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A Very British Scandal (2021)
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A Very British Scandal (2021)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 177 min.
TV show
Story: Sex, secrets and suspicion - the true story of a duchess publicly shamed in a high society divorce that gripped the nation.
Style: psychological, captivating, disturbing, costume drama, period drama
Plot: divorce, duchess, high society, marriage, aristocracy, adultery, scandal, british royal family, duke, relationship problems, crumbling marriage, political scandal, marital problem, relationships, royal family, infidelity, family problems, husband wife relationship, royalty, dysfunctional marriage, troubled marriage, cheating girlfriend, post war, biopic, chess ...
Time: 20th century
Place: london, britain

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, psychological, disturbing and period drama films and TV series with plots about husband wife relationship, marriage, family relations, family problems, relationship problems, marital problem and relationships mostly in Drama, History and Biography genres. Some movies like A Very British Scandal: The Trial of Christine Keeler (2019), The Queen (2009), The Crown (2016), Wolf Hall (2015), Victoria (2016). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Trial of Christine Keeler (2019)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 352 min.
TV show
Story: The minister, his mistress, and her lover the spy. The story of the woman at the centre of one of the 20th century's biggest scandals – which changed Britain forever.
Style: captivating, disturbing, psychological, political, beautiful ...
Plot: extramarital affair, sex scandal, british prime minister, scandal, government, political corruption, post war, political scandal, female protagonist, political unrest, sexual relations, british history ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: britain
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The Queen (2009)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK
TV show
Story: The Queen was a 2009 British drama-documentary showing Queen Elizabeth II at different points during her life. Broadcast on Channel 4 over five consecutive nights from 29 November 2009, the Queen was portrayed by a different actress in each episode. ...
Style: disturbing, psychological, thought provoking, captivating
Plot: monarch, queen, royal family, british monarchy, queen elizabeth ii, british royal family, female protagonist, queen of england, historical figure, british history, ruler, historical character ...
Place: england, britain
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The Crown (2016)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 58 min.
TV show
Story: The gripping, decades-spanning inside story of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the Prime Ministers who shaped Britain's post-war destiny. The Crown tells the inside story of two of the most famous addresses in the world – Buckingham ...
Style: atmospheric, serious, suspense, clever, historical drama ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: royal family, british royal family, queen, monarchy, monarch, royalty, winston churchill, british history, queen elizabeth ii, british monarchy, prime minister, british politics ...
Time: 50s, 1940s, 70s, 80s, 1950s ...
Place: england, buckingham palace, london, syria, britain
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52%
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Wolf Hall (2015)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 360 min.
TV show
Story: England in the 1520s is a heartbeat from disaster. If the King dies without a male heir, the country could be destroyed by civil war. Henry VIII wants to annul his marriage of twenty years and marry Anne Boleyn. The Pope and most of Europe oppose ...
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Time: 16th century, medieval times
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Victoria (2016)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The story of Queen Victoria, who came to the throne at a time of great economic turbulence and resurgent republicanism – and died 64 years later the head of the largest empire the world had ever seen, having revitalised the throne’s public image ...
Style: costume drama, historical drama, romantic, realistic, touching ...
Plot: royal family, british history, royalty, monarchy, queen victoria, british monarchy, european history, queen of england, female protagonist, queen, british politics, british royal family ...
Time: victorian era, 19th century, 1800s, future, 1830s
Place: britain, england, london, united kingdom, buckingham palace
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50%
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Halala (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: India
TV show
Story: Afza and Raahil are happily married. But fate has different plans as their beautiful relationship faces turmoil and in rage of fit Raahil gives triple talaq to Afza. Zaid is the only hope to save Afza and Raahil’s broken marriage as the only ...
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Aristocrats (1999)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK, Ireland, USA
Duration: 300 min.
TV show
Story: 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, captivating, serious, historical drama, realistic ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: master and servant, rich and poor, high society, aristocracy, royal family, family relations, royalty, society, intrigue, politics, siblings relations, state affairs ...
Time: 18th century, georgian era, 1780s
Place: england, ireland, europe
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49%
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Mr Selfridge (2013)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Mr. Selfridge recounts the real life story of the flamboyant and visionary American founder of Selfridge's, London's lavish department store. Set in 1909 London, when women were reveling in a new sense of freedom and modernity, it follows ...
Style: stylized, captivating, costume drama, serious, realistic ...
Plot: businessman, rise to the top, high society, visionary, department store, materialism, lifestyle, ambitious, success, career, boss, manager ...
Time: 1900s, edwardian era, 1910s, 20th century, victorian era
Place: england, london, britain
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49%
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Edward the King (1975)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
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Story: Edward the Seventh is a 1975 television drama series, made by ATV in 13 episodes. Based on the biography of Edward VII by Philip Magnus, it starred Timothy West as the elder Edward VII and Simon Gipps-Kent and Charles Sturridge as Edward in his ...
Style: costume drama, historical drama, saga, captivating, realistic ...
Plot: royalty, royal family, british monarchy, monarch, biopic, family relations, state affairs, head of state, parents and children, royal court, queen victoria, troubled youth ...
Time: 19th century, edwardian era, 20th century, victorian era
Place: britain, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
Scenes from a Marriage (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 296 min.
TV show
Story: A chronicle of the many years of love and turmoil that bind a contemporary American couple, tracking their relationship as it progresses through a number of successive stages: matrimony, infidelity, divorce, and subsequent partnerships.
Style: disturbing, psychological, captivating, thought provoking, erotic ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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Inborn Pair (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 48 min.
TV show
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Style: disturbing, psychological, captivating
Plot: marriage of convenience, male female relationship, husband wife relationship, family problems, marital problem, relationship problems, relationships, family relations, couple relations, love story, family life, dysfunctional family ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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Lucky Days (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: When laidback Ren, who is about to divorce his money-crazy wife, finds a time-traveling computer, he decides to use it to reboot his marriage.
Style: psychological, thrilling, captivating
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48%
The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1970)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 540 min.
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Story: On his deathbed, King Henry VIII recalls how he wooed and wed his six wives - and disposed of five of them - in a bid to secure the succession to the throne with a male heir. Despite his many marriages and the crowded court, Henry remains ...
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48%
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 726
Lady's Farm (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 90 min.
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Style: psychological, captivating, disturbing, soap opera
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
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Our Zoo (2014)
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47%
Teraz albo nigdy! (2008)
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TV show
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46%
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46%
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Genre: Drama
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Story: Tangle is an Australian drama series for the Showcase subscription television channel. It focuses on the tangled lives of two generations of two families. Tangle is filmed in Melbourne and first screened on 1 October 2009. It is written by Fiona ...
Style: disturbing, captivating, tense, psychological
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46%
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Style: psychological, disturbing, captivating, soap opera, telenovela
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46%
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46%
From the Lips to the Heart (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
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TV show
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46%
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min.
TV show
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46%
 5.2
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Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 100 min.
TV show
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