Top 20 movies like The Professor and the Madman

The Professor and the Madman

Professor James Murray begins work compiling words for the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary in the mid 19th century, and receives over 10,000 entries from a patient at Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum, Dr. William Minor.

The Professor and the Madman is of 2 hour(s) and 4 minute(s). It is Produced By:  Fastnet Films, 22h22, Caviar Antwerp NV, Definition Films, Zik Zak Filmworks, Voltage Pictures, Fábrica de Cine. It was released on 2019-03-07. It has the tagline: The incredible true story that defined our world. It has an average vote of 7.147 on TMDB.

Genres: HistoryDramaMysteryThriller

1. Devdas (देवदास)

Devdas

After his wealthy family prohibits him from marrying the woman he is in love with, Devdas Mukherjee's life spirals further and further out of control as he takes up alcohol and a life of vice to numb the pain.

It has an average vote of 7.5 on TMDB.

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2. A Passage to India

A Passage to India

Set during the period of growing influence of the Indian independence movement in the British Raj, the story begins with the arrival in India of a British woman, Miss Adela Quested, who is joining her fiancé, a city magistrate named Ronny Heaslop. She and Ronny's mother, Mrs. Moore, befriend an Indian doctor, Aziz H. Ahmed.

It has an average vote of 6.8 on TMDB.

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3. The Borgia (Los Borgia)

The Borgia

A portrait of the bloody dynasty that spawned a pope, Alexander VI, as well as the role model for Machiavelli's “The Prince,” his son Cesare Borgia, and a legend of femme duplicity, daughter Lucrezia Borgia.

It has an average vote of 5.1 on TMDB.

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4. Gol De Plata (Gol De Plata)

Gol De Plata

(Gol De Plata)

It has an average vote of 2 on TMDB.

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5. Great Solitude (Velká samota)

Great Solitude

In southern Moravia, in the native village of Velka Samota, a ministry official returns from Prague to lift the declining JZD he helped establish.

It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.

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6. Le ragazze di San Frediano (Le ragazze di San Frediano)

Le ragazze di San Frediano

(Le ragazze di San Frediano)

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7. Auntie Mame

Auntie Mame

Mame Dennis, a progressive and independent woman of the 1920s, is left to care for her nephew Patrick after his wealthy father dies. Conflict ensues when the executor of the father's estate objects to the aunt's lifestyle and tries to force her to send Patrick to prep school.

It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.

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8. Riverworld

Riverworld

A movie for the Sci Fi Channel based on the book series by Philip José Farmer. The location is Riverworld, a mysterious and treacherous land where every human who died between the years 99,000 BC and 2,200 AD has been resurrected on the banks of a huge river.

It has an average vote of 4.4 on TMDB.

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9. The Innocents

The Innocents

A young governess for two children becomes convinced that the house and grounds are haunted by ghosts and that the children are being possessed.

It has an average vote of 7.5 on TMDB.

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10. The Uninvited

The Uninvited

A brother and sister move into an old seaside house that has been abandoned for many years on the Cornwellian coast only to soon discover that it is haunted by the ghost of the mother of their neighbor's granddaughter, with whom the brother has fallen in love.

It has an average vote of 6.9 on TMDB.

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11. Black Narcissus

Black Narcissus

A group of Anglican nuns, led by Sister Clodagh, are sent to a mountain in the Himalayas. The climate in the region is hostile and the nuns are housed in an odd old palace. They work to establish a school and a hospital, but slowly their focus shifts. Sister Ruth falls for a government worker, Mr. Dean, and begins to question her vow of celibacy. As Sister Ruth obsesses over Mr. Dean, Sister Clodagh becomes immersed in her own memories of love.

It has an average vote of 7.5 on TMDB.

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12. The First of the Few

The First of the Few

This 1942 fictionalized biopic chronicles the true story of how two of the most remarkable men in aviation history - visionary Spitfire designer R.J. Mitchell and his test pilot Geoffrey Crisp - designed a streamlined monoplane that led to the development of the Spitfire.

It has an average vote of 6.658 on TMDB.

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13. Coal Miner's Daughter

Coal Miner's Daughter

Biography of Loretta Lynn, a country and western singer that came from poverty to fame.

It has an average vote of 7.252 on TMDB.

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14. Louisiana

Louisiana

The music-loving son of a Louisiana sharecropper uses his songs to graduate from college.

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15. Triptych of Agata Schwarzkobler (Triptih Agate Schwarzkobler)

Triptych of Agata Schwarzkobler

(Triptih Agate Schwarzkobler)

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16. Cizí holka (Cizí holka)

Cizí holka

(Cizí holka)

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17. Darkest Hour

Darkest Hour

In May 1940, the fate of World War II hangs on Winston Churchill, who must decide whether to negotiate with Adolf Hitler or fight on knowing that it could mean the end of the British Empire.

It has an average vote of 7.353 on TMDB.

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18. Maurie

Maurie

When an African-American basketball star suffers sudden paralysis, his white friend and teammate assists in his rehabilitation.

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19. Krčmársky kráľ (Krčmársky kráľ)

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20. Suffragette

Suffragette

Based on true events about the foot soldiers of the early feminist movement, women who were forced underground to pursue a dangerous game of cat and mouse with an increasingly brutal State.

It has an average vote of 7.25 on TMDB.

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