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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 231
Genere: Adventure, Drama, History, Romance
Country: France, West Germany, UK
Duration: 390 min
Plot tags: period drama
Best tv shows and movies like Kidnapped (1978):
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I Remember Nelson (1982)
Plot Summary:
Vice Adm. Horatio Nelson's remarkable naval career and troubled personal affairs are brought to life in this miniseries, which tells his famous story through the narratives of those who knew him best.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 70
Genere: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: UK
Duration: 200 min
Plot tags: period drama
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All the Rivers Run (1983)
Plot Summary:
Orphaned after a shipwreck off the Victorian coast of Australia, the beautiful and spirited Philadelphia Gordon finds both love and adventure aboard a paddle-steamer on the Murray River.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 702
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 400 min
Plot tags: period drama
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The Mill on the Floss (1978)
Plot Summary:
Adaptation of the George Eliot novel.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 167
Genere: Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 240 min
Plot tags: historical drama, period piece, period drama
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Mathias Sandorf (1979)
Plot Summary:
In 1867, at the time of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the adventures of the revolutionary count Mathias Sandorf who, having escaped an attack which cost the life of his wife, returns years later to take revenge on his political enemies.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 304
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: France, West Germany, Hungary, Italy
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
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Love for Lydia (1977)
Plot Summary:
This thirteen-part series explores just how painful love can be for young people. Would-be writer Edward Richardson is in love with heiress Lydia Aspen and wants her all to himself. Lydia professes to be in love with him, but her first love is excitement. There are several other young men who vie with Richardson for Lydia's affection, and she sends mixed signals to them all, playing them off against each other, sometimes with dire results. At least that's the way Richardson sees things, but it's not the whole story.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 241
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 780 min
Plot tags: period piece, costume drama, period drama
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Great Expectations (2023)
Plot Summary:
The coming-of-age story of Pip, an orphan who yearns for a greater lot in life, until a twist of fate and the evil machinations of the mysterious and eccentric Miss Havisham shows him a dark world of possibilities. Under the great expectations placed upon him, Pip will have to work out the true cost of this new world and whether it will truly make him the man he wishes to be.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration:
Plot tags: period piece, period drama
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Palace of Devotion (2019)
Plot Summary:
Orphaned as a child, Liu E travels to the capital Kaifeng, and later catches the eye of Zhao Heng. Though she was a concubine, Liu E was perceptive to state affairs, and often discussed politics with Zhao Heng. This tradition continued when he became emperor in 997. Liu E is crowned empress after adopting the son of a concubine (later Emperor Renzong), and serves as regent of the Song Dynasty during the last two years of her husband’s reign. Liu E would continue to rule until her death twelve years later in 1033.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 16
Genere: Drama, History, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: period drama
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Kim Soo Ro (2010)
Plot Summary:
This drama charts the life of Kim Soo Ro, legendary founder of Geumgwan Gaya, the ruling city-state of the Gaya confederacy, which dominated sea trade and iron working during the Three Kingdoms Period. Kim Soo Ro's fiery temperament, charisma and intelligence are his only defense in the extended political struggle, with competition for the throne from his half-brother and lifelong rival, Ijinashi, his former friend Suk Tal Hae, and the dangerous ambitions of Shin Kwi Gan.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 174
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: tense, captivating, psychological, atmospheric, family saga, costume drama, period drama
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Empresses in the Palace (2015)
Plot Summary:
An epic tale of love, betrayal and scandal set in 1722 during the Qing Dynasty and told from inside the Imperial Harem - the story of one emperor and his countless women. In a world filled with treachery and corruption, who will truly win the Emperor's heart and reign supreme?.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 375
Genere: Drama, History, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: period drama
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A Tale of Two Cities (1989)
Plot Summary:
A pair of lookalikes, one a former French aristocrat and the other an alcoholic English lawyer, fall in love with the same woman amongst the turmoil of the French Revolution.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 387
Genere: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: UK, France
Duration: 188 min
Plot tags: historical drama, epic, fairy tale, period drama
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Disraeli (1978)
Plot Summary:
Disraeli is a British four part serial about the great statesman and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Benjamin Disraeli.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 258
Genere: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: spiritual, weird, period drama
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The Onedin Line (1971)
Plot Summary:
The Onedin Line is a BBC television drama series which ran from 1971 to 1980. The series was created by Cyril Abraham. The series is set in Liverpool from 1860 to 1886 and deals with the rise of a shipping line, the Onedin Line, named after its owner James Onedin. Around this central theme are the lives of his family, most notably his brother and partner, shop owner Robert, and his sister Elizabeth, giving insight into the lifestyle and customs at the time, not only at sea, but also ashore. The series also illustrates some of the changes in business and shipping, such as from wooden to steel ships and from sailing ships to steam ships. It shows the role that ships played in affairs like international politics, uprisings and the slave trade.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: costume drama, retro, period piece, period drama
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The Prisoner of If Castle (1988)
Plot Summary:
A Russian version of the classic Alexandre Dumas novel. Edmond Dantes is falsely accused by those jealous of his good fortune, and is sentenced to spend the rest of his life in the notorious island prison, Chateau d'If. While imprisoned, he meets the Abbe Faria, a fellow prisoner whom everyone believes to be mad. The Abbe tells Edmond of a fantastic treasure hidden away on a tiny island, that only he knows the location of. After many years in prison, the old Abbe dies, and Edmond escapes disguised as the dead body. Now free, Edmond must find the treasure the Abbe told him of, so he can use the new-found wealth to exact revenge on those who have wronged him.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 550
Genere: Adventure, Drama, History
Country: Soviet Union, France
Duration: 236 min
Plot tags:
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The Collection (2016)
Plot Summary:
A gripping family drama and entrepreneurial fable, set in a post-war Paris fashion house. It exposes the grit behind the glamour of a rising business, spearheaded by two clashing brothers.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: captivating, historical drama, suspenseful, entertaining, disturbing, costume drama, period drama
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The Seawolf (1971)
Plot Summary:
The writer Humphrey van Weyden gets overboard in 1906 in a shipwreck in the fog in the Bay of San Francisco and is rescued by a seal catcher, the schooner Ghost under the brutal Captain Wolf Larsen.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 724
Genere: Adventure, Drama
Country: West Germany, Romania, France
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags:
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Middlemarch (1994)
Plot Summary:
A BBC dramatization of George Eliot's classic novel about the lives and loves of a group of people living on the cusp of the Industrial Revolution in a small town named Middlemarch. These include young Doctor Lydgate, who arrives at Middlemarch hospital full of idealism and determined to do good works; Dorothea Brooke, who becomes attracted to the scholarly Edward Casaubon and then finds herself trapped in an ill-fated marriage; and Will Ladislaw, a young lad who awakens Dorothea's repressed passion and thereby changes the course of her life.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 375 min
Plot tags: costume drama, period piece, historical drama, romantic drama, clever, touching, serious, emotional, realistic, stylized
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Oliver Twist (2007)
Plot Summary:
Oliver is born into poverty and misfortune - the son of an unmarried mother, who dies shortly after his birth. He is soon delivered to the workhouse, where the cruel Mr. Bumble oversees children tormented by starvation and suffering. When Oliver dares to ask for more gruel, he finds himself cast out and forced to make his own way in the world.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 176 min
Plot tags: costume drama, sentimental, touching, sincere, captivating, juvenile, historical drama, bleak, realistic, gloomy
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Poldark (1975)
Plot Summary:
Period drama series about the brooding rivalry between former soldier Ross Poldark and local industrialist George Warleggan, and the two women in their lives. Based on the books by Winston Graham.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: costume drama, spiritual, historical drama, serious, captivating, realistic, saga, period drama
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Kidnapped (2005)
Plot Summary:
Kidnapped is a two-part BBC television adaptation of the 1893 novel of the same name by Robert Louis Stevenson. The show is directed by Brendan Maher and stars James Anthony Pearson as Davie Balfour and Iain Glen as Alan Breck. Attempting to claim his rightful inheritance from his eccentric Uncle Ebenezer, young Davie Balfour is kidnapped and imprisoned in the hold of a slave ship bound for the New World. Soon, Davie joins forces with exiled Highland hero Alan Breck and together, the unlikely pair of outlaw and innocent embark on a treacherous quest across Scotland that will bring them foes too numerous to count, as well as unexpected friends. Among the plot deviations from novel to movie: ⁕The movie added a love interest for Davie in Catriona, the daughter of James of the Glen. This plot element is from the sequel novel, Catriona. ⁕In the novel, Breck and James of the Glen were never arrested by the British; but the movie showed James of the Glen being falsely arrested with the threat of being hanged to force Breck to give himself up. ⁕The movie added the "Long Mile Gang", expert trackers, to track Davie and Breck across Scotland, but the novel only had British troops.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 258
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 222 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, exciting, captivating
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Moby Dick (2011)
Plot Summary:
The sole survivor of a lost whaling ship relates the tale of his captain's self-destructive obsession to hunt the white whale, Moby Dick.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 184 min
Plot tags: exciting, realistic, psychological, serious, captivating, nautical, fairy tale, stylized, period drama
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The Jewel in the Crown (1984)
Plot Summary:
The British Raj: though their position seems secure, thoughtful English men and women know that "their" time in India is coming to an end. The story begins with an unjust arrest for rape, and the consequences of this echo through the series. Questions of identity and personal responsibility are explored against a background of war and personal intrigue.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: UK
Duration: 778 min
Plot tags: sincere, captivating, emotional, serious, realistic, costume drama, historical drama, epic, atmospheric, stylized
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Vanity Fair (1998)
Plot Summary:
This faithful BBC adaptation once again brings William Makepeace Thackeray's classic satirical novel to the screen. Becky Sharp (Natasha Little) is a beautiful, clever and poor girl determined to earn a higher place in society at any cost. The Napoleonic Wars provide a dramatic backdrop as Becky sets out to manipulate various characters -- from London ballrooms to the battlefields of Waterloo.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: costume drama, historical drama, sincere, serious, captivating, realistic, witty, stylized, period piece, period drama
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The Buccaneers (1995)
Plot Summary:
Four American girls go to England to find husbands.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 212 min
Plot tags: period piece, costume drama, romantic drama, historical drama, spooky, clever, realistic, stylized, semi serious, witty
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War & Peace (2016)
Plot Summary:
Sumptuous BBC mini-series following the fortunes and the rise and fall of five aristocratic families in the waning days of imperial Russia.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: UK
Duration: 380 min
Plot tags: epic, captivating, stylized, serious, emotional, costume drama, realistic, historical drama, period piece, political
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Lillie (1978)
Plot Summary:
The story of Lillie Langtry.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 664
Genere: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 52 min
Plot tags: costume drama, historical drama, serious, captivating, realistic, stylized, period drama
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Kidnapped (1971)
Plot Summary:
Scottish orphan David Balfour (Lawrence Douglas) is betrayed by his wicked uncle Ebeneezer (Donald Pleasance), who arranges for David to be kidnapped and sold into slavery so that Unk can claim his inheritance. The boy is rescued and befriended by Alan Breck (Michael Caine), a Scottish rebel fighting on behalf of his country's independence from the British (did we tell you that the film takes place during late 18th century?) Both David and Alan undergo several exhilarating adventures before Alan comes to realize that the rebellion is doomed from the start, and David foils his uncle's greedy machinations. (AllMovie).
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: serious, captivating, realistic, stylized, independent film, period drama
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Titanic (2012)
Plot Summary:
An extraordinary re-telling of the doomed voyage that features both fictional and historical characters, ranging from steerage passengers to upper class guests.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, History
Country: UK, Canada, Hungary
Duration: 190 min
Plot tags: emotional, realistic, costume drama, epic, historical drama, serious, stylized, nautical, period drama, disaster movie
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Titanic (1996)
Plot Summary:
A story of the romances of two couples upon the doomed ship. Isabella Paradine (Catherine Zeta Jones) is a wealthy woman mourning the loss of her aunt, who reignites a romance with old flame, Wynn Park (Peter Gallagher). Meanwhile, a charming ne'er do well named Jamie Perse (Mike Doyle) steals a ticket for the ship, and falls for a sweet innocent Irish girl on board. But their romance is threatened by the villainous Simon Doonan (Tim Curry), who has discovered about the ticket and makes Jamie his unwilling accomplice, as well as having sinister plans for the girl.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 173 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, sad, exciting, atmospheric, epic, serious, emotional, realistic, period drama, disaster movie
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Great Expectations (1989)
Plot Summary:
Phillip Pirrip, known as Pip, meets a convict or two in a graveyard and sets into motion a series of events that lead him from a comfortable life in his brother-in-law's forge to a mysterious inheritance and his acquaintance with the eerie Miss Havisham, her beautiful ward Estella, and the unusual lawyer Jaggers.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 456
Genere: Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 303 min
Plot tags: historical drama, period drama
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The Spanish Princess (2019)
Plot Summary:
The beautiful Spanish princess, Catherine of Aragon, navigates the royal lineage of England with an eye on the throne.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 55 min
Plot tags: historical drama, costume drama, exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, sexy, period drama, beautiful