Movies like The Mass Is Ended

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The Mass Is Ended (1985)
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The Mass Is Ended (1985)
Original name: La messa รจ finita
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Onetime campus radical Nanni Moretti renounces his past to become a priest. Returning to his home village, Moretti is appalled at the lack of religious reverence amongst the townsfolk. Unable to communicate with any of his old friends, who've all gleefully succumbed to the Deadly Sins, Moretti cannot even count on solace from his own family, a screwed-up aggregation which gives the word "dysfunctional" several new meanings.
Style: spiritual, cult classic, sincere, clever, humorous, realistic, semi serious
Plot: priest, circus, spirit, love letter, church, village, dark humor, village life, society, family problems, small town, clergy, social relations, culture clash, innocence lost, solace, idealism, small town life, religions or cults, dancing, wedding, swimming, faith, suicide, baptism ...
Time: 80s
Place: italy

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out semi serious, humorous, realistic and captivating films with plots about society, social relations, small town, small town life, family relations, religions or cults and village mostly in Comedy, Drama and Biography genres. Some movies like The Mass Is Ended: Bianca (1984), The Priest's Children (2013), Hallelujah! (2009), Pastor Jones: Heavenly Voices (2009), Reality (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Bianca (1984)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Michele is a mathematics professor who just started a new job in a school with some peculiar teaching methods. After a woman in his neighborhood is murdered, Michele meets beautiful colleague Bianca, and a relationship begins between the two. Where ...
Style: cult classic, realistic, psychological, semi serious, sentimental ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: female nudity, investigation, psychoanalysis, professor, girl, circus, serial killer, dark humor, mathematics, mental illness, high school, police investigation ...
Time: 80s, year 1984, 20th century
Place: italy, rome italy
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The Priest's Children (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Don Fabijan is a young priest who comes to serve on an unnamed small island in the Adriatic. In order to help increase birth rate on the island, he decides to pierce condoms before they are sold. He therefore teams up with the newsagent Petar and ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, tragicomedy, suspense ...
Plot: satire, priest, pregnancy, mediterranean, clergy, religions or cults, unwanted pregnancy, village life, society, dishonesty, disorder, social relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: eastern europe, balkan, croatia
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Hallelujah! (2009)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Following his release from a seven-year stretch in prison, Mario Diccara discovers that his affairs with the underworld aren't completely settled. His brother Patrick, a priest, suggests that he stays with elderly Father Etienne in a small ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, captivating, entertaining, light ...
Plot: priest, fake priest, mistaken identity, small town, village, church, disorder, social relations, hidden identity, farce, cons and scams, ex convict ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france
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Pastor Jones: Heavenly Voices (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min.
Story: Comedy - This entry in director Jean-Claude La Marre's Pastor Jones series sees the beleaguered clergyman coping with a gap in the church budget. When he can't make a payment on one of the church's loans, the pastor fears he may have ...
Style: realistic, humorous, semi serious, sincere
Plot: friendship, ambition, rescue, music band, clergy, society, family problems, contests and competitions, hopes, family relations, church, collision ...
Time: future
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Reality (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 116 min.
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Style: cynical, thought provoking, semi serious, humorous, surreal ...
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Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: italy, southern italy, rome italy, naples italy
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 93 min.
Style: realistic, sincere, semi serious, humorous, biting
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Stella Days (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland, Norway, Germany
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
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Time: 20th century, 50s, year 1956, 1950s
Place: ireland
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Saving Grace (1986)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
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Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, clever
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Time: 80s, 20th century
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The Perfect Family (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
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Style: touching, semi serious, realistic, humorous
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Dear Diary (1993)
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Country: Italy, France
Duration: 100 min.
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Style: surreal, intellectual, melancholic, satirical, humorous ...
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Time: year 1992, 90s
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
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Style: semi serious, humorous, touching, realistic, profound ...
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The Best Man (1997)
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