Movies like Lourdes

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Lourdes (2009)
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Lourdes (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: Austria, France, Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story: In order to escape her isolation, wheelchair-bound Christine makes a life changing journey to Lourdes, the iconic site of pilgrimage in the Pyrenees Mountains.
Style: realistic, contemplative, serious, psychological, atmospheric, slow cinema, aesthetic, gloomy, christian film
Plot: religion, disability, envy, clergy, self discovery, volunteer, redemption, religions or cults, society, healing power, female protagonist, pilgrimage, atheism, miraculous event, road trip, catholic, women, faith, christian, woman, lifestyle, religious, criticism of religion, multiple sclerosis, roommate ...
Time: year 2009, 21st century, contemporary
Place: france, europe

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, contemplative and sincere films with plots about society, religion, religions or cults, clergy, hopes, faith and self discovery mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Lourdes: Therese (1986), Hadewijch (2009), Stations of the Cross (2014), Little Jerusalem (2005), The Bird (2011). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Therese (1986)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 94 min.
Story: The life of little St. Therese of Lisieux, depicted in minimalist vignettes. Therese and her sisters are all nuns in a Carmelite convent. Her devotion to Jesus and her concept of "the little way" to God are shown clearly, using plain ...
Style: spiritual, slow cinema, aesthetic, contemplative, captivating ...
Plot: saint, catholic, nun, spirituality, convent, christian, religion, girl, erotica, catholic saint, spirit, bible ...
Time: year 1986, victorian era, 80s
Place: france, europe
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95%
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Hadewijch (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A troubled young woman is thrown out of a convent and forms a relationship with a radical Muslim.
Style: thought provoking, touching, psychological, sentimental, sincere ...
Plot: religious faith, convent, religions or cults, self discovery, love, muslim, human nature, clergy, friendship, youth, hopes, koran ...
Time: 21st century
Place: paris france, france, middle east, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
84%
Stations of the Cross (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, France
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Maria finds herself caught between two worlds. At school this 14-year-old girl has all the typical teenage interests, but when she’s at home with her family she follows the teachings of the Society of St. Pius XII and their traditionalist ...
Style: serious, art house, captivating, melancholic, suspense ...
Audience: teens
Plot: religion, priest, self sacrifice, good versus evil, church, domineering mother, school, society, clergy, sacrifice, confession, hospital ...
Time: 21st century
Place: germany, seattle, britain
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
Little Jerusalem (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 96 min.
Story: An orthodox Jewish teen living with her family in France attempts to balance her religious upbringing with her increasingly complex view of the outside world.
Style: touching, sincere, serious, realistic, gloomy ...
Plot: self discovery, culture clash, society, lifestyle, love and romance, crumbling marriage, family problems, couples, infidelity, social differences, youth, male female relationship ...
Place: middle east, paris france, france, europe, israel
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
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The Bird (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A young woman, withdrawn from life, rescues a live bird that had been trapped in the wall of her apartment.
Style: serious, realistic, touching, gloomy
Plot: estrangement, strong female presence, restaurant, women, bird, food, cigarette smoking, beach, kiss
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
81%
In Memory of Me (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Investigates the life a young man who has decided to enter a Jesuit monastery in Venice, but is then overcome by agonizing doubts before his ordination.
Style: captivating, realistic, serious
Plot: monastery, introspection, lifestyle, teaching the ways of the world, hopes, clergy, society, starting over, religions or cults, obedience, christianity, self doubt ...
Time: 21st century
Place: venice, europe, italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
81%
The Errand of Angels (2008)
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, church, religions or cults, clergy, society, hopes, missionary, friendship, love, innocence lost, miraculous event, siblings relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: austria, usa, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
81%
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The Apostle (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Akim, young Muslim will become imam sees his upset when he is touched by the love of Christ ... In a family chaos that opposes his brother identity Akim attempt to be accepted by his family.
Style: realistic, thought provoking, serious, emotional, psychological ...
Plot: family problems, self discovery, society, family in crisis, life turned upside down, religions or cults, cause and meaning, introspection, religion, family conflict, culture clash, family relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
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Higher Ground (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Vera Farmiga's directorial debut, HIGHER GROUND, depicts the landscape of a tight-knit spiritual community thrown off-kilter when one of their own begins to question her faith. Inspired by screenwriter Carolyn S. Briggs' memoir This Dark ...
Style: atmospheric, sentimental, sincere, realistic, serious ...
Plot: faith, belief in god, evangelical christianity, husband wife relationship, life is a bitch, introspection, self discovery, redemption, human spirit, hopes, religions or cults, society ...
Time: 2010s, 60s, 70s, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
Love Like Poison (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Anna, a young teenager, comes home from her Catholic boarding school for the holidays and discovers her father has left. Her mother is devastated and confined in the company of the local priest, who is also a childhood friend. Anna clings to her ...
Style: contemplative, realistic, psychological, captivating, sentimental ...
Audience: teens
Plot: coming of age, faith, dysfunctional family, mother daughter relationship, religion, belief in god, crisis of faith, self discovery, teenage love, moral dilemma, clergy, family problems ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france, brittany, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
Mrs. Worthington's Party (2007)
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: touching, realistic, feel good, contemplative, serious ...
Plot: christmas, priest, clergy, introspection, society, self discovery, social relations, religions or cults, hopes, church, small town life, save the day ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
Corpo celeste (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, Switzerland, France
Duration: 99 min.
Story: After growing up in Switzerland, 13-year-old Marta returns to a city in southern Italy with her mother and older sister. Independent and inquisitive, she joins a catechism class at a local church. However, the games and religious pop songs she ...
Style: touching, sincere, realistic, serious, contemplative ...
Plot: religion, catholic, teenage life, parents and children, journey, society, coming of age, children, life is a bitch, priest, atheism, teenage girl ...
Time: 21st century
Place: italy, europe, southern italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
76%
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Joshua (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: When Joshua moves to the outskirts of Auburn, he awakens the curiosity of the sleepy town. They don’t know who he is or where he came from, but no one can shake the feeling they’ve known him for years. Despite his benevolence and selfless work ...
Style: serious, touching, sincere, spiritual, inspirational ...
Plot: christian, healing power, miraculous event, small town, mysterious character, self discovery, religions or cults, hopes, redemption, society, cause and meaning, faith ...
Time: year 2002, 21st century
Place: usa, xian, rome italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
76%
Live Fast, Die Young (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: When a famous star is found dead at an exclusive Christmas Eve party filled with A-list Hollywood types, the police must hold for questioning a group of powerful entertainment industry players who are eager to leave the scene. As they reflect upon ...
Style: captivating, realistic, serious, emotional, psychotronic ...
Plot: hollywood, society, lifestyle, actor's life, redemption, overdose, drug abuse, writer's life, hopes, artists and showbiz, starlet, filmmaking ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
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The Nun (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Germany, Belgium
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Suzanne Simonin describes her life of suffering in letters. As a young woman she is sent to a convent against her will. Since her parents cannot afford the dowry required for a marriage befitting her rank they decide she must instead become a nun. ...
Style: realistic, captivating, serious, atmospheric, psychological ...
Plot: religion, lesbian, convent, power relations, clergy, strong female presence, society, celibacy, lesbian nun, women's rights, abuse of power, humiliation ...
Time: 18th century
Place: france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
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Winter Light (1963)
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 81 min.
Story: A Swedish pastor fails a loving woman, a suicidal fisherman and God.
Style: philosophical, psychological, depressing, art house, black and white ...
Plot: religion, existentialism, suicide, priest, winter, faith, midlife crisis, spirituality, great ending, philosophy, art, small town ...
Time: year 1963, 20th century, 60s
Place: scandinavia, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
Words with Gods (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 133 min.
Story: The first of four installments in the groundbreaking Heartbeat of the World anthology film series. Comprised of several short films by some of the world's most exciting directors, Words with Gods follows the theme of religion - specifically as ...
Style: realistic, serious, anthology, suspense, contemplative ...
Plot: buddhism, hinduism, religion, society, religions or cults, faith, islam, atheism, christianity, clergy, motivation, meaning of life ...
Time: year 2014, 21st century
Place: serbia
⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
A Question of Faith (2017)
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, serious, atmospheric, psychological, captivating ...
Plot: clergy, christian, christianity, parents and children, religions or cults, family life, society, family problems, family values, religion, salvation, penance ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
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Paradise: Faith (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: Austria, Germany, France
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Second film in Ulrich Seidl's Paradise trilogy. A devout Catholic woman practises her religion at home and in the local community, but is unprepared for the reappearance of her estranged husband, who is a Muslim.
Style: sincere, contemplative, realistic, serious, transgressive ...
Plot: self flagellation, religious fanatic, religion, missionary, faith, self discovery, husband wife conflict, belief, sin, wheelchair bound, religions or cults, couple relations ...
Time: 90s, 21st century
Place: austria, vienna
⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
The Third Miracle (1999)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: The Vatican sends a priest to verify some miracles, performed by a woman who has been nominated for sainthood...
Style: controversial, biblical, contemplative, thought provoking, realistic ...
Plot: religion, saint, priest, miraculous event, investigation, catholic priest, philosophy, religious, world war two, gay, catholic church, bishop ...
Time: year 1999, 90s
Place: chicago, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
The Encounter (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: When five strangers with nothing in common come together at a remote roadside eatery, they place their orders with the diner's omniscient owner, who seems to know everything about them ... and is eerily reminiscent of Jesus Christ.
Style: christian film, tense, uplifting, realistic, serious ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: christian, faith, jesus, human spirit, self discovery, religions or cults, introspection, society, mysterious character, hopes, human nature, group of strangers ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, xian
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
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Ida (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland, Denmark, France, UK
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Anna, a young novitiate in 1960s Poland, is on the verge of taking her vows when she discovers a family secret dating back to the years of the German occupation.
Style: black and white, art house, emotional, melancholic, visually stunning ...
Plot: nun, world war two, faith, family secret, anti semitism, judaism, holocaust, religion, character study, orphan, suicide, self discovery ...
Time: 60s, 2010s, year 2014, year 2013, year 2016 ...
Place: poland, israel, eastern europe, europe, denmark
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
The Portuguese Nun (2009)
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, atmospheric, sincere, contemplative ...
Plot: church, love and romance, lifestyle, culture clash, filmmaking, self discovery, actor's life, clergy, artists and showbiz, religions or cults, love affair, frenchwoman ...
Time: 21st century
Place: portugal, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
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The Nun (1966)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 140 min.
Story: In eighteenth-century France, a girl is forced against her will to take vows as a nun. Three mothers superior treat her in radically different ways, ranging from maternal concern, to sadistic persecution, to lesbian desire.
Style: art house, historical drama, sensual, captivating, thought provoking ...
Plot: nun, religion, convent, lgbt, catholic, monk, nunsploitation, priest, suicide, fetish, swing, communism ...
Time: 18th century, year 1966
Place: france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
Journey to the West (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Taiwan
Duration: 56 min.
Story: A Buddhist monk walks barefoot and incredibly slowly through Marseille – so slowly, that his progress is barely perceptible and he becomes a calming influence in the midst of the town’s goings-on.
Style: atmospheric, contemplative, realistic, serious, psychological ...
Plot: clergy, solitude, monk, self discovery, introspection, journey, underground, spirit, art, buddhist monk, urban, no dialogue
Time: 21st century
Place: marseille, france, french riviera, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
Beyond the Hills (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: Romania, France, Belgium
Duration: 152 min.
Story: A drama centered on the friendship between two young women who grew up in the same orphanage; one has found refuge at a convent in Romania and refuses to leave with her friend, who now lives in Germany.
Style: disturbing, sincere, realistic, bleak, depressing ...
Plot: convent, nun, belief in god, friendship, culture clash, exorcism, religion, traditional versus modern, society, danger, clergy, lgbt ...
Time: year 2012
Place: romania, transylvania, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
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Rust (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story: In the midst of a midlife crisis of faith, a man finds hope where he least expects it – his hometown. James Moore (Golden Globe nominee Corbin Bernsen) is a former pastor who returns home to discover a family new to the area has been killed in a ...
Style: realistic, contemplative, captivating, psychological, serious ...
Plot: clergy, self discovery, uncover truth, family relations, redemption, homecoming, religions or cults, friendship, society, small town, human nature, direction and purpose ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
The Perfect Stranger (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: 'THE PERFECT STRANGER' tells the story of Nikki, a troubled attorney who one day receives a mysterious dinner invitation from a man claiming to be Jesus of Nazareth. Throughout their evening of conversation, arguments and spirited debate, ...
Style: sincere, realistic, serious, emotional, touching ...
Plot: religions or cults, society, hopes, legal action, faith, christian, religion, christianity, discussion, stranger, change of heart, female protagonist ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
 5.9
 588
Lovely Rita (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: Austria, Germany
Duration: 79 min.
Story: Lovely Rita is a 2001 Austrian drama film directed by Jessica Hausner. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival.
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, sexual
Audience: teen drama
Plot: teen angst, teenage rebellion, teenage sexuality, friendship, older man young girl relationship, teenage life, mother daughter relationship, father daughter relationship, starting over, youth, misfit, family relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: austria
⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
 7.2
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The Apostle (1997)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story: After his happy life spins out of control, a preacher from Texas changes his name, goes to Louisiana and starts preaching on the radio.
Style: biblical, spiritual, independent film, talky, realistic ...
Audience: manly
Plot: christian, religion, preacher, redemption, jesus, small town, radio, clergy, spirit, coma, country, church ...
Time: year 1997, 1930s, 20th century
Place: texas, louisiana, midwest, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
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