Movies like Devil's Bride 2016
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Devil's Bride (2016)
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Original name: Tulen morsian
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Finland, Sweden, Norway, Latvia, Germany
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Anna’s story takes place on Åland Island in 1666, during the beginning of the most widespread and systematic witch-hunts in Scandinavian history. In all, 16 women were convicted of being in league with the devil, and seven of them were executed. For Judge Psilander, who has mastered the newest witch theories of the time, the trials are meant to cleanse the island of superstition, to have science and common sense prevail. The main character, the intelligent and stubborn Anna, gets an intimate view of the events, having just started working as a maid in the judge’s house. To Anna’s misfortune, she falls intensely in love with her friend Rakel’s husband Elias, but his infatuation with her quickly fades. A hurt and jealous Anna decides to get revenge and falsely reports Rakel to Judge Psilander. It’s only when Rakel is arrested, and things get out of hand, that Anna realizes the gravity of her doings.
Style:
tense, enigmatic, captivating, disturbing, historical drama
Plot:
witch hunt, jealousy, adultery, black magic, witch, rape, young woman, priest, domestic violence, judge, power, rural setting, fall in love, lie, village, finnish mythology, witchcraft, women, obsession, false accusation, betrayal, violence against women, virginity, lust, folklore ...
Time:
17th century, ancient times, 1600s
Place:
finland
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, serious, historical drama and tense films with plots about female nudity, religion, society, betrayal, ancient, court and trial mostly in Drama, History and Biography genres. Some movies like Devil's Bride: Salem Witch Trials (2002), Coven (2020), The Crucible (1996), Luna Nera (2020), The Crucible (1967). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 189 min.
Story:
The film recounts the sobering tale of how 19 innocent lives were taken in a community experiencing paranoid hysteria regarding the suspected - but unproved - presence of the occult in the small New England town.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot:
witch hunt, female nudity, execution, religions or cults, society, legal, politics, courtroom drama, social decay, state affairs, life is a bitch, dishonesty ...
Time:
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Place:
massachusetts, usa, salem massachusetts
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Genre: Drama, History, Horror
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, tense, suspense, disturbing
Plot:
inquisition, witch, witch hunt, spanish inquisition, coven, spell, witch burning, satanic cult, medieval, religions or cults, accusation, religious fanatic ...
Time:
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Place:
basque country, spain
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
The movie is centered around the Salem Massachusetts witch trials of 1692. The movie is based on the play "The Crucible" by Arthur Miller. He also wrote the screen play adaptation.
Style:
talky, suspense, costume drama, gothic, period piece ...
Plot:
witch hunt, witch, salem witch trial, curse, courtroom drama, colonial america, politics, spell, twists and turns, vengeance, court, manipulation ...
Time:
17th century, 90s, 50s, 1950s
Place:
massachusetts, salem massachusetts, usa, north america, new england ...
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 43 min.
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Story:
In 17th-century Italy, a teenager learns about her destiny among a family of witches, just as her boyfriend's father hunts her down for witchcraft.
Style:
gothic, captivating, tense, supernatural thriller, epic fantasy ...
Plot:
witch, witchcraft, witch hunt, political unrest, dishonesty, rivalry, killing, imaginary, politics, danger, violence against women, kingdom ...
Time:
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Landmark adaptation of the Arthur Miller play. Nominated for 3 Emmy awards.
Style:
costume drama, allegory
Plot:
salem witch trial, slavery, death sentence, slave trade, aftermath, judge, infidelity, feud, midwife, religious fundamentalism, adolescence, farmer ...
Time:
17th century
Place:
salem massachusetts
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
A witch hunt is beginning in Arthur Miller's captivating parable of power with Erin Doherty (The Crown) and Brendan Cowell (Yerma). Raised to be seen but not heard, a group of young women in Salem suddenly find their words have an almighty ...
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, captivating, thrilling, allegory ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
witch hunt, accusation, persecution, salem witch trial, torture, witch, false accusation, women, town, problem, death threat, religious hypocrisy ...
Place:
salem massachusetts, new england
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Italy
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
historical drama, serious, touching, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
inquisition, false confession, trial, religion, witch, confession, false accusation, superstition, religious persecution, tragedy, catholic church, female protagonist ...
Time:
17th century, 16th century
Place:
italy, tuscany
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20%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 190 min.
Story:
Richard Armitage stars in Yael Farber's powerful production of Arthur Miller's timeless witch hunt parable.
Style:
period piece, historical drama, tense, grim, bleak ...
Plot:
witch hunt, salem witch trial, false accusation, jealousy, betrayal, social injustice, literary, revenge, small town, moral ambiguity, haunting, repressed sexuality ...
Time:
17th century
Place:
salem massachusetts
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20%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Norway, Sweden
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Having gone through many personal struggles, Eli (Lil Terselius) returns to her native village and begins to work on the farm of Ingeborg Eriksdotter (Anita Bjork), eventually tending a plot that once belonged to her family. But Eli has been gone a ...
Style:
historical drama, period piece, tense, bleak, grim ...
Plot:
witch hunt, false accusation, outsider, persecution, accusation, superstition, injustice, female protagonist, paranoia, trial, misogyny, witch ...
Time:
17th century, medieval times
Similarity:
20%
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Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 152 min.
Story:
King Charles VI declares that Knight Jean de Carrouges settle his dispute with his squire by challenging him to a duel.
Style:
historical drama, cerebral, costume drama, suspense, epic ...
Audience:
date night, toddlers, chick flick, boys' night, adult
Plot:
duel, medieval, rape, husband wife relationship, violence, knight, revenge, sword duel, murder, jousting, group sex, nudity ...
Time:
middle ages, 14th century, medieval times, 2020s
Place:
france, normandy, scotland, paris france, europe
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The story of the Anabaptist movement and two of its first leaders, Michael and Margaretha Sattler.
Style:
biblical, independent film, contemplative, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
liberation theology, reformation, biopic, ancient, christian, medieval, faith, christianity, church, religions or cults, state affairs, heroes ...
Time:
16th century, ancient times
Place:
switzerland, europe, zurich switzerland
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: France
Duration: 64 min.
Story:
A reconstruction of the trial of Joan of Arc based entirely on the transcripts of the real-life trial, concerning Joan's imprisonment, interrogation and final execution at the hands of the English.
Style:
contemplative, spiritual, powerful, depressing, fairy tale ...
Plot:
joan of arc, inquisition, burned alive, courtroom drama, medieval, burned at the stake, courtroom, minimalism, trial, martyrdom, biopic, witch hunt ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, 15th century, ancient times, year 1962
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK, Italy, Mexico, USA
Duration: 161 min.
Story:
Two Jesuit priests travel to seventeenth century Japan which has, under the Tokugawa shogunate, banned Catholicism and almost all foreign contact.
Style:
philosophical, cerebral, visually stunning, suspense, melancholic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
missionary, religion, christianity, religious persecution, culture clash, crisis of faith, christian, torture, faith, doubt, martyr, clergy ...
Time:
17th century, year 2016, year 2015, 2010s
Place:
japan, portugal, asia, tokyo
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 159 min.
Story:
The story of Saartjes Baartman, a Black domestic who, in 1808, left Southern Africa, then ruled by Dutch settlers, for Europe, following her boss Hendrick Caesar , hoping to find fame and fortune there. Once in London her master turned manager does ...
Style:
thought provoking, serious, captivating, realistic, erotic ...
Plot:
shame, prostitution, violence against women, humiliation, captivity, physical appearance, rebelliousness, poverty, society, social misfits, exploitation, racial discrimination ...
Time:
19th century, ancient times, year 2010, 1810s
Place:
paris france, africa, south africa, france, europe ...
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
An English bon-vivant osteopath is enchanted with a young exotic dancer and invites her to live with him. He serves as friend and mentor, and through his contacts and parties she and her friend meet and date members of the Conservative Party. ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, political, sexual, intense ...
Plot:
sex scandal, politics, lust, member of parliament, trial, defamation, swimming pool, miscarriage of justice, seduction, infatuation, marijuana, scapegoat ...
Time:
60s, year 1989, year 1963, year 1961, year 1962 ...
Place:
england, scotland yard, europe, london, california
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Denmark, Sweden, Czech Republic, Germany
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
A young queen falls in love with her physician, and they start a revolution that changes their nation forever.
Style:
period piece, stylized, costume drama, sexy, historical drama ...
Audience:
date night, teens, pre-teens, adult
Plot:
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Time:
18th century, ancient times, year 2012, victorian era, georgian era ...
Place:
denmark, europe, england, copenhagen, scandinavia ...
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, serious, realistic, stylized, costume drama
Plot:
sea voyage, ship, polar bear, adventurer, danger, isolation, dutch history, trial, cold, sailing, sea, boy ...
Time:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: France, Poland, Belgium
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Poland, 1945. Mathilde, a young French Red Cross doctor, is on a mission to help the war survivors. When a nun seeks for her help, she is brought to a convent where several pregnant sisters are hiding, unable to reconcile their faith with their ...
Style:
social, suspenseful, exciting, thought provoking, tense ...
Plot:
abbess, syphilis, world war two, nun, violence against women, russian soldier, religion, pregnant from rape, snow, motherhood, red cross, soviet soldier ...
Time:
1940s, year 2016, year 1940, post world war two, year 1945
Place:
france, poland, berlin germany
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Netherlands, France, UK, Germany
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
A town cursed with barren women and famine is saved by a miracle birth to an old, ugly woman: the Mother. Immediately afterwards, the old woman's Daughter (Ormond) claims to have delivered the baby herself in a virgin birth. She imprisons the ...
Style:
surreal, serious, atmospheric, rough, stylized ...
Plot:
baby, virginity, religion, bishop, church, dismemberment, death, rape, surrealism, controversy, hypocrisy, violence ...
Time:
17th century
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Spain
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Having fought in the First Carlist War, Martin returns to his family farm in Gipuzkoa only to find that his younger brother, Joaquín, towers over him in height. Convinced that everyone will want to pay to see the tallest man on Earth, the siblings ...
Style:
exciting, tense, sentimental, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
biopic, spanish history, father son relationship, brother brother relationship, tall man, death of brother, loss of brother, death of father, loss of father, death, giant, world war one ...
Time:
19th century, ancient times, victorian era, 1800s
Place:
basque country
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Italy
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The young noble Don Monza is caught and thrown out by the nun Virginia de Leva when she catches him flirting with one of her nun sisters across the stone wall between their gardens. He hears the rumor that she'd have an affair with her trustee ...
Style:
period piece, historical drama, romantic drama, erotic drama, intense ...
Plot:
nun, convent, forbidden romance, scandal, betrayal, murder, lust, seduction, adultery, sexual repression, hypocrisy, religious conflict ...
Time:
18th century, 16th century
Place:
europe
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Based on a true tale of power, corruption and murder, Christopher Walken stars in the story of the largest lynching in American history...
Style:
independent film, captivating, sincere, emotional, bleak ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, mafia, lynching, ancient, biopic, political intrigue, italian mafia, intrigue, italian gangster, immigrant, injustice, righting the wronged ...
Time:
19th century, ancient times, 1890s
Place:
new orleans, usa
Similarity:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Czech Republic, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
The story of communist show-trial victim Milada Horáková. Horáková was one of the first victims of the communist regime in Czechoslovakia. She opposed the communist coup in 1948 but did not leave the country. She was arrested and tried for ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, tense, touching, captivating ...
Plot:
european history, prisoner, lawyer, world war two, communism, death sentence, czech history, trial, husband wife relationship, jail, politics, strong female character ...
Time:
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Place:
prague, czechoslovakia, central europe
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Denmark
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The film depicts the last hours in the life of great Danish King Christian IV, told exclusively from a horse carriage. The focal point is Christian's tempestuous relationship to his second wife, Kirsten Munk, involving accusations of infidelity ...
Style:
tension, melancholic, psychological, poignant, art house ...
Plot:
monarchy, royalty, betrayal, infidelity, jealousy, character study, biopic, confrontation, political scandal, redemption, single, male protagonist ...
Time:
17th century, middle ages
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
A ruthlessly ambitious Scottish lord siezes the throne with the help of his scheming wife and a trio of witches.
Style:
disturbing, visual, bleak, atmospheric, spiritual ...
Plot:
murder, shakespeare, guilt, prophecy, witch, nobility, macbeth, witchcraft, royalty, betrayal, renaissance, ghost ...
Time:
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Place:
scotland, eastern europe, england, europe
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Czech Republic
Story:
Czech Television's epic historical film draws on the breathtaking dramatic life of the great of Czech history, King Charles IV.
Style:
historical drama, captivating, tense, thought provoking, disturbing ...
Plot:
czech history, power struggle, royal family, king, medieval, knight, father son relationship, aristocrat, european history, royal court, family relations, historical figure ...
Time:
14th century, middle ages
Place:
central europe, prague
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 101 min.
TV show
Story:
A BBC miniseries based loosely on the lives of Mary, Queen of Scots, and her son James I of England.
Style:
historical drama, period piece, captivating, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
royal family, king, tudors, monarchy, royalty, monarch, intrigue, coronation, execution, renaissance, power, medieval ...
Time:
17th century, 16th century, middle ages, ancient times
Place:
england, britain, london, scotland
Similarity:
17%
Genre: Drama, History, Horror
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A ruthless inquisitor spins the superstitions of local peasants into religious heresy, finding cause to accuse dozens of innocent men and women of witchcraft. The inquisitor targets nobles and merchants, whose property and goods are then ...
Style:
atmospheric, gothic, gothic horror, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
witch, burned at the stake, inquisition, medieval, torture, burned alive, torture chamber, witchcraft, occult, religions or cults, priest, church ...
Time:
middle ages, 20th century, year 1970, 17th century
Place:
eastern europe, czechoslovakia, europe, czech republic, central europe
Similarity:
17%
Genre: Drama, History, Mystery
Country: Italy, France, Switzerland
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Northern Italy, 17th century. In a monastery, a nun accused of witchcraft tries to seduce a young confessor who refuses to yield to his searing temptation.
Style:
captivating, disturbing, suspenseful, suspense, tense
Plot:
witch hunt, nun, tragic love, religious hypocrisy, religious fanatic, religion, religious cult, religious conflict, monk, seduction, society, love story ...
Time:
17th century
Place:
italy
Similarity:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Spain, Italy, France, Brazil, Portugal
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
The story of Father Antonio Vieira, a 17th-century Portuguese priest who lived in Brazil and worked for better treatment of the Indians and to abolish slavery.
Style:
serious, historical drama, period piece, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
liberation theology, biopic, political intrigue, latin american history, slavery, social justice, religious, catholic, fight for justice, historical figure, fighting the system, society ...
Time:
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