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Fingersmith (2005)
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The lives of two young women collide in Victorian England when a trio of 'fingersmiths' (pick-pockets) concoct an elaborate scam to defraud a young heiress of her inheritance. The story alternates between the twisting back alleyways of Dickensian London and the cloistered gloom of a Gothic mansion in 1862. The story is an adaptation of Sarah Waters' Man Booker Prize nominated novel.
Style:
costume drama, serious, realistic, erotic, period piece, eros, captivating, disturbing, psychological thriller, romantic ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
lesbian, lesbian love, lgbt, lesbian relationship, sapphic, gays and lesbians, deception, manipulation, mistaken identity, voice over narration, lesbian teen, thief, psychiatric ward, fall in love, cons and scams, victorian england, abuse, glbt, class differences, betrayal, woman woman relationship, dishonesty, power relations, lesbian interest, gay ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, ancient times, 1860s, turn of the century, victorian
Place:
london, britain, england, europe
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, queer cinema, serious and period drama films and TV series with plots about love and romance, lesbian, gay, love, lgbt, lesbian kiss and lesbian love mostly in Drama, Romance and Biography genres. Some movies like Fingersmith: Tipping the Velvet (2002), Kiss Me (2011), Gentleman Jack (2019), I Can't Think Straight (2008), Vita & Virginia (2018). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Country: UK
Duration: 59 min.
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Place:
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Country: UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Duration: 105 min.
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Duration: 60 min.
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Duration: 110 min.
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Duration: 108 min.
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Country: UK
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Duration: 99 min.
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