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Dostoevsky (2011)
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Original name: Достоевский
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 54 min.
TV show
Story:
Biopic covering a large portion of Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky's life, from the Petrashevsky Circle to the writing of The Brothers Karamazov.
Style:
suspenseful, rough, captivating, disturbing, factual, philosophical, dark, period piece, historical drama, tense ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
biopic, trial, russian empire, character study, destiny, life is a bitch, death sentence, isolation, death of wife, writer's life, tragic hero, exile, imprisonment, poverty, mature, gambler, gambling addiction, political repression, friendship, religion, betrayal, family drama, writers, artistic, psychological drama ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
russian
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out period piece, melancholic, historical drama and captivating films and TV series with plots about biopic, character study, isolation, writers, poet, family drama and literary mostly in Drama, Biography and History genres. Some movies like Dostoevsky: His Wife's Diary (2000), Zuleikha Opens Her Eyes (2020), August (2007), August Strindberg: Ett liv (1985), The Idiot (2003). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A tragic story of love and loneliness - this is the unknown life of the great Russian writer Ivan Bunin. The confused love story that involved Bunin, his wife Vera, the young poet Galina Plotnikova, opera singer Marga Kovtun and literary man Leonid ...
Style:
psychological, sincere, lyrical, touching, sentimental
Plot:
love and romance, passion, writers, love triangle, couple relations, guest, suffering, infatuation, tragic love, poet, obsession, friend ...
Place:
soviet union, russia
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Thailand
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The story of the Siamese twins, Eng and Chang Bunker, who live extraordinary lives with their wives and children in Mount Airy, North Carolina.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, historical drama, poignant ...
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biopic, siamese twins, twins, brotherhood, lifestyle, twin brother, family life, large family, husband wife relationship, kids and family, relationships, family relations ...
Time:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 49 min.
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The year is 1930. In a small Tartar village, a woman named Zuleikha watches as her husband is murdered by communists. Zuleikha herself is sent into exile, enduring a horrendous train journey to a remote spot on the Angara River in Siberia. ...
Style:
heartbreaking, disturbing, period piece, historical drama, poignant ...
Plot:
peasant, political repression, female protagonist, loss, propaganda, russophobia, political violence, oppression, survival, exile, power, threat ...
Time:
1930s
Place:
siberia, soviet union
Similarity:
64%
196
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 175 min.
Story:
A portrait of Swedish writer August Strindberg.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, suspenseful, psychological, emotional ...
Plot:
playwright, poet, character study, biopic, life is a bitch, relationship problems, money problems, dream, poverty, creative process, ambition, literary ...
Time:
19th century, 1870s
Place:
stockholm sweden
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Sweden, Austria, West Germany, Denmark
Duration: 383 min.
TV show
Story:
A mini-series about the life of Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist and painter, August Strindberg. He is portrayed as a misogynous, selfish and racial. And he loses everything, for the sake of the art.
Style:
psychological, intellectual, melancholic, realistic, intense ...
Plot:
biopic, painter, playwright, novelist, literary, character study, poet, ambition, obsession, isolation, misogyny, controversy ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
stockholm sweden
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story:
TV miniseries of the Dostoevsky novel.
Style:
atmospheric, serious, costume drama, psychological, realistic ...
Plot:
love triangle, love affair, literary, character study, madness, aristocracy, naivete, scandal, passion, mental illness, moral ambiguity, jealousy ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
russia
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Russia
Duration: 440 min.
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A ten-episode television series based on the novel by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. Set in a relatively comfortable Stalin-era prison in the town of Marfino where a community of prisoners with highly technical skills do research for the state.
Style:
tense, historical drama, suspense, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
prison, oppression, totalitarianism, political repression, prospector, scientific experiment, multiple storylines, soviet spy, experiment, jail, secret, spy ...
Place:
ussr, soviet union, moscow russia, russia
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61%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Denmark, Norway, Sweden
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A powerful modern film narrative, set in a historical framework, about the crucial encounter between vulnerable eighteen-year-old Hans Christian Andersen, who rates himself so highly, and Mr. Meisling, the cynical school principal. An encounter that ...
Style:
period piece, historical drama, emotional, melancholic, art house ...
Plot:
writers, biopic, coming of age, hans christian andersen, school, character study, personal growth, ambition, identity crisis, isolation, social class, poet ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
denmark
Similarity:
58%
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Plagued by a heavy drug addiction and his failing voice, The King is desperate to make things right with himself, his deceased brother, and God. His attempts to get back on track are thwarted, however, after he helps the cops bring down a powerful ...
Style:
suspenseful, dramatic, captivating, entertaining, emotional ...
Plot:
elvis presley, drug addiction, addiction, redemption, celebrity, drug addict, drug abuse, singer, drug use, superstar, drug, pop singer ...
Time:
70s
Place:
memphis, las vegas
Similarity:
56%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
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Story:
In the summer of 1891, Oscar Wilde first met Lord Alfred Douglas — an encounter that will dramatically and tragically change both of their lives.
Style:
historical drama, emotional, dramatic, poignant, melancholic ...
Plot:
male prostitution, writers, tragedy, gay slur, sexuality, trial, british aristocracy, scandal, homosexuality, courtroom, morality, imprisonment ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era
Place:
ireland, london
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Hungary
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Set in 19th century Vienna, Ignac Semmelweis, a short-tempered but passionate doctor, delivers babies and carries out autopsies on a daily basis while looking for the cause of puerperal fever, the mysterious epidemic that decimates patients in the ...
Style:
medical drama, historical drama, serious, period piece, tense ...
Plot:
scientific discovery, epidemic, biopic, maternity ward, hospital, investigation, realism, social criticism, ethical dilemma, character study, obsession, tragic hero ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era
Place:
vienna
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
An underprivileged, gifted young black man from Newark reaches Yale University, only for shadows and injustices from his past to threaten his future.
Style:
realistic, psychological, captivating, thrilling, emotional ...
Plot:
biopic, character study, family drama, father son relationship, social commentary, poverty, life is a bitch, social problems, past, confronting the past, social issues, class conflict ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, 90s, 80s
Place:
yale university
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Argentina
Duration: 45 min.
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Story:
After Eva Perón’s death in 1952, her corpse is held for three years awaiting the construction of a mausoleum — a resting place that would never be built. In 1955, the military seized control of Argentina and hid Perón’s body from the public, ...
Style:
political, historical drama, disturbing, captivating, semi autobiographical ...
Plot:
politics, biopic, corpse, actress, female protagonist, female corpse, power, cover up, burial, legacy, military coup, dictatorship ...
Time:
1950s, 60s
Place:
argentina, latin america, buenos aires argentina
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA, Mexico, UK, France, Belgium, Iceland, Ireland, Hong Kong
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Professor James Murray begins work compiling words for the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary in the mid 19th century, and receives over 10,000 entries from a patient at Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum, Dr. William Minor.
Style:
period piece, costume drama, captivating, disturbing, thought provoking ...
Audience:
chick flick, boys' night, date night
Plot:
professor, redemption, schizophrenia, insane asylum, mental patient, biopic, friendship, direction and purpose, winston churchill, society, shared dream, book ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1870s
Place:
england, oxford university
Similarity:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Russia
Duration: 50 min.
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Story:
Daughter of Peter the Great, Elizabeth reigns as Russia's enlightened 18th-century tsarina. Amid courtly intrigue, she champions art and culture, defying doubters of her ability as a female ruler to innovate and strengthen the vast empire.
Style:
period piece, historical drama, stylized, captivating, entertaining ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
palace intrigue, russian empire, royal court, royal family, happiness, female nudity, biopic, historical figure, queen, royal palace, russian history, imperial russia ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
st. petersburg russia
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia
Duration: 168 min.
Story:
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Style:
contemplative, philosophical, melancholic, meditative, art house ...
Plot:
biopic, death, writer's life, character study, insomnia, introspection, isolation, spiritual journey, social injustice, memory, writers, flashback ...
Time:
turn of the century
Place:
soviet union, ussr
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Ukraine, Russia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
thought provoking, psychological, political, serious, disturbing ...
Plot:
human rights, kgb, fighting the system, poet, writer's life, writers, social activist, historical figure, activist, heroes, historical character, freedom fighter ...
Time:
60s
Place:
ukraine
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Can scandalous art still serve God? Does suffering precede all greatness? Can illness be a blessing? In 1950, writer Flannery O'Connor visits her mother Regina in Georgia when she is diagnosed with lupus at twenty-four years old. Struggling ...
Style:
southern gothic, thrilling, psychological, captivating, emotional ...
Plot:
writers, biopic, female protagonist, literary, illness, mother daughter relationship, writer's life, aspiration, direction and purpose, lifestyle, character study, ambition ...
Time:
1950s
Place:
georgia
Similarity:
52%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Serbia
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
A true story based on the tragic event in the life of a top-notch actor at the peak of his career.
Style:
crime drama, realistic, psychological, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
tragedy, murder, scandal, rise and fall, fame, relationship vs career, problem, actor's life, tragic event, actor, movie actor, career ...
Place:
serbia
Similarity:
52%
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Edvard Munch was one of the most important artists in the period between the 19th and 20th centuries. His motif Skrik (The Scream), repeated in several techniques, became part of the 20th-century world subconsciousness – an image of fear and ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, semi autobiographical, thrilling, emotional ...
Plot:
painter, artist, biopic, grief, mental illness, social problems, life is a bitch, problem, outcast, character study, loss, addiction ...
Time:
19th century, turn of the century, 20th century
Place:
oslo norway, berlin germany, copenhagen
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
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Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years is an 8-part 1981 drama serial based on the life of Winston Churchill, and particularly his years in enforced exile from political position during the 1920s and 30s. It was written and directed by Ferdinand ...
Style:
historical drama, period piece, serious, reflective, melancholic ...
Plot:
winston churchill, exile, british politics, world war two, biopic, leadership, character study, resilience, mature, rise to power, isolation, conservative ...
Time:
1930s, 1920s
Place:
london
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, disturbing, comedy drama, period piece, emotional ...
Plot:
comedian, biopic, friendship, showbiz, fame, loneliness, actor's life, lifestyle, social problems, actor, character study, identity crisis ...
Time:
60s
Place:
denmark
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Japan
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Story:
In 18th-century Edo, Tsutaya Juzaburo rises from a poor background to become a leading publisher. Despite political changes threatening his career, he works to shape Edo’s cultural scene through innovative books and collaborations with artists.
Style:
costume drama, historical drama, period piece, dramatic, poignant ...
Plot:
biopic, resilience, japanese history, rags to riches, rise to power, entrepreneurship, class struggle, edo period, taiga, publisher, japanese culture, tokugawa shogunate ...
Time:
18th century
Similarity:
52%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
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Story:
The epic and stranger-than-fiction true story of James Garfield, reluctant 20th president of the United States, and his greatest admirer Charles Guiteau — the man who would come to kill him.
Style:
period piece, historical drama, bleak, intense, dark ...
Plot:
assassination, american politics, biopic, obsession, white house, madness, gilded age, true crime, character study, ambition, rise and fall, election campaign ...
Time:
19th century, 1880s, victorian era
Place:
washington d.c., new york
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Denmark, Belgium, Norway, Finland
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Aged 63, Karen Blixen is at the pinnacle of her fame and next in line to win the Nobel Prize for literature. It has been 17 years since she gave up her famous farm in Africa, only to return to Denmark with her life in ruins. Devastated by syphilis ...
Style:
serious, psychological, thrilling, dramatic, captivating ...
Plot:
writers, literary, character study, biopic, relationships, male female relationship, relationship problems, love affair, poet, love and romance, writer's life, life is a bitch ...
Place:
denmark
Similarity:
51%
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Bliss tells the story of Katherine Mansfield in her early 20s as she leaves New Zealand and begins her journey as a writer.
Style:
historical drama, poetic, period piece, sensitive, reflective ...
Plot:
modernism, biopic, writer's life, female protagonist, coming of age, character study, friendship, literary, female empowerment, writers, teenage girl, tuberculosis ...
Time:
edwardian era
Place:
england
Similarity:
51%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Explore the wild, tragic and controversial life and career of heavyweight champion Mike Tyson - one of the most polarizing figures in sports culture.
Style:
intense, controversial, dramatic, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
boxing, prison, boxer, biopic, police, champion, criminal, arena, career, athlete's life, controversy, sports man ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
new york, las vegas
Similarity:
51%
213
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
TV show
Story:
Based on Circeo massacre that took place in 1970s Italy, when two teenage girls were found in the trunk of a car in Rome, naked, wrapped in blankets and drenched in blood.
Style:
tense, dark, disturbing, brutal, crime drama ...
Plot:
murder, secret, victim, sexual abuse, true crime, killing, massacre, teenager, serial killer, murder mystery, murderer, kidnapping ...
Time:
70s
Place:
italy, rome italy
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51%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 246 min.
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Story:
A film about the life of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis.
Style:
historical drama, dramatic, period piece, melancholic
Plot:
first lady, president, u.s. president, female protagonist, grief, assassination, biopic, mourning, fashion, glamour, legacy, american politics ...
Time:
60s, 1950s, 70s
Place:
washington d.c., new york, europe
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Canada
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Story:
In 1930s Saskatchewan, a small town parish has a new young new pastor, Tommy Douglas. However, for all his regular duties, which include boxing lessons, Tommy sees the poverty and injustice around him which seem beyond his power to address with the ...
Style:
historical drama, period piece, inspirational, serious, intense ...
Plot:
biopic, social justice, small town, idealism, poverty, socialism, leadership, reform, depression era, character study, politician, legacy ...
Time:
1930s
Place:
canada
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