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Fall (2014)
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
An aging Roman Catholic Priest living contentedly at a Niagara Falls parish, receives a letter forcing his complacent life into a downward spiral.
Style:
psychological, sincere, touching, serious, realistic, religious drama, bleak, melancholic, atmospheric, contemplative
Plot:
introspection, clergy, haunted by the past, church, society, elderly, moral dilemma, religions or cults, religion, catholic church, confession, small town, guilt, regret, moral ambiguity, character study, midlife crisis, isolation, reconciliation, father, golden years
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Most similar movies to Fall
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, contemplative and sincere films with plots about society, introspection, small town, hopes, religions or cults, self discovery and haunted by the past mostly in Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like Fall: Forgive Me (2013), Sinner (2007), Mrs. Worthington's Party (2007), Abu, Son of Adam (2011), Paju (2009). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
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Story:
A series that breaks the seal of the Catholic confessional booth. A young insomniac priest gets caught up in the sins of his congregants while a secret from his own past threatens his calling.
Style:
sincere, contemplative, serious, psychological, talky ...
Plot:
small town, priest, confession, catholic, religions or cults, clergy, society, church, haunted by the past, forgiveness, catholic church, moral dilemma ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
95%
123
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A Catholic priest, Father Anthony Romano (Nick Chinlund), intervenes with the police when his colleague attacks a drifter named Lil (Georgina Cates). When Anthony reluctantly provides her asylum in his rectory, the brash hustler soon discovers a ...
Style:
serious, realistic, sincere, emotional, independent film ...
Plot:
false accusation, prostitute, celibacy, haunted by the past, redemption, lifestyle, clergy, moral dilemma, hopes, life is a bitch, society, dishonesty ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Father Jonathan Keene - a cold, impatient Catholic priest arrives in a tiny fishing village the week before Christmas to do what he does best: shut down a dying parish...
Style:
realistic, serious, contemplative, feel good, touching ...
Plot:
christmas, redemption, priest, self discovery, introspection, clergy, society, hopes, social relations, cause and meaning, religions or cults, small town ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Abu and Aisumma are an aging Muslim couple. Their aspiration is to go for Hajj and they make many sacrifices to achieve this aim. Now in their late 70s, they decide that they will go for Hajj that year. Abu, being a true Muslim, wants to go for Hajj ...
Style:
contemplative, sincere, emotional, religious drama, captivating ...
Plot:
pilgrimage, couples, religions or cults, aging, couple relations, society, poverty, follow your dream, faith, loyalty, sacrifice, social realism ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india
Similarity:
45%
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593
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A young woman living in the South Korean town of Paju recalls the last 8 years of her life, since a young man on the lam escaped to it from Seoul and married her older sister.
Style:
touching, serious, atmospheric, realistic, art house ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
forbidden love, small town, introspection, true love, haunted by the past, starting over, couples, couple relations, love and romance, leaving home, hopes, ethical dilemma ...
Place:
south korea, asia
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
With an enthralling central performance by Gilbert Sicotte, this masterful debut feature examines the life of the top car salesman in a fading Quebec town as events challenge the 67-year-old’s sense of identity and the meaning of life at the most ...
Style:
sincere, emotional, sentimental, contemplative, touching ...
Plot:
aging, small town, working class, bittersweet, obsession, society, retiring, elderly, workplace situations, social relations, car salesman, tragedy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada, quebec
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Janala tells the story about a man, Bimal, who decides to give a little back to his old school despite the fact he has very little money himself. As a child Bimal had a favourite corner classroom where he used to sit and daydream out of a broken ...
Style:
contemplative, sincere, serious, atmospheric, realistic ...
Plot:
school, pregnancy, hopes, breakup, family problems, introspection, on the road, nostalgia, finance, guilt, memory, betrayal of trust ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
india, asia
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden, Norway
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
MARIANNE (Evabritt Strandberg) is a 68-year old woman diagnosed with a terminal disease. Left with angst, she seeks therapy at a clinic where she is treated with Psilocybin (LSD) and meditation by a counselor, Eva (Hanna Schygulla). Through this she ...
Style:
contemplative, serious, psychological, realistic, sincere ...
Plot:
aging, elderly, drug abuse, introspection, disease, dealing with death, terminal illness, female protagonist, subconscious, character study, youth, hallucination ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe
Similarity:
34%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Peru
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Santiago returns home from the Peruvian army ill-prepared to cope with the realities of life. Haunted by his violent military past, he is conflicted by his desire for education and his temptation to join his comrades in a decadent life of crime.
Style:
psychological, serious, realistic, captivating, sincere ...
Plot:
haunted by the past, homecoming, moral dilemma, society, life is a bitch, working class, family relations, family problems, post traumatic stress disorder, ex soldier, urban, down on your luck ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
peru, latin america
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland, Norway, Germany, France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A priest stationed in Tipperary, Ireland, is eager to return to Rome. Told he cannot do so until he has raised enough money for the building of a new church, he decides to open a cinema in the local town.
Style:
realistic, captivating, serious, sincere, intellectual
Plot:
religion, confession, small town, social relations, religions or cults, idealism, clergy, small town life, hopes, society, belief in god, priest ...
Time:
50s, 20th century, year 1956, 1950s
Place:
ireland
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama
Country: Estonia, Finland, Mauritania, Latvia
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A man sent to Afghanistan years earlier converts to Islam, then returns home to fight a different kind of war.
Style:
atmospheric, realistic, serious, contemplative, existential ...
Plot:
small town, family relations, social relations, parents and children, homecoming, small town life, society, religions or cults, identity, trauma, ptsd, missing daughter ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
estonia, europe
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Sister Rachel Taylor of Boise, Idaho is an eager young missionary of the LDS Church who has been sent on an 18-month long mission to Austria. Rachel finds herself having a hard time adjusting to her new cultural surroundings in the foreign country. ...
Style:
realistic, contemplative, psychological, captivating, emotional ...
Plot:
self discovery, religions or cults, church, society, clergy, hopes, missionary, friendship, love, latter day saints, book of mormon, innocence lost ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
austria, usa, europe
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A young and inexperienced priest encourages a family to declare their long-missing son dead, but once they do, the boy mysteriously returns, testing the priest's commitment to church doctrine over the laws of the natural world.
Style:
psychological, realistic, tense, serious, atmospheric ...
Plot:
moral dilemma, missing child, clergy, religions or cults, church, social relations, small town, gay, priest, brainwashing, winter, danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, maine
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
The life of a young Jesuit seminarian is turned upside down when he falls in love with a young woman while working as a volunteer at a soup kitchen.
Style:
realistic, thought provoking, captivating, psychological, sexual ...
Plot:
introspection, religions or cults, idealism, clergy, fall in love, society, hopes, self discovery, priest, friendship, love, countryside ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, louisiana
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Michelle and Marco Tol, a former pastor, meet at a party. They discuss what happened five years ago, when a scandal involving the pair erupted and disgraced Tol.
Style:
emotional, psychological, thrilling, captivating, melancholic ...
Plot:
religion, pastor, scandal, sexual harassment, male female relationship, relationships, love affair, faith, religious faith, sex scandal, accusation, life is a bitch ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
hong kong
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Coincidence and the aftermath of violence. A man's middle-school daughter has been murdered. His wife is already deceased. He tells a counselor he wants to live in anonymity, working with his hands. He moves away and gets a job in a factory. ...
Style:
psychological, serious, emotional, sincere, melancholic ...
Plot:
small town, forgiveness, murder, haunted by the past, life is a bitch, friendship, loss of daughter, widower, loss, mourning, loneliness, grief ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, hokkaido, asia
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
On a pilgrimage to Mashad from Tehran, a couple's transportation breaks down, far from any major town. The husband, a photographer, seeks help at a nearby village and encounters a teacher who offers to help. Whilst the husband and teacher go ...
Style:
sentimental, psychological, touching, serious, islamic ...
Plot:
teacher, self discovery, prodigy, on the road, teachers and students, society, youth, isolation, religions or cults, school, train, courtroom drama ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
iran, persia, middle east
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
When Tragedy Strikes three Families, their Destiny forces them on a coverging path and mercy as the challenges of their fate could also resurrect their beliefs
Style:
touching, realistic, captivating, serious, atmospheric ...
Plot:
clergy, christian, christianity, family life, parents and children, religions or cults, penance, family values, society, hopes, salvation, family relations ...
Similarity:
31%
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Sun is setting on Havana. Five friends are gathered to celebrate the return of Amadeo after 16 years of exile in Madrid.
Style:
realistic, contemplative, sentimental, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
friendship, homecoming, friends, introspection, novelist, exile, nostalgia, society, character study, realism, slice of life, bittersweet ...
Time:
year 2014, 21st century
Place:
cuba
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
An NFL journeyman struggles to deal with life's complexities after his professional career is over.
Style:
realistic, sincere, touching, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
nfl, starting over, self discovery, introspection, love affair, hopes, homecoming, unfulfillment, football, male protagonist, father son relationship, financial difficulty ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, France, Slovenia
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Burdened by memories of their late father, three sisters struggle to escape the suffocating environment of the dying town of Veles. A contemporary story of urban decay, „Jas sum od Titov Veles“ employs a stark realism to depict the vivid ...
Style:
realistic, serious, sincere, touching, contemplative ...
Plot:
adult virgin, introspection, social decay, family relations, dysfunctional family, family problems, society, daydreamer, life is a bitch, small town, economist, nudity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
macedonia, former yugoslavia
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
This off-beat drama about man's search for meaning amidst the ache of despair chronicles Finn, an introspective English teacher entering a mid-life crisis impelled by a recent tragedy, as he sets afoot selling encyclopedias to the town locals.
Style:
serious, contemplative, atmospheric, sincere, psychological ...
Plot:
family relations, self discovery, hopes, haunted by the past, estrangement, single parent, small town life, profanity, cause and meaning, family business, midlife crisis, dealing with death ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new hampshire
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama
Country: Portugal, France
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
A young French actress in Lisbon to shoot a movie is intrigued by a nun she sees kneeling in the chapel where she is filming.
Style:
realistic, serious, sincere, atmospheric, contemplative ...
Plot:
church, love and romance, lifestyle, filmmaking, culture clash, clergy, actor's life, self discovery, artists and showbiz, religions or cults, love affair, frenchwoman ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
portugal, europe
Similarity:
28%
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298
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Luke Rogers was the ideal "Christian". Now in his mid-twenties, Luke has found himself far from the good Christian life he used to lead.
Style:
serious, sentimental, realistic, touching, uplifting ...
Plot:
faith, redemption, christian, parents and children, family relations, haunted by the past, hopes, introspection, lifestyle, estrangement, twentysomething life, religions or cults ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
28%
253
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A Scandinavian immigrant, driven to madness by ruined dreams and the tragic death of his wife, embarks on a quixotic mission to build a homemade ship and sail out of the prairie dust bowl at the height of the Great Depression.
Style:
realistic, serious, period piece, touching, sincere ...
Plot:
immigrant, family relations, working class, unemployment, life is a bitch, society, couple relations, unfulfillment, prairie, great depression, drought, family drama ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century, 1930s
Place:
canada
Similarity:
27%
219
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Two old friends and small-time crooks embark on a crime spree, but take an unexpected detour that could lead them down the road to redemption.
Style:
road movie, realistic, serious, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
crime spree, self discovery, friends, introspection, haunted by the past, partner, buddies, countryside, road trip, friendship, character study, midlife crisis ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada, quebec
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Not Waving But Drowning is a chronological look at growing up, formed from two different stories. The two sets of friends represent the American dilemma between what you have known and what you hope to know; the tear between longing for the past and ...
Style:
realistic, psychological, atmospheric, touching, independent film ...
Plot:
friendship, self discovery, adolescence vs adulthood, starting over, female friendship, coming of age, personal growth, character study, society, couples, small town, identity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
27%
80
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A hotel. A cliff. Six lost people, looking for something, or looking to lose themselves.
Style:
realistic, serious, psychological, atmospheric, contemplative ...
Plot:
hotel, human nature, haunted by the past, couples, introspection, self discovery, society, isolation, loss, confined, character study, uncertainty ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Gaby owns a farm on which he raises lambs: Bouchard & Sons Farm. But he has no sons. Rather, he has two daughters that he raised like princesses and who live far away, in the big city. One day, the oldest asks him for some financial support ...
Style:
realistic, touching, contemplative, sentimental, serious ...
Plot:
farm, parents and children, introspection, family relations, selflessness, countryside, father daughter relationship, elderly, father, old man, farmer, rural area ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada, quebec, france
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama
Country: Portugal
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
While the young captains lead the revolution in the streets, the people of Fontainhas search for Ventura, lost in the woods.
Style:
atmospheric, touching, psychological, emotional, postmodern ...
Plot:
immigrant, social decay, haunted by the past, introspection, state affairs, revolution, mental institution, society, misfit, anthropology, existentialism, underground ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
portugal, africa
Similarity:
26%
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