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Servants (2003)
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Bold and irreverent drama following the fortunes of a group of servants in an 1850s English country house.
Style:
costume drama, captivating, disturbing, tension, satirical, dark comedy, period piece, period drama, moody
Plot:
victorian england, aristocracy, maid, servant, manor, housekeeper, butler, country estate, domestic servant, master servant relationship, chambermaid, estate, workplace, master and servant, workplace situations, class struggle, class conflict, social commentary, intrigue, loyalty, secrets, irreverent, gender roles, betrayal, ambition ...
Time:
victorian era, 1850s, 19th century, 1800s
Place:
england
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out period drama, costume drama, realistic and historical drama films and TV series with plots about society, victorian england, costume, family relations, social differences, love and romance and british history mostly in Drama, Romance and Crime genres. Some movies like Servants: Wives and Daughters (1999), Doctor Thorne (2016), Martin Chuzzlewit (1994), Upstairs Downstairs (2010), Cranford (2007). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 75 min.
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Story:
Elizabeth Gaskell's enchanting tale of romance, scandal, and intrigue in a gossipy English town comes to Masterpiece Theatre in a lavish four-part production of Wives and Daughters, adapted by celebrated screenwriter Andrew Davies.Davies, who ...
Style:
period piece, costume drama, uplifting, serious, historical drama ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
prejudice, aristocrat, family relations, estate, love and romance, aristocracy, parent child relationship, secret marriage, marriage, gossip, sibling relationship, parents and children ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1820s, 18th century, 1800s ...
Place:
england, europe, london, britain, africa
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100%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 48 min.
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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:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 385 min.
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Story:
Martin Chuzzlewit is an old man with a large fortune and an even larger set of family and friends. A portrait of greed and selfishness, this magnificent adaptation of Dickens' comic masterpiece features an all-star cast.
Style:
costume drama, serious, realistic, captivating, stylized ...
Plot:
charles dickens, victorian england, inheritance, blackmail, literary, tribe, social climbing, social relations, self involved, family relations, dishonesty, intrigue ...
Time:
19th century, 1830s, victorian era
Place:
britain, england, usa
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100%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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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%
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 469 min.
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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
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 93 min.
TV show
Story:
Charles Dickens' haunting semi-autobiographical tale of a boy who is sent away by his stepfather after his mother dies but manages to triumph over incredible adversities.
Style:
costume drama, period piece, captivating, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
charles dickens, coming of age, child abuse, stepfather stepson relationship, step parent, manic, orphan, youth, literary, victorian england, rise to the top, life is a bitch ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1830s, edwardian era
Place:
england, london, europe, dover england
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 54 min.
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Story:
Bramwell is a British television series starring Jemma Redgrave as Dr. Eleanor Bramwell, a woman challenging the domination of men in the medical establishment, who runs a free hospital for the poor in the East End of London, during the late ...
Style:
medical drama, historical drama, serious, realistic, touching ...
Plot:
medical, victorian england, medicine, female doctor, feminist, civil rights, human rights, charity, surgery, sexism, power relations, follow your dream ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, 1890s
Place:
britain, london, england, europe, east end london
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A chronicle of the lives of the aristocratic Crawley family and their servants in the post-Edwardian era—with great events in history having an effect on their lives and on the British social hierarchy.
Style:
costume drama, captivating, historical drama, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
aristocracy, estate, traditional versus modern, relatives, manners, countryside, high society, servant, country estate, butler, family life, aristocrat ...
Time:
20th century, 1910s, edwardian era, 1920s, 50s ...
Place:
england, britain, hawaii, europe, yorkshire ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 46 min.
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A tale of secrets and scandals set in 1840s London. When the Trenchards accept an invitation to the now legendary ball hosted by the Duchess of Richmond on the fateful evening of the Battle of Waterloo, it sets in motion a series of events that will ...
Style:
costume drama, period piece, captivating, romantic, historical drama ...
Plot:
high society, aristocracy, estate, twists and turns, aristocrat, country estate, family secret, merchant, life, palace, family life, conflict ...
Time:
19th century, future, regency period, victorian era, 1840s ...
Place:
london, england, britain
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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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, period piece, historical drama ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
victorian england, inheritance, marriage, broken engagement, dishonesty, couple relations, newlyweds, gossip and rumors, diplomat, gossip, insecurity, piano ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, 1860s
Place:
britain, england, london, alps
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
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Adaptation of William Makepeace Thackeray's novel. The first colour production from the BBC.
Style:
costume drama, realistic, serious, captivating, stylized ...
Plot:
manipulation, napoleonic era, satire, deception, treachery, couples, power relations, ambition, couple relations, blind ambition, rise to the top, dishonesty ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era
Place:
england
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
'Great Expectations' opens with Pip as a boy (played as an young man by newcomer Douglas Booth, 'The Pillars of the Earth') on the marshes near his home, where he encounters the desperate escapee Magwitch (Winstone). Pip is ...
Style:
historical drama, gothic, atmospheric, costume drama, period piece ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
victorian england, lovers, charles dickens, generosity, destiny, rags to riches, convict, orphan, stranger, society, obsession, hopes ...
Time:
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Place:
england, britain, london
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
In the 1830's in northern England, Riah Millican, a widow with three children, takes a job as housekeeper to a reclusive former teacher, Percival Miller. Miller makes Riah the gift of a black velvet gown, and even educates her children. But ...
Style:
serious, costume drama, historical drama, realistic, period drama
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
england, britain, europe, france
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100%
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Country: UK, USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
A suspenseful tale about the injustices of the 19th Century English legal system.
Style:
costume drama, period piece, serious, bleak, historical drama ...
Plot:
charles dickens, estate, inheritance, aristocracy, orphan, secret, investigation, uncover truth, abbey, social differences, injustice, society ...
Time:
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Place:
england, britain, london, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 53 min.
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Story:
Based on a little known 1848 novel by Anne Bronte, Tara Fitzgerald stars as an enigmatic young woman who moves to 19th Century Yorkshire with a young son. Distancing herself from everyone in the village and their prying questions, she remains ...
Style:
costume drama, period piece, historical drama, gothic, realistic ...
Plot:
english countryside, victorian england, mathematics, literary, domestic abuse, happy ending, new beginning, troubled marriage, mansion, downfall, unfulfillment, dishonesty ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, 1820s
Place:
britain, england, yorkshire
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, China, USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
The beloved Crawleys and their intrepid staff prepare for the most important moment of their lives. A royal visit from the King and Queen of England will unleash scandal, romance and intrigue that will leave the future of Downton hanging in the ...
Style:
costume drama, family saga, sincere, captivating, period piece ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
estate, aristocracy, intrigue, servant, butler, country estate, closeted homosexual, domestic servant, country house, class differences, aristocrat, british royal family ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century
Place:
england, yorkshire, london
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 75 min.
TV show
Story:
A black jazz band becomes entangled in the aristocratic world of 1930s London as they seek fame and fortune.
Style:
realistic, atmospheric, erotic, sensual, captivating ...
Plot:
jazz, interracial sex, rising to stardom, music, musician's life, artists and showbiz, music band, high society, aristocracy, lifestyle, mogul, backstage ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, year 1933
Place:
london, england
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 540 min.
TV show
Story:
Young Nicholas Nickleby sets out to make his fortune in order to prevent his mother and sister from depending upon his uncle, Ralph Nicklby. But he finds his first job as master at a Yorkshire school to be cruel, and runs away with one of the ...
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, sentimental, emotional ...
Plot:
charles dickens, adoption, single parent, boarding school, family relations, down on your luck, dysfunctional family, boarding school life, friendship, social differences, family in danger, rich and poor ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, 1830s
Place:
england, europe, yorkshire
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min.
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Story:
Seperated from her prostitute mother as the woman flees on foot down the filthy mid-19th century streets of Newcastle from the police, ten year old Millie is taken under the wing of rag lady Aggie Winkovski and her crippled helper, Ben. Young Millie ...
Style:
costume drama, serious, realistic, touching, period drama
Plot:
victorian england, british history, age difference, pimp, prostitute, friendship, kids in trouble, homeless, friends, starting over, society, young heroes ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, 1800s, 1850s
Place:
britain, england, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 35 min.
TV show
Story:
Oliver is born into poverty and misfortune - the son of an unmarried mother, who dies shortly after his birth. He is soon delivered to the workhouse, where the cruel Mr. Bumble oversees children tormented by starvation and suffering. When Oliver ...
Style:
costume drama, touching, sentimental, sincere, captivating ...
Plot:
victorian england, orphan, child's point of view, child abuse, street kid, friendship, social decay, danger, society, life is a bitch, youth, injustice ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, 1830s
Place:
england, london, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 386 min.
TV show
Story:
Based on Charles Dickens' novel, this adaptation traces the childhood of an orphan whose mother dies giving birth to him in an English work-house in the 1820s.
Style:
costume drama, period piece, emotional, gloomy, bleak ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
orphan, charles dickens, child abuse, injustice, society, danger, young heroes, life is a bitch, coming of age, confined, youth, rich and poor ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, 1830s
Place:
london, europe, england
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 300 min.
TV show
Story:
Adaptation of the Dickens novel.
Style:
sentimental, lyrical, historical drama, period drama, wistful
Audience:
adult
Plot:
charles dickens, coming of age, literary, family conflict, social class, character study, friendship, english countryside, bittersweet, resilience, empathy, dialogue ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 286 min.
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Story:
Filmed on location in the North of England, A Dinner of Herbs is a film based on Catherine Cookson's novel about hardship, betrayal and family life in a 19th century working class town. Roddy and Hal have been friends since childhood, but their ...
Style:
emotional, touching, serious, realistic, period drama
Plot:
orphan, victorian england, mining, murder, star crossed lovers, half brother half sister relationship, jealousy, family relations, love, social differences, society, love affair ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, 1860s, georgian era
Place:
britain
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 58 min.
TV show
Story:
Registrar Kate Dickinson tries to balance her personal life with the daily dramas of births, deaths and marriages and the impact they have upon her and her staff at the local Registry Office in Leeds.
Style:
sincere, disturbing, captivating, realistic, comedy drama ...
Plot:
relationships, everyday life, relationship vs career, co worker co worker relationship, workplace, teamwork, life, workplace situations, love affair, coworker, lifestyle, employer employee relationship ...
Place:
yorkshire
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story:
Set in early 18th-century Madrid, the plot follows the love story between an agoraphobic cook and a widowed nobleman.
Style:
costume drama, captivating, historical drama, epic, period drama
Plot:
social class, maid, domestic servant, ancient, monarchy, character change, wealthy family, changing lives, lifestyle change, male female relationship, society, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time:
18th century, georgian era
Place:
spain, madrid
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 196 min.
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Story:
Adaptation of Thomas Hardy's novel.
At a country fair, young hay-trusser Michael Henchard quarrels with his wife Susan, and in a drunken fit decides to auction off his wife and baby to a sailor for five guineas. The next day, realising his ...
Style:
costume drama, captivating, serious, emotional, realistic ...
Plot:
victorian england, tragic hero, haunted by the past, redemption, social relations, rise and fall, family problems, hidden truth, society, betrayal, dishonesty, mayor ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1800s
Place:
britain, england
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40%
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
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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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
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Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
In the Yorkshire Dales in the 1870s, the shantytown of Jericho is the home of a community that will live, thrive and die in the shadow of the viaduct they've been brought together to build.
Style:
historical drama, costume drama, period piece, atmospheric, tense ...
Plot:
victorian england, industrialization, family drama, class struggle, secrets, social realism, poverty, betrayal, survival, moral ambiguity, oppression, isolation ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1870s
Place:
england, britain
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
Set during the final days of slavery in 19th century Jamaica, we follow the trials, tribulations and survival of plantation slave July and her odious mistress Caroline.
Style:
costume drama, disturbing, psychological, captivating, historical drama ...
Plot:
slave girl, plantation, slavery, love affair, maid, black, social problems, male female relationship, relationship problems, female protagonist, victorian england, black man ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1830s, regency period
Place:
jamaica
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