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Paper Dolls (1984)
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Paper Dolls is an American prime time soap opera which aired for 14 episodes on ABC from September 23, 1984 to December 25, 1984. Set in New York's fashion industry, the show centered around top modeling agency owner Racine, her conflicts with the family of cosmetics tycoon Grant Harper, and the careers of two teenage models. The series was based on a 1982 TV movie of the same name.
Style:
soap opera, tense
Plot:
modeling, fashion industry, manipulation, cosmetics, ambition, betrayal, rivalry, glamour, power struggle, family conflict, scandal, scheming, revenge, advertising, high society, luxury, coming of age, marital strife, model, seduction, teen angst, fashion, agent, pregnancy, photographer ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out soap opera, tense, captivating and emotional films and TV series with plots about betrayal, ambition, scandal, revenge, power struggle, rivalry and manipulation mostly in Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Paper Dolls: Fashion House (2006), Bubot (2007), Los hilos del pasado (2025), Valley of the Dolls (1994), Rivals (2024). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Fashion House is an American telenovela that aired at 9:00PM Eastern/8:00PM Central Monday through Saturday on MyNetworkTV stations. The series premiered on September 5, 2006 and concluded on December 5, 2006. It was produced by Twentieth Television ...
Style:
realistic, stylized, semi serious, humorous, soap opera ...
Plot:
fashion, mogul, fashion industry, lifestyle, fashion model, fashion designer, female boss, conflict, power struggle, ambition, rivalry, reputation ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Similarity:
95%
208
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story:
Eric and Nava, married in the past, sworn enemies in the present, are the owners of rival modeling agencies who gamble all they hold dear in a moment of weakness. Each will take a beautiful, anonymous and inexperienced girl and turn her into a star ...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating
Plot:
modeling, fashion industry, intrigue, love, ambition, competition, rivalry, beauty, glamour, love story, supermodel, love affair ...
Place:
israel
Similarity:
77%
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
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Style:
emotional, tense, romantic drama, suspense, twist ending ...
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, fashion industry, obsession, family secret, jealousy, family drama, revenge, identity, betrayal, rivalry, mother daughter reunion, manipulation ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
76%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Story:
An updated adaptation of the Jacqueline Susann novel Valley of the Dolls, which follows the trials and tribulations of several women who live in Southern California.
Style:
soap opera
Plot:
showbiz, ambition, glamour, fame, hollywood, betrayal, backstage, addiction, seduction, jealousy, friendship, rivalry ...
Similarity:
69%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 55 min.
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It is 1986 and Britain is booming. "Rivals" dives headfirst into the cutthroat world of TV where hair-dos are big and ambitions are even bigger. Deals are brokered in boardrooms, as well as bedrooms. Nobody can be sure who will come out on ...
Style:
retro, romantic drama, cynical, tense, dramatic ...
Plot:
high society, rivalry, competition, ambition, media industry, scandal, betrayal, office politics, showbiz, glamour, celebrity culture, seduction ...
Time:
80s, year 1986
Similarity:
63%
892
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
A multigenerational family saga centered around one woman who, having recently relocated and intent on revitalizing her marriage, finds herself going head to head with some of the most powerful and deceitful players in the city.
Style:
suspense, family saga, captivating, disturbing, soap opera ...
Plot:
black cast, affair, african american, city, ambition, feminine wiles, black, urban setting, influence, intrigue, rich man, city life ...
Place:
atlanta georgia, southern usa
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The daily lives of young models living together in a models' residence in New York, while struggling to deal with the cutthroat competition and fleeting fame of the fashion world.
Style:
sexy, realistic, serious, captivating, contemplative
Audience:
teens
Plot:
rise to the top, young adult, lifestyle, ambition, desire for fame, intrigue, teenage life, dishonesty, rivalry, youth, haunted by the past, teaching the ways of the world ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Bare Essence is an American television soap opera which aired on the NBC network during the 1982-1983 season.
Bare Essence starred popular daytime soap actress Genie Francis and dealt with the intrigues of the perfume industry.
Initially, the show ...
Style:
soap opera, dramatic
Plot:
ambition, businesswoman, female protagonist, glamour, betrayal, jealousy, scheming, female rivalry, high society, manipulation, seduction, revenge ...
Similarity:
55%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Models Inc. is an American prime time soap opera that aired on the Fox television network during the 1994-1995 television season. It is the third series in the Beverly Hills, 90210 franchise. The series was created by Charles Pratt, Jr. and Frank ...
Style:
sexy, semi serious, realistic, emotional, humorous ...
Plot:
modeling, model, amateur detective, uninhibited rivalry, fashion, rivalry, workplace, workplace situations, dishonesty, manipulation, beauty, fashion model ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles, usa
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 50 min.
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Das Erbe der Guldenburgs is a German television series.
Style:
family saga, emotional, dramatic, tense, soap opera ...
Plot:
dynasty, betrayal, manipulation, power struggle, family secret, business rivalry, scheming, legacy, ambition, class conflict, scandal, forbidden romance ...
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
Fujisaki Aya is a young college student whose family is 150 million yen in debt after her father's corporation went bankrupt. To earn the money, she enters the Hostess Grand Prix.
Style:
captivating, disturbing, psychological, sensual
Plot:
debt, female protagonist, money, money problems, needing money, family problems, competitor, power struggle, competition, ambition, rivalry, female rivalry ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
tokyo
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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A working-class social climber finagles his way into the world of New York City auction houses by using the smuggling skills he learned as a soldier in Iraq.
Style:
crime drama, disturbing, captivating, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
art collector, smuggling, greed, betrayal, smuggler, forgery, criminal, money, organized crime, art, partners in crime, ex soldier ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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The Catlins is an American prime-time soap opera on Superstation TBS that ran from April 1, 1983 to May 31, 1985. Created by Chris McIntyre, it focuses on the lives of two wealthy and feuding families; the Catlin family and the Quinn family. The ...
Style:
soap opera, tension, suspense
Plot:
family drama, murder mystery, family secret, matriarchy, scandal, scheming, power struggle, business rivalry, betrayal, inheritance, high society, sibling rivalry ...
Place:
atlanta georgia, georgia, southern usa
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
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The Family, the program commemorating the 55th anniversary of the launch of the TBS TV station, is a social drama depicting the inside story between bureaucrats, politicians, and big businesses over a bank merger revolving around the family discord ...
Style:
tense, disturbing, captivating, serious, historical drama
Plot:
father son relationship, power struggle, rivals, competitor, family problems, rivalry, banking, scheming, political corruption, manipulation, moral ambiguity, reputation ...
Time:
year 1960
Place:
japan
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, USA
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Style:
soap opera, psychological, captivating, thrilling, emotional ...
Plot:
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Time:
2010s
Place:
los angeles, california
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama
Country: China
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Style:
family saga, emotional, intense, soap opera
Plot:
three generations, family drama, sisters, legacy, dynasty, wealth, ambition, inheritance, family honor, high society, secrets, social status ...
Place:
east asia
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42%
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Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 50 min.
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
2000s
Place:
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41%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 233 min.
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Story:
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Style:
emotional, period drama
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
new york
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
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Footballers' Wives: Extra Time is a British drama programme. A spin-off of Footballers' Wives, the programme aired on ITV2 for two series. Footballers' Wives: Extra Time aired in the US on BBC America under the title Footballers' ...
Style:
emotional, realistic, humorous, semi serious, sexy ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama
Country: China, Hong Kong
TV show
Story:
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Style:
emotional, tense, soap opera
Plot:
inheritance, wealthy family, power struggle, family feud, family drama, rivalry, ambition, female protagonist, betrayal, sibling rivalry, deception, legal battle ...
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 200 min.
TV show
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Style:
tense, suspenseful, romantic, romantic drama, atmospheric ...
Plot:
world war two, revenge, vengeance, double agent, gestapo, espionage, betrayal, secrets, undercover agent, intrigue, glamour, love triangle ...
Time:
1930s
Place:
monte carlo, french riviera, riviera
Similarity:
35%
419
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 420 min.
TV show
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Sins is a 1986 CBS television miniseries starring Joan Collins. An adaptation of the 1982 novel of the same name by Judith Gould, it is the story of a woman who survives the horrors of the Nazi occupation of France and suffers a succession of ...
Style:
period piece, costume drama, historical drama
Plot:
female protagonist, world war two, revenge, ambition, fashion industry, glamour, modeling, survival, betrayal, trauma, nazi occupation, power struggle ...
Place:
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Similarity:
35%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 413 min.
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Story:
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Style:
family saga, historical drama, costume drama, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
betrayal, manipulation, family secret, revenge, wealth, ambition, murder, scheming, power struggle, dynasty, matriarchy, lust ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
south africa
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
At an elite Washington, D.C.-adjacent university, two ruthless step-siblings will do anything to stay on top of the cutthroat social hierarchy. After a brutal hazing incident threatens the entire Greek Life system at their school, they'll do ...
Style:
suspense
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
mockery, seduction, ambition, scandal, campus, psychological manipulation, moral ambiguity, betrayal, high society, step siblings, young adult, obsession ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
washington d.c.
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Colombia
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
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Style:
novela, captivating, tense, disturbing, dramatic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
love triangle, family drama, love interest, relationships, cowboy, love and romance, romantic rivalry, love affair, love story, romantic relationship, male female relationship, rivalry ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
latin america, colombia
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 32 min.
TV show
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The Sanders family is shaken when their matriarch, Pamela Sanders, suddenly dies. Cameron Sanders Sr. grieves while being investigated by the SEC. His sons search for answers but one soon spirals out of control, while his daughter finds solace in ...
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, disturbing, captivating, romantic drama ...
Plot:
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Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 150 min.
TV show
Story:
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Style:
suspenseful, tense, period drama
Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
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The lives and trials of the staff and civilian residents of a US naval base.
Style:
soap opera, family saga, dramatic, suspenseful, southern gothic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
navy, love triangle, betrayal, infidelity, family secret, scandal, secrets, aviation, rivalry, jealousy, adultery, military life ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story:
Jenny Jang is poor and works at bathhouse in Gangnam, Seoul. She starts a new job as a housemaid for a conglomerate family. She becomes successful and then runs J Boutique. She also begins work as a lobbyist. Jenny Jang gets involved in an ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, non-linear, disturbing, tense ...
Plot:
corruption, revenge, money, high society, lobbyist, intrigue, survival, strong female lead, ambition, greed, female protagonist, rise to power ...
Place:
seoul
Similarity:
32%
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