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The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982)
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Genre: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
During the French Revolution, a mysterious English nobleman known only as The Scarlet Pimpernel (a humble wayside flower), snatches French aristos from the jaws of the guillotine, while posing as the foppish Sir Percy Blakeney in society. Percy falls for and marries the beautiful actress Marguerite St. Just, but she is involved with Chauvelin and Robespierre, and Percy's marriage to her may endanger the Pimpernel's plans to save the little Dauphin
Style:
atmospheric, entertaining, exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Plot:
french revolution, heroes, dandy, knight, napoleonic wars, historical event, undercover, intrigue, adventurer, rebellion, revolution, escapades, rivalry, hidden identity, secret identity, political unrest, idealism, dishonesty, daring rescue, heroic mission, dancing, spy, island, wedding, map ...
Time:
18th century, victorian era, 1790s
Place:
france, europe, england, paris france
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, exciting and suspenseful films with plots about rivalry, dishonesty, escapades, state affairs, love and romance, heroes and couples mostly in Drama, Romance and Action genres. Some movies like The Scarlet Pimpernel: Les Miserables (1978), The French Revolution (1989), St. Ives (1998), A Tale of Two Cities (1980), Damn the Defiant! (1962). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 540 min.
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A series of television drama programmes loosely based on Baroness Emmuska Orczy's series of novels, set in 1793 during the French Revolution. It stars Richard E. Grant as the hero, Sir Percy Blakeney, and his eponymous alter ego. The first ...
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serious, realistic, suspenseful, heroic, weird
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
france, england
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
Jean Valjean, convicted of stealing bread, is hounded for decades by the relentless and cruel policeman Javert.
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Genre: Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: France, Italy, West Germany, Canada, UK
Duration: 335 min.
Story:
A history of the French Revolution from the decision of the king to convene the Etats-Generaux in 1789 in order to deal with France's debt problem. The first part of the movie tells the story from 1789 until August 10, 1792 (when the King Louis ...
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Plot:
french revolution, revolution, royal family, french royalty, napoleonic wars, historical event, militant, rebellion, angry mob, king of france, crisis, french politics ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Germany, Ireland, UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In 1813, Capitaine Jacques St. Ives, a Hussar in the Napoleonic wars, is captured and sent to a Scottish prison camp. He's a swashbuckler, so the prison's commander, Major Farquar Bolingbroke Chevening, asks for lessons in communicating ...
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exciting, captivating, serious, stylized, realistic
Plot:
prison, fall in love, adventurer, haunted by the past, soldier, escapades, battles, captivity, military, napoleonic wars, napoleon bonaparte, escape ...
Time:
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Place:
scotland, europe, britain, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 162 min.
Story:
Dissolute barrister Sydney Carton becomes enchanted and then hopelessly in love with the beautiful Lucie Manette. But Lucie loves and marries Charles Darnay, and remains oblivious to Carton's undimmed devotion to her. When Darnay is ensnared in ...
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sad, realistic, serious, emotional, touching
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
paris france, london, france, europe, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
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Duration: 101 min.
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Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 107 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 ...
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42%
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Country: Vietnam
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
1920s. Vietnam under colonial French ruling. Anti-French rebellions emerge all over the country to disrupt the foreign occupiers. In respond, the colonialist employed units of Vietnamese agents to track and destroy these rebels. The film follows the ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Country: Romania
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
494
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 155 min.
Story:
When Scottish young gentleman David Balfour's father dies, he leaves school to collect his inheritance from uncle Ebenezer, who in turn sells the boy as a future slave to a pirate ship. When staunch Stuart dynasty supporter Alan Breck Stewart ...
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exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Place:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Duration: 150 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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King Louis XIV has without his knowledge a twin brother, Philippe, but when he is told, he immediately locks up his brother in the Bastille. The king wants to increase his popularity and stages an assassination against himself where Philippe is ...
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40%
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Country: UK
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Story:
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Plot:
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Country: France, UK
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Story:
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Story:
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