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Bel Ami (2005)
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Original name: Bel ami
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In Belle Epoque Paris, Georges Duroy, a handsome, ambitious but penniless young man, reunites with his friend Forestier, editor-in-chief of a major financial newspaper. Forestier manages to find him a position at the newspaper. With his friend's support, Georges does everything he can to climb the social ladder. He relies mainly on his undeniable charm to win the favor of influential women who can introduce him to the wealthy circles he covets. Georges benefits in particular from the support of Madeleine, the wife of the newspaper's editor-in-chief. His numerous conquests in high society soon earn him the nickname "Bel Ami."
Style:
costume drama, satirical, sensual
Audience:
adult
Plot:
seduction, manipulation, ambition, social climbing, social commentary, literary, corruption, journalism, hypocrisy, ambitious, character study, scandal, female nudity, female full frontal nudity
Time:
19th century
Place:
paris france
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out erotic, period drama, sensual and period piece films with plots about female nudity, manipulation, female full frontal nudity, ambition, seduction, scandal and corruption mostly in Drama and Crime genres. Some movies like Bel Ami: Marianne's Temptations (1973), The Barchester Chronicles (1982), Game of Seduction (1976), Class Reunion (1972), Little Darling (2000). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Innocent young Marianne works in a ski resort high in the French Alps. One night she agrees to go on a date with Bob, a young guy on vacation. Bob excites her in ways that her oafish boyfriend never could.
Style:
erotic, romantic drama, sensual, sex comedy, art house ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
dog sex, bestiality, female protagonist, seduction, mature, manipulation, deception, moral ambiguity, character study, sexual awakening, naivete, blackmail ...
Place:
paris france, alps
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95%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 385 min.
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Story:
When a crusade against the Church of England's practice of self-enrichment misfires, scandal taints the cosy community of Barchester when their local church becomes the object of a scathing, investigative report.
Style:
costume drama, historical drama, reflective, atmospheric, intellectual ...
Plot:
literary, cathedral, scandal, power struggle, hypocrisy, manipulation, moral dilemma, scheming, family conflict, social satire, corruption, ambition ...
Time:
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Place:
britain
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90%
Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands, Belgium
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Three erotic stories from classic writers Marguerite de Navarre, Nicolas Restif de la Bretonne and Guy de Maupassant.
Style:
anthology, erotic, erotic drama, sensual, period drama
Plot:
seduction, literary, sexual content, sexual tension, revenge, nudity, jealousy, adultery, infidelity, marital strife, manipulation, forbidden love ...
Time:
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Similarity:
69%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
erotic, historical romance, costume drama, melancholic, tense ...
Plot:
seduction, duel, seductive, obsessive love, forgery, femme fatale, assassin, male pubic hair, male nudity, female pubic hair, bare breasts, erotica ...
Time:
19th century, 1830s
Place:
france
Similarity:
68%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
No overview found.
Style:
romantic comedy, sex comedy, sitcom, lighthearted, situational comedy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
lesbian sex, female nudity, lesbianism, group sex, hotel, nostalgia, flirting, party, single, midlife crisis, gossip, second chance ...
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Thirty year old virgin Sybille meets the man of her dreams. Or is he?
Style:
romantic drama, emotional, psychological, dark, tension ...
Plot:
suburban life, insecurity, shyness, virginity, loneliness, female protagonist, character study, love story, manipulation, seduction, cohabitation, intimate ...
Time:
20th century
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60%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Eva Braun takes inspiration from the actual sex scandals in the Italian Parliament and the 120 Days of Sodoma by Marquis De Sade. This mix create a grotesque journey through power, sex and will of people who does everything to be successful. Pier is ...
Style:
erotic, transgressive, political, controversial, intense ...
Plot:
corruption, scandal, desire, nudity, sexploitation, manipulation, greed, ambition, voyeurism, mistress, social climbing, luxury ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
hollywood, casting couch, sexploitation, exploitation, showbiz, sexual manipulation, manipulation, female protagonist, voyeurism, corruption, ambition, nudie cutie ...
Time:
60s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
57%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Golden Lotus is based, in part, on Jin Ping Mei, a famous erotic novel of ancient China. Li Han-Hsiang adapted part of the story into this film, which starts with Hsi Men Ching, a successful merchant, wooing Pan Chin Lien, the beautiful wife of one ...
Style:
erotic, sensual, costume drama, tragic ending, dark ...
Plot:
erotica, adultery, mature, murder, betrayal, lust, fatal attraction, forbidden love, taboo, literary, sexploitation, obsession ...
Place:
ancient china
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A civil servant (Michele Lastella) uses shady methods to become a powerful businessman.
Style:
crime drama, tense, crime thriller, cynical
Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, UK, Belgium
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
costume drama, reflective, melancholic, bleak, art house
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
france
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
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Style:
independent film, dark comedy
Plot:
con man, preacher, social commentary, manipulation, faith healing, hypocrisy, moral ambiguity, christmas, fraud, character study, autobiography, satire ...
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
period piece
Plot:
reporter, ambition, ethical dilemma, female protagonist, journalism, character study, ambitious woman, obsession, social climbing, manipulation, moral ambiguity, downfall ...
Time:
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Place:
warsaw poland, eastern europe, poland, rome italy
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel, West Germany
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Yasha is a Jewish stage magician who tours through eastern Europe while destroying his career through personal problems. He has one more chance at theatrical success, but he needs to do a brand new trick in a Warsaw theater.
Style:
atmospheric, art house, independent film, period drama, moody
Plot:
magician, jewish culture, stage magic, european, theater, character study, ambition, obsession, moral ambiguity, midlife crisis, existential crisis, melancholy ...
Time:
year 1979, 1800s, 19th century
Place:
poland, warsaw poland, eastern europe
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: France, Spain, Belgium, Canada, Mexico
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
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Country: Mexico
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, tense, disturbing, sensual, romantic comedy ...
Plot:
female nudity, human trafficking, social problems, organized crime, secret society, illegal prostitution, society, street prostitution, social issues, prostitute, prostitution, sex worker ...
Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
44%
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Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
kolkata, india
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43%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, rough, sexy, suspense, erotic ...
Plot:
stripper, prostitution, murder, betrayal, blackmail, exploitation, female killer, erotica, nightclub, femme fatale, sexploitation, greed ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: France, Italy, West Germany
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Netherlands, Belgium
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Story of two con men, Boorman and his younger assistant Laarmans, who are trying to sell companies their non-existing magazine.
Style:
satirical, period piece, tense
Plot:
con artists, scam, fraud, manipulation, deception, moral ambiguity, scheming, ethical dilemma, betrayal, corruption, realism, character study ...
Time:
1950s, 1920s, 1930s
Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Antônio Martins, respected theatrical critic, is a very rational man. But a chance meeting with young Inês, a nude painting model, is going to rock him. Inês keeps a relationship with painter José Torres Campana, an older man with a deep ...
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Plot:
amputee, painting, desire, jealousy, love triangle, romantic triangle, obsession, seduction, danger, character study, moral ambiguity, adultery ...
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208
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A struggling filmmaker, unlucky in love, enlists the aid of a womanizing friend to create an exploitative documentary about online dating.
Style:
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