Movies like The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
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The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969)
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A headstrong young teacher in a private school in 1930s Edinburgh ignores the curriculum and influences her impressionable 12 year old charges with her over-romanticized world view.
Style:
sentimental, humorous, realistic, talky, sexy, funny, inspirational, intellectual, unusual plot structure, sweet ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
teacher, fascism, school, girls' school, female nudity, coming of age, boarding school, fascist, unrequited love, feminist, spanish civil war, fired from the job, dedicated teacher, francisco franco, women, mentor, innocence lost, female protagonist, education, love triangle, adolescence, eccentricity, love, catastrophe, chess ...
Time:
1930s, 70s, 1920s, 20th century, 30s, 20s
Place:
scotland, edinburgh scotland, spain, california, new jersey, europe, italy ...
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, semi serious, melancholic and touching films with plots about dialogue, mentor, runaway, catastrophe, culture clash, relationships and unlikely friendships mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres. Some movies like The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie: California Suite (1978), Gregory's Girl (1980), Georgy Girl (1966), The History Boys (2006), Being Julia (2004). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
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Duration: 103 min.
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
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Duration: 99 min.
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Country: UK
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Julia Lambert is a true diva: beautiful, talented, weathly and famous. She has it all - including a devoted husband who has mastermined her brilliant career - but after years of shining in the spotlight she begins to suffer from a severe case of ...
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Duration: 117 min.
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Country: UK, USA
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Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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31%
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Country: UK, USA, India
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Story:
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Plot:
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Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Mathias Gold (Kevin Kline) is a down-on-his-luck New Yorker who inherits a Parisian apartment from his estranged father. But when he arrives in France to sell the vast domicile, he's shocked to discover a live-in tenant who is not prepared to ...
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Audience:
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30%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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