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Doctor Thorne (2016)
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 48 min.
TV show
Story:
The story of the penniless Mary Thorne, who grows up with her rich aunt/cousins at Greshamsbury Park estate.
Style:
costume drama, period piece, captivating, cynical, historical drama, sentimental, thought provoking, touching, period drama
Plot:
aristocrat, english countryside, family drama, ward, physician, family relations, victorian england, intrigue, couples, social differences, society, love and romance, rivalry, british history, royal family, happy ending, historical event, literary, death, aristocracy, pug, illegitimate child, village, royal court, costume ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1850s, 1840s, victorian
Place:
england, britain
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out period drama, costume drama, period piece and historical drama films and TV series with plots about costume, society, victorian england, love and romance, family relations, social differences and couples mostly in Drama, Romance and History genres. Some movies like Doctor Thorne: Wives and Daughters (1999), The Making of a Lady (2012), Belgravia (2020), Lark Rise to Candleford (2008), Poldark (2015). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 75 min.
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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 ...
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period piece, costume drama, uplifting, serious, historical drama ...
Audience:
girls' night
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
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Audience:
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Place:
england, britain, london
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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 ...
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costume drama, period piece, captivating, romantic, historical drama ...
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Time:
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Place:
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100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 53 min.
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Set in the small hamlet of Lark Rise and the wealthier neighbouring market town, Candleford, the series chronicles the daily lives of farm-workers, craftsmen and gentry at the end of the 19th Century. Lark Rise to Candleford is a love letter to a ...
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costume drama, sentimental, sincere, period piece, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night, kids
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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Britain is in the grip of a chilling recession... falling wages, rising prices, civil unrest - only the bankers are smiling. It's 1783 and Ross Poldark returns from the American War of Independence to his beloved Cornwall to find his world in ...
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captivating, family saga, costume drama, period piece, realistic ...
Audience:
family friendly
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countryside, estate, love affair, rich and poor, couple relations, love and romance, society, master and servant, poverty, social differences, family relations, english countryside ...
Time:
18th century, victorian era, 1790s, 19th century, 1800s ...
Place:
england, cornwall, britain
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100%
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 469 min.
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
england, britain, london
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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Audience:
girls' night
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Place:
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Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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Dickensian intertwines the realm of fictional characters in Charles Dickens’ novels—including Scrooge, Fagin and Miss Havisham—in half-hour episodes, as their lives intertwine in 19th century London. The Old Curiosity Shop sits next door to ...
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costume drama, period piece, serious, captivating, stylized ...
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Time:
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Place:
england, britain, london
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
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Jane Austen's classic novel about the prejudice that occurred between the 19th century classes and the pride which would keep lovers apart.
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Audience:
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Time:
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england, britain, europe, london
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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realistic, captivating, serious, stylized, costume drama ...
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Time:
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Place:
england, britain
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Country: UK
Duration: 180 min.
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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victorian era, 1850s, 19th century, 1800s
Place:
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Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
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victorian era, 19th century
Place:
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Country: UK, USA, Ireland
Duration: 59 min.
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Style:
costume drama, period piece, touching, sentimental, romantic ...
Audience:
girls' night
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Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1860s
Place:
usa, new england, massachusetts
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100%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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Style:
realistic, historical drama, costume drama, period piece, stylized ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 540 min.
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Place:
england, europe, yorkshire
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 53 min.
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costume drama, period piece, realistic, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
britain, england, europe, london, italy
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 75 min.
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Plot:
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Time:
19th century, 1870s, 1800s, victorian era
Place:
britain, europe, mexico, england, london
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 45 min.
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costume drama, thought provoking, period piece, stylized, captivating ...
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1800s, 1860s
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england, london, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 196 min.
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Adaptation of Thomas Hardy's novel.
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costume drama, captivating, serious, emotional, realistic ...
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Time:
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Place:
britain, england
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Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 385 min.
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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.
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costume drama, serious, realistic, captivating, stylized ...
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 28 min.
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Time:
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Place:
england, britain, europe
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29%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Style:
historical drama, gothic, atmospheric, costume drama, period piece ...
Audience:
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Time:
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Place:
england, britain, london
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29%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
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An adaptation of the 1848 novel by William Makepeace Thackeray.
Style:
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Time:
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Place:
england, britain, london
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