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The Black Book (2018)
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The Black Book (2018)
Original name: Le Cahier noir
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: Portugal, France
Duration: 113 min.
Story: The story of the adventures, in the twilight of the eighteenth century, of a singular couple formed by a little orphan with mysterious origins and his young Italian nurse of a similarly uncertain birth. They lead us in their wake, from Rome to Paris, from Lisbon to London, from Parma to Venice. Always followed in the shadows, for obscure reasons, by a suspicious-looking Calabrian and a troubling cardinal, they make us explore the dark intrigues of the Vatican, the pangs of a fatal passion, a gruesome duel, banter at the court of Versailles and the convulsions of the French Revolution.
Plot: napoleon bonaparte, sea, french revolution, vatican, boat, grave, cardinal the priest, horse, female nudity, sex scene, death, illness, cemetery, male nudity, orphan, singing, bare breasts, duel, card playing, blood, poisoned, nudity, voice over narration, bare chested male, nude ...
Time: 18th century, georgian era
Place: versailles, lisbon portugal, paris france, london, venice

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, period drama and independent film films with plots about female nudity, nudity, death, bare breasts, kiss, sex scene and male nudity mostly in Drama, Romance and History genres. Some movies like The Black Book: Casanova, Last Love (2019), Emma Hamilton (1968), Farewell, My Queen (2012), One Nation, One King (2018), The Return of Casanova (1992). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Casanova, Last Love (2019)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: France, Belgium, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: The 45-year-old Casanova is in exile in London, where he meets a 25-year-old woman who is unimpressed by his overtures ...
Style: realistic, suspense, suspenseful, touching, fairy tale
Plot: unrequited love, womanizer, libertine, older man younger woman relationship, sex scene, sexual relations, love and romance, sex, love, unfulfilled love, sexual content, crush ...
Time: 18th century
Place: england, london
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Emma Hamilton (1968)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: Italy, West Germany, France, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: The Making of a Lady: The Story of Lady Hamilton is a 1968 historical drama film directed by Christian-Jaque and starring Michèle Mercier, Richard Johnson and John Mills.[1] It was based on the novel La San-Felice by Alexandre Dumas and depicts the ...
Style: erotic, independent film
Plot: female nudity, lesbianism, lesbian, napoleonic wars, american revolution, french revolution
Time: 18th century
Place: big ben london
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Farewell, My Queen (2012)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: France, Spain
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A look at the relationship between Marie Antoinette and one of her readers during the final days of the French Revolution.
Style: stylized, serious, realistic, historical drama, erotic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: lesbian, royal court, king, french revolution, master and servant, royal family, lesbian subtext, female pubic hair, lgbt, lady in waiting, nobility, suicide by hanging ...
Time: 18th century, georgian era, 1780s, ancient times, year 2012 ...
Place: paris france, france, versailles, europe, indiana
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One Nation, One King (2018)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Un peuple et son roi crosses the destinies of the men and women of the population, and those of historical figures. Their meeting place is the newly founded National Assembly. At the heart of the story lie the fate of the king and the birth of the ...
Style: factual, realistic, captivating, tense, political
Plot: french revolution, king of france, french history, martial law, politics, execution, interrogation, arrest, poverty, world history, royalty, napoleonic era ...
Time: 18th century, 1780s
Place: france, paris france, versailles
⇓ similarity ⇓
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The Return of Casanova (1992)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 93 min.
Story: After many years of rambling across Europe the aging Giacomo Casanova is impoverished. He wants to return to the Republic of Venice but he doesn't dare going there directly because he was a fugitive when he left. While he tries to find a way to ...
Style: costume drama
Plot: casanova, libertine, unrequited love, duel, gambling debt, horse, debt, sword duel, older man younger woman relationship, sword fight, female pubic hair, female nudity ...
Time: 18th century
Place: venice
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
Lost Illusions (2021)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 149 min.
Story: Taking place between the years 1837 and 1843, Balzac’s classic novel focuses on the young poet Lucien de Rubempré, who leaves Angouleme for Paris in the pursuit of becoming an author.
Style: art house
Plot: male nudity, theater, female nudity, hashish, media manipulation, ambition, journalist, dandy, nudity, prostitute, literature, art ...
Time: 19th century, 1820s, 1840s, 1830s
Place: paris france, france
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: In pre-Revolutionary France, a young aristocratic woman left penniless by the political unrest in the country, must avenge her family's fall from grace by scheming to steal a priceless necklace.
Style: costume drama, period piece, factual, realistic, atmospheric ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: countess, politics, conspiracy, royal family, revenge, justice, police investigation, nobility, french revolution, royalty, couples, love and romance ...
Time: 18th century, georgian era, ancient times, year 2001, 1780s ...
Place: france, paris france, versailles, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
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Lady Oscar (1979)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: Japan, France
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Oscar François de Jarjayes was born female, but her father insisted she be raised as a boy as he had no sons. She becomes the captain of the guards at Versailles under King Louis XVI and Marie Antonette. Her privileged, noble life comes under fire ...
Style: art house
Plot: woman dressed as man, tomboy, french revolution, nobility, woman, revolutionary, colonialism, superhero, marie antoinette, ancient, napoleonic wars, female empowerment ...
Time: 18th century, ancient times, 1770s
Place: versailles, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 200 min.
Story: An 18th-century true story about a rebel and his lover's attempt to overthrow the Italian monarchy.
Style: period drama
Plot: napoleonic wars, italian history, empire fashion, execution, mutiny, death, unfaithful wife
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Bonnard: Pierre & Marthe (2023)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 122 min.
Story: When French painter Pierre Bonnard met Marthe de Méligny, he didn’t know this self-proclaimed aristocrat would become the cornerstone of his life and work. From this moment, she became more than just a muse for the “painter of happiness”, ...
Plot: rain, death, painting, male nudity, female nudity, telephone call, wedding, nudity, blood, doctor, female pubic hair, photograph ...
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Place: paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
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 6.0
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Thirst Street (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France, USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Gina, an American flight attendant, falls in with a Parisian bartender on a layover only to find herself tangled in a web of deception, delusion and unrequited amour fou.
Style: visually stunning, psychosexual thriller, mumblecore
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Place: paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
The Lady and the Duke (2001)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: France, Germany
Duration: 129 min.
Story: This breathtaking, visually experimental film from New Wave director Eric Rohmer tells the true story of Grace Dalrymple Elliot (Lucy Russell), a British aristocrat trapped in Paris during the French Revolution. Determined to maintain her stiff ...
Style: captivating, realistic, atmospheric, disturbing, historical drama ...
Plot: french revolution, master and servant, politics, friendship, battles, rebelliousness, forbidden love, society, political unrest, state affairs, duchess, conspiracy ...
Time: 18th century, year 2001, georgian era, victorian era, 1790s
Place: paris france, france, versailles, europe, provence ...
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46%
 6.6
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Julia(s) (2022)
Genre: Drama, Romance
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Duration: 120 min.
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Plot: 17 year old, concert, cemetery, elevator, funeral, teacher, beach, cancer, choir, daughter, bus, bookstore ...
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Place: amsterdam, west berlin west germany, berlin germany
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 6.7
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Genre: Drama, History
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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 7.3
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Ridicule (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, History, Romance
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Duration: 102 min.
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Plot: royal court, lechery, royalty, french history, courtroom, society, ambition, chess, idealism, colonialism, lawyer, deaf ...
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40%
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Duration: 117 min.
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Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Audience: adult
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Time: 18th century, georgian era, year 1989, 80s, 20th century
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