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Byzantium (2012)
48K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK, Ireland, Belgium, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Two mysterious women seek refuge in a run-down coastal resort. Clara meets lonely Noel, who provides shelter in his deserted guesthouse, Byzantium. Schoolgirl Eleanor befriends Frank and tells him their lethal secret. They were born 200 years ago and survive on human blood. As knowledge of their secret spreads, their past catches up on them with deathly consequence.
Style:
gothic, dark, dark fantasy, serious, bleak, splatter, period piece, frightening, offbeat, sweet ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
vampire, prostitution, supernatural, mother daughter relationship, murder, female protagonist, fall in love, immortality, dangerous attraction, supernatural romance, love and romance, decapitation, female vampire, fantasy world, brutality, deadly creature, family secret, goth, beach, mythology, vengeance, transformation, dark hero, leukemia, adaptation ...
Time:
2010s, 18th century, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
england, ireland, europe
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out gothic, serious, scary and suspenseful films with plots about blood, supernatural, vampire, death, murder, deadly and violence mostly in Horror, Drama and Fantasy genres. Some movies like Byzantium: Only Lovers Left Alive (2013), Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992), Interview with the Vampire (1994), Dracula Untold (2014), Crucible of the Vampire (2019). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Story:
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Story:
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Duration: 104 min.
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Story:
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