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Plot Summary:
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 November to 7 December 2002. The serial starred Hugh Dancy as Daniel Deronda, Romola Garai as Gwendolen Harleth, Hugh Bonneville as Henleigh Grandcourt, and Jodhi May as Mirah Lapidoth. Co-production funding came from WGBH Boston. Louis Marks originally wanted to make a film adaptation of the novel but abandoned the project after a lengthy and fruitless casting process. The drama took a further five years to make it to television screens. Filming ran for 11 weeks from May to August on locations in England, Scotland and Malta. The serial was Marks' final television production before his death in 2010.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 210 min
Plot tags: costume drama, period piece, serious, captivating, realistic, heartbreaking, historical drama, romantic drama, historical romance, period drama
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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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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 274 min
Plot tags: costume drama, historical drama, serious, captivating, realistic, stylized, sexual, psychological thriller, rough, grim
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IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama, History
Country: UK
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Plot Summary:
Adaptation from John Galsworthy's novels.
IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: family saga, costume drama, stylized, spiritual, historical drama, touching, epic, serious, captivating, realistic
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IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 756
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
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Plot tags: costume drama, period piece, historical drama, serious, captivating, realistic, period drama
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IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 955
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 276 min
Plot tags: period piece, family saga, realistic, costume drama, serious, saga, historical drama, touching, stylized, romantic drama
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IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
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Plot tags: costume drama, period piece, historical drama, gothic, serious, realistic, period drama
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IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
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Plot tags: gothic, costume drama, sentimental, serious, period piece, historical drama, realistic, stylized, period drama
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 858
Genere: Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK, USA
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IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance
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IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
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IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 10000
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IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Drama, Romance
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IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 5000
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IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 10000
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Country: UK
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IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 8000
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Country: UK
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IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 35000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
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IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 10000
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Country: UK, USA
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 13000
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Country: UK
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA, Ireland
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 8.6
IMDB Votes: 34000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
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Plot tags: touching, serious, sincere, captivating, costume drama, period piece, romantic, historical drama, romantic drama, heartbreaking
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 161000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: romantic, costume drama, sexy, captivating, light, period piece, historical drama, visually appealing, romantic drama, funny
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 18000
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Country: UK
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 8.8
IMDB Votes: 91000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 230 min
Plot tags: romantic, costume drama, gothic, atmospheric, touching, gloomy, serious, period piece, sexy, talky
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 200 min
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