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Little Dorrit (2008)
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 34 min.
TV show
Story:
The series tells the story of Amy Dorrit, who spends her days earning money for the family and looking after her proud father, who is a long term inmate of Marshalsea debtors' prison in London. Amy and her family's world is transformed when her boss's son, Arthur Clennam, returns from overseas to solve his family's mysterious legacy and discovers that their lives are interlinked.
Style:
costume drama, sincere, period piece, captivating, historical drama, romantic drama, heartbreaking, historical romance, atmospheric, serious ...
Audience:
girls' night, kids
Plot:
poverty, young woman, life is a bitch, uncover truth, passion, passionate love, rich and poor, love and romance, dysfunctional family, social problems, family problems, financial problem, co worker co worker relationship, employer employee relationship, money problems, world war one, victorian england, lady, happy ending, makeover, realism, love story, charles dickens, debt, murderer ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, regency period, 1800s, 18th century, georgian era, victorian
Place:
england, britain, europe, london
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out period drama, costume drama, period piece and realistic films and TV series with plots about society, costume, love and romance, family relations, social differences, couples and victorian england mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres. Some movies like Little Dorrit: North & South (2004), Pride & Prejudice (2005), Jane Eyre (2006), Poldark (2015), David Copperfield (1999). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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North & South is a British television drama serial, produced by the BBC and originally broadcast in four episodes on BBC One in November and December 2004. It follows the story of Margaret Hale, a young woman from southern England who has to ...
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touching, period piece, serious, sincere, captivating ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick
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Time:
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Place:
england, britain, london
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
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romantic, costume drama, sweet, sexy, captivating ...
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england, britain, united kingdom, europe, london ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 58 min.
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costume drama, romantic, sexy, period piece, atmospheric ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
england, britain, europe, london
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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Britain is in the grip of a chilling recession... falling wages, rising prices, civil unrest - only the bankers are smiling. It's 1783 and Ross Poldark returns from the American War of Independence to his beloved Cornwall to find his world in ...
Style:
captivating, family saga, costume drama, period piece, realistic ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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100%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 357 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, sentimental, emotional, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
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Time:
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england, britain, europe, italy, london ...
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Country: UK, USA
Duration: 93 min.
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costume drama, period piece, captivating, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
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Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1830s, edwardian era
Place:
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100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 62 min.
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Style:
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Audience:
girls' night, date night, kids
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
england, london
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
romantic, touching, gothic, atmospheric, visually appealing ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night, chick flick
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Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1840s, ancient times, 1800s ...
Place:
england, britain, europe, yorkshire
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83%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 128 min.
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
england, london
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100%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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realistic, captivating, serious, stylized, costume drama ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
england, britain
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 60 min.
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costume drama, period piece, captivating, sentimental, psychological ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 53 min.
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Audience:
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Place:
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Country: UK, USA
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Audience:
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Time:
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Country: UK, USA
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Daniel Deronda is a British television serial drama adapted by Andrew Davies from the George Eliot novel of the same name. The serial was directed by Tom Hooper, produced by Louis Marks, and was first broadcast in three parts on BBC One from 23 ...
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costume drama, period piece, realistic, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
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Time:
19th century, middle ages, victorian era, 1870s
Place:
britain, england, europe, london, italy
Similarity:
100%
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Country: UK, USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Style:
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Time:
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Place:
england, britain, london, europe
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Country: Ireland, USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
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Audience:
girls' night
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Time:
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Place:
london, england, europe, britain
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100%
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Country: UK, USA
Duration: 75 min.
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Audience:
girls' night
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Time:
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Place:
england, europe, london, britain, africa
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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Audience:
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Time:
victorian era, 19th century, 1800s, 18th century, regency period ...
Place:
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67%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min.
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100%
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Country: UK
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Time:
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Place:
england, britain, europe
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100%
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Country: UK, USA
Duration: 469 min.
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Place:
england, britain, europe
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Duration: 45 min.
TV show
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Country: UK
Duration: 88 min.
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Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
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england, britain, london
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: UK
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Time:
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Place:
england, britain, europe, london
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Audience:
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Country: UK
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