realistic, serious, psychological ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story: Photographer Robert Kincaid wanders into the life of housewife Francesca Johnson for four days in the 1960s.
Style: romantic, heartbreaking, atmospheric, touching, sad ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night
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36%
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Country: UK, USA
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⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 102 min.
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Style: sexy, atmospheric, period piece, serious, costume drama ...
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Time: 1910s, year 1997, victorian era, 20th century, edwardian era
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⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Anna Karenina (1997)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Russia, UK
Duration: 108 min.
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Style: costume drama, romantic, psychological, atmospheric, emotional ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
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Time: 19th century, victorian era, year 1997, 1880s
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⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Mansfield Park (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story: This fun and sexy comedy tells a timelessly entertaining story where wealthy, secret passions and mischievous women put love to the test.. When a spirited young woman, Fanny Price, is sent away to live on the great country estate of her rich ...
Style: period piece, witty, costume drama, romantic, sexy ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night
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Time: 19th century, victorian era, middle ages, 1800s, ancient times ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Country: UK, USA, Ireland
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Style: romantic, costume drama, realistic, feel good, period piece ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
A Room with a View (1985)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 117 min.
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Style: scenic, touching, period piece, atmospheric, costume drama ...
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Feast of July (1995)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: After an abandoned young woman in late 19th Century England is taken in by a rural couple with three handsome sons, tragic consequences result.
Style: stylized, talky, realistic, tense, serious ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Firelight (1997)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Firelight is a period romance/drama film written and directed by William Nicholson. It was Nicholson's first, and to date only, film as director.
Style: uplifting, serious, touching, feel good, sexy ...
Plot: fall in love, governess, love affair, couples, victorian england, estate, nanny, love and romance, parents and children, hopes, british, love ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, year 1997, 1840s, 1830s ...
Place: england, britain, europe, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
The Heart of Me (2002)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Drama set in 1930s London with two sisters, Madeleine married to Rickie, and Dinah, who falls in love with him. Rickie and Dinah begin an affair which is to have repercussions throughout all their lives.
Style: sentimental, touching, emotional, serious, romantic drama ...
Plot: couples, love affair, infidelity, betrayal, sister sister relationship, pregnancy, fall in love, society, parents and children, haunted by the past, unfaithful husband, forbidden love ...
Time: 1930s, 1940s, year 2002, 20th century, year 1934 ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Angel (2007)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium, UK
Duration: 134 min.
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Style: serious, realistic, talky, witty, clever ...
Plot: adultery, love, writers, infidelity, estate, world war one, writer's life, family relations, rise to the top, ambition, social differences, couple relations ...
Time: 1900s, victorian era, 20th century, edwardian era, year 1914
Place: england, britain, europe, london
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35%
The Bostonians (1984)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 122 min.
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Style: serious, stylized, talky, realistic, romantic drama ...
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35%
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