Movies like Anchoress

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Anchoress (1993)
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Anchoress (1993)
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Enter the medieval world of Christine Carpenter, a visionary girl who is to become an Anchoress (walled-in recluse) so that she can "live in the Virgin's house forever." Based on actual letters that were written about such an Anchoress in 1325, the film follows Christine as she awakens to her own sensuality and explores her own female, earth-based spirituality
Style: black and white, psychological, sexy, bleak, serious, realistic, gloomy
Plot: medieval, folk horror, rock, ancient, pagan, virgin mary, a vision, village, life is a bitch, village life, isolation, society, redemption, clergy, innocence lost, woman in danger, mysterious character, religions or cults, religion, female nudity, virgin, peeping, skinny dipping, public nudity
Time: middle ages, medieval times, 14th century
Place: england, europe
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, captivating and psychological films with plots about society, life is a bitch, female nudity, family relations, clergy, medieval and hopes mostly in Drama and Adventure genres. Some movies like Anchoress: Kristin Lavransdotter (1995), Into Temptation (2009), Beatrice (1987), Three Suns (2004), Soldier of God (2005). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Kristin Lavransdotter (1995)
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, gloomy, atmospheric
Plot: medieval, viking, scandinavian culture, catholic, convent, strong female presence, injustice, family relations, couples, family in crisis, tragic love, defamation ...
Time: medieval times, 14th century, middle ages
Place: europe
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Into Temptation (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A call girl goes to a priest to confess a sin she hasn't committed yet: she plans to kill herself on her next birthday. Then she disappears and he goes looking for her, enlisting the help of an ad hoc congregation of troubled souls along the ...
Style: realistic, atmospheric, captivating, psychological, independent film ...
Plot: woman in danger, forgiveness, redemption, obsession, clergy, prostitute, society, priest, sin, illegal prostitution, suicide, hopes ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, minnesota
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Beatrice (1987)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 131 min.
Story: Somewhere in France during the Middle Ages. Béatrice is impatient to see her father return from English captivity. She doesn't expect however that the father whom she loves from distance will be the most hateful person who will submit her and ...
Style: tense, psychological, serious, realistic, disturbing ...
Plot: medieval, incest rape, father daughter incest, historical event, ancient, erotica, older woman younger man relationship, father daughter relationship, female nudity, loss of faith, father daughter reunion, father daughter conflict ...
Time: middle ages, 14th century, year 1987
Place: france, europe
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93%
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Three Suns (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 102 min.
Story: The plague hits medieval Sweden.
Style: exciting, realistic, serious, captivating
Plot: medieval, plague, on the road, danger, escapades, obsessive quest, woman in danger, strong female presence, painter, horse, opium, church ...
Time: 14th century, medieval times, middle ages
Place: europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
90%
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Soldier of God (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: “Soldier of God” A film by W. D. Hogan From The New York Times Director W. D. Hogan‘s sweeping period epic “Soldier of God” unfurls in the Middle East of the late Twelfth Century. As the story opens, the Knights Templar, a religious ...
Style: serious, captivating, epic, realistic, exciting
Plot: medieval, knights templar, escapades, military, obsessive quest, heroic mission, heroes, political unrest, soldier, political intrigue, royal family, state affairs ...
Time: middle ages, medieval times, 12th century, 11th century
Place: middle east
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Island (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Based on 'Jane Rogers' acclaimed novel, "Island" is a tale of yearning and retribution. Abandoned at birth, Nikki Black has spent most of her life in care sustained only by fairy-stories. Incapable of love, fearful and desperate ...
Style: serious, tense, psychological, realistic, atmospheric ...
Plot: island, undercover, hidden identity, family problems, life is a bitch, dishonesty, haunted by the past, feminist, loneliness, redemption, obsessive quest, orphan ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, europe
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89%
From What Is Before (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 338 min.
Story: The Philippines, 1972. Mysterious things are happening in a remote barrio. Wails are heard from the forest, cows are hacked to death, a man is found bleeding to death at the crossroad and houses are burned. Ferdinand E. Marcos announces Proclamation ...
Style: bleak, serious, realistic, atmospheric, stylized ...
Plot: forces of nature, village life, isolation, danger, clergy, confined, society, chaos, village, very little dialogue, army, fired from the job ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 1972, year 1970, year 1971
Place: the philippines
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88%
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Last Winter (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, France, Switzerland, Luxembourg
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A young farmer in Central France tries to sustain his spiritual connection to the land amid the crushing pressures of modern agriculture in this brooding drama.
Style: serious, realistic, atmospheric, captivating, gloomy
Plot: farm, estrangement, countryside, workplace situations, society, workplace, nothing goes right, down on your luck, life is a bitch, social relations, village life, village ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
88%
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Everyday (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story: This film charts the relationship between a man imprisoned for drug smuggling and his wife and is being shot over the course of five years, a few weeks at a time.
Style: realistic, serious, psychological, captivating, independent film ...
Plot: prison, parents and children, life is a bitch, hopes, family relations, couples, husband wife relationship, drug smuggling, society, youth, couple relations, prison life ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, europe
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87%
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The Wild Dogs (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Set during the cull of the stray dogs in the city of Bucharest, The Wild Dogs weaves together a week in the lives of several citizens of and visitors to the hauntingly beautiful city. Geordie, a visiting Canadian pornographer, Bogdan, a reluctant ...
Style: thought provoking, realistic, serious, disturbing, bleak
Plot: social decay, rich and poor, culture clash, family relations, society, life is a bitch, redemption, friendship, city life, homelessness, deformity, friends ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, romania
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87%
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Holly (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, France, Israel, Cambodia
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Shot on location in Cambodia, including many scenes in actual brothels in the notorious red light district of Phnom Penh, HOLLY is a captivating, touching and emotional experience. Patrick, an American card shark and dealer of stolen artifacts, has ...
Style: disturbing, emotional, psychological, bleak, touching ...
Plot: innocence lost, child prostitution, lifestyle, young heroes, going straight, society, life is a bitch, hopes, redemption, social decay, youth, danger ...
Time: 21st century
Place: cambodia, asia
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86%
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Bo (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Fifteen year old Deborah meets Jennifer who steers her into a career as an escort. Under the alias Bo she begins a new life that she cannot handle and starts a downward spiral that only she can end.
Style: serious, realistic, captivating, rough, sad ...
Plot: prostitute, teenage prostitution, downfall, destructive relationship, escort, lifestyle, teenage life, woman in danger, society, juvenile delinquency, life is a bitch, youth ...
Time: 21st century
Place: antwerp, belgium, europe
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86%
Looks and Smiles (1981)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Thatcherism and the Irish troubles provide the backdrop for this study of Mick, a well-meaning youth in Sheffield, who has, unlike Dickens' Pip, no expectations. Mick lives with his parents, works on his motorbike, looks for work, and every two ...
Style: independent film, black and white, serious, realistic, psychological ...
Plot: unemployment, boy, motorcycle, job interview, friends, family relations, power relations, injustice, coming of age, society, youth, life is a bitch ...
Time: year 1981, 80s, future
Place: england, europe, ireland
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86%
The Errand of Angels (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Sister Rachel Taylor of Boise, Idaho is an eager young missionary of the LDS Church who has been sent on an 18-month long mission to Austria. Rachel finds herself having a hard time adjusting to her new cultural surroundings in the foreign country. ...
Style: realistic, contemplative, psychological, captivating, emotional ...
Plot: self discovery, church, religions or cults, clergy, society, hopes, missionary, friendship, love, innocence lost, miraculous event, siblings relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: austria, usa, europe
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85%
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The Towrope (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: Colombia, France, Mexico
Duration: 88 min.
Story: In this poetic, richly allegorical debut by Colombian director William Vega, a teenage girl flees to a rundown inn after being driven from her home in the Andean highlands by civil war, as the violence engulfing the country creeps ever closer to her ...
Style: realistic, serious, rough, atmospheric, gloomy ...
Plot: starting over, haunted by the past, uncle niece relationship, society, life is a bitch, wartime life, against humanity, village, cousin cousin relationship, refugee, survival, nature ...
Time: 21st century
Place: colombia
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Walker Payne (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: A small-town father is forced to make difficult, heartbreaking decisions in order to save his two daughters.
Style: realistic, serious, psychological, emotional, gloomy
Plot: dog fighting, parents and children, family relations, life is a bitch, custody, gambling, unemployment, society, redemption, urban ghetto, nursing, rivalry ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, south carolina
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Better Things (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Gails agoraphobia keeps her inside where she escapes into romance novels. She shares a house with her Nan, recently back from the hospital. Gradually, they both try to reach out to each other to break their isolation. Rob plunges further into his ...
Style: realistic, serious, touching, sentimental, bleak ...
Plot: isolation, drug abuse, addiction, countryside, social decay, life is a bitch, society, family problems, mental illness, confined, crumbling marriage, small town ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, europe, britain
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
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Here Below (2012)
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: serious, realistic, captivating, emotional, gloomy
Plot: impossible love, catholic church, nun, german occupation, forbidden love, love affair, wartime life, fall in love, dishonesty, betrayal, society, clergy ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century
Place: europe, france
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85%
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Crusaders (2001)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Italy, Germany
Duration: 194 min.
Story: Towards the end of the eleventh century, Pope Urban II announces a crusade against the Saracens, who have occupied the holy city of Jerusalem. Three young friends Richard, Peter and Andrew set off to join the crusading army.
Style: captivating, serious, realistic, epic
Plot: crusade, battles, medieval, friendship, war, heroic mission, military, pope, state affairs, society, rivalry, politics ...
Time: middle ages, medieval times, 11th century
Place: israel, europe, holy land
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85%
Gates to Paradise (1968)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Yugoslavia
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Directed by Polish auteur Andrzej Wajda, the obscure gem unfolds as a sort of 13th century Road Trip, with youthful hormones and selfish impatience trumping nearly all of the (supposedly) pious preoccupations of their handsome leader Jacques (blonde ...
Plot: medieval, crusade, confession, crusader, lgbt, historical event, time machine, children, fanatic, religion, gay subtext, unrequited love ...
Time: medieval times, 13th century, middle ages, 14th century
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Jew-Boy Levi (1999)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Switzerland, Austria
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Benjamin Levi (Bruno Cathomas) is a Bavarian cattle dealer traveling to pre-World War II Germany on his annual trip to a remote farming village. Levi hopes to do some business and, more importantly, win the hand of the lovely Lisbeth (Caroline ...
Style: biting, thought provoking, realistic, serious, emotional ...
Plot: world war two, holocaust, social differences, village, anti semitism, countryside, isolation, village life, wartime life, life turned upside down, injustice, life is a bitch ...
Time: 1930s
Place: europe, germany
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85%
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Junkhearts (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Frank is an ex-soldier, haunted by a violent past. He lives alone, drowning his nightmares with alcohol. Christine - smart and successful... on the surface, tackles life as a single working mother by immersing herself in drugs, parties and sex. ...
Style: realistic, psychological, captivating, atmospheric, gloomy ...
Plot: haunted by the past, change of luck, society, youth, hopes, alcohol abuse, confronting the past, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, troubled past, male female relationship, friendship, brutality ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, europe
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84%
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Cold Light (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: Iceland, Norway, UK, Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story: What could be better than knowing your future? And what could be worse? A love-filled childhood abruptly ends when catastrophe descends. A catastrophe that the child had foreseen yet failed to act upon.
Style: psychological, serious, sincere, atmospheric, contemplative ...
Plot: small town, haunted by the past, childhood trauma, life is a bitch, unlikely couple, life turned upside down, midlife crisis, unfulfillment, young love, childhood memory, village life, village ...
Time: 21st century
Place: iceland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
84%
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Look Back in Anger (1989)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Look Back in Anger is a love triangle involving the brilliant-but-disaffected young Jimmy Porter (Branagh), his upper-middle-class, impassive wife Alison Porter (Thompson), and her aristocratic best friend Helena Charles (Redmond). Cliff (Horan), an ...
Style: realistic, psychological, serious, tense, gloomy ...
Plot: social misfits, dance, working class, social differences, family in crisis, down on your luck, betrayal, couple relations, society, unsupportive spouse, life is a bitch, unfulfillment ...
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Place: europe, london, england
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When Harvey Met Bob (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Bob Geldof and Harvey Goldsmith set up one of the world's greatest ever concerts, Live Aid in 1984 to help ease the Ethiopian Famine.
Style: realistic, uplifting, serious, captivating, psychological ...
Plot: music, musician's life, follow your dream, artists and showbiz, partner, idealism, media, hopes, ambition, charity, rock, society ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: england, europe
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Rust (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story: In the midst of a midlife crisis of faith, a man finds hope where he least expects it – his hometown. James Moore (Golden Globe nominee Corbin Bernsen) is a former pastor who returns home to discover a family new to the area has been killed in a ...
Style: realistic, contemplative, captivating, psychological, serious ...
Plot: clergy, self discovery, uncover truth, family relations, redemption, homecoming, religions or cults, friendship, society, small town, human nature, direction and purpose ...
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84%
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Freefall (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Freefall is the first drama to tackle the extraordinary financial crisis Britons are living through. Helmed by multiple BAFTA-winning director Dominic Savage, the film takes a startling and provocative look at the events that caused people's ...
Style: realistic, serious, psychological, captivating, thought provoking ...
Plot: debt, stock broker, society, social decay, downfall, life is a bitch, working class, unfulfillment, blind ambition, dishonesty, banker, suicide ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, europe, london
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84%
The Domino Effect (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Netherlands
Duration: 100 min.
Story: If global economy came to a sudden stop what would be the effect on families worldwide? People in different countries or continents might not seem to be interrelated but there is more than meets the eye and we might be more connected than we ...
Style: realistic, serious, psychological, captivating, gloomy ...
Plot: international crisis, society, politics, materialism, family relations, life is a bitch, state affairs, rivalry, adaptation, finance, world spanning, family life
Time: 21st century
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83%
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The Headsman (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Austria, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Hungary, Germany
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Central Europe, early 16th century: two childhood friends, Martin & Georg, find themselves on rival sides of a religious war with both of them struggling to do the right thing.
Style: exciting, serious, epic, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot: executioner, inquisition, medieval, monastery, rivalry, friendship, clergy, state affairs, military, escapades, hopes, society ...
Time: 16th century, middle ages, medieval times
Place: austria, europe, central europe
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Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan, UK
Duration: 128 min.
Story: An tale of revenge, honor and disgrace, centering on a poverty-stricken samurai who discovers the fate of his ronin son-in-law, setting in motion a tense showdown of vengeance against the house of a feudal lord.
Style: tense, serious, bleak, realistic, emotional ...
Plot: samurai, feudal japan, revenge, medieval, society, life is a bitch, vengeance, loss of son, down on your luck, rivalry, winter, hara kiri ...
Time: 17th century, middle ages
Place: japan, asia
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