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The Bostonians (1984)
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Based on Henry James's novel of the same name. This bittersweet tragicomedy centers on an odd triangle of characters: Basil Ransom, a political conservative from Mississippi; Olive Chancellor, Ransom's cousin and a Boston feminist; and Verena Tarrant, a pretty, young protégée of Olive's in the feminist movement. The storyline concerns the struggle between Ransom and Olive for Verena's allegiance and affection, though the film also includes a wide panorama of political activists, newspaper people, and quirky eccentrics.
Style:
serious, stylized, realistic, talky, political, romantic drama, historical drama, clever, contemplative, independent film ...
Plot:
lesbian, post civil war, lawyer, feminist, american history, love triangle, fall in love, couples, love affair, infidelity, couple relations, self discovery, gender, battle of the sexes, art, feminism, age difference, young love, misogynist, lgbtq, lgbtqi, american culture, gilded age, politics, love and romance ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1870s, victorian
Place:
boston, massachusetts
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, period drama and costume drama films with plots about couples, love and romance, couple relations, society, love triangle, love and social differences mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres. Some movies like The Bostonians: The Europeans (1979), Washington Square (1997), Daniel Deronda (2002), Affinity (2008), The Golden Bowl (2000). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Based on Henry James' novel with the same title. It's the fall of 1850, a few miles outside Boston. The household of the dour Mr. Wentworth receives two unannounced visitors from Europe, Eugenia and Felix, the daughter and son of his half ...
Style:
independent film, costume drama, historical drama, romantic drama, biting ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
culture clash, baroness, couple relations, autumn, sister sister relationship, cousin cousin relationship, incest, uncle nephew relationship, femme fatale, puritan, social climber, expatriate ...
Time:
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Place:
massachusetts, usa, europe, boston, vienna ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
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Style:
costume drama, romantic drama, romantic, stylized, sex comedy ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
father daughter relationship, marriage proposal, love, betrayal, victorian england, forbidden love, older woman younger man relationship, gilded age, american history, couple relations, love and romance, marriage ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, turn of the century, year 1997, 1870s ...
Place:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 53 min.
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Daniel Deronda is a British television serial drama adapted by Andrew Davies from the George Eliot novel of the same name. The serial was directed by Tom Hooper, produced by Louis Marks, and was first broadcast in three parts on BBC One from 23 ...
Style:
costume drama, period piece, realistic, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
aristocracy, marriage of convenience, jewess, love triangle, society, drowning, social differences, love affair, rise to the top, fall in love, betrayal, unlikely couple ...
Time:
19th century, middle ages, victorian era, 1870s
Place:
britain, england, europe, london, italy
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Romania, Canada
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A grieving upper class woman becomes a "Lady Visitor" at Millbank prison, hoping to escape her troubles and be a guiding figure in the lives of the female prisoners. Of all her friendships with prisoners, she is most fascinated by Selina - ...
Style:
serious, psychological, costume drama, period piece, suspense ...
Plot:
prison, lesbian, lesbian interest, supernatural ability, obsession, death in the family, women's prison, lgbtq, lesbian teen, lesbian relationship, gays and lesbians, danger ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, France, UK
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
An intricately plotted tale of thwarted love and betrayal, "The Golden Bowl" tells the story of an extravagantly rich American widower and his sheltered daughter, both of whom marry only to discover that their respective mates, a beautiful ...
Style:
period piece, costume drama, serious, stylized, realistic ...
Plot:
adultery, love affair, deception, greed, couples, family problems, fall in love, dishonesty, society, crumbling marriage, parents and children, affair ...
Time:
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Place:
italy, england, britain, europe, london ...
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Country: UK
Duration: 124 min.
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Style:
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Plot:
adultery, love, love affair, filmmaking, lieutenant, infidelity, destructive relationship, society, social differences, love story, doomed romance, love triangle ...
Time:
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Place:
england, britain, france, europe, london
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Netherlands, UK, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
As society hostess Clarissa Dalloway prepares for another of her legendary parties, she finds herself haunted by figures and scenes from her passionate adolescence.
Style:
talky, historical drama, touching, gloomy, atmospheric ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
london, england, britain, europe, india ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, emotional, psychological, realistic, gloomy ...
Plot:
infidelity, forbidden love, betrayal, tragic love, love triangle, family relations, tragic hero, tragedy, unsupportive spouse, destructive relationship, fall in love, love affair ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
russia
Similarity:
32%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Charlotte Bronte's classic novel is filmed yet again. The story of the Yorkshire orphan who becomes a governess to a young French girl and finds love with the brooding lord of the manor is given a standard romantic flare, but sparks do not seem ...
Style:
costume drama, atmospheric, emotional, gothic, spiritual ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
literary, victorian england, age difference, couples, society, fall in love, youth, desire, haunted house, love, spirituality, young love ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, georgian era
Place:
england, europe, britain
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
period piece, costume drama, realistic, stylized, witty ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
england, europe, britain
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31%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Japan, USA
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
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Style:
romantic, costume drama, emotional, period piece, cerebral ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
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Time:
1910s, turn of the century, edwardian era, year 1992, 19th century ...
Place:
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31%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
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Style:
sexy, touching, atmospheric, period piece, stylized ...
Audience:
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Plot:
high society, lovers, infidelity, forbidden love, destiny, countess, marriage, aristocracy, love, couple relations, love triangle, lawyer ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 20th century, turn of the century, 90s ...
Place:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
19th century, victorian era, turn of the century, year 1993, 1800s ...
Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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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:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA, UK
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Story:
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Style:
period piece, costume drama, breathtaking, romantic drama, romantic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
melancholy, nazi, love, nazism, butler, aristocracy, manor, british, class differences, master servant relationship, domestic servant, master and servant ...
Time:
1930s, 1940s, ancient times, 20th century, year 1993 ...
Place:
england, britain, europe, germany
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29%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
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Style:
costume drama, stylized, contemplative, biting, serious ...
Plot:
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Time:
victorian era, 20th century, 1930s
Place:
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29%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
erotic, realistic, serious, period piece, romantic drama ...
Plot:
social differences, infidelity, cheating on husband, love affair, master and servant, obsession, sexual relations, couples, fall in love, power relations, countryside, couple relations ...
Time:
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Place:
england, europe, britain
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29%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A betrayed wife, whose husband leaves her after 25 years, returns to the lake where she first fell in love and begins an affair with the son of her first love.
Style:
touching, sentimental, serious, realistic, gloomy
Plot:
lovers reunited, love affair, teenage life, couples, couple relations, fall in love, infidelity, bittersweet, male female relationship, age difference, young love, love and romance ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Style:
sexual, sexy, independent film, erotic, contemplative ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
lesbian, lesbian relationship, gays and lesbians, passionate sex, lesbian sex, lesbian love, nudity, lgbt, love triangle, bare breasts, female nudity, masturbation ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
28%
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Country: UK
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
england, scotland, europe
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Style:
romantic drama, costume drama, independent film, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
couples, male pubic hair, hotel, dancing, prison, theft, performer's life, dishonesty, lifestyle, couple relations, womanizer, artists and showbiz ...
Time:
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Place:
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Country: UK, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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Style:
period piece, costume drama, sexy, witty, romantic ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
fall in love, country estate, couple relations, literary, women, love, love and romance, feminist, love story, estate, abbey, society ...
Time:
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Place:
england, britain, europe, london
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
sexual, captivating, erotic, lgbt cinema, sensual ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
lesbian, lesbian love, lesbian relationship, gender, lesbian couple, lgbtq, lgbt, lesbianism, sapphic, lesbian interest, feminism, girlfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time:
60s, 70s, 20th century, year 2000, year 1961 ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
At the lush Evenswood estate in Concord, Massachusetts, Edith Adelon, a beautiful orphan, lives as the paid companion to the daughter of the wealthy Hamilton family, although they regard her as one of their own. Years ago, Henry Hamilton saved Edith ...
Style:
period piece, touching, serious, realistic, period drama
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
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Time:
victorian era, 19th century, 1870s, 1800s
Place:
america, massachusetts, usa
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
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Style:
touching, scenic, period piece, sexy, costume drama ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night
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1900s, edwardian era, victorian era, 19th century, year 1985 ...
Place:
italy, england, europe, florence, britain ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Africa, UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
touching, realistic, serious, erotic, historical drama ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
lesbian, lesbian relationship, lgbt, gender, lesbian love, sapphic, forbidden love, lesbianism, lesbian teen, love and romance, lesbian interest, lgbtq ...
Time:
ancient times, 20th century, year 1952
Place:
south africa, africa
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26%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, romantic drama, historical drama, costume drama, contemplative ...
Plot:
love triangle, colonialism, nobleman, post colonialism, flashback, prince, orgasm, scandal, british empire, jazz, interracial love relationship, indian woman ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
26%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France, Italy, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Jane Eyre is an orphan cast out as a young girl by her aunt, Mrs. Reed, and sent to be raised in a harsh charity school for girls. There she learns to be come a teacher and eventually seeks employment outside the school. Her advertisement is ...
Style:
romantic, costume drama, period piece, melancholic, intense ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
happy ending, nobility, orphan, love triangle, fall in love, power relations, family relations, love and romance, haunted by the past, rich and poor, parents and children, love affair ...
Time:
19th century, ancient times, year 1996, victorian era, 18th century
Place:
england, europe, britain
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
An English novelist travels to Bombay to watch one of her novels translated to film. She chases after the Movie's leading man while the Screenwriter chases after her.
Style:
romantic drama, contemplative, serious, realistic, talky ...
Plot:
indian woman, extramarital affair, filmmaking, culture clash, lifestyle, society, couple relations, writer's life, love and romance, human nature, introspection, artists and showbiz ...
Time:
60s
Place:
england, india, bombay india
Similarity:
26%
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