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Body & Soul (1993)
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 300 min.
TV show
Story:
A nun, played by Kristin Scott Thomas, leaves the convent temporarily to help save her family knitting mill from bankruptcy following the death of her brother. Outside the convent she becomes a fairly shrewd businesswoman and feels attracted to one of the men who work at the mill, and thus begins to feel conflict about her religious vows.
Style:
religious drama, reflective, melancholic, period piece, period drama
Plot:
nun, female protagonist, convent, family business, moral dilemma, identity crisis, spiritual journey, mature, temptation, resilience, empowerment, religious community, intimate, grief, redemption, small town, social realism, monk, inheritance, children, female nudity, childbirth, motherhood, mirror, family drama ...
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out melancholic, emotional, captivating and realistic films and TV series with plots about female protagonist, intimate, resilience, family drama, grief, small town and redemption mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Body & Soul: Black Narcissus (2020), In This House of Brede (1975), Blackwater (2019), I Am Mother (2023), Northward (2025). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 59 min.
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Story:
Himalayas, 1934. A remote clifftop palace once known as the ‘House of Women’ holds many dark secrets. When the young nuns of St. Faith attempt to establish a mission there, its haunting mysteries awaken forbidden desires that seem destined to ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
95%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Time:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
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Style:
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Plot:
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80%
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
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Style:
emotional, tense, melancholic, realistic, suspenseful
Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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225
Genre: Drama
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Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
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Style:
reflective, melancholic, period piece
Plot:
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Time:
2000s
Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 229 min.
TV show
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
59%
Genre: Drama
Country: Bulgaria
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Story:
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Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, emotional, melancholic ...
Plot:
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Place:
bulgaria
Similarity:
55%
113
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
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Story:
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Style:
dramatic, witty, suspenseful, captivating, period piece ...
Plot:
women, korean war, family drama, post war, family relations, relationships, male female relationship, female protagonist, parents and children, family problems, couples, husband wife relationship ...
Similarity:
52%
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Country: UK
Duration: 180 min.
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Style:
bleak, melancholic, costume drama, tense, period piece ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
52%
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Genre: Drama
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TV show
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
51%
394
Genre: Drama
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Duration: 54 min.
TV show
Story:
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Style:
disturbing, captivating, psychological, emotional, heartbreaking ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 168 min.
TV show
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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Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Angel Falls is a drama series that aired from August 26, 1993 to September 30, 1993. The premise of the series is Rae Dawn Snow and her teenage son moving back to her Montana hometown after the death of her father.
Style:
emotional
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
45%
118
Genre: Drama
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Story:
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Story:
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Place:
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37%
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
australia, britain
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37%
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Country: South Korea
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Story:
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Plot:
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Duration: 240 min.
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Story:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
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Story:
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Plot:
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Country: Japan
Duration: 55 min.
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
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Story:
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Style:
historical drama, family saga, captivating, disturbing, psychological ...
Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Soviet Union, Estonia
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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Style:
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