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Young Andersen (2005)
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Original name: Unge Andersen
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Denmark, Norway, Sweden
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A powerful modern film narrative, set in a historical framework, about the crucial encounter between vulnerable eighteen-year-old Hans Christian Andersen, who rates himself so highly, and Mr. Meisling, the cynical school principal. An encounter that fundamentally transforms Hans Christian's life.
Style:
period piece, historical drama, emotional, melancholic, art house, period drama, nostalgic
Plot:
writers, biopic, coming of age, hans christian andersen, school, personal growth, character study, ambition, identity crisis, isolation, social class, poet, inspiration, friendship, memories, teen rebel, storytelling, loss of friend, psychological drama
Time:
19th century
Place:
denmark
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out historical drama, melancholic, period piece and emotional films with plots about biopic, character study, writers, literary, coming of age, family drama and psychological drama mostly in Drama, Biography and History genres. Some movies like Young Andersen: A Funny Man (2011), August (2007), Semmelweis (2023), Bliss (2011), I Swear (2025). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 116 min.
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 175 min.
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Time:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
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Duration: 127 min.
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Bliss tells the story of Katherine Mansfield in her early 20s as she leaves New Zealand and begins her journey as a writer.
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Time:
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Place:
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84%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
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Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Inspired by the life of John Davidson, charting his journey from a misunderstood teenager in 1980's Britain to a present day advocate for the understanding and acceptance of Tourette Syndrome. Diagnosed aged fifteen, John navigates his way ...
Style:
inspirational, heartfelt, emotional, educational, dramatic ...
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Time:
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Place:
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416
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
In the years between WWI and the rise of Fascism, legendary thespian Eleonora Duse shocks everyone by getting back onstage at over 60 years of age. Struggling with the brutality of historical events unfolding and clinging to the possibility of ...
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historical drama, period piece, existential, philosophical, art house ...
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Place:
italy
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
By the side of a founder of a new faith was a woman of undeniable courage.
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Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Denmark, Belgium, Norway, Finland
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Can scandalous art still serve God? Does suffering precede all greatness? Can illness be a blessing? In 1950, writer Flannery O'Connor visits her mother Regina in Georgia when she is diagnosed with lupus at twenty-four years old. Struggling ...
Style:
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Plot:
writers, biopic, female protagonist, literary, illness, mother daughter relationship, writer's life, aspiration, direction and purpose, lifestyle, character study, ambition ...
Time:
1950s
Place:
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68%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Chile, UK
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min.
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historical drama, dramatic, period piece, serious, intense ...
Plot:
poet, german history, competition, writers, biopic, literary, playwright, ambition, palace intrigue, rivalry, sacrifice, desertion ...
Time:
18th century, 19th century
Place:
germany
Similarity:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, dark, historical drama, cult classic, gothic ...
Plot:
writers, victorian england, novelist, sisters, female writer, publisher, women, sister, historical figure, family relations, social relations, writer's life ...
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Spain, UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A coming-of-age story set in 1919 about 14 year old Faisal, an Arab prince who is dispatched from the deserts of Arabia to London by his warrior father, Prince Abd Al-Aziz, on a high stakes diplomatic mission to secure the formation of his country.
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Time:
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ottoman empire, london, saudi arabia
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Tom (Tennessee) Williams, an aspiring writer in his 20s, lives with and negligent father. Tom attempts to maintain peace in the family while also dealing with his depressed and anti-social sister. Struggling against the societal pressures and ...
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Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: India, UK
Duration: 153 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Hungary, UK, USA, Cyprus, France, Germany
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
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Country: Spain
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Country: USA, Mexico, UK, France, Belgium, Iceland, Ireland, Hong Kong
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Professor James Murray begins work compiling words for the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary in the mid 19th century, and receives over 10,000 entries from a patient at Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum, Dr. William Minor.
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Story:
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Audience:
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Story:
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melancholic, costume drama, period drama
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Place:
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Country: Japan
Duration: 99 min.
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Place:
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Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Norway, Sweden, Denmark
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
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Duration: 120 min.
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Time:
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Duration: 126 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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