Sylvia
Movie2003 • Drama • Romance
Story of the relationship between the poets Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath.
Similar themes: Drama, Romance
The Last Vermeer
Movie2019 • Drama • History
A soldier and member of the Dutch resistance investigates stolen art in the wake of the Second World War, including a Vermeer sold to the Nazis by a flamboyant forger.
Similar themes: Drama, History
Censor
Movie2021 • Mystery • Horror
A screener at the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC), who has earned an unsavory reputation for being the strictest censor of violent films, begins to spiral out of con…
Similar themes: Mystery, Horror
The King
Movie2019 • Drama • History • War
England, 15th century. Hal, a capricious prince who lives among the populace far from court, is forced by circumstances to reluctantly accept the throne and become Henry V.
Similar themes: Drama, History
Hyde Park on Hudson
Movie2012 • Drama • Comedy • History
The story of the love affair between FDR and his distant cousin Margaret Stuckley, centered around the weekend in 1939 when the King and Queen of the United Kingdom visited upst…
Similar themes: Drama, Comedy
Nicholas Nickleby
Movie2002 • Drama • Adventure
Nicholas Nickleby, a young boy in search of a better life, struggles to save his family and friends from the abusive exploitation of his coldheartedly grasping uncle.
Similar themes: Drama, Adventure
My Cousin Rachel
Movie2017 • Drama • Romance
A young Englishman plots revenge against his mysterious, beautiful cousin, believing that she murdered his guardian. But his feelings become complicated as he finds himself fall…
Similar themes: Drama, Romance
Casanova
TV2005 • Drama • Comedy
Castle Dux, Bohemia, 1798. Casanova, now a penniless librarian in his seventies, tells Edith, a young kitchen maid in the castle, his remarkable life story, and about falling in…
Similar themes: Drama, Comedy
Wilde
Movie1997 • Drama • History
Oscar Wilde is a married playwright who has occasionally indulged his weakness for male suitors. After much toil, Wilde debuts 'The Importance of Being Earnest' in London, and a…
Similar themes: Drama, History
The Awakening
Movie2011 • Thriller • Mystery • Horror
In post–War England, a writer and sometime-ghost hunter investigates a reported haunting at a boys boarding school.
Similar themes: Thriller, Mystery
The King's Speech
Movie2010 • Drama • History
The King's Speech tells the story of the man who became King George VI, the father of Queen Elizabeth II. After his brother abdicates, George ('Bertie') reluctantly assumes the…
Similar themes: Drama, History
The Duke
Movie2021 • Drama • Comedy • History
In 1961, a 60-year-old taxi driver stole Goya’s portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London. It was the first (and remains the only) theft in the Gal…
Similar themes: Drama, Comedy
The Children Act
Movie2018 • Drama
In the midst of a marital crisis, a High Court judge must decide if she should order a life-saving blood transfusion for a teen with cancer despite his family's refusal to accep…
Similar themes: Drama
Cloud Atlas
Movie2012 • Drama • Science Fiction
A set of six nested stories spanning time between the 19th century and a distant post-apocalyptic future. Cloud Atlas explores how the actions and consequences of individual liv…
Similar themes: Drama, Science Fiction
The Imitation Game
Movie2014 • Drama • Thriller • History
Based on the real life story of legendary cryptanalyst Alan Turing, the film portrays the nail-biting race against time by Turing and his brilliant team of code-breakers at Brit…
Similar themes: Drama, Thriller
Closed Circuit
Movie2013 • Drama • Thriller • Mystery
A high-profile terrorism case unexpectedly binds together two ex-lovers on the defense team - testing the limits of their loyalties and placing their lives in jeopardy.
Similar themes: Drama, Thriller
Dad's Army
Movie2016 • Comedy • War
A cinema remake of the classic sitcom Dad's Army (1968). The Walmington-on-Sea Home Guard platoon deal with a visiting female journalist and a German spy as World War II draws t…
Similar themes: Comedy, War
Les Misérables
Movie2012 • Drama • History
An adaptation of the successful stage musical based on Victor Hugo's classic novel set in 19th-century France. Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a rel…
Similar themes: Drama, History
London Boulevard
Movie2010 • Drama • Crime
A parolee falls for a reclusive movie star while trying to evade a ruthless gangster.
Similar themes: Drama, Crime
Downton Abbey
Movie2019 • Drama • Romance • History
The beloved Crawleys and their intrepid staff prepare for the most important moment of their lives. A royal visit from the King and Queen of England will unleash scandal, romanc…
Similar themes: Drama, Romance