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Home Fires (2015)
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
The story of a group of inspirational women in a rural Cheshire community with the shadow of World War II casting a dark cloud over their lives. As the conflict takes hold and separates the women from their husbands, fathers, sons and brothers, the characters find themselves under increasing and extraordinary pressures in a rapidly fragmenting world. By banding together as the Great Paxford Women’s Institute, they help maintain the nation’s fabric in its darkest hour, and discover inner resources that will change their lives forever.
Style:
captivating, realistic, serious, period piece, costume drama, psychological, historical drama, touching, period drama
Plot:
world war two, female protagonist, village, friends, strong female presence, social relations, british, family relations, husband wife relationship, mother son relationship, father son relationship, woman, countryside, world war one, envy, election, resistance, grief, campaigning, marriage, campaign, candidate, world war, life is a bitch, society ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s, 20th century, 40s, 30s
Place:
england, europe
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, period drama and captivating films and TV series with plots about society, world war two, family relations, love and romance, wartime life, life is a bitch and war mostly in Drama, War and Romance genres. Some movies like Home Fires: Foyle's War (2002), Land Girls (2009), The Halcyon (2017), Bomb Girls (2012), The Crimson Field (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, War
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
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Story:
As WW2 rages around the world, DCS Foyle fights his own war on the home-front as he investigates crimes on the south coast of England. Foyle's War opens in southern England in the year 1940. Later series sees the retired detective working as an ...
Style:
clever, serious, realistic, captivating, period piece ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
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Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
england, europe, new mexico, london
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Country: UK
Duration: 225 min.
TV show
Story:
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Audience:
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Time:
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Place:
england, europe
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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The story of a bustling and glamorous five star hotel at the centre of London society and a world at war.
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Plot:
world war two, hotel, aristocracy, gay lead character, manager, wartime, society, bellhop, maid, chef, lgbt, world war one ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
england, london
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min.
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Style:
captivating, realistic, serious, stylized, period piece ...
Audience:
girls' night
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world war two, wartime life, working woman, factory, sexism, workplace, gender, society, accident, strong female presence, lesbian love, strong female lead ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
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100%
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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In a tented field hospital on the coast of France, a team of doctors, nurses and women volunteers work together to heal the bodies and souls of men wounded in the trenches.
Style:
period piece, costume drama, realistic, emotional, serious ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
france, europe, english channel
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 53 min.
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Set in the small hamlet of Lark Rise and the wealthier neighbouring market town, Candleford, the series chronicles the daily lives of farm-workers, craftsmen and gentry at the end of the 19th Century. Lark Rise to Candleford is a love letter to a ...
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costume drama, sentimental, sincere, period piece, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night, kids
Plot:
village life, friendship, social relations, hopes, small town, abbey, true love, victorian england, father son relationship, employer employee relationship, neighbor neighbor relationship, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
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Place:
england, britain, europe
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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: UK
Duration: 57 min.
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Style:
costume drama, period piece, psychological, thought provoking, disturbing ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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The Village is a BBC TV series written by Peter Moffat. The drama is set in a Derbyshire village in the 20th century. The first series of what Moffat hopes will become a 42-hour TV drama was broadcast in spring 2013 and covered the years 1914 to ...
Style:
realistic, serious, costume drama, captivating, rough ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 66 min.
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Style:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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Audience:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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12K
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 469 min.
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
england, britain, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: UK
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Plot:
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Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, stylized
Audience:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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TV show
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Edward the Seventh is a 1975 television drama series, made by ATV in 13 episodes.
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
1940s, 1930s
Place:
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Country: UK
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
europe
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Country: UK
Duration: 407 min.
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serious, realistic, captivating, tense, emotional ...
Plot:
world war two, world war, diplomacy, dysfunctional marriage, spy, resistance, activist, infidelity, lecturer, life is a bitch, war, opposites attract ...
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Country: UK
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Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, stylized, period drama
Plot:
world war two, oxford, classmate, love, post war, world war one, high society, nudity, lifestyle, couple relations, dishonesty, society ...
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Place:
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independent film, contemplative, serious, realistic, captivating ...
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Place:
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Country: UK
Duration: 191 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
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TV show
Story:
Adaptation of Nancy Mitford's novel.
Style:
serious, realistic, stylized, historical drama, costume drama ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
fall in love, social differences, love triangle, looking for love, eccentric family, master and servant, unlikely couple, society, wooing, unfulfilled love, infidelity, rich and poor ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
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Style:
realistic, captivating, serious, stylized, costume drama ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Canada
Duration: 44 min.
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Story:
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Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, captivating, exciting ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
europe
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Style:
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Time:
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 780 min.
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Place:
england, europe
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Country: UK
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Style:
sentimental, psychological, sincere, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
europe, england
Similarity:
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