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Genius (2017)
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Anthology series about famous geniuses with the first season charting how Albert Einstein unlocked the mysteries of the atom and the universe, and the second exploring the passionate nature and relentless creative drive of Pablo Picasso.
Style:
anthology, historical drama, inspirational, saga, costume drama, enigmatic, captivating, psychological, educational, intellectual ...
Plot:
genius, physicist, painting, painter, adolescence vs adulthood, biopic, life, scientist, intelligence, mind, discovery, scientific discovery, real life, life & death, inventions and discoveries, world war two, world war one, art, science, physics, girl, couples, knowledge, historical character, art history ...
Time:
70s, 60s, 19th century, 1930s, 20th century, 1910s, 1950s ...
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, period drama, historical drama and inspirational films and TV series with plots about biopic, scientist, historical character, husband wife relationship, inventor, genius and life mostly in Drama, Biography and History genres. Some movies like Genius: Leonardo (2021), Hawking (2004), The Current War (2017), The Life of Leonardo Da Vinci (1971), Experimenter (2015). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Italy, USA, UK, France, Spain
Duration: 409 min.
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A fresh look at the life and legacy of the iconic artist Leonardo da Vinci, positing that he was a gay outsider who used his work as a way of hiding his true self. Each episode will examine one of da Vinci’s artworks for hidden clues about a ...
Style:
sexy, costume drama, historical drama, period drama
Plot:
leonardo da vinci, renaissance, painter, inventor, inventions and discoveries, artist, medieval, historical figure, discovery, artists' life, scientific discovery, performer's life ...
Time:
15th century, 16th century
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100%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The story of Professor Stephen Hawking's early years is told for the first time in a major drama for BBC Two.It is 1963, and our young cosmologist celebrates his 21st birthday. At the party is a new friend, Jane Wilde - there is a strong ...
Style:
inspirational, sentimental, emotional, motivational, bad ending ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
physicist, science, genius, scientist, disability, storytelling, self discovery, biopic, life is a bitch, family relations, hospital, marriage proposal ...
Time:
60s, year 2004
Place:
england
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, Russia, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Electricity titans Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse compete to create a sustainable system and market it to the American people.
Style:
clever, realistic, suspense, stylized, intense ...
Plot:
inventor, technology, electricity, science and technology, genius, rivalry, science, invention, physics, discovery, storytelling, biopic ...
Time:
19th century, 1890s, year 2019, victorian era, 1880s
Place:
brighton, chicago, north dakota, pittsburgh, massachusetts ...
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Genre: Biography, History
Country: Italy, France, Spain
Duration: 300 min.
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La Vita di Leonardo Da Vinci — in English, The Life of Leonardo da Vinci — is a 1971 Italian television miniseries dramatizing the life of the Italian Renaissance polymath Leonardo da Vinci.
The Golden Globe-winning miniseries was directed by ...
Style:
educational, inspirational, mind bending, uplifting, enigmatic ...
Plot:
renaissance, leonardo da vinci, art, painter, artist, talent, scientific discovery, discovery, talented, art history, medieval, inventor ...
Time:
15th century, medieval times, 16th century
Place:
italy, france, milan italy
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Yale University, 1961. Stanley Milgram designs a psychology experiment that still resonates to this day, in which people think they’re delivering painful electric shocks to an affable stranger strapped into a chair in another room. Despite his ...
Style:
political, philosophical, cerebral, disturbing, factual ...
Plot:
psychology, science, biopic, social experiment, electric shock, scientist, insanity, experiment, manipulation, couple relations, workplace, inventions and discoveries ...
Time:
60s, year 1961, year 2015, 20th century, 1930s
Place:
usa, yale university, connecticut
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, USA, Singapore, Hong Kong, United Arab Emirates, India
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Growing up poor in Madras, India, Srinivasa Ramanujan Iyengar earns admittance to Cambridge University during WWI, where he becomes a pioneer in mathematical theories with the guidance of his professor, G.H. Hardy.
Style:
intellectual, philosophical, inspirational, unusual plot structure, clever ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly
Plot:
mathematics, genius, scientist, discovery, life, mathematician, cambridge university, university student, prejudice, religion, hinduism, biopic ...
Time:
1910s, edwardian era, post world war one, pre world war one, 1920s ...
Place:
england, india, bombay india
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87%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer’s role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II.
Style:
period piece, epic, exciting, captivating, dramatic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
nuclear, scientist, world war two, atomic bomb, american politics, physics, laboratory, arizona desert, top secret, husband wife relationship, moral dilemma, desert ...
Time:
1940s, year 1945, 1950s, year 1954, year 1943 ...
Place:
new mexico, england, zurich switzerland, north america, soviet union ...
Similarity:
83%
10K
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
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Set against the backdrop of the greatest clandestine race against time in the history of science with the mission to build the world's first atomic bomb in Los Alamos, New Mexico. Flawed scientists and their families attempt to co-exist in a ...
Style:
clever, serious, realistic, captivating, historical drama ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
atomic bomb, world war two, laboratory, scientist, ambition, inventions and discoveries, military, power relations, relationship vs career, workplace, unhappy wife, top secret ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944, year 1943, 20th century
Place:
new mexico, usa
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, Fantasy, History, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
The series follows the "untold" story of Leonardo Da Vinci: the genius during his early years in Renaissance Florence. As a 25-year old artist, inventor, swordsman, lover, dreamer and idealist, he struggles to live within the confines of ...
Style:
exciting, intellectual, sexy, captivating, witty ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
renaissance, prodigy, leonardo da vinci, inventions and discoveries, talented, inventor, escapades, shrewd, historical character, sex scene, male nudity, medieval ...
Time:
15th century, medieval times, future
Place:
italy, florence, wales, europe, rome italy ...
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A look at the evolution of Albert Einstein's theory of relativity, and Einstein's relationship with British scientist Sir Arthur Eddington, the first physicist to understand his ideas.
Style:
serious, realistic, thought provoking, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot:
science, world war one, astronomer, campus, workaholic, workplace situations, wartime life, workplace, mathematics, university, physicist, research ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
germany, europe, england
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: France, Spain
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
The story of nine-year old Maria and her father Marcelino who, in 1879, found the first pre-historic cave paintings at the now world famous Altamira cave.
Style:
suspenseful, touching, captivating, suspense, tense ...
Plot:
cave, discovery, love triangle, faith, painter, buffalo, art, artist, real life, victorian england, husband wife relationship, biopic ...
Time:
19th century, prehistory, victorian era, 1880s
Place:
spain
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Story of the early life of genius and Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman.
Style:
enigmatic, sincere, touching, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
mathematics, couples, world war two, young lovers, love, scientist, science, storytelling, life philosophy, love and romance, catastrophe, death ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 1930s, year 1996, 1920s
Place:
new mexico, new york, new orleans, usa, albuquerque new mexico
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100%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
At Princeton University, John Nash struggles to make a worthwhile contribution to serve as his legacy to the world of mathematics. He finally makes a revolutionary breakthrough that will eventually earn him the Nobel Prize. After graduate school he ...
Style:
psychological, touching, cerebral, dramatic, intellectual ...
Audience:
teens, date night, chick flick, family friendly
Plot:
mathematics, mental illness, schizophrenia, genius, paranoia, insanity, imagination, scientist, prodigy, nobel prize, imaginary friend, mathematician ...
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year 2001, 60s, 1940s, 20th century, 2000s ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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The life of one of the USA's Founding Fathers, its second President, and his role in the nation's first 50 years.
Style:
period piece, costume drama, political, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
american history, president, politics, american revolution, true love, lawyer, u.s. president, independence, colonial america, politician, leader, historical character ...
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usa, boston, massachusetts, america, paris france ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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In a Kentucky orphanage in the 1950s, a young girl discovers an astonishing talent for chess while struggling with addiction.
Style:
period piece, psychological, captivating, tense, historical drama ...
Plot:
chess, genius, addiction, coming of age, female protagonist, prodigy, child prodigy, competition, champion, girl power, adoptive mother, girl ...
Time:
60s, 1950s, 50s, 2020s, 20th century
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europe, usa, kentucky, las vegas, paris france ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Russia
Duration: 208 min.
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A story of a soviet engineer Rostislav Alekseev, the designer and inventor of the first ekranoplan vehicles - "flying ships", huge and powerful machines which could move with unbelievable speed right above the water. He was an ingenious ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, melancholic, inspirational
Plot:
engineer, civil engineer, advanced technology, espionage, spy, scientist, political intrigue, historical character, historical event, experimental technology, technology, cold war era ...
Place:
ussr, soviet union
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
The untold story of Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson – brilliant African-American women working at NASA and serving as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history – the launch of astronaut John Glenn into ...
Style:
inspirational, exciting, touching, feel good, historical drama ...
Audience:
girls' night, family friendly, date night, chick flick, kids ...
Plot:
racism, mathematics, nasa, space program, stereotypes, african american, prejudice, sexism, genius, scientist, strong female character, racial segregation ...
Time:
60s, year 1961, 20th century, year 2016, 2010s ...
Place:
indiana, persia, usa, virginia, langley virginia
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 27 min.
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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:
period piece, costume drama, historical drama, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
southern belle, flapper, scandal, married couple, biopic, writers, fall in love, party, family life, marital problem, marital crisis, family conflict ...
Time:
20th century, 1920s, edwardian era
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22%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA, Canada, UK
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
A revelatory reframing of American leadership through the lens of the First Ladies. Exploring everything from their journeys to Washington, family life, and world-changing political contributions, the impact of the White House's women is no ...
Style:
costume drama, political, captivating, thought provoking, anthology ...
Plot:
first lady, politics, feminism, women, politician, life, female protagonist, american politics, american history, historical character, president, lgbtq ...
Time:
20th century, 21st century
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
As WWII looms, a wealthy widow hires an amateur archaeologist to excavate the burial mounds on her estate. When they make a historic discovery, the echoes of Britain's past resonate in the face of its uncertain future.
Style:
costume drama, period piece, thought provoking, captivating, depressing ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
world war two, archeological dig, archaeologist, archaeology, discovery, excavation, scientist, parents, uncover truth, war, family secret, artifact ...
Time:
1930s, 2020s, 20th century, future, year 1939
Place:
england
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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The story of the mysterious and brilliant Jack Parsons in 1940s Los Angeles as by day he helps birth the discipline of American rocketry and by night is a performer of sex magick rituals and a disciple to occultist Aleister Crowley.
Style:
erotic, enigmatic, tense, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
scientist, simulated cunilingus, occult, engineer, world war two, family relations, husband wife relationship, plan, society, couples, rivalry, friendship ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s
Place:
los angeles, usa
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20%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
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Twentysomething Miep Gies didn't hesitate when her boss Otto Frank came to her and asked her to hide his family from the Nazis during World War II. For the next two years, Miep, her husband Jan, and the other helpers watched over the eight ...
Style:
historical drama, psychological, thrilling, suspenseful, period drama
Plot:
world war two, adopted daughter, holocaust, hiding place, diary, survival, world war, family relations, hidden, neo nazi, nazi, cover up ...
Time:
1930s, 1940s, year 1933
Place:
netherlands, amsterdam
Similarity:
19%
34K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 60 min.
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The story of Queen Victoria, who came to the throne at a time of great economic turbulence and resurgent republicanism – and died 64 years later the head of the largest empire the world had ever seen, having revitalised the throne’s public image ...
Style:
historical drama, romantic, costume drama, period piece, realistic ...
Plot:
royal family, british history, royalty, monarchy, queen victoria, queen of england, british monarchy, european history, queen, british politics, female protagonist, british empire ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, future, 1800s, 1830s
Place:
britain, england, london, united kingdom, buckingham palace
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: South Korea
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Story:
Drama series follows the life Jang Yeong-Sil: a scientist, technician and inventor during the Joseon period. Jang Yeong-Sil was born in the lower class nobi. King Sejong notices his abilities and brings him to the palace. King Sejong grants him a ...
Style:
philosophical, sageuk, inspirational, uplifting, historical drama ...
Plot:
royalty, scientist, historical figure, joseon dynasty, court, inventor, korean history, talent, friends, genius, life changing experience, inventions and discoveries ...
Time:
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Place:
korea
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 420 min.
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Story:
Biography of the American physicist who led the U.S. effort to develop the atomic bomb during World War II, only to find himself suspected as a security risk in the 1950s because of his increasing ambivalence about the effect of his life's work.
Style:
thought provoking, captivating, serious, realistic, disturbing ...
Plot:
world war two, atomic bomb, scientist, biopic, atomic weapons, mastermind, science, nuclear threat, secret place, super weapon, danger, war ...
Time:
1940s, 1950s, 1930s, 50s
Place:
new mexico
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19%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Sweden
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Born into a powerful Swedish family, Jan Stenbeck takes over after his father and brother's deaths. He challenges monopolies, launches TV channels and newspapers, becoming a visionary who changed Sweden, but at a high personal cost.
Style:
historical drama, tense, period piece, melancholic, inspirational
Plot:
media industry, entrepreneurship, power struggle, biopic, ambition, visionary, rise and fall, rivalry, office politics, inheritance, scandal, corruption ...
Time:
80s, 70s, 90s, 60s, 20th century
Place:
stockholm sweden, scandinavia
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18%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
Charlton Heston stars as Renaissance artist Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (6 March 1475 – 18 February 1564), who begrudgingly paints the Sistine Chapel for imperious Pope Julius II in this epic adaptation of Irvine Stone's novel ...
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inspirational, uplifting, serious, costume drama, biblical ...
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renaissance, painter, artist, biopic, gay subtext, painting, art, catholic, pope, male male relationship, art history, christian ...
Time:
16th century, ancient times, medieval times, 60s
Place:
italy, europe, rome italy
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18%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, France, Germany, USA, Belgium
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
Eccentric British painter J.M.W. Turner lives his last 25 years with gusto and secretly becomes involved with a seaside landlady, while his faithful housekeeper bears an unrequited love for him.
Style:
sincere, costume drama, clever, surreal, meditative ...
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painter, painting, artist, biopic, art, eccentricity, art history, character study, estrangement, couple relations, elderly, love and romance ...
Time:
19th century, 1820s, 1830s, 1840s, ancient times ...
Place:
london, england, britain, holland
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18%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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A modern take on the 1970s political Watergate scandal centering on untold stories and forgotten characters of the time.
Style:
political, psychological, captivating, thrilling, anthology ...
Plot:
politics, political scandal, conspiracy, political conspiracy, female protagonist, political campaign, political corruption, real life, political activism, political intrigue, politician, scandal ...
Time:
year 1974, 70s, 20th century, year 1973, year 1972
Place:
america, usa, washington d.c.
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Germany
Duration: 174 min.
TV show
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The life and struggle of the Dassler brothers. Founders of the brands of Adidas and Puma.
Style:
suspense, captivating, disturbing, psychological
Plot:
brother brother relationship, shoemaker, business, family business, factory, nazism, father son relationship, nazi germany, ambition, rivalry, dysfunctional family, brothers ...
Time:
70s, 60s, 20th century, 1920s, 1950s ...
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