Movies like The Rapture

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The Rapture (1991)
 6.3
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The Rapture (1991)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A lonely telephone operator leading an empty, amoral life finds God — only to have her faith continually tested in ways beyond what she could have imagined.
Style: disturbing, surreal, psychological, biblical, philosophical, stylized, talky, realistic, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot: end of the world, religion, group sex, philosophy, religious conversion, murder, faith, christian, atheism, apocalypse, swinger couple, family relations, family problems, religions or cults, distopia, post apocalypse, armageddon, husband wife relationship, redemption, female protagonist, threesome, black magic, female psychopath, eroticism, god ...
Time: year 1991, 90s
Place: los angeles
Keyword: dreams

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Most similar movies to The Rapture

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, suspenseful, realistic and psychological films with plots about murder, deadly, female nudity, danger, nudity, husband wife relationship and family relations mostly in Drama, Thriller and Mystery genres. Some movies like The Rapture: Time of the Wolf (2003), Blindness (2008), The Last Wave (1977), Edmond (2005), The Seventh Sign (1988). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Time of the Wolf (2003)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Austria, Germany
Duration: 114 min.
Story: When Anna and her family arrive at their holiday home, they find it occupied by strangers. This confrontation is just the beginning of a painful learning process.
Style: disturbing, bleak, atmospheric, intense, apocalyptic ...
Plot: apocalypse, post apocalypse, society, end of the world, post apocalyptic, brutality, catastrophe, survival, chaos, danger, life is a bitch, hopes ...
Time: 2000s, 90s, year 2003
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.5
 75K
Blindness (2008)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Brazil, Canada, Japan, UK, Italy
Duration: 121 min.
Story: When a sudden plague of blindness devastates a city, a small group of the afflicted band together to triumphantly overcome the horrific conditions of their imposed quarantine.
Style: apocalyptic, bleak, disturbing, intense, depressing ...
Plot: post apocalypse, plague, survival, epidemic, blindness, distopia, apocalypse, dystopia, virus, post apocalyptic, disability, pandemic ...
Time: distant future, year 2008, 21st century
Place: portugal, sao paulo brazil
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Left Behind II: Tribulation Force (2002)
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story: The sequel to the blockbuster "Left Behind". It is two weeks after the Rapture, and those who were left behind must band together to form the Tribulation Force and will prepare themselves for the worst seven years the planet will ever see.
Style: biblical, christian film, intense, suspenseful, futuristic ...
Plot: christian, christianity, god, redemption, apocalypse, religion, natural disaster, disaster, catastrophe, chaos and mayhem, save the world, danger ...
Place: israel
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
 6.9
 11K
The Last Wave (1977)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 106 min.
Story: White Australian lawyer David Burton agrees with reluctance to defend a group of aborigines charged with murdering one of their own. He suspects the victim was targeted for violating a tribal taboo, but the defendants deny any tribal association. ...
Style: surreal, cerebral, lovecraft, psychological, atmospheric ...
Plot: end of the world, lawyer, murder, native american, water, nightmare, disaster, cosmic horror, aborigine, shaman, fantasy world, distopia ...
Time: year 1977, 70s, 20th century
Place: australia, oceania, sydney australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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 6.2
 12K
Edmond (2005)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Seemingly mild-mannered businessman Edmond Burke visits a fortuneteller and hears a remark that spurs him to leave his wife abruptly and seek what is missing from his life. Encounters with strangers and unsavory people weaken the barriers ...
Style: psychological, bleak, disturbing, intense, stylized ...
Plot: bipolar disorder, murder, midlife crisis, oral sex, redemption, starting over, prison, society, unlikely criminals, self control, sodomy, character study ...
Time: year 2005, 21st century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
The Seventh Sign (1988)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Abby is a pregnant woman with a curious new boarder in the apartment over her garage. Turns out he's heaven-sent and is speeding along the Apocalypse by bloodying rivers, egging on plagues and following scripture word for word.
Style: suspense, biblical, scary, psychological, tense ...
Audience: adult
Plot: pregnancy, supernatural, apocalypse, christianity, religion, clergy, end of the world, prophecy, curse, worldwide chaos, religions or cults, curses spells and rituals ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: haiti, venice california, california, nicaragua, israel
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
 5.1
 1K
Cold Heaven (1991)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 105 min.
Story: An adulterous woman's faith in God is tested when her husband dies and miraculously comes back to life.
Style: erotic, independent film, serious, realistic, psychological ...
Plot: supernatural, adultery, motel, swimming, boat, accidental death, religion, dealing with death, redemption, investigation, betrayal, crumbling marriage ...
Time: year 1991, 90s
Place: acapulco mexico, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
 6.2
 6K
Dream Lover (1993)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Ray is young, charming, successful and the owner of a prosperous architect company. However, he has recently gone trough a very painful divorce. His friends try to cheer him up by showing him the positive sides of being single but for Ray marriage ...
Style: sexy, suspenseful, serious, psychological, realistic ...
Plot: femme fatale, adultery, marriage, sexual tension, female psychopath, dangerous attraction, family problems, betrayal, architect, paranoia, murder, haunted by the past ...
Time: year 1993, 90s, 20th century
Place: usa, texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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The King (2005)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A motiveless malignancy? Elvis leaves the Navy and heads for Texas where he contacts his father, whom he's never met, the pastor at a Christian community church. Pastor Dave tells Elvis to stay away and, without telling his family that Elvis is ...
Style: psychological, serious, realistic, suspenseful, erotic ...
Plot: incest, brother sister incest, incestuous sex, redemption, illegitimate son, hypocrisy, confession, murder, haunted by the past, family problems, society, clergy ...
Time: year 2005
Place: austin texas, usa, texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Heaven's Prisoners (1996)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story: A hardened New Orleans cop, Dave Robicheaux, finally tosses in the badge and settles into life on the bayou with his wife. But a bizarre plane crash draws him back into the fray when his family is viciously threatened.
Style: stylized, talky, suspense, melancholic, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police investigation, investigation, vengeance, murder, mafia, confession, adoption, law enforcement, husband murders wife, danger, drinking, chase ...
Time: 90s, year 1996
Place: new orleans, louisiana, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: After several years of living with a cult, Martha finally escapes and calls her estranged sister, Lucy, for help. Martha finds herself at the quiet Connecticut home Lucy shares with her new husband, Ted, but the memories of what she experienced in ...
Style: psychological, disturbing, tense, independent film, bleak ...
Audience: teens
Plot: sexual abuse, rape, female protagonist, religion, hippie, mind control, paranoia, brainwashing, family drama, manipulation, character study, obsession ...
Time: year 2011, 21st century
Place: connecticut, new york, new york state, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
The Rosary Murders (1987)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A killer of Detroit clergy confesses to a priest (Donald Sutherland), who turns sleuth because he cannot tell the police.
Style: disturbing, serious, atmospheric, bleak, neo noir ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, psychopath, moral dilemma, church, haunted by the past, clergy, society, uncover truth, legal, investigation, who done it ...
Time: year 1987, 80s
Place: usa, detroit
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
 6.4
 5K
In Her Skin (2009)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Tale of a 15-year-old Australian girl who went missing.
Style: psychological, serious, suspenseful, tense, realistic ...
Plot: missing person, envy, murder, loss of daughter, obsession, family problems, family in crisis, female psychopath, death of daughter, parents and children, mental disorder, father daughter relationship ...
Time: 20th century, year 2009, 90s, year 1999
Place: australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
 1.4
 423
C Me Dance (2009)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A teenage dancer in training for the Los Angeles ballet discovers that she is dying of cancer, only to discover that the Devil is real after getting the miracle that she and her father both prayed for. Shortly after discovering that her dream of ...
Style: serious, touching, suspenseful, suspense, gloomy ...
Audience: teens
Plot: supernatural, good versus evil, society, youth, danger, imaginary, dancer's life, parents and children, family relations, life is a bitch, hopes, chases and races ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
The Name of the Rose (1986)
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 ...
Style: intellectual, psychological, suspenseful, gloomy, clever ...
Plot: investigation, clergy, medieval, monastery, monk, murder mystery, murder, religion, whodunit, riddles and clues, uncover truth, abbey ...
Time: middle ages, 14th century, medieval times, year 1986, ancient times
Place: europe, south of france, france, italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
 5.3
 9K
The Body (2001)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, Israel, Germany
Duration: 109 min.
Story: An ancient skeleton has been discovered in Jerusalem in a rich man's tomb. Colouration of the wrist and leg bones indicates the cause of death was crucifiction. other signs, include a gold coin bearing the marks of Pontius Pilate and faint ...
Style: sexy, talky, suspenseful, philosophical, exciting ...
Plot: politics, faith, christianity, religion, kidnapping, christian, self discovery, religions or cults, obsessive quest, clergy, rebellion, society ...
Time: year 2001
Place: israel, middle east, rome italy, jerusalem
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
The Remaining (2014)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: When a group of close-knit friends assemble for the marriage of Skylar and Dan, they have no idea they will witness The Rapture and face a series of catastrophic events turning the celebration into a life-or-death struggle.
Style: suspenseful, tense, serious, christian film, mockumentary ...
Plot: wedding, apocalypse, bible prophecy, found footage, supernatural, christianity, end of the world, survival, hopes, christian, danger, escapades ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
 5.5
 2K
Siesta (1987)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Claire (an American) wakes up in a terrible state at the end of a runway in Spain. As she tries to account for her state (blood-soaked and bruised), she has flashbacks from the past few days. She thinks she's killed someone, but isn't ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, psychological, atmospheric, surreal ...
Plot: murder, stalking, uncover truth, memory loss, female protagonist, who done it, dishonesty, danger, protagonist as suspect, dangerous attraction, sexual relations, haunted by the past ...
Time: 80s, year 1987
Place: spain, europe, madrid
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Movie in collections
 7.5
 372K
Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 159 min.
Story: After Dr. Bill Hartford's wife, Alice, admits to having sexual fantasies about a man she met, Bill becomes obsessed with having a sexual encounter. He discovers an underground sexual group and attends one of their meetings -- and quickly ...
Style: sexual, sexy, psychological, artsy, neo noir ...
Audience: adult
Plot: marriage, voyeurism, obsession, sex, secret society, disguise, orgy, adultery, infidelity, lust, nudity, nude ...
Time: 90s, year 1999, 20th century
Place: new york, greenwich village manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city, seattle, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Spain
Duration: 112 min.
Story: After her son Kevin commits a horrific act, troubled mother Eva reflects on her complicated relationship with her disturbed son as he grew from a toddler into a teenager.
Style: disturbing, psychological, bleak, depressing, gloomy ...
Audience: teens, toddlers, teen drama, adult
Plot: psychopath, evil child, school shooting, high school, depression, mental illness, sociopath, teenager, antisocial behavior, childhood, mother son relationship, boy ...
Time: year 2011, 90s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: america, united kingdom, connecticut, usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
 4.4
 558
Godspeed (2009)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Joseph McKelheer and Cory Knauf (The Hamiltons, The Violent Kind) star in this intense thriller set in the lingering light of the Alaskan midnight sun. Charlie Shepard, a modern day faith healer with a small flock of believers, is stunned when his ...
Style: tense, realistic, psychological, captivating, independent film ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: murder, death in the family, haunted by the past, religions or cults, society, small town, life turned upside down, investigation, grief, killer child, strong violent content, wilderness ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, alaska
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
 5.8
 2K
Mary (2005)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, France, USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Following the shooting of a film on the life of Jesus called This Is My Blood, Marie Palesi (Juliette Binoche), the actress who plays Mary Magdalene takes refuge in Jerusalem in search of the truth behind the myth. The director of the film, Tony ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, disturbing, realistic
Plot: filmmaking, religion, christian, virgin mary, hopes, self discovery, obsession, society, religions or cults, redemption, celebrity culture, showbiz ...
Time: 21st century
Place: jerusalem, new york, israel, usa, middle east
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
 6.7
 11K
Faults (2014)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Claire is under the grip of a mysterious new cult called Faults. Desperate to be reunited with their daughter, Claire's parents recruit one of the world's foremost experts on mind control, Ansel Roth.
Style: psychological, tense, disturbing, surreal, cerebral ...
Plot: kidnapping, mind control, brainwashing, redemption, religions or cults, cult leader, manipulation, life is a bitch, parents and children, sexual innuendo, death, depression ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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 5.6
 822
Escape Clause (1996)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A man finds out that his wife has paid $10,000 to have him killed. Then both the would-be killer and the wife turn up dead ...
Style: mind bending, realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough
Audience: kids
Plot: investigation, insurance, escape, christmas, hitman, murder, sex, female nudity, husband wife relationship, hooker, nudity, voyeur ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
The Parallax View (1974)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: An ambitious reporter, investigating a senator's assassination, realizes witnesses to the shooting are systematically dying and discovers a multi-million dollar corporation which serves as a front for the recruitment of political assassins.
Style: disturbing, suspenseful, psychological, neo noir, political ...
Plot: politics, corruption, conspiracy, investigation, reporter, journalism, murder, assassin, media, senator, political conspiracy, paranoia ...
Time: 70s, year 1974, 20th century
Place: seattle, los angeles, washington state, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
The Scarlet Letter (2004)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Policeman Ki-Hoon's life is duplicitous, oscillating between the amenable, newly pregnant wife and a very appealing mistress- the singer Ga-yee. His world gets shaken up when he gets news during a murder investigation that Ga-yee is pregnant ...
Style: psychological, suspenseful, serious, erotic, sexy ...
Plot: murder, investigation, introspection, love affair, police detective, law enforcement, family problems, forbidden love, twists and turns, lesbian, infidelity, extramarital affair ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
 4.8
 454
Deadline (2012)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Deadline is the story of the murder of an African American youth in rural Alabama that has gone uninvestigated, unsolved, and unpunished for almost twenty years. That changes when Nashville Times reporter Matt Harper (Steve Talley) meets an ...
Style: realistic, tense, serious, suspenseful, independent film
Plot: investigation, uncover truth, murder, interracial relations, idealism, dishonesty, parents and children, society, redemption, life is a bitch, family relations, hopes ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, alabama, tennessee
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
 7.1
 62K
Don't Look Now (1973)
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: suspense, twist ending, disturbing, sexy, atmospheric ...
Audience: adult
Plot: supernatural, drowning, serial killer, blindness, psychic, haunted by the past, grief, sex scene, hallucination, twists and turns, death of daughter, marriage ...
Time: 70s, year 1973, near future, 20th century
Place: italy, venice, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
 5.4
 3K
November (2004)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story: Sophie Jacobs is going through the most difficult time of her life. Now, she just has to find out if it's real.
Style: mind bending, psychological, suspenseful, serious, psychological thriller ...
Plot: murder, investigation, haunted by the past, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, murder investigation, loss of loved one, guilt, ghost, parallel universe, trauma, haunting, interracial relations ...
Time: year 2004
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
 8.1
 1.1M
Gone Girl (2014)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 149 min.
Story: With his wife's disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it's suspected that he may not be innocent.
Style: psychological, suspense, surprise ending, clever, twist ending ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, teens, girls' night, boys' night ...
Plot: twists and turns, murder mystery, missing person, psychology, infidelity, manipulation, investigation, femme fatale, adultery, marriage, missing wife, psychopath ...
Time: year 2014, 2010s, 2000s, year 2012, 21st century
Place: peru, america, usa, new york, manhattan new york city ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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