Most Similar Movies to The Ploughman's Lunch (1983)
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No Love for Johnnie (1961), Cal (1984), Nayak (1966), Seven Beauties (1976), No Regrets for Our Youth (1946), The Good German (2006), In the Land of Blood and Honey (2011) ... Let's take a look at the following list...

No Love for Johnnie (1961)
After winning re-election, British Labour Party M.P. Johnnie Byrne faces a series of setbacks in his political career, as well as in his marriage, and must act wisely in order to save both.
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Cal (1984)
A young IRA recruit (John Lynch) has an affair with the widow (Helen Mirren) of a slain Ulster policeman.
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Nayak (1966)
En route to Delhi to receive an award, a Bengali film star reevaluates his success through his fellow passengers, dreams and past experiences.
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Seven Beauties (1976)
The defense of honor, a strong value in Neapolitan society, and its effects on the life of everyman Pasquale Frafuso.
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No Regrets for Our Youth (1946)
Yukie (Setsuko Hara) is a young woman living in 1930s Japan, blissfully unaware of the tumultuous political changes occurring around her. She is shocked into reality, though, when her father, a college professor, is forced to resign after preaching anti-fascist views. As she becomes more aware of the world around her, Yukie falls in love with one of her father's students who shares his radical views, even as the government seeks to crush anyone who openly opposes it.
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The Good German (2006)
While in post-war Berlin to cover the Potsdam Conference, an American military journalist is drawn into a murder investigation which involves his former mistress and his driver.
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In the Land of Blood and Honey (2011)
A Serbian soldier (Goran Kostic) and his Bosnian lover (Zana Marjanovic) find their allegiances becoming uncertain as their nation's brutal ethnic conflict takes its toll.
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Barry Lyndon (1975)
An Irish rogue wins the heart of a rich widow and assumes her dead husband's aristocratic position in 18th-century England.
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Vera Drake (2004)
Abortionist Vera Drake finds her beliefs and practices clash with the mores of 1950s Britain--a conflict that leads to tragedy for her family.
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The Constant Gardener (2005)
A widower is determined to get to the bottom of a potentially explosive secret involving his wife's murder, big business, and corporate corruption.
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An Enemy of the People (1978)
A scientist stands against an entire town when he discovers their medicinal spa is polluted.
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Viceroy's House (2017)
The final Viceroy of India, Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (Hugh Bonneville), is tasked with overseeing the transition of British India to independence, but meets with conflict as different sides clash in the face of monumental change.
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Thirst (1957)
Vijay (Guru Dutt) writes unpopular poems about the destitute and poor. Ridiculed by his brothers and scorned by publishers, Vijay finds encouragement in a sweet prostitute, Gulabo (Waheeda Rehman). When a homeless man wearing a coat Vijay gave him is killed, Gulabo convinces a publisher to print his poems, believing Vijay to be dead. The poems are wildly popular, thanks to the myth conjured around Vijay's supposed death. When he reappears, he finds that few friends can be trusted.
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That Brennan Girl (1946)
The film begins on Mother's Day, 1938 when 14-year-old Ziggy Brennan (Mona Freeman) buys a gardenia for her mother. Ziggy's youthful exuberance disappears when she enters their apartment and finds her mother, Natalie (June Duprez), drinking with a strange man. Natalie introduces Ziggy as her "sister" and quietly cautions Ziggy against calling her "mother." Later, disp...Read all
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Scandal (1989)
Based on the Profumo Scandal of 1963, an affair between an exotic dancer and the Minister of War shakes up the British government.
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The Price of Silence (1959)
Roger Fenton has been released from prison and stared to build a new life. But his past catches up when an elderly visitor is murdered in his office.
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Before Winter Comes (1969)
After World War II, in an Austrian camp for displaced people, an interpreter mediates between the British and the Soviets regarding the fate of various refugees.
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Burn Country (2016)
A former Afghan journalist seeking asylum discovers the dark underbelly of his new small-town home in Northern California.
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