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National Theatre Live: All About Eve (2019)
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
The story of Margo Channing. Legend. True star of the theatre. The spotlight is hers, always has been. But now there’s Eve. Her biggest fan. Young, beautiful Eve. The golden girl, the girl next door. But you know all about Eve…don’t you…?
Style:
exciting, serious, captivating, dramatic, intense, period piece, twisted
Audience:
adult
Plot:
theater, actress, broadway, aspiring actress, life, deception, rivalry, manipulation, backstage, ambition, fame, celebrity, superstar, ward, stage actress, theatre play, obsession, betrayal, jealousy, glamour, power struggle, scheming, adaptation, live performance, celebrity culture ...
Time:
1950s, 1930s, 1920s
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, period piece, intense and dramatic films with plots about betrayal, ambition, power struggle, manipulation, obsession, rivalry and jealousy mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like National Theatre Live: All About Eve: Wanderer (1987), Butterfly Caught (2017), Stratford Festival: King John (2015), The Dance of Death (1969), Mojo (1997). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
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Style:
intense, tense, captivating, suspense, atmospheric ...
Plot:
sister, live performance, power struggle, life, relationship problems, social issues, society, life is a bitch, social problems, family problems, social relations, scandal ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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149
Genre: Drama
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Another story of a young and beautiful singer, whose beauty and ambition and a lack of happiness, an obstacle to reach the top but a shortcut to an untimely death.
Style:
tragic ending, emotional, intense
Plot:
singer, untimely death, tragedy, ambition, female protagonist, glory, rise and fall, fame, passion, character study, desperation, beauty ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, captivating, sincere, touching, emotional ...
Plot:
longing, hollywood, ambition, showbiz, price of fame, actress, female friendship, down on your luck, rising to stardom, glory, life is a bitch, mishap ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 152 min.
Story:
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Style:
historical drama, captivating, exciting, stylized, serious ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
shakespeare, royal family, bastard, stage play, power struggle, political intrigue, king of england, royal palace, royal court, baron, king, kingdom ...
Time:
12th century
Place:
england, france
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 149 min.
Story:
An egocentric artillery captain and his venomous wife engage in savage unremitting battles in their isolated island fortress of the coast of Sweden at the turn of the century. Alice, a former actress who sacrificed her career for secluded military ...
Style:
dark, grim, intense, art house, period piece ...
Plot:
mental illness, manipulation, power struggle, character study, psychological torment, betrayal, revenge, claustrophobia, military, love triangle, intimate, symbolism ...
Time:
turn of the century, 60s
Similarity:
56%
269
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The sexual rivalries over a new, potentially great rock'n'roll singer between a nightclub owner and a local gangster cause unrest and eventually lead to murder.
Style:
dark, intense, atmospheric, noir, period piece ...
Plot:
singer, nightclub, gangster, nightlife, power struggle, showbiz, jealousy, murder, music industry, character study, manipulation, tragedy ...
Time:
1950s, 50s
Place:
london, east end london
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Hedda Gabler has just come back from her honeymoon, married to boring but reliable academic George Tesman. Refusing to tie herself down in life and name, Hedda is banking on George being appointed a professorship to secure a better life for the ...
Style:
tragic ending, period drama
Audience:
adult
Plot:
female protagonist, jealousy, manipulation, gender roles, betrayal, love triangle, literary, power struggle, obsession, social satire, moral ambiguity, small town ...
Time:
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Similarity:
51%
323
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Billy Zane leads a pack of money-grabbing relatives who try to take over his ailing uncle's industrial empire.
Style:
suspense, tense, black comedy, period piece, independent film
Audience:
adult
Plot:
wealth, ambition, family conflict, inheritance, deception, scheming, family drama, power struggle, manipulation, betrayal, ethical dilemma, family secret ...
Time:
90s
Place:
italy
Similarity:
50%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
An updated adaptation of the Jacqueline Susann novel Valley of the Dolls, which follows the trials and tribulations of several women who live in Southern California.
Style:
soap opera
Plot:
showbiz, ambition, glamour, fame, hollywood, betrayal, backstage, addiction, seduction, jealousy, friendship, rivalry ...
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
The true story of the wildly popular television show created by Aaron Spelling and Darren Star during the 1990's.
Style:
soap opera, feel good, entertaining, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
love, father daughter relationship, redhead, hollywood, behind the scenes, male female relationship, love affair, parents and children, family relations, couple relations, friendship, lifestyle ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Our eternal theme is crime and punishment. In Boris Godunov, the problems of conscience and existential choice are linked to the history of the country. Pushkin says that these things are woven into a mysterious knot or pattern. The choice of each ...
Style:
historical drama, tense, suspenseful, captivating, period piece ...
Plot:
russian history, czar, rivalry, betrayal, power struggle, political intrigue, torture, dishonesty, mercenary, danger, coronation, murder ...
Time:
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Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A candid and campy portrayal of life behind the scenes of the original Charlies Angels.
Style:
thrilling, entertaining, captivating, historical drama, comedy drama ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
behind the scenes, actress, showbiz, film industry, backstage, women, movie actor, movie actress, movie business, actor's life, filmmaker, filmmaking ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 210 min.
Story:
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Style:
historical drama, suspense, captivating, disturbing, period piece ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
political intrigue, power struggle, royal family, power, mental illness, monarchy, madness, stage play, character study, british history, intrigue, king ...
Time:
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Similarity:
43%
248
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A tale of revenge that has stood the test of time, Shakespeare’s classic tragedy is reimagined for the modern day as a gripping psychological thriller! Transcending the confines of the stage, the film utilises nearly every room of the Theatre ...
Style:
psychological thriller, suspenseful, psychological, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
revenge, shakespeare, tragedy, problem, life is a bitch, madness, theater, betrayal, character study, literary, family conflict, obsession ...
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 217 min.
Story:
Benedict Cumberbatch (BBC’s Sherlock, Doctor Strange) plays the title role of Shakespeare’s great tragedy. Now seen by over 900,000 people worldwide, the original broadcast returns to international cinemas to mark National Theatre Live’s 10th ...
Style:
entertaining, atmospheric, melancholic, intense, talky ...
Plot:
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Time:
middle ages
Place:
denmark, europe
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
70s
Similarity:
41%
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Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
historical drama, period piece, tension, costume drama
Plot:
hollywood, behind the scenes, film industry, casting, filmmaking, biopic, talent show, rivalry, ambition, glamour, nostalgia, fame ...
Time:
1930s
Similarity:
41%
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Country: UK
Duration: 165 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating, tension, serious ...
Plot:
family relations, secrets, responsibility, tragedy, guilt, loss, theater, husband wife relationship, troubled past, relationships, haunted by the past, family problems ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
america
Similarity:
40%
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 199 min.
Story:
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Style:
sensual, erotic, erotic drama
Plot:
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Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, dramatic, captivating, satirical, intense ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
introspection, literary, character study, monologue, bittersweet, family drama, regret, nostalgia, midlife crisis, unrequited love, jealousy, dark humor ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
38%
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Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, dark, suspenseful, dramatic, bleak ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
37%
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
1940s
Similarity:
37%
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, psychological, thrilling, dramatic, reflective ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
magic, island, shipwreck, storm, revenge, remote island, shakespeare, theater, supernatural, supernatural power, literary, wizard ...
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Spain, Belgium, Canada, Mexico
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Ten years ago, distinguished French author Alexandre (Alain Delon) exchanged his stressful, hectic life in Paris for a more peaceful existence upon a Mexican hacienda with his wife Ariane (Marianne Denicourt). Lucien (Jean-Pierre Kalfon) also ...
Style:
art house, atmospheric, dramatic, sensual, moody
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, romantic drama, meta ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
35%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
mockumentary, dramatic, witty, entertaining, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
found footage, female nudity, online dating, filmmaking, dating, relationships, nudity, first date, couples, couple relations, sex, sexual relations ...
Similarity:
34%
263
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
In eleventh century Scotland, three witches foretell that Macbeth will become King, while Banquo will beget Kings. Macbeth accordingly has King Duncan slain, and is duly crowned in his place. But that's where his problems really begin...
Style:
dark, bleak, sinister, atmospheric, intense ...
Plot:
shakespeare, macbeth, regicide, prophecy, witch, ambition, adaptation, witchcraft, supernatural, tragedy, power struggle, tragic hero ...
Time:
middle ages, 11th century
Place:
scotland, scottish highlands
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 210 min.
Story:
A 2010 broadcast of Hamlet returns to cinemas as part of the NT's 50th anniversary celebrations. Following his celebrated performances at the National Theatre in Burnt by the Sun, The Revenger's Tragedy, Philistines and The Man of Mode, ...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, dramatic, intense ...
Plot:
shakespeare, revenge, moral dilemma, prince, intrigue, stage play, shakespeare's hamlet, tragedy, hamlet, palace intrigue, murder, political intrigue ...
Place:
denmark, london
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama
Country: Singapore
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A Song to Remember is a MediaCorp Channel 8 historical-cum-musical drama which is set in the 1930s to 1940s in early Singapore before World War II. It debuted on Channel 8 on 22 November 2011 and was telecast every weekday night at 9.00 pm.
This ...
Style:
historical drama, serious, exciting, captivating, dramatic ...
Plot:
nightclub, musician, nightclub singer, singer, cabaret, music, musician's life, female singer, music industry, club, singing, music and dance ...
Time:
1930s, 1940s
Place:
singapore, shanghai
Similarity:
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