Movies like New World 1978

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New World (1978)
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New World (1978)
Original name: Nuevo Mundo
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Mexico
Duration: 95 min.
Story: At the end of the 16th century, as the Spanish conquerors strive to subdue the New World, they confront another problem of equal magnitude: the evangelization of the natives, who are people of deep religious beliefs and refuse to understand nor accept Christianity. The Spanish remedy: the Inquisition. The court of the Inquisition takes severe measurements against the heretics and the indians prepare themselves for a general Revolution.
Plot: spanish conquest, crusader, jungle, time machine, religion, catholic, inquisition, catholic church, conquering, spanish inquisition, native american, female nudity, virgin, painting, virgin mary, catholicism, controversy, spanish colonization, indigenous, female full frontal nudity
Time: 16th century
Keyword: mexican

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, captivating and spiritual films with plots about female nudity, religion, catholic, female full frontal nudity, spanish conquest, inquisition and indigenous mostly in Drama, History and Adventure genres. Some movies like New World: The Other Conquest (1998), Return to Aztlán (1990), Ave María (1999), Flame in the Wind (1971), The Conquest of Chile (1971). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Other Conquest (1998)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Mexico
Duration: 105 min.
Story: The film is a drama about the aftermath of the 1520s Spanish Conquest of Mexico told from the perspective of the indigenous Aztec people. It explores the social, religious, and psychological changes brought about by a historical process of ...
Style: realistic, serious, baroque
Plot: spanish conquest, aztec, colonial america, time machine, aborigine, jungle, historical event, crusader, imperialism, tudors, indigenous people, political intrigue ...
Time: 16th century
Place: latin america, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
Return to Aztlán (1990)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Mexico
Duration: 95 min.
Story: When King Motecuzoma dies in 1468, a drought sets upon the Mexicas' land. The younger Motecuzoma sends a retinue to collect tributes from the peasants and make an offering to Coatlicue at Aztlán, the home of their ancestors. The peasant Ollin ...
Style: avant garde
Plot: spanish conquest, indigenous people, medieval, myth, jungle, human sacrifice, sacrifice, self sacrifice, bare chested male, aztec, goddess, drought ...
Time: 15th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
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Ave María (1999)
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 97 min.
Story: In the colonial New Spain Ana is a missionary who decides to support the indigenous people.
Style: period piece
Plot: spanish conquest, catholic, myth, religion, misogyny, catholicism, female scientist, sexism, nun, catholic priest, feminist, inquisition ...
Time: 17th century
Place: mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
Flame in the Wind (1971)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Set in the splendor and terror of the Spanish Inquisition, Flame in the Wind tells the story of Carlos, an earnest young nobleman who is faced with a choice: the church system offers safety, protection, and respectability; the Scriptures offer ...
Style: independent film, christian film
Plot: spanish inquisition, faith, christian, catholic, court martial, jail cell, torture, priest, soldier, hiding place, prisoner, monastery ...
Time: 16th century
Place: spain
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
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The Conquest of Chile (1971)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Chile, Italy, Spain, Peru
Duration: 100 min.
Story: La Araucana is a Chilean film based on an epic poem in Spanish about the Spanish conquest of Chile, by Alonso de Ercilla; it is also known in English as The Araucaniad. It is considered the national epic of the Kingdom of Chile and one of the most ...
Style: epic
Plot: spanish conquest, conquistador, jungle, semi nudity, myth, explorer, battles, latin american history, conquering, conqueror, waterfall, history of chile ...
Time: 16th century
Place: south america, chile
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
The Holy Office (1974)
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 127 min.
Story: The long arm of the Inquisition, or the "Holy Office," reached at least as far as 16th-century Mexico (known as New Spain at the time). Many Spanish Catholics of Moorish or Jewish origin found it expedient to flee to the New World to ...
Style: period piece, masterpiece
Plot: judaism, catholic, political intrigue, female nudity, spanish inquisition, religious persecution, inquisition, female pubic hair, sex scene, fear, prison, rape ...
Time: 16th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
Orinoco, New World (1984)
Genre: Drama
Country: Venezuela
Duration: 103 min.
Story: The Orinoko: main character in the film. The first part is set during the pre-conquest and is represented as an earthly paradise. A shaman has precognitive visions: go to Columbus and the Catholic missionary in 1498.
Style: allegory, experimental, silent
Plot: jungle, spanish conquest, indigenous people, male nudity, female nudity, shaman, native american, missionary, conquering, rain forest, indigenous, no dialogue
Place: venezuela, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
Gostanza da Libbiano (2000)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Italy
Duration: 93 min.
Story: No overview found.
Style: touching, serious, captivating, realistic, independent film
Plot: false confession, trial, witch, religion, inquisition, confession, torture, devil, female nudity, woman, rope
Time: 16th century
Place: tuscany
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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Santo Luzbel (1996)
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A conflict arises between the people of the town and the local priest when they have to decide how to represent certain biblical episode.
Plot: catholic, indigenous people, religion, peasant, actor, native american, spirituality, theology, catholic church, church, lucifer, landowner ...
Place: mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
The dark night of the soul (1989)
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Life of San Juan de la Cruz.
Plot: solitary, temptation, naked woman, sanity, catholicism, christian, poet, catholic, christianity, male nudity, saint, dream ...
Time: 16th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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El Dorado (1988)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Spain, France, Italy
Duration: 149 min.
Story: The story of an expedition down the Orinoco and Amazon rivers in 1560 by Spanish soldiers searching for the fabled city of gold, El Dorado.
Style: rough, disturbing, realistic, serious, bleak ...
Plot: conquistador, spanish conquest, adventurer, amazon rainforest, conquering, treasure hunt, colonial america, biopic, myth, colonialism, traveler, explorer ...
Time: 16th century
Place: peru, spain, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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The Mission (1986)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History
Country: UK, France
Duration: 125 min.
Story: When a Spanish Jesuit goes into the South American wilderness to build a mission in the hope of converting the Indians of the region, a slave hunter is converted and joins his mission. When Spain sells the colony to Portugal, they are forced to ...
Style: epic, thought provoking, christian film, harsh, spiritual ...
Plot: jungle, clergy, slavery, native american, mission, slave, jesuit, religion, conquistador, christian, slave trader, christianity ...
Time: 18th century, year 1986, ancient times
Place: south america, argentina, portugal, latin america, america ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Giordano Bruno (1973)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 123 min.
Story: Flying from his enemies in the Catholic Church, the free thinking philosopher, poet and scientist Giordano Bruno (1548-1600) has found some protection in Venice. But the Roman Inquisition, fearing his influence in Europe, wants to bring him on trial ...
Style: spiritual, dramatic, esoteric, philosophical, contemplative ...
Plot: philosopher, philosophy, renaissance, female nudity, scientist, burned alive, catholic, writers, myth, art, time machine, occult ...
Time: 16th century, 17th century
Place: rome italy, venice, italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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The Jew (1996)
Genre: Drama
Country: Portugal, Brazil
Duration: 91 min.
Story: The story of Brazilian Antônio José da Silva, a jewish poet, playwright and lawyer living in the 18th Century Lisbon, who managed to avoid Inquisition by converting himself to Catholicism, after being tortured. But his fierce criticism of ...
Plot: law, court, lawyer, catholic church, catholic, writers, female nudity, bare chested male, inquisition, torture chamber, dungeon, torture ...
Time: 18th century
Place: brazil, israel, portugal
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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 6K
Coven (2020)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Spain, France, Argentina
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Basque Country, 1609. The men of the region are at sea. Ana joins other girls from the village to dance in the woods. Judge Rostegui, given the task of purifying the region by the King, arrests the women and accuses them of witchcraft. He decides to ...
Style: satanic, disturbing, suspense, tense
Plot: inquisition, spanish inquisition, witch, witch hunt, witchcraft, coven, witch burning, medieval, religious fanatic, social misfits, religious persecution, accusation ...
Time: 17th century
Place: basque country, spain
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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 29
Zelazna reka (1989)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Poland
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Drama directed by Ryszard Ber.
Plot: mission, female nudity, traitor, intrigue, outlaw, royal court, best friend, secret agent, battles, decapitation, exile, polish history ...
Time: 16th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Lady Inger of Ostrat (1975)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Norway
Duration: 97 min.
Story: This historical drama is based on a play by Henrik Ibsen and set in the year 1528. The central figure in the low-keyed story is a Norwegian noblewoman who is seeking to bring independence to that country despite the involved political intrigues of ...
Plot: royalty, rivals, king, religion, aristocrat, intrigue, politics
Time: 16th century
Place: scandinavia
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
The Mill and the Cross (2011)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Poland, Sweden
Duration: 92 min.
Story: What would it be like to step inside a great work of art, have it come alive around you, and even observe the artist as he sketches the very reality you are experiencing? From Lech Majewski, one of Poland's most acclaimed filmmakers, The Mill ...
Style: atmospheric, realistic, serious, bleak, surreal ...
Plot: painter, painting, breast feeding, artist, punishment, art, art history, society, redemption, religions or cults, death sentence, loss of son ...
Time: 16th century
Place: flanders, europe, belgium
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Jericho (1991)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Venezuela
Duration: 90 min.
Story: At early 16th century a priest joins the spanish conquerros in order to bring christianity to the indios. The expedition is murdered by the indios, only the priest is sparred. Santiago, the priest, first tries to continue christianization, but ...
Style: road movie
Plot: spanish conquest, children, amazon rainforest, native american, colonial america, invasion, priest, male nudity, female nudity, religious conflict, conquistador, indians ...
Time: 16th century
Place: venezuela
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Goya or the Hard Path of Knowledge (1971)
Genre: Drama
Country: East Germany, Soviet Union, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia
Duration: 136 min.
Story: As a painter in the court of King Carlos IV, Goya has attained wealth and reputation. He believes in King and Church, yet he is also a Spaniard who dearly loves his people. This contradiction presents him with a dilemma.
Style: heartbreaking, independent film, 70mm film
Plot: inquisition, painter, art, art history, french revolution, painting, religious, artist, napoleonic wars, philosophy, time machine, napoleonic era ...
Time: 18th century, 19th century, 1800s
Place: east germany, soviet union, germany, ukraine, madrid ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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Hans Staden (1999)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Brazil, Portugal
Duration: 92 min.
Story: On the eve of his return to Europe after an extended involuntary stay in 16th-century Brazil, the German sailor Hans Staden is captured by a hostile cannibal Indian tribe. In order to survive he tries to convince the Indians that he is not ...
Plot: amazon rainforest, held captive, cannibalism, ancient, native, captive, colonization, gay subtext, cannibal, native american culture, male pubic hair, amazon river ...
Time: 16th century
Place: brazil
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Honor and Glory (1969)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 87 min.
Story: This historical film by Hynek Bočan touches upon the indecisiveness of the Czech nation, ready to bend the backbone in face of foreign rule. Situating the story at the close of the Thirty Year War enabled the depiction of the misery of the people ...
Plot: knight, thief, religion, catholic, rebellion, messenger, feudalism, fireplace, haystack
Time: 17th century, medieval times
Place: central europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
In the Name of the Pope King (1977)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Italy
Duration: 105 min.
Story: In 1867, with Garibaldi's forces close to bringing Rome into the Italian kingdom, Monsignor Colombo da Priverno, a world-weary judge on the papal court, wants to resign, disgusted by the violence to which the papacy resorts to hold secular ...
Plot: pope, young man, historical event, illicit affair, rebellious youth, generation gap, tolerance, sex with a priest, biological father, italian soldier, revolutionary, imprisonment ...
Time: 19th century, 1860s
Place: italy, rome italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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 14K
Even the Rain (2010)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Spain, Mexico, France
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Focuses on Sebastian and Costa, obsessive filmmakers who, in their quest to uncover the myth of Christopher Columbus and resistance to colonial power by Indian rebel Hatuey, ultimately end up embroiled in a modern revolt against Western ...
Style: political, talky, visually appealing, tense, harsh ...
Plot: filmmaking, politics, protest, culture clash, society, rebellion, demonstration, prejudice, audition, unlikely friendships, storytelling, mentor ...
Time: year 2010, year 2000, 21st century
Place: bolivia, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Baptism of Blood (2006)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Brazil
Duration: 110 min.
Story: In São Paulo, in the late 1960s, the convent of the Dominican friars became a trench of resistance to the military dictatorship that governs Brazil. Moved by Christian ideals, frets Betto, Oswaldo, Fernando, Ivo and Tito came to support the ...
Plot: torture, dictatorship, dictator, brazilian military dictatorship, liberation theology, catholic, catholic church, male pubic hair, male nudity, liberation, bare chested male, nudity ...
Place: brazil
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Act of the Heart (1970)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A woman's peculiar religious convictions lead her on a self-destructive path.
Plot: religion, catholic, loyalty, nudity, religious fanatic, protestant, self destructing, female nudity, undressing
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Valley of the Bees (1968)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Ondrej, a young boy who loves bees and bats, is introduced to his new mother, a woman much younger than his father. Her brings her a bowl of flower petals which she starts to throw in the air and then gives out a shriek, as she discovers several ...
Style: cerebral, philosophical, black and white, spiritual, realistic ...
Plot: medieval, treasure hunt, knight, time machine, kingdom, philosophy, spirituality, crusader, existentialism, religion, male nudity, introspection ...
Time: medieval times, middle ages, year 1968, 13th century
Place: balkan, czechoslovakia, eastern europe, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Silence (1971)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Japan
Duration: 129 min.
Story: Two Jesuit priests encounter persecution when they travel to Japan in the 17th century to spread Christianity and search for their mentor.
Style: spiritual, existential, realistic, serious, captivating ...
Plot: samurai, christianity, edo period, nativity, mental disorder, catholic, time machine, spirit, tokugawa shogunate, religious persecution, danger, clergy ...
Time: 17th century, year 1971, middle ages
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Mariken from Nieumeghen (1974)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 80 min.
Story: The historical parable about a girl from the Flemish common people with folk motifs in the style of Brueghel and Bosch - love, violence, bloody scenes, ugly ...
Plot: medieval, female nudity, sex, plague, flashback, devil, barefoot, female full frontal nudity
Time: middle ages, medieval times
Place: flanders
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Gunpowder, Treason & Plot (2004)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 205 min.
Story: A BBC miniseries based loosely on the lives of Mary, Queen of Scots, and her son James I of England.
Style: historical drama, realistic, captivating, serious, political ...
Plot: royal family, king, queen, intrigue, execution, tudors, coronation, royalty, monarchy, monarch, power, betrayal ...
Time: 17th century, 16th century, middle ages, ancient times
Place: england, scotland, britain, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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