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Thieves of the Wood (2018)
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Original name: De Bende van Jan de Lichte
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, Mystery
Country: Belgium
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Charismatic highwayman Jan de Lichte leads the oppressed and downtrodden in a revolt against the corrupt aristocracy of 18th-century Belgium.
Style:
bleak, suspense, realistic, historical drama
Plot:
bandit, elite, nobility, thief, forest, poverty, deserter, mercenary, criminal, life is a bitch, exploitation, village, army, exile, slacker, half brother, stagecoach robbery, war injury, ancient, revolution, nordic, fake death, horse, spy, murderer ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
flanders, belgium
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Most similar movies to Thieves of the Wood
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out historical drama, period drama, realistic and captivating films and TV series with plots about costume, society, betrayal, revolution, escapades, intrigue and rivalry mostly in Drama, History and Adventure genres. Some movies like Thieves of the Wood: Black Sails (2014), The Knick (2014), Frontier (2016), The Black Arrow (2006), Clarissa (1991). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: South Africa, USA
Duration: 60 min.
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The pirate adventures of Captain Flint and his men twenty years prior to Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic “Treasure Island.” Flint, the most brilliant and most feared pirate captain of his day, takes on a fast-talking young addition to his ...
Style:
exciting, costume drama, sexy, historical drama, stylized ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
pirate, captain, pirate ship, swashbuckler, colonial america, sea, gold, treasure hunt, medieval, island, treasure, danger ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 58 min.
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Set in downtown New York in 1900, 'The Knick' is centered on the Knickerbocker Hospital and the groundbreaking surgeons, nurses and staff who work there, pushing the bounds of medicine in a time of astonishingly high mortality rates and ...
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psychological, bleak, atmospheric, serious, costume drama ...
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Place:
usa, new york, america
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, Western
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min.
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The chaotic and violent struggle to control wealth and power in the North American fur trade in late 18th century Canada. Told from multiple perspectives, Frontier takes place in a world where business negotiations might be resolved with ...
Style:
suspense, atmospheric, harsh, exciting, historical drama ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Australia, UK
Duration: 62 min.
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A young woman is transported to the New South Wales penal colony in 1788.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspense, captivating, historical drama ...
Plot:
human spirit, against the odds, girl heroine, danger, on the run, escapades, female whipping, prisoner, society, injustice, life is a bitch, sailing ...
Time:
18th century, 1780s, georgian era
Place:
australia, england, europe
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, History
Country: Italy
Duration: 540 min.
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The inspiring principle of the adaptation of the novel by R. L. Stevenson "The Black Arrow" for Tv is to shift the conflict of the War of the Two Roses from England to Tirolo, at the border between Italy and Germany, where the conflict ...
Style:
historical drama, period piece, suspenseful, epic
Plot:
medieval, revenge, outlaw, coming of age, moral dilemma, betrayal, nobility, family secret, feudalism, loyalty, tyranny, palace intrigue ...
Time:
medieval times, 15th century
Place:
italy
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 156 min.
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Clarissa is a 1991 British period drama television miniseries starring Sean Bean, Saskia Wickham and Lynsey Baxter. It aired on the BBC in three hour-long episodes between 27 November and 11 December 1991. It was based on the 1749 novel Clarissa by ...
Style:
costume drama, period piece, historical drama, period drama
Plot:
deception, rape, letter, time machine, manor, disguise, prison, estate, church of england, sword fight, church, ruse ...
Time:
18th century, georgian era
Place:
england
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK, Ireland, USA
Duration: 50 min.
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Based on a true story, Aristocrats draws back the curtain on an 18th century English family near the summit of society, revealing a tapestry of romance, prejudice, infidelity, and revolution.
Style:
period piece, costume drama, captivating, serious, historical drama ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
master and servant, family relations, royalty, aristocracy, rich and poor, high society, society, royal family, honor, politics, siblings relations, intrigue ...
Time:
18th century, 1780s, georgian era
Place:
england, ireland, europe
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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It's 1715 on the Bahamian island of New Providence, the first functioning democracy in the Americas, where the diabolical pirate Edward Teach, a.k.a. Blackbeard, reigns over a rogue nation of thieves, outlaws and miscreant sailors. Part ...
Style:
stylized, exciting, serious, historical drama, realistic ...
Plot:
pirate, outlaw, escapades, rivalry, danger, terrorizing, sailing, chivalry, criminal, pirate ship, courage, sea ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
bahamas
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 184 min.
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Set against the backdrop of the coming industrial revolution in eighteenth century Yorkshire, the drama follows David Hartley as he assembles a gang of weavers and land-workers to embark upon a revolutionary criminal enterprise that will capsize the ...
Style:
historical drama, thrilling, captivating, period piece, serious ...
Plot:
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Time:
18th century
Place:
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24%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: France, Italy, Spain, Germany, USA
Duration: 180 min.
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The scene is set during the French Restoration at the beginning of the 19th century. Jean Valjean, a galley slave who was sent to prison for stealing food, is now released after serving nineteen years. At first he only encounter mistrust and closed ...
Style:
period piece, costume drama, suspense, emotional, melancholic ...
Plot:
redemption, justice, injustice, depression, mayor, on the run, thief, haunted by the past, ex convict, napoleonic era, revolution, manhunt ...
Time:
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Place:
europe, paris france, france
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, History
Country: Russia
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The story of three generations of the Gromov family. The main character is Prokhor Gromov: his grandfather Danila made a fortune by robbery and robbery, father Peter invested money in the business and inherited everything to Prokhor. He has an ...
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gloomy, family saga, captivating, historical drama, grim ...
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, New Zealand
Duration: 60 min.
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Style:
tense, costume drama, disturbing, suspense, ironic ...
Plot:
treasure, treasure hunt, gold rush, gold, buried treasure, greed, ambition, wilderness, one last chance, escapades, prostitution, prostitute ...
Time:
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Place:
new zealand
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22%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History
Country: UK, Germany, Spain, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
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About the struggle between the Roman Empire and its rebellious conquest Judaea, and two best friends caught in a terrible moment in history.
Style:
epic, exciting, captivating, historical drama, bleak ...
Plot:
ancient history, betrayal, rebellion, vengeance, ancient, military, political unrest, society, rivalry, redemption, danger, state affairs ...
Time:
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Place:
holy land, jerusalem
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 35 min.
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Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Adventure, History
Country: Russia
Duration: 624 min.
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suspense, realistic, historical drama, stylized, exciting ...
Plot:
russian empire, escapades, danger, friends, partner, love and romance, heroic mission, state affairs, conspiracy, palace intrigue, russian history, intrigue ...
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 540 min.
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Style:
costume drama, period piece, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
france, paris france, england
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Czech Republic
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Czech Century brings the key moments of the history of the Czech nation from 1918 to 1989.
Style:
historical drama, period piece, psychological, captivating, educational ...
Plot:
european history, czech history, politics, politician, national identity, historical event, political activism, society, historical figure, social issues, social problems, world war two ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
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Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
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Paris, 1761. Brilliant young Parisian police commissioner Nicolas Le Floch works under Monsieur de Sartine, the Royal Lieutenant General of Police. Louis XV's kingdom is plagued by conspiracies and murders. With the help of his faithful ...
Style:
detective, historical drama, tense, realistic, captivating ...
Plot:
police officer, murder mystery, whodunit, investigation, police, secrets, rebelliousness, weakness, murder investigation, secret revealed, leadership, escapades ...
Time:
18th century, georgian era
Place:
paris france, france
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
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The story of a group of very different men fighting in the American Colonies for freedom, and how they will shape the future for the United States of America.
Style:
captivating, historical drama, exciting, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
american revolution, human spirit, battles, politics, rebelliousness, political unrest, heroes, state affairs, rebellion, military, revolution, american history ...
Time:
18th century, future, 1770s, georgian era
Place:
boston, massachusetts, usa
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History
Country: Italy
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
In the 19th century, when the southern lands of Italy are bandit territory, Filomena escapes her wealthy but sad life to lead a risky treasure hunt.
Style:
historical drama, period piece, thrilling, crime drama, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
battles, bandit, treasure, changing lives, organized crime, female protagonist, lifestyle change, gang war, highwayman, criminal, gang warfare, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
southern italy
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20%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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The story of New York farmer, Abe Woodhull, who bands together with a group of childhood friends to form The Culper Ring, an unlikely group of spies who turn the tide in America’s fight for independence.
Style:
period piece, captivating, serious, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
american revolution, spy, colonial america, american history, george washington, espionage, political unrest, treason, rebelliousness, ambition, undercover, rivalry ...
Time:
18th century, 1780s, 1770s, georgian era
Place:
usa, new jersey, america, new york, connecticut
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Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
John Beckers gains one last chance from his wife Marjan and their two children to get his life back on track. After a visit to rehab, John starts his new job at the freight company of his father-in-law. The port of Antwerp is a whole new world for ...
Style:
tense, suspense, crime drama, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
second chance, family relations, redemption, drug trade, family problems, confronting the past, starting over, relationship problems, dark past, conspiracy, male female relationship, tragic past ...
Place:
belgium, antwerp
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
At its heart, Banished is a story of survival. Though it is set in the stark historical reality of the founding of the penal colony in Australia in 1788 after the arrival of the First Fleet, it is not the story of Australia and how it came to be. ...
Style:
serious, costume drama, historical drama, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
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Time:
18th century, georgian era, 1780s
Place:
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
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11-year-old George Washington "Wash" Black embarks on a globe-trotting journey of identity after fleeing a Barbados sugar plantation aboard a flying machine in the company of his master’s eccentric inventor brother.
Style:
period piece, historical drama, poignant, reflective, suspenseful ...
Plot:
plantation, escape, freedom, race, slavery, oppression, inventor, identity, coming of age, colonialism, resilience, betrayal ...
Time:
19th century, 1800s
Place:
caribbean
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20%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 74 min.
TV show
Story:
After WWII is over, a young officer Volodya Sharapov returns to Moscow to work in MUR - Moskovskiy Ugolovny Rozysk (Moscow Criminal Police). There he meets Gleb Zheglov who is a chief of a squad which fights organized crime. Their main task is to ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, suspense, detective ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
post war, working undercover, bandit, gang, law enforcement, rookie, gangster, undercover agent, homicide, organized crime, criminal gang, infiltration ...
Time:
1940s, post world war two
Place:
soviet union, russia, moscow russia, europe, ussr
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
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Story:
A disparate group of outcasts and dreamers battle to escape their pasts while navigating the brutal frontier hardships, competing interests, and tangled loyalties at the crossroads of civilization: the New World. Based on the novel by ...
Style:
costume drama, bleak, tense, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
american indian, settler, showdown, indigenous people, colonization, murder investigation, land grab, rivalry, preaching, survival, power struggle, religion ...
Time:
17th century, 16th century
Place:
france, canada, quebec, north america
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Genre: Crime, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
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City of Vice is a British historical crime drama television series set in Georgian London and was first screened on 14 January 2008 on Channel 4. It is produced by Touchpaper Television part of the RDF Media Group. The series mixes fiction with fact ...
Style:
captivating, serious, detective, historical drama, suspense ...
Plot:
blind character, murder, fighting crime, prostitution, legal, rivalry, gang, police, novelist, brothel, partners against crime, blind man ...
Time:
18th century, georgian era
Place:
london, england
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19%
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, History
Country: Australia
Duration: 50 min.
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Story:
In 1850s Australia, in the lively colony of Port Victory, Jack Dawkins aka The Artful Dodger, has transferred his fast fingers as a pickpocket to the nimble skilled fingers of a surgeon. Dodger's past returns to haunt him with the arrival of ...
Style:
period piece, exciting, suspenseful, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
heist, surgeon, life, thief, male protagonist, master criminal, criminal underworld, criminal, pickpocket, thievery, surgery, class differences ...
Time:
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Place:
australia
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Spain
Duration: 55 min.
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In the 14th century, Barcelona is experiencing one of its most prosperous moments. The city has grown to La Ribera, a fishing district in which the largest Marian temple ever known is built: Santa María del Mar. But the construction runs parallel ...
Style:
biblical, costume drama, brutal, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
spain, barcelona
Similarity:
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, History
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
When a Spanish Jesuit goes into the South American wilderness to build a mission in the hope of converting the Indians of the region, a slave hunter is converted and joins his mission. When Spain sells the colony to Portugal, they are forced to ...
Style:
epic, christian film, thought provoking, breathtaking, visually stunning ...
Plot:
jungle, slavery, clergy, redemption, colonialism, missionary, massacre, river, native american, jesuit, genocide, religion ...
Time:
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Place:
south america, portugal, argentina, brazil, latin america ...
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