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Molière (1978)
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Molière (1978)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 260 min.
Story: Jean-Baptiste Poquelin is raised by his father and his grandfather because his mother dies when he's still very little. He works as a handyman, studies the law at a university and travels the country as an actor before he becomes the celebrated playwright Molière who impresses firstly the Duke of Orleans and then even King Louis XIV.
Style: weird, period drama
Plot: writers, art, time machine, poet, historical event, playwright, theater, misery, starvation, king of france, carnival, killing a horse, biopic, prince, religion, tragedy, actor, royal family, actress, catholicism, death of mother, tuberculosis, law student, rehearsal, farce ...
Time: 17th century
Place: france, versailles, paris france

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out period drama, realistic, captivating and historical drama films with plots about biopic, writers, poet, art, female nudity, writing and husband wife relationship mostly in Drama, Biography and History genres. Some movies like Molière: The Rise of Louis XIV (1966), The Bronte Sisters (1979), The Outlaw (2010), All Is True (2018), Giordano Bruno (1973). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Rise of Louis XIV (1966)
Genre: Biography, History
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Cardinal Mazarin dies, leaving a power vacuum in which the young Louis asserts his intention to govern as well as rule. Mazarin's fiscal advisor, Colbert, warns against Fouquet, the Superintendant who has been systematically looting the ...
Style: historical drama, historically accurate, political, epic, baroque ...
Plot: king of france, french history, royalty, fashion, royal family, time machine, clergy, peplum, colonialism, french royalty, dialogue, musketeer ...
Time: 17th century, year 1966
Place: france, versailles
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The Bronte Sisters (1979)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: France
Duration: 120 min.
Story: In a small presbytery in Yorkshire, England, living under the watchful eyes of their aunt and father, a strict Anglican pastor, the Bronte sisters write their first works and quickly become literary sensations.
Style: realistic, serious, gloomy, contemplative, period drama ...
Plot: writers, art, women, biopic, writer's life, winter, disease, tuberculosis, fire, historical event, painting, poet ...
Time: 19th century, year 1979, victorian era, georgian era, 1840s ...
Place: yorkshire, france, europe, england, united kingdom ...
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The Outlaw (2010)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Spain, Brazil, France
Duration: 106 min.
Story: A chronicle of the life of Spanish playwright and poet Lope de Vega, who dominated Spain’s early Golden Age of Theatre in the 16th Century. Lope returns home from war and enters the theatre world when a producer’s beautiful daughter takes a ...
Style: captivating, serious, clever, realistic, stylized ...
Plot: playwright, love affair, love and romance, love triangle, lifestyle, writers, womanizer, artists and showbiz, writer's life, employer employee relationship, sex scene, scandal ...
Time: 16th century, middle ages
Place: spain, europe, portugal
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
Versailles: The Dream of a King (2008)
Genre: Documentary, Biography, Drama, History
Country: France
Duration: 180 min.
Story: Docudrama about the life of Louis XIV nicknamed "the Sun King", the King of France who ran a glamorous court, expanded the borders of France, loved women and parties and built an incredible palace for himself - the Versailles.
Style: historical drama, political, weird, baroque
Plot: king of france, french history, palace, royalty, womanizer, construction, affair, royal family, queen, french royalty, king, royal court ...
Time: 17th century
Place: versailles
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
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Molière (2007)
Genre: Biography, Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Molière, a down-and-out actor-cum-playwright up to his ears in debt. When the wealthy Jourdain offers to cover that debt (so that Molière's theatrical talents might help Jourdain win the heart of a certain widowed marquise), hilarity ensues.
Style: witty, semi serious, humorous, stylized, period piece ...
Audience: date night
Plot: love and romance, secret identity, lifestyle, love triangle, biopic, couples, dishonesty, fall in love, actor's life, mistaken identity, farce, infidelity ...
Time: 17th century, year 2007, ancient times, victorian era
Place: paris france, france, europe
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69%
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All Is True (2018)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A look at the final days in the life of playwright William Shakespeare.
Style: captivating, tense, touching, psychological, historical drama ...
Audience: date night, adult
Plot: playwright, british history, shakespeare, historical figure, father daughter relationship, family secret, death of son, retirement, church, tudors, writers, biopic ...
Time: ancient times, 17th century
Place: united kingdom
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62%
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Giordano Bruno (1973)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 123 min.
Story: Flying from his enemies in the Catholic Church, the free thinking philosopher, poet and scientist Giordano Bruno (1548-1600) has found some protection in Venice. But the Roman Inquisition, fearing his influence in Europe, wants to bring him on trial ...
Style: spiritual, dramatic, esoteric, philosophical, contemplative ...
Plot: philosopher, philosophy, renaissance, female nudity, scientist, burned alive, catholic, writers, myth, art, time machine, occult ...
Time: 16th century, 17th century
Place: rome italy, venice, italy, europe
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61%
Becoming Colette (1991)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Germany, UK, France
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Erotic French author Colette during her formative years in Paris at the turn of the century, married to a hedonistic bounder who publishes her writings under his name until she leaves him to embark on her own career.
Style: erotic, independent film
Plot: writers, lesbian, poet, magician, women, art, sexuality, lesbianism, female nudity, marriage, cabaret, butt ...
Time: year 1991
Place: paris france, france
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57%
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Anton Chekhov 1890 (2015)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: France
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Summer 1890. In order to make some money to feed his family, Anton Chekhov, modest physician, wrote short stories for newspapers to sign Antosha Tchékhonté. Important characters, writer and editor, just make him aware of his talent. His situation ...
Style: serious, realistic, psychological, captivating, gloomy ...
Plot: literature, writers, writer's life, biopic, tuberculosis, family relations, couple relations, obsession, life is a bitch, siblings relations, artists and showbiz, convict ...
Time: 19th century
Place: russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
To Walk Invisible (2016)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
Story: To Walk Invisible takes a new look at the extraordinary Brontë family, telling the story of these remarkable women who, despite the obstacles they faced, came from obscurity to produce some of the greatest novels in the English language.
Style: captivating, cult classic, historical drama, dark, gothic ...
Plot: writers, sisters, female writer, novelist, publisher, women, family relations, historical figure, social relations, writer's life, sister, life ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 1840s
Place: yorkshire
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
Louis, the Child King (1993)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: France
Duration: 160 min.
Story: History buffs will glory in the riches of Louis, Enfant Roi, others will perhaps find this complex story of intrigues and betrayals in the court of the young king tough sledding. When Louis the Fourteenth (1638-1715) was born, the power of ...
Style: historical drama, baroque, period drama
Plot: french history, royalty, french royalty, historical event, royal family, bare butt, palace intrigue, monarch, king, queen, battles, family relations ...
Time: 17th century
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
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Vatel (2000)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: France, UK, Belgium
Duration: 103 min.
Story: In 1671, with war brewing with Holland, a penniless prince invites Louis XIV to three days of festivities at a chateau in Chantilly. The prince wants a commission as a general, so the extravagances are to impress the king. In charge of all is the ...
Style: melancholic, light, tricky, captivating, visually appealing ...
Plot: king of france, food, betrayal, nobility, political intrigue, tragic love, fall in love, power relations, french history, wine, storytelling, intrigue ...
Time: 17th century, ancient times, victorian era
Place: france, europe, netherlands, holland, versailles
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
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The Libertine (2004)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK, Australia
Duration: 114 min.
Story: The story of John Wilmot, a.k.a. the Earl of Rochester, a 17th century poet who famously drank and debauched his way to an early grave, only to earn posthumous critical acclaim for his life's work.
Style: period piece, costume drama, melancholic, atmospheric, surreal ...
Plot: writers, libertine, decadence, poet, infidelity, oral sex, biopic, alcoholic, depression, dysfunctional marriage, sexual attraction, lust ...
Time: 17th century, year 2004, ancient times, year 2006, 20th century ...
Place: england, london, britain, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
The King Is Dancing (2000)
Genre: Drama, History, Music
Country: France, Germany, Belgium
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Louis XIV, the French sun-king has two passions, establishing absolute rule over the realm -after decades of religious/civil wars- by divine right and artistic brilliancy as a dancer
Style: atmospheric, stylized, realistic, serious, captivating ...
Plot: french history, king of france, performer's life, royal family, royalty, composer, ballet, dancing, playwright, intrigue, dishonesty, rise and fall ...
Time: 17th century
Place: france, versailles, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
The Youth of Peter the Great (1980)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Soviet Union, East Germany
Duration: 140 min.
Story: The years of the tsar’s adolescence and youth were permeated with deadly danger coming from some of the Boyars, the rebellious Streltsy and Tsarevna Sophia who aspired for power. But already at that early time Peter demonstrates a profound, bright ...
Audience: kids
Plot: russian empire, prince, royal family, royalty, youth, throne, mutiny, historical event, young man, czar, russian history
Time: 17th century
Place: russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
I, the Worst of All (1990)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Argentina
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A viceroy and an archbishop take their posts in Mexico. A local nun, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (1651-1695), intrigues them. The viceroy and his wife find her brilliant and fascinating. The prelate finds her a symbol of European laxity. He engineers ...
Style: biblical, psychological, realistic, serious, gloomy ...
Plot: writers, art, artist, women, religion, catholic, writer's life, biopic, catholicism, poetry, lesbian, hospital ...
Time: 17th century, ancient times
Place: latin america, spain, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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Zelda (1993)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Story: Biopic about Zelda Fitzgerald, as played by Natasha Richardson
Plot: writers, art, girl, poet, alcoholism, eccentricity, mental illness, husband wife relationship, marriage, schizophrenia, modernism, mental patient ...
Time: 1920s
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Caravaggio's Shadow (2022)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 120 min.
Story: The Catholic Church secretly investigates Caravaggio as the Pope weighs whether to grant him clemency for killing a rival.
Style: suspenseful, dramatic, bleak, enigmatic, captivating
Plot: painter, art, artists' life, artist, murder, church, rivalry, genius, catholic church, pope, female nudity, female full frontal nudity
Time: 17th century, 16th century
Place: italy, rome italy, naples italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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The King's Daughters (2000)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: France, Germany, Belgium
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Late 17th Century: Anne de Grandcamp and Lucie de Fontenelle, two little girls from Normandy, arrive at the Saint-Cyr school founded by Madame de Maintenon for educating the daughters of impoverished nobles ruined in wars and making them into free ...
Style: captivating, touching, sincere, serious, realistic ...
Plot: royalty, women's rights, boarding school, hysteria, mistress, human spirit, nobility, society, obsessive quest, idealism, youth, teaching the ways of the world ...
Time: 17th century
Place: france, paris france
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42%
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Sade (2000)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A man prepares himself to be transferred to a detention center and rest home where he will relive one more time the highlights of his youth.
Style: serious, atmospheric, realistic, sexy, sexual ...
Plot: debauchery, fetish, teenage girl, female masturbation, female nudity, sadomasochism, sexual relations, infidelity, french revolution, sexual exploration, murder, couples ...
Time: 18th century, 1790s
Place: france, paris france
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42%
A Season in Hell (1971)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Biopic about the life of the French poet Arthur Rimbaud.
Plot: biopic, writers, gay subtext, poetry, death, decadence, slave trader, poet, flashback, gunrunner, bisexual, french giallo
Place: africa, paris france
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40%
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Danton (1983)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: France, Poland
Duration: 136 min.
Story: Danton and Robespierre were close friends and fought together in the French Revolution, but by 1793 Robespierre was France's ruler, determined to wipe out opposition with a series of mass executions that became known as the Reign of Terror. ...
Style: political, epic, talky, historically accurate, historical drama ...
Plot: french revolution, revolution, french history, biopic, politics, revolutionary, colonialism, idealism, execution, terrorism, political unrest, world history ...
Time: 18th century, georgian era, year 1983, ancient times, 1780s ...
Place: paris france, france, poland, eastern europe, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
The Invisible Woman (2013)
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, sentimental, captivating, serious, realistic ...
Plot: love affair, writer's life, biopic, older man younger woman relationship, charles dickens, writers, forbidden love, marital discord, celebrity, scandal, secret, introspection ...
Time: victorian era, 19th century, 1870s, 1860s, ancient times ...
Place: england, britain, london, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Marquise (1997)
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, historical drama, realistic, serious ...
Plot: woman peeing, sex, femme fatale, ancient, porn, biopic, unfaithful wife, couples, love and romance, society, intrigue, rise and fall ...
Time: 17th century, 18th century, georgian era, ancient times
Place: paris france, france, lyon, europe, versailles
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39%
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Young Andersen (2005)
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 ...
Style: period piece
Plot: writers, poet, inspiration, biopic, teen rebel, memories, school, storytelling, friendship, coming of age, loss of friend, hans christian andersen
Time: 19th century
Place: denmark
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38%
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Artemisia (1997)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: France, Italy, Germany
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Artemisia Gentileschi (1593-1653) was one of the first well-known female painters. The movie tells the story of her youth, when she was guided and protected by her father, the painter Orazio Gentileschi. Her professional curiosity about the male ...
Style: erotic, factual, sexual, art film, historical drama ...
Plot: female artist, art, artist, painter, virginity, biopic, women, art history, loss of virginity, renaissance, female nudity, rape ...
Time: 17th century, ancient times, year 1997, 16th century
Place: rome italy, italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Enid (2009)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Edwardian child Enid Blyton begins to tell stories to her brothers as an escape from their parents' rows before the father deserts the family...
Style: serious, realistic, captivating, cult classic, costume drama ...
Plot: biopic, dysfunctional family, rise to the top, relationship vs career, nanny, novelist, writers, writer's life, couples, lifestyle, couple relations, ambition ...
Time: 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 20th century, 1940s ...
Place: britain, england, europe
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38%
The Demons of St. Petersburg (2008)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Italy
Duration: 118 min.
Story: St. Petersburg, 1860. A member of the imperial family is assassinated. A few days later, the writer Fëdor Michajlovic Dostoevskij meets with Gusiev, a young man committed to a psychiatric hospital. Gusiev confesses that he took part in the ...
Style: captivating, disturbing, psychological, suspense, historical drama
Plot: writers, writer's life, murderer, private investigation, historical figure, terrorist, terrorist plot, murder, murder investigation, revolutionary, historical character, poet ...
Time: 19th century
Place: russia, st. petersburg russia
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38%
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Colette (2018)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK, USA, Hungary
Duration: 111 min.
Story: French novelist, Colette, overcomes an abusive marriage to emerge as a leading writer in her country and a candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Style: captivating, costume drama, intellectual, inspirational, lyrical ...
Audience: chick flick, family friendly
Plot: writers, female protagonist, novelist, lesbian, woman, female writer, lesbian relationship, lesbian love, bisexuality, ghost writer, publisher, lgbt ...
Time: 19th century, 1900s, victorian era, 1890s, year 1900 ...
Place: paris france, france, marseille, louisiana, algeria
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Brecht (2019)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Germany, Austria, Czech Republic
Duration: 187 min.
Story: Bertolt Brecht, a theatre revolutionary, poet of the state, outsider, looks back on his life in 1956, the year of his death, in East Berlin: adolescent provocations in Augsburg during the First World War, early poetic and amorous flights of fancy in ...
Style: tense, psychological, disturbing, thought provoking, fun
Plot: playwright, nazi, poet, nazism, world war one, german culture, literature, art, biopic, life, female nudity, poem ...
Time: 1920s, 1940s, 1930s, 1950s, 50s ...
Place: germany, berlin germany, east germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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