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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A new porter embarks on an unlikely relationship with the youngest daughter of a prominent English family. Simultaneously, rivalries are spilling over in the Davenport family, led by the Lord and Lady as they also weather the epic failure of the ...
Style:
family saga, romantic drama, witty, hilarious, tense ...
Plot:
class conflict, forbidden romance, aristocracy, english countryside, young daughter, coming of age, erection, male nudity, patriarchy, social satire, profanity, butler ...
Time:
year 1931, 1930s
Place:
united kingdom, london, england, britain
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Genre: Horror
Country: Italy, France, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Deathly ill Count Dracula and his slimy underling, Anton, travel to Italy in search of a virgin's blood. They're welcomed at the crumbling estate of indebted Marchese Di Fiore, who's desperate to marry off his daughters to rich ...
Style:
gothic, gothic horror, sexy, grindhouse, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
vampire, rape, exploitation, blood, erotica, dracula, satire, supernatural, vampire bite, illness, sex horror, lesbian incest ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century, 70s
Place:
italy, europe, paris france, england, romania ...
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Denmark, Germany, Czech Republic
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
The thriller 'Marco effect' is a new film about the special unit of the police, Department Q, based on Jussi Adler-Olsen's fifth book in the crime series.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, disturbing, psychological, sincere ...
Plot:
runaway, police, criminal, police detective, danger, uncle nephew relationship, police commissioner, escapades, society, youth, family relations, organized crime ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
europe, denmark, central europe, copenhagen, czech republic
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Ireland
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
An orphaned heiress is forced to embrace her family's dark legacy.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, gothic, family saga ...
Plot:
heiress, female protagonist, orphan, inheritance, family secret, mansion, deception, estate, legacy, secrets, identity, investigation ...
Time:
1860s, 19th century
Place:
ireland
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Genre: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Harry and Valerie Spalding arrive in the remote Cornish village to an unwelcoming and suspicious population. Harry's brother dies suddenly, bitten by a lethal reptilian bite. They befriend a young woman Anna whose tyrannical father controls her ...
Style:
gothic horror, gothic, classic horror, grindhouse, natural horror ...
Plot:
folk horror, monster, female monster, creature feature, snake, father daughter relationship, curse, inheritance, last will and testament, isolated house, macabre, pagan ...
Time:
year 1966, 60s, 19th century, victorian era
Place:
cornwall, england, britain, united kingdom
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297
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: West Germany, UK
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
In Berlin in the early 1940s, romance is forbidden between the young countess who is studying veterinary medicine and a young man she meets at the home of a former professor. But they fall in love. She gets involved in helping Jews escape from the ...
Style:
independent film, period drama
Plot:
world war two, ruins, voice over narration, red army, hitler youth, swedish, pastor, nosy neighbor, gestapo, singing, death of child, hunter ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
berlin germany
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Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
In a remote corner of England's Peak District, a mysterious skull is unearthed. But even weirder is that Lady Sylvia steals the skull for use in worshiping - very erotically - her pagan god, The White Worm, who hungers for the taste of virginal ...
Style:
gothic, atmospheric, surreal, cult classic, scary ...
Plot:
vampire, supernatural, sexualized violence, giant snake, dark humor, surrealism, female monster, female exploitation, dangerous attraction, archaeologist, transformation, obsession ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
england
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
One man’s campaign for vengeance takes on national stakes after he is revealed to be a former operative of a powerful and clandestine organization known as Beekeepers.
Style:
captivating, tense, thrilling, crime thriller, dark comedy ...
Plot:
scam, conspiracy, call center, suicide, fbi agent, vengeance, secret organization, beekeeper, revenge, hitman, criminal's revenge, murderer ...
Place:
massachusetts, washington d.c., boston
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Jane Austen's classic novel about the prejudice that occurred between the 19th century classes and the pride which would keep lovers apart.
Style:
romantic, costume drama, atmospheric, stylized, period piece ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, kids
Plot:
prejudice, love and romance, fall in love, aristocracy, wooing, initially antagonists, social differences, looking for love, opposites attract, love story, unlikely couple, countryside ...
Time:
18th century, 19th century, victorian era, 1810s, 1800s ...
Place:
england, britain, europe, london
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
A shipping disaster in the 19th Century has stranded a man and woman in the wilds of Africa. The lady is pregnant, and gives birth to a son in their tree house. Soon after, a family of apes stumble across the house and in the ensuing panic, both ...
Style:
costume drama, sexy, touching, harsh, serious ...
Plot:
tarzan, jungle, adventurer, culture clash, stranded, orphan, feral man, unrequited love, ape, animal cruelty, justice, rescue ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, turn of the century, 1890s, 1900s ...
Place:
africa, england, london, united kingdom, europe ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA, Ireland
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A young woman's penchant for sensational Gothic novels leads to misunderstandings in the matters of the heart.
Style:
costume drama, gothic, romantic, period piece, realistic ...
Plot:
love and romance, estate, fall in love, aristocracy, love, friendship, passionate love, family relations, abbey, literary, passion, countryside ...
Time:
18th century, victorian era, 19th century, ancient times, 1800s ...
Place:
england, europe
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
In this eleven parts British television serial, Charles Ryder's involvement with members of the aristocratic Marchmain/Flyte family is followed throughout the years between the two World Wars.
Style:
costume drama, avant garde, historical drama, sitcom, spiritual ...
Plot:
world war two, friendship, closeted homosexual, gay, atheist, homosexuality, catholicism, homosexual subtext, voice over narration, religion, forbidden love, illicit love ...
Time:
1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 20th century, year 1981
Place:
oxford university, england, venice, paris france
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
In Victorian England, wealthy patriarch Sir Harald Alabaster invites an impoverished biologist, William Adamson, into his home. There, William tries to continue his work, but is distracted by Alabaster's seductive daughter, Eugenia. William and ...
Style:
period piece, costume drama, erotic, stylized, thought provoking ...
Plot:
incest, brother sister sex, sex with brother, brother sister incest, erection, male nudity, sex with sister, nudity, female pubic hair, sex, family secret, victorian england ...
Time:
1860s, victorian era, 19th century, 18th century
Place:
england, britain, europe
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
The passionate affair of a young woman trapped in a marriage of convenience unleashes a maelstrom of murder and mayhem on a country estate.
Style:
costume drama, psychological, cynical, depressing, historical drama ...
Plot:
secret lover, cruelty, forbidden love, infidelity, horse, adultery, marriage of convenience, neglectful husband, male nudity, secret relationship, forced marriage, sex scene ...
Time:
19th century, 1860s, year 1865, victorian era
Place:
england, northern england
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
An elderly heiress is killed by her husband who wants control of her fortunes. What ensues is an all-out murder spree as relatives and friends attempt to reduce the inheritance playing field, complicated by some teenagers who decide to camp out in a ...
Style:
gothic, slasher, creepy, grindhouse, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, violence, inheritance, gory, fear, obsession, squid, serial murder, lake, hanged woman, voyeur, sex ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
europe, italy, tokyo
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain, France, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Grace is a religious woman who lives in an old house kept dark because her two children, Anne and Nicholas, have a rare sensitivity to light. When the family begins to suspect the house is haunted, Grace fights to protect her children at any cost in ...
Style:
twist ending, surprise ending, scary, suspense, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens, adult, horror for children
Plot:
ghost, haunted house, supernatural, afterlife, plot twist, isolation, supernatural horror, nightmare, mansion, mysterious character, spiritualism, twists and turns ...
Time:
year 2001, 1940s, year 1945, year 2000, 20th century ...
Place:
persia, america, europe, english channel, england
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Finland
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A TV reporter is murdered when he is eavesdropping on a secret Finnish-Soviet conference. The National Broadcasting Corporation enlists the help of police lieutenant Palmu, who comes out of retirement for this case. However, some have their doubts ...
Style:
detective
Plot:
listening device, country estate, flashback, businessman, escaped prisoner, tax evasion, singer, telephone call, police investigation, prison escape, panic, airport ...
Time:
60s
Place:
finland, soviet union, europe, eastern europe, helsinki finland ...
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA, India, Canada, UK, Ireland
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A young governess is hired by a man who has become responsible for his young nephew and niece after the deaths of their parents. A modern take on Henry James' novella "The Turn of the Screw".
Style:
scary, gothic, suspense, demonic, bleak ...
Plot:
haunted house, sexual assault, ghost, rape, paranormal activity, spider, insane asylum, orphan, nanny, supernatural, maze, terror ...
Time:
90s, year 1994
Place:
maine
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Finland, Estonia
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
The life of a heroine. The life and work of Hella Wuolijoki. A poet, spy and millionaire, she turned into an internationally acclaimed businesswoman, politician and playwright, who collaborated with Europe's leading writers such as Bertolt ...
Style:
captivating, factual, psychological, tense
Plot:
playwright, power, writers, women in society, prisoner, politics, world war two, stage play, business, interrogation, jail, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
1940s, year 1936, year 1929, year 1941, year 1942 ...
Place:
finland, soviet union, helsinki finland, stockholm sweden, ussr
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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
A romantic drama set in 1930's England, Paris, and Spain. Gilda Bessé shares her Paris apartment with an Irish schoolteacher, Guy Malyon, and Mia, a refugee from Spain. As the world drifts toward war, Gilda defiantly pursues her hedonistic ...
Style:
romantic, sexy, sentimental, captivating, erotic ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
world war two, lesbian, love triangle, bisexual woman, spanish civil war, sexual relations, orgy, sex scene, nazi, love story, nazi occupation, fascism ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944, 1920s, 1930s, year 1938 ...
Place:
paris france, spain, france, england, germany ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 168 min.
TV show
Story:
Adele Gereth has taken young Fleda Vetch under her wing. Adele is intensely houseproud, and sees a potential future mistress of the house in Freda, and an inheritor of her life's work.
Style:
melancholic, art house, period drama
Plot:
victorian england, country house, domestic drama, materialism, intimate, inheritance, legacy, adaptation, relic, literary, obsession, class differences ...
Time:
victorian era, 1870s
Place:
britain, england
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Genre: Horror
Country: Spain, Mexico
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Andy and Thelma, an urbanite couple living in Madrid, leave their apartment for a pleasant day around the city with their dog. They cross paths with Bruno and Anne, a strange couple who invite them to their foreboding country estate. A storm hits ...
Style:
satanic, disturbing, gothic, erotic, surprise ending
Plot:
satanism, ouija board, female pubic hair, orgy, occult, ritual, devil, exploitation, handsome man, attempted rape, doll, satanist ...
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Sympathetic look loosely based on the relationship between tobacco heiress, Doris Duke (1912-1993) - think Duke University - and her shy butler, Bernard Lafferty. The icy and mercurial Duke fires her butler for serving a chilled cantaloupe; the ...
Style:
touching, sincere, sad, semi serious, realistic ...
Plot:
heiress, homosexual, gay man straight woman relationship, butler, alcohol abuse, gay, heir, employer employee relationship, high society, platonic relationship, unlikely couple, estate ...
Time:
80s, 90s
Place:
new jersey, usa, hawaii
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 53 min.
TV show
Story:
Based on a little known 1848 novel by Anne Bronte, Tara Fitzgerald stars as an enigmatic young woman who moves to 19th Century Yorkshire with a young son. Distancing herself from everyone in the village and their prying questions, she remains ...
Style:
costume drama, period piece, historical drama, gothic, realistic ...
Plot:
english countryside, victorian england, mathematics, literary, domestic abuse, happy ending, new beginning, troubled marriage, mansion, downfall, unfulfillment, dishonesty ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, 1820s
Place:
britain, england, yorkshire
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
An aspiring young physician, Robert Merivel found himself in the service of King Charles II and saves the life of someone close to the King. Merivel joins the King's court and lives the high life provided to someone of his position. Merivel is ...
Style:
sexy, costume drama, period piece, factual, intense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
redemption, medicine, forbidden love, fall in love, royal family, monarch, science, betrayal, rise and fall, doctor, jealousy, justice ...
Time:
17th century, ancient times, 19th century, 1930s, 18th century
Place:
england, london, britain, europe, scotland
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A Man for All Seasons is the filmed version of the life of Thomas More. An English man comes to Sir Thomas More to ask if he can divorce his wife since King Henry VIII has made it illegal. Sir Thomas More stands up in opposition to the King even ...
Style:
period piece, political, costume drama, inspirational, spiritual ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
catholic, renaissance, historical event, politics, royalty, lawyer, courtroom drama, courtroom, saint, monarch, british history, idealism ...
Time:
16th century, middle ages, ancient times, medieval times, year 1966
Place:
england, britain, persia, europe, london ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK, Australia, USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
The story of John Wilmot, a.k.a. the Earl of Rochester, a 17th century poet who famously drank and debauched his way to an early grave, only to earn posthumous critical acclaim for his life's work.
Style:
period piece, costume drama, atmospheric, melancholic, surreal ...
Plot:
writers, decadence, sexual attraction, poet, libertine, debauchery, oral sex, making love, infidelity, biopic, steamy romance, unfaithful husband ...
Time:
17th century, ancient times, year 2006, year 2004, 19th century ...
Place:
england, london, britain, europe
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, UK, Russia
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A historical drama that illustrates Russian author Leo Tolstoy's struggle to balance fame and wealth with his commitment to a life devoid of material things. The Countess Sofya, wife and muse to Leo Tolstoy, uses every trick of seduction on her ...
Style:
sexy, sentimental, period piece, costume drama, factual ...
Plot:
philosophy, betrayal, male virgin, loss of virginity, love and romance, family relations, writer's life, lifestyle, parents and children, poet, art, taboo subject ...
Time:
1910s, edwardian era, year 2009, 20th century, 19th century
Place:
russia, europe, moscow russia
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: UK, France
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
A biography of the dancer Isadora Duncan, the 1920s dancer who forever changed people's ideas of ballet. Her nude, semi-nude, and pro-Soviet dance projects as well as her attitudes on free love, debt, dress, and lifestyle shocked the public of ...
Style:
sexual, sad, historical drama, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
ballet, female nudity, women, dancer, dancing, children, biopic, art, girl, nude girl, unrequited love, passion ...
Time:
1920s, year 1900, 1890s, 19th century, 20th century
Place:
europe, russia, london, san francisco, florence ...
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Passions erupt between a German hussar (Jean-Marc Barr) serving with King George III's personal cavalry and the only daughter of an English solicitor (Emma Fielding) in this period tearjerker adapted from a short story by Thomas Hardy. Longing ...
Style:
independent film, serious, realistic, period drama, weird
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
napoleonic wars, victorian england, soldier, military, countryside, couples, war, ego clash, love and romance, love affair, forbidden love, military life ...
Time:
19th century, georgian era, victorian era
Place:
britain, europe, england
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