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Life in Squares (2015)
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Life in Squares (2015)
Original name: Life In Squares
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 171 min.
TV show
Story: A story of the close and often fraught relationship between sisters Vanessa Bell and Virginia Woolf.
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, emotional, costume drama, historical romance, stylized, period piece, period drama
Audience: girls' night
Plot: artist, love triangle, rebelliousness, friendship, family relations, love and romance, couples, self discovery, bohemian, poet, sister sister relationship, sisters, family life, relationships, life, parents and children, family problems, lifestyle, sister, eccentric family, gays and lesbians, painter, writers, photograph, biopic ...
Time: victorian era, 20th century
Place: england, london, europe
Keyword: bbc

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, captivating and period drama films and TV series with plots about family relations, love and romance, parents and children, society, couples, couple relations and lifestyle mostly in Drama, History and Romance genres. Some movies like Life in Squares: South Riding (2011), The Village (2013), Cable Girls (2017), Mr Selfridge (2013), Desperate Romantics (2009). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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South Riding (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
TV show
Story: Andrew Davies sparkling adaption of Winifred Holtby's acclaimed novel. Insightful, warm and full of memorable characters, South Riding tells a fraught love story and paints a panaromic portrait of a Yorkshire community in the long aftermath of ...
Style: captivating, touching, emotional, realistic, historical drama ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: love affair, world war one, parents and children, society, human spirit, hopes, family relations, love and romance, small town, social relations, strong female presence, social history ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century
Place: yorkshire, northern england, england, europe
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The Village (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: 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, captivating, rough, costume drama ...
Plot: village life, village, parents and children, social relations, society, villager, countryside, village people, family relations, world war one, small village, landscape ...
Time: 20th century, 1920s, 1910s
Place: england
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Cable Girls (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: In 1920s Madrid, four women at the National Telephone Company ring in revolution as they deal with romance, envy and the modern workplace.
Style: stylized, atmospheric, romantic, captivating, period piece ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick
Plot: female protagonist, female friendship, job, women, workplace, workplace romance, love and romance, class differences, lesbian, spanish civil war, woman, strong female lead ...
Time: 1920s, 20th century, 1930s
Place: spain
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Mr Selfridge (2013)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Mr. Selfridge recounts the real life story of the flamboyant and visionary American founder of Selfridge's, London's lavish department store. Set in 1909 London, when women were reveling in a new sense of freedom and modernity, it follows ...
Style: stylized, captivating, costume drama, serious, realistic ...
Plot: businessman, rise to the top, high society, visionary, department store, materialism, lifestyle, ambitious, success, career, boss, manager ...
Time: 1900s, edwardian era, 1910s, 20th century, victorian era
Place: england, london, britain
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100%
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Desperate Romantics (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
TV show
Story: Six-part drama series set in and among the alleys, galleries and flesh-houses of 19th-century industrial London, following the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, a vagabond group of English painters, poets and critics.
Style: costume drama, serious, realistic, stylized, sentimental ...
Plot: painting, bohemian life, lust, lifestyle, rebellion, couples, rebelliousness, love and romance, painter, artist, art, historical event ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 1860s, 1800s
Place: england, london, europe
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Flambards (1979)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 780 min.
TV show
Story: In the early 1900s in England, young Christina is orphaned and goes to live with her Uncle Russell, who owns the country estate of Flambards, and has two sons. Mark, the elder, is a wastrel, a roue and, like his father, loves to hunt. The younger ...
Style: captivating, realistic, serious, emotional, period drama
Audience: girls' night
Plot: makeover, world war one, couple relations, love and romance, society, fall in love, estate, uneducated, couples, family relations, countryside, manners ...
Time: edwardian era, 1900s, 20th century, 1910s
Place: england, europe
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47%
Venice the Series (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 65 min.
TV show
Story: Venice: The Series is a web series co-produced by and starring American actress Crystal Chappell, and is inspired in part by the "Otalia" storyline on the daytime drama Guiding Light. The series has been broadcast since 2009, and is ...
Style: realistic, emotional, touching, serious, sincere ...
Plot: lesbian, lesbianism, gender, family relations, love and romance, gays and lesbians, lifestyle, family life, parents and children, strong female presence, lesbian love, lgbt ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, california
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47%
32 Brinkburn Street (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Drama moving between the lives, loves and lies of two generations of the same family who live at 32 Brinkburn Street in 1931 and 2011.
Style: realistic, captivating, serious, suspense, sentimental ...
Plot: attic, society, family relations, couples, haunted by the past, family life, parents and children, couple relations, interracial relations, family problems, step siblings, secret ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century
Place: england, europe
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47%
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Beecham House (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: On the cusp of 19th century in Delhi, we following the fortunes of the residents of the titular mansion. The story begins as handsome and soulful former English soldier, John Beecham, has acquired the house to start a new life for his family and a ...
Style: serious, realistic, period piece, costume drama, historical drama ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night
Plot: mansion, family relations, love and romance, parents and children, siblings relations, couple relations, couples, friendship, love affair, family life, family problems, ambition ...
Time: 19th century, 18th century, 1790s
Place: india, taj mahal, delhi
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46%
The Life and Adventures of Nick Nickleby (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: A modern interpretation of the classic Dickens novel.
Style: captivating, emotional, touching, serious, tense ...
Plot: life is a bitch, family relations, parents and children, rich and poor, escapades, injustice, society, family problems, social problems, relationships, family life, financial problem ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: england, london, united kingdom
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46%
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Land Girls (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 225 min.
TV show
Story: The lives, loves and highs and lows of four members of the Women's Land Army working at the Hoxley Estate during World War II.
Style: realistic, captivating, historical drama, costume drama, psychological ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: world war two, wartime life, strong female presence, life is a bitch, family relations, military, soldier, friendship, rise and fall, love, resistance, women ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s
Place: england, europe
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44%
Prisoners Wives (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Behind every prisoner, there's a wife, girlfriend or mother doing time on the outside. For some it's a nightmare, for others a liberation. Prisoners' Wives - it's time to tell their stories.
Style: emotional, realistic, serious, touching, captivating ...
Plot: prison, couples, family relations, social relations, parents and children, housewife, female protagonist, imprisonment, aspiration, strong female presence, couple relations, coping
Time: 21st century
Place: england, europe
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43%
Love in a Cold Climate (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 150 min.
TV show
Story: Adaptation of Nancy Mitford's novel.
Style: realistic, serious, stylized, historical drama, costume drama ...
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: fall in love, love triangle, social differences, looking for love, eccentric family, master and servant, unlikely couple, society, wooing, infidelity, unfulfilled love, rich and poor ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Upstairs, Downstairs (1971)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Upstairs, Downstairs is a British television drama series originally produced by London Weekend Television and revived by the BBC. It ran on ITV in 68 episodes divided into five series from 1971 to 1975. Set in a large townhouse in Edwardian, First ...
Style: realistic, stylized, serious, costume drama, period piece ...
Plot: butler, domestic servant, maid, working class, master servant relationship, high society, wealth, master and servant, lifestyle, couples, rich and poor, couple relations ...
Time: 1900s, edwardian era, year 1971, 1920s, 1930s ...
Place: england, london, britain, hawaii, europe
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Red Roses (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Rote Rosen is a German telenovela produced by Studio Hamburg Serienwerft Lüneburg and broadcast by Das Erste since November 6, 2006. The show is a complex telenovela, who tells one love story every season about women in their forties.
Style: realistic, emotional, sentimental, captivating, serious ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: family relations, couples, couple relations, love affair, love triangle, fall in love, hotel, parents and children, infidelity, love story, friendship, rivalry ...
Time: 21st century
Place: germany
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White Heat (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A story about a group of seven London-based students from 1965 to the present day.
Style: captivating, serious, realistic, stylized, saga ...
Plot: drug addict, society, group of friends, love affair, friendship, lifestyle, social relations, love and romance, friends, destiny, ethnic diversity, flatmate ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, 70s, 80s, 90s ...
Place: england, europe, london
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The Best Day of My Life (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story: The Best Day of My Life is the story of a dysfunctional family as seen through the eyes of young Chiara (Maria Luisa De Crescenzo) who is about to receive her first communion. The family includes matriarch Irene (Virna Lisi) and her three grown up ...
Style: realistic, humorous, touching, sentimental, captivating ...
Plot: family relations, love and romance, family problems, couples, youth, society, religions or cults, marital discord, gays and lesbians, male female relationship, couple relations, relationships ...
Time: 21st century
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42%
Brothers and Sisters (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Brothers & Sisters is an American television drama series that centers on the Walker family and their lives in Pasadena, California. The series premiered on ABC on September 24, 2006, and aired its final episode on May 8, 2011. It aired, for its ...
Style: serious, touching, realistic, emotional, sincere ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: family drama, parenthood, family relations, family business, brother sister relationship, brother brother relationship, parents and children, siblings relations, family problems, couple relations, love and romance, jealousy ...
Time: september 11 2001, 21st century
Place: california, los angeles, usa, pasadena california
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The House of Eliott (1991)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: The House of Eliott is a British television series produced and broadcast by the BBC in three series between 1991 and 1994. The series starred Stella Gonet and Louise Lombard as two sisters in 1920s London who establish a dressmaking business and ...
Style: serious, realistic, costume drama, captivating, sincere ...
Plot: fashion, society, workplace, lifestyle, family relations, workplace situations, fashion designer, dressmaker, rise to the top, notoriety, sister sister relationship, siblings relations ...
Time: 1920s, 20th century
Place: england, london, britain
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42%
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In the Club (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: In The Club follows six pregnant women and their partners as they get ready for the arrival of their babies at the local parenting class. Housewife Diane, schoolgirl Rosie, newlywed Jasmin, businesswoman Roanna, midwife Vicky and writer and teaching ...
Style: sincere, touching, serious, realistic
Plot: couples, lifestyle, couple relations, family relations, love and romance, baby, parents and children, pregnancy, pregnant woman
Time: 21st century
Place: england
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42%
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East of Eden (1981)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 480 min.
TV show
Story: A powerful eight-hour adaptation of John Steinbeck's 1952 generational saga stars Bruce Boxleitner and Timothy Bottoms as battling brothers reminiscent of Cain and Abel, and Jane Seymour as the malevolent young woman who toys with their ...
Style: atmospheric, gloomy, realistic, stylized, captivating ...
Plot: american history, civil war, dysfunctional family, estrangement, rebellion, family life, parents and children, family in crisis, family relations, couple relations, love triangle, prostitute ...
Place: hawaii
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42%
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The Mill (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Powerful historical drama series, based on the lives of real people, telling the story of young 19th-century apprentices taking their lives into their own hands for the first time.
Style: realistic, stylized, captivating, serious, psychological ...
Plot: working class, workplace, factory, society, life is a bitch, workplace situations, realism, social differences, rich and poor, mechanic, family relations, parents and children ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era
Place: england, britain
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The Time of Our Lives (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 54 min.
TV show
Story: The Time of Our Lives follows the lives of the extended Tivolli family as they navigate their way around relationships, raising kids, love, careers, divorce, disability and finding happiness. Elder brother Matt is a high-flying sports agent ...
Style: realistic, sentimental, emotional, psychological, gloomy ...
Plot: family relations, friendship, couples, friends, parents and children, family life, adulthood, city life, looking for love, couple relations, love and romance, thirtysomething life ...
Time: 21st century
Place: australia
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40%
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Two Sisters (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: Sisters Alicia and Vanessa are best friends, but they begin to distance themselves in search of their identity in the adult world. Based on the triology of Amanda Schulman and Hannah Widell.
Style: captivating, psychological, disturbing
Plot: sister sister relationship, family relations, sister, lifestyle, family life, family problems, sisters, relationships, male female relationship, changing lives, siblings living together, siblings
Place: scandinavia, eastern europe
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40%
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Silk (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Silk is a British television drama series produced by the BBC and first shown in 2011. Written by Peter Moffat, the series follows a set of barristers, and what they do to attain the rank of Queen's Counsel, known as "taking silk."
Style: clever, serious, realistic, captivating, costume drama ...
Plot: legal, lawyer, lawyers and clients, courtroom drama, rivalry, workplace, success, workplace intrigue, uninhibited rivalry, courtroom, hotshot lawyer, lawsuit ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, europe
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Scarlett (1994)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, USA, Germany, Italy, UK, Spain, Austria
Duration: 360 min.
TV show
Story: The greatest love story ever told began with Gone with the Wind and continues in this sweeping epic sequel, as Scarlett, Rhett and a host of unforgettable characters go from tragedy to triumph in an action-packed saga of international scope
Style: serious, captivating, stylized, romantic, sentimental ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: love and romance, parents and children, couples, family relations, society, infidelity, fall in love, star crossed lovers, reconciliation, civil war, dysfunctional family, 007 ...
Time: victorian era, 19th century, 1870s
Place: europe, london, ireland, georgia, atlanta georgia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
The Impressionists (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
TV show
Story: Three hour mini-series tells the intimate history of a most illustrious brotherhood of Impressionist artists - Monet, Degas, Renoir, Cézanne and Manet. Entirely based on documentary evidence, special effects transport the viewer inside some of the ...
Style: captivating, realistic, sincere, serious, historical drama ...
Plot: bohemian life, painting, painter, artist, historical character, career, art, talented, poverty, rise and fall, lifestyle, biopic ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 20th century
Place: france, britain, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Night and Day (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: Night and Day is a British soap opera which was produced by Granada Television for LWT and ran on ITV from 2001 to 2003. Its theme-song, "Always & Forever", was sung by Kylie Minogue.
Style: sitcom, psychological, captivating, sincere, soap opera
Plot: parents and children, slice of life, family life, family relations, mother daughter relationship, male female relationship, kids and family, mother son relationship, friendship, everyday life, group of friends, husband wife relationship ...
Place: london
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38%
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Anna Karenina (2000)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 360 min.
TV show
Story: To help her brother mend his failing marriage, young Russian beauty Anna Karenina - who's married to eminent nobleman Alexei Karenin - leaves St. Petersburg for Moscow, where she meets the dashing Count Vronsky. They soon fall madly in love, ...
Style: captivating, realistic, touching, emotional, serious ...
Plot: dishonesty, betrayal, tragic hero, infidelity, tragic love, breakup, extramarital affair, couples, family problems, love and romance, destructive relationship, couple relations ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 1870s
Place: russia, moscow russia
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38%
He Knew He Was Right (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 240 min.
TV show
Story: He Knew He Was Right was a 2004 BBC TV adaptation of the Anthony Trollope novel He Knew He Was Right. The mini-series portrays the failure of a marriage caused by the unreasonable jealousy of a husband exacerbated by the stubbornness of a wilful ...
Style: serious, realistic, stylized, historical drama, romantic drama ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: victorian england, marriage, inheritance, broken engagement, dishonesty, newlyweds, couple relations, gossip and rumors, diplomat, insecurity, gossip, piano ...
Time: victorian era, 19th century, 1860s
Place: britain, england, london, alps
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38%
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