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The Charmer (1987)
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 312 min.
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The Charmer was a 1987 British television serial set in the 1930s, and starring Nigel Havers as Ralph Ernest Gorse, a seducing conman and murderer, Rosemary Leach as Joan Plumleigh-Bruce, the smitten victim widow and Bernard Hepton as Donald Stimpson, Plumleigh-Bruce's would-be beau, who vengefully pursues Gorse after he has conned her.
It was made by London Weekend Television for ITV, and based on the 1953 novel Mr. Stimpson and Mr. Gorse by Patrick Hamilton, the second work in the Gorse Trilogy.
The series was repeated in February and March 1990. ITV3 also repeated the series in full at 01:45am from 5 September 2009. Narrative repeats were on Mondays from 7 September 2009 at 10:05am.
Style:
crime drama, atmospheric, suspense, tension, stylized, period drama, pre war, moody
Plot:
murder, deception, seducer, manipulation, british, revenge, betrayal, adaptation, moral ambiguity, character study, serial killer, obsession, cat and mouse, social climbing, literary, loneliness, investigation, tragic romance, slow burn, vigilante, murderer, army, womanizer, male protagonist, criminal as protagonist ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century
Place:
england, london
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, period drama, atmospheric and tense films and TV series with plots about obsession, revenge, moral ambiguity, betrayal, slow burn, manipulation and character study mostly in Drama, Crime and Mystery genres. Some movies like The Charmer: The Forsytes (2025), The Cuckoo (2024), Hitori Shizuka (2012), Star Hill (2021), Electra (2023). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
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family saga, costume drama, melancholic, tense, bleak ...
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
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detective, tense, captivating, thrilling, suspense ...
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investigation, murder, crime scene, murder mystery, murderer, murder investigation, uncover truth, sleuth, crime solving, police investigation, crime investigation, suspect ...
Time:
2010s
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Genre: Drama
Country: Portugal
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psychological, sincere, captivating, tense, crime drama ...
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Place:
portugal
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65%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Greece
Duration: 60 min.
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tension, atmospheric, suspense, realistic, intense ...
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island, oppression, secrets, greek, betrayal, tradition, moral ambiguity, character study, patriarchy, family conflict, female protagonist, revenge ...
Time:
70s
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64%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Hungary
Duration: 60 min.
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anthology, controversial, suspenseful, intense, crime drama ...
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teacher student relationship, school, accusation, ethical dilemma, secrets, reputation, scandal, education, character study, domestic drama, manipulation, deception ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
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McCallum is a British television series that was produced by STV Productions.
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Style:
detective, crime drama, dark, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Australia, UK
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
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Mini-series based on the novel by Charles Dickens.
Style:
atmospheric, gothic, sad, period drama, tragic
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Time:
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Place:
london
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50%
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
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Style:
romantic drama, suspenseful
Plot:
betrayal, manipulation, family feud, obsession, passion, forbidden love, jealousy, anti hero, revenge, family drama, female protagonist, moral ambiguity ...
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49%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Crime, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
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tension, crime thriller, suspenseful, atmospheric, twisted ...
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murder, character study, marital discord, manipulation, moral ambiguity, domestic abuse, perfect crime, obsession, claustrophobia, oppression, slow burn, cat and mouse ...
Time:
1920s
Place:
scotland yard
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49%
Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 55 min.
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TV miniseries of the Dostoevsky novel.
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Time:
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Place:
russia
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47%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Style:
stylized, atmospheric, costume drama, period piece, historical drama ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
england, britain, london
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 303 min.
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Time:
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44%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
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Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
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Genre: Drama
Country: China
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Country: UK
Duration: 55 min.
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: UK
Duration: 168 min.
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Plot:
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victorian era, 1870s
Place:
britain, england
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, Hungary
Duration: 60 min.
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captivating, confusing, realistic, serious, atmospheric ...
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Time:
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Place:
france, paris france
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39%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 27 min.
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Audience:
adult
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Place:
japan
Similarity:
37%
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 75 min.
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Switzerland
Duration: 93 min.
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Genre: Drama
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Duration: 60 min.
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 240 min.
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British television movie in which a married lawyer's excursion into adultery leads to murder.
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Place:
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Duration: 60 min.
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Plot:
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Place:
tokyo
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 150 min.
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How far will she go for money? "Don't you see, Billy, people like them owe people like us." Young, beautiful and living on the breadline with a feckless husband and a sickly child, Angela Harper decides to take matters into her own ...
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suspenseful, tense, period drama
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Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
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