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Bel Ami (2012)
20K
Genre: Crime, Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK, Italy, France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Georges Duroy travels through 1890s Paris, from cockroach ridden garrets to opulent salons, using his wits and powers of seduction to rise from poverty to wealth, from a prostitute’s embrace to passionate trysts with wealthy beauties, in a world where politics and media jostle for influence, where sex is power and celebrity an obsession.
Style:
period piece, costume drama, realistic, serious, captivating, gothic, sexual, romantic, romantic drama, stylized ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
infidelity, older woman younger man relationship, poverty, manipulation, ambition, coitus, extramarital affair, marriage, rise to the top, journalist, rich and poor, society, dishonesty, nude, male objectification, illicit affair, unfaithfulness, womanizer, jealousy, victorian england, prostitute, sex scene, bare breasts, husband wife relationship, tuberculosis ...
Time:
19th century, 1890s, victorian era, turn of the century, victorian
Place:
europe, paris france, france
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Most similar movies to Bel Ami
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out period drama, realistic, serious and costume drama films with plots about couples, love and romance, costume, couple relations, infidelity, adultery and society mostly in Drama, Romance and History genres. Some movies like Bel Ami: Silk (2007), The Key (1983), Tulip Fever (2017), The Invisible Woman (2013), Cheri (2009). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, Italy, UK, Japan
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Based on the best-selling novel by Alessandro Baricco, this visually stunning film tells the story of a French trader who finds unexpected love far away from home.
Style:
romantic, period piece, visually stunning, stylized, erotic ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
love story, interracial love relationship, betrayal, passion, travel, unrequited love, life philosophy, smuggling, couple relations, love and romance, adultery, obsession ...
Time:
19th century, 1860s, victorian era, ancient times, edwardian era ...
Place:
japan, france, europe, asia, africa ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
After twenty years of marriage, art professor Nino Rolfe attempts to break down his wife Teresa's conventional modesty. Noticing her affection for their daughter's fiancé, Nino instigates her sexual interest in him as well. This sets off ...
Style:
erotic, sexy, realistic, serious, stylized ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
exhibitionism, cuckold, sexual tension, voyeurism, sexploitation, erotica, desire, true love, obsessive love, infidelity, voyeur, sexual exploration ...
Time:
80s, 1940s
Place:
europe, italy, venice
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
An artist falls for a married young woman while he's commissioned to paint her portrait. The two invest in the risky tulip market in hopes to build a future together.
Style:
sexy, period piece, costume drama, sensual, touching ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick
Plot:
painter, love affair, doctor, sex scene, portrait, artist, nude painting, female nudity, adultery, extramarital affair, cheating wife, art history ...
Time:
17th century, year 2017
Place:
netherlands, amsterdam
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
In 1857, at the height of his fame and fortune, novelist and social critic Charles Dickens meets and falls in love with teenage stage actress Nelly Ternan. As she becomes the focus of his heart and mind, as well as his muse, painful secrecy is the ...
Style:
costume drama, period piece, sentimental, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
love affair, actress, writers, writer's life, forbidden love, biopic, older man younger woman relationship, secret relationship, affair, scandal, secret, marital discord ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, ancient times, 1860s, 1850s ...
Place:
london, england, britain, europe, manchester
Similarity:
100%
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12K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France, Germany
Duration: 86 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:
sexy, costume drama, sexual, period piece, erotic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
older woman younger man relationship, age difference, older woman younger man sex, lovers, lost love, longing, prostitution, desire, prostitute, love story, male female relationship, fall in love ...
Time:
19th century, edwardian era, victorian era, 1910s, 20th century ...
Place:
paris france, france, europe
Similarity:
100%
112K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA, Russia
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, sentimental, historical drama, colorful ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, girls' night, adult
Plot:
high society, forbidden love, imperial russia, infidelity, tragic love, aristocracy, marriage, suicide, adultery, cuckolded husband, love, depression ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, ancient times, year 2012, 1800s ...
Place:
moscow russia, russia, st. petersburg russia, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 149 min.
Story:
Taking place between the years 1837 and 1843, Balzac’s classic novel focuses on the young poet Lucien de Rubempré, who leaves Angouleme for Paris in the pursuit of becoming an author.
Style:
costume drama, atmospheric, touching, realistic, talky ...
Plot:
theater, sex scene, female nudity, ambition, media manipulation, hashish, poet, male nudity, death, infidelity, nudity, dandy ...
Time:
19th century, 1820s, 1830s, 1840s, georgian era
Place:
paris france, france
Similarity:
100%
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, emotional, melancholic, stylized ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
high society, social climbing, lovers, aristocrat, destiny, monarchy, female protagonist, rise to the top, couple relations, rich and poor, society, life turned upside down ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, middle ages, 1820s, 1800s ...
Place:
england, london, britain, europe, germany ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Tullio Hermil is a chauvinist aristocrat who flaunts his mistress to his wife, but when he believes she has been unfaithful he becomes enamored of her again.
Style:
erotic, romantic, sexual, neorealism, spiritual ...
Plot:
eroticism, female nudity, illicit affair, love triangle, nobleman, nudity, unfaithfulness, adultery, extramarital affair, adulterous husband, mistress, bare breasts ...
Time:
turn of the century, 19th century, year 1976, 1890s
Place:
rome italy, italy, europe
Similarity:
28%
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, costume drama, serious, stylized, realistic ...
Plot:
adultery, love affair, deception, greed, couples, family problems, fall in love, dishonesty, society, crumbling marriage, parents and children, affair ...
Time:
edwardian era, victorian era, 1900s, 20th century, 19th century
Place:
italy, england, britain, europe, london ...
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Russia, USA
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, romantic drama, psychological, atmospheric ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
imperial russia, relationships, infidelity, true love, betrayal, cheating wife, victorian england, age difference, forbidden love, love, death, cuckolded husband ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, year 1997, turn of the century, 1880s
Place:
russia, st. petersburg russia, moscow russia
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
In this story-within-a-story, Anna is an actress starring opposite Mike in a period piece about the forbidden love between their respective characters, Sarah and Charles. Both actors are involved in serious relationships, but the passionate nature ...
Style:
costume drama, emotional, romantic, scenic, stylized ...
Plot:
adultery, love, love affair, filmmaking, lieutenant, infidelity, destructive relationship, society, social differences, love story, doomed romance, love triangle ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 80s, 20th century, 70s ...
Place:
england, britain, france, europe, london
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A landscape gardener is hired by famous architect Le Nôtre to construct the grand gardens at the palace of Versailles. As the two work on the palace, they find themselves drawn to each other and are thrown into rivalries within the court of King ...
Style:
romantic, light, period piece, costume drama, melancholic ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
gardener, love story, royal court, garden, female protagonist, aristocracy, jealousy, infidelity, intrigue, voyeurism, adultery, extramarital affair ...
Time:
18th century, 17th century, victorian era, 60s, 1930s ...
Place:
france, paris france, versailles, europe, england ...
Similarity:
25%
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 ...
Style:
period piece, costume drama, psychological, talky, atmospheric ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
manipulation, friendship, depression, impossible love, multiple storylines, couple relations, infidelity, fall in love, relationships, art, women, passionate love ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, year 1996, turn of the century, 1870s ...
Place:
europe, england, sicily, florence, london ...
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
In Victorian England, wealthy patriarch Sir Harald Alabaster invites an impoverished biologist, William Adamson, into his home. There, William tries to continue his work, but is distracted by Alabaster's seductive daughter, Eugenia. William and ...
Style:
period piece, costume drama, erotic, stylized, thought provoking ...
Plot:
incest, brother sister sex, sex with brother, brother sister incest, erection, male nudity, sex with sister, nudity, female pubic hair, sex, family secret, victorian england ...
Time:
1860s, victorian era, 19th century, 18th century
Place:
england, britain, europe
Similarity:
24%
11K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France, Italy, 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, intense ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
happy ending, nobility, orphan, love triangle, fall in love, power relations, family relations, love and romance, haunted by the past, rich and poor, parents and children, love affair ...
Time:
19th century, ancient times, year 1996, victorian era, 18th century
Place:
england, europe, britain
Similarity:
24%
11K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Serbia, Hungary, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
In 1860s Paris, a young woman, Therese, is trapped in a loveless marriage to the sickly Camille by her domineering aunt, Madame Raquin. She spends her days behind the counter of a small shop and her evenings watching Madame play dominos with an ...
Style:
period piece, costume drama, atmospheric, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
forbidden love, female masturbation, marital infidelity, murder, crimes of passion, cousin cousin relationship, husband wife relationship, dishonesty, couple relations, couples, love affair, tragic love ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, 1860s
Place:
france, paris france, europe
Similarity:
24%
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:
sexy, costume drama, melancholic, stylized, captivating ...
Plot:
love and romance, obsession, royal family, tudors, male nudity, medieval, politics, intrigue, infidelity, tragic hero, royalty, crazy ...
Time:
16th century, 15th century, ancient times, middle ages, 18th century ...
Place:
spain, portugal, austria, europe, flanders ...
Similarity:
24%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, Belgium, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
The classic story of Emma Bovary, the beautiful wife of a small-town doctor in 19th century France, who engages in extra marital affairs in an attempt to advance her social status.
Style:
period piece, costume drama, serious, captivating, psychological ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
bored housewife, couples, adultery, infidelity, love affair, tragic hero, society, crumbling marriage, dull life, social relations, dishonesty, village life ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1800s, 1850s
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
12%
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Young orphan Heathcliff is adopted by the wealthy Earnshaw family and moves into their estate, Wuthering Heights. Soon, the new resident falls for his compassionate foster sister, Cathy. The two share a remarkable bond that seems unbreakable until ...
Style:
romantic, atmospheric, gothic, emotional, period piece ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
obsession, forbidden love, revenge, social differences, passion, tragic love, master and servant, love story, childhood sweetheart, betrayal, love triangle, haunted by the past ...
Time:
18th century, 19th century, 1800s, year 1992, regency period ...
Place:
britain, england, europe
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
Jean Valjean, a Frenchman imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a police officer named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France.
Style:
touching, sincere, costume drama, epic, period piece ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
redemption, hopes, literary, going straight, rise to the top, revenge, prison escape, prisoner, ex convict, prejudice, christian, napoleonic era ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, ancient times, 1800s, year 1998
Place:
paris france, france, europe
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: Ireland, UK, France
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
In 1920s Ireland, an elderly couple reside over a tired country estate. Living with them are their high-spirited niece, their Oxford student nephew, and married house guests, who are trying to cover up that they are presently homeless. The niece ...
Style:
period piece, gloomy, emotional, psychological, realistic ...
Plot:
ira, nudity, attempted rape, murder, war, world war one, power relations, couples, social differences, infidelity, unfulfilled love, rich and poor ...
Time:
year 1999, 1920s
Place:
ireland, england, europe
Similarity:
24%
15K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, UK, USA
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:
sexy, period piece, costume drama, independent film, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night, adult
Plot:
infidelity, betrayal, virgin, couple relations, manipulation, seduction, hypocrisy, virginity, tragedy, manipulative woman, love triangle, marriage ...
Time:
18th century, year 1989, georgian era, 20th century, 80s ...
Place:
france, paris france, eastern europe, europe
Similarity:
23%
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 168 min.
Story:
Bathsheba Everdine, a willful, flirtatious, young woman, unexpectedly inherits a large farm and becomes romantically involved with three widely divergent men.
Style:
scenic, romantic, historical drama, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
literary, unrequited love, dalmatian, victorian england, farm, beach, love, tragic romance, canceled wedding, male nudity, lost love, sergeant ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, year 1967, 1870s, 1860s
Place:
britain, england, europe
Similarity:
23%
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, costume drama, serious ...
Plot:
love, nobility, love triangle, literary, death, greed, betrayal, relationships, nudity, forbidden love, fall in love, power relations ...
Time:
1910s, year 1997, victorian era, 20th century, edwardian era ...
Place:
england, london, venice, britain, europe ...
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK, Italy
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Lady Caroline Lamb, dissatisfied in her marriage, has an affair with the dashing Romantic poet Lord Byron.
Style:
sexual, realistic, serious, costume drama, crying ...
Plot:
writers, forbidden love, poet, extramarital affair, adultery, victorian england, historical event, art, napoleonic wars, obsession, politics, infidelity ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, regency period, year 1972
Place:
europe, england, rome italy
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 276 min.
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Story:
In 2002, the first two books and the first interlude of John Galsworthy's trilogy The Forsyte Saga were adapted by Granada Television for the ITV network. Additional funding for this production was provided by American PBS station WGBH, the ...
Style:
period piece, costume drama, realistic, family saga, serious ...
Plot:
love affair, high society, forbidden love, love and romance, victorian england, couple relations, parents and children, society, unfulfilled love, rich and poor, family relations, power relations ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 20th century, 1920s, 1800s ...
Place:
england, britain, europe, london
Similarity:
23%
12K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
In late 19th-century England, Jude aspires to be an academic, but is hobbled by his blue-collar background. Instead, he works as a stonemason and is trapped in an unloving marriage to a farmer's daughter named Arabella. But when his wife leaves ...
Style:
period piece, erotic, romantic, depressing, bleak ...
Plot:
forbidden love, love, unhappy marriage, scarecrow, family affairs, victorian england, sex scene, sex, social injustice, power of love, making love, family relations ...
Time:
19th century, 1880s, year 1996, turn of the century, 1890s ...
Place:
england, britain, europe, ancient greece, australia
Similarity:
23%
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, sexual, historical drama, captivating ...
Plot:
woman urinating, sex, woman peeing, royal court, hedonism, unfaithful wife, desire, ancient, biopic, femme fatale, couples, love triangle ...
Time:
17th century, ancient times, 18th century, georgian era
Place:
paris france, france, lyon, europe, versailles
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The story is set in late 19th century rural corner of South England. The daughter of timber merchant Melbury, Grace, returns to the town after finishing school. Her father now believes she can find a better husband than her childhood sweetheart, ...
Style:
costume drama, realistic, serious, independent film, period piece ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
victorian england, love, love triangle, infidelity, social differences, tragic love, love affair, looking for love, forbidden love, unfulfilled love, school, rich and poor ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era
Place:
britain, england, europe, italy
Similarity:
23%
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