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The Testament of Ann Lee (2025)
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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, spirituality, female protagonist, biopic, spiritual awakening, female nudity, prophecy, sacrifice, female empowerment, historical epic, pilgrimage, male nudity, christianity, repression, celibacy, evangelical christianity, sexual abuse, breast feeding, bare chested male, sex scene, female full frontal nudity, folk music, sex montage, doggystyle
Time:
19th century, 18th century
Place:
manchester
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Most similar movies to The Testament of Ann Lee
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out historical drama, period drama, period piece and serious films with plots about biopic, female nudity, sacrifice, female protagonist, husband wife relationship, nude and tragedy mostly in Drama, Biography and History genres. Some movies like The Testament of Ann Lee: Emma Smith: My Story (2008), Kapodistrias (2025), The Islands (2019), Joy (2024), Moral Order (2020). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Greece
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
The story of the greatest Greek statesman. In the early 19th century, Greece has just gained its independence from the Ottomans and Ioannis Kapodistrias is called upon to assume the role of its first governor. He steadfastly defends the freedom of ...
Style:
historical drama, serious, inspirational, period piece, heroic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
patriotism, sacrifice, biopic, nationalism, reform, tragedy, power struggle, corruption, diplomacy, grave, assassination, politics
Time:
19th century
Place:
greece
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Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Based on the incredible true-life story of Chiefess Kapiolani who descended into an active volcano to demonstrate her new-found faith and ushered in a new beginning in Hawaii.
Style:
christian film, stylized, serious, psychological, inspirational ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
clergy, christian, teaching the ways of the world, society, going straight, ambition, sermon, christianity, hopes, religion, blind ambition, historical character ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, georgian era
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
3 trailblazers: a young nurse, a visionary scientist and an innovative surgeon face opposition from the church, state, media and medical establishment, in their pursuit of the world's first 'test tube baby', Louise Joy Brown.
Style:
inspirational, medical drama, dramatic, emotional, period piece ...
Plot:
hospital, controversy, parenthood, perseverance, ethics, women's rights, legacy, biopic, hopes, social change, sacrifice, social issues ...
Time:
70s, 60s, 20th century, year 1978
Place:
united kingdom
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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, biopic, forbidden romance, scandal, female protagonist, hypocrisy, escape, class conflict, illicit affair, aristocracy, heiress, high society ...
Place:
portugal, lisbon portugal
Similarity:
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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:
62%
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:
58%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
The story of how 22 year old writer Tony Warren conceived, wrote and fought for the record breaking UK TV series Coronation Street.
Style:
sentimental, suspenseful, touching, factual, tense ...
Plot:
aspiring writer, british, casting, acting audition, biopic, behind the scenes, media industry, determination, ambition, working class, nostalgia, realism ...
Time:
60s, year 1960
Place:
manchester, northern england
Similarity:
57%
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The journey of young Jeanne through mountains and faith, from the lonely forests to the plains of Rome.
Style:
historical drama, poetic, emotional, bleak, melancholic ...
Plot:
faith, female protagonist, journey, religious, pilgrimage, spiritual awakening, coming of age, mountain, mysticism, legend, sacrifice, identity ...
Place:
rome italy
Similarity:
56%
110K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
The story of the ascension to the throne and the early reign of Queen Elizabeth the First, the endless attempts by her council to marry her off, the Catholic hatred of her and her romance with Lord Robert Dudley.
Style:
factual, costume drama, period piece, historical drama, visually stunning ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
queen, british history, queen elizabeth i, tudors, royalty, historical character, politics, head of state, british royal family, royal court, monarchy, throne ...
Time:
16th century, middle ages, ancient times, medieval times, victorian era ...
Place:
england, london, britain, scotland, europe ...
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Russia
Duration: 50 min.
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Story:
Daughter of Peter the Great, Elizabeth reigns as Russia's enlightened 18th-century tsarina. Amid courtly intrigue, she champions art and culture, defying doubters of her ability as a female ruler to innovate and strengthen the vast empire.
Style:
period piece, historical drama, stylized, captivating, entertaining ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
palace intrigue, russian empire, royal court, royal family, happiness, female nudity, biopic, historical figure, queen, royal palace, russian history, imperial russia ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
st. petersburg russia
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Drama looking at artist William Hogarth and his relationship with the prostitute that inspired his most famous piece.
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, emotional, sexual ...
Plot:
painter, starvation, jail, adultery, dominatrix, brothel, couples, reform, kept woman, brothel madam, husband wife relationship, biopic ...
Time:
18th century, georgian era
Place:
england, london
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Painter Francisco Goya faces a scandal involving his muse, who is labeled a heretic by a monk.
Style:
period piece, costume drama, historical drama, factual, realistic ...
Plot:
rape, artist, spanish inquisition, spanish history, art, prison, prostitute, painter, biopic, life is a bitch, lifestyle, painting ...
Time:
18th century, ancient times, regency period, 19th century, 1800s ...
Place:
spain, persia, madrid, europe
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, USA, China
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Mary Stuart attempts to overthrow her cousin Elizabeth I, Queen of England, only to find herself condemned to years of imprisonment before facing execution.
Style:
costume drama, period piece, serious, realistic, stylized ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
royal family, throne, queen elizabeth i, royal court, queen of england, tudors, queen, british history, betrayal, intrigue, protestant, royalty ...
Time:
16th century, middle ages, ancient times, medieval times
Place:
scotland, england, scottish highlands, britain, europe
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A dedicated artist from Russian Georgia struggles to get recognition.
Style:
melancholic, emotional, meditative, lyrical, heartbreaking ...
Plot:
painter, art, painting, artist, art history, biopic, poverty, tragedy, starvation, loneliness, tragic hero, sacrifice ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
soviet union, russia
Similarity:
47%
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:
47%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Germany, Austria
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Germany in the early 19th century. "Die Vermessung der Welt" follows the two brilliant and eccentric scientists Alexander von Humboldt and Carl Friedrich Gauss on their life paths.
Style:
captivating, realistic, psychological, factual, semi serious ...
Plot:
scientist, mathematics, science, inventions and discoveries, biopic, naturalist, society, rivalry, friendship, wanderlust, victorian england, monkey ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era
Place:
germany
Similarity:
46%
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:
46%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
In 1857, at the height of his fame and fortune, novelist and social critic Charles Dickens meets and falls in love with teenage stage actress Nelly Ternan. As she becomes the focus of his heart and mind, as well as his muse, painful secrecy is the ...
Style:
costume drama, period piece, sentimental, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
love affair, actress, writers, writer's life, forbidden love, biopic, older man younger woman relationship, secret relationship, affair, scandal, secret, marital discord ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, ancient times, 1860s, 1850s ...
Place:
london, england, britain, europe, manchester
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
No overview found.
Style:
historical drama, dramatic, period piece, serious, intense ...
Plot:
poet, german history, competition, writers, biopic, literary, playwright, ambition, palace intrigue, rivalry, sacrifice, desertion ...
Time:
18th century, 19th century
Place:
germany
Similarity:
44%
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:
44%
87K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 155 min.
Story:
In 1839, the slave ship Amistad set sail from Cuba to America. During the long trip, Cinque leads the slaves in an unprecedented uprising. They are then held prisoner in Connecticut, and their release becomes the subject of heated debate. Freed ...
Style:
emotional, period piece, touching, epic, inspirational ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
slavery, slave trade, rebellion, african american, legal, courtroom, politics, freedom, court, lawyer, president, male nudity ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, ancient times, 1800s, 1840s ...
Place:
africa, cuba, washington d.c., america, massachusetts ...
Similarity:
42%
503
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
The film shows how Italy's historic national hero Giuseppe Garibaldi (embodied by Renzo Ricci) leads a military campaign known as Expedition of the Thousand in 1860 and conquers Sicily and Naples. When the Bourbon monarchy has left Southern ...
Style:
historical drama, political, epic, heroic, period drama ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
biopic, revolution, national hero, patriotism, leadership, liberation, soldier, honor, nationalism, rebellion, courage, sacrifice ...
Time:
19th century, 1860s
Place:
naples italy, sicily, italy
Similarity:
41%
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Aurora Rumelin is happy because the noble writer Leopold Sacher-Masoch has asked for her hand. Little by little the marriage goes into crisis mainly because Leopold asks his wife to beat him before sexual relations and to treat him like a slave. ...
Style:
erotic, erotic drama, period drama
Audience:
adult
Plot:
dominatrix, masochism, bdsm, biopic, mature, sadomasochism, marriage crisis, sexual humiliation, taboo, sexual obsession, infidelity, divorce ...
Time:
19th century
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, History, Musical
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 160 min.
Story:
After their production "Princess Ida" meets with less-than-stunning reviews, the relationship between Gilbert and Sullivan is strained to breaking. Their friends and associates attempt to get the two to work together again, which opens the ...
Style:
witty, talky, independent film, historical drama, cult classic ...
Plot:
music, composer, biopic, writers, rehearsal, theater, opera, dancing, samurai, valet, inspiration, playwright ...
Time:
victorian era, year 1999, 1800s, 19th century, 1880s ...
Place:
london, england, britain, europe, paris france
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, France, Germany, USA, Belgium
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
Eccentric British painter J.M.W. Turner lives his last 25 years with gusto and secretly becomes involved with a seaside landlady, while his faithful housekeeper bears an unrequited love for him.
Style:
sincere, costume drama, clever, surreal, meditative ...
Plot:
painter, painting, artist, biopic, art, eccentricity, art history, character study, estrangement, couple relations, elderly, love and romance ...
Time:
19th century, 1820s, 1830s, 1840s, ancient times ...
Place:
london, england, britain, holland
Similarity:
40%
852
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: West Germany, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
The 18th-century French marquis (Keir Dullea) recalls his sadomasochistic experiments and goes to jail for lewd behavior.
Style:
sex comedy, independent film, serious, erotic, realistic ...
Plot:
erotica, biopic, lust, sex scene, female nudity, sadism, peplum, sexploitation, sexual content, power relations, couples, estate ...
Time:
year 1969, 18th century
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
40%
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:
40%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Musical
Country: India
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
Rohit, a Gujarati, studies the life of Anthony Firengee, and in the process meets with a mysterious man Kushawl Hajra.
Style:
captivating, emotional, art house, melancholic, period drama
Plot:
poet, biopic, reincarnation, life, musician's life, love and romance, historical character, music, relationships, lifestyle, historical figure, musician ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
kolkata
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: France, UK, Belgium, USA, Russia, Saudi Arabia
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
The life of Jeanne Bécu, who was born as the illegitimate daughter of an impoverished seamstress in 1743 and went on to rise through the Court of Louis XV to become his last official mistress.
Style:
captivating, psychological, period drama
Plot:
king of france, king, royalty, royal court, biopic, life, female protagonist, historical figure, based on real people, courtesan, gold, sex scene ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
france, versailles
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