Movies like Moral Order
If you like "Moral Order" you are looking for period piece and historical drama movies about / with chauffeur, female protagonist, scandal, hypocrisy, biopic, forbidden romance and escape themes of Biography, Drama and History genre shot in Portugal.
Find your next favorite and similar movies in two steps:
1. Identify all themes of interest from this film (block below).
2. Look for them in the presented list.
Moral Order (2020)
368
Original name: Ordem Moral
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Portugal
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
In 1918, Maria Adelaide Coelho da Cunha, heiress and owner of the Diário de Notícias, leaves the social, cultural and family luxury in which she lives to escape with a petty chauffeur, 26 years younger.
Style:
period piece, historical drama
Plot:
chauffeur, female protagonist, scandal, hypocrisy, biopic, forbidden romance, escape, aristocracy, high society, family drama, reputation, heiress, class conflict, gender roles, illicit affair, gay, female nudity, book, male nudity, male full rear nudity, husband wife relationship, newspaper, gay interest, bare chested male, male pubic hair ...
Place:
portugal, lisbon portugal
Movie in categories
Most similar movies to Moral Order
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out historical drama, period piece, period drama and melancholic films with plots about biopic, female protagonist, female nudity, male nudity, palace intrigue, coming of age and gay interest mostly in Drama, History and Biography genres. Some movies like Moral Order: Who Are You? (2001), The Marquise of Darkness (2010), The Great Arch (2025), Florbela (2012), Emma Smith: My Story (2008). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Portugal
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A historical classic drama in three acts, retold after an original prologue about dreams and nightmares of the thirteen-year-old noble heroine, Maria de Noronha.
Style:
historical drama, melancholic, reflective, period piece, art house ...
Plot:
female protagonist, nightmare, haunting, adolescence, coming of age, loss of innocence, maturation, family drama, symbolism, aristocracy, dialogue, literary ...
Place:
poetic realism, portugal
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History
Country: France
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
Marie Madeleine Dreux, Marquise of Brinvilliers, was executed in 1676 for poisoning. Manipulated by her lover and having kept the aftereffects of her childhood, she does not hesitate to poison her father and two brothers to recover their inheritance.
Style:
period piece, historical drama, costume drama, dark, grim ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, execution, true crime, trial, aristocracy, noblewoman, female protagonist, poisoning, biopic, revenge, inheritance ...
Time:
17th century
Place:
france
Similarity:
76%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: France, Denmark
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
1983. The biggest architectural competition in history, both anonymous and open, is launched under the impetus of a new socialist president, François Mitterrand. Coveted by all the biggest international architectural firms, the competition is ...
Style:
historical drama, intellectual, period piece, inspirational
Plot:
architect, architecture, biopic, ambition, modernism, anonymity, legacy, french president, cold war era, perfectionist, bare chested male, fishing ...
Time:
80s
Place:
paris france, france, italy
Similarity:
74%
542
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Portugal
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Shaken by a divorce in the 1920s, Portuguese poetess Florbela Espanca uses her writing to deal with her tumultuous relationship with men, eroticism and love.
Style:
melancholic, emotional, sensual, art house, costume drama ...
Plot:
art, biopic, female protagonist, poet, eroticism, feminism, literary, relationships, creative process, heartbreak, divorce, solitude ...
Time:
1920s
Place:
portugal, lisbon portugal
Similarity:
73%
Movie in collections
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
By the side of a founder of a new faith was a woman of undeniable courage.
Style:
historical drama, period piece, contemplative, educational, melancholic ...
Plot:
faith, mormon, female protagonist, religious, biopic, character study, religious community, family life, resilience, persecution, loyalty, motherhood ...
Time:
19th century, 1840s
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Musical
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
The extraordinary true legend of Ann Lee, founder of the devotional sect known as the Shakers.
Style:
historical drama, period piece, period drama
Audience:
adult
Plot:
religious leader, biopic, female protagonist, spirituality, spiritual awakening, female nudity, historical epic, female empowerment, prophecy, sacrifice, pilgrimage, male nudity ...
Time:
19th century, 18th century
Place:
manchester
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Chile, UK
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A true story of passion and political intrigue in early nineteenth century Chile, based on the memoirs of the intrepid travel writer, Maria Graham.
Style:
historical drama, period piece, costume drama, atmospheric, intercultural ...
Plot:
biopic, female protagonist, political intrigue, diary, social commentary, literary, revolution, intimate, travelogue, independence movement, empowerment, class conflict ...
Time:
19th century, 1820s
Place:
chile
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Sarah Rector, an African-American girl born in Oklahoma Indian Territory in the early 1900s, believes there is oil beneath the barren land she’s allotted, and her faith is proven right. As greedy oil sharks close in, Sarah turns to her family, ...
Style:
historical drama, inspirational, period piece, independent film
Plot:
black history, female empowerment, exploitation, racial discrimination, child protagonist, greed, family drama, resilience, biopic, coming of age, entrepreneurship, determination ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Similarity:
70%
Movie in collections
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Mexico
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Mexico City, November 1901. The police raid a private home where a secret party is being held. Among those attending is the son-in-law of President Porfirio Díaz.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, suspense, unusual plot structure, dark ...
Plot:
homosexuality, gay lead character, homosexual history, gay relationship, closeted homosexual, gay, gay slur, orgy, gay orgy, gay sex, closeted gay, male nudity ...
Time:
20th century, edwardian era, 1900s, 19th century, 90s
Place:
mexico city, mexico
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Biography, History
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The life of medieval author Christine de Pizan (Amanda Sandrelli).
Style:
historical drama, period piece, inspirational, melancholic, art house
Plot:
biopic, medieval, female protagonist, character study, literary, female empowerment, thoughtful, gender roles, feminism, creative process, legacy, education ...
Time:
14th century
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA, Mexico, UK, France, Belgium, Iceland, Ireland, Hong Kong
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Professor James Murray begins work compiling words for the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary in the mid 19th century, and receives over 10,000 entries from a patient at Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum, Dr. William Minor.
Style:
period piece, costume drama, captivating, disturbing, thought provoking ...
Audience:
chick flick, boys' night, date night
Plot:
professor, redemption, schizophrenia, insane asylum, mental patient, biopic, friendship, direction and purpose, winston churchill, society, shared dream, book ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1870s
Place:
england, oxford university
Similarity:
60%
416
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
In the years between WWI and the rise of Fascism, legendary thespian Eleonora Duse shocks everyone by getting back onstage at over 60 years of age. Struggling with the brutality of historical events unfolding and clinging to the possibility of ...
Style:
historical drama, period piece, existential, philosophical, art house ...
Plot:
theater, biopic, character study, political unrest, sacrifice, mortality, resilience, legacy, social change, illness, memory, slow burn ...
Place:
italy
Similarity:
58%
184
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 163 min.
Story:
This film is one of the most popular pictures of Slovak cinema and relates the story about the legendary folk hero and brigand Juro Jánošík [1688-1713] and the social situation in Slovakia of the late 17th and early 18th centuries. The first part ...
Style:
historical drama, period piece
Plot:
execution, biopic, folklore, folk hero, class conflict, rebellion, national identity, feudalism, social injustice, outsider, sacrifice, hanging ...
Time:
18th century, 17th century, 16th century
Place:
slovakia
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
In a world torn apart by persecution, war and oppression, 3 children were chosen to offer a message of hope to the world.Based on the memoirs of the oldest Seer, Lucia Santos, and many thousands of independent eye-witness accounts, The 13th Day ...
Style:
spiritual, historical drama, period piece, serious, emotional
Plot:
faith, catholic, apparition, prophecy, mother daughter relationship, secret, children, abduction, pope, miraculous event, virgin mary, hopes ...
Time:
year 1917
Place:
portugal
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Spain, Italy, France, Brazil, Portugal
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
The story of Father Antonio Vieira, a 17th-century Portuguese priest who lived in Brazil and worked for better treatment of the Indians and to abolish slavery.
Style:
serious, historical drama, period piece, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
liberation theology, biopic, political intrigue, latin american history, slavery, social justice, religious, catholic, fight for justice, historical figure, fighting the system, society ...
Time:
17th century, ancient times
Place:
portugal, brazil
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Portugal, France
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Passionate romance, brutal treachery, and selfless nobility are set against the background of Napoleon’s 1810 invasion of Portugal in Valeria Sarmiento’s intimate epic.
Style:
serious, stylized, exciting, realistic, historical drama ...
Plot:
napoleonic wars, troops, soldier, invasion, battle zone, wartime life, on the run, life is a bitch, military, war, napoleonic era, anti war ...
Time:
19th century, georgian era
Place:
portugal, europe, lisbon portugal
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Germany, Netherlands
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The life story of Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld, a German Jew, who as a physician established the field of sexology, and fought militantly against German anti-sodomy laws in the late 19th century. The script reveals main characters in Hirschfeld's life ...
Style:
biting, serious, realistic, witty, sexual ...
Plot:
gay, sexology, gay interest, lgbt, lgbtq, bare butt, male pubic hair, bare chested male, gay rights, male nudity, transvestite, male masturbation ...
Time:
19th century, 1930s
Place:
germany, europe
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Egypt
Duration: 165 min.
Story:
A biopic depicting the life of the late Egyptian president Anwar Sadat, following his early life, his political and military achievements, and his assassination during the Cairo annual victory parade.
Style:
historical drama, period piece, dramatic, political drama
Plot:
assassination, peace treaty, biopic, legacy, leadership, arab israeli conflict, diplomacy, military history, patriotism, cold war era, negotiation, terrorism ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
cairo egypt
Similarity:
44%
Movie in collections
159
Genre: Drama
Country: Portugal, Brazil
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The story of Brazilian Antônio José da Silva, a jewish poet, playwright and lawyer living in the 18th Century Lisbon, who managed to avoid Inquisition by converting himself to Catholicism, after being tortured. But his fierce criticism of ...
Style:
historical drama, poignant, tense, melancholic, emotional ...
Plot:
catholic church, torture, religious persecution, martyrdom, anti semitism, political repression, biopic, heresy, power struggle, royal court, class conflict, palace intrigue ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
portugal, lisbon portugal, brazil, israel
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Crime, Drama, History
Country: Chile
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
After Chilean writer María Carolina Geel murders her lover, the case captivates shy legal secretary Mercedes, sparking a connection between the two women.
Style:
art house, historical drama, tense, melancholic, period piece ...
Plot:
murder case, investigation, gender roles, claustrophobia, guilt, infidelity, courtroom, jealousy, scandal, forbidden romance, class conflict, ethical dilemma ...
Time:
1950s, 20th century, year 1955
Place:
chile
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Italy, France, Germany
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
The story of Benvenuto Cellinin (1500 - 1571), a soldier and one of the most important craftsmen and artists of Renaissance Italy whose life was marked by many achievements and adventures, but also crimes.
Style:
historical drama, period piece, intense, educational, epic ...
Plot:
renaissance, biopic, pope, painter, sculpture, ambition, artist, politics, rivalry, betrayal, palace intrigue, passion ...
Time:
16th century
Place:
rome italy, italy, florence
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: West Germany, Austria
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
Reflected in an artificial and bombastically staged illusory world with Wagnerian compositions, glossy and satirical time references, 19th century German figures and traditions are stripped of their mythology and interpreted by the Germany of 1972.
Style:
visual, avant garde, historical drama
Plot:
royalty, biopic, king, young man, composer, musician, royal family, lgbt, surveillance, german history, mysterious death, decadence ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century
Place:
prussia, bavaria, germany
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History
Country: Spain, Italy
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
In 1575, the young soldier Miguel de Cervantes is captured on the high seas by Barbary pirates and taken to Algiers as a hostage. Aware that a cruel death awaits him if his family does not pay his ransom soon, he finds refuge in his passion for ...
Style:
period piece, historical drama, tense, emotional, atmospheric ...
Plot:
male nudity, storytelling, captivity, survival, biopic, resilience, escape plan, ransom, hostage, pow, renaissance, sea voyage ...
Time:
16th century, medieval times
Place:
europe, algeria
Similarity:
41%
Movie in collections
602
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History
Country: Philippines, Spain, Portugal, France, Taiwan
Duration: 160 min.
Story:
In the 16th century, Ferdinand Magellan, a young and ambitious Portuguese navigator, rebels against the power of the King of Portugal, who doesn’t support his dream of discovering the world, and persuades the Spanish monarchy to fund his bold ...
Style:
historical drama, period piece, tense, melancholic, slow cinema ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
exploration, sea voyage, biopic, determination, ambition, leadership, mutiny, idealism, palace intrigue, marriage, isolation, colonialism ...
Time:
16th century
Place:
spain, portugal, atlantic ocean, pacific ocean
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Denmark, Norway, Sweden
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A powerful modern film narrative, set in a historical framework, about the crucial encounter between vulnerable eighteen-year-old Hans Christian Andersen, who rates himself so highly, and Mr. Meisling, the cynical school principal. An encounter that ...
Style:
period piece, historical drama, emotional, melancholic, art house ...
Plot:
writers, biopic, coming of age, hans christian andersen, school, character study, personal growth, ambition, identity crisis, isolation, social class, poet ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
denmark
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Covers the love affair between French actress Arletty and a high-ranking German officer during WWII in occupied France.
Style:
captivating, disturbing, historical drama, romantic drama, poignant ...
Plot:
world war two, german soldier, actress, nazi occupied france, german occupation, forbidden love, soldier, nazi occupation, fall in love, in love, love affair, male female relationship ...
Time:
1940s, year 1940
Place:
paris france
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Dorothy Quick, A young girl befriends the famous writer, Samuel "Mark Twain" Clemans during the final years of his life.
Style:
historical drama, period piece, emotional, touching, sentimental ...
Audience:
kids, adult
Plot:
biopic, coming of age, intergenerational friendship, female protagonist, legacy, young girl, heartwarming, character study, family drama, aspiring writer, civil war, families ...
Time:
turn of the century, 1900s, 20th century
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A look at the life of photographer Robert Mapplethorpe from his rise to fame in the 1970s to his untimely death in 1989.
Style:
costume drama, queer cinema
Plot:
gay, gay interest, aids, artist, photograph, obscenity, hiv, bdsm, photographer, art, fame, controversy ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Maria is a young, struggling actress with promise. When an emerging Italian director casts her to headline a new film alongside an American superstar, her dreams are coming true. But what seems like a big breakthrough turns out to be the start of a ...
Style:
period piece, sexploitation film, period drama
Plot:
filmmaker, filmmaking, female nudity, actress, sexploitation, biopic, daughter, mother daughter relationship, career, 16 year old, single mother, film set ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, year 1972
Place:
paris france
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Biography - First telecast in 1982, this drama picks up the story of Prince Charles (Roger Rees) and Lady Diana (Catherine Oxenberg) as their marriage begins to fall apart and follows it through to the royal couple's very public divorce. ...
Style:
dramatic, emotional, historical drama, intense, poignant ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
royal family, princess diana, princess, divorce, biopic, british monarchy, scandal, queen elizabeth ii, paparazzi, family conflict, tabloid journalism, royalty ...
Place:
london, buckingham palace, britain
Similarity:
37%
Related movie lists
