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The Halcyon (2017)
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The story of a bustling and glamorous five star hotel at the centre of London society and a world at war.
Style:
costume drama, realistic, disturbing, psychological, thought provoking, captivating, anime, historical drama, period drama, interesting
Plot:
world war two, hotel, aristocracy, gay lead character, manager, wartime, society, chef, maid, bellhop, world war one, lgbt, gay, female nudity, aristocrat, housekeeper, heir, doorman, british history, porter, switchboard operator, chambermaid, hotel manager
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
england, london
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out period drama, realistic, serious and captivating films and TV series with plots about world war two, society, family relations, social differences, world war, wartime life and world war one mostly in Drama, War and Romance genres. Some movies like The Halcyon: Home Fires (2015), Upstairs Downstairs (2010), World on Fire (2019), The Village (2013), Hotel Portofino (2022). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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 ...
Style:
captivating, realistic, serious, costume drama, period piece ...
Plot:
world war two, female protagonist, village, friends, strong female presence, social relations, british, husband wife relationship, family relations, mother son relationship, father son relationship, woman ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s, 20th century
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Set in 1936, the show takes viewers, old and new, back to the lavish world of Belgravia, London. A new set of occupants reside at 165 Eaton Place and viewers see how external and internal influences of the tumultuous pre-war period shape and mould ...
Style:
realistic, historical drama, costume drama, period piece, stylized ...
Plot:
butler, high society, master and servant, marriage, family values, housewife, rich and poor, family life, lifestyle, millionaire, abbey, class differences ...
Time:
1930s, edwardian era, 20th century
Place:
england, wales, europe, london
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: UK
Duration: 57 min.
TV show
Story:
The story of World War II told through the intertwining fates of ordinary people from all sides of this global conflict as they grapple with the effect of the war on their everyday lives.
Style:
costume drama, period piece, psychological, thought provoking, disturbing ...
Plot:
world war two, soldier, musician, singer, military, gay couple, gay, wartime life, german occupation, ordinary people, military life, invasion ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s
Place:
france, poland, manchester, england
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100%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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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, costume drama, captivating, rough ...
Plot:
village life, parents and children, society, social relations, villager, countryside, village people, world war one, family relations, gay relationship, small village, village ...
Time:
20th century, 1920s, 1910s
Place:
england
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 54 min.
TV show
Story:
A classic whodunit mystery, as the characters go about their lives in 1920s Italy, when Benito Mussolini's brand of fascism was on the rise.
Style:
tense, disturbing, captivating, period drama
Plot:
hotel, high society, seaside town, fascism, british, rich, workplace, political intrigue, female protagonist, lifestyle, hotel receptionist, society ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century, 2020s
Place:
italy, turin italy
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100%
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:
costume drama, realistic, captivating, historical drama, atmospheric ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
wartime life, world war two, strong female presence, military, family relations, friendship, soldier, abbey, rise and fall, love, intrigue, women ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Focusing on a group of women working in a munitions plant during World War II, this ensemble drama depicts the dangers and new experiences they face.
Style:
captivating, realistic, serious, stylized, period piece ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
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:
canada
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, War
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
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:
investigation, world war two, police detective, police investigation, detective inspector, police, investigator, whodunit, war crime, nazism, british police, murder investigation ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
england, europe, new mexico, london
Similarity:
67%
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story:
In 1939 Hortense, illegitimate but intelligent and ambitious, is brought up on Jamaica with the family of charismatic, free-thinking Michael, who joins the Air Force when war breaks out and goes to England. After the war, Hortense, now a qualified ...
Style:
serious, touching, captivating, realistic, saga ...
Plot:
racism, interracial sex, post war, couples, starting over, couple relations, culture clash, misfit, hopes, self discovery, bittersweet, racial violence ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
england, jamaica, london, europe
Similarity:
100%
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:
costume drama, period piece, realistic, stylized, serious ...
Plot:
butler, domestic servant, maid, working class, wealth, master servant relationship, high society, master and servant, lifestyle, couples, rich and poor, couple relations ...
Time:
1900s, edwardian era, year 1971, 1920s, 1930s ...
Place:
england, london, hawaii, britain, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Denmark
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Film starring Bodil Jørgensen, Rosalinde Mynster and Merete Mærkedahl about the people at a beachfront hotel.
Style:
humorous, psychological, captivating, hilarious, disturbing ...
Plot:
hotel, seaside, resort hotel, world war two, life, coworker, relationships, lifestyle, workplace situations, social problems, workplace, society ...
Time:
1940s, 1920s, 20th century, 1930s
Place:
denmark
Similarity:
100%
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, sincere, captivating ...
Plot:
fashion, society, workplace, lifestyle, family relations, workplace situations, fashion designer, dressmaker, rise to the top, sister sister relationship, media sensation, siblings relations ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century
Place:
england, london, britain
Similarity:
100%
12K
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 469 min.
TV show
Story:
In the 1840s, Cranford is ruled by the ladies. They adore good gossip; and romance and change is in the air, as the unwelcome grasp of the Industrial Revolution rapidly approaches their beloved rural market-town.
Style:
atmospheric, sincere, costume drama, period piece, clever ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
small town life, social differences, aristocracy, high society, small town, family relations, love and romance, class differences, proposal, social relations, family life, maid ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, 1840s
Place:
england, britain, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 66 min.
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Island at War is a British television series that tells the story of the German Occupation of the Channel Islands. It primarily focuses on three local families: the upper class Dorrs, the middle class Mahys and the working class Jonases, and four ...
Style:
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Plot:
occupation, wartime, island, wartime life, military, society, against humanity, oppression, genocide, anti semitism, world war two, holocaust ...
Time:
post world war two
Place:
britain, england, europe
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 101 min.
TV show
Story:
Drama about the Dunar and Carey-Lewis families, before during and after WW2.
Style:
independent film, contemplative, serious, realistic, captivating ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
world war two, female nudity, nudity, unrequited love, girl power, boarding school, coming of age, pow, unhappiness, wealth, youth, society ...
Time:
1930s, 1940s
Place:
england, europe, cornwall
Similarity:
100%
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, captivating, serious, stylized, costume drama ...
Plot:
working class, workplace, society, life is a bitch, factory, parents and children, social differences, family relations, power relations, mechanic, realism, rich and poor ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era
Place:
england, britain
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 312 min.
TV show
Story:
The lives and loves of the men of RAF Hornet Squadron who are transferred to France at the outbreak of World Wat II in September 1939. For the most part the men are competent fliers but there is little action in the first several months. The men ...
Style:
costume drama, serious, realistic, captivating, exciting ...
Plot:
aerial combats, world war two, battles, aviation, luftwaffe, royal air force, warplane, wartime, world war, partner, friends, heroes ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
europe
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 360 min.
TV show
Story:
The Cazalets is a 2001 six-episode television drama series (5 episodes when broadcast in the US) about the life of a large privileged family in the years 1937 to 1942.[1] Most of the action takes place in London, and at the family's large ...
Style:
captivating, historical drama
Plot:
world war two, family relations, affair, parents and children, family life, family problems, mother daughter relationship, large family, eccentric family, father daughter relationship, lifestyle, relationships ...
Time:
edwardian era
Place:
england, london
Similarity:
33%
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Country: UK
Duration: 48 min.
TV show
Story:
The story of the penniless Mary Thorne, who grows up with her rich aunt/cousins at Greshamsbury Park estate.
Style:
costume drama, period piece, historical drama, captivating, cynical ...
Plot:
aristocrat, english countryside, family drama, ward, physician, family relations, victorian england, social differences, couples, society, intrigue, love and romance ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1850s, 1840s
Place:
england, britain
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
The Duchess Of Duke Street is a BBC television drama series set in London between 1900 and 1925. It was created by John Hawkesworth, the former producer of the highly successful ITV period drama Upstairs, Downstairs. It starred Gemma Jones as Louisa ...
Style:
costume drama, historical drama, realistic, semi serious, sincere ...
Plot:
hotel, high society, female chef, victorian england, world war one, professional, jazz, rags to riches, food, great war, battle of the sexes, domestic drama ...
Time:
1910s, edwardian era, victorian era, 1920s, 20th century ...
Place:
britain, london, europe, england
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Canada
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
An emotionally-driven character drama, set in the thrilling and dangerous world of WWII espionage and covert operations. It follows the stories of five highly skilled young recruits - Canadian, American and British - torn from their ordinary lives ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, captivating, exciting ...
Plot:
world war two, secret agent, working undercover, heroic mission, undercover, danger, espionage, rivalry, friendship, nazi, world war, strength ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
europe
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 416 min.
TV show
Story:
Anthony Powell's 12 volume novel sequence "A Dance to the Music of Time" has been dramatised for television.
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 ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century
Place:
england, london, europe
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
This series chronicles the adventures--in the air and on the ground--of the men of the 918th Bombardment Group of the U.S. Eighth Air Force. First commanded by irascible General Frank Savage--and later by Colonel Joe Gallagher, the son of a Pentagon ...
Style:
serious, tense, realistic, vintage, period drama
Plot:
world war two, military, sacrifice, luftwaffe, air force, leadership, duty, camaraderie, aerial combat, heroism, responsibility, courage ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
31%
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story:
Set in post-war Britain, ten year-old Lewis Aldridge is grief-stricken as he struggles to cope with the death of his beloved mother. Left under the care of his emotionally distant father Gilbert, whom he barely knows and who quickly remarries, Lewis ...
Style:
touching, captivating, atmospheric, serious, gloomy ...
Plot:
friendship, family problems, teenage life, youth, estrangement, death of mother, parent child relationship, love, father son relationship, friends, dealing with death, death in the family ...
Time:
20th century, 50s, post world war two
Place:
england
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 407 min.
TV show
Story:
Fortunes of War is a 1987 BBC television adaptation of Olivia Manning's cycle of novels Fortunes of War. It stars Kenneth Branagh as Guy Pringle, lecturer in English Literature in Bucharest during the early part of the Second World War, and ...
Style:
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 ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s
Place:
greece, middle east, egypt, africa, romania ...
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Canada
Duration: 240 min.
TV show
Story:
True Story about the Atlantic Ferry Operation during World War II.
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, emotional
Plot:
world war two, post war, captain, military, danger, love affair, love and romance, wartime life, relationship vs career, heroes, against the odds, life is a bitch ...
Time:
1930s, 1940s, 20th century
Place:
europe, canada, newfoundland, england, london
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Danger UXB is a 1979 British ITV television series about World War II developed by John Hawkesworth and starring Anthony Andrews as Lieutenant Brian Ash, an officer in the Royal Engineers.
The series chronicles the exploits of the fictional 97 ...
Style:
exciting, serious, rough, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
world war two, world war, terrorism, military life, battles, danger, wartime life, soldier, anti hero, heroes, military, fall in love ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
london, europe, england
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 150 min.
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:
1930s, 20th century, 1940s
Place:
england, europe, paris france
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK, Poland
TV show
Story:
At the outbreak of war, two teenage boys defy their parents to sign up.
Style:
historical drama, epic, realistic, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
world war one, military, wartime life, soldier, life is a bitch, hopes, battles, great war, friendship, danger, bittersweet, war ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century
Place:
europe
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story:
Summer and autumn 1944. Odessa. The city, liberated by the Red Army from the German-Romanian occupation, begins a new lease of life. But, according to military intelligence, a network of Abwehr agents recruited from among the local population and ...
Style:
suspense, captivating, atmospheric, harsh, period piece ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
world war two, wartime, investigation, reconnaissance, espionage, partner, danger, society, male female relationship, justice, friendship, sabotage ...
Place:
soviet union, odessa ukraine
Similarity:
31%
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