Movies like The House of Mirth
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The House of Mirth (2000)
9K
Genre: Romance, Drama
Country: UK, France, Germany, USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
A woman risks losing her chance of happiness with the only man she has ever loved.
Style:
costume drama, period piece, atmospheric, emotional, melancholic, witty, talky, intense, independent film, stylized ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
love affair, infidelity, happy ending, destiny, temptation, tragedy, gambling, debt, fall in love, dishonesty, love and romance, couple relations, male female relationship, husband wife relationship, adultery, legacy, aunt niece relationship, cousin cousin relationship, gilded age, love, horse, unrequited love, marriage proposal, women, summer ...
Time:
20th century, edwardian era, 19th century, 2000s, 1890s, turn of the century, 1900s ...
Place:
new york, america, britain, usa, mediterranean sea, monte carlo
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, period drama, period piece and romantic films with plots about love and romance, couples, love, couple relations, society, love triangle and betrayal mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres. Some movies like The House of Mirth: The Age of Innocence (1993), The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981), A Good Woman (2004), The Governess (1998), The Bridges of Madison County (1995). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
Tale of 19th century New York high society in which a young lawyer falls in love with a woman separated from her husband, while he is engaged to the woman's cousin.
Style:
sexy, touching, atmospheric, period piece, stylized ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
high society, lovers, infidelity, forbidden love, destiny, countess, marriage, aristocracy, love, couple relations, love triangle, lawyer ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 20th century, turn of the century, 90s ...
Place:
new york, america, philadelphia, usa, paris france ...
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100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
In this story-within-a-story, Anna is an actress starring opposite Mike in a period piece about the forbidden love between their respective characters, Sarah and Charles. Both actors are involved in serious relationships, but the passionate nature ...
Style:
costume drama, emotional, romantic, scenic, stylized ...
Plot:
adultery, love, love affair, filmmaking, lieutenant, infidelity, destructive relationship, society, social differences, love story, doomed romance, love triangle ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 80s, 20th century, 70s ...
Place:
england, britain, france, europe, london
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Romance
Country: UK, Italy, Spain, Luxembourg, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Fleeing 1930s New York and leaving behind a chequered past, the giltzy divorcee Mrs Stella Erlynne travels to Italy's sun-dappled Amalfi coast. Mrs Erlynne's appearance causes a stir amongst the visiting aristocracy. Based on the Oscar ...
Style:
witty, period piece, clever, semi serious, romantic drama ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, family friendly, girls' night
Plot:
femme fatale, infidelity, slut, high society, justice, betrayal, farce, rich man, marriage proposal, love and romance, social differences, women ...
Time:
1930s, year 2004, 20th century, 19th century
Place:
italy, europe, new york, southern italy, england ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
When the father of privileged Rosina da Silva violently dies, she decides to pass herself off as a gentile and finds employment with a family in faraway Scotland. Soon she and the family father, Charles, start a passionate secret affair.
Style:
enigmatic, period piece, costume drama, emotional, colorful ...
Plot:
fall in love, couples, love affair, jewess, nanny, society, loss of virginity, male nudity, photograph, couple relations, master and servant, love triangle ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, 1830s, year 1998, 1800s
Place:
england, london, oxford university, middle east, britain ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Photographer Robert Kincaid wanders into the life of housewife Francesca Johnson for four days in the 1960s.
Style:
romantic, atmospheric, touching, sad, sentimental ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
love story, photographer, adultery, love affair, passion, impossible love, relationships, housewife, couples, photography, extramarital affair, lovers ...
Time:
year 1995, 90s, 20th century, year 1965, post world war two ...
Place:
iowa, usa, midwest
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Australia
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The wife of a British Judge is caught in a self-destructive love affair with a Royal Air Force pilot.
Style:
sexy, romantic, emotional, intense, period piece ...
Plot:
love affair, infidelity, unhappy marriage, forbidden love, husband wife relationship, judge, unfulfilled love, suicide attempt, depression, family problems, love and romance, crumbling marriage ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, post world war two, 20th century, 1930s ...
Place:
london, england, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
An English widow goes to Italy, falls in love with a dentist's son and marries him, against her straitlaced family's wishes.
Style:
costume drama, period piece, historical drama, cult classic, independent film ...
Plot:
sister in law, unrequited love, mother in law, class differences, brother in law, catholicism, marriage for money, railway, defiant, family disapproval, marriage, widow ...
Time:
edwardian era, 1900s, victorian era, year 1991, 90s ...
Place:
italy, england, britain, europe, tuscany
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
Ms. Isabel Archer isn't afraid to challenge societal norms. Impressed by her free spirit, her kindhearted cousin writes her into his fatally ill father's will. Suddenly rich and independent, Isabelle ventures into the world, along the way ...
Style:
period piece, costume drama, psychological, talky, atmospheric ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
manipulation, friendship, depression, impossible love, multiple storylines, couple relations, infidelity, fall in love, relationships, art, women, passionate love ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, year 1996, turn of the century, 1870s ...
Place:
europe, england, sicily, florence, london ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Kate is secretly betrothed to a struggling journalist, Merton Densher. But she knows her Aunt Maude will never approve of the match, since Kate's deceased mother has lost all her money in a marriage to a degenerate opium addict. When Kate meets ...
Style:
sexy, atmospheric, period piece, costume drama, serious ...
Plot:
love, nobility, love triangle, literary, death, greed, betrayal, relationships, nudity, forbidden love, fall in love, power relations ...
Time:
1910s, year 1997, victorian era, 20th century, edwardian era ...
Place:
england, london, venice, britain, europe ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA, Russia
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Trapped in a loveless marriage, aristocrat Anna Karenina enters into a life-changing affair with the affluent Count Vronsky.
Style:
costume drama, period piece, sentimental, historical drama, colorful ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, girls' night, adult
Plot:
high society, forbidden love, imperial russia, infidelity, tragic love, aristocracy, marriage, suicide, adultery, cuckolded husband, love, depression ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, ancient times, year 2012, 1800s ...
Place:
moscow russia, russia, st. petersburg russia, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Japan, USA
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
A saga of class relations and changing times in an Edwardian England on the brink of modernity, the film centers on liberal Margaret Schlegel, who, along with her sister Helen, becomes involved with two couples: wealthy, conservative industrialist ...
Style:
romantic, costume drama, emotional, period piece, cerebral ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
estate, inheritance, sister sister relationship, wealthy family, country house, aristocrat, rich snob, family drama, passion, sword, arrest, terminal illness ...
Time:
1910s, turn of the century, edwardian era, year 1992, 19th century ...
Place:
england, oxford university, britain, london
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Based on the literary classic by Thomas Hardy, Far from the Madding Crowd is the story of independent, beautiful and headstrong Bathsheba Everdene, who attracts three very different suitors: Gabriel Oak, a sheep farmer, captivated by her fetching ...
Style:
romantic, costume drama, sexy, period piece, emotional ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens
Plot:
victorian england, couples, relationships, love story, looking for love, countryside, couple relations, love and romance, love affair, love, unrequited love, wooing ...
Time:
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Place:
england, britain, europe, london
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
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Style:
romantic, heartbreaking, emotional, sexy, costume drama ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, date night
Plot:
inheritance, art, artist, destiny, love story, childhood, passion, literary, amor, fall in love, understanding, stranger ...
Time:
20th century, year 1998, 80s, 90s, 70s ...
Place:
new york, florida, usa, london
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Set in 1870's New York, a spinster heiress is courted by a much younger, penniless man, much to the chagrin of her over-protective father, and must decide whether to spend the rest of her life alone, or marry a man who is interested in her only ...
Style:
costume drama, romantic drama, romantic, stylized, sex comedy ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
father daughter relationship, marriage proposal, love, betrayal, victorian england, forbidden love, older woman younger man relationship, gilded age, american history, couple relations, love and romance, marriage ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, turn of the century, year 1997, 1870s ...
Place:
alps, geneva switzerland, manhattan new york city, america, new york ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
Bored with the limited and tedious nature of provincial life in 19th-century France, the fierce and sensual Emma Bovary finds herself in calamitous debt and purses scandalous sexual liaisons with absolute abandon. However, when her volatile ...
Style:
sexy, realistic, melancholic, costume drama, intense ...
Plot:
infidelity, adultery, tragic hero, family life, hopes, village life, destructive relationship, dull life, love affair, husband wife relationship, adulterer, male female relationship ...
Time:
19th century, 1840s, turn of the century, victorian era, 1830s ...
Place:
normandy, france, europe, switzerland, london
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
An early-20th-century tale of love across class boundaries which tells the legendary and romantic story of Lady Chatterley’s affair with her gamekeeper. Jed Mercurio’s adaptation of DH Lawrence’s classic.
Style:
erotic, realistic, serious, period piece, romantic drama ...
Plot:
social differences, infidelity, cheating on husband, love affair, master and servant, obsession, sexual relations, couples, fall in love, power relations, countryside, couple relations ...
Time:
20th century, edwardian era, 1910s, 1920s
Place:
england, europe, britain
Similarity:
100%
15K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, UK, USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
Set in Baroque France, a scheming widow and her lover make a bet regarding the corruption of a recently married woman. The lover, Valmont, bets that he can seduce her, even though she is an honorable woman. If he wins, he can have his lover to do as ...
Style:
sexy, period piece, costume drama, independent film, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night, adult
Plot:
infidelity, betrayal, virgin, couple relations, manipulation, seduction, hypocrisy, virginity, tragedy, manipulative woman, love triangle, marriage ...
Time:
18th century, year 1989, georgian era, 20th century, 80s ...
Place:
france, paris france, eastern europe, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, atmospheric, suspenseful, stylized, romantic ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
blackmail, widow, marriage proposal, refugee, vacation, fall in love, destructive relationship, couples, false accusation, dishonesty, seduction, loveless marriage ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, year 1938, pre world war two, 19th century
Place:
italy, florence, europe, rome italy, paris france ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Based on the novel of the same name by Edith Wharton, it is about a husband and wife (Ethan and Zeena), who need an extra hand around the house due to Zeena's debilitated body and constant illness. The young woman who joins them is a beautiful, ...
Style:
costume drama, emotional, intense, captivating, sentimental ...
Plot:
true love, forbidden love, infidelity, family problems, dull life, family relations, fall in love, love triangle, destiny, family drama, adultery, love ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, turn of the century, year 1993, 1800s ...
Place:
usa, massachusetts, america, new england, england
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Hard Hat Days Honky-Tonk Nights. John Travolta stars as a young man from the country who learns about life and love in a Houston bar.
Style:
melancholic, touching, realistic, romantic, sexual ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
working class, rivalry, adultery, happy ending, love, country music, marital problem, suburban life, contests and competitions, cowboy, nightclub, contest ...
Time:
70s, 80s, year 1980, 20th century
Place:
texas, houston texas, usa, north america, new jersey ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France, Italy, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Jane Eyre is an orphan cast out as a young girl by her aunt, Mrs. Reed, and sent to be raised in a harsh charity school for girls. There she learns to be come a teacher and eventually seeks employment outside the school. Her advertisement is ...
Style:
romantic, costume drama, period piece, melancholic, intense ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
happy ending, nobility, orphan, love triangle, fall in love, power relations, family relations, love and romance, haunted by the past, rich and poor, parents and children, love affair ...
Time:
19th century, ancient times, year 1996, victorian era, 18th century
Place:
england, europe, britain
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, France, UK
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
An intricately plotted tale of thwarted love and betrayal, "The Golden Bowl" tells the story of an extravagantly rich American widower and his sheltered daughter, both of whom marry only to discover that their respective mates, a beautiful ...
Style:
period piece, costume drama, serious, stylized, realistic ...
Plot:
adultery, love affair, deception, greed, couples, family problems, fall in love, dishonesty, society, crumbling marriage, parents and children, affair ...
Time:
edwardian era, victorian era, 1900s, 20th century, 19th century
Place:
italy, england, britain, europe, london ...
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
Rich Mr. Dashwood dies, leaving his second wife and her daughters poor by the rules of inheritance. Two daughters are the titular opposites.
Style:
romantic, costume drama, feel good, sincere, sentimental ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night, chick flick, kids, adult
Plot:
love story, love, happy ending, love triangle, love and romance, sisters, fall in love, love affair, social differences, rich and poor, true love, village life ...
Time:
19th century, 18th century, 90s, regency period, 1810s ...
Place:
england, britain, europe, london, seattle
Similarity:
38%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
This fun and sexy comedy tells a timelessly entertaining story where wealthy, secret passions and mischievous women put love to the test.. When a spirited young woman, Fanny Price, is sent away to live on the great country estate of her rich ...
Style:
period piece, costume drama, sexy, witty, romantic ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
fall in love, country estate, couple relations, literary, women, love, love and romance, feminist, love story, estate, abbey, society ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, middle ages, ancient times, year 1999 ...
Place:
england, britain, europe, london
Similarity:
37%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium, UK
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
Edwardian England. A precocious girl from a poor background with aspirations to being a novelist finds herself swept to fame and fortune when her tasteless romances hit the best seller lists. Her life changes in unexpected ways when she encounters ...
Style:
period piece, talky, witty, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
love, adultery, writers, estate, infidelity, world war one, unrequited love, lesbian subtext, marriage proposal, reception, writer's life, family relations ...
Time:
1900s, edwardian era, victorian era, 20th century, year 1914
Place:
england, britain, europe, london
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Anne Elliot, the daughter of a financially troubled aristocratic family, is persuaded to break her engagement to Frederick Wentworth, a young sea captain of meager means. Years later, money troubles force Anne's father to rent out the family ...
Style:
period piece, costume drama, romantic, historical drama, heartbreaking ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
passion, love, passionate love, napoleonic wars, literary, admiral, abbey, strong female lead, happy ending, betrayal, prejudice, fall in love ...
Time:
victorian era, regency period, 19th century, 1800s, year 1995 ...
Place:
england, europe, britain
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
In Mansfield Park, poverty-stricken Fanny Price is sent away to live with her wealthy uncle and aunt at Mansfield Park. As she struggles to adapt to her new lifestyle she begins to attract the attentions of suitors, learning about the sexual ...
Style:
period piece, costume drama, realistic, stylized, witty ...
Plot:
love triangle, couples, couple relations, love and romance, fall in love, class differences, unrequited love, social differences, society, unfulfilled love, estate, infidelity ...
Time:
18th century, 19th century, victorian era, 1800s, regency period ...
Place:
england, europe, britain
Similarity:
37%
20K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France
Duration: 186 min.
Story:
This multiple-Oscar-winning film by Roman Polanski is an exquisite, richly layered adaptation of Thomas Hardy’s Tess of the d’Urbervilles. A strong-willed peasant girl (Nastassja Kinski, in a gorgeous breakthrough) is sent by her father to the ...
Style:
period piece, costume drama, scenic, visually appealing, erotic ...
Plot:
love, breast feeding, rape, tragic love, relationships, literary, mansion, beautiful scenery, nobility, loneliness, peasant, autumn ...
Time:
19th century, year 1979, 1800s, turn of the century, victorian era ...
Place:
eastern europe, britain, england, europe, brazil
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Russia, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Anna (Marceau) is a wife and mother who has an affair with the handsome Count Vronsky (Bean). Based on the novel by Tolstoy.
Style:
costume drama, romantic, romantic drama, psychological, atmospheric ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
imperial russia, relationships, infidelity, true love, betrayal, cheating wife, victorian england, age difference, forbidden love, love, death, cuckolded husband ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, year 1997, turn of the century, 1880s
Place:
russia, st. petersburg russia, moscow russia
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Drama set in 1930s London with two sisters, Madeleine married to Rickie, and Dinah, who falls in love with him. Rickie and Dinah begin an affair which is to have repercussions throughout all their lives.
Style:
sentimental, serious, emotional, touching, erotic ...
Plot:
couples, forbidden love, infidelity, betrayal, unfaithful husband, sister sister relationship, pregnancy, fall in love, society, parents and children, haunted by the past, unfulfillment ...
Time:
1930s, 1940s, year 2002, 20th century, year 1934 ...
Place:
london, england, europe
Similarity:
37%
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