Movies like The Nun 1966
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The Nun (1966)
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Original name: La Religieuse
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
In eighteenth-century France, a girl is forced against her will to take vows as a nun. Three mothers superior treat her in radically different ways, ranging from maternal concern, to sadistic persecution, to lesbian desire.
Style:
sexy, art house, atmospheric, thought provoking, serious, captivating, emotional, realistic, controversial, gloomy ...
Plot:
nun, lgbt, catholic, convent, religion, monk, priest, suicide, fetish, monastery, lesbian, submissive woman, lesbian relationship, village, youth, chase, society, strong female presence, coming of age, clergy, gender, innocence lost, dishonesty, destructive relationship, religions or cults ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
france, europe
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, gloomy and captivating films with plots about society, religion, clergy, religions or cults, catholic, priest and catholic church mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like The Nun: Novitiate (2017), My Life to Live (1962), The Magdalene Sisters (2002), Therese (1986), Here Below (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Germany, Belgium
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Suzanne Simonin describes her life of suffering in letters. As a young woman she is sent to a convent against her will. Since her parents cannot afford the dowry required for a marriage befitting her rank they decide she must instead become a nun. ...
Style:
realistic, captivating, serious, atmospheric, psychological ...
Plot:
religion, convent, power relations, clergy, strong female presence, society, celibacy, lesbian, women's rights, abuse of power, humiliation, confession ...
Time:
18th century, georgian era
Place:
france, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
In the early 1960s, during the Vatican II era, a young woman training to become a nun struggles with issues of faith, sexuality and the changing church.
Style:
thought provoking, suspenseful, disturbing, captivating, controversial ...
Plot:
nun, lesbian, catholic church, monastery, catholicism, altar boy, lesbian love, mother daughter relationship, flagellation, coming of age, lgbt, catholic ...
Time:
year 1964, year 1954, 60s
Place:
vatican, tennessee
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Twelve episodic tales in the life of a Parisian woman and her slow descent into prostitution.
Style:
art house, philosophical, intellectual, thought provoking, serious ...
Plot:
prostitution, prostitute, gunfight, pimp, lack of money, street prostitution, solitude, philosophy, existentialism, women, female nudity, artist ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
france, paris france, rome italy, tokyo
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100%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Four women are given into the custody of the Magdalene sisterhood asylum to correct their sinful behavior: Crispina and Rose have given birth to a premarital child, Margaret got raped by her cousin and the orphan Bernadette had been repeatedly ...
Style:
bleak, brutal, harsh, disturbing, controversial ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
convent, nun, life is a bitch, human spirit, corporal punishment, mistreatment, punishment, sexual harassment, human rights, religion, sin, catholic orphanage ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, year 1964
Place:
ireland, latin america, dublin ireland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
963
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The life of little St. Therese of Lisieux, depicted in minimalist vignettes. Therese and her sisters are all nuns in a Carmelite convent. Her devotion to Jesus and her concept of "the little way" to God are shown clearly, using plain ...
Style:
captivating, thought provoking, realistic, serious, sincere ...
Plot:
catholic, convent, christian, nun, religion, spirituality, saint, girl, erotica, religions or cults, family relations, lifestyle ...
Time:
victorian era, 80s
Place:
vatican, france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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Movies similar to The Magdalene Sisters
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The true story of a nun who betrayed a network of Resistance fighters after having a passionate but doomed love affair with a priest during the Second World War.
Style:
captivating, serious, realistic, emotional, gloomy
Plot:
impossible love, german occupation, nun, catholic church, love affair, wartime life, forbidden love, betrayal, dishonesty, society, life is a bitch, clergy ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
europe, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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, atmospheric, sincere ...
Plot:
religious faith, convent, religions or cults, self discovery, love, muslim, youth, clergy, human nature, hopes, friendship, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
paris france, france, middle east, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: Romania, France, Belgium
Duration: 152 min.
Story:
A drama centered on the friendship between two young women who grew up in the same orphanage; one has found refuge at a convent in Romania and refuses to leave with her friend, who now lives in Germany.
Style:
disturbing, sincere, realistic, bleak, depressing ...
Plot:
convent, nun, belief in god, culture clash, friendship, exorcism, religion, society, traditional versus modern, clergy, lgbt, lgbtq ...
Place:
romania, europe
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23%
Genre: Drama
Country: Switzerland, France, Luxembourg
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Evocation of the life of Bernadette Soubirous, the eldest of four children, who, at the age of fifteen, experiences the Virgin Mary appearing to her at the Massabielle grotto near Lourdes. Or in her own words, "a lady dressed in white, more ...
Style:
sexy, serious, realistic, emotional, touching ...
Plot:
asthma, asthmatic, catholic, girl, hallucination, family relations, religions or cults, social relations, power relations, mental institution, village life, doctors and patients ...
Time:
19th century, 1850s
Place:
france, australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A young priest (Robert Forster) questions his faith after he falls in love with a social worker.
Style:
sexy, realistic, serious, uplifting, thought provoking ...
Plot:
church, hospital, forbidden love, celibacy, life is a bitch, clergy, gender, gays and lesbians, love and romance, hopes, society, couples ...
Time:
60s
Place:
albuquerque new mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Films like Bloomington
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Investigates the life a young man who has decided to enter a Jesuit monastery in Venice, but is then overcome by agonizing doubts before his ordination.
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating
Plot:
monastery, lifestyle, introspection, teaching the ways of the world, starting over, clergy, hopes, society, religions or cults, obedience, christianity, self doubt ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
italy, venice, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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 ...
Style:
serious, captivating, art house, melancholic, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
religion, self sacrifice, good versus evil, church, priest, domineering mother, school, society, clergy, religious fundamentalist, religious fundamentalism, catholic ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany, seattle
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
426
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
George, a charismatic and adventurous young woman, born from an old, catholic family, falls in love, in her teens, with a female teacher named Sybil. Devastated by her lover's eventual suicide, some years later, George embarks on an exciting ...
Style:
sexy, controversial, stylized, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
lesbian, prostitute, murder, lifestyle, destructive relationship, gangsters, sexual relations, nightlife, couples, lgbt, gays and lesbians, girl ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
paris france, france, europe
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21%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Based on the Henry James short story "The Altar of the Dead", in which a man becomes obsessed with the many dead people in his life and builds a memorial to honor them. This film is also based on other short story by Henry James, "The ...
Style:
atmospheric, emotional, gloomy, realistic, psychological ...
Plot:
death, tragic love, love story, reporter, world war one, couples, betrayal, obsession, investigation, journalism, unfulfillment, introspection ...
Time:
1920s
Place:
france
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: Norway, Germany, Sweden
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
Kristin Lavransdatter is a 1995 Norwegian film directed by Liv Ullman, featuring Elisabeth Matheson, Bjørn Skagestad, Jørgen Langhelle, Lena Endre and Sverre Anker Ousdal, based on Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset. It was the Norwegian entry ...
Style:
captivating, realistic, serious, atmospheric, gloomy
Plot:
medieval, catholic, scandinavian culture, convent, strong female presence, against the rules, love and romance, society, rebelliousness, clergy, injustice, family relations ...
Time:
14th century, middle ages
Place:
europe, norway
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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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:
sincere, touching, realistic, serious, gloomy ...
Plot:
religion, mother daughter relationship, catholic, parents and children, teenage life, journey, society, coming of age, children, life is a bitch, church, teenage girl ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
italy, europe, southern italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Anna, a young teenager, comes home from her Catholic boarding school for the holidays and discovers her father has left. Her mother is devastated and confined in the company of the local priest, who is also a childhood friend. Anna clings to her ...
Style:
realistic, psychological, sentimental, captivating, serious ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
coming of age, faith, dysfunctional family, religion, village, mother daughter relationship, crisis of faith, belief in god, self discovery, teenage love, family problems, clergy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, brittany, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, Italy, France
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Tristana is a young Spanish woman left to the care of Don Lope, a protective but impoverished aristocrat. Don sells his possessions to avoid manual labor and champions the causes of the dispossessed and downtrodden of society. He takes advantage of ...
Style:
philosophical, political, art house, cerebral, sexy ...
Plot:
stroke, death of husband, orphan, marriage of convenience, maid, tumor, wedding night, transformation, time travel, disability, interwar period, women ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century
Place:
france, spain, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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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, serious, realistic, captivating ...
Plot:
bible, symbolism, devil, philosophy, angel, children, coming of age, religions or cults, heroes, obsessive quest, ancient history, murder ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
ancient greece, athens greece, france, paris france, prague ...
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19%
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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, bleak, stylized, gloomy, emotional ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
coming of age, suicide, existentialism, solitude, sexual abuse, betrayal, children, child abuse, youth, innocence lost, humiliation, poacher ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
france, tokyo, paris france, europe, japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, Mexico
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, surreal, art house, satirical, disturbing ...
Plot:
satire, religion, surrealism, dark humor, voyeurism, nun, idealism, rape, farm, catholic, sexual deviant, dwarf ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
spain, europe
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19%
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.
Style:
realistic, serious, psychological, atmospheric, gloomy ...
Plot:
religion, disability, envy, clergy, self discovery, volunteer, religions or cults, redemption, society, healing power, female protagonist, pilgrimage ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, europe
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19%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A tale of the tender relationship between a twelve-year-old boy and the upperclassman who is the object of his desire. All set in the rigid atmosphere of a Jesuit-run school.
Style:
touching, sexy, serious, psychological, realistic ...
Plot:
gay teenager, school, teenage life, friendship, youth, gay love, boarding school, child, gays and lesbians, lgbt, teenager, teenage boy ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
france
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Set in Northern England, this powerful tale of suppressed sexuality offers poignant and sharply observant social commentary, interlaced with a tender romance. Vetern actress Barbara Marten tugs at the heart as Ellen Hardy, a working-class mother ...
Style:
serious, sentimental, touching, emotional, realistic ...
Plot:
lesbian, forbidden love, love affair, female friendship, friendship, fall in love, couples, family relations, feminism, society, working class, homecoming ...
Time:
50s
Place:
britain, england, europe, northern england
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18%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Noémie and Priscilla, two teenage girls from working class backgrounds, cultivate the same violence, the same contempt of the world. They are a source of serious concern for family and friends, who sense them capable of going to extremes. Noémie ...
Style:
realistic, tense, emotional, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
human nature, teenage life, society, youth, family problems, dysfunctional family, death, suicidal thoughts, friendship, coming of age, rebellion, rebelliousness ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Jezebel is a nihilistic artist who hides her fragility by living a fast-paced, promiscuous lifestyle. After attending her father's funeral, the sultry temptress finds herself attracted to David, a handsome, earnest young priest. While David ...
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, captivating, erotic ...
Plot:
redemption, opposites attract, hopes, introspection, clergy, faith, priest, seduction, death of father, nude, sexual content, bad singing ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, paris france
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18%
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
When Betty is caught en flagrante, her bourgeois in-laws and husband force a divorce settlement upon her and bar her from seeing her two daughters. She is rescued from an alcoholic stupor by Laure, a middle-aged woman who takes Betty to her hotel ...
Style:
sexy, realistic, psychological, serious, sincere ...
Plot:
girl, alcohol abuse, performer's life, strong female presence, destructive relationship, infidelity, dysfunctional family, love affair, down on your luck, friendship, hotel, family problems ...
Time:
90s
Place:
france, paris france, versailles
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18%
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Italy, Switzerland
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Gilles' wife, Elise, who smiles when she thinks of him, cooks and scrubs and cheerfully makes love to him, suspects during her third pregnancy that he is having an affair with her coquettish younger sister, Victorine. Elise suffers, usually in ...
Style:
psychological, touching, sincere, serious, sexy ...
Plot:
love triangle, betrayal, extramarital affair, sister sister relationship, jealousy, dysfunctional family, love affair, crumbling marriage, dishonesty, society, human nature, family problems ...
Time:
1930s, pre world war two
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18%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
The Girl on the Train is a 2009 French drama film directed by André Téchiné. Jeanne is a young woman, striking but otherwise without qualities. Her mother tries to get her a job in the office of a lawyer, Bleistein, her lover years ago. Jeanne ...
Style:
psychological, serious, emotional, thought provoking, realistic ...
Plot:
anti semitism, false accusation, destructive relationship, society, life is a bitch, human nature, dishonesty, couple relations, journalism, seduction, railway, jewish ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
paris france, france, europe
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18%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Poland, Denmark, France, UK
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Anna, a young novitiate in 1960s Poland, is on the verge of taking her vows when she discovers a family secret dating back to the years of the German occupation.
Style:
art house, emotional, melancholic, bleak, depressing ...
Plot:
jewish, nun, world war two, anti semitism, family secret, faith, religion, character study, orphan, suicide, self discovery, holocaust ...
Time:
60s, post world war two, 20th century
Place:
poland, eastern europe, europe, denmark
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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