Movies and TV shows like Howards End

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Howards End (2017)
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Howards End (2017)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 240 min.
TV show
Story: The social and class divisions in early 20th century England through the intersection of three families - the wealthy Wilcoxes, the gentle and idealistic Schlegels and the lower-middle class Basts.
Style: costume drama, psychological, sentimental, romantic, captivating, period piece, historical drama, sincere, touching, disturbing ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick
Plot: class differences, social class, wealthy family, house, sister, class system, love, love and romance, couples, love affair, society, couple relations, middle class, family relations, family life, culture, class society, life, male female relationship, class struggle, lifestyle, social relations, summer, resistance, adaptation ...
Time: 20th century, edwardian era, 1900s, victorian era, 1910s
Place: england, britain

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out period drama, costume drama, realistic and historical drama films and TV series with plots about love and romance, society, costume, couples, family relations, social differences and power relations mostly in Drama, Romance and History genres. Some movies like Howards End: Belgravia (2020), The Way We Live Now (2001), Pride & Prejudice (2005), Brideshead Revisited (1981), Downton Abbey (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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
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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
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100%
Pride & Prejudice (2005)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, UK, USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story: Pride & Prejudice is a humorous story of love and life among English gentility during the Georgian era. Mr. Bennet is an English gentleman living in Hertfordshire with his overbearing wife and five daughters. If Mr. Bennet dies their house will ...
Style: romantic, costume drama, sweet, dramatic, captivating ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens, family friendly ...
Plot: prejudice, love, happy ending, fall in love, love and romance, opposites attract, strong female character, aristocracy, initially antagonists, wooing, unlikely couple, pride ...
Time: 19th century, 18th century, victorian era, georgian era, 1790s ...
Place: england, britain, united kingdom, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Brideshead Revisited (1981)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 659 min.
TV show
Story: In this eleven parts British television serial, Charles Ryder's involvement with members of the aristocratic Marchmain/Flyte family is followed throughout the years between the two World Wars.
Style: costume drama, sitcom, spiritual, avant garde, historical drama ...
Plot: homosexual subtext, world war two, friendship, catholicism, alcoholism, gay, lgbt, atheist, religion, catholic, gay interest, mistress ...
Time: 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 20th century, year 1981
Place: england, venice, oxford university, paris france
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100%
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Downton Abbey (2010)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 3110 min.
TV show
Story: A chronicle of the lives of the aristocratic Crawley family and their servants in the post-Edwardian era—with great events in history having an effect on their lives and on the British social hierarchy.
Style: captivating, costume drama, realistic, serious, period piece ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: aristocracy, estate, traditional versus modern, relatives, manners, countryside, high society, butler, servant, family life, country estate, aristocrat ...
Time: 20th century, 1910s, edwardian era, 1920s, year 2010 ...
Place: england, britain, yorkshire, syria, hawaii ...
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100%
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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 ⇓
67%
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 ⇓
100%
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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
Plot: poverty, young woman, life is a bitch, uncover truth, society, secret, rich and poor, family problems, financial problem, money problems, co worker co worker relationship, employer employee relationship ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, regency period, 1800s, georgian era ...
Place: england, britain, europe, london
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100%
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The Forsyte Saga (2002)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 276 min.
TV show
Story: In 2002, the first two books and the first interlude of John Galsworthy's trilogy The Forsyte Saga were adapted by Granada Television for the ITV network. Additional funding for this production was provided by American PBS station WGBH, the ...
Style: period piece, family saga, realistic, costume drama, serious ...
Plot: high society, love affair, society, love and romance, forbidden love, family relations, couple relations, parents and children, unfulfilled love, rich and poor, power relations, victorian england ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 1920s, 20th century, 1880s ...
Place: england, britain, europe, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Pride and Prejudice (1967)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: Pride and Prejudice is a 1967 BBC television serial, based on Jane Austen's novel of the same name, originally published in 1813. This production marked the 150th anniversary of the death of Jane Austen. It was directed by Joan Craft and ...
Style: costume drama, clever, realistic, semi serious, witty ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: family relations, society, wooing, gentleman, unlikely couple, social differences, looking for love, fall in love, couples, eligible bachelor, verbal byplay, rich and poor ...
Time: 1810s, 19th century
Place: england, europe, britain
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100%
Sense and Sensibility (1981)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 174 min.
TV show
Story: Two sisters of opposing temperaments find love and some heartbreak in Jane Austen's 18th century classic.
Style: realistic, semi serious, emotional, witty, sincere ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: love, heartbreak, control, love triangle, family relations, power relations, social relations, couples, unlikely couple, fall in love, master and servant, society ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 18th century, 1800s, regency period
Place: england, europe, britain
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100%
Where Angels Fear to Tread (1991)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 116 min.
Story: An English widow goes to Italy, falls in love with a dentist's son and marries him, against her straitlaced family's wishes.
Style: costume drama, historical drama, period piece, cult classic, independent film ...
Plot: railway, mother in law, sister in law, brother in law, class differences, unrequited love, marital infidelity, marriage for money, catholicism, family disapproval, widow, marriage ...
Time: edwardian era, 1900s, year 1991, victorian era, 20th century ...
Place: italy, england, britain, europe, tuscany
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Jane Eyre (2006)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 230 min.
TV show
Story: In this version of Charlotte Brontë's novel, Jane Eyre (Georgie Henley), a poor relation in the household of her aunt, Mrs. Reed (Tara FitzGerald) is despatched into the care of the callous Mr Brocklehurst at his school at Lowood. As a young ...
Style: costume drama, romantic, gothic, touching, atmospheric ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot: love affair, love story, couple relations, rich and poor, fall in love, unlikely couple, estate, social differences, love and romance, relationships, governess, looking for love ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, ancient times, 1800s, regency period
Place: england, britain, europe
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100%
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Bridgerton (2020)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Wealth, lust, and betrayal set in the backdrop of Regency era England, seen through the eyes of the powerful Bridgerton family.
Style: romantic, costume drama, sexy, light, captivating ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick, teens
Plot: love, aristocracy, love and romance, society, love story, marriage, eligible bachelor, sex scene, couple relations, intrigue, relationships, class differences ...
Time: 19th century, 1810s, georgian era, victorian era, ancient times ...
Place: england, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
The Thorn Birds (1983)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 460 min.
TV show
Story: This mini series covers 60 years in the lives of the Cleary family, brought from New Zealand to Australia to run their aunt Mary Carson's ranch. The story centers on their daughter, Meggie, and her love for the family's priest, Father ...
Style: sentimental, touching, family saga, captivating, serious ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: forbidden love, older man younger woman relationship, clergy, catholic priest, tragic love, love affair, couple relations, love and romance, priest, family life, friendship, society ...
Time: 50s, 1920s, 20th century, 1930s, 1940s ...
Place: australia
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100%
Pride and Prejudice (1995)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 327 min.
TV show
Story: Jane Austen's classic novel about the prejudice that occurred between the 19th century classes and the pride which would keep lovers apart.
Style: romantic, costume drama, stylized, atmospheric, witty ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, date night, kids
Plot: prejudice, love and romance, love story, wooing, fall in love, aristocracy, initially antagonists, social differences, looking for love, unlikely couple, opposites attract, couple relations ...
Time: 18th century, 19th century, victorian era, 1810s, 1800s ...
Place: england, britain, europe
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100%
A Woman of Substance (1984)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 300 min.
TV show
Story: A Woman of Substance charts the life of Emma Harte, from kitchen maid at the beginning of the 20th Century, to respected business woman and Grandmother in the 1980's. From humble beginnings Emma Harte starts her business with a small shop, but ...
Style: costume drama, romantic drama, historical drama, stylized, emotional ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: female protagonist, master and servant, inheritance, professional, control, family relations, world war one, ambition, working class, pregnancy, career woman, heiress ...
Time: victorian era, 1920s, 1930s, 1900s, 1910s ...
Place: england, britain, yorkshire
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High Fidelity (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Rob Brooks, a female record store owner in the rapidly gentrified neighborhood of Crown Heights, Brooklyn revisit past relationships through music and pop culture, while trying to get over her one true love.
Style: inspirational, atmospheric, romantic, sincere, visually appealing ...
Audience: date night
Plot: music, musician's life, introspection, love affair, couple relations, music fan, female protagonist, friendship, hopes, ex lover, black, lgbtq ...
Place: new york, brooklyn new york city
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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
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Any Human Heart (2010)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
TV show
Story: A novelist's life ricochets from 1920s Paris to '50s New York and '80s London. Along the way he meets Ernest Hemingway, Ian Fleming and the Duke and Duchess of Windsor - the exiled British king and his mistress Wallis Simpson.
Style: stylized, serious, realistic, sentimental, historical drama ...
Plot: introspection, writer's life, encounter, love and romance, historical character, love affair, writers, relationships, romantic relationship, world war one, chess, biopic ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, 80s, 50s, 1920s ...
Place: england, london, france, usa, new york ...
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30%
Sense and Sensibility (2008)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 174 min.
TV show
Story: This is the acclaimed 2008 BBC adaptation of the famous Jane Austen novel. While it originally aired as a 3-part miniseries, this home video release includes a single uninterrupted version of the entire film.
Style: costume drama, period piece, historical drama, sincere, sweet ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: english countryside, society, sister sister relationship, romanticism, love and romance, love triangle, countryside, rich and poor, wooing, rich man poor woman, unrequited love, manners ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, georgian era, regency period
Place: london, europe, britain, england
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50%
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
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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
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29%
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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
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29%
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Poldark (2015)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Britain is in the grip of a chilling recession... falling wages, rising prices, civil unrest - only the bankers are smiling. It's 1783 and Ross Poldark returns from the American War of Independence to his beloved Cornwall to find his world in ...
Style: captivating, family saga, realistic, saga, costume drama ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: countryside, love affair, poverty, estate, society, rich and poor, love and romance, couple relations, master and servant, social differences, family relations, village life ...
Time: 18th century, victorian era, 1790s, georgian era, 1800s ...
Place: england, cornwall, britain
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50%
Upstairs, Downstairs (1971)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Upstairs, Downstairs is a British television drama series originally produced by London Weekend Television and revived by the BBC. It ran on ITV in 68 episodes divided into five series from 1971 to 1975. Set in a large townhouse in Edwardian, First ...
Style: realistic, stylized, serious, costume drama, period piece ...
Plot: butler, domestic servant, maid, working class, master servant relationship, high society, wealth, master and servant, lifestyle, couples, rich and poor, couple relations ...
Time: 1900s, edwardian era, year 1971, 1920s, 1930s ...
Place: england, london, britain, hawaii, europe
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29%
The Wingless Bird (1997)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min.
TV show
Story: On the eve of World War I, Agnes Conway manages both the business and the problems of her troubled family. She finds the strength to break class barriers and help her sister Jessie marry a good boy from a family of dockside toughs. Is she strong ...
Style: touching, sentimental, realistic, serious, costume drama ...
Plot: rich and poor, great war, couples, family relations, power relations, betrayal, love and romance, dishonesty, society, ambition, master and servant, working class ...
Time: 1910s, 20th century, year 1914, edwardian era
Place: northern england, england
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28%
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.
Style: historical drama, costume drama, serious, captivating, realistic ...
Plot: prostitute, victorian england, social climbing, love affair, rich and poor, mistress, social differences, power relations, couples, society, high society, diary ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 1870s, 1880s
Place: england, britain, london, europe
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28%
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Cranford (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 469 min.
TV show
Story: In the 1840s, Cranford is ruled by the ladies. They adore good gossip; and romance and change is in the air, as the unwelcome grasp of the Industrial Revolution rapidly approaches their beloved rural market-town.
Style: sincere, atmospheric, costume drama, clever, period piece ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: small town life, social differences, family relations, aristocracy, high society, class differences, small town, love and romance, social relations, family life, maid, proposal ...
Time: victorian era, 19th century, 1840s
Place: england, britain, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Berkeley Square (1998)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: Three young women from very different backgrounds meet, become friends and share experiences when they all gain positions as nannies in the wealthy households of London's exclusive Berkeley Square.
Style: period piece, costume drama, historical drama, realistic, serious ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: nanny, family relations, civil rights, feminist, spanish civil war, human rights, colleague, abbey, butler, child abuse, bittersweet, master and servant ...
Time: 1900s, edwardian era, middle ages, 19th century, victorian era ...
Place: london, england, britain, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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