Movies like Thousand Pieces of Gold

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Thousand Pieces of Gold (1990)
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Thousand Pieces of Gold (1990)
Genre: Romance, Western
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story: In 1880's China, young Lalu is sold into marriage by her impoverished father. Rather than becoming a bride, Lalu ends up in an Idaho gold-mining town, the property of a saloon owner who renames her China Polly and plans to sell her as entertainment for the locals. Refusing to become a whore, Lalu ultimately finds her own way in this strange country filled with white demons.
Style: emotional, period piece, independent film, serious, realistic
Plot: happy ending, prostitute, kidnapping, racism, feminism, rich and poor, missing person, human spirit, love and romance, love affair, society, hopes, immigrant, girl, female protagonist, town, revisionist western, bar, asian american, chinese american, romance, immigrants, female director
Time: 19th century, 1880s
Place: idaho, china

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, emotional and sentimental films with plots about love and romance, society, hopes, love affair, fall in love, family relations and rivalry mostly in Romance, Drama and Western genres. Some movies like Thousand Pieces of Gold: Cowboy Up (2001), Love Takes Wing (2009), Black Fox (1995), Painted Angels (1998), Pharaoh's Army (1995). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Cowboy Up (2001)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: "Cowboy Up" is a celebration of the risk-taking, daredevil personalities of modern rodeo. In the world of professional bull riding, newcomer Ely Braxton (Marcus Thomas) is the craziest guy around; his brother Hank (Kiefer Sutherland) is a ...
Style: realistic, serious, sincere, touching, sex comedy
Plot: love affair, love triangle, friendship, rivalry, family relations, couples, relationship vs career, parents and children, fish out of water, unfulfilled love, redemption, fall in love ...
Time: 90s
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Love Takes Wing (2009)
Genre: Family, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Belinda Simpson is now a doctor in a small Missouri town where an unknown plague is spreading fear and resentment amoung the townspeople. One local resident thinks the illness was spread from the town orphanage and wants to see it shut down. Belinda ...
Style: uplifting, sentimental, serious, touching, realistic ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: small town, plague, love and romance, love affair, christian, fall in love, small town life, child illness, friendship, love, prairie, medical ...
Time: 19th century
Place: usa, missouri
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Black Fox (1995)
Genre: Romance, Western
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A former slave affects peace between Indian tribes and homesteaders in 1860s West Texas.
Style: independent film, serious, realistic, suspenseful, period drama
Plot: native american white relationships, modern western, apache, modern west, gunfight, black, interracial relations, hostage, indian war, heroes, lone wolves, society ...
Time: 19th century, 1860s
Place: texas
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27%
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Painted Angels (1998)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 108 min.
Story: The story centers on the life of a bordello in a midwestern prairie town in the 1870s. The whorehouse is run by pragmatic madam Annie Ryan and the film follows the life of several of her girls.
Style: independent film, realistic, serious, sexual
Plot: prostitute, old west, nudity, sex trafficking, forced prostitution, feminism, betrayal, supernatural ability, follow your dream, survival, life is a bitch, contests and competitions ...
Time: 19th century, 1870s
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26%
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Pharaoh's Army (1995)
Genre: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Union soldiers in search of food descend on the farm of a Confederate family and decide to stay until one in their ranks' wounds have healed. While the war weary Union captain (Chris Cooper) falls for the mother of the family (Patricia ...
Style: independent film, serious, realistic, atmospheric, rough ...
Plot: american civil war, civil war, intrigue, iconoclastic, fall in love, army investigation, survival, vengeance, war, soldier, society, coming of age ...
Time: 19th century
Place: usa, kentucky
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25%
The Substitute Wife (1994)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: In Nebraska, in pioneer days, a woman who knows she is going to die asks a prostitute to replace her with her husband and four children in order to make it possible for them to keep their family farm.
Style: touching, emotional, sincere, sentimental, realistic ...
Plot: bigamy, prostitute, love triangle, family relations, self discovery, polygamy, american history, open relationship, couples, life is a bitch, love and romance, aging ...
Time: 19th century, 1860s
Place: nebraska
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25%
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Crush (2009)
Genre: Romance
Country: Russia
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Five short love stories, which become a statement of the directors about love. A shoemaker, a reporter, a pavement hooker-in, a psychiatric patient and a young man released from prison are the main characters of the film, heroes in a time of no ...
Style: touching, serious, realistic, atmospheric, romantic ...
Audience: date night
Plot: love affair, impossible love, looking for love, fall in love, society, prostitute, life is a bitch, hopes, starting over, young lovers, working class, mentally unstable ...
Place: russia
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24%
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Safe Harbour (2007)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Melissa Gilbert stars in this film adaptation of Danielle Steel's bestselling novel, in which a young girl named Pip and her mother meet an artist on the beach in Safe Harbour, where they have retreated in order to recover from the devastating ...
Style: realistic, serious
Plot: love affair, haunted by the past, starting over, couples, love and romance, hopes, fall in love, lifestyle, death of husband, love, serial killer, embezzlement ...
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24%
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Blood Red (1989)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Western
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Set in the Napa Valley in 1895, an immigrant family struggles to keep their vineyards from industrialists.
Style: independent film, serious, realistic, emotional, sentimental ...
Plot: modern western, love, modern west, gang, murder, immigrant, sexual content, conspiracy, profanity, love and romance, heroes, forbidden love ...
Time: year 1989, 19th century, 1890s
Place: california, usa
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24%
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Grayeagle (1977)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A young Cheyenne warrior, who goes by the name Grayeagle, kidnaps the daughter of a grizzled frontier man John Colter who goes on an epic search for his daughter Beth, aided by a friendly native...
Style: grindhouse, independent film, serious, realistic, sincere ...
Plot: kidnapped woman, native american attack, native, kidnapping, redsploitation, american history, rescue, society, opposites attract, prostitute, missing person, social differences ...
Time: 19th century, 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
The Ballad of Little Jo (1993)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Based on a true story, this is the tale of Josephine Monaghan, a young woman of the mid-19th century who is thrown out of her parents' home after being seduced by the family's portrait photographer and giving birth to an illegitimate ...
Style: funny, independent film, thought provoking, realistic, serious ...
Plot: gender, kickass women, female protagonist, kickass, lgbt, feminist, femme fatale, lgbtq, fight club, impostor, ancient, biopic ...
Time: ancient times, year 1993, 19th century
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23%
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The Painting (2001)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Heath Freeman (Tru Calling, ER) heads an all-star cast including Clifton Davis (Any Given Sunday) Ben Vereen (Roots), Stacey Dash (Renaissance Man) and Debbie Allen (Fame) in the period drama Soldier of Change, which resurrects the turmoil and ...
Style: serious, realistic, romantic, touching, independent film
Plot: vietnam war, political unrest, rebelliousness, interracial relations, love affair, fall in love, military, self discovery, hopes, society, love and romance, human spirit ...
Time: 60s
Place: vietnam, asia
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22%
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Shadowheart (2009)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: James Conners comes home to the town of Legend, New Mexico in 1865 to avenge his fathers death against the ruthless Will Tunney. Along the way he re-captures his long lost love Mary Cooper. With the chance to take Will Tunney he must choose revenge ...
Style: atmospheric, serious, rough, bleak, stylized ...
Plot: horse, homecoming, social relations, uninhibited rivalry, intrigue, love and romance, revenge, sheriff, gunfight, murder of father, small town, small town life ...
Time: 19th century
Place: new mexico, usa
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22%
A Stranger's Heart (2007)
Genre: Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Man and woman (Peter Dobson and Samantha Mathis) fall in love in a heart transplant facility. They are both attracted to a little girl (Mary Matilyn Mouser) who turns out to be the orphan of their heart donors...
Style: touching, uplifting, sentimental, emotional, serious ...
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Time: 21st century
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Stella (1990)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Barmaid Stella Claire and blueblood Stephen Dallas have very little in common -- except they've fallen in love. When their relationship fails, Stella decides to raise the child they had, Jenny, alone. But Jenny and Stella are far from the ...
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Audience: girls' night
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
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Time: 19th century, 20th century, 1890s
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22%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 121 min.
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Style: touching, serious, realistic, emotional, indonesian
Plot: forbidden love, fall in love, social differences, rich and poor, love and romance, youth, society, parents and children, teenage life, religions or cults, islam, love ...
Time: 1920s, 20th century
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22%
Great Expectations (2012)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story: Miss Havisham, a wealthy spinster who wears an old wedding dress and lives in the dilapidated Satis House, asks Pip's "Uncle Pumblechook" (who is actually Joe's uncle) to find a boy to play with her adopted daughter Estella. Pip ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Italy, UK, USA
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Style: romantic, costume drama, period piece, melancholic, emotional ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night
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Time: 19th century, year 1996, ancient times, victorian era
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For a Handful of Kisses (2014)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A girl. A boy. A love story. But also about dreams, fears, life, true love, friendship and how we deal with it. And a secret between them...
Style: serious, sentimental, emotional, realistic
Audience: date night, girls' night
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The Virginian (2000)
Genre: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A cowboy finds himself betrayed by his best friend and must choose between bringing him to justice and alienating the pretty schoolteacher he is in love with.
Style: serious, intense, tense, captivating, realistic
Plot: rivalry, starting over, love affair, injustice, vigilantism, moral dilemma, uninhibited rivalry, hopes, farm, cowboy, ranch, lone wolves ...
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21%
The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing (1973)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Western based on the novel by Marilyn Durham. A defiant wife who leaves her husband to take up riding with outlaws.
Style: realistic, serious
Plot: train robbery, on the run, train, female nudity, exodus, kidnapping, abduction, outlaw, tough heroes, opposites attract, fall in love, criminal heroes ...
Time: 19th century
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21%
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Genre: Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
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Style: exciting, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful
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21%
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 169 min.
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Style: sentimental, touching, emotional, melancholic, light ...
Audience: family outing, kids, girls' night, teen drama
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21%
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
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Style: exciting, realistic, serious, stylized, suspenseful ...
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21%
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Genre: Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
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Style: realistic, captivating, emotional, serious, romantic ...
Audience: date night
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21%
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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Brazil
Duration: 115 min.
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Style: emotional, realistic, epic, captivating, serious ...
Plot: love triangle, love affair, political unrest, wartime life, state affairs, rivalry, hopes, true love, uninhibited rivalry, love and romance, forbidden love, family relations ...
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20%
Redemption: For Robbing the Dead (2011)
Genre: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: For Robbing the Dead is a story of compassion - compassion toward those who may seem the least deserving of Christian love. It follows the story of Henry Heath, a law officer in 1862 Salt Lake City. Heath finds himself responsible for the well-being ...
Style: atmospheric, realistic, serious, contemplative, gloomy ...
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The Work and the Glory (2004)
Genre: Romance, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: When Benjamin Steed and Mary Ann Steed relocate their family to upstate New York in the early 1800's, they unwittingly settle in a town divided along religious lines. After their new hired help turns out to be at the center of the uproar, each ...
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Audience: teens
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20%
Madame Bovary (2000)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 180 min.
Story: A young woman in her late teens, a reader of novels and with high hopes of romance and passion, marries a widowed country doctor. Although he dotes on her, she is soon bored and discontent. First, she gives her imagination to a law student in town, ...
Style: period piece, emotional, realistic, psychological, serious ...
Plot: forbidden love, adulteress, love affair, destructive relationship, downfall, infidelity, social relations, society, life is a bitch, crumbling marriage, tragic hero, sexual freedom ...
Time: 19th century, 1800s, victorian era
Place: france, europe
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