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The Flame Trees of Thika (1981)
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The Flame Trees of Thika (1981)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: Elspeth and her unconventional parents decide to settle down in Kenya and begin a coffee plantation. This is a time of discovery for Elspeth, as she encounters the incredible beauty and cruelty of nature, and new friendships with both Africans and British expatriates. A side plot involves the beautiful and bored British Lettice Palmer who enters into an affair with a handsome safari guide. Eventually, however, the excitement of Elspeth's life is disrupted by the onset of WW I, and the changes it brings
Style: historical drama, serious, realistic, intercultural, period drama, inter cultural
Plot: world war one, safari, plantation, youth, racism, orphan, couples, escapades, society, opposites attract, starting over, animal life, introspection, small town, wilderness, coming of age, imperialism, small town life, hopes, dealing with death, biopic, hunter, wildlife, lion, family relations ...
Time: 1910s, edwardian era
Place: africa, kenya, south africa

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, period drama and historical drama films and TV series with plots about society, family relations, world war one, couples, power relations, social differences and love and romance mostly in Drama, Biography and Romance genres. Some movies like The Flame Trees of Thika: Wild at Heart (2006), Out of Africa (1985), My Way Home (1978), Flambards (1979), The Wingless Bird (1997). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Wild at Heart (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 47 min.
TV show
Story: The Trevanion family decide to make a fresh start and emigrate to South Africa to set up an animal reserve.
Style: sincere, realistic, serious, sentimental
Audience: family outing
Plot: veterinarian, starting over, family business, couples, family life, workplace, fish out of water, workplace situations, family problems, parents and children, wilderness, owner ...
Time: 21st century
Place: africa, south africa
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Out of Africa (1985)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 161 min.
Story: Out of Africa tells the story of the life 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 the autobiographical novel by Karen Blixen from 1937.
Style: touching, emotional, realistic, period piece, romantic ...
Audience: chick flick, date night
Plot: love story, colonialism, infidelity, writers, love and romance, love, mentor, unlikely friendships, adaptation, love affair, fall in love, destructive relationship ...
Time: 1910s, 1920s, 20th century, victorian era, year 1985 ...
Place: africa, kenya, south africa, denmark
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My Way Home (1978)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 71 min.
Story: Jamie leaves the children's home to live with his paternal grandmother. After working in a mine and in a tailor's shop, he is conscripted into the RAF, and goes to Egypt, where he is befriended by Robert, whose undemanding companionship ...
Style: bleak, art house, depressing, gloomy, sincere ...
Plot: youth, child neglect, rich, poor, poverty, adoption, lgbt, autobiography, neglect, friends, redemption, society ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s, year 1978, 50s, 1950s
Place: scotland, egypt, africa, middle east, europe ...
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Flambards (1979)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 780 min.
TV show
Story: In the early 1900s in England, young Christina is orphaned and goes to live with her Uncle Russell, who owns the country estate of Flambards, and has two sons. Mark, the elder, is a wastrel, a roue and, like his father, loves to hunt. The younger ...
Style: captivating, realistic, serious, emotional, period drama
Audience: girls' night
Plot: makeover, world war one, couple relations, love and romance, society, fall in love, estate, uneducated, couples, family relations, countryside, manners ...
Time: edwardian era, 1900s, 20th century, 1910s
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The Wingless Bird (1997)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min.
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Story: On the eve of World War I, Agnes Conway manages both the business and the problems of her troubled family. She finds the strength to break class barriers and help her sister Jessie marry a good boy from a family of dockside toughs. Is she strong ...
Style: touching, sentimental, realistic, serious, costume drama ...
Plot: rich and poor, great war, couples, family relations, power relations, betrayal, love and romance, dishonesty, society, ambition, master and servant, working class ...
Time: 1910s, 20th century, year 1914, edwardian era
Place: northern england, england
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The Moth (1997)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 152 min.
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Story: This 1940s drama presents a story of class conflict and its influence on romance. Robert Bradley leaves the shipyards to work in his uncle's furniture business but soon finds himself at odds with the old man. So he becomes a servant for the ...
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Time: 1910s, 20th century, edwardian era
Place: britain, england
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
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Style: captivating, touching, emotional, realistic, historical drama ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: love affair, world war one, parents and children, society, human spirit, hopes, family relations, love and romance, small town, social relations, strong female presence, social history ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century
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Emily of New Moon (1998)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min.
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Story: Emily of New Moon is a Canadian television series, which aired on CBC Television from 1998 to 2000. The series originally aired in the United States on the Cookie Jar Toons block on This TV and it is currently seen in Canada on the Viva, Bravo! and ...
Style: serious, realistic, period drama
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: orphan, adoption, family relations, child's point of view, starting over, uncover truth, youth, coming of age, young heroes, family problems, island, family life ...
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Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min.
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Duration: 45 min.
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Duration: 60 min.
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Country: UK, USA
Duration: 185 min.
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Country: UK, USA
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TV show
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TV show
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