Movies like Misbehaviour

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Misbehaviour (2020)
 6.3
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Misbehaviour (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, History
Country: UK, France
Duration: 106 min.
Story: A group of women hatch a plan to disrupt the 1970 Miss World beauty competition in London.
Style: captivating, stylized, sincere, touching, realistic, inspirational, retro, satirical, poignant
Audience: chick flick
Plot: feminist, feminism, beauty pageant, society, protest, rehearsal, sexism, women's liberation, woman, contests and competitions, farce, against the odds, relationships, deception, injustice, rivalry, ambition, tradition, heroine, talent show, lifestyle change, fish out of water, tomboy, gender roles, gender ...
Time: 70s, 2020s, year 1970, 20th century
Place: europe, england, london, los angeles, united kingdom
Keyword: propaganda film, south african, feminist film

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, touching, captivating and sincere films with plots about society, feminist, women, woman, feminism, family relations and hopes mostly in Drama, Comedy and History genres. Some movies like Misbehaviour: Made in Dagenham (2010), Suffragette (2015), The Day I Became a Woman (2000), Longwave (2013), Battle of the Sexes (2017). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Made in Dagenham (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 113 min.
Story: A dramatization of the 1968 strike at the Ford Dagenham car plant, where female workers walked out in protest against sexual discrimination.
Style: inspirational, touching, factual, emotional, realistic ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: working class, gender, revolution, politics, discrimination, women, fighting the system, workplace, idealism, injustice, protest, underdog ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, year 1966, year 1968, year 1970
Place: england, london, europe, united kingdom, michigan ...
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 6.9
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Suffragette (2015)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK, France
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Based on true events about the foot soldiers of the early feminist movement who were forced underground to evade the State.
Style: inspirational, political, factual, educational, bleak ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night
Plot: feminism, women, feminist, sexism, girl power, activism, women's suffrage, human rights, rebelliousness, women's rights, sexual harassment, women's liberation ...
Time: 1900s, year 1912, 1910s, edwardian era, victorian era ...
Place: england, london, britain, europe, united kingdom
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Day I Became a Woman (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 78 min.
Story: A girl reaches the age of nine and is supposed to act as a grown woman according to her family. A girl participates in a bike race against the will of her husband. An elderly woman decides she wants to buy all the things she always wanted but could ...
Style: touching, stylized, talky, thought provoking, realistic ...
Plot: feminism, culture clash, against the odds, injustice, feminist, life is a bitch, society, rebelliousness, women, husband wife relationship, mother daughter relationship, bicycle ...
Time: 90s
Place: iran, middle east, persia
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
 6.4
 623
Longwave (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, History
Country: Switzerland, France, Portugal
Duration: 85 min.
Story: It is April 1974 and Julie Dujonc-Renens, young feminist journalist and the cunning Joseph-Marie Cauvin, leading reporter for the Swiss radio, have been sent to Portugal to investigate Switzerland’s aid to poor countries. Sparks fly during the bus ...
Style: captivating, semi serious, witty, humorous, realistic
Plot: revolution, feminism, rebellion, society, on the road, memory loss, language barrier, scoop, radio dj, womanizer, countryside, nudity ...
Time: year 1974, 70s, 20th century
Place: portugal, europe, france, switzerland, lisbon portugal
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Battle of the Sexes (2017)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, History, Sport
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: The true story of the 1973 tennis match between World number one Billie Jean King and ex-champ and serial hustler Bobby Riggs.
Style: semi serious, captivating, uplifting, art house, retro ...
Audience: family friendly, chick flick
Plot: tennis, battle of the sexes, sexism, tennis player, gender equality, lesbian love, woman, lesbianism, lgbtq, hotel, winning, lgbt ...
Time: year 1973, year 1972, year 2017, 70s, 20th century
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
The Divine Order (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Switzerland
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Nora is a young housewife and mother, living in a quaint little village with her husband and their two sons. The Swiss countryside is untouched by the major social upheavals the movement of 1968 has brought about. Nora’s life is not affected ...
Style: captivating, sincere, humorous, light, political ...
Plot: feminism, women's rights, politics, woman, husband wife relationship, voting, fighting the system, society, village, family relations, women's liberation, biopic ...
Time: 70s, year 1971, 20th century
Place: switzerland, zurich switzerland
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
When Billie Beat Bobby (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: .The historic 1973 tennis match between middle-aged champion Bobby Riggs and young feminist Billie Jean King.
Style: uplifting, semi serious, sincere, touching, realistic ...
Plot: battle of the sexes, fighting the system, rise to the top, ambition, athlete's life, rivalry, underdog, ego clash, society, contests and competitions, athlete and trainer, relationship vs career ...
Time: 70s, year 1973, year 1972
Place: austin texas, texas, usa, denver colorado, detroit ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
 6.5
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Dumplin' (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A girl with the nickname "Dumplin'" enters a beauty pageant in order to win over the boy she likes and stick it to the other girls at school.
Style: feel good, inspirational, light, uplifting, indie film ...
Audience: teens, chick flick
Plot: beauty pageant, teenage girl, fat girl, protest, mother daughter relationship, strong female character, female protagonist, beauty queen, bravery, grief, feminist, small town ...
Time: future, 2010s
Place: texas, austin texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Bend It Like Beckham (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Jess Bhamra, the daughter of a strict Indian couple in London, is not permitted to play organized soccer, even though she is 18. When Jess is playing for fun one day, her impressive skills are seen by Jules Paxton, who then convinces Jess to play ...
Style: feel good, touching, light, sweet, romantic ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, family outing, kids, family friendly ...
Plot: soccer, football, culture clash, friendship, hinduism, wedding, feminism, immigrant, tradition, stereotypes, coach, teenage girl ...
Time: year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place: england, london, europe, hamburg germany, germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
 6.0
 4K
The Glorias (2020)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 147 min.
Story: An equal rights crusader, journalist and activist: Gloria Steinem embodies these and more. From her role in the revolutionary women's rights movement to her travels throughout the U.S. and around the world, Steinem has made an everlasting mark ...
Style: political, inspirational, uplifting, factual, thought provoking
Audience: chick flick
Plot: feminism, feminist, journalism, activism, women, biopic, abortion, civil rights, introspection, discrimination, human spirit, fighting the system ...
Time: 2020s
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Cyrano, My Love (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, History, Romance
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 110 min.
Story: December 1897, Paris. Edmond Rostand is not yet thirty but already two children and a lot of anxieties. He has not written anything for two years. In desperation, he offers the great Constant Coquelin a new play, a heroic comedy, in verse, for the ...
Style: captivating, humorous, sincere, disturbing, psychological ...
Audience: chick flick, boys' night
Plot: writers, love, theater, writer's life, escapades, hopes, ambition, friendship, obsession, life is a bitch, rivalry, life philosophy ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 1890s
Place: paris france, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
 7.8
 61K
Pride (2014)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Based on a true story, the film is set in the summer of 1984 – when Margaret Thatcher is in power and the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) is on strike. At the Gay Pride March in London, a group of gay and lesbian activists decides to raise ...
Style: touching, political, witty, feel good, sincere ...
Audience: teens, chick flick
Plot: gay, lgbt, working class, protest, culture clash, homosexuality, friendship, prejudice, gay relationship, mining town, lesbian, lgbtq ...
Time: year 1985, 20th century, year 1984, year 2014, 80s ...
Place: england, wales, united kingdom, britain, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Everlasting Moments (2008)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Germany
Duration: 131 min.
Story: In a time of social change and unrest, war and poverty, a young working class woman, Maria, wins a camera in a lottery. The decision to keep it alters her whole life.
Style: sincere, atmospheric, realistic, serious, captivating ...
Plot: family relations, dysfunctional family, abusive husband, female artist, photographer, photography, photograph, woman, jail, unrequited love, family problems, artist ...
Time: 1900s, year 2008, 1910s
Place: europe, scandinavia, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
The Long Walk Home (1990)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Two women, black and white, in 1955 Montgomery Alabama, must decide what they are going to do in response to the famous bus boycott lead by Martin Luther King.
Style: inspirational, independent film, touching, realistic, political ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: racism, civil rights, segregation, african american, friendship, women, ku klux klan, race issues, social commentary, black, racial segregation, boycott ...
Time: 1950s, year 1955, 20th century, 50s
Place: alabama, america, usa, southern usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Let the Girls Play (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, History, Sport
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Reims, France, 1969. Paul Coutard is a 30-year-old sports journalist at daily newspaper Le Champenois. Charming, childish and a womanizer, he does exactly what he pleases. Then one day, his boss forces him to plan the newspaper’s annual fair ...
Style: captivating, inspirational, motivational, sincere
Plot: feminism, journalist, friendship, ambition, human spirit, girl group, transformation, coach, football, rain, painting, newspaper ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, year 1969
Place: paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Wicked Little Letters (2023)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, History, Mystery
Country: UK, France
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A 1920s English seaside town bears witness to a dark and absurd scandal in this riotous mystery comedy. Based on a stranger than fiction true story, the film follows two neighbours: deeply conservative local Edith Swan and rowdy Irish migrant Rose ...
Style: humorous, light, funny, entertaining, detective ...
Plot: neighbor, seaside town, letter, police, town, women, small town, female protagonist, small town life, strong female presence, woman, female nudity ...
Time: 20th century, 1920s
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
 6.9
 792
Paper Birds (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, History
Country: Spain
Duration: 122 min.
Story: Jorge and Enrique are two artist in the post Spanish Civil War times that adopt an orphan child called Miguel. With a varieté company that travel around the country, Jorge and Enrique see the horrors left by the war meanwhile the Republic Army ...
Style: realistic, humorous, semi serious, atmospheric, captivating ...
Plot: spanish civil war, performer's life, artists and showbiz, family relations, life is a bitch, society, orphan, friendship, rivalry, spanish history, world war two, franco regime (francoism) ...
Time: 20th century, 1930s
Place: spain, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
 7.2
 40K
Stan & Ollie (2018)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Family, History
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: With their golden era long behind them, comedy duo Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy embark on a variety hall tour of Britain and Ireland. Despite the pressures of a hectic schedule, and with the support of their wives Lucille and Ida – a formidable ...
Style: emotional, factual, touching, sincere, funny ...
Plot: friendship, comedy duo, betrayal, biopic, comedian, bromance, husband wife relationship, film history, coworker relationship, performer's life, dispute, family relations ...
Time: 1950s, 1940s, 2010s, year 1953, 1930s ...
Place: england, ireland, london, united kingdom, glasgow scotland
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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Oranges and Sunshine (2010)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, Australia
Duration: 105 min.
Story: The story of Margaret Humphreys, a social worker from Nottingham, who uncovers one of the most significant social scandals in recent times – the forced migration of children from the United Kingdom. Almost singlehandedly, Margaret reunited ...
Style: realistic, serious, sincere, captivating, educational ...
Plot: social worker, deportation, child abuse, against the odds, fighting the system, uncover truth, injustice, life is a bitch, state affairs, society, rebellion, family reunited ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, 2010s, 21st century
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⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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Secrets & Lies (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, France
Duration: 136 min.
Story: A middle-aged London factory worker is shocked when the mixed-race daughter she gave up at birth decides to track her down. At first she denies she is her mother. All family members become emotional, as everyone's secrets are exposed.
Style: emotional, independent film, realistic, touching, dark comedy ...
Plot: dysfunctional family, adoption, birth mother, great ending, bittersweet, working class, loneliness, family secret, women, black, mother, female protagonist ...
Time: 90s, year 1996, 20th century
Place: london, england, britain, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, Italy, France, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A chronicle of the life of 18th century aristocrat Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, who was reviled for her extravagant political and personal life.
Style: romantic, costume drama, sexy, emotional, dramatic ...
Audience: chick flick, teens
Plot: royalty, love story, duchess, love triangle, love affair, aristocracy, duke, infidelity, adultery, high society, marriage, nobility ...
Time: 18th century, georgian era, 19th century, middle ages, ancient times ...
Place: england, britain, europe, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
 7.3
 33K
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
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Duration: 100 min.
Story: BELLE is inspired by the true story of Dido Elizabeth Belle, the illegitimate mixed race daughter of a Royal Navy Admiral. Raised by her aristocratic great-uncle Lord Mansfield and his wife, Belle's lineage affords her certain privileges, yet ...
Style: period piece, inspirational, sentimental, captivating, emotional ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: slavery, racism, interracial relations, society, interracial romance, high society, social differences, aristocracy, white male black female relationship, love and romance, interracial couple, biracial ...
Time: 18th century, georgian era, ancient times, regency period, victorian era ...
Place: england, indiana, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 162 min.
Story: The story of Saartjes Baartman, a Black domestic who, in 1808, left Southern Africa, then ruled by Dutch settlers, for Europe, following her boss Hendrick Caesar , hoping to find fame and fortune there. Once in London her master turned manager does ...
Style: captivating, serious, thought provoking, realistic, erotic ...
Plot: shame, prostitution, humiliation, captivity, physical appearance, violence against women, rebelliousness, poverty, social misfits, society, exploitation, racism ...
Time: 19th century, year 2010, ancient times, 1810s
Place: paris france, africa, south africa, france, europe ...
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28%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
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Style: touching, sentimental, realistic, humorous, semi serious
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Time: 20th century, 70s, year 1972
Place: england, britain, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Born in Flames (1983)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story: In a future where a socialist government gains power, a group of women decides to organize and rebel.
Style: independent film, underground film, political, cult classic, indie film ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: feminism, lesbian, anarchism, feminist, radical, socialist, sexual harassment, police brutality, racism, anarchist, dystopia, chaos ...
Time: distant future, future
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
 6.2
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The Marchers (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, History
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 120 min.
Story: In 1983, in France experiencing intolerance and racial violence , three young teens and the priest Minguettes launching a largely peaceful march for equality and against racism, over 1,000 km between Marseille and Paris . Despite the difficulties ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, thought provoking, biting
Plot: racism, human spirit, fighting the system, discrimination, cross country, life is a bitch, hopes, society, misfit, immigrant, politics, working class ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1983
Place: france, lyon
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
 7.0
 11K
The Lady (2011)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: France, UK, Thailand
Duration: 132 min.
Story: The film is about the life of Aung San Suu Kyi (Yeoh) who spent more than a decade under house arrest. David Thewlis portrays Suu Kyi's husband, Dr. Michael Aris. Rebecca Frayn began working on the project after she and her husband, producer ...
Style: touching, realistic, sincere, sentimental, educational ...
Plot: military dictatorship, resistance, politics, election, leadership, human spirit, selflessness, social activist, tragic love, idealism, biopic, social problems ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, 80s, year 1998, year 1947 ...
Place: burma, france, china, asia, oxford university
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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The Swamp (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Argentina, France, Spain, Japan
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Chekhov in contemporary Argentina. Mecha and Gregorio are at their rundown country place near La Ciénaga with their teen children. It's hot. The adults drink constantly; Mecha cuts herself, engendering a trip to the hospital and a visit from ...
Style: captivating, touching, neorealism, sincere, suspense ...
Plot: children, dysfunctional family, heat wave, incest, racism, family problems, crumbling marriage, couples, parents and children, eccentric family, alcoholism, siblings relations ...
Time: 2000s, year 2001, 21st century
Place: argentina, latin america, usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Cemetery Junction (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story: In 1970s England, three blue-collar friends spend their days joking, drinking, fighting and chasing girls. Freddie wants to leave their working-class world but cool, charismatic Bruce and lovable loser Snork are happy with life the way it is. When ...
Style: witty, inspirational, stylized, funny, humorous ...
Plot: small town, coming of age, friendship, friends, old love, love, relationships, profanity, society, love and romance, social differences, factory ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
 6.7
 2K
The 13 Roses (2007)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Spain, Italy
Duration: 129 min.
Story: True story of thirteen totally normal young women that suffered harsh questioning and were put in prison under made up charges of helping the rebellion against Franco back in the 1940s. Despite of their innocence, the thirteen were soon executed ...
Style: disturbing, thought provoking, emotional, touching, political ...
Plot: spanish civil war, spanish history, injustice, woman in danger, false accusation, social decay, life is a bitch, betrayal, idealism, society, dishonesty, danger ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century, 1940s
Place: spain
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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