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Washington Black (2025)
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
11-year-old George Washington "Wash" Black embarks on a globe-trotting journey of identity after fleeing a Barbados sugar plantation aboard a flying machine in the company of his master’s eccentric inventor brother.
Style:
period piece, historical drama, poignant, atmospheric, suspenseful, reflective, melancholic, lyrical, period drama
Plot:
plantation, race, slavery, escape, freedom, oppression, inventor, colonialism, coming of age, resilience, identity, betrayal, survival, friendship, sea voyage, exploration, class conflict, trauma, revenge, slow burn, steampunk, love, life, scientist, journey ...
Time:
19th century, 1800s
Place:
caribbean
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out historical drama, period piece, period drama and emotional films and TV series with plots about betrayal, class conflict, survival, revenge, identity, coming of age and escape mostly in Drama, History and Adventure genres. Some movies like Washington Black: The Prisoner of If Castle (1988), Great Expectations (2023), Heirs to the Land (2022), Kidnapped (1978), The Black Arrow (2006). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History
Country: Soviet Union, France
Duration: 236 min.
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A Russian version of the classic Alexandre Dumas novel. Edmond Dantes is falsely accused by those jealous of his good fortune, and is sentenced to spend the rest of his life in the notorious island prison, Chateau d'If. While imprisoned, he ...
Style:
dark, suspense, gloomy, emotional, atmospheric ...
Plot:
treasure, napoleonic era, island prison, false accusation, revenge, conspiracy, literary, adaptation, imprisonment, escape, betrayal, transformation ...
Time:
19th century, 80s, 1800s
Place:
ussr, paris france, provence, france, marseille
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 55 min.
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The coming-of-age story of Pip, an orphan who yearns for a greater lot in life, until a twist of fate and the evil machinations of the mysterious and eccentric Miss Havisham shows him a dark world of possibilities. Under the great expectations ...
Style:
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Audience:
adult
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coming of age, orphan, life, literary, social class, traumatic childhood, high society, childhood, grownups, transformation, ambition, identity ...
Time:
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Place:
london
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Spain
Duration: 50 min.
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Resourceful young Hugo Llor works to make a name for himself in 14th-century Barcelona while keeping a vow he made to the Estanyol family.
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historical drama, disturbing, captivating, family saga, dramatic ...
Plot:
medieval, life, teenager, dream, coming of age, life is a bitch, shipyard, urban, loyalty, orphan, ambition, survival ...
Time:
14th century, middle ages, medieval times
Place:
barcelona, catalonia, europe, spain
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264
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK, West Germany, France
Duration: 390 min.
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Style:
historical drama, suspenseful, tension, period drama
Plot:
kidnapping, manhunt, escape, friendship, betrayal, conspiracy, survival, fugitive, coming of age, loyalty, moral ambiguity, sea voyage ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, History
Country: Italy
Duration: 540 min.
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The inspiring principle of the adaptation of the novel by R. L. Stevenson "The Black Arrow" for Tv is to shift the conflict of the War of the Two Roses from England to Tirolo, at the border between Italy and Germany, where the conflict ...
Style:
historical drama, period piece, suspenseful, epic
Plot:
medieval, revenge, outlaw, coming of age, moral dilemma, betrayal, nobility, family secret, feudalism, loyalty, tyranny, palace intrigue ...
Time:
medieval times, 15th century
Place:
italy
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77%
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
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The story begins in 1789 in Congo, in Africa, where a tribe celebrates the marriage of Luena and Kamau. The natives, trapped and sold as slaves.
Style:
novela, historical drama, captivating, period piece, poignant ...
Plot:
slavery, colonialism, racial injustice, enslavement, slave trade, oppression, motherhood, abuse, plantation, romantic relationship, relationships, family relations ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
portugal, brazil, congo
Similarity:
74%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: China
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
The story follows Li Shande, a man deceived by his colleagues and demoted from his supervisory role. Now forced to become the “Lychee Envoy,” he faces a near-impossible mission to deliver fresh lychees from Lingnan to Chang’an as a birthday ...
Style:
historical drama, period piece, suspense, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
tang dynasty, betrayal, deception, political intrigue, conspiracy, corruption, loyalty, honor, redemption, sacrifice, resilience, bureaucracy ...
Place:
ancient china
Similarity:
73%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 56 min.
TV show
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The true story of one Jewish family separated at the start of World War II, determined to survive—and to reunite.
Style:
historical drama, emotional, psychological, captivating, family saga ...
Plot:
world war two, holocaust, jewish family, jew persecution, family reunited, holocaust survivor, survival, world war, nazi occupation, jewish life, orthodox jew, jewish woman ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s, year 1939
Place:
poland, eastern europe
Similarity:
69%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 303 min.
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Story:
Phillip Pirrip, known as Pip, meets a convict or two in a graveyard and sets into motion a series of events that lead him from a comfortable life in his brother-in-law's forge to a mysterious inheritance and his acquaintance with the eerie Miss ...
Style:
melancholic, gothic, atmospheric, psychological, bleak ...
Plot:
charles dickens, victorian england, literary, coming of age, social class, ambition, unrequited love, identity, character study, madness, betrayal, manor ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era
Place:
london
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 281 min.
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This sweeping epic dramatized the lives of two Georgia families during the early-to-mid 1800s: the Kendricks, who resided on the Beulah Land plantation, and the Davises, who owned the Oaks plantation. Both families loved, prospered and lost during ...
Style:
historical drama, family saga, period piece, epic, historical romance ...
Plot:
plantation, civil war, american civil war, slavery, southern belle, family conflict, social class, struggle, conflict, aristocracy, resilience, legacy ...
Time:
19th century, 1870s
Place:
georgia
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: France, Italy
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Story:
Edmond Dantes, a sailor falsely accused of treason, is imprisoned in the Château d'If off Marseille. After escaping, and adopting the identity of the Count of Monte Cristo, he plans revenge against those who wrongly accused him.
Style:
suspenseful, intense, dark, costume drama, period drama
Plot:
revenge, mastermind, vengeance, betrayal, identity, escape, justice, literary, confined, corruption, sailor, disguise ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
france, marseille
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 420 min.
TV show
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The lives and struggles of some of the countless immigrants who arrived on Ellis Island during the 19th century in search of the American Dream.
Style:
period piece, historical drama, family saga, poignant, emotional ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
american dream, immigration, assimilation, hopes, struggle, survival, poverty, social realism, discrimination, identity, adaptation, class conflict ...
Time:
turn of the century, 19th century, 1910s
Place:
new york
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History
Country: Italy
Duration: 60 min.
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In the 19th century, when the southern lands of Italy are bandit territory, Filomena escapes her wealthy but sad life to lead a risky treasure hunt.
Style:
historical drama, period piece, thrilling, crime drama, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
battles, bandit, treasure, changing lives, organized crime, female protagonist, lifestyle change, gang war, highwayman, criminal, gang warfare, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
southern italy
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: West Germany
Duration: 90 min.
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A story about the life of Maximiliane Irene von Quindt based on a classic novel by Christine Bruckner .
Style:
family saga, period piece, historical drama, emotional, bleak ...
Plot:
world war two, german history, female protagonist, aristocracy, literary, adaptation, nostalgia, loss, manor, class conflict, social change, survival ...
Time:
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Similarity:
50%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
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Style:
historical drama, intense, realistic, disturbing, stylized ...
Plot:
plantation, slavery, african american, black, civil war, friendship, rescue, racism, society, courage, one against many, racial stereotype ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century
Place:
georgia
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Italy, France, West Germany
Duration: 60 min.
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Stendhal's epic tale of a young French officer in the Napoleonic wars, and his aunt - a duchess of legendary beauty and resourcefulness.
Style:
historical drama, intense, poignant, emotional, art house ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
italy
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History
Country: Spain, Italy
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
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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:
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Place:
europe, algeria
Similarity:
48%
259
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: Philippines
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Story:
Red Sun is a family drama that tells stories of courage, sacrifice, and hardships that every Filipino family has. These stories were inspired by the tales of the unsung heroes who defied the odds of World War II and the Japanese occupation of the ...
Style:
historical drama, harsh, emotional, poignant, melancholic ...
Plot:
world war two, japanese occupation, wartime, family drama, survival, sacrifice, courage, friendship, resilience, trauma, loss, resistance ...
Time:
1940s, year 1942, 20th century
Place:
the philippines, asia
Similarity:
44%
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Brazil
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The life of a runaway slave who founded the Quilombo dos Palmares, an outlaw community of Brazilian slaves.
Style:
period piece, historical drama, inspirational, emotional, tension
Plot:
colonialism, slavery, resistance, enslavement, resilience, racial injustice, oppression, solidarity, rebellion, escape, biopic, plantation ...
Time:
17th century
Place:
brazil, africa
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Australia, Ireland
Duration: 240 min.
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Based on the novel by Philippa Gregory, the British miniseries A Respectable Trade was what is known in the business as a "bodice ripper." The story began in 1788, when well-bred governess Frances Scott married her rough-hewn employer ...
Style:
historical drama, atmospheric, tense, realistic, melancholic ...
Plot:
slavery, slave trade, slave trader, interracial romance, interracial relations, oppression, racial injustice, class conflict, colonialism, literary, human trafficking, resistance ...
Time:
18th century, georgian era
Place:
bristol, england
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: Switzerland, France
Duration: 312 min.
TV show
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In late 18th-century Martinique, a plantation owner, his irresponsible young aristocratic wife and his beautiful black mistress are drawn into a spiral of violence that reflects all the horror and inhumanity of the perverse relations between masters ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, dark, historical drama, atmospheric ...
Plot:
plantation, slavery, violence, love triangle, mistress, forbidden love, mature, colonialism, male female relationship, relationship problems, love affair, marital problem ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
caribbean, west indies
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: Canada, Germany
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By Way of the Stars is an action/adventure television mini-series co-produced in 1992 by Sullivan Entertainment and German Beta-Taurus Kirch Group, that begins in 19th century Prussia, then travels through post-U.S. Civil War Charleston to the ...
Style:
historical drama, period piece, atmospheric
Plot:
escape, coming of age, immigration, family reunited, wilderness, survival, false accusation, stallion, indigenous people, reconciliation, murder, stowaway ...
Time:
19th century, 1860s, victorian era, year 1865
Place:
canada, prussia, north america
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: Iran
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
Set in October 1977, on the brink of the Iranian Revolution, a forbidden love story unfolds between Khosrow, a SAVAK officer, and Shirin, a young woman accused of political activism. Amidst growing political unrest, their passion blooms in secrecy, ...
Style:
historical drama, period piece, melancholic, emotional, intense ...
Plot:
sacrifice, forbidden love, political repression, oppression, betrayal, loss, rebellion, resistance movement, escape, conspiracy, claustrophobia, class conflict ...
Time:
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Place:
iran
Similarity:
40%
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: South Korea
Duration: 65 min.
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Jeonokseo, the most horrifying prison in Joseon, is where Ok Nyeo was born. This genius girl learns the art of living from the most eccentric people of the time. Despite the difficulties, Ok Nyeo grows up to introduce a human rights institution of ...
Style:
historical drama, period piece, captivating, psychological, disturbing ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
prison, female protagonist, human rights, oppression, life is a bitch, dynasty, fighting the system, legal, relationships, social problems, women's rights, legal system ...
Place:
korea
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History
Country: Russia
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Story:
The story of three generations of the Gromov family. The main character is Prokhor Gromov: his grandfather Danila made a fortune by robbery and robbery, father Peter invested money in the business and inherited everything to Prokhor. He has an ...
Style:
gloomy, family saga, captivating, historical drama, grim ...
Plot:
family business, rich snob, rise and fall, family conflict, greed, three generations, wealthy family, historical figure, dysfunctional family, businessman, rich, bandit ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
siberia
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: France, Italy, Spain, Germany, USA
Duration: 180 min.
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Story:
The scene is set during the French Restoration at the beginning of the 19th century. Jean Valjean, a galley slave who was sent to prison for stealing food, is now released after serving nineteen years. At first he only encounter mistrust and closed ...
Style:
period piece, costume drama, suspense, emotional, melancholic ...
Plot:
redemption, justice, injustice, depression, mayor, on the run, thief, haunted by the past, ex convict, napoleonic era, revolution, manhunt ...
Time:
19th century, regency period, 1830s, 18th century
Place:
europe, paris france, france
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama, History, Western
Country: Australia
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Story:
In the Bendigo Goldfields in 1855, the charismatic headman of the Chinese mining camp suddenly finds himself struggling to maintain the fragile harmony between Chinese and European diggers and authorities when a murdered European woman is discovered ...
Style:
period piece, historical drama, stylized, dramatic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
gold rush, racial tension, murder, cultural conflict, interracial relations, prejudice, society, community, murder of a woman, gold, golddigger, murder investigation ...
Time:
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Place:
australia
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History
Country: Australia
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Story:
In 1806, William Thornhill is sentenced to New South Wales for life where he is drawn into a terrifying conflict that will leave a bloody and indelible stain.
Style:
serious, captivating, realistic, stylized, historical drama ...
Plot:
love affair, social differences, society, misfit, love and romance, australian aboriginal, colony, convict, colonization, lgbt, lgbtq, australian history ...
Time:
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Place:
australia
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37%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Hong Kong
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During the late reign of the Qing dynasty skilled physician To Chung is named the new Imperial Palace Physician when he successfully heals Empress Dowager Chee Hei from her illness. To Chung eventually grows close to the Gwong-seoi Emperor who is ...
Style:
historical drama, period piece, exciting, captivating, serious ...
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wife, husband wife relationship, qing dynasty, palace intrigue, healer, doctor patient relationship, emperor, historical character, chinese history, historical figure, historical event, chinese emperor ...
Time:
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950
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story:
After killing a French Lieutenant in the series, Aziz Payidar is forced to leave his great love, Dilruba, behind him and his father's house. After the event is forgotten, Aziz returns to the city again.
Style:
historical drama, disturbing, psychological, captivating, period piece ...
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