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7 Women (1965)
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7 Women (1965)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: In a mission in China in 1935, Agatha Andrews is a rigid missionary beset by Mongolian bandits led by Warlord chief Tunga Khan. With her are her assistant Jane Argent, staff members Emma Clark, Miss Russell and Miss Binns, head of the British mission, Charles Pather, a teacher at the mission and his pregnant wife Florrie. When Dr. D.R. Cartwright arrives, she agrees to sacrifice herself to the Tunga Khan in exchange for his letting the ladies go free.
Style: atmospheric, serious, realistic, psychological, suspense, captivating, retro, neurotic, historical drama
Plot: warlord, female doctor, doctor, mission, religions or cults, rivalry, society, danger, power relations, war refugee, life is a bitch, faith, missionary, religion, bandit, infection, mass murder, lesbian subtext, convent, strong female presence, moral dilemma, disorder, fish out of water, woman in danger, ego clash ...
Time: 20th century, year 1966, 1930s, 60s, year 1935, 30s, 1960s
Place: china, mongolia, asia
Keyword: chinese, english, retrospective

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, captivating and psychological films with plots about society, life is a bitch, religions or cults, family relations, religion, christian and faith mostly in Drama and Mystery genres. Some movies like 7 Women: Hawaii (1966), Higher Ground (2011), Deep in My Heart (1999), Agnes of God (1985), Almayer's Folly (2011). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Hawaii (1966)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 189 min.
Story: Abner Hale, a rigid and humorless New England missionary, marries the beautiful Jerusha Bromley and takes her to the exotic island kingdom of Hawaii, intent on converting the natives. But the clash between the two cultures is too great and instead ...
Style: serious, captivating, sincere, realistic, epic ...
Plot: missionary, infidelity, state affairs, culture clash, fish out of water, religion, redemption, family relations, religions or cults, interracial relations, christian, royalty ...
Time: 19th century, year 1966, regency period, 1820s, 1830s ...
Place: hawaii, usa, oceania, boston, yale university ...
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95%
Higher Ground (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Vera Farmiga's directorial debut, HIGHER GROUND, depicts the landscape of a tight-knit spiritual community thrown off-kilter when one of their own begins to question her faith. Inspired by screenwriter Carolyn S. Briggs' memoir This Dark ...
Style: atmospheric, sentimental, sincere, realistic, serious ...
Plot: faith, belief in god, evangelical christianity, husband wife relationship, life is a bitch, introspection, self discovery, redemption, human spirit, hopes, religions or cults, society ...
Time: 2010s, 60s, 70s, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
89%
Deep in My Heart (1999)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story: In this made-for-tv movie, an adopted woman decides to find her birth mother. Her search leads her to a shocking discovery that she has to face and why her upbringing was not an easy one.
Style: serious, realistic, touching, emotional
Plot: dilemma, mixed race, women, parents, parenting, custody, interracial, interracial relations, interracial rape, strong female presence, society, life is a bitch ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 60s
Place: usa, wisconsin
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
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Agnes of God (1985)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 98 min.
Story: When a dead newborn is found, wrapped in bloody sheets, in the bedroom wastebasket of a young novice, psychiatrist Martha Livingston is called in to determine if the seemingly innocent novice, who knows nothing of sex or birth, is competent enough ...
Style: atmospheric, intense, suspenseful, realistic, serious ...
Plot: nun, mental illness, psychiatrist, murder, investigation, clergy, religion, trial, convent, life is a bitch, women, psychiatry ...
Time: 20th century, year 1985, 80s
Place: montreal, quebec, canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
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Almayer's Folly (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 127 min.
Story: A tale of an occidental merchant, Kaspar Almayer, whose dreams of riches for his beloved daughter, Nina, collapse under the weight of his own greed and prejudice.
Style: realistic, atmospheric, psychological, captivating, serious ...
Plot: obsession, parents and children, family relations, society, tragic hero, life is a bitch, unfulfillment, ambition, hopes, racism, rivalry, gambling ...
Time: 20th century, 50s
Place: asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
77%
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
⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
The Second Chance (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Ethan Jenkins (Michael W. Smith) and Jake Sanders (introducing Jeff Obafemi Carr) are both passionate pastors who worship the same God from the same book--but that's where the similarity ends. When they are suddenly thrown together in a tough ...
Style: christian film, realistic, serious, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot: christian, faith, fish out of water, clergy, suburban life, buddies, gang, city life, rich and poor, religious, christianity, religion ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
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The Printing (1990)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story: The Printing is a family film produced by Unusual Films that tells the story of faithful Christians that continue printing and smuggling Bibles even when they know they are being hunted down by the Soviet Russian government.
Style: independent film, contemplative, uplifting, exciting, serious ...
Plot: christian, faith, injustice, religions or cults, rebellion, life is a bitch, against the rules, fighting the system, danger, against humanity, society, peaceful mission ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: russia, soviet union
⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
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A Question of Faith (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: When Tragedy Strikes three Families, their Destiny forces them on a coverging path and mercy as the challenges of their fate could also resurrect their beliefs
Style: touching, serious, atmospheric, psychological, captivating ...
Plot: clergy, christian, christianity, parents and children, religions or cults, family life, society, family problems, family values, religion, salvation, penance ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
There Will Be Blood (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 158 min.
Story: Ruthless silver miner, turned oil prospector, Daniel Plainview moves to oil-rich California. Using his adopted son to project a trustworthy, family-man image, Plainview cons local landowners into selling him their valuable properties for a pittance. ...
Style: serious, suspense, disturbing, cerebral, epic ...
Audience: adult
Plot: oil, greed, character study, ambition, capitalism, money, rise to the top, rivalry, visceral, psychopath, religion, business ...
Time: 20th century, 1900s, 1910s, 1920s, 19th century ...
Place: california, texas, los angeles, america, persia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
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Partisan (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: On the edge of a crumbling city, 11-year-old Alexander lives in a sequestered commune alongside other children, their mothers, and charismatic leader, Gregori. Gregori teaches the children how to raise livestock, grow vegetables, work as a community ...
Style: serious, realistic, psychological, tense, captivating ...
Plot: boy, mysterious character, birthday, parents and children, family problems, eccentric family, isolation, religions or cults, youth, commune, promise, fighting the system ...
Time: year 2015, 21st century
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62%
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Sarah's Choice (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Sarah Collins is considering an abortion. Before she makes her final decision, she is presented with three visions causing her to think about the impact on her future.
Style: touching, realistic, serious, uplifting, christian film
Plot: faith, moral dilemma, christian, pregnancy, against the rules, mysterious character, society, youth, lifestyle, rise to the top, life is a bitch, family relations ...
Time: future
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
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Stretch (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Thailand, Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Christophe, a young horse racing jockey from Paris, is filled with hope and ambition. Yet after a race, he tests positive for illegal substances and is subsequently suspended from racing. He decides to move to Macau, in Asia. There his circumstances ...
Style: realistic, serious, psychological, captivating, stylized ...
Plot: rivalry, contests and competitions, gambling, rise to the top, power relations, dishonesty, lifestyle, ambition, society, gangster, athlete's life, chases and races ...
Time: 21st century
Place: china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
'night, Mother (1986)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: It happened in 1983. It was a rare and remarkable theatrical experience. Controversial. Provocative. And shocking. Now, two Academy Award-winning actresses make the Pulitzer Prize-winning play the motion picture event of the year. What would you do ...
Style: sad, depressing, psychological, serious, realistic ...
Plot: suicide, women, mother daughter relationship, adultery, family drama, conversation, sociology, dance, self-help, epileptic, family relations, parent child relationship ...
Time: year 1986, 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
A Thousand Years of Good Prayers (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: The film follows Mr. Shi, a retired widower from Beijing. When his only daughter, Yilan, who lives in Spokane, Washington and works as a librarian, gets divorced, he decides to visit her to help her heal. However, Yilan is not interested. She tries ...
Style: serious, thought provoking, touching, realistic, contemplative ...
Plot: family relations, hopes, couple relations, redemption, misfit, starting over, family life, culture clash, immigrant, couples, society, parents and children ...
Time: year 2007
Place: china, usa, asia, washington d.c., persia
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55%
Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7th Day (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: The Ames' seem to have built the perfect life until their six year old daughter is kidnapped; over the course of seven days they begin to uncover secrets about their past that could rip their marriage and lives apart.
Style: emotional, realistic, serious, tense, captivating ...
Plot: kidnapping, under the surface, parents and children, danger, uncover truth, family relations, life turned upside down, disorder, secret, african american, women of color, black girl ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new orleans, louisiana
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
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Desert Dream (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea, France, Mongolia
Duration: 123 min.
Story: This film takes place in a remote area, a desert region situated somewhere between the Mongolia and Chinese border. The town has become nearly void of all inhabitants except for Hangai, who works obsessively to plant trees in the desert area. ...
Style: realistic, captivating, psychological, atmospheric, touching ...
Plot: culture clash, immigrant, border, parents and children, friendship, single parent, isolation, village life, desert, misfit, social relations, horse riding ...
Time: 21st century
Place: mongolia, china, asia, korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
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I Am (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: In the City of Angels, despair and heartache are the daily mail -- delivered with painful regularity whether we want them or not. Through I AM, we join an eclectic cast as they try to untangle themselves from the web of sin. All along the way, they ...
Style: contemplative, serious, realistic, psychological, captivating ...
Plot: redemption, self discovery, society, religions or cults, unfulfillment, police, journalist, inheritance, cryogenics, faith, hopes, disorder ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968)
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, spiritual ...
Plot: pope, catholic church, politics, clergy, vatican, catholic, catholicism, cold war, state affairs, society, revolution, political unrest ...
Time: 60s
Place: europe, china, asia, rome italy, italy ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
Walk in the Shadow (1962)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A young girl, Ruth (Lynn Taylor), is injured in a boating accident and taken to hospital for what is regarded as a routine emergency. Her parents are informed that only a blood transfusion will save her life, but her religious fundamentalist father, ...
Style: independent film, controversial, emotional, serious, psychological ...
Plot: lawyer, hospital, moral dilemma, justice, tragedy, dead girl, responsibility, life is a bitch, family in crisis, rehabilitation, disability, religions or cults ...
Time: 20th century, 60s
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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Lourdes (2009)
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: contemplative, realistic, serious, psychological, atmospheric ...
Plot: religion, disability, envy, clergy, self discovery, volunteer, religions or cults, redemption, society, healing power, female protagonist, pilgrimage ...
Time: year 2009, 21st century
Place: france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
God's Army 2: States of Grace (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story: A drive-by shooting in Venice, California, changes the lives of five people forever. States of Grace tells the story of a homeless street preacher, Louis, a gang banger, Carl, an aspiring actress, Holly, and two young missionaries, Lozano and ...
Style: christian film, uplifting, touching, disturbing, independent film ...
Plot: faith, redemption, mormon, missionary, human spirit, going straight, culture clash, religions or cults, church, society, gang, youth ...
Place: europe, italy, venice, california, utah ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Lilies of the Field (1963)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: An unemployed construction worker (Homer Smith) heading out west stops at a remote farm in the desert to get water when his car overheats. The farm is being worked by a group of East European Catholic nuns, headed by the strict mother superior ...
Style: black and white, christian film, touching, retro, social ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: desert, religion, nun, catholic, farm, friendship, literary, faith, christian, african american, courage, church ...
Time: year 1963, 20th century, 50s
Place: arizona, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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God's Army (2000)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Life as a Mormon missionary isn't what 19-year-old Brandon Allen expected: so many rules and so few successes. Los Angeles is as unrepentant as Sodom and Gomorrah. He's forced to share a small apartment with five young prank-loving ...
Style: realistic, sincere, touching, uplifting, psychological ...
Plot: missionary, couples, working class, terminal illness, redemption, self discovery, life is a bitch, youth, family relations, disorder, culture clash, parents and children ...
Time: 90s
Place: california, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
The Preacher's Daughter (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: The estranged daughter of a small town minister is forced to return to the strict, religious home of her youth where she must confront the troubled relationships that caused her to leave four years before
Style: realistic, touching, psychological, captivating, serious
Plot: clergy, estrangement, society, family relations, parents and children, dysfunctional family, religions or cults, small town, homecoming, family problems, christian, teen social issues ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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44%
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Smuggler (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 114 min.
Story: To pay off his loan shark, failed actor Ryōsuke Kinuta is forced to smuggle dead bodies – and one live elite assassin – in the middle of the night.
Style: serious, tense, captivating, psychological, heavy ...
Plot: gang, smuggler, rivalry, yakuza, down on your luck, life is a bitch, danger, society, gay, disorder, dangerous animal, gangster ...
Time: 21st century
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43%
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Julia (1977)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: At the behest of an old and dear friend, playwright Lillian Hellman undertakes a dangerous mission to smuggle funds into Nazi Germany.
Style: factual, captivating, realistic, atmospheric, political ...
Plot: world war two, writers, friendship, politics, childhood, nazi, fascism, culture clash, fighting the system, adaptation, character study, playwright ...
Time: 20th century, 1930s, year 1977, year 1934, pre world war two
Place: germany, europe, vienna, london, oxford university ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story: Desperate characters stake their fortune on a Depression-era dance marathon.
Style: depressing, atmospheric, disturbing, bleak, talky ...
Plot: depression, dancing, great depression, social commentary, competition, contest, survival, mental breakdown, cynicism, exhaustion, culture clash, husband wife relationship ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century, year 1969, 1920s
Place: california, usa, los angeles, chicago, dallas texas ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
The Night of the Iguana (1964)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story: Drama while a tour bus driver shows church ladies around Mexico. Helped establish Puerto Vallarta as tourist destination.
Style: black and white, talky, atmospheric, psychological, tense ...
Plot: church, mental illness, priest, hotel, redemption, iguana, clergy, bishop, tour guide, self discovery, human nature, nymphet ...
Time: 20th century, 60s
Place: mexico, usa, virginia, latin america, tennessee
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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The Runaway (2000)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: At the birth of two boys, one white and one black, a mysterious and powerful Conjure Woman (Maya Angelou) prophesies that they will start the change. Growing up as best friends in rural Georgia in the 1940s, the boys make a discovery that leads the ...
Style: captivating, tense, suspenseful, atmospheric, serious ...
Plot: conspiracy, interracial relations, murder, social relations, dishonesty, law enforcement, lifestyle, society, friendship, life is a bitch, murder investigation, small town ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century
Place: georgia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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