Movies and TV shows like All the Rivers Run

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All the Rivers Run (1983)
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All the Rivers Run (1983)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 400 min.
TV show
Story: Orphaned after a shipwreck off the Victorian coast of Australia, the beautiful and spirited Philadelphia Gordon finds both love and adventure aboard a paddle-steamer on the Murray River.
Style: period drama
Plot: yacht, boat, peace, prairie, settler, orphan, castaway, colonialism, frontier, riverboat
Time: victorian era, 19th century
Place: australia

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Most similar movies to All the Rivers Run

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out period drama, realistic, costume drama and serious films and TV series with plots about costume, society, love and romance, power relations, family relations, orphan and love mostly in Drama, Romance and Adventure genres. Some movies like All the Rivers Run: Jane Eyre (1983), The Onedin Line (1971), The River Kings (1991), Great Expectations (1989), The Octopus (1984). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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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100%
The Onedin Line (1971)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: The Onedin Line is a BBC television drama series which ran from 1971 to 1980. The series was created by Cyril Abraham. The series is set in Liverpool from 1860 to 1886 and deals with the rise of a shipping line, the Onedin Line, named after its ...
Style: costume drama, retro, period piece, period drama
Plot: sailing, sea, boat, yacht, sailboat, ocean, ship, sailor, crew, sea captain, brother brother relationship, port ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era
Place: england, britain, liverpool
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59%
The River Kings (1991)
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 200 min.
TV show
Story: Filmed on South Australia's glorious River Murray, this television mini-series is set during the 1920s and tells of the story of a runaway who escapes to the river to work on a paddle-boat steamer and his friendship with an old salt captain ...
Plot: boat, yacht, television, river, young man, runaway, ship, captain, water, riverboat, steam, river boat
Time: 1920s
Place: australia, south australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
For the Term of His Natural Life (1983)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 520 min.
TV show
Story: In 1830's England, a young man from a good but troubled family is unjustly convicted of stealing a watch. He's transported to Van Dieman's Land (Tasmania) where he suffers under the enmity of Lt. Frere while falling in love with ...
Style: realistic, serious
Plot: penal colony, wrongful imprisonment, mutiny, false accusation, prison, literary, convict, dishonesty, confined, life is a bitch, society, power relations ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era
Place: australia, tasmania
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Great Expectations (1989)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 303 min.
TV show
Story: Phillip Pirrip, known as Pip, meets a convict or two in a graveyard and sets into motion a series of events that lead him from a comfortable life in his brother-in-law's forge to a mysterious inheritance and his acquaintance with the eerie Miss ...
Style: historical drama, period drama
Plot: charles dickens, victorian england, rags to riches, adoption, literature, inheritance, orphan, costume
Time: 19th century, victorian era
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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The Octopus (1984)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Italy, Austria, France, UK, Germany, Spain, Sweden
Duration: 402 min.
TV show
Story: Corrado Cattani is a police inspector whose life is devoted to fighting the Italian mafia (known here as "La Piovra" or "The Octopus").
Style: serious, tense, suspenseful, bleak, realistic ...
Plot: cosa nostra, mafia, murder, law enforcement, society, fighting crime, family relations, police investigation, family life, organized crime, smuggling, gangster ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: sicily, italy, palermo italy, europe, southern italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Which Way Home (1991)
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia, New Zealand, USA
Duration: 180 min.
TV show
Story: An American nurse is determined to smuggle a group of orphans out of Cambodia in the late 1970s, assisted by an Australian boat operator.
Plot: cambodian civil war, death of child, dead children, boat, child murder, orphan, sea, children, temple, nurse, shot to death, jeep ...
Time: 70s
Place: australia, cambodia
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
The Buccaneers (1995)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 212 min.
TV show
Story: Four American girls go to England to find husbands.
Style: period piece, costume drama, romantic drama, historical drama, spooky ...
Audience: kids, girls' night
Plot: love and romance, looking for love, high society, gilded age, love story, abortion, card playing, duchess, cottage, society, verbal byplay, manners ...
Time: victorian era, 19th century, 1870s
Place: england, rhode island, britain, london, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Return to Snowy River (1988)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: Australia
Duration: 110 min.
Story: After a few years trying to earn money to marry Jessica Harrison (Sigrid Thornton), Jim Craig (Tom Burlinson) returns to Snowy River. But he finds that a lot of things have changed.
Style: cult classic, semi serious, independent film
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: horse, treasure hunt, love and romance, chase, wilderness, treasure hunter, peace, prairie, ranch, rancher, horse riding, love triangle ...
Time: 19th century, 80s, 1890s
Place: australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Oscar and Lucinda (1997)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Australia, USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story: After a childhood of abuse by his evangelistic father, misfit Oscar Hopkins becomes an Anglican minister and develops a divine obsession with gambling. Lucinda Leplastrier is a rich Australian heiress shopping in London for materials for her newly ...
Style: romantic, surreal, melancholic, captivating, touching ...
Plot: gambling, obsession, religion, friendship, wager, inheritance, fall in love, introspection, obsessive quest, love and romance, love, destiny ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, ancient times, year 1997, 1800s
Place: australia, england, britain, europe, sydney australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
The Secret River (2015)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History
Country: Australia
TV show
Story: In 1806, William Thornhill is sentenced to New South Wales for life where he is drawn into a terrifying conflict that will leave a bloody and indelible stain.
Style: stylized, serious, captivating, realistic, historical drama ...
Plot: love affair, social differences, society, misfit, love and romance, australian aboriginal, colony, convict, lgbt, lgbtq, australian history, river ...
Time: 19th century, 1800s
Place: australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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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
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Tilly Trotter (1999)
Genre: Romance, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 216 min.
TV show
Story: In 1930s rural England, Tilly Trotter is the story of a young girl envied by women for her beauty, lusted after by men, accused of witchcraft and forced to rise above the prejudice of many people in her community.
Style: period drama
Plot: english countryside, rural setting, family relations, rape, poverty, farm, prejudice, hostility, class differences, countryside, costume, classroom
Time: victorian era, 19th century, 1930s, 1830s
Place: northern england, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Scarlet and Black (1993)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 238 min.
TV show
Story: The story of an ambitious but impoverished young man who seduces women of social class in order to improve his own prospects in 19th century France.
Style: psychological thriller, costume drama, romantic, period drama, hot
Plot: sex scene, napoleonic wars, age difference, illicit love, nobility, love, love affair, nudity, talent, ambition, love interest, social satire ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 1820s, 1830s, regency period
Place: france
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31%
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
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
The Tide of Life (1996)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min.
TV show
Story: Tide of Life follows the fortunes of young housekeeper, Emily Kennedy, as she learns about relationships with three very different men. Forced from home of her first employer, Sep McGilby after his plans to marry her come to tragic end, Emily finds ...
Style: costume drama, realistic, serious, touching, emotional ...
Plot: immigration, life turned upside down, tragic hero, love and romance, couple relations, life is a bitch, boss and employee, innocence lost, gender, society, farm, family relations ...
Time: edwardian era, 19th century, 1900s, victorian era
Place: northern england, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
The Man from Snowy River (1982)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: Australia
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Jim Craig has lived his first 18 years in the mountains of Australia on his father's farm. The death of his father forces him to go to the low lands to earn enough money to get the farm back on its feet. Kirk Douglas plays two roles as twin ...
Style: sentimental, cult classic, surprise ending, captivating, feel good ...
Audience: kids, teens
Plot: horse, wild west, wild horse, ranch, stallion, wilderness, river, coming of age, chase, happy ending, australian outback, treasure hunt ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 20th century, year 1982, 1800s ...
Place: australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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1915 (1982)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Australia
Duration: 360 min.
TV show
Story: 1915 is a 1982 Australian mini series about two friends who wind up serving in World War One.
Style: period drama
Plot: world war one, great war
Time: year 1915
Place: australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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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
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Oliver Twist (1997)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
TV show
Story: Charles Dickens' classical story about the young orphan boy in 1837 England is again re-filmed in grand fashion. Richard Dreyfuss portrays Fagin, the unscrupulous leader of the young pick-pockets Oliver (Alex Trench) initially falls in with ...
Style: realistic, serious, gloomy, touching, sentimental ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: orphan, youth, charles dickens, control, children, friends, injustice, danger, young heroes, gang, life is a bitch, friendship ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 1830s
Place: england, europe, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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Camille (1984)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Camille is a courtesan in Paris. She falls deeply in love with a young man of promise, Armand Duval. When Armand's father begs her not to ruin his hope of a career and position by marrying Armand, she acquiesces and leaves her lover. However, ...
Style: period drama, beautiful
Plot: courtesan, cottage, loss of virginity, roulette, class differences, runaway, casino, artist, prostitute, gambling, river, brothel ...
Time: victorian era, 19th century
Place: france, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
A Town Like Alice (1981)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Australia
Duration: 301 min.
TV show
Story: Set against the brutal chaos of World War II, a love story begins that will take two lovers through a living nightmare of captivity, across three continents and two decades. From the steamy jungles of Malaya to the dusty and desolate outback of ...
Style: vintage, period drama
Plot: world war two, love, post war, prisoner, wartime, jungle, skating, pow, japanese army, australian outback, inheritance, british ...
Time: post world war two, 1940s
Place: australia, malaysia
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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Our Mutual Friend (1998)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 350 min.
TV show
Story: Intertwining tales of love, greed, and secret identities in Charles Dickens's 1860s London.
Style: costume drama, period piece, historical drama, realistic, serious ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: victorian england, charles dickens, inheritance, love, makeover, betrayal, unrequited love, lifestyle, dishonesty, life is a bitch, love and romance, society ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 1800s
Place: britain, england, london, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Tess of the D'Urbervilles (2008)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 240 min.
TV show
Story: Forced by poverty to seek support, the innocent Tess Durbeyfield seeks the help of the D'Urbervilles.
Style: sincere, costume drama, clever, period piece, realistic ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: innocence, couples, poverty, society, master and servant, life is a bitch, pregnancy, unrequited love, village life, love and romance, family relations, dishonesty ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 1800s, 50s
Place: england, britain
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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Moby Dick (2011)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 184 min.
TV show
Story: The sole survivor of a lost whaling ship relates the tale of his captain's self-destructive obsession to hunt the white whale, Moby Dick.
Style: exciting, realistic, captivating, psychological, serious ...
Plot: ocean, ship, whale, survival, hunt down, obsessive quest, danger, rivalry, dangerous animal, sea, self destructing, escapades ...
Time: 19th century, 1800s, victorian era
Place: nova scotia
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
David Copperfield (1974)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 300 min.
TV show
Story: Adaptation of the Dickens novel.
Style: historical drama, period drama
Plot: charles dickens, david copperfield, youth, compassion, childhood memory, oppression, orphan, coming of age, survivor, affection, writing
Time: 19th century, victorian era
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Picnic at Hanging Rock (2018)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 51 min.
TV show
Story: Valentine's Day, 1900. Three schoolgirls and their governess mysteriously disappear in Hanging Rock, Australia, without a trace.
Style: atmospheric, psychological, suspenseful, suspense, melancholic ...
Plot: mysterious disappearance, valentine's day, girls' boarding school, investigation, disappearance, power relations, unsolved mystery, supernatural, tragedy, suicide, wilderness, friendship between girls ...
Time: 1900s, edwardian era, victorian era, year 1900, 19th century ...
Place: australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
The Barchester Chronicles (1982)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 385 min.
TV show
Story: When a crusade against the Church of England's practice of self-enrichment misfires, scandal taints the cosy community of Barchester when their local church becomes the object of a scathing, investigative report.
Style: costume drama, historical drama, period drama
Plot: chubby, literary, church of england, henpecked husband, cathedral, cello, bishop, costume, slapping
Time: 19th century, victorian era
Place: britain
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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 ⇓
26%
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