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Mourning Becomes Electra (1978)
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 290 min.
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Story:
In a Greek tragedy updated to the 1860s, young New Englanders exact vengeance after the murder of their father.
Style:
family saga, bleak, period piece, dark, gothic
Plot:
guilt, revenge, tragedy, mourning, psychological torment, betrayal, murder, repression, grief, moral ambiguity, american civil war, loss, fatalism, adaptation, symbolism, fate, madness, destiny, patriarchy, female vigilante, small town, civil war, ritual, suicide, adultery ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
new england
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out bleak, dark, emotional and intense films and TV series with plots about betrayal, revenge, tragedy, guilt, adaptation, fatalism and murder mostly in Drama, Romance and Thriller genres. Some movies like Mourning Becomes Electra: Romeo & Juliet (1978), King Lear (2017), Ill-Fated Love (1978), Richard III (1983), Macbeth (1981). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
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Duration: 165 min.
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Duration: 91 min.
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Country: USA
Duration: 281 min.
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