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Les Miserables (1978)
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Les Miserables (1978)
Original name: Les Misérables
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.
Style: fairy tale, social, tense, touching, serious, captivating, realistic, stylized, period drama
Plot: french revolution, napoleonic era, revenge, catholic, historical event, broadway, peplum, tragic love, redemption, unrequited love, mother love, falsely accused, rich and poor, parents and children, love and romance, life is a bitch, fugitives, rise to the top, revolution, injustice, rivalry, society, false accusation, chief, on the run ...
Time: 19th century, 18th century
Place: paris france, france, europe

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, period drama and captivating films with plots about society, dishonesty, life is a bitch, love and romance, costume, rivalry and revolution mostly in Drama, History and Romance genres. Some movies like Les Miserables: Les Misérables (1982), Les Misérables (2012), Les Misérables (1995), Les Misérables (1998), Les Misérables (2000). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Les Misérables (1982)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, West Germany
Duration: 220 min.
Story: The story of Jean Valjean, a Frenchman convicted of minor crimes, who is hounded for years by an unforgiving and unrelenting police inspector, Javert.
Style: fairy tale, uplifting, captivating, serious, realistic ...
Plot: napoleonic era, manhunt, revenge, broadway, redemption, harassment, falsely accused, wrongful arrest, french revolution, promise, mother love, injustice ...
Time: 19th century
Place: paris france, france
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Les Misérables (2012)
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 158 min.
Story: An adaptation of the successful stage musical based on Victor Hugo's classic novel set in 19th-century France, in which a paroled prisoner named Jean Valjean seeks redemption.
Style: inspirational, epic, emotional, period piece, suspense ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, teens, adult
Plot: rebellion, redemption, orphan, suicide, parole, historical character, revolution, adaptation, broadway, father daughter relationship, dying man, prostitute ...
Time: 19th century, 2010s, year 2012, 1800s, 18th century ...
Place: france, paris france, seattle, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Les Misérables (1995)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: France
Duration: 175 min.
Story: In France during World War II, a poor and illiterate man, Henri Fortin (Jean-Paul Belmondo), is introduced to Victor Hugo's classic novel Les Misérables and begins to see parallels between the book and his own life.
Style: epic, emotional, fairy tale, anthology, captivating ...
Plot: world war two, lawyer, redemption, destiny, revenge, rich and poor, christian, broadway, manhunt, nun, boxer, harassment ...
Place: france, paris france, normandy
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Les Misérables (1998)
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, costume drama, sincere, dramatic, epic ...
Audience: date night
Plot: redemption, ex convict, freedom, going straight, rise to the top, hopes, revenge, prison escape, prisoner, prejudice, christian, parole ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 1800s, year 1998, ancient times
Place: paris france, france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Les Misérables (2000)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: France, Italy, Spain, Germany, USA
Duration: 400 min.
TV show
Story: The scene is set during the French Restoration at the beginning of the 19th century. Jean Valjean, a galley slave who was sent to prison for stealing food, is now released after serving nineteen years. At first he only encounter mistrust and closed ...
Style: suspense, emotional, melancholic, serious, touching ...
Plot: redemption, justice, injustice, depression, mayor, on the run, thief, haunted by the past, ex convict, napoleonic era, revolution, manhunt ...
Time: 19th century, regency period, 1830s
Place: europe, paris france, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982)
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 ...
Style: period piece, entertaining, atmospheric, serious, realistic ...
Plot: french revolution, heroes, swashbuckler, secret identity, hidden identity, daring rescue, undercover, revolution, heroic mission, dandy, historical event, sorcery ...
Time: 18th century, 1790s, victorian era
Place: france, europe, england, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
A Tale of Two Cities (1980)
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 ...
Style: costume drama, sad, serious, realistic, touching ...
Plot: french revolution, charles dickens, revolution, historical event, literary, fall in love, friendship, love triangle, unrequited love, couples, dishonesty, couple relations ...
Time: 18th century, 1790s
Place: paris france, london, england, france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Count of Monte-Cristo (1975)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History
Country: UK, Italy
Duration: 119 min.
Story: A TV adaptation of the classic Alexandre Dumas novel. Edmond Dantes is falsely accused by those jealous of his good fortune, and is sentenced to spend the rest of his life in the notorious island prison, Chateau d'If. While imprisoned, he meets ...
Style: fairy tale, feel good, period piece, action adventure, contemplative ...
Plot: revenge, napoleonic era, swashbuckler, prison escape, prison, chivalry, ancient, historical event, fencing, peplum, sorcery, betrayal ...
Time: 19th century, 1800s, 1830s
Place: paris france, france, europe, provence, marseille
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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That Night in Varennes (1982)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 150 min.
Story: In June of 1791, a group of passengers in a stagecoach find themselves caught up in the events of the French Revolution, when they find themselves in the city of Varennes when revolutionists arrest the fleeing King Louis.
Style: historical drama, road movie, costume drama, realistic, serious ...
Plot: french revolution, king of france, revolution, teenage prostitute, older man young girl relationship, female nudity, writers, escape attempt, aristocracy, time machine, revolutionary, napoleonic wars ...
Time: 18th century, georgian era, year 1982, 1790s
Place: paris france, france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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 ⇓
20%
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The Viceroys (2007)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Italy, Spain, Germany, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: No overview found.
Style: captivating, psychological, epic, atmospheric, realistic ...
Plot: family relations, politics, political unrest, rivalry, intrigue, dishonesty, society, revolution, family life, palace intrigue, power struggle, revisionist history ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 1860s
Place: sicily, italy, rome italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Wuthering Heights (1992)
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: gothic, romantic, atmospheric, emotional, period piece ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: obsession, tragic love, forbidden love, social differences, passion, revenge, master and servant, betrayal, haunted by the past, love, love story, love and romance ...
Time: 18th century, 19th century, regency period, 1800s, year 1992 ...
Place: britain, england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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The Supper (1992)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story: France, 1815. After his defeat at Waterloo, Napoleon heads for exile. Royalists occupy Paris and attempt to restore the monarchy. However, the battle doesn't seem to be over. On July 6, Talleyrand, a shrewd politician of flexible convictions, ...
Style: political, contemplative, talky, biting, cynical ...
Plot: french history, napoleon bonaparte, napoleonic wars, politics, gastronomy, secret police, french revolution, police, vice, revolution, battles, wartime life ...
Time: 19th century, 1810s, 18th century
Place: paris france, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Jacquou the Rebel (2007)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 140 min.
Story: In 1815, young Jacquou lives an idyllic peasant life with his parents in the Périgord region of France. But one day, his childhood happiness is cruelly ended when his father is arrested, after a dispute with the arrogant Count de Nansac. With ...
Style: realistic, sincere, serious, atmospheric, captivating ...
Plot: young lovers, rivalry, haunted by the past, forbidden love, injustice, rebelliousness, rich and poor, love and romance, orphan, nobility, napoleonic era, vengeance ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era
Place: france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas (2013)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: France, Germany
Duration: 122 min.
Story: In the 16th century in the Cévennes, a horse dealer by the name of Michael Kohlhaas leads a happy and prosperous family life. When a lord treats him unjustly, this pious, upstanding man raises an army and puts the country to fire and sword in order ...
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, stylized, action adventure ...
Plot: revolution, injustice, medieval, folk hero, rebellion, murder, vengeance, rebelliousness, loss of wife, life is a bitch, society, righting the wronged ...
Time: 16th century, future, 2010s, medieval times, year 2013
Place: france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
The Black Candle (1991)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story: At the turn of the century, a widow decides to set her dead husbands business back in the black column. Her efforts to get the mill going again, however, are somewhat submarined by problems with an employee who is accused of murder and her sister ...
Style: serious, realistic, sentimental, stylized, sincere ...
Plot: murder, factory, sculptor, sibling rivalry, mistress, false accusation, love and romance, rise to the top, rivalry, legal, unfulfillment, hopes ...
Time: victorian era, 19th century, 1880s
Place: britain, england, yorkshire
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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The Abdication (1974)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Queen Christina of Sweden (1626-1689) abdicates and travels to Rome to embrace the Catholic church.
Style: contemplative, realistic, serious, captivating, touching ...
Plot: biopic, women, christian, catholic church, forbidden love, celibacy, love and romance, gays and lesbians, society, state affairs, unfulfillment, rivalry ...
Time: 17th century
Place: rome italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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The Holy Land of Tyrol (2010)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Germany, Italy
Duration: 123 min.
Story: Set in the 1800s when Napoleon’s French ruled Europe, the film follows young Austrian carpenter Franz and his Bavarian wife, Katharina as an unforeseen event forces them to flee from Augsburg, Bavaria for Franz’s family home in Tyrol, Austria. ...
Style: epic, realistic, captivating, serious, psychological ...
Plot: revolution, rebellion, tragic love, society, political unrest, injustice, soldier, couple relations, wartime life, rivalry, german history, napoleonic wars ...
Time: 19th century
Place: germany, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
The Making of a Lady (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story: 1901:- Poor but intelligent Emily Fox Seton accepts a marriage proposal from the older Lord James Walderhurst,a widower pushed into providing an heir by his haughty aunt Maria,
Style: stylized, suspense, captivating, tense, romantic drama ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: love and romance, love affair, malice, class differences, female protagonist, high society, social problems, life is a bitch, rich and poor, relationship problems, deception, rich man ...
Time: victorian era, 19th century, edwardian era, 1900s
Place: england, britain, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Beau Brummell: This Charming Man (2006)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 78 min.
Story: This BBC historical drama stars James Purefoy as Beau Brummell, the original sharp-dressed dandy of 18th-century London. A socialite responsible for inventing the modern suit, Brummell befriends and restyles Prince Regent of Wales.
Style: realistic, exciting, tense, sincere, touching ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: destructive relationship, love and romance, love triangle, dishonesty, rise and fall, master and servant, royal family, fashion, royalty, biopic, love, male bonding ...
Time: 19th century, regency period, 18th century
Place: england, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
The Blind Sunflowers (2008)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Spain
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Ourense, Spain, 1940. Every time that Elena locks the door, she locks her secrets. Her husband Ricardo spend years hidden in his house with his children (Elenita and Lorenzo), trying to dodge persecution. Salvador, a priest confused after battling ...
Style: serious, touching, disturbing, emotional, realistic ...
Plot: repression, confession, family relations, survival, life is a bitch, spanish civil war, republican, society, soldier, obsession, clergy, love and romance ...
Place: spain, galicia
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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 ⇓
18%
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Silas Marner (1985)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Adaption of George Eliot's novel. When a respectable weaver is wrongfully accused of theft, he becomes a virtual hermit until his own fortune is stolen and an orphaned child is found on his doorstep.
Style: historical drama, spiritual, realistic, serious, stylized ...
Plot: time machine, women, literary, asexual, village, rivalry, hopes, life is a bitch, orphan, society, legal action, redemption ...
Time: georgian era, 18th century, year 1985, 19th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
The Amazing Grace (2006)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Nigeria, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story: John Newton is captain of a slave ship moored off the coast of Nigeria. He stands at a crossroads in his life, his morality and religion at odds with the brutality of his chosen profession. Stepping ashore, he starts on a journey of redemption that ...
Style: captivating, realistic, serious, epic
Plot: righting the wronged, fighting the system, introspection, hopes, interracial relations, life is a bitch, escapades, state affairs, moral dilemma, injustice, self discovery, politics ...
Time: 18th century
Place: nigeria
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
 5.6
 555
Island (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Based on 'Jane Rogers' acclaimed novel, "Island" is a tale of yearning and retribution. Abandoned at birth, Nikki Black has spent most of her life in care sustained only by fairy-stories. Incapable of love, fearful and desperate ...
Style: serious, tense, psychological, realistic, atmospheric ...
Plot: island, undercover, hidden identity, family problems, life is a bitch, dishonesty, haunted by the past, feminist, loneliness, redemption, obsessive quest, orphan ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
 5.4
 19K
Bel Ami (2012)
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 ...
Style: stylized, realistic, serious, captivating, costume drama ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: infidelity, older woman younger man relationship, poverty, ambition, nudity, extramarital affair, rise to the top, marriage, journalist, society, dishonesty, rich and poor ...
Time: 19th century, 1890s, victorian era
Place: europe, paris france, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
The Mayor of Casterbridge (2003)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 196 min.
Story: Adaptation of Thomas Hardy's novel. At a country fair, young hay-trusser Michael Henchard quarrels with his wife Susan, and in a drunken fit decides to auction off his wife and baby to a sailor for five guineas. The next day, realising his ...
Style: captivating, emotional, serious, realistic, costume drama ...
Plot: haunted by the past, tragic hero, redemption, hidden truth, social relations, rise and fall, betrayal, society, family problems, victorian england, dishonesty, mayor ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 1800s
Place: britain, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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 5K
Peterloo (2018)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 154 min.
Story: A drama about the infamous 1819 Manchester massacre, which killed an estimated 18 protesters and injured up to 700.
Style: disturbing, suspenseful, realistic, rough, costume drama ...
Audience: boys' night, chick flick
Plot: protest, political repression, massacre, historical event, society, dishonesty, cat, democracy, poor, civil rights, poverty, rich ...
Time: 1810s, 19th century, regency period
Place: england, manchester
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
 7.5
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Marat/Sade (1967)
Genre: Drama, History, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 119 min.
Story: In Charenton Asylum, the Marquis de Sade directs a play about Jean Paul Marat's death, using the patients as actors. Based 'The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under ...
Style: disturbing, stylized, psychological, talky, biting ...
Plot: french revolution, art, politics, revolution, insanity, sex maniac, fighting the system, mental illness, murder, psychopath, chaos, violence ...
Time: 18th century, year 1967, 19th century, 1790s, 1800s
Place: france, europe, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
17%
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