Movies like Stations of the Cross
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Stations of the Cross (2014)
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Original name: Kreuzweg
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 interpretation of Catholicism. Everything that Maria thinks and does must be examined before God. And since the Lord is a strict shepherd, she lives in constant fear of committing some misconduct...
Style:
serious, art house, captivating, suspense, melancholic, crying, spiritual, surreal, disturbing, sincere ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
religion, priest, self sacrifice, church, domineering mother, death, doctor, hospital, catholic, sacrifice, confession, religious fundamentalist, religious fundamentalism, school, society, clergy, atheism, religious, good versus evil, teenage girl, religious fanatic, cemetery, child abuse, brother sister relationship, mute ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
germany, britain, seattle
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, contemplative and captivating films with plots about society, religion, religions or cults, clergy, family relations, church and youth mostly in Drama and Fantasy genres. Some movies like Stations of the Cross: Corpo celeste (2011), Lourdes (2009), Stella Days (2011), Fall (2014), Our Fathers (2005). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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, realistic, serious, contemplative, atmospheric ...
Plot:
catholic, religion, belief in god, journey, parents and children, teenage life, society, coming of age, atheism, church, mother daughter relationship, children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
italy, southern italy, europe
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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.
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contemplative, realistic, serious, psychological, atmospheric ...
Plot:
religion, disability, envy, clergy, self discovery, atheism, volunteer, religions or cults, redemption, healing power, society, female protagonist ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Place:
france, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland, Norway, Germany, France
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
Plot:
religion, confession, small town, social relations, religions or cults, idealism, clergy, small town life, hopes, society, belief in god, priest ...
Time:
50s, 20th century, year 1956, 1950s
Place:
ireland
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
An aging Roman Catholic Priest living contentedly at a Niagara Falls parish, receives a letter forcing his complacent life into a downward spiral.
Style:
sincere, serious, psychological, touching, realistic ...
Plot:
haunted by the past, clergy, introspection, moral dilemma, church, society, elderly, religions or cults, religion, catholic church, moral ambiguity, guilt ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
In the '80s, priests and especially the Father Geoghan arrested for sexual abuse of minors. Cardinal Law, also indicted, and the diocese was aware of the actions of these men of the church and was kept secret for years, until the victims decide ...
Style:
thought provoking, serious, realistic, sincere
Plot:
priest, pedophile, church, sexual abuse, legal investigation, clergy, courtroom drama, social decay, sexual harassment, dishonesty, fighting the system, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, usa, france, boston
Similarity:
86%
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, cerebral ...
Plot:
religion, existentialism, suicide, priest, winter, faith, midlife crisis, darkness, philosophy, spirituality, great ending, art ...
Time:
year 1963, 20th century, 60s
Place:
scandinavia, eastern europe
Similarity:
85%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Electrick Children tells the story of Rachel, a rambunctious girl from a polygamist colony in southern Utah. On Rachel’s 15th birthday, she finds a forbidden cassette tape. Having never seen anything like it before, Rachel plays the cassette tape, ...
Style:
serious, sentimental, independent film, melancholic, psychological ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
teenage pregnancy, coming of age, unwanted pregnancy, mormon, family relations, religions or cults, self discovery, teenage life, nobody believes, lifestyle, parents and children, atheism ...
Time:
year 1996, 90s, 21st century
Place:
las vegas, usa, utah, nevada
Similarity:
84%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 162 min.
Story:
Metropolitan Archbishop Lakota of L'viv, freed after twenty years in the Soviet Gulag, travels to Rome where circumstances conspire to see him elevated to the Papacy. Inspired by the life story of Ukrainian Catholic Cardinal Josyf Slipyj,
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, epic, retro ...
Plot:
pope, vatican, politics, clergy, catholicism, catholic church, cold war, religious, society, state affairs, catholic, revolution ...
Time:
60s
Place:
europe, rome italy, asia, china, italy ...
Similarity:
84%
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Robert Bresson plumbs great reservoirs of feelings with one of the most searing portraits of human desperation ever put on film.
Style:
art house, black and white, depressing, contemplative, emotional ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
child abuse, coming of age, suicide, adolescence, minimalism, betrayal, sexual abuse, solitude, existentialism, children, poacher, humiliation ...
Time:
year 1967, 60s, 20th century
Place:
france, europe, japan, tokyo, paris france
Similarity:
84%
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, sincere, sentimental ...
Plot:
religious faith, convent, hopes, koran, love, muslim, religions or cults, self discovery, clergy, human nature, youth, friendship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
paris france, france, middle east, europe
Similarity:
83%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, France
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Frank and Simone have fulfilled a dream and live with their two children in a row house in the suburbs. They are a happy couple, until the day Frank is diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor. The family is suddenly confronted with death.
Style:
realistic, contemplative, captivating, serious, emotional ...
Plot:
hospital, family relations, family life, unfulfillment, suburbs, male nudity, suffering, family problems, life is a bitch, dealing with death, family in crisis, male pubic hair ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, germany
Similarity:
83%
Genre: Drama
Country: Georgia, Germany, France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Eka and Natia leave their childhood behind and ignore societal customs to escape from their turbulent family lives.
Style:
realistic, emotional, captivating, serious, social ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, adolescence vs adulthood, best friend, civil war, life is a bitch, society, dysfunctional family, youth, parents and children, teenage life, lgbt, teenage girl ...
Time:
20th century, year 1992, 90s
Place:
soviet union, georgia, caucasus, tbilisi, europe ...
Similarity:
83%
Genre: Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The Annunciation (in Hungarian: Angyali üdvözlet) is a Hungarian film directed by András Jeles in 1984, based on The Tragedy of Man (1861) by Imre Madách. When Adam (Péter Bocsor) and Eve (Júlia Mérő), having succumbed to Lucifer's ...
Style:
surreal, atmospheric, captivating, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
bible, children, devil, symbolism, philosophy, angel, coming of age, religions or cults, obsessive quest, heroes, ancient history, time ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
ancient greece, athens greece, france, paris france, prague ...
Similarity:
83%
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 ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A Belgian teenager hatches a plot to kill his teacher after embracing an extremist interpretation of the Quran.
Style:
captivating, sincere, psychological, disturbing
Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Jake Taylor has everything. He has a beautiful girl, he's the champion in basketball and beer pong, and everyone loves him. Then, an old childhood friend, whom Jake used to be friends with, commits suicide. Jake begins to think. He wonders what ...
Style:
christian film, contemplative, captivating, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
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83%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, realistic, touching, captivating, independent film ...
Plot:
church, family relations, fish out of water, life is a bitch, youth, society, clergy, religions or cults, family life, disorder, coming of age, discrimination ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city
Similarity:
83%
621
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
When a teenager finds herself pregnant, with no memory of having had sex, she determines that she is carrying the child of God.
Style:
realistic, touching, erotic, captivating, psychological ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
pregnancy, coming of age, family relations, clergy, youth, society, parents and children, teenage life, small town, teenage girl, virginity, pastor ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
82%
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:
realistic, serious, contemplative, feel good, touching ...
Plot:
christmas, redemption, priest, self discovery, introspection, clergy, society, hopes, social relations, cause and meaning, religions or cults, small town ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
82%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, France, Italy
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
After the wild lifestyle of a famous young German photographer almost gets him killed, he goes to Palermo, Sicily to take a break. Can the beautiful city and a beautiful local woman calm him down?
Style:
atmospheric, psychological, captivating, suspense, mesmerizing ...
Plot:
photograph, on the run, photography, human nature, rivalry, mysterious character, love affair, lifestyle, on the road, life turned upside down, revenge, murder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany, italy, europe, sicily
Similarity:
82%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A mother/daughter relationship is thrown off balance when the mother (Marcia Gay Harden) discovers that her "good girl" daughter (Alexis Dziena) is part of a group who are engaging in sexual activities with multiple partners. Such activity ...
Style:
captivating, thought provoking, serious, realistic, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
teenage girl, sexually transmitted disease, teenage sexuality, mother daughter relationship, parents and children, teenage life, high school life, society, lifestyle, kids in trouble, suburban life, puberty ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
nova scotia
Similarity:
82%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico, Spain
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Viridiana, a young nun about to take her final vows, pays a visit to her widowed uncle at the request of her Mother Superior.
Style:
controversial, black and white, surreal, disturbing, art house ...
Plot:
religion, satire, dark humor, catholic, passion, rape, morality, voyeurism, idealism, nun, loser, sexual deviant ...
Time:
year 1961, 60s, 20th century
Place:
spain, madrid, europe
Similarity:
82%
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:
anthology, serious, realistic, contemplative, suspense ...
Plot:
buddhism, atheism, hinduism, religion, faith, religions or cults, society, christianity, islam, clergy, spirituality, belief ...
Time:
year 2014, 21st century
Place:
serbia
Similarity:
82%
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: France
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Satan tempts Father Dossignan, who is trying to save the soul of a young girl who killed one of her lovers.
Style:
sad, controversial, spiritual, atmospheric, serious ...
Plot:
religion, priest, forbidden love, catholic, religious, spirituality, god, ghost, miraculous event, redemption, supernatural, suicide ...
Time:
year 1987, 1920s
Place:
france
Similarity:
82%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
An overzealous priest returns to his home town and ends up battling against his brother for the heart of the locals.
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, psychological, thought provoking ...
Plot:
clergy, religions or cults, homecoming, culture clash, small town, village life, family relations, obsession, betrayal, priest, rivalry, brother brother relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
ireland
Similarity:
82%
Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands, Belgium
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Dorsvloer vol Confetti tells the story of young Katelijne, who grows up in a religious family in the countryside in Zeeland. Based on the novel by Franca Treur.
Style:
realistic, emotional, captivating, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
teenage girl, coming of age, farm, family relations, corporal punishment, religions or cults, parents and children, society, village life, church, wedding, rural setting ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
netherlands, belgium
Similarity:
82%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Although he is only ten years old, Jack is responsible for himself and his little brother Manuel and this fills him with pride. Their single mother works during the day and often goes out at night. There’s no father in sight. One day, Manuel burns ...
Style:
realistic, atmospheric, touching, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
boy, young heroes, teenage life, youth, self discovery, brother brother relationship, child as adult, child care, coming of age, family relations, life turned upside down, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany
Similarity:
81%
Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina, Italy, Netherlands, Spain
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Amalia is an adolescent girl who is caught in the throes of her emerging sexuality and her deeply held passion for her Catholic faith. These two drives mingle when the visiting Dr. Jano takes advantage of a crowd to get inappropriately close to the ...
Style:
sincere, touching, emotional, realistic, artsy ...
Plot:
virginity, perversion, teenage girl, sin, doctor, love and romance, youth, couple relations, society, teenage life, parents and children, religions or cults ...
Time:
2000s, year 2004
Place:
argentina, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
81%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A mosaic of several intertwined stories questioning the meaning of life, love and hope, set during the last six days in the life of Eluana Englaro, a young woman who spent 17 years in a vegetative state.
Style:
serious, touching, realistic, anthology, contemplative ...
Plot:
doctor, paralysis, life is a bitch, dealing with death, family relations, parents and children, suffering, father daughter estrangement, loss of daughter, father daughter relationship, murder, death ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
italy, europe, rome italy
Similarity:
81%
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 ...
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81%
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