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Little Gloria... Happy at Last (1982)
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Little Gloria... Happy at Last (1982)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 180 min.
TV show
Story: The story deals with Gloria Vanderbilt's difficult coming-of-age when, at eleven, she was a pawn in a custody battle between her sybaritic mother and her aunt.
Plot: dancing, party, legal action, nanny, journalist, photographer, inheritance, wealth, judge, family relations, rich woman, mother daughter relationship, catholic, matriarchy, court case, spoiled brat, child, greed, gay slur, widow, custody, family drama, death of husband, family conflict, sister in law sister in law relationship ...
Time: 1930s, 1920s
Place: french riviera
Keyword: matriarch

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, realistic, serious and tense films and TV series with plots about biopic, family relations, husband wife relationship, couple relations, society, life is a bitch and business mostly in Drama, Biography and Crime genres. Some movies like Little Gloria... Happy at Last: Lucan (2013), Super Pumped (2022), Z: The Beginning of Everything (2015), WeCrashed (2022), Mrs Wilson (2018). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Lucan (2013)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 63 min.
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Story: Drama about infamous aristocrat Lord Lucan, who mysteriously disappeared in 1974 after being accused of murdering his children's nanny.
Style: realistic, serious, tense, captivating, detective ...
Plot: abusive husband, murder, estate, crumbling marriage, family relations, custody, dysfunctional family, custody battle, accusation, true crime, post war, murder mystery ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, year 1974, 2000s
Place: england, london, english channel
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Super Pumped (2022)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story: Each season of this anthology series explores a story that rocked the business world to its core and changed culture. The first season tells the story of Uber, one of Silicon Valley’s most successful and most destructive unicorns.
Style: disturbing, captivating, thought provoking, anthology
Plot: business, taxi, businessman, scandal, sex scandal, economist, driver, finance, real life, entrepreneurship, entrepreneur, silicon valley ...
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Z: The Beginning of Everything (2015)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 27 min.
TV show
Story: A biography series based on the life of Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald, the brilliant, beautiful and talented Southern Belle who becomes the original flapper and icon of the wild, flamboyant Jazz Age in the 20s. Z starts before Zelda Fitzgerald meets the ...
Style: historical drama, tense, captivating, period piece, costume drama ...
Plot: scandal, southern belle, flapper, biopic, writers, fall in love, party, strong female lead, family life, marital crisis, family relations, jealous spouse ...
Time: 1920s, edwardian era, 20th century
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85%
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WeCrashed (2022)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 427 min.
TV show
Story: Inspired by actual events — and the love story at the center of it all. WeWork grew from a single coworking space into a global brand worth $47 billion in under a decade. Then, in less than a year, its valuation dropped $40 billion. What happened?
Style: exciting, disturbing, thought provoking, captivating
Plot: business, couples, escapades, relationships, couple relations, love, love affair, financial ruin, love interest, greed, startup, biopic ...
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Mrs Wilson (2018)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 56 min.
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Story: Alison Wilson thinks she is happily married until her husband Alec dies and a woman turns up on her doorstep claiming that she is the real Mrs. Wilson. Alison is determined to prove the validity of her own marriage - and her husband's love for ...
Style: realistic, captivating, psychological, tense, atmospheric ...
Plot: british intelligence, secret past, secret life, death of husband, widow, cold war, world war two, uncover truth, writers, couples, investigation, family relations ...
Time: 1940s, 1930s, 20th century, 60s, future
Place: britain, india, london
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In a Child's Name (1991)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 192 min.
TV show
Story: A true story about a woman who fights her brother-in-law's parents for custody of her deceased sister's baby upon learning that her brother-in-law murdered her sister.
Plot: woman killed, biopic, baby, brother in law, brother in law sister in law relationship, murder, custody battle, sister sister relationship, italian american
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70%
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Trust (2018)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The trials and triumphs of one of America’s wealthiest and unhappiest families, the Gettys. Told over multiple seasons and spanning the twentieth century, the series begins in 1973 with the kidnapping of John Paul Getty III, an heir to the Getty ...
Style: suspenseful, tense, suspense, captivating, rough ...
Plot: mafia, wealthy family, kidnapping, investigation, family relations, danger, greed, rescue, runaway, dishonesty, hopes, society ...
Time: 70s, year 1973
Place: italy, usa
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Thailand
TV show
Story: The story of the Siamese twins, Eng and Chang Bunker, who live extraordinary lives with their wives and children in Mount Airy, North Carolina.
Style: thrilling, psychological, captivating
Plot: twins, biopic, twin brother, family relations, relationships, husband wife relationship, lifestyle, family life, siamese twins, kids and family, large family
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Eleanor and Franklin (1976)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 203 min.
TV show
Story: The story of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, from early youth to his election as President of the United States, as told from Eleanor's point of view.
Style: historical drama, serious, realistic, captivating, stylized ...
Plot: president, usa president, u.s. president, biopic, incest, usa history, family relations, politics, couples, parents and children, democrat, state affairs ...
Time: victorian era, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 20th century ...
Place: boston, new york, usa
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65%
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The Offer (2022)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 586 min.
TV show
Story: Oscar-winning producer Al Ruddy’s never before revealed experiences of making the iconic 1972 film The Godfather that Francis Ford Coppola directed and adapted with Mario Puzo.
Style: period drama
Plot: mafia, biopic, cosa nostra, godfather, library, filmmaking, entertainment industry, film history, director, drinking alcohol, producer, cocaine ...
Time: year 1971, year 1972, 70s
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The Loudest Voice (2019)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: The rise and fall of Fox News founder Roger Ailes, focusing primarily on the past decade in which Ailes arguably became the Republican Party’s de facto leader, while flashing back to defining events in his life.
Style: serious, political, touching, realistic, captivating ...
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Sybil (1976)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 198 min.
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Story: The true story of a young woman named Sybil, whose childhood was so harrowing to her that she developed at least 13 different personalities.
Style: psychological, touching, disturbing, emotional, depressing ...
Plot: mental illness, dissociative identity disorder, split personality, psychology, mental disorder, psychiatrist, children, child abuse, women, psychiatry, illness, mental health ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, 1950s
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60%
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
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Story: The outrageous story of Somen “Steve” Banerjee, an Indian immigrant who became the unlikely founder of the world’s greatest male-stripping empire—and let nothing stand in his way in the process.
Style: psychological, dramatic, captivating, entertaining
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Time: 2020s, 70s, year 1980, 80s, 20th century ...
Place: las vegas, los angeles
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Russia, Ukraine
Duration: 50 min.
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Style: sincere, uplifting, suspenseful, feel good, inspirational
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 178 min.
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Story: George Wallace is a 1997 television film starring Gary Sinise as George Wallace, the former Governor of Alabama. It was directed by John Frankenheimer, who won an Emmy award for it; Sinise and Mare Winningham also won Emmies for their performances. ...
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Duration: 43 min.
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Genre: Biography, Drama
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK
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Genre: Drama
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Duration: 176 min.
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Genre: Biography, Drama
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Duration: 50 min.
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Duration: 30 min.
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Genre: Biography, Drama
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