Legacy movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant legacy movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, emotional, humorous, reflective, melancholic and realistic films and TV shows about / with legacy, family drama, biopic, love, family relations, revenge, identity, death, violence and redemption plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres shot in USA, Canada, Germany and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as legacy: The Healer (2016), The House of Mirth (2000), Monarch (2022), The Affair of the Necklace (2001), Those Snow White Notes (2021), Two Turtle Doves (2019), Queen & Slim (2019), Oh My Ghost (2022), Freeheld (2015), Emeralds (2015).
Best films
List of legacy movies
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Spain, Canada, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
The film follows a man with an unwanted gift for healing who meets a teenager with cancer who helps him to find himself.
Style:
sincere, feel good, light, captivating, sentimental ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
healer, faith, healing, intergenerational friendship, legacy, love, child cancer, cancer, fall in love, stranded, uncle nephew relationship, supernatural power ...
Place:
canada, nova scotia, london
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Genre: Romance, Drama
Country: UK, France, Germany, USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
A woman risks losing her chance of happiness with the only man she has ever loved.
Style:
costume drama, period piece, atmospheric, emotional, talky ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
love affair, infidelity, happy ending, destiny, temptation, tragedy, debt, gambling, fall in love, dishonesty, love and romance, couple relations ...
Time:
20th century, edwardian era, 19th century, 2000s, turn of the century ...
Place:
new york, america, britain, usa, mediterranean sea ...
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Genre: Action, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
.A countdown of the greatest superstars in WWE History. From Hulk Hogan to Randy Savage to The Rock to John Cena enjoy an experience down memory lane for long-time fans, and a new experience for new fans of WWE.
Style:
semi autobiographical, entertaining, semi serious, disturbing
Plot:
legacy, legend, champion, wrestling, dream, title bout, king, giant, boxing, combat, fan, professional wrestling ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
florida
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
The Romans, America’s first family of country music, are fiercely talented, but while their name is synonymous with honesty, the very foundation of their success is a lie. When their reign as country royalty is put in jeopardy, Nicky Roman, the ...
Style:
captivating, thrilling, tense, emotional, intense
Plot:
legacy, family drama, country music, musician, family problems, music industry, musician's life, rivalry, music, lifestyle, life is a bitch, competitor ...
Place:
nashville tennessee
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
In pre-Revolutionary France, a young aristocratic woman left penniless by the political unrest in the country, must avenge her family's fall from grace by scheming to steal a priceless necklace.
Style:
period piece, costume drama, epic, factual, atmospheric ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens
Plot:
politics, countess, nobility, conspiracy, royal family, revenge, justice, police investigation, ancient, french revolution, royalty, couples ...
Time:
18th century, ancient times, year 2001, georgian era, 1770s ...
Place:
france, paris france, europe, versailles, england
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Germany, Austria
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
After star composer Richard Wagner's fatal cardiac arrest in Venice, his Hungarian-Italian-turned-French widow Cosima has a testament faked so she can inherit the family franchise, notably the annual Bayreuth Festspiele festival, 'until ...
Style:
historical drama, family saga, suspenseful, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
legacy, blackmail, fatherhood, trial, biopic, problem, undercover, inheritance, musician, deception, secret, classical music ...
Time:
19th century, 1890s
Place:
germany, venice
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Genre: Animation, Drama, Music
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
Sawamura Matsugorou is a shamisen player of legendary talent. Upon his death, his grandson, Sawamura Yuki, lost his ability to play. Having lost his beloved sound, Yuki finds himself in Tokyo in search of a new sound to love. Tachimura Yuna, who ...
Style:
anime, psychological, sincere, captivating, emotional ...
Plot:
slice of life, self discovery, legacy, musician, music, coming of age, passion, grandson, musician's life, teenager, introspection, cause and meaning ...
Place:
tokyo
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Mexico
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Faced with the unexpected death of his estranged father -El Máscara- and the subsequent theft of his precious mask, Rubén -Mascarita- will find himself confronted with his past. Alongside his invincible bodyguard Tony "The Cannibal" and, ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, action comedy ...
Plot:
legacy, wrestling, humour, escapades, family secret, race against time, teamwork, thief, father son relationship, redemption, identity, bodyguard ...
Place:
mexico, mexico city
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Genre: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Dr. Sharon Hayes searches for a beloved family heirloom in a small Christmas town. When she unexpectedly discovers an adorable little girl and her disheartened father, she realizes that Christmas miracles really do happen.
Style:
sincere, light, romantic, captivating, sentimental ...
Plot:
christmas, holiday, christmas eve, tradition, father daughter relationship, legacy, small town, widower, christmas romance, love, male female friendship, family relations ...
Place:
new york
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
An exploration of America’s social and political climate through the lens of a genre-defying love story. The film centers on a black man and black woman who go on a first date that goes awry after the two are pulled over by a police officer at a ...
Style:
sexy, thought provoking, exciting, sad, disturbing ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
racist cop, on the run, legacy, black, police officer killed, blaxploitation, black lives matter, society, police officer, ghetto, women, chase ...
Time:
2010s, year 2019
Place:
cleveland ohio, florida, cuba, kentucky, ohio ...
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Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: India
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
An aspiring adult filmmaker and his girlfriend explore a haunted bungalow located in a small village, not realising that he had a past that has led him to a ghost, who was once a powerful queen.
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, humorous, entertaining, captivating ...
Plot:
female protagonist, legacy, group of friends, grandfather, friend, supernatural, ghost, friendship, haunting, heiress, friends, woman ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
New Jersey car mechanic Stacie Andree and her police detective girlfriend Laurel Hester both battle to secure Hester's pension benefits after she was diagnosed with a terminal illness.
Style:
lgbt cinema, sexual, touching, sad, romantic ...
Audience:
date night, teens
Plot:
lesbian, lgbt, lgbtq, lesbian relationship, cancer, lesbian love, older woman younger woman relationship, sapphic, politics, death, gay marriage, gay bar ...
Place:
new jersey, indiana
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Colombia
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
La Victoria is a town that could well be defined as a green hell where the law of the strongest prevails, fueled by the greed that emeralds arouse. The Guerrero family will arrive at this place. Alejandro Guerrero, father of Ricardo, Eduardo and ...
Style:
dramatic, captivating, exciting, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot:
power struggle, survival, legacy, secrets, love, greed, family drama, struggle for survival, couple relations, fight, war, male female relationship ...
Place:
latin america, colombia
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Recently deceased, a white-sheeted ghost returns to his suburban home to console his bereft wife, only to find that in his spectral state he has become unstuck in time, forced to watch passively as the life he knew and the woman he loves slowly slip ...
Style:
art house, philosophical, psychological, cerebral, artsy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
ghost, loss, grief, death of husband, legacy, loneliness, surrealism, loss of husband, paranormal, piano, paranormal activity, sadness ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s, 90s, 19th century, future
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada, Germany
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Mary Class is a highly successful business executive - who just happens to be the daughter of Santa Claus. But when her father falls ill, Mary returns to the North Pole and the life she left behind to take over for her dad and implement her ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, touching, feel good
Audience:
pre-teens, kids, family outing
Plot:
santa claus, christmas, holiday, homecoming, estrangement, disorder, family life, parents and children, family business, xmas, father daughter relationship, legacy ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Boston lawyer Mary Ross inherits a house in Plymouth, Mass., from her great-aunt and plans to sell it. But soon has a change of heart, which is complicated by local historian, Everett Mather who's research indicates that the houses location ...
Style:
emotional, romantic, touching, realistic, semi serious ...
Plot:
thanksgiving, holiday, christmas, autumn, historian, legacy, house, love and romance, family relations, family life, suburban life, holiday romance ...
Place:
massachusetts
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
When a homeless young musician moves into a sailboat with a feisty elderly widow, the two must overcome their differences and haunting pasts to unlock each other's dreams.
Style:
touching, captivating, exciting, sincere, tense ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
sailing, family relations, family secret, elderly woman, afterlife, mother daughter relationship, rescue, hugging, hopes, family disapproval, kindness, love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, san diego california
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A sly riff on the Prodigal Son story, Mika Kaurismaki's latest — about a joyless workaholic concert pianist who ends up on a wild ride with his long-lost rapscallion father — is a funny and cogent analysis of machismo, abandonment issues ...
Style:
realistic, touching, humorous, road movie, captivating ...
Plot:
on the road, father son relationship, family relations, absent father, estrangement, parents and children, road trip, dysfunctional family, getting home, legacy, survival, nature ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
finland, europe
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Follow Jenni Rivera's journey from her humble beginnings in Long Beach, California, to her meteoric rise to the top of the charts, and her final days before her tragic and unexpected death. See the struggles she endured during her personal ...
Style:
inspirational, emotional, realistic
Plot:
biopic, tragedy, legacy, resilience, female empowerment, songwriter, sudden death, latina, women's rights, grief, family drama, music industry ...
Place:
california, long beach california
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Genre: Sport
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
The story of arguably the most storied, significant and successful conference in the history of men’s college basketball. The documentary series takes a deep dive into the extraordinary history of ACC men’s basketball by exploring the ...
Style:
thought provoking, captivating, informative, educational, reflective ...
Plot:
legacy, tournament, college basketball, tradition, direction and purpose, sport team, athlete's life, professional sports, historical event, storytelling, basketball team, athlete and trainer ...
Time:
1950s, 60s
Place:
usa
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Through his work on iconic animated series (The Simpsons), late night shows (Saturday Night Live, Late Night, and The Tonight Show), podcasts, and more, Conan O’Brien has been making audiences laugh for 40 years. Now, the Kennedy Center will ...
Style:
humorous, sketch comedy, emotional, iconic
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
celebration, tribute, award ceremony, legacy, talk show, monologue, satire, improv, performance art, behind the scenes, comedian, stand up ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
Upcoming Bengali Movie Based on Bengali matinee idol Uttam Kumar. The story revolves around the unexplored life of Uttam Kumar.
Style:
period piece, retro, reflective, sentimental, emotional ...
Plot:
biopic, tribute, actor's life, legacy, film industry, behind the scenes, respect, character study, nostalgia, glamour, identity, memory ...
Place:
kolkata
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Genre: Action
Country: India
Duration: 152 min.
Story:
A mystical tale of Bengal's defining era, where an unlikely hero transforms into a legendary figure through extraordinary deeds and becomes forever woven into the fabric of cultural memory.
Style:
epic, dramatic, historical drama, period piece, emotional ...
Plot:
legacy, folk hero, transformation, bravery, magical, identity, haunting, sacrifice, community, cleaning, justice, rebellion ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The slightly self-indulgent artist Thorvald collapses during an interview made in celebration of his 80th birthday and dies shortly after. But in spite of his death Thorvald can still follow those left behind. From a distance, and for better or ...
Style:
reflective, melancholic, existential, satirical, dark comedy
Plot:
death, angel, family drama, dying and death, character study, father son conflict, legacy, afterlife, grief, bittersweet, vanity, relationships ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, History
Country: Ukraine
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
This is the story about man who had a great way. His adventures and losses, his life make you to be surprised. We invite you in the middle ages - a times of darkness, of heroes, of big power and of eternity love.
Style:
epic, captivating, realistic, serious, stylized ...
Plot:
medieval, leadership, betrayal, battles, danger, heroes, legacy, power struggle, political intrigue, escapades, death, sword fight ...
Time:
13th century
Place:
ukraine, eastern europe
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Genre: Biography, Sport
Country: Brazil
TV show
Story:
How many barriers does a champion have to overcome to become the black icon of his generation? Anderson Spider Silva's journey through victories and defeats, in and out of the ring.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, reflective, emotional
Plot:
athlete's life, championship, boxing, legacy, martial arts, inspiration, discipline, perseverance, mixed martial arts, sport team, ambitious man, champion ...
Place:
brazil, rio de janeiro, latin america
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Genre: Animation, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
An elderly grandmother has a big decision to make when it emerges that the hold she has on her past puts her family's future in jeopardy.
Style:
emotional, semi serious, entertaining, melancholic, reflective ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, adult
Plot:
time, magic, curses spells and rituals, repeated scene, legacy, grandmother, family drama, second chance, destiny, happy ending, fantasy world, potion ...
Time:
future
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Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
From World War, to revolution and ultimately rebirth, Forever Young is the story of four generations spanning a hundred years of modern Chinese history. Each generation faces its own unique set of challenges. Up against corporate corruption, the ...
Style:
historical drama, family saga, period piece, emotional, poignant ...
Plot:
coming of age, chinese history, cultural revolution, identity, legacy, bittersweet, moral dilemma, nostalgia, soul searching, resilience, memory, corruption ...
Place:
china
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
In this comedy special, Jon Stewart, John Mulaney, Chelsea Handler and Dave Chappelle honor George Carlin, Joan Rivers, Robin Williams and Richard Pryor.
Style:
light, humorous, satirical, feel good, funny ...
Plot:
satire, legacy, tribute, joke, comedian, stand up comedian, humour, celebration, monologue, fan, community, improv ...
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127
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A modern take on William Shakespeare's King Lear.
Style:
humorous, funny, entertaining, dramatic, captivating ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, family reunited, architect, weekend getaway, legacy, family drama, family holiday, relationships, conflict, family relations, couple relations, large family ...
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