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The Butler (2018)
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Original name: Kamerdyner
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: Poland
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
The love between Mateusz Krol, a Kashubian boy, and Marita von Krauss, a Prussian aristocrat in whose family home he is taken in when his mother dies, grows and matures thorough the years, while Kashubia, the northern Polish region where they live, suffers the consequences of the tragedies that will ravage Europe from the beginning of the 20th century until the end of the World War II.
Style:
period piece, historical drama, captivating, disturbing, emotional, family saga, poignant, tense, atmospheric, bleak ...
Plot:
world war two, forbidden love, wartime, world war one, war crime, butler, family home, nationalism, ethnic conflict, life is a bitch, love affair, political intrigue, social problems, relationship problems, family problems, love story, political unrest, love interest, tragedy, mass murder, occupation, patriotism, loss, identity crisis, aristocracy ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s, 1900s
Place:
poland
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out historical drama, period piece, captivating and melancholic films with plots about tragedy, betrayal, world war two, love story, male female relationship, forbidden love and love affair mostly in Drama, History and Romance genres. Some movies like The Butler: Legions (2019), Squadron (1992), A Tale of Three Cities (2015), Rainbow: A Private Affair (2017), Charm of Evil (2006). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Poland
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
A universal story about entering adulthood in difficult times, growing up to the community. The great history is the background for the love story unfolding in the foreground: Józek, a deserter from the tsarist army who joins the emerging Legions, ...
Style:
serious, disturbing, tense, rough, suspense ...
Plot:
world war one, independence, patriotism, heroism, love triangle, soldier, couple relations, love affair, wartime life, military life, social relations, war hero ...
Time:
1910s
Place:
poland
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Poland, France, Belgium, Ukraine
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A young Russian aristocrat, Baron Fyodor Jeremin, volunteers to serve with a Dragon squadron to impress the girl who rejected his love. Just at this time the 1863 insurrection explodes in Poland. He enlists to serve in the army being sent to ...
Style:
period piece, historical drama, emotional, intense, melancholic ...
Plot:
insurrection, moral dilemma, moral ambiguity, russian empire, identity crisis, nationalism, forbidden love, occupation, loss of innocence, betrayal, coming of age, tragic romance ...
Time:
19th century, 1860s
Place:
poland
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: China
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
A former spy in the Chinese Nationalist Party falls for an opium-dealing widow, as China is ravaged by war and revolution.
Style:
historical drama, captivating, suspense, disturbing, psychological ...
Plot:
world war two, social problems, wartime life, life is a bitch, wartime, couple relations, romantic relationship, loner, war, love story, in love, fall in love ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s
Place:
hong kong
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47%
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Summer 1943, Piedmont, Italy. Milton loves Fulvia who plays with his love: she only likes the depth of his thought and the letters he writes to her. One year later, Milton has joined the Resistance and fights beside other partisans. He learns during ...
Style:
art house, suspense, historical drama, disturbing, psychological ...
Plot:
world war two, unrequited love, resistance, partisan, family problems, love triangle, male female relationship, couple relations, wartime, war, relationship problems, political conflict ...
Time:
1940s
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Russia
Duration: 275 min.
Story:
Paris, 1930s. There is ferment among the Russian emigration: part of it is accumulating strength to overthrow the Bolsheviks, others are illegally, but actively working for the Soviet government.
Style:
tense, disturbing, captivating, noir, melancholic ...
Plot:
political intrigue, forbidden love, espionage, social problems, political conspiracy, political unrest, love story, politics, love affair, agent, relationship problems, male female relationship ...
Time:
1930s
Place:
paris france
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Russia
Duration: 176 min.
Story:
A historical drama about the tragic fate of Nadezhda Alliluyeva, a woman who remained in the shadow of her husband Joseph Stalin. In 1918, 16-year-old Nadezhda married 38-year-old Joseph Stalin, a close friend of the Alliluyev family. The love of ...
Style:
historical drama, period piece, captivating, thought provoking, bleak ...
Plot:
josef stalin, russian history, stalinism, husband wife relationship, tragedy, biopic, wartime, historical character, historical figure, tragic love, relationship problems, relationships ...
Place:
soviet union
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Poland
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Antoni Krauze reminds one of the darkest history of the cards with PRL. Spectacular reconstruction of the dramatic events in Gdynia, ended a brutal pacification of demonstrators by troops and militia in 1970.
Style:
tense, historical drama, disturbing, captivating, grim ...
Plot:
militia, tragedy, repression, political protest, authoritarianism, fight, historical event, military, soldier, military life, battles, cold war ...
Time:
70s
Place:
poland
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Italy
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Love, passion, and murder haunt a passionate romance in this drama. When the young soldier meets Helene, a torrid affair begins. 15 years after the war has ended, Max finds out that the love of his life was murdered in a concentration camp, setting ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, romantic drama, dramatic ...
Plot:
forbidden love, investigation, nazi, social problems, love story, love and romance, love interest, romantic relationship, male female relationship, relationships, family relations, couple relations ...
Time:
1950s, 1940s
Similarity:
39%
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Italy, France, Serbia
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
How will the Germans react to the armistice of the 8th of September 1943, due to which Italy betrays them and sides with the allied forces? This is the distressing questions that a group of 16 Italian - Greek Jews evacuated at The Meina Hotel ask ...
Style:
historical drama, emotional, melancholic, period piece, tension ...
Plot:
world war two, holocaust, hotel, war crime, execution, tragedy, nazism, massacre, fear, ss officer, desperation, escape ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
italy
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 2 min.
Story:
Summer of 1944. Young baroness Barbara is getting married. Her husband, Alexander, leaves to the war and disappears after giving Barbara the amber amulet as symbol of their love. Soviet soldiers, commanded by Major Belyaev are placed in the estate ...
Style:
psychological, suspense, disturbing, captivating
Plot:
forbidden love, world war two, unfulfilled love, male female relationship, relationships, family problems, life is a bitch, relationship problems, captivity, pregnancy, love interest, family relations ...
Place:
germany
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Poland, Ukraine
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Immortalised as one of the most scintillating and uplifting Christmas songs, 'Carol of the Bells' adapted from a popular and loved Ukrainian folk melody, came to represent the spirit of brotherhood and unity all over the world. The ...
Style:
family saga, poignant, historical drama, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
world war two, children, wartime, christmas, christmas carol, nazi occupation, life is a bitch, music, tragedy, persecution, sacrifice, survival ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s, year 1943, year 1978, year 1941 ...
Place:
ukraine, eastern europe, poland, new york
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Italy, France
Story:
The love story of 2 youths during the '700s. Fabrizio, a boy who was supposed to be a noble and part of Napoleons army, and Clelia a beautiful girl of a important Noble of the high society of Parma in that era. Their love became impossible ...
Style:
period piece, historical drama, romantic drama, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
forbidden love, napoleonic wars, love triangle, relationship problems, love and romance, love affair, couple relations, family life, relationships, male female relationship, social problems, love story ...
Time:
19th century, 18th century
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Biography, History
Country: Poland
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
The year 1901, a psychiatric hospital in the Russian partition. One of the patients is a political prisoner - Józef Piłsudski. The Polish underground independence movement is preparing their mission to rescue the famous activist. Piłsudski is ...
Style:
political, historical drama, psychological, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
revolution, biopic, independence, political prisoner, underground movement, revolutionary, wartime life, wartime, life is a bitch, political unrest, nationalism, leadership ...
Time:
1900s, 1910s, pre world war one
Place:
poland
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: China
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Story:
In the year of 1926, Mu Wan Qing brings her mom's ashes back to China burial. On the pretense of surrendering to her father, Mu Wan Qing has an actual motive in finding the true reason why her parents separated and her siblings died. Meanwhile, ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, psychological
Plot:
republican era china, love triangle, military, coup d'etat, relationships, political unrest, relationship problems, political conspiracy, love interest, homecoming, love story, love affair ...
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Namiko Morita, who lived in Otaru, moved to this area with her husband, Yutaro, and opened the brewery "Morita Brewery". Eventually, they succeeded in this business and lived happily while raising three children. However, in August 1945, ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, psychological, period piece, melancholic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
occupation, family bonds, family drama, world war two, wartime, social problems, wartime life, choice, moral dilemma, family business, family problems, japanese occupation ...
Place:
japan, hokkaido
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Poland
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
In a small Polish town in the summer of 1939, a married painter and a young Jewish woman begin an affair. Based on the novel by Marek Sołtysik.
Style:
historical drama, melancholic, period piece, emotional, tense ...
Plot:
world war two, forbidden love, tragic romance, small town, infidelity, intimacy, passion, interfaith relationship, loss, tragedy, adultery, betrayal ...
Time:
1930s
Place:
poland
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: France
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
During the Second World War, François Touraine, a young piano prodigy, has no choice but to go and play in Germany to save the woman he loves. Because Rachel is Jewish in an age that no longer allows it... A great story of love, music and ...
Style:
historical drama, emotional, poignant, tense, period piece ...
Plot:
oppression, love story, nazi occupation, moral dilemma, piano, anti semitism, world war two, sacrifice, forbidden love, classical music, courage, prodigy ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
germany, paris france
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Hungary
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
Zsadányi flees from the authorities with his goddaughter, Bankós Mari, and they escape into the forest. The film then skips ahead thirty-fold years: Zsadány and Mari are now lovers, with the sound of war in the background halting their romance. ...
Style:
historical drama, dark, period piece, intense, tense ...
Plot:
execution, class struggle, political conflict, betrayal, political repression, socialism, tragedy, landowner, forbidden love, nazi, loss, moral dilemma ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
36%
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Russia
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Seneca’s Day is set in the year 1989, the final period of the Soviet era in Lithuania. Eighteen-year old buddies establish the Seneca’s Fellowship with the motto “Live each day as if it was your last”. A love triangle breaks up the ...
Style:
melancholic, reflective, suspense, psychological, disturbing ...
Plot:
frustration, nostalgia, identity crisis, loss of innocence, coming of age, regret, friendship, reunited friends, life philosophy, life is a bitch, social problems, bittersweet ...
Time:
80s
Place:
lithuania
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Russia, Lithuania
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
By miracle he avoided death and returns to the house where he was born. In the house now lives the love of his life. But the hope for happiness turns sour with a terrible discovery: his beloved is the daughter of his enemy.
Style:
emotional, captivating, disturbing, realistic, tense
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
forbidden love, unrequited love, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, love and romance, conflict, couple relations, society, family problems, forgiveness, relationship problems, love affair, father figure ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 151 min.
Story:
Vennela has fallen for Aranya aka Ravanna’s poetry and the man both. What happens when she sets out on an arduous journey to be with him?
Style:
disturbing, captivating, psychological, period piece, historical drama ...
Plot:
battles, love and romance, love affair, love story, love interest, fight, underground movement, character study, class struggle, forbidden love, social realism, social injustice ...
Time:
90s
Place:
india
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Poland
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
The story of the tumultuous relationship between a Jewish girl called Noemi and a Polish art student named Kamil is set at the outbreak of World War II.
Style:
historical drama, melancholic, romantic drama, historical romance, tense ...
Plot:
world war two, anti semitism, tragedy, forbidden love, nazi occupation, survival, violence, cultural conflict, young lovers, identity crisis, betrayal, small town ...
Time:
year 1939
Place:
poland
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: China
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
An actress working undercover for the Allies in 1941 Shanghai discovers the Japanese plan to attack Pearl Harbor.
Style:
suspense, tense, disturbing, captivating, historical drama ...
Plot:
female spy, undercover, undercover agent, espionage, spy, double life, world war two, female secret agent, working undercover, wartime, secret agent, government agent ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
shanghai
Similarity:
34%
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Greece
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
The execution of 200 Greek resistance fighters by the German occupiers on May 1st, 1944 in Kaisariani, as reprisal for the Greek Resistance ambush against Nazis.
Style:
historical drama, suspense, touching, sincere, psychological ...
Plot:
world war two, nazi occupation, reprisal, resistance fighter, nazi officer, greek history, execution, prisoner of war camp, martyrdom, political persecution, tragedy, sacrifice ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944
Place:
greece, athens greece, germany, europe, balkan
Similarity:
34%
950
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story:
After killing a French Lieutenant in the series, Aziz Payidar is forced to leave his great love, Dilruba, behind him and his father's house. After the event is forgotten, Aziz returns to the city again.
Style:
historical drama, disturbing, psychological, captivating, period piece ...
Plot:
getting home, homecoming, occupation, love affair, romantic relationship, relationships, love and romance, love story, male female relationship, new life, relationship problems, love interest ...
Place:
turkey
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: France
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
1940, Jeanne Reichenbach turns her back on a peaceful life to link her destiny to Léon Blum. She's been loving him since her teenage years, and is ready to sacrifice her freedom to mary him at Buchenwald, where he's held prisoner. They ...
Style:
historical drama, suspense, psychological, disturbing, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
world war two, lovers apart, older man younger woman relationship, true love, biopic, wartime, concentration camp, love story, romantic relationship, relationships, social problems, male female relationship ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
france
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: India
Duration: 160 min.
Story:
In August 1947, the British passed a bill regarding the partition of Bengal. Delving into the grim history of the Partition, Mukherjee's movie Rajkahini is woven around a border between the two nations that runs through a brothel housing 11 ...
Style:
historical drama, psychological, disturbing, tense, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
brothel, women, historical event, political unrest, social problems, survival, tragedy, power struggle, moral ambiguity, resilience, rape, sexual harassment ...
Place:
kolkata, india
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Crime, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Greece
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
May 1895. Our story begins when the family of George Pavlides engages their 12-year-old son, Miltos, with the 9-year-old daughter of Michalis Nikolaidis, Ifigenia. The attacks of fanatical Turks will force the two families to flee their homeland. ...
Style:
historical romance, historical drama, psychological, thrilling, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
forbidden love, star crossed lovers, relationships, family problems, couple relations, forceful separation, male female relationship, family relations, love story, romantic relationship, relationship problems, fall in love ...
Time:
1890s, 1910s
Place:
ottoman empire, istanbul turkey, greece
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama
Country: Kazakhstan, Russia, Poland, Israel
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A Jewish child deported to Kazakhstan is saved and adopted by Kasym, an old Kazakh railway-man. Kasym gives him a Kazakh name, Sabyr, that in Kazakh language means humble. The child grows up in the small Kazakh village along with other deportees ...
Style:
historical drama, suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
boy, totalitarian regime, loss, tragedy, deportation, nuclear testing, oppression, social problems, foster child, reprisal, dysfunctional family, repression ...
Time:
1950s
Place:
kazakhstan
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 200 min.
Story:
An 18th-century true story about a rebel and his lover's attempt to overthrow the Italian monarchy.
Style:
period piece, historical drama, romantic drama, dramatic, atmospheric ...
Plot:
italian history, napoleonic wars, revolution, rebellion, political intrigue, female protagonist, tragic romance, aristocracy, urban, class conflict, dialogue, nationalism ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
naples italy, italy
Similarity:
33%
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