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The King's Daughters (2000)
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The King's Daughters (2000)
Original name: Saint-Cyr
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 women. Madame de Maintenon is the secret wife of Louis XIV, and empowered by his support, she offers "her" two hundred fifty girls a playful and avant-garde education. Anne and Lucie, two inseparable friends, allow themselves to be carried away by the promise of a bright future. But Maintenon has arrived at the pinnacle of power through scheming and debasing herself and she now fears the fires of hell. She is counting on her model school to atone for her past sins.
Style: captivating, sincere, touching, serious, emotional, realistic, epic, baroque, weird
Plot: royalty, women's rights, boarding school, mistress, hysteria, human spirit, nobility, youth, society, idealism, obsessive quest, teaching the ways of the world, rebellion, gender, hopes, girls' boarding school, teenager, royal family, girl, historical event, french history, preparatory school, french royalty, dignity, teenage life ...
Time: 17th century
Place: france, paris france
Keyword: french

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, captivating and touching films with plots about society, love and romance, youth, female nudity, couples, power relations and unfulfillment mostly in Drama, Romance and History genres. Some movies like The King's Daughters: The Lacemaker (1977), Vatel (2000), Tanner Hall (2009), Farewell, My Queen (2012), Mayerling (1968). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Lacemaker (1977)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Switzerland, France, West Germany
Duration: 107 min.
Story: The internationally produced The Lacemaker (La Dentelliere) stars Isabelle Huppert as Pomme, a meek and mild French beautician whose life takes a fateful turn during a vacation to Normandy. Here Huppert becomes the lover of middle-class ...
Style: art house, sad, contemplative, realistic, serious ...
Plot: female nudity, first love, mental disorder, character study, young lovers, mental institution, social differences, university student, introvert, young woman, breakup, nightclub ...
Time: year 1977, 70s
Place: france, normandy, paris france
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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
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56%
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Tanner Hall (2009)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Tanner Hall is a vivid peek into the private world of an all-girls boarding school. In a cozy, but run down New England, the knot of adolescent complexity is unraveled through the coming of age stories of four teen-age girls.
Style: serious, realistic, atmospheric, independent film, captivating ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: boarding school, coming of age, teenage girl, friendship, girls' boarding school, nymphet, youth, lesbian, friends, power relations, social relations, lifestyle ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new england, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
Farewell, My Queen (2012)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: France, Spain
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A look at the relationship between Marie Antoinette and one of her readers during the final days of the French Revolution.
Style: stylized, serious, realistic, historical drama, erotic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: lesbian, royal court, king, french revolution, master and servant, royal family, lesbian subtext, female pubic hair, lgbt, lady in waiting, nobility, suicide by hanging ...
Time: 18th century, georgian era, 1780s, ancient times, year 2012 ...
Place: paris france, france, versailles, europe, indiana
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Mayerling (1968)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK, France
Duration: 140 min.
Story: Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria (Omar Sharif) clashes with his father, Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria (James Mason), over implementing progressive policies for their country. Ava Gardner plays his mother Empress Elisabeth. Rudolf soon feels he is ...
Style: serious, realistic, emotional, sentimental, touching ...
Plot: forbidden love, royal family, tragic love, infidelity, politics, revolution, royalty, hopes, rebelliousness, state affairs, fall in love, society ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 1880s
Place: austria, england, italy, europe, venice ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
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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 ⇓
51%
Marie Antoinette (2006)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: USA, France, Japan
Duration: 123 min.
Story: The retelling of France's iconic but ill-fated queen, Marie Antoinette. From her betrothal and marriage to Louis XVI at 15 to her reign as queen at 19 and ultimately the fall of Versailles.
Style: costume drama, period piece, visual, melancholic, visually stunning ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: queen, french revolution, historical character, princess, french history, royal family, royal court, aristocracy, decadence, biopic, fashion, royalty ...
Time: 18th century, year 2006, victorian era, ancient times, georgian era ...
Place: france, versailles, europe, austria, vienna ...
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51%
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Queen Margot (1994)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: France, Germany, Italy
Duration: 161 min.
Story: The night of August 24, 1572, is known as the Massacre of St. Bartholomew. In France a religious war is raging. In order to impose peace a forced wedding is arranged between Margot de Valois, sister of the immature Catholic King Charles IX, and the ...
Style: period piece, sexy, epic, visually appealing, historical drama ...
Plot: royalty, french history, renaissance, medieval, religion, sex, female nudity, queen, male nudity, catholic church, politics, political intrigue ...
Time: middle ages, 16th century, year 1994, ancient times, medieval times
Place: france, paris france, europe
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50%
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Miral (2010)
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Duration: 112 min.
Story: A drama centered on an orphaned Palestinian girl growing up in the wake of the first Arab-Israeli war who finds herself drawn into the conflict.
Style: realistic, stylized, sentimental, emotional, inspirational ...
Plot: orphan, politics, refugee, arab, injustice, rebellion, human spirit, youth, society, fall in love, love and romance, rebelliousness ...
Time: 80s, 1940s, 20th century, 90s, 60s
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This Special Friendship (1964)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A tale of the tender relationship between a twelve-year-old boy and the upperclassman who is the object of his desire. All set in the rigid atmosphere of a Jesuit-run school.
Style: touching, serious, realistic, psychological, sexual ...
Plot: lgbt teen, gay teenager, friendship, teenage life, youth, boys love, boarding school, lgbt, gay love, teenage boy, school, child ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Gaby: A True Story (1987)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 110 min.
Story: The life of Gaby Brimmer, a girl physically handicapped, who finally gets her goals of study and triumph.
Style: realistic, uplifting, touching, sincere, emotional ...
Plot: disability, hopes, human spirit, college, misfit, forbidden love, artists and showbiz, unfulfillment, mother daughter relationship, father daughter relationship, love, teenage girl ...
Time: 1940s, year 1987, 1930s
Place: mexico, latin america, austria
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49%
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
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Style: sentimental, emotional, touching, serious, realistic
Audience: kids
Plot: boarding school, tragic hero, dedicated educator, society, idealism, social differences, friendship, family relations, youth, teachers and students, teacher, husband wife relationship ...
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Place: england, europe
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Gabrielle (2005)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Italy, Germany
Duration: 90 min.
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Style: serious, psychological, emotional, clever, realistic ...
Plot: infidelity, marriage, letter, adultery, couples, family problems, power relations, dishonesty, love and romance, suffering, husband wife relationship, betrayal ...
Time: 1910s, year 2005
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Restoration (1995)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 117 min.
Story: An aspiring young physician, Robert Merivel found himself in the service of King Charles II and saves the life of someone close to the King. Merivel joins the King's court and lives the high life provided to someone of his position. Merivel is ...
Style: factual, costume drama, intense, serious, emotional ...
Audience: adult
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Time: 17th century, ancient times
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Stealing Heaven (1988)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK, Yugoslavia
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Abelard, a famous teacher of philosophy at the cathedral school of Notre Dame, falls in love with one of his students, Héloïse d'Argenteuil. A sixteen-year old girl raised in a convent, Héloïse has an intellectual curiosity and rebels ...
Style: independent film, erotic, realistic, serious, captivating ...
Plot: medieval, fall in love, love and romance, religion, ancient, time machine, royalty, sensuality, celibacy, convent, pregnancy, courtesan ...
Time: middle ages, medieval times, 12th century
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Sentimental Destinies (2000)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Switzerland
Duration: 180 min.
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Style: serious, realistic, captivating, touching, gloomy ...
Plot: family business, factory, love affair, social differences, divorce, society, fall in love, crumbling marriage, couples, tragic love, clergy, world war one ...
Time: 1900s, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, year 1929
Place: switzerland, france, paris france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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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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In Mom's Head (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Lulu's mother is depressed and has been as far back as she can remember, Lulu is determined to discover the truth behind her listlessness.
Style: serious, sincere, touching, emotional, captivating ...
Plot: family relations, unfulfilled love, haunted by the past, youth, life is a bitch, love and romance, parents and children, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, teenage girl, mother daughter relationship, secret, intergenerational friendship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france, europe
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48%
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The Queen and the Cardinal (2009)
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Country: France
Duration: 197 min.
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Style: historical drama, captivating, disturbing, tense, suspense
Plot: french history, royal family, kingdom, secret love, nobility, palace intrigue, king of france, royal court, french politics, historical figure, ruler, historical character ...
Time: 17th century
Place: france, paris france
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Year of the Nail (2007)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 79 min.
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Style: emotional, realistic, atmospheric, captivating, experimental ...
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Time: 21st century
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Summer Rain (2006)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain, UK, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: A coming-of-age tale charting the first loves, lusts and obsessions of friends on vacation at the end of the 1970s.
Style: captivating, atmospheric, realistic, serious, sincere ...
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Story of Women (1988)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 108 min.
Story: During World War II, in occupied France, a woman of limited schooling raises two children in a ratty flat.
Style: anthology, thought provoking, sincere, disturbing, bleak ...
Plot: abortion, world war two, women's prison, street prostitution, unhappy marriage, ends with death, death row, nazi, wartime life, unwanted pregnancy, feminist, women ...
Time: 1940s, year 1988, year 1943, 20th century
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47%
A Common Thread (2004)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 89 min.
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Style: touching, psychological, sincere, serious, contemplative ...
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Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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Fit (2010)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min.
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Style: serious, sincere, emotional, realistic, touching ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Pope Joan (2009)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: Germany, UK, Italy, Spain
Duration: 149 min.
Story: A 9th century woman of English extraction born in the German city of Ingelheim disguises herself as a man and rises through the Vatican ranks.
Style: serious, captivating, costume drama, historical drama, epic ...
Plot: pope, vatican, clergy, religion, medieval, monk, monastery, catholic priest, healing power, cross dressing, ambition, hidden identity ...
Time: middle ages, medieval times, 9th century, year 2010, ancient times
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⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Cyrano de Bergerac (1990)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, History, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 137 min.
Story: Embarrassed by his large nose, a romantic poet/soldier romances his cousin by proxy.
Style: touching, emotional, witty, costume drama, atmospheric ...
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: poet, love and romance, unrequited love, friendship, destiny, love triangle, tragic love, swashbuckler, poetry, sword fight, love, power of love ...
Time: 17th century, medieval times, ancient times, year 1990
Place: france, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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Serenades (2001)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A girl is born to an Aboriginal mother and an Afgan father.
Style: serious, touching, captivating, sincere, tense ...
Plot: forbidden love, interracial relations, tragic love, culture clash, human spirit, injustice, true love, parents and children, society, hopes, youth, fall in love ...
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46%
Song for a Raggy Boy (2003)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Ireland, Denmark, UK, Spain
Duration: 94 min.
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Style: disturbing, thought provoking, bleak, serious, sincere ...
Plot: child abuse, juvenile delinquency, orphan, dedicated educator, boarding school life, reformatory, gay rape, child rape, corporal punishment, sexual abuse, teachers and students, abuse ...
Time: 1930s, year 1939
Place: ireland, europe, spain
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
The Emperor's Club (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: William Hundert is a passionate and principled Classics professor who finds his tightly-controlled world shaken and inexorably altered when a new student, Sedgewick Bell, walks into his classroom. What begins as a fierce battle of wills gives way to ...
Style: realistic, touching, inspirational, contemplative, emotional ...
Audience: kids, teens
Plot: teacher, coming of age, dedicated educator, boarding school life, boarding school, youth, teachers and students, hardcase students, school, friendship, mentor, education ...
Time: 20th century, year 2002, 70s, 2000s
Place: washington d.c., pennsylvania
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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Firelight (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Incarcerated women join a band of volunteers who battle forest fires and assist during natural disasters.
Style: emotional, realistic, touching, serious, sincere ...
Plot: youth, redemption, power relations, human spirit, juvenile delinquency, hopes, society, friendship, fire brigade, rivalry, homeless, friends ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
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