Movies like Nostradamus

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Nostradamus (1994)
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Nostradamus (1994)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: France, UK, Germany, Romania
Duration: 119 min.
Story: A dramatic retelling of the life of Michel de Nostredame, from his early work as a plague doctor to his time at the court of Catherine de Medici, after he became famed for his prophetic almanacs. Stars Rutger Hauer and Julia Ormond.
Style: spiritual, serious, independent film, period drama
Plot: biopic, doctor, prophecy, seer, alien, time travel, psychic, ancient, moving, knowledge, european history, apocalypse, priest, male nudity, dancer, chambermaid, historical event, professor, male pubic hair, plague, life is a bitch, supernatural ability, oracle, hopes, state affairs ...
Time: 16th century, middle ages, year 1994, future, 1500s
Place: france, europe

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, captivating and contemplative films with plots about biopic, society, life is a bitch, unfulfillment, state affairs, ancient and art mostly in Biography, Drama and History genres. Some movies like Nostradamus: Vincent & Theo (1990), The Man Who Saw Tomorrow (1981), My Name Is Bernadette (2011), A Man for All Seasons (1988), Galileo (1975). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Vincent & Theo (1990)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: France, Netherlands, UK, Germany, Italy, USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story: The tragic story of Vincent van Gogh broadened by focusing as well on his brother Theodore, who helped support Vincent. Based on the letters written between the two.
Style: touching, psychological, scenic, sexy, cult classic ...
Plot: painter, art, artist, painting, biopic, genius, obsession, brother brother relationship, poverty, art history, life is a bitch, mentally unstable ...
Time: 19th century, 20th century, 80s
Place: holland, europe, london, paris france, france
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The Man Who Saw Tomorrow (1981)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Hosted by Orson Welles, this documentary utilizes a grab bag of dramatized scenes, stock footage, TV news clips and interviews to ask: Did 16th century French astrologer and physician Nostradamus actually predict such events as the fall of King ...
Style: contemplative, thought provoking, captivating, realistic, serious ...
Plot: alien, ancient, knowledge, paranormal phenomena, unusual phenomena, world war two, seer, dystopian future, biopic, state affairs, society, foreknowledge ...
Time: 20th century, 16th century, 18th century, 19th century, 17th century ...
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My Name Is Bernadette (2011)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Between February and July 1858, in the Massabielle cave, the Virgin appeared eighteen times to Bernadette Soubirous, a miserable little girl from Lourdes. A true revolution in the heart of the Second Empire that shakes the established order by his ...
Style: sentimental, touching, emotional, biblical, realistic ...
Plot: human spirit, catholic, hopes, idealism, miraculous event, clergy, society, monastery, biopic, religious, monarchy, faith ...
Time: 19th century, ancient times
Place: europe, france
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39%
A Man for All Seasons (1988)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 150 min.
Story: Story of Sir Thomas More, who refused to accept the spiritual leadership of Henry VIII, and faces death as he struggles to remain loyal to his integrity.
Style: contemplative, talky, captivating, tense, realistic ...
Plot: royal family, politics, royalty, betrayal, renaissance, monarch, tudors, lawyer, peplum, saint, church, ancient ...
Time: 16th century, middle ages
Place: england, europe, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Galileo (1975)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story: Challenged by a new student, tutor and theorist Galileo co-opts emerging telescope technology and discovers irrefutable proof of the heretical notion that the earth is not the center of the universe. But in a rigid society ruled by an uneasy ...
Style: independent film, talky, serious, realistic, hilarious
Plot: astronomer, scientist, church, science, ancient, renaissance, inventor, colonialism, pope, inquisition, solar system, biopic ...
Time: 17th century, year 1975, 16th century
Place: italy, europe, england
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37%
Henry VIII and His Six Wives (1972)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 125 min.
Story: 1547, King Henry VIII's life has taken a turn for the worse and he is forced to look back over his life and the many loves which had brought him his three children, only one of which was the desired male heir to secure the Tudor dynasty.
Style: historical drama, fairy tale, captivating, realistic, serious ...
Plot: tudors, royalty, british royal family, renaissance, queen, adultery, ancient, historical event, monarch, british aristocracy, king, decapitation ...
Time: 16th century, year 1972
Place: england, europe
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35%
Theresa: The Body of Christ (2007)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: France, Spain, UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story: In the 16th century, the daughter of a Spanish nobleman joins a convent and becomes a spiritual leader.
Style: spiritual, hot
Plot: saint, catholic, church, christian, female artist, bible, catholic saint, biopic, jesus, religious, jesus christ, ancient ...
Time: 16th century, ancient times, 17th century
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32%
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Luther (1974)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: A man's view cause a rift between peasants and the church.
Style: independent film, contemplative, realistic, serious, talky ...
Plot: reformation, church, faith, christian, clergy, bible, supernatural, saint, conservative, preacher, politics, biopic ...
Time: 16th century, 70s
Place: germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Paradise Found (2003)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, France, Germany, Australia, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Paradise Found is a biography about the painter Paul Gauguin. Focusing on his personal conflict between citizen life and his family life and the art scene in Frane. In an incredible imagery montage Gauguin manages to make a successful living in the ...
Style: realistic, serious, scenic, contemplative
Plot: painter, obsessive quest, lifestyle, ambition, prodigy, survival, artist, biopic, love and romance, life is a bitch, obsession, tragic hero ...
Time: 19th century, ancient times, 1890s, 1870s
Place: tahiti, paris france, europe, france
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Brazuca (2009)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, Brazil
Duration: 93 min.
Story: The tragic true story of Jean Charles de Menezes, the innocent Brazilian shot dead by British police in 2005 at the height of the London terrorist alerts.
Style: realistic, emotional, serious, sincere, contemplative
Plot: mistaken identity, wrong place wrong time, injustice, family relations, life is a bitch, society, social differences, immigrant, city life, political unrest, biopic, violent content ...
Time: 21st century
Place: brazil, london, england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
The End Is My Beginning (2010)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Germany, Italy
Duration: 98 min.
Story: When an extraordinary man who has lived through all is approaching his end, he decides to call his son to join him for the last time at his home in Tuscany. His intention is to share some valuable conversations about his life as a press ...
Style: touching, contemplative, realistic, talky, captivating ...
Plot: introspection, elderly, dealing with death, unfulfillment, life is a bitch, terminal illness, parents and children, family relations, biopic, writers, poet, son ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, italy
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30%
The Silence of Joan (2011)
Genre: Biography
Country: France
Duration: 92 min.
Story: In 1430, Joan of Arc, the prisoner of a powerful lord of the north of France is sold to the English. As a captive awaiting her death, she is approached by different men for whom she is believed to be the embodiment of the infinite.
Style: serious, realistic, rough, emotional, contemplative ...
Plot: hopes, life is a bitch, introspection, downfall, captivity, tragic hero, society, medieval, religions or cults, strong female presence, heroes, folk hero ...
Time: middle ages, 15th century
Place: europe, france, england
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28%
The Wolf at the Door (1986)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Denmark, France
Duration: 100 min.
Story: This biographical film, based on the life of French artist Paul Gauguin, follows the painter as he returns to Paris after a long stay in Tahiti and must confront his wife, his children, and his former lover.
Style: sexual, serious, realistic, sincere, touching
Plot: female nudity, biopic, art history, art, artists' life, acid, famous, playwright, nudity, performer's life, society, hopes ...
Time: 19th century, 1890s
Place: paris france, europe, tahiti, france
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27%
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Freud (1962)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story: This pseudo-biographical movie depicts 5 years from 1885 on in the life of the Viennan psychologist Freud (1856-1939). At this time, most of his colleagues refuse to cure hysteric patients, because they believe they're just simulating to gain ...
Style: philosophical, thought provoking, psychological, spiritual, intellectual ...
Plot: psychoanalysis, therapy, psychotherapy, art, mental disorder, hipster, family drama, knowledge, cognitive science, myth, intrigue, artist ...
Time: 19th century
Place: central europe, vienna
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Queen Margot (1994)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: France, Germany, Italy
Duration: 161 min.
Story: The night of August 24, 1572, is known as the Massacre of St. Bartholomew. In France a religious war is raging. In order to impose peace a forced wedding is arranged between Margot de Valois, sister of the immature Catholic King Charles IX, and the ...
Style: period piece, sexy, epic, visually appealing, historical drama ...
Plot: royalty, french history, renaissance, medieval, religion, sex, female nudity, queen, male nudity, catholic church, politics, political intrigue ...
Time: middle ages, 16th century, year 1994, ancient times, medieval times
Place: france, paris france, europe
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Modigliani (2004)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, Germany, Romania, France, Italy
Duration: 128 min.
Story: Set in Paris in 1919, biopic centers on the life of late Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani, focusing on his last days as well as his rivalry with Pablo Picasso. Modigliani, a Jew, has fallen in love with Jeanne, a young and beautiful Catholic girl. ...
Style: realistic, touching, serious, sad, factual ...
Plot: painter, painting, artist, prodigy, biopic, art, art history, life is a bitch, addiction, tragic hero, tragic love, couple relations ...
Time: 20th century, 1920s, year 1919
Place: france, paris france, europe, south of france
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Henri 4 (2010)
Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: Germany, France, Austria, Spain
Duration: 155 min.
Story: A wide-ranging, energetic period piece tracing the rise of the Protestant Henry of Navarre as he goes from battlefield warrior to France's beloved King Henri IV. Director Jo Baier's epic is a classically entertaining adventure, albeit one ...
Style: tense, serious, captivating, psychological, twisted ...
Plot: french history, medieval, political unrest, politics, betrayal, military, head of state, battles, renaissance, royalty, war, love and romance ...
Time: 16th century, medieval times, middle ages
Place: france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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El Greco (2007)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Greece, Spain, Hungary
Duration: 119 min.
Story: The story of the uncompromising artist and fighter for freedom, Domenicos Theotokopoulos, known to the world as "El Greco".
Style: serious, stylized, emotional, captivating, disgusting ...
Plot: painter, art, idealism, politics, tragic hero, ambition, prodigy, self destructing, fall in love, society, destructive relationship, lifestyle ...
Time: 16th century, middle ages
Place: greece, venice, italy, europe, spain ...
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26%
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The Last Mitterrand (2005)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 116 min.
Story: A young journalist (Lespert) helps the French President compile his memoirs.
Style: captivating, serious, talky, thought provoking, realistic ...
Plot: betrayal, state affairs, journalism, elderly, head of state, political intrigue, politics, aging, rise and fall, ambition, dishonesty, media ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, year 1995
Place: paris france, france
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Living Proof (2008)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story: Living Proof is a 2008 Lifetime Television movie, directed by Dan Ireland, starring Harry Connick, Jr. The film is based on the true life story of Dr. Dennis Slamon and the book HER-2: The Making of Herceptin, a Revolutionary Treatment for Breast ...
Style: sincere, uplifting, emotional, touching, light ...
Plot: breast cancer, human spirit, doctor, ego clash, doctors and patients, hopes, terminal illness, medical, cancer, special needs, explorer, biopic ...
Time: 21st century
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The Elegant Criminal (1990)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 125 min.
Story: On 9 January 1836, Pierre Lacenaire goes to the guillotine, a murderer and a thief. He gives Allard, a police inspector, his life story, written while awaiting execution. He also asks Allard to care for Hermine, a lass to whom he has been guardian ...
Style: captivating, thought provoking, stylized, bleak, serious ...
Plot: murder, gay subtext, biopic, criminal heroes, rise and fall, legal, confined, society, death row, gay interest, breaking the fourth wall, guillotine ...
Time: 19th century, 1830s
Place: europe, france
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26%
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Best (2000)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story: The life story of former Manchester United football legend, George Best.
Style: realistic, captivating, serious, emotional
Plot: athlete's life, football player, ambition, rising to stardom, sport team, life is a bitch, rivalry, celebrity culture, professional sports, football, biopic, unfulfillment ...
Time: 60s, 70s, 90s, 20th century
Place: ireland, europe, england, manchester, northern england
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
High Roller: The Stu Ungar Story (2003)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Based on the true story of the rise and fall of poker legend Stu "The Kid" Ungar.
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, suspense, period piece ...
Plot: gambling, gambler, ambition, human spirit, rivalry, rise and fall, life is a bitch, tragic hero, hopes, addiction, genius, loser ...
Place: las vegas
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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When Love Is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson Story (2010)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Based on the true story of the enduring but troubled love between Lois Wilson, co-founder of Al-Anon, and her alcoholic husband Bill Wilson, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous.
Style: serious, realistic, captivating, touching, melancholic ...
Plot: husband wife reunion, alcoholics anonymous, alcohol abuse, college graduate, couples, love and romance, obsession, fall in love, family problems, couple relations, world war one, wall street ...
Time: future, 1930s, year 1951, 1910s, 1920s
Place: vermont, europe, washington d.c., canada, brooklyn new york city
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25%
The Happiest Place on Earth (1999)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: France, Germany, Switzerland
Duration: 120 min.
Story: The story of Robert Hughes-Lambert, who was captured by Nazis when his active homosexuality was discovered during the filming of Mermoz (1943).
Style: realistic, witty, clever, biting, semi serious ...
Plot: filmmaking, world war two, biopic, satire, against humanity, showbiz, artists and showbiz, politics, society, anti semitism, state affairs, actor's life ...
Time: 1940s
Place: paris france, vichy, france
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25%
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Quills (2000)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: A nobleman with a literary flair, the Marquis de Sade lives in a madhouse where a beautiful laundry maid smuggles his erotic stories to a printer, defying orders from the asylum's resident priest. The titillating passages whip all of France ...
Style: erotic, period piece, realistic, sexual, sexy ...
Plot: rape, sexuality, writer's life, priest, perversion, lust, writers, aristocracy, eccentricity, fetish, sexual tension, sex ...
Time: 18th century, 19th century, year 2000, georgian era, y2k ...
Place: france, paris france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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El Greco (1966)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Italy, France, Spain
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Greek painter Domenikos Theotokopoulos (Mel Ferrer) woos a beauty (Rosanna Schiaffino) and faces the Inquisition in 16th-century Spain.
Plot: painter, artist, biopic, art, ancient, famous, inquisition, love, priest, sword fight, false accusation, monk ...
Place: spain
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Camille Claudel 1915 (2013)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Winter, 1915. Confined by her family to an asylum in the South of France - where she will never sculpt again - the chronicle of Camille Claudel's reclusive life, as she waits for a visit from her brother, Paul Claudel.
Style: realistic, sincere, factual, aesthetic, costume drama ...
Plot: art, mental illness, biopic, painter, separation from family, mental institution, unfulfillment, artist, art history, faith, paranoia, sculpture ...
Time: 20th century, year 1915, 1910s
Place: france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Meetings with Remarkable Men (1979)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story: The story of G.I. Gurdjieff an Asian mystic who after a lifetimes study developed a form of meditation incorporating modern dance.
Style: spiritual, philosophical, inspirational, surreal, esoteric ...
Plot: biopic, spirit, camel, occult, spiritual awakening, buddhism, anthropology, myth, art, dancing, transcendence, holy man ...
Time: year 1979, 70s
Place: tibet, himalaya, asia, armenia, egypt ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
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11.25: The Day He Chose His Own Fate (2012)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min.
Story: On November 25th 1970, a man committed ritual suicide inside the Tokyo headquarters of the Japanese Ministry of Defence, leaving behind a legacy of masterpieces and a controversy that echoes to this day. The man was Yukio Mishima, one of ...
Style: realistic, emotional, serious, exciting, captivating ...
Plot: state affairs, tragic hero, political unrest, idealism, heroes, downfall, writer's life, rebelliousness, life is a bitch, writers, lgbtq, political activist ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, year 1970
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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