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The Devils (1971)
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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:
psychological, disturbing, controversial, cult classic, surreal, bleak, art house, visual, cerebral, creepy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
inquisition, religion, priest, surrealism, politics, nun, nunsploitation, witch, torture, clergy, violent, folk horror, repressed sexuality, manipulation, occult, convent, extreme, society, danger, rebellion, fighting the system, perversion, exorcism, sexual abuse, curses spells and rituals ...
Time:
17th century, medieval times, year 2016, middle ages, year 1971, 18th century
Place:
france, london, europe, england
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, atmospheric, realistic and period drama films with plots about religion, betrayal, society, death, religions or cults, clergy and brutality mostly in Drama, History and Biography genres. Some movies like The Devils: Mother Joan of the Angels (1961), The Baby of Mâcon (1993), Macbeth (1971), A Field in England (2013), Black Death (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Poland
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A priest is sent to a small parish in the Polish countryside which is believed to be under demonic possession and there he finds his own temptations awaiting.
Style:
sexual, black and white, suspense, gothic, gothic horror ...
Plot:
nun, religion, medieval, renaissance, folk horror, forbidden love, curses spells and rituals, terror, abbess, sexual repression, literary, witchcraft ...
Time:
17th century, ancient times, year 1961, near future
Place:
poland, eastern europe
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Netherlands, France, UK, Germany
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
A town cursed with barren women and famine is saved by a miracle birth to an old, ugly woman: the Mother. Immediately afterwards, the old woman's Daughter (Ormond) claims to have delivered the baby herself in a virgin birth. She imprisons the ...
Style:
surreal, serious, atmospheric, rough, stylized ...
Plot:
baby, virginity, religion, bishop, church, dismemberment, death, rape, surrealism, controversy, hypocrisy, violence ...
Time:
17th century
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
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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:
murder, shakespeare, guilt, prophecy, witch, nobility, macbeth, witchcraft, royalty, betrayal, renaissance, ghost ...
Time:
11th century, medieval times, middle ages, year 1971, 20th century ...
Place:
scotland, eastern europe, england, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, History, Horror, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
During the Civil War in 17th-Century England, a small group of deserters flee from a raging battle through an overgrown field. They are captured by an alchemist, who forces the group to aid him in his search to find a hidden treasure that he ...
Style:
surreal, stylized, tense, atmospheric, psychedelic ...
Audience:
date night, family friendly
Plot:
folk horror, psychedelia, wilderness, group of strangers, surrealism, hallucination, captivity, danger, chaos, trippy, on the run, poisoning ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s, 17th century
Place:
england
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, Horror, Mystery
Country: Germany, UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
As the plague decimates medieval Europe, rumours circulate of a village immune from the plague. There is talk of a necromancer who leads the village and is able to raise the dead. A fearsome knight joined by a cohort of soldiers and a young monk are ...
Style:
gothic, dark, atmospheric, bleak, period piece ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
medieval, plague, witch, knight, sword and sorcery, danger, monk, heroic mission, dealing with death, sword and shield, bubonic plague, pagan ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, 14th century, year 2010
Place:
england, europe, london
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Mexico
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A Mexican master leads a Christ figure and other disciples to a mountain of immortal wise men. The scandal of the 1973 Cannes Film Festival, writer/director Alejandro Jodorowsky's flood of sacrilegious imagery and existential symbolism in The ...
Style:
surreal, psychedelic, avant garde, atmospheric, mind bending ...
Plot:
satire, trippy, alchemist, enlightenment, surrealism, hermaphrodite, sex, spiritual journey, sex scene, absurdism, hippopotamus, lsd ...
Time:
year 1973, 70s, 20th century
Place:
mexico, south america, latin america, peru
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Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History
Country: South Africa
Duration: 258 min.
Story:
The only dramatization using the actual scriptures...word for word from the New International Version (NIV). The Matthew video series broke new ground by offering the first-ever dramatic portrayal of events in the Bible, presented word for word from ...
Style:
biblical, sad, christian film
Plot:
bible, jesus, faith, christianity, ancient, ancient world, jesus christ, crucifixion of jesus, apostle, new testament, life changing, church ...
Time:
1st century, 60s
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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, costume drama, tense, talky ...
Plot:
religion, friendship, british history, catholic, royalty, medieval, monarch, politics, biopic, nobility, martyr, monarchy ...
Time:
middle ages, 12th century, medieval times, 20th century
Place:
england, britain, europe, france, london ...
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30%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 189 min.
Story:
An expansive Russian drama, this film focuses on the life of revered religious icon painter Andrei Rublev. Drifting from place to place in a tumultuous era, the peace-seeking monk eventually gains a reputation for his art. But after Rublev witnesses ...
Style:
breathtaking, atmospheric, philosophical, black and white, art house ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
painter, artist, art, religion, monk, biopic, medieval, human spirit, christianity, painting, hunger, saint ...
Time:
15th century, middle ages, medieval times, ancient times, year 1966 ...
Place:
russia, soviet union, ussr, moscow russia
Similarity:
30%
420
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Based on the medieval legend of Pope Joan, who was made Pope for a brief period around 855 A.D. The movie presents her existence as fact, though it is questionable that Pope Joan really did exist, and portrays her relationships with other notables ...
Style:
contemplative, captivating, serious, realistic, atmospheric ...
Plot:
pope, medieval, religion, catholic priest, catholicism, christian, viking, vatican, biopic, ancient, antiquity, feminism ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, ancient times, 9th century, year 1972
Place:
europe, rome italy
Similarity:
30%
17K
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:
biblical, costume drama, inspirational, political, touching ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
christianity, renaissance, inquisition, religion, clergy, politics, reformation, tudors, rebellion, idealism, human spirit, hypocrisy ...
Time:
middle ages, 16th century, ancient times, medieval times, year 2003 ...
Place:
rome italy, germany, austria, europe, england ...
Similarity:
29%
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, disturbing, bleak, creepy, gothic ...
Plot:
inquisition, witch, folk horror, torture, witch hunt, nudity, murder, vengeance, violence, exploitation, priest, sadism ...
Time:
17th century, year 1968, 60s
Place:
england, europe, latin america
Similarity:
29%
59K
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A nobleman with a literary flair, the Marquis de Sade lives in a madhouse where a beautiful laundry maid smuggles his erotic stories to a printer, defying orders from the asylum's resident priest. The titillating passages whip all of France ...
Style:
erotic, period piece, sexy, gothic, sexual ...
Plot:
sexuality, writer's life, rape, priest, sex, perversion, steamy romance, aristocracy, eccentricity, fetish, sexual tension, writers ...
Time:
18th century, 19th century, ancient times, year 2000, georgian era ...
Place:
france, paris france, europe
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Mary Stuart, who was named Queen of Scotland when she was only six days old, is the last Roman Catholic ruler of Scotland. She is imprisoned at he age of 23 by her cousin Elizabeth Tudor, the English Queen and her arch adversary. Nineteen years ...
Style:
historical drama, costume drama, spiritual, realistic, captivating ...
Plot:
tudors, royalty, queen elizabeth i, nobility, queen, monarch, ancient, monarchy, queen of england, british history, royal court, royal family ...
Time:
ancient times, 16th century, year 1971, medieval times, middle ages
Place:
scotland, europe, britain, france, england
Similarity:
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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, costume drama, inspirational, spiritual ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
catholic, renaissance, historical event, politics, royalty, lawyer, courtroom drama, courtroom, saint, monarch, british history, idealism ...
Time:
16th century, middle ages, ancient times, medieval times, year 1966
Place:
england, britain, persia, europe, london ...
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 155 min.
Story:
Casanova is a libertine, collecting seductions and sexual feats. But he is really interested in someone, and is he really an interesting person? Is he really alive?
Style:
sexy, erotic, surreal, costume drama, art house ...
Plot:
casanova, womanizer, nobility, orgy, sex, voyeurism, sexual intercourse, passion, renaissance, looking for sex, biopic, bare breasts ...
Time:
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Place:
italy, venice, rome italy, france, europe ...
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama, History, Horror, Thriller
Country: West Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In 1700s Austria, a witch-hunter's apprentice has doubts about the righteousness of witch-hunting when he witnesses the brutality, the injustice, the falsehood, the torture and the arbitrary killing that go with the job.
Style:
disturbing, grindhouse, slasher, creepy, controversial ...
Plot:
witch hunt, folk horror, female nudity, sexual perversion, black magic, curses spells and rituals, devil, occult, witchcraft, inquisition, supernatural, violent ...
Time:
middle ages, 18th century
Place:
europe, austria
Similarity:
28%
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:
heartbreaking, harsh, atmospheric, inspirational, motivational ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
slavery, racism, survival, civil rights, african american, black history, torture, slave trade, american history, freedom, racial discrimination, rape ...
Time:
19th century, 1850s, year 2013, victorian era, 2010s ...
Place:
louisiana, new orleans, america, africa, southern usa ...
Similarity:
28%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Flying from his enemies in the Catholic Church, the free thinking philosopher, poet and scientist Giordano Bruno (1548-1600) has found some protection in Venice. But the Roman Inquisition, fearing his influence in Europe, wants to bring him on trial ...
Style:
spiritual, dramatic, esoteric, philosophical, contemplative ...
Plot:
renaissance, philosopher, philosophy, female nudity, scientist, burned alive, forbidden love, catholic, writers, inquisition, bare breasts, prison ...
Time:
16th century, 17th century
Place:
italy, venice, europe, rome italy
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Four corrupted fascist libertines round up 9 teenage boys and girls and subject them to 120 days of sadistic physical, mental and sexual torture.
Style:
controversial, disgusting, erotic, extreme horror, psychological ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult, teen drama
Plot:
torture, atrocity, sexual perversion, sex, fascism, sexual abuse, sexual torture, sadism, brutality, rape, libertine, captivity ...
Time:
1940s, year 1975, 20th century, year 1943, year 1944 ...
Place:
italy, europe, latin america
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A true story taken from the archives of the archdiocese of Milan.
Style:
historical drama, period piece, serious, atmospheric, bleak ...
Plot:
nun, nunsploitation, evil nun, catholic church, celibacy, biopic, forbidden love, scandal, tragedy, trial, murder, female protagonist ...
Time:
17th century
Similarity:
27%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
After getting into a serious car accident, a TV director discovers an underground sub-culture of scarred, omnisexual car-crash victims who use car accidents and the raw sexual energy they produce to try to rejuvenate his sex life with his wife.
Style:
disturbing, erotic, sexy, sexual, sensual ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
sexuality, hospital, erotica, obsession, sex, lust, car accident, sexual perversion, sex scene, female nudity, husband wife relationship, deviant sex ...
Time:
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Place:
los angeles, canada
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 164 min.
Story:
Jesus, a humble Judean carpenter beginning to see that he is the son of God, is drawn into revolutionary action against the Roman occupiers by Judas -- despite his protestations that love, not violence, is the path to salvation. The burden of being ...
Style:
controversial, psychological, biblical, epic, talky ...
Plot:
temptation, christianity, spirituality, desert, jesus, faith, religion, controversy, jesus christ, surrealism, resurrection, fasting ...
Time:
ancient times, 20th century, biblical epic, 1930s, year 1988 ...
Place:
greece, ancient greece, holy land, middle east, jerusalem ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Four women are given into the custody of the Magdalene sisterhood asylum to correct their sinful behavior: Crispina and Rose have given birth to a premarital child, Margaret got raped by her cousin and the orphan Bernadette had been repeatedly ...
Style:
bleak, harsh, brutal, controversial, depressing ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
nun, convent, catholic church, life is a bitch, corporal punishment, evil nun, human spirit, punishment, religion, catholic orphanage, sexual harassment, violence against women ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, year 1964, year 2002
Place:
ireland, dublin ireland, europe, latin america
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A dramatized biography of William Tyndale, the 16th Century reformer determined to translate the Bible into English, which illegal act set him at odds with the Catholic Church, Sir Thomas More and King Henry VIII.
Style:
independent film, contemplative, thought provoking, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
tudors, christian, christianity, biopic, liberation theology, reformation, linguist, intrigue, religion, spirituality, faith, ancient ...
Time:
16th century, ancient times
Place:
germany, england, netherlands
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Music
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
The life of revered the 18th-century Armenian poet and musician Sayat-Nova (Vilen Galstyan). Portraying events in the life of the artist from childhood up to his death, the movie addresses in particular his relationships with women, including his ...
Style:
surreal, avant garde, poetic, atmospheric, psychedelic ...
Plot:
poet, surrealism, religion, poetry, trippy, writers, medieval, biopic, magic realism, art, metaphor, death ...
Time:
18th century, year 1969
Place:
soviet union, russia, caucasus, ussr, georgia ...
Similarity:
26%
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, costume drama, gothic, period piece ...
Plot:
witch hunt, witch, salem witch trial, curse, courtroom drama, colonial america, politics, spell, twists and turns, vengeance, court, manipulation ...
Time:
17th century, 90s, 50s, 1950s
Place:
massachusetts, salem massachusetts, usa, north america, new england ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
"The Passion of the Christ" is a film about the last 12 hours in the life of Jesus. Director Mel Gibson received much criticism from critics and audiences for his explicit depiction of and focus on violence and on christs suffering, ...
Style:
biblical, christian film, controversial, spiritual, brutal ...
Audience:
chick flick, manly, adult
Plot:
jesus, christianity, jesus christ, redemption, religion, religious, bible, torture, suffering, betrayal, death, roman ...
Time:
ancient times, year 2004, 2000s, 1930s, 1st century ...
Place:
holy land, jerusalem, greece, ancient greece, middle east ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: France, Germany, Italy
Duration: 161 min.
Story:
The night of August 24, 1572, is known as the Massacre of St. Bartholomew. In France a religious war is raging. In order to impose peace a forced wedding is arranged between Margot de Valois, sister of the immature Catholic King Charles IX, and the ...
Style:
sexy, period piece, costume drama, epic, visually appealing ...
Plot:
royalty, french history, renaissance, male nudity, religion, sex, intrigue, female nudity, forbidden love, politics, queen, passionate sex ...
Time:
middle ages, 16th century, ancient times, medieval times, year 1994
Place:
france, paris france, europe, poland, england ...
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Argentina
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A viceroy and an archbishop take their posts in Mexico. A local nun, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (1651-1695), intrigues them. The viceroy and his wife find her brilliant and fascinating. The prelate finds her a symbol of European laxity. He engineers ...
Style:
sexual, realistic, serious, psychological, gloomy ...
Plot:
writers, art, artist, women, catholic, religion, writer's life, biopic, forbidden love, lesbian, hospital, poetry ...
Time:
17th century, ancient times, 1920s
Place:
latin america, spain, mexico, israel, tokyo ...
Similarity:
26%
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