Movies like The Name of the Rose
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The Name of the Rose (1986)
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: West Germany, Italy, France
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
14th-century Franciscan monk William of Baskerville and his young novice arrive at a conference to find that several monks have been murdered under mysterious circumstances. To solve the crimes, William must rise up against the Church's authority and fight the shadowy conspiracy of monastery monks using only his intelligence – which is considerable.
Style:
psychological, intellectual, suspenseful, gloomy, clever, realistic, serious, atmospheric, philosophical, dark ...
Plot:
investigation, monastery, uncover truth, clergy, monk, medieval, murder, religion, murder mystery, riddles and clues, twists and turns, abbey, inquisition, amateur detective, religions or cults, god or devil, suspense, burned at the stake, court, temptation, whodunit, desire, serial killer, christian, heresy ...
Time:
middle ages, 14th century
Place:
canada, europe, france, south of france, italy, southern france
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Most similar movies to The Name of the Rose
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, suspenseful, psychological and atmospheric films with plots about suspense, murder, twists and turns, storytelling, secrets, dialogue and investigation mostly in Mystery, Thriller and Drama genres. Some movies like The Name of the Rose: The Da Vinci Code (2006), Mystery!: Cadfael (1994), The Reckoning (2002), Zodiac (2007), The Monk (2011). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Malta, France, UK
Duration: 149 min.
Story:
When the curator of the Louvre is found murdered in the famed museum's hallowed halls, Harvard professor, Robert Langdon and cryptographer, Sophie Neve must untangle a deadly web of deceit involving the works of Leonardo da Vinci.
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, mind bending, clever, intellectual ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teens
Plot:
conspiracy, twists and turns, christianity, treasure hunt, religion, investigation, holy grail, ancient mystery, riddles and clues, suspense, secrets, uncover truth ...
Time:
2000s, 1st century, 21st century
Place:
vatican, london, italy, paris france, europe ...
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Genre: Drama, History, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, Germany
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
In 1327, Friar William from Baskerville, followed by the young novice Adso da Melk, reaches an isolated Benedictine abbey on the Alps to aid in a dispute between the Franciscan Order and the Avignon papacy. Upon arrival in the abbey the two find ...
Style:
tense, disturbing, enigmatic, captivating, dramatic ...
Plot:
murder mystery, inquisition, abbey, monastery, medieval, monk, priest, burned at the stake, murder, friendship, murder investigation, religious fanatic ...
Time:
middle ages, 14th century
Place:
italy
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100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 75 min.
TV show
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Cadfael is the name given to the TV series of The Cadfael Chronicles adaptations produced by British television company ITV Central between 1994 and 1998. The series was broadcast on the ITV network in the UK, and starred Sir Derek Jacobi as the ...
Style:
serious, atmospheric, realistic, suspenseful, contemplative
Plot:
investigation, monk, monastery, priest, clergy, medieval, murder, riddles and clues, murder investigation, male protagonist, royalty, amateur sleuth ...
Time:
middle ages, 12th century
Place:
england, europe
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91%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, Spain
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
In 14th Century England, this tale of murder and mystery follows a fugitive priest who falls in with a troupe of actors. As they Arrive in a small town, the actors encounter a woman bing sentenced to death for practicing witchcraft and murder. ...
Style:
atmospheric, scenic, stylized, psychological, bleak ...
Plot:
medieval, murder, brutality, art, justice, investigation, culture clash, twists and turns, priest, monk, society, theatrical troupe ...
Time:
14th century, middle ages
Place:
england, spain, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 157 min.
Story:
The true story of the investigation of the "Zodiac Killer", a serial killer who terrified the San Francisco Bay Area, taunting police with his ciphers and letters. The case becomes an obsession for four men as their lives and careers are ...
Style:
atmospheric, tense, stylized, suspenseful, psychological ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, murder, murder mystery, journalism, suspense, maniac, paranoia, killings, police, uncover truth, mind game ...
Time:
70s, 60s, 20th century, year 1969, year 1971 ...
Place:
san francisco, california, usa, sacramento california, oakland california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Spain
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A well respected monk, Capucino Ambrosio compromises himself with his carnal lust for a pupil, a woman disguised as a monk (Matilda), she tempts the monk to transgress and he is soon found desiring another, the innocent Antonia. Matilda uses magic ...
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gothic, psychological, suspenseful, atmospheric, bleak ...
Plot:
monastery, nun, murder, femme fatale, seduction, temptation, downfall, confession, lust, life is a bitch, religions or cults, female nudity ...
Time:
17th century, 18th century
Place:
spain, madrid, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Spain, USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
An all-expenses-paid international search for a rare copy of the book, 'The Nine Gates of the Shadow Kingdom' brings an unscrupulous book dealer deep into a world of murder, double-dealing and satanic worship.
Style:
gothic, dark, satanic, psychological, atmospheric ...
Plot:
occult, supernatural, devil, investigation, collector, obsession, secret society, chase, curses spells and rituals, murder, satanism, artifact ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
europe, paris france, france, spain, south of france ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon investigates a mysterious symbol seared into the chest of a murdered physicist. He discovers evidence of the unimaginable, the rebirth of an ancient secret brotherhood known as the Illuminati, the most powerful ...
Style:
intellectual, exciting, suspenseful, twist ending, serious ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, girls' night, adult
Plot:
conspiracy, twists and turns, murder, illuminati, investigation, riddles and clues, religions or cults, expert, professor, religion, catholicism, ancient ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
rome italy, vatican, italy, europe, geneva switzerland ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
A hotshot lawyer gets more than he bargained for when he learns his new boss is Lucifer himself.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, twist ending, surprise ending, clever ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
lawyer, devil, supernatural, deal with the devil, law firm, demon, greed, courtroom, satan, ambition, hotshot lawyer, temptation ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, florida, southern usa, madison square garden manhattan new york city ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Two homicide detectives are on a desperate hunt for a serial killer whose crimes are based on the "seven deadly sins" in this dark and haunting film that takes viewers from the tortured remains of one victim to the next. The seasoned Det. ...
Style:
suspenseful, surprise ending, disturbing, scary, neo noir ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, twists and turns, psychopath, police, psychology, insanity, police investigation, murder, suspense, killings, sin ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Bobby Earl is facing the electric chair for the murder of a young girl. Eight years after the crime he calls in Paul Armstrong, a professor of law, to help prove his innocence. Armstrong quickly uncovers some overlooked evidence to present to the ...
Style:
rough, tense, psychological, suspenseful, twist ending ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
serial killer, death row, prison, psychopath, murder, twists and turns, legal, investigation, courtroom, lawyer, legal investigation, police brutality ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
florida, new jersey, harvard university, usa, miami ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Paris. 1830. In the heart of the town, Vidocq, a famous detective, disappeared as he fights the Alchemist, an assassin that he has been pursuing for a few months. His young biographer, Etienne Boisset, decides to have revenge on Vidocq's death ...
Style:
suspenseful, surreal, atmospheric, serious, stylized ...
Plot:
serial killer, steampunk, investigation, who done it, alchemy, alchemist, female nudity, law enforcement, criminal, uncover truth, mirror, brothel ...
Time:
19th century, 1830s, victorian era
Place:
france, paris france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Sweden, Norway
Duration: 158 min.
Story:
This English-language adaptation of the Swedish novel by Stieg Larsson follows a disgraced journalist, Mikael Blomkvist, as he investigates the disappearance of a weary patriarch's niece from 40 years ago. He is aided by the pierced, tattooed, ...
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suspenseful, captivating, rough, clever, serious ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, rape, hacker, missing person, sexual abuse, twists and turns, strong female character, murder mystery, vengeance, uncover truth, journalist ...
Time:
year 1966, 2010s, year 2011, 60s, 21st century
Place:
stockholm sweden, scandinavia, sweden, europe, eastern europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Denmark, Germany, Sweden
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Smilla Jaspersen, half Danish, half Greenlander, attempts to understand the death of a small boy who falls from the roof of her apartment building. Suspecting wrongdoing, Smilla uncovers a trail of clues leading towards a secretive corporation that ...
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, atmospheric, bleak, melancholic ...
Plot:
snow, murder, investigation, culture clash, family problems, amateur detective, death in the family, winter, disorder, human nature, dishonesty, law enforcement ...
Time:
90s
Place:
denmark, copenhagen, antarctica, europe, greenland
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Two Los Angeles homicide detectives are dispatched to a northern town where the sun doesn't set to investigate the methodical murder of a local teen.
Style:
atmospheric, neo noir, psychological, dark, suspenseful ...
Plot:
police investigation, small town, murder, investigation, character study, investigator, police, suspense, police corruption, snow, guilt, murderer ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
alaska, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
San Francisco heiress Page Forrester is brutally murdered in her remote beach house. Her husband Jack is devastated by the crime but soon finds himself accused of her murder. He hires lawyer Teddy Barnes to defend him, despite the fact she ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, neo noir, psychological, serious ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
courtroom, lawyer, court, legal, murder, courtroom drama, twists and turns, suspense, surveillance, women, murder mystery, guilt ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
usa, san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Police Inspector Renko tries to solve the case of three bodies found in Moscow's Gorky Park but finds his attempts to solve the crime impeded by his superiors. Working on his own, Renko seeks out more information and stumbles across a ...
Style:
political, neo noir, tense, bleak, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cold war, spy, murder, conspiracy, police investigation, espionage, kgb, murder investigation, suspense, politics, murder mystery, police corruption ...
Time:
80s
Place:
moscow russia, russia, ussr, sweden, stockholm sweden ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: New Zealand, UK
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Paul (Macfadyen), a prize-winning war journalist, returns to his remote New Zealand hometown due to the death of his father, battle-scarred and world-weary. For the discontented sixteen-year-old Celia (Barclay) he opens up a world she has only ...
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, emotional, touching, atmospheric ...
Plot:
journalism, small town, disappearance, father daughter relationship, homecoming, small town life, society, doubts and hesitations, haunted by the past, twists and turns, reporter, betrayal ...
Place:
new zealand
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, France, Canada
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Four teenagers at a British private school secretly uncover and explore the depths of a sealed underground hole created decades ago as a possible bomb shelter.
Style:
psychological, scary, twist ending, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
obsession, claustrophobia, survival, trapped, psychology, school, bunker, underground bunker, youth, twists and turns, isolation, teenager ...
Place:
wales, england
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27%
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Netherlands, France, West Germany
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Rex and Saskia are enjoying a biking holiday in France when, stopping at a gas station, Saskia disappears. Confounded, Rex searches everywhere, but to no avail. Three years later, he's still obsessed with finding her, pleading his case on ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, bleak, suspenseful, twist ending ...
Plot:
kidnapping, serial killer, suspense, twists and turns, missing person, obsession, murder, road trip, macabre, insanity, police investigation, mind game ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
france, europe, california, holland
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Publisher, Will Atenton quits a lucrative job in New York to relocate his wife, Libby and their daughters to a quaint town in New England. However, as they settle into their home the Atentons discover that a woman and her children were murdered ...
Style:
surprise ending, twist ending, suspenseful, tense, serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
supernatural, twists and turns, haunted house, plot twist, memory loss, insanity, suspense, murder, mental patient, ghost, nervous breakdown, riddles and clues ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new england, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Italy
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
After Laura and John Baxter lose their only child in a horrible drowning, they are greeted by strange sightings of her throughout their everyday lives. When two old ladies approach them in Italy with news that their daughter may still be alive, it ...
Style:
atmospheric, twist ending, disturbing, sexy, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
supernatural, suspense, hallucination, drowning, serial killer, haunted by the past, twists and turns, grief, sex scene, blindness, death of daughter, marriage ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
italy, venice, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Genre: Action, Drama, 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, atmospheric, bleak, brutal, scary ...
Plot:
medieval, knight, plague, sword and sorcery, monk, obsessive quest, dealing with death, witch, inquisition, pagan, sword and shield, heroic mission ...
Time:
middle ages, 14th century
Place:
england, london, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Two French policemen, one investigating a grisly murder at a remote mountain college, the other working on the desecration of a young girl's grave by skinheads, are brought together by the clues from their respective cases. Soon after they ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, serious, psychological, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, murder, investigation, police investigation, demon, police detective, genetics, twists and turns, suspense, police officer, murder mystery, ritual ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
paris france, europe, france, alps
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, France, Germany, USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
In the bleak days of the Cold War, espionage veteran George Smiley is forced from semi-retirement to uncover a Soviet mole within his former colleagues at the heart of MI6.
Style:
clever, tense, thought provoking, bleak, non-linear ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cold war, espionage, spy, investigation, secret service, mole, british intelligence, double agent, suspense, secret agents, betrayal, government agency ...
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Place:
england, europe, london, budapest, istanbul turkey ...
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27%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: France, UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Bizarre black comedy about 15th-century Paris lawyer Richard Courtois (Firth) who decides to ply his trade in the country, only to find things stranger than he can imagine. His first case turns out to be defending a pig that's accused of ...
Style:
enigmatic, tense, stylized, intense, realistic ...
Plot:
medieval, courtroom drama, investigation, murder, french countryside, prejudice, pig, lawyer, twists and turns, disorder, legal, society ...
Time:
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Place:
france, paris france, london, england, europe
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27%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, France
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A political activist is convinced that her guest is a man who once tortured her for the government.
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psychological, suspenseful, sexy, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
suspense, revenge, torture, politics, doctor, lawyer, dictatorship, justice, brutality, haunted by the past, attempted murder, mind game ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
latin america, poland, argentina, south america, chile ...
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27%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, France
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A newspaper photographer, Jean, researches the lurid and sensational axe murder of two women in 1873 as an editorial tie-in with a brutal modern double murder. She discovers a cache of papers that appear to give an account of the murders by an ...
Style:
sexy, psychological, tricky, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
investigation, murder, infidelity, women, amateur detective, dangerous attraction, nude, couples, family problems, sexual relations, isolation, brother sister incest ...
Time:
19th century, 90s, 2000s, 1870s, victorian era
Place:
san francisco, maine, new hampshire, usa, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Austria, Germany, Italy
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A married couple is terrorized by a series of videotapes planted on their front porch.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, surreal, art house, tense ...
Plot:
suicide, guilt, childhood, dysfunctional family, videotaping, family in crisis, haunted by the past, suspense, voyeurism, psychology, lie, nightmare ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
paris france, france, germany, europe
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26%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Italy, West Germany
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
An unassuming office worker is arrested and stands trial, but he is never made aware of his charges.
Style:
surreal, psychological, disturbing, cerebral, visually appealing ...
Plot:
distopia, paranoia, surrealism, courtroom, courtroom drama, insanity, existentialism, art, corruption, justice, lawyer, legal ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century, 60s, 18th century
Place:
russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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