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Anchoress (1993)
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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, psychological and captivating films with plots about society, life is a bitch, clergy, family relations, religions or cults, female nudity and redemption mostly in Drama and Adventure genres. Some movies like Anchoress: Middletown (2006), Into Temptation (2009), Soldier of God (2005), The Edge (2010), Beatrice (1987). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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.
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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:
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Place:
ireland
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95%
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 ...
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realistic, atmospheric, captivating, psychological, independent film ...
Plot:
woman in danger, prostitute, priest, forgiveness, redemption, obsession, society, clergy, illegal prostitution, sin, catholic priest, suicide ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Plot:
knights templar, medieval, military, escapades, obsessive quest, heroes, political intrigue, royal family, political unrest, state affairs, clergy, heroic mission ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, 12th century, 11th century
Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
After studying in Paris, the young doctor François moves to Beauval, where single-family houses are lined up monotonously. He quickly becomes the focus of a group of young people, led by the charismatic Cédric and Matthieu, his assistant. The gang ...
Style:
serious, psychological, tense, realistic, atmospheric ...
Plot:
mind game, mysterious character, teenage life, danger, gang, youth, juvenile delinquency, social relations, life is a bitch, woman, teenager, power relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, europe
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865
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 130 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, bleak ...
Plot:
female nudity, medieval, pregnant by incest, incest rape, older woman younger man relationship, illicit affair, father daughter incest, father daughter sex, incest, female pubic hair, father daughter relationship, loss of faith ...
Time:
14th century, middle ages, 12th century, year 1987
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
92%
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
The plague hits medieval Sweden.
Style:
realistic, exciting, serious, historical drama, captivating ...
Plot:
medieval, plague, danger, on the road, escapades, obsessive quest, love, survival, motherhood, struggle, getting home, resilience ...
Time:
14th century, medieval times, middle ages
Place:
europe
Similarity:
91%
Genre: Drama
Country: Norway, Germany, Sweden
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
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Style:
romantic drama, historical drama, captivating, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
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Time:
medieval times, 14th century, middle ages
Place:
europe
Similarity:
91%
74
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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90%
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Imam Hasan, his wife Hacer and his daughter Fatma arrive at Karaağaçlı, a small railway town in the middle of the Anatolian wilderness. Besides carrying out the duties of the imam, Hasan will be teaching religion to the children of the town ...
Style:
realistic, touching, captivating, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
clergy, friendship, religions or cults, parents and children, family relations, family life, society, village, fish out of water, disorder, village life, social relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
turkey, middle east
Similarity:
89%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
thought provoking, realistic, serious, disturbing, bleak
Plot:
culture clash, rich and poor, social decay, family relations, life is a bitch, society, redemption, friendship, city life, homelessness, deformity, friends ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
romania, europe
Similarity:
89%
Genre: Drama
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
homoerotic, black and white, spiritual, philosophical, cerebral ...
Plot:
medieval, treasure hunt, male nudity, philosophy, time machine, spirituality, kingdom, crusader, existentialism, religion, heroes, introspection ...
Time:
medieval times, middle ages, 13th century, year 1968
Place:
balkan, eastern europe, czechoslovakia, europe, central europe
Similarity:
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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, erotic ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
antwerp, belgium, europe
Similarity:
88%
984
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, touching, bleak ...
Plot:
innocence lost, child prostitution, going straight, lifestyle, young heroes, hopes, life is a bitch, society, redemption, social decay, danger, youth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
cambodia, asia
Similarity:
88%
576
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, tense, psychological, realistic, atmospheric ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
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Similarity:
87%
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Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, psychological, emotional, gloomy
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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87%
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Country: UK
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, emotional, gloomy
Plot:
impossible love, nun, german occupation, love affair, wartime life, forbidden love, fall in love, clergy, dishonesty, society, life is a bitch, betrayal ...
Time:
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Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
87%
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Italy, Germany
Duration: 194 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, serious, realistic, epic
Plot:
crusade, battles, medieval, friendship, military, heroic mission, politics, society, rivalry, state affairs, pope, religions or cults ...
Time:
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Similarity:
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Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, sentimental, touching, bleak ...
Plot:
isolation, addiction, drug abuse, countryside, social decay, family problems, life is a bitch, society, mental illness, confined, crumbling marriage, small town ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe, britain
Similarity:
87%
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Country: Germany, Switzerland, Austria
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
germany, europe
Similarity:
86%
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Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, contemplative, psychological, captivating, emotional ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
austria, usa, europe
Similarity:
86%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, psychological, sentimental ...
Plot:
music, artists and showbiz, follow your dream, musician's life, partner, media, charity, idealism, rock, hopes, ambition, society ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
86%
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, medieval, revenge, hara kiri, vengeance, society, life is a bitch, loss of son, down on your luck, rivalry, samurai sword ...
Time:
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Place:
japan, asia, seattle
Similarity:
86%
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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, atmospheric, captivating, rough ...
Plot:
haunted by the past, change of luck, society, alcohol abuse, youth, hopes, confronting the past, troubled past, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, male female relationship, friendship, love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
independent film, black and white, serious, realistic, psychological ...
Plot:
unemployment, passionate kiss, job interview, boy, little boy, injustice, power relations, family relations, friends, society, coming of age, youth ...
Time:
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Place:
england, bristol, europe, ireland
Similarity:
86%
Genre: Drama
Country: Iceland, Norway, UK, Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, serious, atmospheric, sincere, contemplative ...
Plot:
small town, haunted by the past, childhood trauma, life is a bitch, unlikely couple, midlife crisis, life turned upside down, unfulfillment, young love, childhood memory, village life, village ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
iceland, europe
Similarity:
86%
453
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, psychological, captivating, thought provoking ...
Plot:
debt, stock broker, society, social decay, downfall, life is a bitch, working class, dishonesty, unfulfillment, blind ambition, banker, suicide ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe, london
Similarity:
86%
Genre: Drama
Country: Estonia, Finland, Mauritania, Latvia
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A man sent to Afghanistan years earlier converts to Islam, then returns home to fight a different kind of war.
Style:
atmospheric, realistic, serious, contemplative, existential ...
Plot:
small town, family relations, social relations, parents and children, homecoming, small town life, society, religions or cults, identity, trauma, ptsd, missing daughter ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
estonia, europe
Similarity:
85%
535
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, sentimental ...
Plot:
clergy, amateur detective, self discovery, uncover truth, redemption, religions or cults, family relations, homecoming, social relations, society, friendship, direction and purpose ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
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85%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A New York film director, working on his latest movie in Los Angeles, begins to reflect the actions in his movie and real life, especially when he begins an affair with the lead actress.
Style:
sexy, psychological, erotic, melancholic, erotic drama ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
filmmaking, redemption, drug, obsession, multiple storylines, addiction, lifestyle, downfall, life is a bitch, showbiz, human nature, infidelity ...
Time:
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Place:
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