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Cyrano (2021)
16K
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A man ahead of his time, Cyrano de Bergerac dazzles whether with ferocious wordplay at a verbal joust or with brilliant swordplay in a duel. But, convinced that his appearance renders him unworthy of the love of a devoted friend, the luminous Roxanne, Cyrano has yet to declare his feelings for her—and Roxanne has fallen in love, at first sight, with Christian.
Style:
costume drama, sincere, touching, serious, captivating, inspirational, satirical, period drama
Plot:
love triangle, friendship, unrequited love, poetry, doomed romance, theatre play, dwarf, wedding, lie, deception, love, nun, soldier, sword fight, poet, theater, love at first sight, nobility, duke, letter, redheaded woman, ambush, love letter, bakery, stage actor ...
Time:
17th century, future, georgian era
Place:
paris france, france
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Most similar movies to Cyrano
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out period drama, realistic, period piece and serious films with plots about love, love and romance, couples, love triangle, fall in love, love story and betrayal mostly in Drama, Romance and Musical genres. Some movies like Cyrano: Moulin Rouge! (2001), The Phantom of the Opera (2004), Man of La Mancha (1972), Dangerous Liaisons (1988), Passion (1996). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
313K
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
A celebration of love and creative inspiration takes place in the infamous, gaudy and glamorous Parisian nightclub, at the cusp of the 20th century. A young poet, who is plunged into the heady world of Moulin Rouge, begins a passionate affair with ...
Style:
sentimental, romantic, sexy, visually stunning, period piece ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens
Plot:
cabaret, love story, tragic love, jealousy, nightclub, sexual attraction, showbiz, music, performer's life, bohemian life, passion, love and romance ...
Time:
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Place:
paris france, europe, detroit, france, montmartre paris ...
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95%
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
Deformed since birth, a bitter man known only as the Phantom lives in the sewers underneath the Paris Opera House. He falls in love with the obscure chorus singer Christine, and privately tutors her while terrorizing the rest of the opera house and ...
Style:
gothic, stylized, gothic horror, sentimental, period piece ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, kids, girls' night, date night ...
Plot:
opera, obsession, disfigurement, musician's life, theater, destructive relationship, loneliness, disguise, dangerous attraction, prodigy, love and romance, fall in love ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1910s, year 2004, 2000s ...
Place:
paris france, france, europe, london
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
In the sixteenth century, Miguel de Cervantes, poet, playwright, and part-time actor, has been arrested, together with his manservant, by the Spanish Inquisition. They are accused of presenting an entertainment offensive to the Inquisition. Inside ...
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fairy tale, semi serious, touching, humorous, costume drama ...
Plot:
chivalry, broadway, don quixote, idealism, delusion, sword fight, prison, nobility, damsel in distress, master servant relationship, magic realism, ancient ...
Time:
16th century, 17th century, middle ages, year 1972
Place:
spain, europe
Similarity:
92%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Dangerous Liaisons is the film based on the novel of the same name by Choderlos de Laclos set in 18th century France. Marquise de Merteuil’s asks her ex-lover Vicomte de Valmont to seduce the future wife of another ex-lover of hers in return for ...
Style:
sexy, costume drama, gothic, period piece, sensual ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
aristocracy, sexualized violence, fatal attraction, seduction, casanova, love, sexuality, nobility, decadence, passion, medieval, erotic scene ...
Time:
18th century, georgian era, 20th century, 19th century, victorian era ...
Place:
france, paris france, europe
Similarity:
90%
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346
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Giorgio, a young soldier, is in love with the married Clara and becomes her lover. But they are separated when Giorgio is posted far away, where he meets the unhappy, unhealthy Fosca who develops a passionate love for Giorgio and tries to make him ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, feel good, sentimental, touching ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
soldier, love triangle, trauma, illness, duel, love letter, couples, love and romance, unlikely couple, unfulfillment, tragic love, fall in love ...
Time:
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Place:
italy, milan italy, europe
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90%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Mexico, UK, Colombia
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
In Colombia just after the Great War, an old man falls from a ladder; dying, he professes great love for his wife. After the funeral, a man calls on the widow - she dismisses him angrily. Flash back more than 50 years to the day Florentino Ariza, a ...
Style:
costume drama, sexy, sexual, psychological, emotional ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
impossible love, love, new love, love triangle, letter, magic realism, power of love, epidemic, betrayal, multiple storylines, visceral, justice ...
Time:
19th century, turn of the century, year 2007, 1900s, 20th century ...
Place:
colombia, latin america, caribbean, paris france
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89%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
In the opulent St. Petersburg of the Empire period, Eugene Onegin is a jaded but dashing aristocrat - a man often lacking in empathy, who suffers from restlessness, melancholy and, finally, regret. Through his best friend Lensky, Onegin is ...
Style:
atmospheric, period piece, costume drama, romantic, romantic drama ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
unfulfilled love, forbidden love, marriage, poetry, unfulfillment, love and romance, obsession, unrequited love, inheritance, fall in love, victorian england, poet ...
Time:
19th century, 1820s, 1830s, year 1999, 1800s ...
Place:
st. petersburg russia, russia, london, tokyo
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89%
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, sincere, touching, captivating, neo noir ...
Plot:
bourgeoisie, love interest, romantic obsession, betrayal, social issues, sister sister relationship, friendship, intrigue, love, young man, greed, deception ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
manila philippines
Similarity:
89%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Kate is secretly betrothed to a struggling journalist, Merton Densher. But she knows her Aunt Maude will never approve of the match, since Kate's deceased mother has lost all her money in a marriage to a degenerate opium addict. When Kate meets ...
Style:
sexy, atmospheric, period piece, costume drama, serious ...
Plot:
love, nobility, love triangle, literary, death, greed, betrayal, relationships, nudity, forbidden love, fall in love, power relations ...
Time:
1910s, year 1997, victorian era, 20th century, edwardian era ...
Place:
england, london, venice, britain, europe ...
Similarity:
88%
52K
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 185 min.
Story:
Devdas is sent away by his father so he can improve himself but upon his return his father still doesn’t welcome him back. Devdas and Paro are in love but Paro is a lower caste and is set to be married to an older widower. Devdas is devastated ...
Style:
touching, emotional, sentimental, weeping, thought provoking ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
unfulfilled love, forbidden love, love triangle, alcoholic, losing-it hero, true love, love, unrequited love, prostitution, prostitute, drunkenness, stepmother stepdaughter relationship ...
Time:
2000s, 20th century, 1900s, 90s, 21st century
Place:
india, london, kolkata, asia, europe ...
Similarity:
88%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Based on the literary classic by Thomas Hardy, Far from the Madding Crowd is the story of independent, beautiful and headstrong Bathsheba Everdene, who attracts three very different suitors: Gabriel Oak, a sheep farmer, captivated by her fetching ...
Style:
romantic, costume drama, sexy, period piece, emotional ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens
Plot:
victorian england, couples, relationships, love story, looking for love, countryside, couple relations, love and romance, love affair, love, unrequited love, wooing ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1800s, year 2015, 18th century
Place:
england, britain, europe, london
Similarity:
88%
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India, USA
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
Orphaned and homeless Ranbir Raj re-locates to a small town and orders a glass of milk in the RK Bar. He befriends a prostitute by the name of Gulabji, who invites him to spend the night with her, and when he refuses, she re-directs him to Lillian ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
india, asia
Similarity:
87%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 176 min.
Story:
As incomparable in swordplay and wordplay as he is, the gallant soldier, philosopher, and poet Cyrano de Bergerac is as timid as a schoolboy before the fair Roxanne. Derek Jacobi delivers an electrifying award-winning portrayal of Rostand's ...
Style:
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Plot:
love triangle, self sacrifice, wooing, unrequited love, literary, physical appearance, swordplay, pun, poetry, insecurity, chivalry, honor ...
Time:
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Similarity:
87%
15K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, UK, USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
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Style:
sexy, period piece, costume drama, independent film, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night, adult
Plot:
infidelity, betrayal, virgin, couple relations, manipulation, seduction, hypocrisy, virginity, tragedy, manipulative woman, love triangle, marriage ...
Time:
18th century, year 1989, georgian era, 20th century, 80s ...
Place:
france, paris france, eastern europe, europe
Similarity:
87%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
Rich Mr. Dashwood dies, leaving his second wife and her daughters poor by the rules of inheritance. Two daughters are the titular opposites.
Style:
romantic, costume drama, feel good, sincere, sentimental ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night, chick flick, kids, adult
Plot:
love story, love, happy ending, love triangle, love and romance, sisters, fall in love, love affair, social differences, rich and poor, true love, village life ...
Time:
19th century, 18th century, 90s, regency period, 1810s ...
Place:
england, britain, europe, london, seattle
Similarity:
86%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Italy, Morocco, USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Based on Evelyn Waugh's 1945 classic British novel, Brideshead Revisited is a poignant story of forbidden love and the loss of innocence set in England prior to the Second World War.
Style:
sentimental, emotional, sincere, period piece, serious ...
Plot:
friendship, world war two, male nudity, nobility, couples, gay, longing, catholic, religion, menage a trois, oxford, brutality ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century, 50s, 1930s, year 2008 ...
Place:
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Similarity:
86%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
period piece, costume drama, realistic, stylized, witty ...
Plot:
love triangle, couples, couple relations, love and romance, fall in love, class differences, unrequited love, social differences, society, unfulfilled love, estate, infidelity ...
Time:
18th century, 19th century, victorian era, 1800s, regency period ...
Place:
england, europe, britain
Similarity:
84%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
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Style:
costume drama, melancholic, atmospheric, tense, cynical ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
venice, italy, europe, mediterranean sea, england
Similarity:
84%
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46K
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Arrogant, self-centered movie director Guido Contini finds himself struggling to find meaning, purpose, and a script for his latest film endeavor. With only a week left before shooting begins, he desperately searches for answers and inspiration from ...
Style:
clever, emotional, lyrical, captivating, sentimental ...
Plot:
infidelity, midlife crisis, filmmaking, memory, sexual fantasy, broadway, lifestyle, self discovery, femme fatale, dancing, couples, family relations ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, year 2009, 2000s, 1920s ...
Place:
italy, rome italy, europe
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84%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
Ms. Isabel Archer isn't afraid to challenge societal norms. Impressed by her free spirit, her kindhearted cousin writes her into his fatally ill father's will. Suddenly rich and independent, Isabelle ventures into the world, along the way ...
Style:
period piece, costume drama, psychological, talky, atmospheric ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
manipulation, friendship, depression, impossible love, multiple storylines, couple relations, infidelity, fall in love, relationships, art, women, passionate love ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, year 1996, turn of the century, 1870s ...
Place:
europe, england, sicily, florence, london ...
Similarity:
84%
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, realistic, atmospheric, gothic horror, suspense ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick
Plot:
unfulfilled love, musician, obsession, theater, disfigurement, opera singer, live performance, singer, destructive relationship, dancing, mysterious man, unrequited love ...
Time:
19th century, 1910s, year 1919, 1870s
Place:
paris france, france, europe
Similarity:
84%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Russia, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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Style:
costume drama, romantic, romantic drama, psychological, atmospheric ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
imperial russia, relationships, infidelity, true love, betrayal, cheating wife, victorian england, age difference, forbidden love, love, death, cuckolded husband ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, year 1997, turn of the century, 1880s
Place:
russia, st. petersburg russia, moscow russia
Similarity:
83%
679K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
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Style:
touching, romantic, emotional, sentimental, sweet ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night, teens, adult
Plot:
love story, love, love and romance, fall in love, true love, rich woman poor man, youth, forbidden love, power of love, love of one's life, young lovers, love triangle ...
Time:
1940s, year 2004, post world war two, year 1941, 50s ...
Place:
north carolina, charleston south carolina, southern usa, iran, usa ...
Similarity:
83%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, serious, realistic, atmospheric, touching ...
Plot:
unrequited love, obsession, bittersweet, forbidden love, love, father daughter relationship, sister sister relationship, farm, male female relationship, post war, love triangle, love affair ...
Time:
year 1999, 20th century, 50s, 1950s
Place:
england, europe, italy
Similarity:
82%
17K
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
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Style:
costume drama, period piece, emotional, touching, thinking ...
Audience:
chick flick, family outing, girls' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
israel
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82%
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Ophelia comes of age as lady-in-waiting for Queen Gertrude, and her singular spirit captures Hamlet's affections. As lust and betrayal threaten the kingdom, Ophelia finds herself trapped between true love and controlling her own destiny.
Style:
scenic, inspirational, exciting, period piece, costume drama ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
castle, medieval, imaginary kingdom, murder, crown prince, adaptation, secret relationship, shakespeare, throne, palace intrigue, heir, royal court ...
Time:
middle ages, ancient times, medieval times
Place:
denmark
Similarity:
82%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: USA, Canada, UK
Duration: 156 min.
Story:
A remake of the 1961 film about two youngsters from rival New York City gangs fall in love, but tensions between their respective friends build toward tragedy.
Style:
suspenseful, disturbing, captivating, surprise ending, visual ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
forbidden love, love at first sight, dance, fight, shakespeare, teenager, rivals, racism, street gang, male female relationship, gang war, tragic event ...
Time:
1950s, 2020s, year 1961, year 1957, 60s ...
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
82%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, UK, Canada, South Africa, India, Pakistan
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Determined to leave the ravages of war behind, 38 year old Gian Singh resigns from the British Indian Army to a quiet life. His world is soon thrown in turmoil, when he suddenly finds himself responsible for the life of a 17 year old girl, ...
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, sincere, emotional ...
Plot:
interracial relations, forbidden love, sikh, love and romance, fall in love, couples, society, soldier, political unrest, social relations, muslim, male female relationship ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
pakistan, india, africa, middle east, south africa ...
Similarity:
82%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Based on the novel of the same name by Edith Wharton, it is about a husband and wife (Ethan and Zeena), who need an extra hand around the house due to Zeena's debilitated body and constant illness. The young woman who joins them is a beautiful, ...
Style:
costume drama, emotional, intense, captivating, sentimental ...
Plot:
true love, forbidden love, infidelity, family problems, dull life, family relations, fall in love, love triangle, destiny, family drama, adultery, love ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, turn of the century, year 1993, 1800s ...
Place:
usa, massachusetts, america, new england, england
Similarity:
82%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
The year is 1675. England is threatened by religious and political rivalries. King Charles II's Catholic brother, James, is next in line for the throne, but many Protestants put their faith in Charles' illegitimate son, The Duke of ...
Style:
realistic, emotional, serious, captivating, stylized ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
forbidden love, countryside, revenge, love, state affairs, love and romance, uninhibited rivalry, vengeance, political unrest, rivalry, politics, historical event ...
Time:
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Place:
england, scotland, europe
Similarity:
81%
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