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The Vow (2007)
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Original name: Das Gelübde
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
1818 in the Münsterland: Innumerable pilgrims seeking comfort and consolation visit the bedside of Anna Katharina von Emmerich, a nun whose body bears marks of the holy wounds of Christ on her chest, forehead and hands. Clemens von Brentano, an artist in his prime, visits the nun′s sickbed as a simple "writer of the wonders of God" to take down her visions and beliefs. He believes himself to be in charge of his life as a devout Catholic. The former rake′s encounter with the charismatic nun proves fateful, however. For both of them.
Style:
period piece, historical drama, atmospheric, bleak, meditative
Plot:
faith, spirituality, catholicism, religious, mysticism, nun, loyalty, visionary, artist, miraculous event, morality, redemption, pilgrimage, transformation, character study, biopic, poet, sacrifice, temptation, guilt, religious conflict, literary, napoleon bonaparte, german history, sexual repression ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
germany
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out period piece, bleak, historical drama and psychological films with plots about redemption, faith, character study, religion, religious, psychological drama and catholicism mostly in Drama, Biography and History genres. Some movies like The Vow: Mariette in Ecstasy (2019), Blindness (2016), Bendito Corazon (2026), Milarepa (1974), The Winter of Our Discontent (1983). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
In this forceful study of religious passion an extraordinary spiritual experience is placed in the center of a deftly evoked natural world, namely, rural upstate New York just after the turn of the century. At summer's end, when she is 17, ...
Style:
religious drama, suspense, captivating, psychological, disturbing ...
Plot:
nun, trance, convent, mother superior, abbess, religious, religious conversion, character study, spirituality, religious fundamentalism, religion and supernatural, belief in god ...
Time:
turn of the century
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394
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A little known episode from the life of Stalinist security police office Julia Brystiger. Her nickname Bloody Luna was a reference to her incredibly brutal methods of interrogation. In the early 1960s, she appears in a centre for the blind on the ...
Style:
psychological, political, thrilling, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
stalinism, torture, catholic, character study, biopic, faith, physical torture, problem, male female relationship, abuse of power, interrogation, totalitarianism ...
Time:
60s
Place:
poland, eastern europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: Portugal, France
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Portugal, 1917. The country is experiencing a great political and social agitation and it is said that in Fatima the virgin appeared to three little shepherds.
Salomé, a young lady from the province, is one of the many girls who cheers Lisbon ...
Style:
thrilling, psychological, captivating, atmospheric, bleak ...
Plot:
religion, female protagonist, miraculous event, religious faith, belief in god, faith, christian faith, religious, moral ambiguity, female exploitation, prostitution, character study ...
Time:
year 1917
Place:
portugal
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
The true story of the sacred heart, told by Father Arturo Cornejo.
Style:
religious drama, reflective, inspirational, meditative, emotional ...
Plot:
spiritual awakening, catholicism, loyalty, priest, testimony, voice over narration, redemption, miraculous event, confession, moral dilemma, small town life, sacrifice ...
Similarity:
69%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Leo, dopo un incidente stradale, è ricoverato in ambulatorio e racconta al professore Bennet, suo medico curante, la storia e le gesta del monaco tibetano Milarepa, con il quale si identifica. La leggenda è narrata in tre capitoli ben distinti: la ...
Style:
philosophical, spiritual, meditative, contemplative, art house ...
Plot:
transcendence, enlightenment, buddhism, mysticism, religious, redemption, flashback, biopic, discipline, literary, solitude, character study ...
Time:
11th century
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
This story tells those self-denials of an honest man what necessary to reach his object of life.
Style:
bleak, melancholic, period piece
Plot:
morality, character study, small town, conscience, literary, ethical dilemma, thoughtful, ambition, corruption, greed, midlife crisis, redemption ...
Place:
new england
Similarity:
56%
649
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, Japan
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Catania, Sicilia 1854. A serious epidemic of cholera is hitting the region. Maria a 16 years old novice leaves her convent and returns her home to avoid contamination. Here she finds a difficult situation, in fact her stepmother and her half-sisters ...
Style:
erotic, sensual, historical drama, melancholic, period piece ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
cholera, nun, forbidden love, female protagonist, religious conflict, forbidden romance, young love, unrequited love, tragedy, coming of age, literary, madness ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era
Place:
sicily
Similarity:
55%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
The young, pregnant housewife Jennifer- nickname LUMA- meets the self confident, bisexual Christiane. Their friendship develops up to an vehement love affair, which is driving Luma into an turmoil of emotions. Raised up under catholic influence, she ...
Style:
touching, psychological, contemplative, sexy, suspense ...
Plot:
bisexual, female friendship, lesbian, friendship, love, homosexual, chaos, tenderness, husband wife relationship, pregnancy, female protagonist, sexual awakening ...
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55%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Family
Country: Poland
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Docudrama tracing the life of Saint Faustina Kowalska, whose visions of Jesus Christ inspired the Roman Catholic devotion to the Divine Mercy and earned her the title of "Apostle of Divine Mercy".
Style:
captivating, psychological, meditative, inspirational, emotional ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
faith, saint, nun, biopic, loyalty, catholic, religion, religious, jesus christ, spirituality, religious faith, religions or cults ...
Time:
20th century, 1930s
Place:
poland, eastern europe
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Life of San Juan de la Cruz.
Style:
historical drama, dark, thought provoking, period piece, art house ...
Plot:
solitary, catholic church, mysticism, symbolism, persecution, convent, haunting, christianity, catholic, poet, temptation, sanity ...
Time:
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Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France, Luxembourg
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
The young, sickly girl Bernadette comes from a poverty-stricken family. When the Virgin Mary appears to her in a cavern near Lourdes, no one takes the girl seriously, even when she digs up a wellspring at the Virgin's instructions The local ...
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, reflective, melancholic ...
Plot:
saint, religion, faith, healing, nun, catholic saint, miraculous event, religious faith, religious, virgin mary, pilgrimage, tuberculosis ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
france
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
No overview found.
Style:
historical drama, dramatic, period piece, serious, intense ...
Plot:
poet, german history, competition, writers, biopic, literary, playwright, ambition, palace intrigue, rivalry, sacrifice, desertion ...
Time:
18th century, 19th century
Place:
germany
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Based on Guimarães Rosa's (classic Brazilian author) short story, the movie tells the story of Augusto Matraga, a bankrupt and violent farmer who lives above the Law in Minas Gerais' hinterland. During a difficult time, he finds himself ...
Style:
suspense, captivating, tense, disturbing, period piece ...
Plot:
redemption, faith, literary, life is a bitch, battles, fighting crime, gang, fight, criminal gang, character study, violence, moral ambiguity ...
Place:
poetic realism
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Maria Auxiliadora is a 24 year-old woman very poor, that she lives Joana, her 7 year-old daughter close to. Needing go look for the result of Joana's exam in the hospital, Maria asks the priest of the local church that takes care of her to ...
Style:
religious drama, sincere, disturbing, captivating, psychological ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
jesus, faith, female protagonist, priest, motherhood, christianity, religious faith, church, mother child relationship, bible, mother and daughter, sick child ...
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45%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 64 min.
Story:
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Style:
inspirational, uplifting, reflective, sincere, educational ...
Plot:
latter day saints, church, religious, devotional, testimony, biopic, redemption, intimate, evangelical christianity, priest, faith, soldier ...
Time:
19th century, 1910s, 1930s, 1950s, 20th century ...
Place:
italy, america, new york, sicily
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113
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The young girl Johanne is left by her mother at a solemn convent school. The school is a strange world to her, and when she feels unable to comply with the demands of faith she faces a difficult decision.
Style:
religious drama, bleak, art house, intense, period drama
Plot:
nun, convent, catholicism, religion, children, female protagonist, moral dilemma, young girl, catholic church, identity crisis, coming of age, sacrifice ...
Place:
denmark
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A psychiatric hospital is turned upside down when a mysterious drifter is admitted and assigned to room 316. Known only as John Doe, the other patients believe that he bears an uncanny resemblance to Jesus Christ.
Style:
captivating, psychological, thought provoking, emotional, atmospheric ...
Plot:
religious, faith, religion, mental illness, hospital, healing, psychiatric hospital, faith healing, belief in god, religious faith, mental institution, mental patient ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
bleak, art house, period piece
Plot:
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Time:
1950s
Place:
hungary
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Augusto Matraga is a violent agressive farmer who after being betrayed by his wife and trapped by several enemies is bitten up and left for dead. He is rescued by a couple of humble small farmers who nurse him for a long time until he is well again. ...
Style:
bleak, psychological, intense, period piece, pastoral ...
Plot:
redemption, revenge, faith, religious, second chance, soul searching, spiritual journey, anti hero, transformation, character study, betrayal, violence ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Takes place at the Passover and the days that follow the crucifixion. A mix of scripture and Christian legend woven to try and create a more complete picture. It follows Longinus as the Roman soldier who put the spear to Jesus on the cross.
Style:
biblical, religious drama, bleak, period piece, historical drama ...
Plot:
jesus, crucifix, christian, faith based, forgiveness, atonement, easter, jesus christ, character study, roman empire, devotional, religious conflict ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A priest visits a small seaside town. Miling a former nun who now teaches catechism on the island thinks that father Emman is the priest she sent for. She believes that a priest would help revive the townspeople's faith in God by putting up ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, thrilling, religious drama
Plot:
priest, clergy, celibacy, catholicism, relationships, relationship problems, problem, secret, faith, nun, sexual repression, ethical dilemma ...
Place:
the philippines
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Two dissidents, fall in love in a Marxist USSR Gulag death camp. As their friends die, they commit to the seeming impossible, escape, but both must first answer their deepest moral questions about the meaning of life, sacrifice and freedom.
Style:
bleak, dark, historical drama, period piece, political drama
Plot:
gulag, prisoner of war camp, oppression, totalitarianism, sacrifice, survival, brutality, escape, communism, marxism, prison break, desperation ...
Time:
1950s, 1940s
Place:
soviet union, ussr
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Depiction of the life of St. Anthony, beginning with his initial calling to the priesthood as a young Portugese nobleman, and following him as he becomes a Franciscan monk and preaches across Africa and Europe.
Style:
disturbing, thought provoking, captivating, psychological, period piece ...
Plot:
saint, catholic, religious, faith, religion, franciscan, priest, medieval, catholicism, biopic, loyalty, christianity ...
Time:
13th century
Place:
italy, portugal, europe, africa
Similarity:
39%
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Soviet Union
Story:
Between passengers of the steamship there is a dispute on, whether that there are in Russia righteous persons? Nobody wants to tell about the life. And only one priest, though warns that he "the big sinner", decides to tell the history.
Style:
poignant, philosophical, thought provoking, dramatic, bleak ...
Plot:
priest, confession, storytelling, faith, redemption, character study, spiritual journey, religious, sin, guilt, remorse, moral dilemma ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
ussr, russia
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Croatia, Canada, USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
In 1981 in Medjugorje (BA), a group of kids claim that Virgin Mary appeared to them on a hill. The local priest believes them and spreads the word. Religious tourism blossoms. The communist government is concerned and arrests the priest.
Style:
religious drama, inspirational, historical drama, emotional, bleak ...
Plot:
miraculous event, faith, priest, pilgrimage, spirituality, catholicism, controversy, religious persecution, loyalty, hopes, arrest, political conflict ...
Place:
bosnia herzegovina, former yugoslavia
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A woman's peculiar religious convictions lead her on a self-destructive path.
Style:
religious drama, melancholic, bleak, poignant, independent film ...
Plot:
self destructing, faith, obsession, crisis of faith, female protagonist, clergy, character study, guilt, choir, unrequited love, isolation, catholicism ...
Time:
70s
Place:
montreal, canada
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 164 min.
Story:
Jesus, a humble Judean carpenter beginning to see that he is the son of God, is drawn into revolutionary action against the Roman occupiers by Judas -- despite his protestations that love, not violence, is the path to salvation. The burden of being ...
Style:
controversial, psychological, biblical, epic, talky ...
Plot:
temptation, christianity, spirituality, desert, jesus, faith, religion, controversy, jesus christ, surrealism, resurrection, fasting ...
Time:
ancient times, 20th century, biblical epic, 1930s, year 1988 ...
Place:
greece, ancient greece, holy land, middle east, jerusalem ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
The Political drama shows the denunciation and persecution of the 19-year-old Sanne in the Nazi state. After she falls in love with her cousin, Sanne is betrayed by her jealous aunt to the Gestapo.
Style:
historical drama, bleak, period piece, tension, gloomy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
female nudity, accusation, gestapo, jealousy, love, political persecution, political oppression, victimization, totalitarianism, nazi germany, forbidden love, social injustice ...
Time:
1930s
Place:
germany
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Dean Jones is Saint John in this intimate, inspiring one-man presentation of John in exile on Patmos. Full of humor, strong in spirit, and resolutely committed to Christ, John shares his account of the events that changed the course of human ...
Style:
biblical, religious drama, inspirational, spiritual, meditative ...
Plot:
christian, exile, apostle, christianity, old man, faith, monologue, religious, intimate, character study, devotional, redemption ...
Time:
1st century
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Doktor Glas finds himself attracted to a young woman, married to a corrupt clergyman. She's miserable in her marriage, so he agrees to help in anyway he can. But he is quickly torn between passion and morality. The story is based on the 1905 ...
Style:
melancholic, period piece, grim, noir, ambiguous ending ...
Plot:
ethical dilemma, obsession, forbidden love, character study, morality, adultery, guilt, desire, existential crisis, existentialism, sexual repression, romantic obsession ...
Time:
60s, 1900s, 20th century
Place:
stockholm sweden
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35%
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