Movies like The Crucible

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The Crucible (1996)
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The Crucible (1996)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: The movie is centered around the Salem Massachusetts witch trials of 1692. The movie is based on the play "The Crucible" by Arthur Miller. He also wrote the screen play adaptation.
Style: talky, suspense, rough, disturbing, dramatic, emotional, gothic, depressing, factual, period piece ...
Plot: witch, witch hunt, salem witch trial, courtroom drama, witchcraft, colonial america, legal, politics, vengeance, curse, court, manipulation, twists and turns, lawyer, prejudice, confession, legal action, justice, american history, social commentary, society, danger, false accusation, rivalry, senator ...
Time: 17th century, 90s, 50s, 1950s, 1600s
Place: massachusetts, salem massachusetts, usa, new england, canada, california
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Most similar movies to The Crucible

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, captivating and historical drama films with plots about society, politics, trial, dishonesty, religion, justice and life is a bitch mostly in Drama, History and Biography genres. Some movies like The Crucible: Salem Witch Trials (2002), Devil's Bride (2016), Macbeth (1971), The Conqueror Worm (1968), Coven (2020). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Salem Witch Trials (2002)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 189 min.
Story: The film recounts the sobering tale of how 19 innocent lives were taken in a community experiencing paranoid hysteria regarding the suspected - but unproved - presence of the occult in the small New England town.
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, disturbing, historical drama ...
Plot: witch hunt, false accusation, puritan, execution, religions or cults, society, politics, legal, courtroom drama, social decay, life is a bitch, dishonesty ...
Time: 17th century
Place: massachusetts, usa, salem massachusetts
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100%
Devil's Bride (2016)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Finland, Sweden, Norway, Latvia, Germany
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Anna’s story takes place on Åland Island in 1666, during the beginning of the most widespread and systematic witch-hunts in Scandinavian history. In all, 16 women were convicted of being in league with the devil, and seven of them were executed. ...
Style: captivating, disturbing, tense, enigmatic, historical drama
Plot: witch hunt, witch, false accusation, adultery, betrayal, jealousy, witchcraft, fall in love, lie, village, rural setting, young woman ...
Time: 17th century, ancient times
Place: finland
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.4
 15K
Macbeth (1971)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story: A ruthlessly ambitious Scottish lord siezes the throne with the help of his scheming wife and a trio of witches.
Style: disturbing, visual, bleak, atmospheric, spiritual ...
Plot: shakespeare, medieval, murder, guilt, witch, prophecy, macbeth, royalty, betrayal, witchcraft, knight, ambition ...
Time: 11th century, middle ages, medieval times, year 1971, 20th century
Place: scotland, eastern europe, england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Conqueror Worm (1968)
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min.
Story: England is torn in civil strife as the Royalists battle the Parliamentary Party for control. This conflict distracts people from rational thought and allows unscrupulous men to gain local power by exploiting village superstitions. One of these men ...
Style: suspenseful, bleak, disturbing, gothic, rough ...
Plot: witch, folk horror, inquisition, torture, rape, murder, witch hunt, vengeance, burned alive, violence, exploitation, macabre ...
Time: 17th century, year 1968
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Movie in collections
 6.4
 6K
Coven (2020)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Spain, France, Argentina
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Basque Country, 1609. The men of the region are at sea. Ana joins other girls from the village to dance in the woods. Judge Rostegui, given the task of purifying the region by the King, arrests the women and accuses them of witchcraft. He decides to ...
Style: satanic, disturbing, suspense, tense
Plot: inquisition, spanish inquisition, witch, witch hunt, witchcraft, coven, witch burning, medieval, religious fanatic, social misfits, religious persecution, accusation ...
Time: 17th century
Place: basque country, spain
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.2
 122K
Silence (2016)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA, UK, Taiwan, Japan, Mexico
Duration: 161 min.
Story: Two Jesuit priests travel to seventeenth century Japan which has, under the Tokugawa shogunate, banned Catholicism and almost all foreign contact.
Style: philosophical, stylized, cerebral, melancholic, intellectual ...
Audience: teens
Plot: missionary, religion, christianity, religious persecution, culture clash, crisis of faith, faith, torture, doubt, betrayal, christian, clergy ...
Time: 17th century, 2010s, year 2016, year 2015
Place: japan, portugal, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
 7.6
 139
The Crucible (1967)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story: Landmark adaptation of the Arthur Miller play. Nominated for 3 Emmy awards.
Style: allegory
Plot: slavery, aftermath, salem witch trial, hanging, adolescence, suicide attempt, death of husband, religious fundamentalism, feud, expert, dancing, infidelity ...
Time: 17th century
Place: salem massachusetts
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
A Man for All Seasons (1966)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A Man for All Seasons is the filmed version of the life of Thomas More. An English man comes to Sir Thomas More to ask if he can divorce his wife since King Henry VIII has made it illegal. Sir Thomas More stands up in opposition to the King even ...
Style: period piece, political, inspirational, costume drama, spiritual ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: historical event, politics, lawyer, courtroom drama, catholic, courtroom, royalty, british history, renaissance, idealism, justice, betrayal ...
Time: 16th century, middle ages, year 1966, ancient times, medieval times
Place: england, britain, persia, europe, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
Movie in collections
 7.3
 272K
Lincoln (2012)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA, India
Duration: 150 min.
Story: A revealing drama that focuses on the 16th President's tumultuous final months in office. In a nation divided by war and the strong winds of change, Lincoln pursues a course of action designed to end the war, unite the country and abolish ...
Style: political, period piece, emotional, factual, epic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: president, civil war, politics, american civil war, american history, idealism, slavery, racism, head of state, courage, freedom, abraham lincoln ...
Time: 19th century, 1860s, year 2012, 2010s, 1800s ...
Place: washington d.c., usa, america
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
 6.1
 1K
Vendetta (1999)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Based on a true tale of power, corruption and murder, Christopher Walken stars in the story of the largest lynching in American history...
Style: independent film, emotional, sincere, rough, bleak ...
Plot: courtroom drama, ancient, political intrigue, biopic, italian mafia, intrigue, immigrant, lynching, mafia, righting the wronged, injustice, courtroom ...
Time: 19th century, ancient times, 1890s
Place: new orleans, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
 7.3
 82K
Amistad (1997)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 155 min.
Story: In 1839, the slave ship Amistad set sail from Cuba to America. During the long trip, Cinque leads the slaves in an unprecedented uprising. They are then held prisoner in Connecticut, and their release becomes the subject of heated debate. Freed ...
Style: touching, emotional, period piece, epic, dramatic ...
Audience: adult
Plot: slavery, slave trade, rebellion, african american, courtroom, court, lawyer, president, legal, ship, idealism, civil war ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 1800s, ancient times, 1840s ...
Place: africa, cuba, america, massachusetts, washington d.c. ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
The Age of Innocence (1993)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story: Tale of 19th century New York high society in which a young lawyer falls in love with a woman separated from her husband, while he is engaged to the woman's cousin.
Style: touching, costume drama, atmospheric, stylized, period piece ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: high society, countess, marriage, infidelity, lovers, aristocracy, forbidden love, love triangle, lawyer, love, destiny, couple relations ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, year 1993, 1870s, 20th century ...
Place: new york, america, philadelphia, usa, washington d.c. ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Inherit the Wind (1988)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Based on a real-life case in 1925, two great lawyers argue the case for and against a science teacher accused of the crime of teaching evolution.
Style: contemplative, talky, thought provoking, captivating, serious ...
Plot: courtroom drama, courtroom, religion, lawyer, evolution, legal, bigotry, religions or cults, social relations, small town, small town life, rebellion ...
Time: 1920s, 20th century
Place: tennessee, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
 7.5
 73K
Quiz Show (1994)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story: Quiz Show is a 1994 American historical drama film which tells the true story of the Twenty One quiz show scandal of the 1950s.
Style: intellectual, clever, period piece, intense, talky ...
Plot: corruption, advertising, cheating, lawyer, investigation, greed, moral dilemma, television, contests and competitions, idealism, business, media ...
Time: 1950s, 20th century, 50s, 90s, year 1994
Place: new york, usa, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
 6.6
 31K
A Civil Action (1998)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Jan Schlickmann is a cynical lawyer who goes out to "get rid of" a case, only to find out it is potentially worth millions. The case becomes his obsession, to the extent that he is willing to give up everything - including his career and ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, thought provoking, serious, disturbing ...
Plot: courtroom drama, lawyer, court, legal, lawsuit, courtroom, trial, law firm, environmental, justice, business, law ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 80s
Place: boston, massachusetts, new york, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
 7.8
 14K
Breaker Morant (1980)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Australia
Duration: 107 min.
Story: During the Boer War, three Australian lieutenants are on trial for shooting Boer prisoners. Though they acted under orders, they are being used as scapegoats by the General Staff, who hopes to distance themselves from the irregular practices of the ...
Style: political, tense, factual, witty, intense ...
Plot: lawyer, courtroom, politics, legal, war, military, murder, court, military life, tragedy, world politics, soldier ...
Time: 19th century, 1900s, year 1980, edwardian era, 20th century ...
Place: south africa, africa, australia, south australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Gideon's Trumpet (1980)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: True story of Clarence Gideon's fight to be appointed counsel at the expense of the state. This landmark case led to the Supreme Court's decision which extended this right to all criminal defendants.
Style: contemplative, captivating, thought provoking, serious, realistic ...
Plot: courtroom, courtroom drama, prison, legal, supreme court, lawyer, criminal justice, law, social change, bureaucracy, false accusation, oldtimer ...
Time: 20th century, 60s
Place: usa, florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
The Affair of the Necklace (2001)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: In pre-Revolutionary France, a young aristocratic woman left penniless by the political unrest in the country, must avenge her family's fall from grace by scheming to steal a priceless necklace.
Style: costume drama, period piece, factual, realistic, atmospheric ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: countess, politics, conspiracy, royal family, revenge, justice, police investigation, nobility, french revolution, royalty, couples, love and romance ...
Time: 18th century, georgian era, ancient times, year 2001, 1780s ...
Place: france, paris france, versailles, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Movie in collections
 7.8
 18K
The Devils (1971)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 111 min.
Story: A dramatised historical account of the rise and fall of Urbain Grandier, a 17th-century Roman Catholic priest accused of witchcraft following alleged demonic possessions of sexually repressed nuns.
Style: disturbing, controversial, surreal, psychological, bleak ...
Audience: adult
Plot: religion, surrealism, inquisition, priest, nun, nunsploitation, witch, politics, torture, clergy, witchcraft, convent ...
Time: 17th century, year 1971, medieval times, year 2016, middle ages
Place: france, europe, london, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
The Scarlet Letter (1995)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story: Set in puritanical Boston in the mid 1600s, the story of seamstress Hester Prynne, who is outcast after she becomes pregnant by a respected reverend. She refuses to divulge the name of the father, is "convicted" of adultery and forced to ...
Style: sexy, romantic, costume drama, stylized, erotic ...
Audience: date night
Plot: forbidden love, adultery, interracial relations, women, justice, betrayal, repression, social misfits, destructive relationship, clergy, christian, husband wife relationship ...
Time: 17th century, victorian era
Place: massachusetts, nova scotia, new england, boston, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
 7.7
 46K
The Verdict (1982)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story: Frank Galvin is a down-on-his luck lawyer, reduced to drinking and ambulance chasing. Former associate Mickey Morrissey reminds him of his obligations in a medical malpractice suit that he himself served to Galvin on a silver platter: all parties ...
Style: suspense, tense, atmospheric, intense, thought provoking ...
Plot: courtroom, courtroom drama, redemption, lawyer, court, legal action, character study, fighting the system, legal, alcoholic, trial, law ...
Time: 20th century, year 1982, 80s
Place: boston, massachusetts, usa, new york, new york state
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
 7.8
 16K
Becket (1964)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 148 min.
Story: King Henry II of England has trouble with the Church. When the Archbishop of Canterbury dies, he has a brilliant idea. Rather than appoint another pious cleric loyal to Rome and the Church, he will appoint his old drinking and wenching buddy, Thomas ...
Style: epic, period piece, realistic, clever, talky ...
Plot: religion, friendship, british history, medieval, royalty, biopic, politics, catholic, saint, martyr, monarch, betrayal ...
Time: middle ages, 12th century, medieval times, 20th century
Place: england, britain, europe, london, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
 6.6
 16K
Luther (2003)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Germany, USA, Czech Republic, Italy
Duration: 123 min.
Story: During the early 16th Century idealistic German monk Martin Luther, disgusted by the materialism in the church, begins the dialogue that will lead to the Protestant Reformation.
Style: uplifting, political, biblical, christian film, sincere ...
Audience: teens
Plot: christianity, renaissance, christian, religion, clergy, medieval, rebellion, inquisition, politics, reformation, idealism, human spirit ...
Time: 16th century, middle ages, ancient times, year 2003, medieval times
Place: germany, rome italy, austria, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Movie in collections
 7.7
 257K
Philadelphia (1993)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story: No one would take his case until one man was willing to take on the system. Two competing lawyers join forces to sue a prestigious law firm for AIDS discrimination. As their unlikely friendship develops their courage overcomes the prejudice and ...
Style: touching, sad, tear jerker, sincere, emotional ...
Plot: aids, courtroom drama, lawyer, hiv, gay, lgbt, discrimination, lawsuit, medical, courtroom, trial, judiciary ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, year 1993, 80s
Place: pennsylvania, usa, philadelphia
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Inherit the Wind (1999)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Based on a real-life case in 1925, two great lawyers argue the case for and against a science teacher accused of the crime of teaching evolution.
Style: gothic, contemplative, captivating, talky, thought provoking ...
Plot: religion versus science, courtroom drama, lawyer, court, religion, courtroom, legal, small town, injustice, religions or cults, power relations, rebelliousness ...
Time: 1920s
Place: america
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
 7.4
 26K
Amazing Grace (2006)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 118 min.
Story: The true story of William Wilberforce's courageous quest to end the British slave trade. Although meeting intense opposition, his minister, John Newton, urges him to see the cause through.
Style: inspirational, emotional, period piece, talky, political ...
Audience: teens, family outing
Plot: slavery, politics, politician, slave, christian, biopic, friendship, freedom, corruption, civil rights, british history, slave trade ...
Time: 18th century, 19th century, 1800s, year 2006, ancient times ...
Place: england, london, britain, paris france, france ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
 7.3
 45K
North Country (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story: A fictionalized account of the first major successful sexual harassment case in the United States -- Jenson vs. Eveleth Mines, where a woman who endured a range of abuse while working as a miner filed and won the landmark 1984 lawsuit.
Style: dramatic, emotional, sincere, factual, disturbing ...
Plot: courtroom drama, small town, feminism, sexual harassment, lawsuit, rape, court, lawyer, labor union, courtroom, sexism, workplace ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 70s, 80s
Place: minnesota, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
 7.7
 101K
Malcolm X (1992)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 202 min.
Story: A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hit bottom during his imprisonment in the '50s, he became a Black Muslim and then a leader in the Nation of Islam. His assassination in 1965 left ...
Style: inspirational, political, factual, intense, stylized ...
Plot: civil rights, racism, politics, african american, black history, civil rights movement, assassination, biopic, islam, childhood, society, prison ...
Time: 20th century, year 1992, 90s, 60s, 50s ...
Place: usa, africa, new york, nebraska, indiana ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
12 Years a Slave (2013)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story: In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty as well as unexpected kindnesses Solomon struggles not only to stay alive, but to retain his dignity. In ...
Style: motivational, heartbreaking, disturbing, harsh, bleak ...
Audience: teens
Plot: slavery, racism, survival, civil rights, torture, african american, freedom, american history, life is a bitch, black history, interracial relations, kidnapping ...
Time: 19th century, year 2013, 2010s, victorian era, ancient times ...
Place: louisiana, new orleans, america, africa, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Whitewash: The Clarence Brandley Story (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Based on the true story of Clarence Brandley, a black man wrongly accused in 1980 of the murder of a 16-year-old white high school girl named Cheryl Ferguson. Brandley worked at Conroe High School, where Ferguson was visiting as a member of the ...
Style: disturbing, realistic, suspenseful, emotional, serious ...
Plot: prison, confined, uncover truth, fighting the system, false accusation, courtroom drama, society, life is a bitch, legal, legal action, dishonesty, law enforcement ...
Time: 80s
Place: usa, texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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