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Ridicule (1996)
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Ridicule (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, History, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 102 min.
Story: To get royal backing on a needed drainage project, a poor French lord must learn to play the delicate games of wit at court at Versailles.
Style: sexy, humorous, witty, talky, period piece, intelligent, sweet, anthology, anamorphic, historical drama ...
Plot: royal court, lechery, royalty, french history, courtroom, society, ambition, chess, idealism, viking, lawyer, time machine, hunting, royal family, deaf, revolutionary, woman, decadence, colonialism, atmosphere, age-gap relationship, food, aristocrat, poverty, peasant ...
Time: 18th century, year 1996, 1780s, 1700s
Place: versailles, france, england, paris france
Keyword: french

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, period drama, costume drama and period piece films with plots about love and romance, female nudity, couples, costume, infidelity, adultery and husband wife relationship mostly in Drama, Romance and History genres. Some movies like Ridicule: Let Joy Reign Supreme (1975), Dangerous Liaisons (1988), Valmont (1989), One Nation, One King (2018), The Affair of the Necklace (2001). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Let Joy Reign Supreme (1975)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: France
Duration: 119 min.
Story: France, 1719. Louis 14th died four years ago, Philippe d'Orleans is the regent. He is a liberal and a libertine. His right-hand man, Dubois, an atheistic and cupid priest, as libertine as Philippe, tries to take advantage of a little rebellion ...
Style: anthology, historical drama, realistic, serious, weird ...
Plot: royalty, royal family, female nudity, libertine, french royalty, time machine, french history, time travel, french revolution, scandal, prisoner, priest ...
Time: 18th century, year 1975
Place: france, versailles, europe, spain, paris france ...
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100%
Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Dangerous Liaisons is the film based on the novel of the same name by Choderlos de Laclos set in 18th century France. Marquise de Merteuil’s asks her ex-lover Vicomte de Valmont to seduce the future wife of another ex-lover of hers in return for ...
Style: sexy, costume drama, period piece, sexual, erotic ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: aristocracy, fatal attraction, seduction, sexuality, sex, sexual manipulation, decadence, love, love letter, adultery, casanova, sexual relations ...
Time: 18th century, georgian era, 19th century, 20th century, year 1988 ...
Place: france, paris france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Valmont (1989)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, UK
Duration: 137 min.
Story: Set in Baroque France, a scheming widow and her lover make a bet regarding the corruption of a recently married woman. The lover, Valmont, bets that he can seduce her, even though she is an honorable woman. If he wins, he can have his lover to do as ...
Style: stylized, period piece, sensual, costume drama, sexy ...
Audience: adult
Plot: betrayal, virginity, seduction, manipulation, infidelity, virgin, tragedy, hypocrisy, couple relations, wager, love triangle, love ...
Time: 18th century, georgian era, year 1989, 80s, 20th century
Place: france, paris france, eastern europe, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
One Nation, One King (2018)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Un peuple et son roi crosses the destinies of the men and women of the population, and those of historical figures. Their meeting place is the newly founded National Assembly. At the heart of the story lie the fate of the king and the birth of the ...
Style: factual, realistic, captivating, tense, political
Plot: french revolution, king of france, french history, martial law, politics, execution, interrogation, arrest, poverty, world history, royalty, napoleonic era ...
Time: 18th century, 1780s
Place: france, paris france, versailles
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100%
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The Affair of the Necklace (2001)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: In pre-Revolutionary France, a young aristocratic woman left penniless by the political unrest in the country, must avenge her family's fall from grace by scheming to steal a priceless necklace.
Style: costume drama, period piece, factual, realistic, atmospheric ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: countess, politics, conspiracy, royal family, revenge, justice, police investigation, nobility, french revolution, royalty, couples, love and romance ...
Time: 18th century, georgian era, ancient times, year 2001, 1780s ...
Place: france, paris france, versailles, europe
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Cousin Bette (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Cousin Bette is a poor and lonely seamstress, who, after the death of her prominent and wealthy sister, tries to ingratiate herself into lives of her brother-in-law, Baron Hulot, and her niece, Hortense Hulot. Failing to do so, she instead finds ...
Style: light, humorous, talky, realistic, semi serious ...
Plot: infidelity, slut, adultery, manipulation, dysfunctional family, family relations, love, fall in love, love and romance, couple relations, love triangle, love affair ...
Time: 19th century, 1840s, victorian era
Place: france, paris france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
 6.6
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Vatel (2000)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: France, UK, Belgium
Duration: 103 min.
Story: In 1671, with war brewing with Holland, a penniless prince invites Louis XIV to three days of festivities at a chateau in Chantilly. The prince wants a commission as a general, so the extravagances are to impress the king. In charge of all is the ...
Style: melancholic, light, tricky, captivating, visually appealing ...
Plot: king of france, food, betrayal, nobility, political intrigue, tragic love, fall in love, power relations, french history, wine, storytelling, intrigue ...
Time: 17th century, ancient times, victorian era
Place: france, europe, netherlands, holland, versailles
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
The Madness of King George (1994)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: King George III's erratic behaviour leads to a plot in Parliament to have him declared insane and removed from the throne.
Style: costume drama, period piece, political, talky, clever ...
Plot: monarchy, biopic, mental illness, aristocracy, royalty, british monarchy, royal family, politics, monarch, colonialism, king of england, queen ...
Time: 18th century, georgian era, year 1994, ancient times, victorian era ...
Place: england, britain, europe, north america, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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The Lady and the Duke (2001)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: France, Germany
Duration: 129 min.
Story: This breathtaking, visually experimental film from New Wave director Eric Rohmer tells the true story of Grace Dalrymple Elliot (Lucy Russell), a British aristocrat trapped in Paris during the French Revolution. Determined to maintain her stiff ...
Style: captivating, realistic, atmospheric, disturbing, historical drama ...
Plot: french revolution, master and servant, politics, friendship, battles, rebelliousness, forbidden love, society, political unrest, state affairs, duchess, conspiracy ...
Time: 18th century, year 2001, georgian era, victorian era, 1790s
Place: paris france, france, versailles, europe, provence ...
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Love & Friendship (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Ireland, France, Netherlands
Duration: 90 min.
Story: From Jane Austen’s novella, the beautiful and cunning Lady Susan Vernon visits the estate of her in-laws to wait out colorful rumors of her dalliances and to find husbands for herself and her daughter. Two young men, handsome Reginald DeCourcy and ...
Style: period piece, romantic, stylized, sweet, witty ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, family outing, date night
Plot: friendship, manipulation, culture clash, relationships, betrayal, love story, adaptation, love, literary, strong female lead, lesbian, sex ...
Time: 18th century, 1790s, victorian era, 1800s, year 2016
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Cheri (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France, Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A sumptuous dramatic comedy set in late 19th Century France, during the Belle Epoque, a period of social and cultural excess in European upper classes which ended only as the First World War erupted.
Style: sexual, sexy, period piece, costume drama, romantic ...
Audience: girls' night
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Time: edwardian era, 19th century, victorian era, 1910s, 20th century ...
Place: paris france, france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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 ...
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Time: 1910s, year 1997, victorian era, 20th century, edwardian era
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A Royal Affair (2012)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Denmark, Sweden, Czech Republic, Germany
Duration: 137 min.
Story: A young queen falls in love with her physician, and they start a revolution that changes their nation forever.
Style: period piece, costume drama, realistic, stylized, factual ...
Audience: date night, teens, adult
Plot: royal family, queen, love affair, love triangle, adultery, political intrigue, aristocracy, coup d'etat, royalty, royal court, infidelity, king ...
Time: 18th century, year 2012, ancient times, victorian era, georgian era ...
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The Other Boleyn Girl (2008)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: A sumptuous and sensual tale of intrigue, romance and betrayal set against the backdrop of a defining moment in European history: two beautiful sisters, Anne and Mary Boleyn, driven by their family's blind ambition, compete for the love of the ...
Style: romantic, sexy, costume drama, period piece, stylized ...
Audience: chick flick
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Time: 16th century, middle ages, 19th century, ancient times, 20th century ...
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39%
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Marquise (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, History
Country: France, Italy, Spain, Switzerland
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Marquise is a drama about the rise and fall of a beauteous actress. As cheerfully portrayed by Sophie Marceau, the eponymous heroine is an engagingly ribald, but perhaps rather too modern, character. She rises from an impoverished background to ...
Style: sexy, costume drama, historical drama, realistic, serious ...
Plot: woman peeing, sex, femme fatale, ancient, porn, biopic, unfaithful wife, couples, love and romance, society, intrigue, rise and fall ...
Time: 17th century, 18th century, georgian era, ancient times
Place: paris france, france, lyon, europe, versailles
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Love, etc. (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A triangle: love, obsession, and choice. Pierre, a ladies' man who has little cash and no fixed residence, describes his best friend Benoît as the world's oldest 32-year-old. The shy, well-employed Benoît's life changes when he ...
Style: romantic, talky, realistic, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience: girls' night, date night
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Time: 90s
Place: english channel
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Lady Oscar (1979)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: Japan, France
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Oscar François de Jarjayes was born female, but her father insisted she be raised as a boy as he had no sons. She becomes the captain of the guards at Versailles under King Louis XVI and Marie Antonette. Her privileged, noble life comes under fire ...
Style: art house
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Time: 18th century, ancient times, 1770s
Place: versailles, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Cheerful Weather for the Wedding (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story: England, 1932. Today is Dolly Thatcham's wedding day, and her family is arriving at the manor house with all the cheerfulness, chaos and grievances that accompany such gatherings. Trouble soon appears in the shape of Joseph, Dolly's lover ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, feel good, entertaining, captivating ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: wedding, lovers reunited, bride and groom, unrequited love, under the surface, love and romance, introspection, family problems, parents and children, love triangle, ex lover, marriage ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century, year 1932
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Restoration (1995)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 117 min.
Story: An aspiring young physician, Robert Merivel found himself in the service of King Charles II and saves the life of someone close to the King. Merivel joins the King's court and lives the high life provided to someone of his position. Merivel is ...
Style: factual, costume drama, intense, serious, emotional ...
Audience: adult
Plot: plague, medicine, redemption, royal family, science, betrayal, fall in love, rise and fall, jealousy, justice, doctor, royalty ...
Time: 17th century, ancient times
Place: england, london, britain, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Shakespeare in Love (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, History, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 123 min.
Story: Young Shakespeare is forced to stage his latest comedy, "Romeo and Ethel, the Pirate's Daughter," before it's even written. When a lovely noblewoman auditions for a role, they fall into forbidden love -- and his play finds a new ...
Style: romantic, inspirational, sweet, sexy, period piece ...
Audience: date night, girls' night, chick flick
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Time: 16th century, 90s, middle ages, ancient times, year 1998 ...
Place: england, london, europe, britain
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
The Libertine (2000)
Genre: Comedy, History
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story: French philosopher Denis Diderot produces the first encyclopedia while indulging in 18th-century decadence.
Style: semi serious, witty, humorous, captivating, sex comedy ...
Plot: writer's life, fighting the system, rebelliousness, rebellion, enlightenment, clergy, couple relations, society, idealism, male nudity, religions or cults, nudity ...
Time: georgian era, 18th century
Place: europe, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
An Elephant Can Be Extremely Deceptive (1976)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Etienne falls in love with a sexy woman he meets in his bureau. This woman is then chosen for an advertisement... He will do everything for conquering her, unless telling it his wife.
Style: anthology, sex comedy, sexy, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience: adult
Plot: infidelity, adultery, older woman younger man relationship, unfaithfulness, love at first sight, age-gap relationship, christmas, jewish mother, tennis, extramarital affair, marital problem, marriage ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: france, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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The Decameron (1971)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Italy, France, West Germany
Duration: 111 min.
Story: An adaptation of nine stories from Bocaccio's "Decameron": A young Sicilian is swindled twice, but ends up rich; a man poses as a deaf-mute in a convent of curious nuns; a woman must hide her lover when her husband comes home early; a ...
Style: anthology, sexy, erotic, realistic, semi serious ...
Plot: erotica, female nudity, male pubic hair, adult humor, siblings relations, infidelity, sexual relations, medieval, love affair, society, clergy, lifestyle ...
Time: middle ages, year 1971, medieval times, 14th century
Place: italy, europe, germany, naples italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Elective Affinities (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 98 min.
Story: After an architect (Fabrizio Bentivoglio) is invited to the home of his associate, the harmony of the place comes undone with the visitor's attraction to someone.
Style: emotional, gloomy, serious, realistic
Plot: dysfunctional marriage, extramarital affair, infidelity, age difference, young love, unfaithful wife, pregnancy, death of husband, cheating wife, comedy of manners, husband wife relationship, divorce ...
Time: 19th century, 1800s
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⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
 6.5
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Mad Love (2001)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Spain, Italy, Portugal, France
Duration: 115 min.
Story: The love story who transformed Juana I de Castilla, Queen of Spain, into Juana "The mad". The tragic fate of a Queen madly in love to an unfaithful husband, Felipe el Hermoso, Archduke of Austria.
Style: melancholic, costume drama, stylized, captivating, serious ...
Plot: betrayal, obsession, royal family, intrigue, infidelity, love and romance, politics, tragic hero, royalty, state affairs, society, rivalry ...
Time: 16th century, middle ages, ancient times, 15th century
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⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Beloved Sisters (2014)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: Germany, Austria, Switzerland
Duration: 138 min.
Story: A love triangle forms between post-Enlightenment writer Friedrich Schiller and two sisters -- one who became his wife, and the other, his biographer.
Style: romantic, realistic, emotional, serious, touching ...
Plot: love triangle, writers, sisters, family relations, fall in love, family life, love affair, novelist, love and romance, sister sister relationship, suffering, loneliness ...
Time: 18th century, 1780s, 1790s
Place: germany, swiss alps, indiana, switzerland
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
 7.0
 26K
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 ⇓
38%
 6.7
 4K
Happenstance (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story: How, thanks to what's known as the "Butterfly theory" (a random series of unlinked events), can a young woman and a young man meet?
Style: melancholic, stylized, feel good, touching, humorous ...
Plot: coincidence, butterfly effect, chance meeting, chaos, love and romance, couples, couple relations, old woman, stranger, destiny, suicide attempt, multiple storylines ...
Time: 90s
Place: paris france, france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
 6.5
 56K
Casanova (2005)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: With a reputation for seducing members of the opposite sex, regardless of their marital status, a notorious womanizer discovers a beauty who seems impervious to his charms. However, as he continues to pursue the indifferent lady, he finds himself ...
Style: romantic, period piece, light, costume drama, factual ...
Audience: chick flick, date night
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Time: 18th century, year 2005, ancient times, 19th century, georgian era ...
Place: venice, italy, europe, rome italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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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
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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