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Plot Summary:
Dramatisation of Jean Rhys's novel set in 19th-century Jamaica. The tragic story of the first Mrs Rochester from Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre centres on an arranged marriage between a white Creole heiress and a brooding Englishman, who fall in love only to be torn apart by rumours, paranoia and a cultural divide.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 727
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: erotic, period piece, period drama
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Camille (1984)
Plot Summary:
Camille is a courtesan in Paris. She falls deeply in love with a young man of promise, Armand Duval. When Armand's father begs her not to ruin his hope of a career and position by marrying Armand, she acquiesces and leaves her lover. However, when poverty and terminal illness overwhelm her, Camille discovers that Armand has not lost his love for her.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 580
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: period drama, beautiful
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The Christ of Nanjing (1995)
Plot Summary:
Tony Au directed this Hong Kong-Japanese co-production lovingly adapted for the screen by Joyce Chan. Tony Leung stars as Ryuichi Okagawa, a Japanese writer who worked as a reporter in China and has been sick ever since his return home. While in China, Okagawa had met a devoutly religious girl named Jin-hua. Okagawa was born with a predisposition to agonizing recurrent migraines, but found happiness with Jin-hua and married her. Unfortunately, he already had a wife in Japan, and this revelation crushed Jin-hua. When Okagawa returned home, leaving Jin-hua behind, she was forced to work as a prostitute, catching both a severe case of the flu and a rather less socially acceptable condition. Meanwhile, Okagawa's guilt has torn him apart enough for him to return to China in an attempt to bring Jin-hua home with him to get medical attention, but the girl is already too far gone for his help.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 82
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong, Japan
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags:
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Nana (1970)
Plot Summary:
This adaptation of Emile Zola's novel "NANA," is about the sexual liaisons of a woman who through her relationships with different men, enjoys a life of pleasure and luxury. However, her lavish life-style does not always bring happiness.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 124
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Sweden, France
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: erotic
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Passionate Intentions (2015)
Plot Summary:
A happily married couple falls prey to the devious schemes of a greedy seductress and her sleazy boyfriend.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 55
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: erotic, hot
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Candy Regentag (1989)
Plot Summary:
Flesh and fantasy fill the nights of the call girls at Bambi’s, a flashy back street brothel. Join Bambi, Candy and the girls for an evening or two and find out what happens in the violent world of sex for sale. Candy is new to the business. She follows all of the rules of the house - she arrives on time, doesn’t take drugs, is polite to customers, and numb to all the men who used her. Then she meets Reg and breaks the most important rule - don’t fall in love with one of your customers. Their first encounter leaves her longing to see him again. She fantasizes about the love they share and how idyllic their life together would be. But the facts are clear. Candy is a hooker and she will never be a real part of his world … she’s one of Bambi’s girls. She has seen his life and felt his love, a brief glimpse is all she’ll ever have, KISS THE NIGHT!.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 40
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: independent film
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A Hazard of Hearts (1987)
Plot Summary:
When compulsive gambler Sir Giles Staverley has lost his estate and all his money playing dice, he realises that he only has one thing left of value: his daughter Serena. In a final game, he stakes his daughter's hand in marriage, convinced that this time he will not lose. Unfortunately, however, he does lose; to the evil Lord Wrotham. Unable to return home and tell his daughter that he has lost her in a game of dice, Sir Giles kills himself there and then. Lord Vulcan, who has witnessed the events, takes pity on Serena Staverley, although they have never met. He challenges Lord Wrotham to a game of dice in which the winner takes both Staverley Court and Miss Serena.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: gothic, period piece, sweet, cult classic, romantic drama, atmospheric, captivating, realistic, stylized, semi serious
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Little Dorrit (1987)
Plot Summary:
A drama based on the novel by Charles Dickens which tells the story of Arthur Clennam who is thrown into a debtor's prison. There he meets a young seamstress whose father has been imprisoned for twenty-five years. A film in originally released in two parts.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 357 min
Plot tags: sentimental, serious, captivating, emotional, realistic, epic, independent film, period drama, masterpiece
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I Capture the Castle (2003)
Plot Summary:
A love story set in 1930s England that follows 17-year-old Cassandra Mortmain, and the fortunes of her eccentric family, struggling to survive in a decaying English castle. Based on Dodie Smith's 1948 novel with the same name.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: touching, atmospheric, stylized, lyrical, semi serious, romantic, period piece, colorful, intense, sex comedy
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The Woodlanders (1997)
Plot Summary:
The story is set in late 19th century rural corner of South England. The daughter of timber merchant Melbury, Grace, returns to the town after finishing school. Her father now believes she can find a better husband than her childhood sweetheart, woodsman Giles. She marries handsome young doctor Fitzpiers, but soon finds out he's not the man of her dreams and she still loves Giles.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 741
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: costume drama, serious, realistic, independent film, period piece, period drama
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Far from the Madding Crowd (1998)
Plot Summary:
This powerful adaptation of Thomas Hardy's classic novel spins a story of passion and destruction set in the nineteenth century. The proud, flighty and bewitching Bathsheba Everdene finds herself entangled into the passions of three men and her impulsive nature pushes her into a web of deceit and destruction.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 955
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: costume drama, historical drama, serious, realistic, period drama
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Lady Libertine (1984)
Plot Summary:
Charlie, a young aristocrat in turn of the century England, meets a boy named Frank on the road to Portsmouth. What Charlie doesn't realize is that Frank is actually Frances, who's donned a disguise to escape working at a brothel. Charlie takes Frank/Frances into his home, and when he discovers her true identity, the two become lovers.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 408
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France, USA, Canada
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: erotic, serious, realistic, sexual, sexy, art house
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Affinity (2008)
Plot Summary:
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 - a medium. Set in the 1870s.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Romania, Canada
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, enigmatic, captivating, suspense, historical drama, gothic, gothic horror, period piece, costume drama
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Women in Love (1969)
Plot Summary:
Close friends Rupert Birkin and Gerald Crich begin romances with siblings Ursula and Gudrun Brangwen. After the couples wed, they take a joint honeymoon to Switzerland, where things begin happily -- but they become increasingly complicated as the trip continues. Rupert and Ursula are determined to stay faithful to one another, while the aloof Gerald and the eccentric Gudrun turn to infidelity and sexual exploration.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 131 min
Plot tags: visual, erotic, sexy, sexual, scenic, retro, cult classic, historical drama, erotic drama, sincere
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Carmen (2003)
Plot Summary:
In director Vicente Aranda's adaptation of the classic opera, a French writer documents the seductive power of the beautiful Gypsy Carmen, who turns her charms on a young soldier, awakening his passions but ultimately leading to tragedy. Jose becomes obsessed with Carmen and finds himself unable to control his jealousy, which forces him to make a deadly decision in this fiery story of love and betrayal.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain, UK, Italy
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: sexy, captivating, emotional, erotic, sad, serious, realistic, sexual, historical romance, period drama
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Confession of a Child of the Century (2012)
Plot Summary:
Paris, 1830: Octave, betrayed by his mistress, sinks into despair and debauchery. His father's death leads him to the country where he meets Brigitte, a widow who is ten years his elder. Octave falls in love passionately, but will he have the courage to believe in it?.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 650
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Germany, UK
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: touching, realistic, serious, period piece, costume drama, contemplative, gloomy, weird
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Angels and Insects (1995)
Plot Summary:
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 Eugenia begin a torrid romance, but as the couple become closer, the young scientist begins to realize that dark, disturbing things are happening behind the closed doors of the Alabaster manor.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: costume drama, erotic, period piece, stylized, thought provoking, offbeat, historical drama, sincere, touching, serious
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The Last Mistress (2007)
Plot Summary:
Secrets, rumors and betrayals surround the upcoming marriage between a young dissolute man and virtuous woman of the French aristocracy.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: erotic, serious, stylized, realistic, sensual, sexy, disturbing, erotic drama, sexual, crying
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The Next 365 Days (2022)
Plot Summary:
Laura and Massimo's relationship hangs in the balance as they try to overcome trust issues while a tenacious Nacho works to push them apart.
IMDB Rating: 2.8
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Poland
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: disgusting, erotic
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The Scarlet Letter (1995)
Plot Summary:
Set in puritanical Boston in the mid 1600s, the story of seamstress Hester Prynne, who is outcast after she becomes pregnant by a respected reverend. She refuses to divulge the name of the father, is "convicted" of adultery and forced to wear a scarlet "A" until an Indian attack unites the Puritans and leads to a reevaluation of their laws and morals.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min
Plot tags: sexy, romantic, costume drama, stylized, erotic, realistic, serious, period piece, sexual, gothic
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Jude (1996)
Plot Summary:
In late 19th-century England, Jude aspires to be an academic, but is hobbled by his blue-collar background. Instead, he works as a stonemason and is trapped in an unloving marriage to a farmer's daughter named Arabella. But when his wife leaves him, Jude sees an opportunity to improve himself. He moves to the city and begins an affair with his married cousin, Sue, courting tragedy every step of the way.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: emotional, erotic, period piece, romantic, depressing, bleak, thought provoking, bad ending, anamorphic, cult classic
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Wide Sargasso Sea (1993)
Plot Summary:
In the wake of Jamaican emancipation, French colonist Annette Cosway falls into poverty and marries racist Englishman Paul Mason. But when Annette's young son dies in a fire started by former slaves, Mason flees to England, leaving his grief-stricken wife and her Creole daughter Antoinette behind. Soon Antoinette learns she must marry to claim her inheritance and sets her sights on Rochester, an Englishman eerily similar to Mason.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: sexy, erotic, sexual, romantic, gothic horror, costume drama, sensual, atmospheric, serious, realistic
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Lady Chatterley's Lover (1981)
Plot Summary:
A film adaptation of D.H. Lawrence's novel. After a crippling injury leaves her husband impotent, Lady Chatterly is torn between her love for her husband and her physical desires. With her husband's consent, she seeks out other means of fulfilling her needs.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France, West Germany
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: sexy, erotic, controversial, sensual, sexual, manga, serious, realistic, crying, atmospheric
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Firelight (1997)
Plot Summary:
Firelight is a period romance/drama film written and directed by William Nicholson. It was Nicholson's first, and to date only, film as director.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: uplifting, serious, touching, feel good, sexy, erotic, romantic, emotional, melancholic, realistic
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Jane Eyre (1996)
Plot Summary:
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 answered by the housekeeper of Thornfield Hall, Mrs. Fairfax.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Italy, UK, USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: romantic, costume drama, melancholic, period piece, emotional, intense, realistic, gothic, serious, romantic drama
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Jane Eyre (1997)
Plot Summary:
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 to happen between the two leads in this version.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: costume drama, gothic, atmospheric, emotional, spiritual, sincere, serious, realistic, gloomy, period drama
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A Room with a View (1985)
Plot Summary:
When Lucy Honeychurch and chaperon Charlotte Bartlett find themselves in Florence with rooms without views, fellow guests Mr Emerson and son George step in to remedy the situation. Meeting the Emersons could change Lucy's life forever but, once back in England, how will her experiences in Tuscany affect her marriage plans?.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 47000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: scenic, touching, period piece, atmospheric, costume drama, romantic, sweet, captivating, visually appealing, clever
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Great Expectations (2012)
Plot Summary:
Miss Havisham, a wealthy spinster who wears an old wedding dress and lives in the dilapidated Satis House, asks Pip's "Uncle Pumblechook" (who is actually Joe's uncle) to find a boy to play with her adopted daughter Estella. Pip begins to visit Miss Havisham and Estella, with whom he falls in love,then Pip a humble orphan suddenly becomes a gentleman with the help of an unknown benefactor.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags: captivating, emotional, sentimental, serious, realistic, costume drama, period piece, gothic, sex comedy, cult classic
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Mansfield Park (2007)
Plot Summary:
In Mansfield Park, poverty-stricken Fanny Price is sent away to live with her wealthy uncle and aunt at Mansfield Park. As she struggles to adapt to her new lifestyle she begins to attract the attentions of suitors, learning about the sexual politics of high society along the way.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: period piece, costume drama, realistic, witty, stylized, romantic, historical drama, touching, gloomy, semi serious
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Bilitis (1977)
Plot Summary:
A coming of age story centering on the exploits of a young girl during summer vacation.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: erotic, sexy, sexual, manga, sensual, sentimental, sincere, touching, serious, realistic
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Silk (2007)
Plot Summary:
Based on the best-selling novel by Alessandro Baricco, this visually stunning film tells the story of a French trader who finds unexpected love far away from home.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, France, Italy, UK, Japan, USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: romantic, stylized, sentimental, realistic, sensual, touching, serious, period piece, visually stunning, erotic