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Forgotten Sins (1996)
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A county sheriff is accused by his daughter of having abused her. Her accusation gets more and more elaborate, involving satanic rituals. As nearly everyone around him seems to believe he's guilty, he starts breaking up and questioning his own innocence.
Style:
psychological thriller, serious, tense, suspenseful
Plot:
religion, false memory, false accusation, family drama, confession, miscarriage of justice, investigation, sheriff, manipulation, legal investigation, interrogation, small town, psychological manipulation, courtroom drama, mass hysteria, mistrust, betrayal, pastor, identity crisis, evidence, trauma, ethical dilemma, isolation, forgiveness, grief ...
Time:
90s, 1990s
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, suspenseful, psychological thriller and dark films with plots about investigation, moral ambiguity, betrayal, small town, family drama, isolation and trauma mostly in Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like Forgotten Sins: Skeleton Locke (2017), See Jane Run (1995), The Stepchild (2016), Heart of a Stranger (2002), Have You Seen My Son (1996). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Duration: 46 min.
Story:
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Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Duration: 82 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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121
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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64%
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Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Story:
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Plot:
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60%
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Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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299
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Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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58%
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Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Style:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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