Movies and TV shows like David Copperfield 1974

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David Copperfield (1974)
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David Copperfield (1974)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 300 min.
TV show
Story: Adaptation of the Dickens novel.
Style: historical drama, period drama
Plot: charles dickens, youth, david copperfield, orphan, survivor, oppression, compassion, coming of age, childhood memory, affection, writing
Time: victorian era, 19th century, victorian

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out period drama, costume drama, historical drama and realistic films and TV series with plots about costume, charles dickens, society, orphan, social differences, family relations and life is a bitch mostly in Drama, Crime and Mystery genres. Some movies like David Copperfield: Servants (2003), Great Expectations (1989), Great Expectations (1981), Nicholas Nickleby (1977), Our Mutual Friend (1998). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Servants (2003)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Bold and irreverent drama following the fortunes of a group of servants in an 1850s English country house.
Style: costume drama, captivating, disturbing, period piece, period drama
Plot: aristocracy, victorian england, servant, maid, housekeeper, butler, country estate, domestic servant, estate, workplace, workplace situations, chambermaid ...
Time: victorian era, 19th century, 1800s
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Great Expectations (1989)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 303 min.
TV show
Story: Phillip Pirrip, known as Pip, meets a convict or two in a graveyard and sets into motion a series of events that lead him from a comfortable life in his brother-in-law's forge to a mysterious inheritance and his acquaintance with the eerie Miss ...
Style: historical drama, period drama
Plot: charles dickens, victorian england, rags to riches, adoption, literature, inheritance, orphan, costume
Time: 19th century, victorian era
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52%
David Copperfield (1970)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 118 min.
Story: A made for TV movie of the Charles Dickens' classic novel, turns Dickens' picaresque tale into an extended flashback, with David Copperfield Robin Phillips as a young man, brooding on a deserted beach, recalling his youth. The characters ...
Style: serious, realistic, captivating, gloomy, emotional ...
Plot: coming of age, charles dickens, david copperfield, swing, orphan, boarding school, family relations, family problems, power relations, youth, life is a bitch, young heroes ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era
Place: europe, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
Great Expectations (1981)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Mini-series based on the novel by Charles Dickens.
Style: period drama
Plot: charles dickens, victorian england, rags to riches, orphan, benefactor
Time: 19th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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David Copperfield (1999)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 185 min.
TV show
Story: Charles Dickens' haunting semi-autobiographical tale of a boy who is sent away by his stepfather after his mother dies but manages to triumph over incredible adversities.
Style: costume drama, captivating, uplifting, realistic, serious ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: charles dickens, coming of age, step parent, orphan, youth, child abuse, stepfather stepson relationship, literary, power relations, family relations, life is a bitch, society ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, edwardian era
Place: england, europe, london, dover england
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Nicholas Nickleby (1977)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 330 min.
TV show
Story: Adaptation of the Dickens novel.
Style: period drama
Plot: charles dickens, injustice, obese woman, embezzlement, director, teacher, simpleton, male female relationship, eye patch, one eyed man, caning
Time: victorian era, 19th century
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41%
Our Mutual Friend (1998)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 350 min.
TV show
Story: Intertwining tales of love, greed, and secret identities in Charles Dickens's 1860s London.
Style: costume drama, period piece, historical drama, realistic, serious ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: victorian england, charles dickens, inheritance, love, makeover, betrayal, unrequited love, lifestyle, dishonesty, life is a bitch, love and romance, society ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 1800s
Place: britain, england, london, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
The Barchester Chronicles (1982)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 385 min.
TV show
Story: When a crusade against the Church of England's practice of self-enrichment misfires, scandal taints the cosy community of Barchester when their local church becomes the object of a scathing, investigative report.
Style: costume drama, historical drama, period drama
Plot: chubby, literary, church of england, henpecked husband, cathedral, cello, bishop, costume, slapping
Time: 19th century, victorian era
Place: britain
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Oliver Twist (1985)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 360 min.
TV show
Story: Adaptation of the novel by Charles Dickens.
Style: period drama
Plot: charles dickens, child, children
Time: 1830s
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Great Expectations (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: 'Great Expectations' opens with Pip as a boy (played as an young man by newcomer Douglas Booth, 'The Pillars of the Earth') on the marshes near his home, where he encounters the desperate escapee Magwitch (Winstone). Pip is ...
Style: atmospheric, historical drama, serious, realistic, emotional ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: generosity, victorian england, charles dickens, lovers, rags to riches, orphan, convict, stranger, society, redemption, obsession, hopes ...
Time: 19th century, 1820s, victorian era, regency period
Place: britain, london, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Oliver Twist (1999)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 386 min.
TV show
Story: Based on Charles Dickens' novel, this adaptation traces the childhood of an orphan whose mother dies giving birth to him in an English work-house in the 1820s.
Style: costume drama, period piece, serious, realistic, emotional ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: orphan, charles dickens, child abuse, youth, confined, life is a bitch, society, danger, young heroes, coming of age, injustice, apprentice ...
Time: victorian era, 19th century, 1830s
Place: london, europe, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1982)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 540 min.
TV show
Story: Young Nicholas Nickleby sets out to make his fortune in order to prevent his mother and sister from depending upon his uncle, Ralph Nicklby. But he finds his first job as master at a Yorkshire school to be cruel, and runs away with one of the ...
Style: serious, realistic, touching, sentimental, emotional ...
Plot: charles dickens, adoption, single parent, family relations, boarding school, boarding school life, siblings relations, dysfunctional family, family in danger, rich and poor, social differences, down on your luck ...
Time: victorian era, 19th century, 1830s
Place: england, europe, yorkshire
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Martin Chuzzlewit (1994)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 385 min.
TV show
Story: Martin Chuzzlewit is an old man with a large fortune and an even larger set of family and friends. A portrait of greed and selfishness, this magnificent adaptation of Dickens' comic masterpiece features an all-star cast.
Style: costume drama, realistic, serious, captivating, stylized ...
Plot: charles dickens, blackmail, inheritance, tribe, family relations, self involved, social climbing, social relations, innocence lost, society, intrigue, ambition ...
Time: 19th century, 1830s, victorian era
Place: britain, usa, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Emily of New Moon (1998)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Emily of New Moon is a Canadian television series, which aired on CBC Television from 1998 to 2000. The series originally aired in the United States on the Cookie Jar Toons block on This TV and it is currently seen in Canada on the Viva, Bravo! and ...
Style: serious, realistic, period drama
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: orphan, adoption, family relations, child's point of view, starting over, uncover truth, youth, coming of age, young heroes, family problems, island, family life ...
Time: victorian era, edwardian era, 19th century, 1900s, turn of the century
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
The Dwelling Place (1994)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min.
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Story: Adaptation of Catherine Cookson's novel. Set in the 1830s, the film tells the story of 16-year-old Cissie Brodie after the death of parents, and the repossession of the family home. She finds a barren place to live and care for her younger ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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The Mystery of Edwin Drood (2012)
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Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story: An exploration of Charles Dickens's unfinished work in which the mystery of the murder of Edwin Drood is examined.
Style: tense, atmospheric, serious, captivating, psychological ...
Plot: murder, stalking, obsession, small town, human nature, orphan, charles dickens, missing person, uncover truth, danger, perversion, world war one ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era
Place: england, britain, europe
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The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1996)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 159 min.
TV show
Story: Based on a little known 1848 novel by Anne Bronte, Tara Fitzgerald stars as an enigmatic young woman who moves to 19th Century Yorkshire with a young son. Distancing herself from everyone in the village and their prying questions, she remains ...
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The Awakening Land (1978)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 333 min.
TV show
Story: Frontierswoman Sayward Luckett's struggles in Ohio during the late 18th-century and early 19th-century.
Style: historical drama, period drama, vintage
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Doctor Thorne (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 48 min.
TV show
Story: The story of the penniless Mary Thorne, who grows up with her rich aunt/cousins at Greshamsbury Park estate.
Style: costume drama, historical drama, captivating, cynical, thought provoking ...
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Time: victorian era, 19th century, 1840s, 1850s
Place: england, britain
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28%
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Little Women (2017)
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Country: UK, USA, Ireland
Duration: 180 min.
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Style: costume drama, uplifting, feel good, touching, romantic ...
Audience: girls' night
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Place: usa, new england, massachusetts
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Teresa Raquin (1980)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 173 min.
TV show
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Style: period piece, period drama
Plot: female nudity, destiny, adultery, murder, female full frontal nudity
Time: victorian era
Place: paris france, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
David Copperfield (2000)
Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland, USA
Duration: 180 min.
Story: An orphan with a rough childhood becomes a barrister.
Style: realistic, serious, touching, costume drama, captivating ...
Audience: girls' night
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Time: victorian era, 19th century
Place: england
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Vanity Fair (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story: An adaptation of the 1848 novel by William Makepeace Thackeray.
Style: stylized, atmospheric, costume drama, period piece, historical drama ...
Plot: social differences, social climbing, british, rise to the top, society, dysfunctional family, life turned upside down, napoleonic era, female protagonist, life philosophy, unrequited love, time machine ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, georgian era, regency period
Place: england, britain, london
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He Knew He Was Right (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 240 min.
TV show
Story: He Knew He Was Right was a 2004 BBC TV adaptation of the Anthony Trollope novel He Knew He Was Right. The mini-series portrays the failure of a marriage caused by the unreasonable jealousy of a husband exacerbated by the stubbornness of a wilful ...
Style: serious, realistic, stylized, historical drama, romantic drama ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: victorian england, marriage, inheritance, broken engagement, dishonesty, newlyweds, couple relations, gossip and rumors, diplomat, insecurity, gossip, piano ...
Time: victorian era, 19th century, 1860s
Place: britain, england, london, alps
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26%
The Glass Virgin (1995)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min.
TV show
Story: Set in 1870s England, the story tells of Annabella Lagrange and the terrible secret her wealthy parents have kept from her. When she finally learns the truth, she runs away and eventually finds solace in the company of her family's former ...
Style: costume drama, romantic drama, realistic, serious, sexual ...
Plot: young love, age difference, wedding, youth, prostitute, love and romance, family relations, working class, coming of age, family life, friendship, couples ...
Time: victorian era, 19th century, 1870s
Place: england, britain
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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The Secret (2000)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min.
TV show
Story: A tale of suspense and intrigue set in 19th century Tyneside, 'The Secret' is based on Catherine Cookson's only thriller novel. Freddie Musgrave's life is in turmoil when a letter implicates him in murder, things are further ...
Style: captivating, humorous, entertaining, historical drama, costume drama ...
Plot: social problems, dark past, troubled past, confronting the past, bandit, haunted by the past, life, secret, male female relationship, smuggling, past coming back to haunt, smuggler ...
Time: 19th century, 1880s, victorian era
Place: britain, europe, united kingdom
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25%
The Long Song (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Set during the final days of slavery in 19th century Jamaica, we follow the trials, tribulations and survival of plantation slave July and her odious mistress Caroline.
Style: psychological, captivating, disturbing, costume drama, historical drama ...
Plot: plantation, slavery, slave girl, love affair, maid, freedom, black, male female relationship, social problems, female protagonist, relationship problems, slave ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 1830s, regency period
Place: jamaica
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Bleak House (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 510 min.
TV show
Story: A suspenseful tale about the injustices of the 19th Century English legal system.
Style: captivating, costume drama, serious, bleak, historical drama ...
Plot: estate, aristocracy, charles dickens, orphan, secret, uncover truth, investigation, social differences, injustice, society, haunted by the past, lawyer ...
Time: victorian era, 19th century
Place: england, britain, london, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Oliver Twist (2007)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 176 min.
TV show
Story: Oliver is born into poverty and misfortune - the son of an unmarried mother, who dies shortly after his birth. He is soon delivered to the workhouse, where the cruel Mr. Bumble oversees children tormented by starvation and suffering. When Oliver ...
Style: costume drama, sentimental, touching, captivating, sincere ...
Plot: orphan, child's point of view, thief, victorian england, child abuse, street kid, friendship, social decay, injustice, danger, life is a bitch, society ...
Time: victorian era, 19th century, 1830s
Place: england, europe, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Great Expectations (1999)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 168 min.
Story: A young boy called Pip stumbles upon a hunted criminal who threatens him and demands food. A few years later, Pip finds that he has a benefactor. Imagining that Miss Havisham, a rich lady whose adopted daughter Estella he loves, is the benefactor, ...
Style: serious, emotional, costume drama, period piece, sincere ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: couple relations, charles dickens, social differences, society, rise to the top, power relations, hopes, generosity, rags to riches, makeover, napoleonic era, orphan ...
Time: victorian era, 19th century
Place: england, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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