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Sense and Sensibility

Sense and Sensibility

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Series Age rating: 8 Year: 2008 IMDB Rating: 8

Marianne Dashwood wears her heart on her sleeve when she falls in love with the charming but unsuitable John Willoughby, ignoring her sister Elinor's warning that her impulsive behavior leaves her ope...

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Underground

Underground

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Series Age rating: 18 Year: 2016 IMDB Rating: 7.9

A group of slaves plan a daring 600-mile escape from a Georgia plantation. Along the way, they are aided by a secret abolitionist couple running a station on the Underground Railroad as they attempt t...

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Roots

Roots

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Series Age rating: 16 Year: 2016 IMDB Rating: 7.9

An adaptation of Alex Haley's "Roots", chronicling the history of an African slave, Kunta Kinte sold to America and his descendants.

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Madame Bovary

Madame Bovary

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Series Age rating: 11 Year: 1975 IMDB Rating: 7.8

Francesca Annis and Tom Conti star in this acclaimed UK miniseries adaptation of Gustave Flaubert's classic tale of one woman's attempts to mold her own unfulfilling life in the shape of her favorite...

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Disraeli

Disraeli

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Series Age rating: n/a Year: 1978 IMDB Rating: 7.7

Disraeli is a British four part serial about the great statesman and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Benjamin Disraeli.

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Dickinson

Dickinson

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Series Age rating: 14 Year: 2019 IMDB Rating: 7.7

Emily Dickinson. Poet. Daughter. Total rebel. In this coming-of-age story, Emily’s determined to become the world’s greatest poet.

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Great Expectations

Great Expectations

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Series Age rating: 11 Year: 2011 IMDB Rating: 7.5

The life of an orphan is changed by the providential intervention of a mysterious benefactor.

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The Underground Railroad

The Underground Railroad

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Series Age rating: 18 Year: 2021 IMDB Rating: 7.5

Follow young Cora’s journey as she makes a desperate bid for freedom in the antebellum South. After escaping her Georgia plantation for the rumored Underground Railroad, Cora discovers no mere metapho...

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Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes

Series Age rating: 12 Year: 1964 IMDB Rating: 7.5

Sherlock Holmes is a series of Sherlock Holmes adaptations produced by British television company BBC between 1965 and 1968. This was the second screen adaption of Sherlock Holmes for BBC Television.

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Oliver Twist

Oliver Twist

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Series Age rating: n/a Year: 1985 IMDB Rating: 7.4

Oliver Twist is a 1985 BBC TV serial. It was directed by Gareth Davies, and adapted by Alexander Baron from the novel by Charles Dickens. It follows the book more closely than any of the other film ad...

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