Movies like Franz
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Franz (2025)
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Czech Republic, Poland, Germany, France, Turkey
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Conceived as a kaleidoscopic mosaic, the film follows the imprint Franz Kafka left on the world from his birth in 19th-century Prague to his death in post-WW1 Vienna.
Style:
non-linear, period drama
Plot:
male nudity, nudity, male pubic hair, writers, prostitute, nudism, father son relationship, emotional abuse, childhood trauma, vegetarian, international relations, abusive father, domineering father, european history, czech german relations, father hits son, public nudity, trauma, immigrant, naturist, based on real people, bare chested male, female nudity, pubic hair, man in swimsuit ...
Time:
19th century, 20th century, 1920s, 1910s
Place:
europe, prague, central europe, prague czech republic
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Most similar movies to Franz
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out period drama, realistic, serious and captivating films with plots about female nudity, biopic, nudity, bare chested male, male nudity, pubic hair and female full frontal nudity mostly in Drama, Biography and History genres. Some movies like Franz: Charlatan (2020), Anton Chekhov 1890 (2015), Guardians of the Formula (2023), From Hilde, with Love (2024), Leopardi (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Czech Republic, Poland, Ireland, Slovakia
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
The breathtaking story of a man gifted with exceptional abilities set against the background of the events of the totalitarian fifties.
Style:
non-linear, unusual plot structure, suspenseful, contemplative, suspense ...
Plot:
closeted homosexual, gay, closeted gay, healer, gay interest, politics, gay lead character, diagnosis, lgbt, homoeroticism, traumatized man, arrested ...
Time:
year 1935, year 1942, 20th century, 60s, 1930s ...
Place:
central europe, europe, prague
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: France
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Summer 1890. In order to make some money to feed his family, Anton Chekhov, modest physician, wrote short stories for newspapers to sign Antosha Tchékhonté. Important characters, writer and editor, just make him aware of his talent. His situation ...
Style:
serious, realistic, psychological, captivating, gloomy ...
Plot:
writers, literature, writer's life, biopic, tuberculosis, family relations, couple relations, life is a bitch, obsession, siblings relations, artists and showbiz, infidelity ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
russia
Similarity:
74%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Serbia, Slovenia, Montenegro, France
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
In 1958, during the Cold War, two scientists, two worlds, and two ideologies faced a race for survival at the Vinca Scientific Institute near Belgrade.
Style:
serious
Plot:
male nudity, male pubic hair, bare chested male, secret mission, friendship, doctor, secret service, laboratory, humanism, nudity, nobel prize, public nudity ...
Time:
1950s
Place:
eastern europe, belgrade serbia, paris france
Similarity:
73%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
In Berlin 1942, Hilde is a member of an anti-Nazi group. She falls in love with another member, Hans. The two spend a summer together until they get caught by the Gestapo and Hilde is imprisoned, eight months pregnant.
Style:
period piece, period drama
Plot:
gestapo, world war two, male female relationship, world war, prison, based on real people, husband, husband wife relationship, fall in love, bare chested male, parents, summer ...
Time:
year 1942, 20th century, 1940s
Place:
germany, berlin germany
Similarity:
68%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Italy
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
A luminously beautiful biopic of the celebrated eighteenth-century Italian poet, essayist and philosopher Giacomo Leopardi, who created immortal verse whilst struggling with a debilitating illness.
Style:
psychological, realistic, serious, captivating, historical drama
Plot:
enlightenment, poet, poetry, prodigy, unrequited love, romanticism, biopic, writer's life, society, family problems, writers, father son relationship ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
italy, rome italy, europe, naples italy, southern italy ...
Similarity:
66%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Music
Country: Czech Republic, Italy, Slovakia
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
The year is 1764. For over a year, Josef has been leading a precarious life in Venice. He hopes to become an opera composer. The city, full of talented and already-established composers, seems closed to him. Looking for work as a violinist, he comes ...
Plot:
male nudity, based on real people, nudity, italian history, music, biopic, music composer, mozart, wealth, male pubic hair, bare chested male, musician ...
Time:
18th century, 1770s
Place:
venice, central europe
Similarity:
66%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Czech Republic, Ireland, Slovakia, Poland
Story:
The breathtaking story of a man gifted with exceptional abilities set against the background of the events of the totalitarian fifties.
Plot:
healer, arrested, czech history, closeted gay, closeted homosexual, diagnosis, gay, communism, gay lead character
Time:
1950s, 50s
Place:
central europe
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Italy, France, Spain
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
A revolutionary militant, a thug, an underground writer, a butler to a millionaire in Manhattan. But also a switchblade-waving poet, a lover of beautiful women, a warmonger, a political agitator, and a novelist who wrote of his greatness. Eduard ...
Style:
black and white, period drama, f word
Plot:
female nudity, poet, novelist, prison, voice over narration, sex scene, based on real people, blood, biopic, sick woman, writers, homeless man ...
Time:
year 1989, 20th century, year 1972, year 1976, year 1975 ...
Place:
new york, moscow russia, paris france
Similarity:
58%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Czech Republic, Poland, France, Belgium
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
1402. Queen Margrete I has gathered the Nordic kingdoms in a union, ruled through her adopted son, Erik. But a conspiracy is in the making and Margrete finds herself in an impossible dilemma that could shatter her life's work: The Kalmar Union.
Style:
political, epic, costume drama, period drama
Plot:
male nudity, male pubic hair, female nudity, royal court, royalty, palace intrigue, nobleman, female pubic hair, nordic, scandinavian culture, usurper, engagement ...
Time:
middle ages, 15th century, medieval times
Place:
scandinavia, eastern europe, denmark, prussia
Similarity:
54%
717
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
In the second half of the 19th century, Eadweard Muybridge, the father of motion pictures, embarks on an obsessive project to record on film "the motion of life" in all of its abundance. His epic quest is eclipsed only by the depth of his ...
Style:
thought provoking, period piece, educational
Plot:
photograph, photography, photographer, male nudity, sexist, nude women, nature, biopic, murder, older man younger woman marriage, darkroom, unhappy wife ...
Time:
1900s, 1910s, 19th century, 1880s, 1870s
Place:
california
Similarity:
50%
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:
49%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Austria, Czech Republic
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Young director Honza David (Krystof Hádek) films the Russian invasion in in Prague in August 1968. With Eva (Vica Kerekes) - the love of his life - he tries to get out of the country. He wants to bring the explosive material to Vienna, to the ...
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, serious, captivating, period drama
Plot:
spy, secret mission, actress, blackmail, love triangle, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, double agent, secret agent, special agent, mission, secret service, agent ...
Time:
year 1968, 60s, 20th century
Place:
prague, vienna, europe, central europe, czechoslovakia
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
To Walk Invisible takes a new look at the extraordinary Brontë family, telling the story of these remarkable women who, despite the obstacles they faced, came from obscurity to produce some of the greatest novels in the English language.
Style:
captivating, dark, historical drama, cult classic, gothic ...
Plot:
writers, victorian england, novelist, sisters, female writer, publisher, women, sister, historical figure, family relations, social relations, writer's life ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, 1840s
Place:
yorkshire
Similarity:
45%
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:
45%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Brazil, France
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
In Rio de Janeiro in the 1970s, during the dictatorship, former deputy Rubens Paiva was taken from his home by soldiers to be interrogated. He was never found again. The search for truth lasts 30 long years. And when the answers begin to appear, ...
Style:
historical drama, realistic, independent film, hood, factual ...
Plot:
brazilian military dictatorship, dictatorship, military dictatorship, based on real people, loss, missing father, female nudity, loss of husband, widow, husband, wrongful arrest, female protagonist ...
Time:
year 1971, 20th century, year 2014, year 1996, 70s ...
Place:
brazil, rio de janeiro, sao paulo, brazil, sao paulo brazil
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Set in Belle Époque France, the story follows nineteen-year-old "hysteria" patient Augustine, the star of Professor Charcot's experiments in hypnosis, as she transitions from object of study to object of desire.
Style:
sexual, serious, psychological, realistic, sincere ...
Plot:
obsession, mental illness, doctors and patients, hospital, hypnosis, epilepsy, illness, doctor patient relationship, neurology, medicine, psychoanalyst, women ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1880s
Place:
france, paris france, europe
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
The Côte d’Azur. 1915. In his twilight years, Pierre-Auguste Renoir is tormented by the loss of his wife, the pains of arthritic old age and the terrible news that his son Jean has been wounded in action. But when a young girl miraculously enters ...
Style:
touching, sincere, costume drama, scenic, sentimental ...
Plot:
painter, painting, famous painting, art, redheaded woman, female pubic hair, wounded soldier, world war one, artist, art history, self discovery, fall in love ...
Time:
year 1915, 1910s, 20th century
Place:
cote d'azur, france, south of france, europe
Similarity:
43%
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:
42%
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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:
41%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Czech Republic, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
The story of communist show-trial victim Milada Horáková. Horáková was one of the first victims of the communist regime in Czechoslovakia. She opposed the communist coup in 1948 but did not leave the country. She was arrested and tried for ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, tense, touching, captivating ...
Plot:
european history, prisoner, lawyer, world war two, communism, death sentence, czech history, trial, husband wife relationship, jail, politics, strong female character ...
Time:
20th century, 1950s, 1930s, 1940s, 50s
Place:
prague, czechoslovakia, central europe
Similarity:
40%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
Gie is a 2005 Indonesian film directed by Riri Riza. The film tells the story of Soe Hok Gie, a graduate from University of Indonesia who is known as an activist and nature lover. The film is based on a diary Catatan Seorang Demonstran written by ...
Style:
realistic, captivating, serious, political, indonesian ...
Plot:
idealism, teen rebel, love triangle, power struggle, demonstration, campus, political activist, university, lgbt, gay subtext, activist, biopic ...
Time:
60s, 1950s, 20th century, year 1959, year 1969 ...
Place:
southeast asia, indonesia, bali
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: France
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
In a small presbytery in Yorkshire, England, living under the watchful eyes of their aunt and father, a strict Anglican pastor, the Bronte sisters write their first works and quickly become literary sensations.
Style:
realistic, serious, gloomy, contemplative, period drama ...
Plot:
writers, women, art, writer's life, biopic, historical event, tuberculosis, winter, disease, painting, fire, siblings ...
Time:
19th century, 1850s, year 1979, 1840s, 1830s ...
Place:
yorkshire, france, united kingdom, europe, england ...
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Canada, Denmark, Ireland, USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
A young Donald Trump, eager to make his name as a hungry scion of a wealthy family in 1970s New York, comes under the spell of Roy Cohn, the cutthroat attorney who would help create the Donald Trump we know today. Cohn sees in Trump the perfect ...
Style:
independent film, absurd, controversial, f word, period drama ...
Plot:
lawyer, aids, corruption, marriage, crooked lawyer, father son relationship, politics, mentor protege relationship, based on real people, female nudity, sex scene, real estate ...
Time:
year 1982, 80s, 70s, year 1986, year 1983 ...
Place:
atlantic city, atlantic city new jersey, manhattan new york city, florida, north america ...
Similarity:
39%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia, Germany
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
It is 1939. Flamboyant Czech diplomat Jan Masaryk has fled to America to escape his recent past. Germany has invaded Czechoslovakia and Masaryk is now a man with no nation. In America he tries to forget the personal and political betrayal he and his ...
Style:
captivating, serious, disturbing, stylized
Plot:
diplomat, diplomacy, czech history, psychiatrist, nazi germany, european history, life is a bitch, betrayal, fascism, cold war, world war two, post war ...
Time:
pre world war two, year 1939, year 1938, 1930s, year 1937
Place:
israel, prague, central europe
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: France
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A passionate love story set against a backdrop of sexual freedom, loosely based on the relationship between 19th century authors Pierre Loüys and Marie de Régnier
Style:
sexy, atmospheric, erotic, emotional, romantic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
erotica, bohemian life, strong sexual content, cheating wife, nudity, cuckold, female nudity, adultery, love triangle, horny wife, sexual tension, husband wife estrangement ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1890s
Place:
paris france, algeria, france
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Germany, Italy, UK, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
It is the end of World War I and the young Italian soldiers are making their way back to San Giovanni Rotondo, a land of poverty, with a tradition of violence and submission to the iron-clad rule of the church and its wealthy landowners. Families ...
Style:
thrilling, psychological, captivating, period drama
Plot:
catholic, world war one, social problems, life is a bitch, social issues, post war, male nudity, catholic priest, branding iron, suffering, female nudity, nudity ...
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Spain
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
This colourful feature debut from experienced producer Luis Miñarro offers an almost hallucinatory look at the world of Amadeo of Savoy, who was king of an ungovernable Spain for two years around 1870. This intriguing episode is transformed into a ...
Style:
realistic, serious, stylized, captivating
Plot:
male nudity, erection, male pubic hair, royal family, naked man, royal court, gay interest, state affairs, society, political unrest, master and servant, gay ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
spain, europe
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A docudrama about four weeks in the life of famous Czech composer Antonin Dvorak. The drama - filled with many of Dvorak's compositions - begins when the composer suddenly decides to cut a concert in London and return home. While on the train, ...
Style:
emotional, reflective, dramatic, art house, period drama
Plot:
composer, biopic, classical music, flashback, inspiration, nostalgia, melancholy, musical performance, orchestra, creative process, memory, violinist ...
Time:
turn of the century, 19th century
Place:
central europe, london
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Hungary, West Germany, Austria
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
Set during the fading glory of the Austro-Hungarian empire, the film tells of the rise and fall of Alfred Redl, an ambitious young officer who proceeds up the ladder to become head of the Secret Police only to become ensnared in political deception.
Style:
political, cynical, biting, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
world war one, lgbt, military, soldier, gays and lesbians, duel, great war, lgbtq, treason, espionage, biopic, battles ...
Time:
pre world war one, year 1985, 20th century, 1910s, 19th century ...
Place:
south africa, germany, europe, czech republic, sarajevo ...
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Discover the life of renowned Muslim scholar Buya Hamka, from his humble West Sumatra origins to his political achievements.
Style:
political, period piece, indonesian, period drama
Plot:
journalist, national hero, activist, biopic, politics, religious, husband wife relationship, school teacher, father son relationship, affection, skin, book ...
Time:
year 1942, 1920s, 20th century, 1930s, 1940s ...
Similarity:
34%
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