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The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant (2005)
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Australia, UK
Duration: 62 min.
TV show
Story:
A young woman is transported to the New South Wales penal colony in 1788.
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, suspense, historical drama, road movie, costume drama, period drama, tragic
Plot:
human spirit, against the odds, girl heroine, escapades, danger, on the run, female whipping, prisoner, society, injustice, life is a bitch, sailing, tragic romance, travel, penal colony, hopes, survival, sea, thief, heroine, time machine, politics, colonization, social injustice, prison ...
Time:
18th century, 1780s, georgian era, 1700s
Place:
australia, england, europe
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Most similar movies to The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, captivating and period drama films and TV series with plots about society, escapades, danger, family relations, dishonesty, life is a bitch and rivalry mostly in Drama, Adventure and History genres. Some movies like The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant: Banished (2015), Garrow's Law (2009), Bangkok Hilton (1989), Black Sails (2014), Longitude (2000). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
At its heart, Banished is a story of survival. Though it is set in the stark historical reality of the founding of the penal colony in Australia in 1788 after the arrival of the First Fleet, it is not the story of Australia and how it came to be. ...
Style:
serious, costume drama, historical drama, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
colony, life is a bitch, danger, community, prison, confined, penal colony, moral dilemma, control, governor, brutality, colonialism ...
Time:
18th century, georgian era, 1780s
Place:
australia, england, oceania, britain, new south wales
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 520 min.
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Story:
In 1830's England, a young man from a good but troubled family is unjustly convicted of stealing a watch. He's transported to Van Dieman's Land (Tasmania) where he suffers under the enmity of Lt. Frere while falling in love with ...
Style:
realistic, serious
Plot:
penal colony, wrongful imprisonment, colonization, victorian england, mutiny, prison, false accusation, literary, convict, society, dishonesty, life is a bitch ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era
Place:
australia, tasmania
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100%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
The true tale of pioneering 18th century barrister William Garrow, who acted as counsel for the accused, introducing the concept of 'innocent until proved guilty' at London's Old Bailey.
Style:
serious, captivating, period piece, realistic, intellectual ...
Plot:
judge, uncover truth, lawyer, injustice, social problems, life is a bitch, society, idealism, rivalry, treason, hopes, courtroom drama ...
Time:
georgian era, 18th century
Place:
london, england, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 90 min.
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Story:
The story of Kat Stanton (Kidman), an Australian woman searching for her father who, whilst travelling back from London to Australia via Thailand, makes friends with Arkie Ragan (Ehlers), a photographer. Kat is tricked into carrying some luggage ...
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, detective, disturbing ...
Plot:
prison, escape, heroin, injustice, interracial relations, fighting the system, women in prison, prison guard, smuggling, false accusation, betrayal, destiny ...
Time:
80s
Place:
thailand, asia, australia, london, bangkok thailand ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: South Africa, USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
The pirate adventures of Captain Flint and his men twenty years prior to Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic “Treasure Island.” Flint, the most brilliant and most feared pirate captain of his day, takes on a fast-talking young addition to his ...
Style:
exciting, costume drama, sexy, historical drama, stylized ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
pirate, captain, pirate ship, swashbuckler, colonial america, sea, gold, treasure hunt, medieval, island, treasure, danger ...
Time:
18th century, ancient times, 19th century, georgian era
Place:
caribbean, syria, america, west indies
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 99 min.
TV show
Story:
Parallel stories: 18th century Harrison builds the marine chronometer for safe navigation at sea; 20th century Gould is obsessed with restoring it.
Style:
serious, realistic, exciting, captivating, sincere ...
Plot:
inventor, sea, british navy, ocean, against the odds, military life, escapades, danger, sea disaster, sailing, father son relationship, sea voyage ...
Time:
18th century, victorian era, georgian era, 1920s, 20th century
Place:
england, jamaica
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK, Ireland, USA
Duration: 50 min.
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Story:
Based on a true story, Aristocrats draws back the curtain on an 18th century English family near the summit of society, revealing a tapestry of romance, prejudice, infidelity, and revolution.
Style:
period piece, costume drama, captivating, serious, historical drama ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
master and servant, family relations, royalty, aristocracy, rich and poor, high society, society, royal family, honor, politics, siblings relations, intrigue ...
Time:
18th century, 1780s, georgian era
Place:
england, ireland, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
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From Nobel Laureate William Golding's (Lord of the Flies) epic sea-voyage trilogy comes the story of an ambitious British aristocrat, humbled by the lives of his fellow passengers, as he embarks on an ocean voyage for Australia where he is to ...
Style:
period piece, semi serious, sincere, epic, captivating ...
Plot:
sea voyage, ship, sea captain, fall in love, imperialism, introspection, social differences, unlikely couple, escapades, military, teaching the ways of the world, wooing ...
Time:
19th century, 1810s, georgian era, regency period
Place:
australia, england
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, Norway, Denmark, Germany, Sweden
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
The true story about legendary explorer Thor Heyerdahl and his epic crossing of the Pacific on a balsa wood raft in 1947, in an effort to prove it was possible for South Americans to settle in Polynesia in pre-Columbian times.
Style:
harsh, visually stunning, epic, sexy, inspirational ...
Audience:
teens, family outing
Plot:
ocean, survival, sea voyage, boat, raft, expedition, shark, adventurer, sailing, lost at sea, fish, travel ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1947, year 2012, 2010s ...
Place:
pacific ocean, peru, polynesia, usa, south america ...
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100%
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA, UK, Canada, South Africa
Duration: 60 min.
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Crusoe is a television adventure drama based loosely on the novel Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe. The series' 13 episodes aired on NBC during the first half of the 2008–2009 television season. It follows the adventures of Robinson Crusoe: a ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, exciting, baroque
Plot:
survival, shipwreck, desert island, ocean, sea disaster, wise man, wisdom of life, friends, storm, isolation, friendship, escapades ...
Time:
17th century, 18th century
Place:
england, fictional island
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 165 min.
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Assigned to accompany two priests on a mission to convert the court of Kublai Khan to Christianity, Marco Polo is abandoned in the mountains when the priests, doubting the very existence of China, turn back. Polo eventually pushes bravely forth ...
Style:
captivating, exciting, atmospheric, epic, realistic ...
Plot:
adventurer, medieval, heroes, heroic mission, dishonesty, rivalry, danger, hopes, political unrest, culture clash, society, priest ...
Time:
middle ages, 13th century
Place:
asia, china, venice, italy
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History
Country: Australia
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Story:
In 1806, William Thornhill is sentenced to New South Wales for life where he is drawn into a terrifying conflict that will leave a bloody and indelible stain.
Style:
serious, captivating, realistic, stylized, historical drama ...
Plot:
love affair, social differences, society, misfit, love and romance, australian aboriginal, colony, convict, colonization, lgbt, lgbtq, australian history ...
Time:
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Place:
australia
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752
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 152 min.
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This 1940s drama presents a story of class conflict and its influence on romance. Robert Bradley leaves the shipyards to work in his uncle's furniture business but soon finds himself at odds with the old man. So he becomes a servant for the ...
Style:
costume drama, sexy, historical drama, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
world war one, shipyard, fatherhood, tragic romance, love and romance, master and servant, society, family relations, power relations, estate, couples, love affair ...
Time:
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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Buried is a British television drama series, produced by World Productions for Channel 4 and originally screened in 2003. The programme starred Lennie James as Lee Kingley, who is serving a long prison sentence in order to protect a member of his ...
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serious, suspenseful, tense, rough, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
prison, prison life, criminal heroes, life is a bitch, survival, confined, warden, false accusation, criminal psychologist, dishonesty, violence spree, grudge ...
Time:
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Place:
england, europe
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19%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
It's 1715 on the Bahamian island of New Providence, the first functioning democracy in the Americas, where the diabolical pirate Edward Teach, a.k.a. Blackbeard, reigns over a rogue nation of thieves, outlaws and miscreant sailors. Part ...
Style:
stylized, exciting, serious, historical drama, realistic ...
Plot:
pirate, outlaw, escapades, rivalry, danger, terrorizing, sailing, chivalry, criminal, pirate ship, courage, sea ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
bahamas
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
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House of Hancock tells the epic true story of the Hancock dynasty and the bizarre love triangle that emerged between Lang, his daughter Gina, and his beautiful Filipina housekeeper Rose.
Style:
realistic, captivating, serious, saga, epic
Plot:
fall in love, family business, family relations, uninhibited rivalry, rivalry, betrayal, parents and children, family problems, courtroom drama, dishonesty, legal, manipulation ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 60s, 70s, 90s
Place:
australia, the philippines
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 92 min.
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Story:
The sole survivor of a lost whaling ship relates the tale of his captain's self-destructive obsession to hunt the white whale, Moby Dick.
Style:
realistic, exciting, psychological, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
survival, whale, ship, obsessive quest, hunt down, rivalry, dangerous animal, danger, lost at sea, ocean, self destructing, escapades ...
Time:
19th century, 1800s, victorian era
Place:
nova scotia
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
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The Village is a BBC TV series written by Peter Moffat. The drama is set in a Derbyshire village in the 20th century. The first series of what Moffat hopes will become a 42-hour TV drama was broadcast in spring 2013 and covered the years 1914 to ...
Style:
realistic, serious, costume drama, captivating, rough ...
Plot:
village life, parents and children, society, social relations, villager, countryside, village people, world war one, family relations, gay relationship, small village, village ...
Time:
20th century, 1920s, 1910s
Place:
england
Similarity:
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Canada, West Germany
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
Huckleberry Finn and His Friends was a 1979 television series documenting the exploits of Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer, based on the novels The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by American writer Mark Twain. The series ...
Style:
realistic, serious, uplifting, exciting, captivating ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
small town, best friend, heroes, young heroes, escapades, mischievous children, society, youth, coming of age, human spirit, young lovers, on the run ...
Time:
19th century, 1800s
Place:
missouri, mississippi, usa
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 314 min.
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A new adaptation of the classic novel by Henry Fielding of the life, loves and adventures of the charming rascal Tom Jones. A foundling child born of a serving wench but allowed to grow up in the privileged surroundings of Squire Allworthy's ...
Style:
period piece, serious, realistic, exciting, witty ...
Plot:
true love, time machine, adoption, sword, small town, estate, foundling, squire, master and servant, dishonesty, womanizer, adventurer ...
Time:
18th century, georgian era
Place:
england, london
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 196 min.
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Story:
Adaptation of Thomas Hardy's novel.
At a country fair, young hay-trusser Michael Henchard quarrels with his wife Susan, and in a drunken fit decides to auction off his wife and baby to a sailor for five guineas. The next day, realising his ...
Style:
costume drama, captivating, serious, emotional, realistic ...
Plot:
victorian england, tragic hero, haunted by the past, redemption, social relations, rise and fall, family problems, hidden truth, society, betrayal, dishonesty, mayor ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1800s
Place:
britain, england
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Scottish orphan David Balfour (Lawrence Douglas) is betrayed by his wicked uncle Ebeneezer (Donald Pleasance), who arranges for David to be kidnapped and sold into slavery so that Unk can claim his inheritance. The boy is rescued and befriended by ...
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, stylized, independent film ...
Plot:
literary, pirate, sailing, captain, pirate ship, historical event, sea, courage, intrigue, kidnapping, ship, escapades ...
Time:
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Place:
scotland, europe, highlands, france
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
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A modern interpretation of the classic Dickens novel.
Style:
touching, captivating, serious, emotional, tense ...
Plot:
escapades, rich and poor, life is a bitch, parents and children, family relations, society, injustice, family problems, social problems, relationships, money problems, relationship problems ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
england, london, united kingdom
Similarity:
18%
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: France, Portugal, Italy
Duration: 45 min.
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Story:
The sovereign Greek island of Ithaca, 8th century B.C. The Trojan War has been over for ten years, and the Greeks have come home victorious. Only one man is missing: the king of Ithaca, Odysseus, who is lost at sea. The island’s economy is getting ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, serious, epic, erotic ...
Plot:
heroes, danger, escapades, obsessive quest, legends and myths, getting home, greek mythology, ancient, peplum, ancient world, ancient history, imaginary ...
Place:
greece
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 270 min.
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This grand six-part adaptation of Sir Walter Scott's rousing adventure of the Middle Ages tells the epic tale of the idealistic young knight Ivanhoe (Steven Waddington) and his battle against the evil Templar Bois-Guilbert (Ciarán Hinds. ...
Style:
costume drama, fairy tale, exciting, captivating, realistic ...
Audience:
kids, boys' night, family outing
Plot:
medieval, knight, robin hood, royalty, legends and myths, inquisition, unrequited love, archer, time machine, peplum, ancient, ancient rome ...
Time:
12th century, medieval times, middle ages
Place:
britain, europe, england
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17%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 69 min.
TV show
Story:
Follow Sugar into the underbelly of Victorian London seething with vitality, sexuality, ambition and emotion.
Style:
historical drama, costume drama, serious, realistic, captivating ...
Plot:
victorian england, prostitute, social climbing, love affair, rich and poor, mistress, social differences, power relations, couples, society, high society, diary ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1880s, 1870s
Place:
england, london, britain, europe
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17%
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Italy, Germany, France, USA, Czech Republic, Netherlands, UK
Duration: 170 min.
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Story:
Director Roger Young (JOSEPH AND JESUS) presents this dramatic television miniseries that recounts the life of Paul (Johannes Brandrup) the Apostle of Jesus Christ. Originally known as Paul of Tarsus, Paul tortured and persecuted Christians until he ...
Style:
biblical, realistic, serious, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
christianity, folk hero, apostle, christian, state affairs, bible, legends and myths, heroes, faith, bible story, father son relationship, new testament ...
Time:
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Place:
holy land, rome italy, jerusalem
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17%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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Powerful historical drama series, based on the lives of real people, telling the story of young 19th-century apprentices taking their lives into their own hands for the first time.
Style:
realistic, captivating, serious, stylized, costume drama ...
Plot:
working class, workplace, society, life is a bitch, factory, parents and children, social differences, family relations, power relations, mechanic, realism, rich and poor ...
Time:
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Place:
england, britain
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17%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 225 min.
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The lives, loves and highs and lows of four members of the Women's Land Army working at the Hoxley Estate during World War II.
Style:
costume drama, realistic, captivating, historical drama, atmospheric ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
wartime life, world war two, strong female presence, military, family relations, friendship, soldier, abbey, rise and fall, love, intrigue, women ...
Time:
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Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Russia, Thailand, Ukraine
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
A group of thirteen tourists, including Lisa and Andrew, arrives to an Asian country, but instead of exotic travel they get into ordeal. Shipwrecked, they must survive ona desert island.
Style:
captivating, exciting, tense, emotional, suspense ...
Plot:
survival, desert island, crash, family relations, island, society, friendship, survivor, group of strangers, social relations, stranded on an island, parents and children ...
Place:
pacific ocean
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