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The Portrait of a Lady (1996)
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The Portrait of a Lady (1996)
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 befriending a cynical intellectual and romancing an art enthusiast. However, the advantage of her affluence is called into question when she realizes the extent to which her money colors her relationships.
Style: psychological, period piece, costume drama, talky, atmospheric, serious, romantic, stylized, historical drama, clever ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: friendship, depression, multiple storylines, couple relations, fall in love, infidelity, relationships, art, women, impossible love, male female relationship, unhappy marriage, love, betrayal, feminist, incest, psychopath, american civil war, evil, renaissance, asexual, literary, gilded age, women power, family relations ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, year 1996, 1870s, 18th century, victorian
Place: europe, england, rome italy, italy, london, sicily, florence ...
Keyword: american, gold digger, gangsters

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out period drama, realistic, costume drama and period piece films with plots about love and romance, couples, costume, couple relations, love, society and fall in love mostly in Drama, Romance and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Portrait of a Lady: The Age of Innocence (1993), Mary Reilly (1996), The House of Mirth (2000), Brideshead Revisited (2008), Where Angels Fear to Tread (1991). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Age of Innocence (1993)
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: touching, costume drama, atmospheric, stylized, period piece ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: high society, countess, marriage, infidelity, lovers, aristocracy, forbidden love, love triangle, lawyer, love, destiny, couple relations ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, year 1993, 1870s, 20th century ...
Place: new york, america, philadelphia, usa, washington d.c. ...
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100%
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Mary Reilly (1996)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A housemaid falls in love with Dr. Jekyll and his darkly mysterious counterpart, Mr. Hyde.
Style: gothic, suspense, atmospheric, scary, gothic horror ...
Plot: jekyll and hyde, servant, mad scientist, laboratory, prostitute, dual identity, master and servant, dangerous attraction, power relations, devil, secrets, insanity ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 90s, year 1996, 1880s
Place: scotland, london
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100%
The House of Mirth (2000)
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, intense, emotional ...
Audience: date night
Plot: infidelity, love affair, destiny, tragedy, happy ending, debt, gambling, fall in love, dishonesty, couple relations, love and romance, husband wife relationship ...
Time: 20th century, edwardian era, 19th century, 2000s, turn of the century ...
Place: new york, america, britain, usa, mediterranean sea ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Brideshead Revisited (2008)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Italy, Morocco, USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story: Based on Evelyn Waugh's 1945 classic British novel, Brideshead Revisited is a poignant story of forbidden love and the loss of innocence set in England prior to the Second World War.
Style: sentimental, emotional, serious, sincere, period piece ...
Plot: gay, world war two, couples, friendship, religion, catholic, nobility, oxford, love and romance, friends, siblings relations, society ...
Time: 20th century, 1920s, 50s, 1930s, year 2008 ...
Place: england, oxford university, britain, venice, morocco ...
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100%
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Where Angels Fear to Tread (1991)
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, historical drama, period piece, cult classic, independent film ...
Plot: railway, mother in law, sister in law, brother in law, class differences, unrequited love, marital infidelity, marriage for money, catholicism, family disapproval, widow, marriage ...
Time: edwardian era, 1900s, year 1991, victorian era, 20th century ...
Place: italy, england, britain, europe, tuscany
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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A Good Woman (2004)
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: stylized, light, period piece, semi serious, witty ...
Audience: family friendly, date night, chick flick, girls' night
Plot: femme fatale, infidelity, justice, slut, betrayal, farce, rich man, love and romance, social differences, high society, women, woman ...
Time: 1930s, year 2004, 20th century
Place: italy, europe, new york, southern italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.6
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Anna Karenina (2012)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
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, emotional, sentimental, stylized ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, girls' night, adult
Plot: high society, forbidden love, imperial russia, tragic love, infidelity, aristocracy, suicide, cuckolded husband, depression, love, adultery, marriage ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, year 2012, 1870s, ancient times ...
Place: russia, moscow russia, st. petersburg russia, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
A Room with a View (1985)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 117 min.
Story: When Lucy Honeychurch and chaperon Charlotte Bartlett find themselves in Florence with rooms without views, fellow guests Mr Emerson and son George step in to remedy the situation. Meeting the Emersons could change Lucy's life forever but, once ...
Style: scenic, touching, period piece, atmospheric, costume drama ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, date night
Plot: self discovery, couples, hotel, travel, love, passion, female protagonist, fall in love, looking for love, piano, male nudity, happy ending ...
Time: 1900s, victorian era, edwardian era, 19th century, year 1985 ...
Place: italy, england, europe, britain, london ...
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100%
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Bright Star (2009)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: Australia, UK, France
Duration: 119 min.
Story: In 1818, high-spirited young Fanny Brawne finds herself increasingly intrigued by the handsome but aloof poet John Keats, who lives next door to her family friends the Dilkes. After reading a book of his poetry, she finds herself even more drawn to ...
Style: heartbreaking, period piece, romantic, touching, sad ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: poet, poetry, writers, biopic, love story, love, art, friendship, letter, tragedy, passion, couple relations ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, regency period, ancient times, year 2009 ...
Place: england, europe, britain, rome italy, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Jane Eyre (2006)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 230 min.
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Story: In this version of Charlotte Brontë's novel, Jane Eyre (Georgie Henley), a poor relation in the household of her aunt, Mrs. Reed (Tara FitzGerald) is despatched into the care of the callous Mr Brocklehurst at his school at Lowood. As a young ...
Style: costume drama, romantic, gothic, touching, atmospheric ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot: love affair, love story, couple relations, rich and poor, fall in love, unlikely couple, estate, social differences, love and romance, relationships, governess, looking for love ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, ancient times, 1800s, regency period
Place: england, britain, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Up at the Villa (2000)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Superficial people are revealed and drastically changed by circumstance or luck in this a tale of death, seduction, blackmail and theft among British and Americans in Florence in the turbulent days just before World War II.
Style: serious, suspenseful, stylized, atmospheric, romantic ...
Plot: widow, blackmail, refugee, vacation, destructive relationship, fall in love, couples, false accusation, dishonesty, seduction, intrigue, loveless marriage ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century, year 1938, pre world war two
Place: italy, florence, europe, rome italy, paris france ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Golden Bowl (2000)
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, serious, stylized, realistic, costume drama ...
Plot: adultery, love affair, greed, deception, marriage for money, family problems, couples, society, fall in love, dishonesty, crumbling marriage, parents and children ...
Time: edwardian era, 1900s, victorian era, 20th century
Place: england, italy, britain, rome italy, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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Vanity Fair (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, UK, India
Duration: 141 min.
Story: Beautiful, funny, passionate, and calculating, Becky is the orphaned daughter of a starving English artist and a French chorus girl. She yearns for a more glamorous life than her birthright promises and resolves to conquer English society by any ...
Style: period piece, costume drama, melancholic, emotional, stylized ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick
Plot: high society, social climbing, aristocrat, rise to the top, female protagonist, rich and poor, blind ambition, couple relations, lovers, life turned upside down, power relations, society ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 1820s, 1800s, regency period ...
Place: england, london, britain, europe, bombay india ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Wuthering Heights (2011)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 129 min.
Story: A poor boy of unknown origins is rescued from poverty and taken in by the Earnshaw family where he develops an intense relationship with his young foster sister, Cathy. Based on the classic novel by Emily Bronte.
Style: realistic, atmospheric, serious, emotional, costume drama ...
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: forbidden love, true love, family relations, orphan, obsession, countryside, siblings relations, society, social differences, rich and poor, young lovers, literary ...
Time: 19th century, 18th century, victorian era
Place: england, britain, northern england, europe, yorkshire
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Wings of the Dove (1997)
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, serious, costume drama ...
Plot: love, love triangle, relationships, nudity, death, betrayal, greed, fall in love, literary, power relations, rich and poor, couple relations ...
Time: 1910s, year 1997, victorian era, 20th century, edwardian era
Place: england, london, britain, venice, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Washington Square (1997)
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, stylized, historical drama, romantic drama ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: love, betrayal, father daughter relationship, american history, gilded age, couple relations, love and romance, feminist, marriage, gay, amor, asexual ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, year 1997, 1850s
Place: america, new york, geneva switzerland, alps, manhattan new york city ...
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35%
 6.2
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The Libertine (2004)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK, Australia
Duration: 114 min.
Story: The story of John Wilmot, a.k.a. the Earl of Rochester, a 17th century poet who famously drank and debauched his way to an early grave, only to earn posthumous critical acclaim for his life's work.
Style: period piece, costume drama, melancholic, atmospheric, surreal ...
Plot: writers, libertine, decadence, poet, infidelity, oral sex, biopic, alcoholic, depression, dysfunctional marriage, sexual attraction, lust ...
Time: 17th century, year 2004, ancient times, year 2006, 20th century ...
Place: england, london, britain, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Redeeming Love (2022)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story: A retelling of the biblical book of Hosea set against the backdrop of the California Gold Rush of 1850.
Style: christian film, romantic, thrilling, captivating, psychological ...
Plot: traumatic childhood, abused woman, prostitution, prostitute, redemption, tragic past, love interest, couples, relationship problems, social issues, male female relationship, love affair ...
Time: 2020s, 1850s, 19th century
Place: california, boston, san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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The Maids of Wilko (1979)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Poland, France
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Set in the late '20s. A thirtyish young man, who heads a small factory, faints at the funeral of a close friend. He decides to go home to his aunt and uncle for a while, but gets involved with a family of five women who had been in love with ...
Style: existential, contemplative, psychological, realistic, serious ...
Plot: family relations, uncle nephew relationship, female nudity, renaissance, first love, love letter, death, birthday, jealousy, childhood friend, friendship, farm ...
Time: 1920s, 20th century
Place: poland, eastern europe, europe, warsaw poland
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne (1987)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 116 min.
Story: A penniless middle-aged spinster scrapes by giving piano lessons in the Dublin of the 1950s. She makes a sad last bid for love with a fellow resident of her rundown boarding house, who imagines she has the money to bankroll the business he hopes to ...
Style: realistic, serious, psychological, touching, emotional ...
Plot: hotel, boarding house, spinster, female nudity, desperation, loneliness, piano, mental disorder, psychopath, aging, betrayal, bittersweet ...
Time: 1950s, year 1987, 50s
Place: ireland, dublin ireland, europe, america, texas ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Anna Karenina (1997)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Russia, UK
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, psychological, atmospheric, emotional ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: imperial russia, relationships, infidelity, betrayal, cheating wife, age difference, death, love, true love, american civil war, russian woman, women ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, year 1997, 1880s
Place: russia, st. petersburg russia, moscow russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Ophelia (2018)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Ophelia comes of age as lady-in-waiting for Queen Gertrude, and her singular spirit captures Hamlet's affections. As lust and betrayal threaten the kingdom, Ophelia finds herself trapped between true love and controlling her own destiny.
Style: scenic, stylized, exciting, inspirational, colorful ...
Audience: date night, adult
Plot: castle, medieval, imaginary kingdom, murder, crown prince, shakespeare, hamlet, adaptation, storytelling, revenge, love, male female relationship ...
Time: middle ages, ancient times, medieval times
Place: denmark
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Sense and Sensibility (1995)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, UK
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, feel good, sincere, costume drama, dramatic ...
Audience: date night, girls' night, chick flick, kids, adult
Plot: love, love story, happy ending, love triangle, love and romance, love affair, fall in love, sisters, social differences, rich and poor, village life, eligible bachelor ...
Time: 19th century, 18th century, 90s, year 1995, 1800s ...
Place: england, britain, europe, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Mansfield Park (2007)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
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, stylized, witty, realistic ...
Plot: love triangle, couples, love and romance, couple relations, class differences, society, fall in love, social differences, unrequited love, unfulfilled love, estate, hypocrisy ...
Time: 18th century, 19th century, victorian era, 1800s, regency period
Place: england, europe, britain
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
The Europeans (1979)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Based on Henry James' novel with the same title. It's the fall of 1850, a few miles outside Boston. The household of the dour Mr. Wentworth receives two unannounced visitors from Europe, Eugenia and Felix, the daughter and son of his half ...
Style: historical drama, romantic drama, semi serious, realistic, biting ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: culture clash, couple relations, siblings, american history, marriage, baroness, family relations, love triangle, dysfunctional family, rural setting, unrequited love, autumn ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, year 1979
Place: massachusetts, usa, europe, vienna, boston ...
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31%
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Jane Eyre (1996)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Italy, UK, 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, emotional ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night
Plot: happy ending, orphan, love triangle, fall in love, power relations, family relations, love and romance, love affair, parents and children, haunted by the past, rich and poor, love story ...
Time: 19th century, year 1996, ancient times, victorian era
Place: england, europe, britain
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Mansfield Park (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
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, witty, costume drama, romantic, sexy ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night
Plot: fall in love, country estate, estate, couple relations, women, love, love and romance, love story, slavery, literary, love triangle, society ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, middle ages, 1800s, ancient times ...
Place: england, britain, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Far from the Madding Crowd (2015)
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, period piece, emotional, costume drama, sexy ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, date night, girls' night
Plot: couples, couple relations, looking for love, love story, victorian england, english countryside, love and romance, relationships, love affair, dishonesty, countryside, unrequited love ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, year 2015, 1800s
Place: england, britain, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
15%
Northanger Abbey (2007)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA, Ireland
Duration: 84 min.
Story: A young woman's penchant for sensational Gothic novels leads to misunderstandings in the matters of the heart.
Style: romantic, costume drama, realistic, feel good, period piece ...
Plot: love and romance, estate, aristocracy, fall in love, family relations, love, friendship, countryside, abbey, summer, lady, in love ...
Time: 18th century, 19th century, victorian era, 1800s, ancient times ...
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Great Expectations (2012)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story: Miss Havisham, a wealthy spinster who wears an old wedding dress and lives in the dilapidated Satis House, asks Pip's "Uncle Pumblechook" (who is actually Joe's uncle) to find a boy to play with her adopted daughter Estella. Pip ...
Style: captivating, emotional, serious, realistic, sentimental ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: generosity, unfulfilled love, orphan, love and romance, redemption, social differences, charles dickens, hopes, rise to the top, haunted by the past, youth, benefactor ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, regency period
Place: england, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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