Movies and TV shows like The Onedin Line

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The Onedin Line (1971)
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The Onedin Line (1971)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: The Onedin Line is a BBC television drama series which ran from 1971 to 1980. The series was created by Cyril Abraham. The series is set in Liverpool from 1860 to 1886 and deals with the rise of a shipping line, the Onedin Line, named after its owner James Onedin. Around this central theme are the lives of his family, most notably his brother and partner, shop owner Robert, and his sister Elizabeth, giving insight into the lifestyle and customs at the time, not only at sea, but also ashore. The series also illustrates some of the changes in business and shipping, such as from wooden to steel ships and from sailing ships to steam ships. It shows the role that ships played in affairs like international politics, uprisings and the slave trade.
Style: costume drama, retro, period piece, period drama
Plot: sailing, sea, yacht, boat, ship, ocean, sailor, sailboat, port, crew, brother brother relationship, sea captain, seafaring, costume, cargo
Time: 19th century, victorian era, victorian
Place: england, britain, liverpool

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out period drama, costume drama, historical drama and realistic films and TV series with plots about costume, love and romance, society, family relations, couples, social differences and power relations mostly in Drama, Romance and Adventure genres. Some movies like The Onedin Line: The Buccaneers (1995), The Glass Virgin (1995), All the Rivers Run (1983), Jane Eyre (1983), Dickens of London (1976). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Buccaneers (1995)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 212 min.
TV show
Story: Four American girls go to England to find husbands.
Style: period piece, costume drama, romantic drama, historical drama, spooky ...
Audience: kids, girls' night
Plot: love and romance, looking for love, high society, gilded age, love story, abortion, card playing, duchess, cottage, society, verbal byplay, manners ...
Time: victorian era, 19th century, 1870s
Place: england, rhode island, britain, london, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
The Glass Virgin (1995)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min.
TV show
Story: Set in 1870s England, the story tells of Annabella Lagrange and the terrible secret her wealthy parents have kept from her. When she finally learns the truth, she runs away and eventually finds solace in the company of her family's former ...
Style: costume drama, romantic drama, realistic, serious, sexual ...
Plot: young love, age difference, wedding, youth, prostitute, love and romance, family relations, working class, coming of age, family life, friendship, couples ...
Time: victorian era, 19th century, 1870s
Place: england, britain
⇓ similarity ⇓
94%
All the Rivers Run (1983)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 400 min.
TV show
Story: Orphaned after a shipwreck off the Victorian coast of Australia, the beautiful and spirited Philadelphia Gordon finds both love and adventure aboard a paddle-steamer on the Murray River.
Style: period drama
Plot: peace, yacht, boat, prairie, settler, orphan, castaway, colonialism, frontier, riverboat
Time: victorian era, 19th century
Place: australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
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Jane Eyre (1983)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 239 min.
TV show
Story: After living a miserable life with her aunt, orphaned Jane Eyre is sent to Lowood, a residential school for children of limited means. Jane takes the advice of her friend and over many years takes her studies seriously, eventually advertising for a ...
Style: gothic, costume drama, sentimental, serious, historical drama ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: love and romance, estate, proposal, society, rich and poor, couple relations, governess, fall in love, social differences, orphan, strong female presence, power of love ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era
Place: england, britain, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
77%
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Dickens of London (1976)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Dickens of London is a 1976 television miniseries from Yorkshire Television based on the life of English novelist Charles Dickens. Both Dickens and his father John were played by British actor Roy Dotrice. The series was written by Wolf Mankowitz ...
Style: costume drama, period drama
Plot: writers, youth, poet, costume
Time: 19th century, 1800s
Place: london, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
Lark Rise to Candleford (2008)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 53 min.
TV show
Story: 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 ...
Style: costume drama, sincere, sentimental, period piece, realistic ...
Audience: girls' night, kids
Plot: english countryside, friendship, village life, society, social relations, small town, new job, hopes, father son relationship, neighbor neighbor relationship, employer employee relationship, mother daughter relationship ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 1800s
Place: england, britain, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
The Forsyte Saga (1967)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: Adaptation from John Galsworthy's novels.
Style: family saga, costume drama, stylized, historical drama, spiritual ...
Plot: love affair, rich and poor, love and romance, law, love, spirituality, siblings relations, dysfunctional family, unfulfilled love, parents and children, intrigue, couple relations ...
Time: 20th century, victorian era, 19th century
Place: england, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
Our Mutual Friend (1998)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 350 min.
TV show
Story: Intertwining tales of love, greed, and secret identities in Charles Dickens's 1860s London.
Style: costume drama, period piece, historical drama, realistic, serious ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: victorian england, charles dickens, inheritance, love, makeover, betrayal, unrequited love, lifestyle, dishonesty, life is a bitch, love and romance, society ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 1800s
Place: britain, england, london, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
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The Barchester Chronicles (1982)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 385 min.
TV show
Story: When a crusade against the Church of England's practice of self-enrichment misfires, scandal taints the cosy community of Barchester when their local church becomes the object of a scathing, investigative report.
Style: costume drama, historical drama, period drama
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⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
The Way We Live Now (2001)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 300 min.
TV show
Story: The Way We Live Now is a 2001 four-part television adaptation of the Anthony Trollope novel The Way We Live Now. The serial was first broadcast on the BBC and was directed by David Yates, written by Andrew Davies and produced by Nigel ...
Style: period piece, serious, costume drama, realistic, historical drama ...
Plot: lifestyle, intrigue, society, rise to the top, fall in love, power relations, life is a bitch, rich and poor, couple relations, greed, couples, love and romance ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 1800s
Place: britain, europe, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Tilly Trotter (1999)
Genre: Romance, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 216 min.
TV show
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Style: period drama
Plot: english countryside, rural setting, family relations, rape, poverty, farm, prejudice, hostility, class differences, countryside, costume, classroom
Time: victorian era, 19th century, 1930s, 1830s
Place: northern england, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
Doctor Thorne (2016)
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, historical drama, captivating, cynical, thought provoking ...
Plot: aristocrat, english countryside, family drama, ward, physician, village, family relations, society, intrigue, social differences, couples, love and romance ...
Time: victorian era, 19th century, 1840s, 1850s
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⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
The Crimson Petal and the White (2011)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 274 min.
TV show
Story: Follow Sugar into the underbelly of Victorian London seething with vitality, sexuality, ambition and emotion.
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Time: 19th century, victorian era, 1870s, 1880s
Place: england, britain, london, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Tess of the D'Urbervilles (2008)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 240 min.
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Audience: girls' night
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Jane Eyre (2006)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 230 min.
TV show
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 184 min.
TV show
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Style: exciting, realistic, captivating, psychological, serious ...
Plot: ocean, ship, whale, survival, hunt down, obsessive quest, danger, rivalry, dangerous animal, sea, self destructing, escapades ...
Time: 19th century, 1800s, victorian era
Place: nova scotia
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Belgravia (2020)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: 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 ...
Style: costume drama, captivating, romantic, period piece, atmospheric ...
Plot: high society, aristocracy, estate, aristocrat, twists and turns, merchant, family secret, life, country estate, family life, conflict, husband wife relationship ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, future, regency period, 1840s
Place: london, england, britain
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
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The Pallisers (1974)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 1335 min.
TV show
Story: This sprawling BBC saga follows an aristocratic family through three generations of power, wealth, intrigue, and scandal in Victorian England. Based on Anthony Trollope’s “political” novels .
Style: historical drama, costume drama, spiritual, soap opera, period drama
Plot: spirituality, marriage of convenience, family relations, member of parliament, parliament, class differences, duke, cousin cousin relationship, government, prime minister, greed, social climber ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
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Daniel Deronda (2002)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 210 min.
TV show
Story: Daniel Deronda is a British television serial drama adapted by Andrew Davies from the George Eliot novel of the same name. The serial was directed by Tom Hooper, produced by Louis Marks, and was first broadcast in three parts on BBC One from 23 ...
Style: costume drama, period piece, serious, realistic, captivating ...
Plot: aristocracy, drowning, love affair, social differences, love triangle, jewess, couples, rise to the top, unlikely couple, betrayal, fall in love, society ...
Time: 19th century, middle ages, 1870s, victorian era
Place: britain, england, europe, london, italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Dickensian (2015)
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: 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 ...
Style: costume drama, period piece, serious, atmospheric, captivating ...
Plot: charles dickens, victorian england, investigation, christmas, murder, murder investigation, family problems, family relations, police, money problems, financial problem, private investigation ...
Time: victorian era, 19th century, 1840s, 1800s
Place: england, london, britain
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
To the Ends of the Earth (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 267 min.
TV show
Story: From Nobel Laureate William Golding's (Lord of the Flies) epic sea-voyage trilogy comes the story of an ambitious British aristocrat, humbled by the lives of his fellow passengers, as he embarks on an ocean voyage for Australia where he is to ...
Style: semi serious, sincere, epic, captivating, road movie ...
Plot: ship, sea voyage, sea captain, imperialism, fall in love, introspection, social differences, escapades, military, unlikely couple, teaching the ways of the world, friendship ...
Time: 19th century, 1810s, regency period, georgian era
Place: australia, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
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Little Dorrit (2008)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 480 min.
TV show
Story: The series tells the story of Amy Dorrit, who spends her days earning money for the family and looking after her proud father, who is a long term inmate of Marshalsea debtors' prison in London. Amy and her family's world is transformed ...
Style: captivating, costume drama, sincere, period piece, historical drama ...
Audience: girls' night, kids
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Time: 19th century, victorian era, regency period, 1800s, georgian era ...
Place: england, britain, europe, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
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Vanity Fair (1998)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: This faithful BBC adaptation once again brings William Makepeace Thackeray's classic satirical novel to the screen. Becky Sharp (Natasha Little) is a beautiful, clever and poor girl determined to earn a higher place in society at any cost. The ...
Style: costume drama, historical drama, captivating, realistic, serious ...
Plot: manipulation, realism, napoleonic era, napoleon bonaparte, time machine, satire, orphan, unrequited love, strong female presence, couples, social climbing, power relations ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, regency period
Place: england, london, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
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Wives and Daughters (1999)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 301 min.
TV show
Story: 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 ...
Style: uplifting, period piece, costume drama, serious, historical drama ...
Audience: girls' night
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Time: 19th century, victorian era, 1800s, 18th century, 1820s ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
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Lillie (1978)
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story: The story of Lillie Langtry
Style: costume drama, historical drama, captivating, stylized, serious ...
Plot: jazz, great war, socialite, forbidden love, scandal, power relations, couples, society, unfulfillment, tragic hero, love and romance, opposites attract ...
Time: victorian era, 19th century, edwardian era, 1920s, 1900s ...
Place: britain, london, england, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
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Vanity Fair (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: An adaptation of the 1848 novel by William Makepeace Thackeray.
Style: stylized, atmospheric, costume drama, period piece, historical drama ...
Plot: social differences, social climbing, british, rise to the top, society, dysfunctional family, life turned upside down, napoleonic era, female protagonist, life philosophy, unrequited love, time machine ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, georgian era, regency period
Place: england, britain, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1996)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 159 min.
TV show
Story: Based on a little known 1848 novel by Anne Bronte, Tara Fitzgerald stars as an enigmatic young woman who moves to 19th Century Yorkshire with a young son. Distancing herself from everyone in the village and their prying questions, she remains ...
Style: costume drama, period piece, historical drama, gothic, serious ...
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Time: victorian era, 19th century
Place: yorkshire, britain
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
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North & South (2004)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 235 min.
TV show
Story: North & South is a British television drama serial, produced by the BBC and originally broadcast in four episodes on BBC One in November and December 2004. It follows the story of Margaret Hale, a young woman from southern England who has to ...
Style: touching, serious, sincere, captivating, costume drama ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick
Plot: prejudice, initially antagonists, social differences, love and romance, pride and honor, society, rich and poor, young woman, fall in love, couple relations, love affair, unlikely couple ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 50s, 1850s, 1800s
Place: england, britain, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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Middlemarch (1994)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 375 min.
TV show
Story: A BBC dramatization of George Eliot's classic novel about the lives and loves of a group of people living on the cusp of the Industrial Revolution in a small town named Middlemarch. These include young Doctor Lydgate, who arrives at Middlemarch ...
Style: costume drama, period piece, historical drama, romantic drama, realistic ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: hospital, social differences, intrigue, priest, tragic love, love, doctor, reform, inheritance, politics, journalist, power relations ...
Time: victorian era, 19th century, 1800s, 1870s, regency period
Place: england, britain, europe, rome italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
The Tide of Life (1996)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min.
TV show
Story: Tide of Life follows the fortunes of young housekeeper, Emily Kennedy, as she learns about relationships with three very different men. Forced from home of her first employer, Sep McGilby after his plans to marry her come to tragic end, Emily finds ...
Style: costume drama, realistic, serious, touching, emotional ...
Plot: immigration, life turned upside down, tragic hero, love and romance, couple relations, life is a bitch, boss and employee, innocence lost, gender, society, farm, family relations ...
Time: edwardian era, 19th century, 1900s, victorian era
Place: northern england, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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