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Coven (2020)
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Coven (2020)
Original name: Akelarre
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 do what it takes for them to confess what they know about the akelarre, a ceremony with magical connotations during which the Devil is said to initiate his servants and mate with them.
Style: satanic, tense, suspense, disturbing
Plot: inquisition, spanish inquisition, witch, witch hunt, witchcraft, coven, witch burning, medieval, religious fanatic, society, social problems, social misfits, social issues, accusation, religious differences, religious persecution, guilty verdict, religions or cults, arrested, artist, supernatural, gender, devil worship, worship, satanic cult ...
Time: 17th century, 1600s
Place: basque country, spain

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, captivating, disturbing and realistic films with plots about religion, religions or cults, torture, society, life is a bitch, female nudity and christian mostly in Drama, History and Horror genres. Some movies like Coven: Devil's Bride (2016), Salem Witch Trials (2002), Witchhammer (1970), The Crucible (1996), Flame in the Wind (1971). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Devil's Bride (2016)
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. ...
Style: captivating, disturbing, tense, enigmatic, historical drama
Plot: witch hunt, witch, false accusation, adultery, betrayal, jealousy, witchcraft, fall in love, lie, village, rural setting, young woman ...
Time: 17th century, ancient times
Place: finland
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Salem Witch Trials (2002)
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: realistic, serious, suspenseful, disturbing, historical drama ...
Plot: witch hunt, false accusation, puritan, execution, religions or cults, society, politics, legal, courtroom drama, social decay, life is a bitch, dishonesty ...
Time: 17th century
Place: massachusetts, usa, salem massachusetts
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Witchhammer (1970)
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 horror, satanic, gothic, serious ...
Plot: witch, nudity, burned alive, medieval, folk horror, burned at the stake, female nudity, witchcraft, occult, religions or cults, inquisition, terror ...
Time: middle ages, 20th century, year 1970, 17th century
Place: eastern europe, czechoslovakia, czech republic, europe, central europe
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100%
 6.8
 40K
The Crucible (1996)
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, disturbing, rough, dramatic ...
Plot: witch, witch hunt, salem witch trial, courtroom drama, witchcraft, colonial america, legal, politics, vengeance, curse, court, manipulation ...
Time: 17th century, 90s
Place: massachusetts, salem massachusetts, usa, new england
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100%
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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
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36%
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
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34%
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The Devils (1971)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 111 min.
Story: A dramatised historical account of the rise and fall of Urbain Grandier, a 17th-century Roman Catholic priest accused of witchcraft following alleged demonic possessions of sexually repressed nuns.
Style: disturbing, controversial, surreal, psychological, bleak ...
Audience: adult
Plot: religion, surrealism, inquisition, priest, nun, nunsploitation, witch, politics, torture, clergy, witchcraft, convent ...
Time: 17th century, year 1971, medieval times, year 2016, middle ages
Place: france, europe, london, england
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33%
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Falling Star (2014)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Spain
Duration: 105 min.
Story: This colourful feature debut from experienced producer Luis Miñarro offers an almost hallucinatory look at the world of Amadeo of Savoy, who was king of an ungovernable Spain for two years around 1870. This intriguing episode is transformed into a ...
Style: serious, realistic, stylized, captivating
Plot: royal family, male nudity, erection, male pubic hair, gay interest, society, state affairs, royal court, political unrest, master and servant, gay, art ...
Time: 19th century
Place: spain, europe
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32%
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The Radicals (1989)
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, captivating, realistic ...
Plot: liberation theology, faith, ancient, biopic, christian, medieval, christianity, church, reformation, religions or cults, clergy, heroes ...
Time: 16th century, ancient times
Place: switzerland, europe, zurich switzerland
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32%
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The Crucible (1967)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story: Landmark adaptation of the Arthur Miller play. Nominated for 3 Emmy awards.
Style: allegory
Plot: slavery, aftermath, salem witch trial, hanging, adolescence, suicide attempt, death of husband, religious fundamentalism, feud, expert, dancing, infidelity ...
Time: 17th century
Place: salem massachusetts
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31%
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Secret Passage (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, Luxembourg, Portugal
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Isabel and Clara are growing up in a time of terror. It is 1492, and Spain has decreed that all Jews must either convert to Catholicism, go into exile or face trial and execution. Although forcibly baptized, the sisters are chased through ...
Style: suspense, disturbing, stylized, intense, bleak
Plot: spanish inquisition, medieval, marriage, anti semitism, runaway, inquisition, religions or cults, love, witch hunt, exploitation, male objectification, priest ...
Time: 15th century, middle ages
Place: spain, italy, istanbul turkey
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
 5.8
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Joan of Arc (2019)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: France
Duration: 137 min.
Story: Dumont's sequel to Jeannette picks up where the previous film left off, with Jeanne's military victories, her capture, trial, and ultimate execution.
Style: psychological, captivating, thought provoking, suspense, disturbing ...
Plot: female warrior, medieval, religious persecution, joan of arc, female protagonist, burned alive, death sentence, religions or cults, religious fanatic, historical figure, religious hypocrisy, historical character ...
Time: 15th century, middle ages
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30%
The Endless Trench (2019)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Spain, France, Canada
Duration: 147 min.
Story: Higinio and Rosa have only been married for a few months when the Civil War breaks out, representing a serious threat to his life. Helped by his wife, they decide to use a hole dug into their own home as a provisional hiding place. The fear of ...
Style: suspense, captivating, suspenseful, tense, sad ...
Plot: dictatorship, political repression, male pubic hair, neighbor neighbor relationship, small village, spanish civil war, secret, delusion, hiding place, revenge, assassination, fear ...
Time: 1930s, 1940s, 60s, 20th century, year 1945 ...
Place: iberian peninsula, spain, andalusia
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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New World (1978)
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 ...
Plot: spanish conquest, crusader, religion, time machine, jungle, catholic, inquisition, conquering, spanish inquisition, catholic church, controversy, painting ...
Time: 16th century
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30%
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The Giant (2017)
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: tense, exciting, sentimental, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot: biopic, spanish history, father son relationship, death, death of brother, death of father, loss of brother, tall man, brother brother relationship, loss of father, ancient, world war one ...
Time: 19th century, ancient times, victorian era, 1800s
Place: basque country
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30%
Eva Doesn't Sleep (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina, Spain, France, Mexico
Duration: 85 min.
Story: In 1952, Argentina's beloved First Lady, Eva Perón, died of cancer at the age of thirty-three. A renowned embalmer was commissioned by the grieving Juan Perón to preserve her body for display, and Argentines flocked to be near ...
Style: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
Plot: dictator, corpse, execution, social problems, dictatorship, abduction, political conflict, class conflict, revolutionary, cigarette smoking, hand to hand combat, truck driver ...
Time: 1950s, year 1969, year 1974
Place: argentina
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The Conqueror Worm (1968)
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min.
Story: England is torn in civil strife as the Royalists battle the Parliamentary Party for control. This conflict distracts people from rational thought and allows unscrupulous men to gain local power by exploiting village superstitions. One of these men ...
Style: suspenseful, bleak, disturbing, gothic, rough ...
Plot: witch, folk horror, inquisition, torture, rape, murder, witch hunt, vengeance, burned alive, violence, exploitation, macabre ...
Time: 17th century, year 1968
Place: england, europe
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30%
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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
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30%
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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
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29%
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Sword of God (2018)
Genre: History
Country: Poland, Belgium
Duration: 100 min.
Story: In the early Middle Ages, two Christian knights set off to christen a small pagan village hidden deep in the mountains. Despite the differences in their views and perspectives on religion, the two men become travel companions and create a father-son ...
Style: disturbing, tense, captivating, suspense
Plot: inquisition, medieval, pagan, religious intolerance, preacher, religion, religious conversion, preaching, religious conflict, religious persecution, showdown, melee combat ...
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The Blind Sunflowers (2008)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Spain
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Ourense, Spain, 1940. Every time that Elena locks the door, she locks her secrets. Her husband Ricardo spend years hidden in his house with his children (Elenita and Lorenzo), trying to dodge persecution. Salvador, a priest confused after battling ...
Style: serious, touching, disturbing, emotional, realistic ...
Plot: repression, confession, family relations, survival, life is a bitch, spanish civil war, republican, society, soldier, obsession, clergy, love and romance ...
Place: spain, galicia
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The 13 Roses (2007)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Spain, Italy
Duration: 129 min.
Story: True story of thirteen totally normal young women that suffered harsh questioning and were put in prison under made up charges of helping the rebellion against Franco back in the 1940s. Despite of their innocence, the thirteen were soon executed ...
Style: disturbing, thought provoking, emotional, touching, political ...
Plot: spanish civil war, spanish history, injustice, woman in danger, false accusation, social decay, life is a bitch, betrayal, idealism, society, dishonesty, danger ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century, 1940s
Place: spain
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29%
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Overflow (2011)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Argentina
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Overflow Psychiatric hospital. Lighting in a stormy night's sky. With almost 12 years without seeing each other, Marcos Ferro (36) and Ivan Manusovich (37) meet the morning after having heard the news about Martin Tayal's death, Who was ...
Style: captivating, disturbing, psychological, social
Plot: mental health, mental institution, society, social problems, social issues, magazine editor, psychologist, magazine, psychology, lifestyle, psychiatrist, madhouse ...
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29%
Of Gods and Men (2010)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: France
Duration: 122 min.
Story: French drama based on the 1996 kidnapping and killing of seven monks in Algeria. A group of Trappist monks reside in the monastery of Tibhirine in Algeria, where they live in harmony with the largely muslim population. When a bloody conflict between ...
Style: sincere, meditative, unusual plot structure, atmospheric, visually appealing ...
Plot: monk, monastery, faith, religion, clergy, muslim, christian, islam, peace, courage, idealism, hostage ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s, 90s, 20th century, year 1996
Place: algeria, maghreb, morocco, middle east, palestine
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29%
The Trial of Joan of Arc (1962)
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, depressing, fairy tale, powerful ...
Plot: joan of arc, burned alive, courtroom drama, medieval, courtroom, inquisition, burned at the stake, minimalism, biopic, martyrdom, trial, catholic ...
Time: middle ages, year 1962, ancient times, medieval times, 15th century
Place: france, europe
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29%
Mark of the Devil (1970)
Genre: Drama, History, Horror, Thriller
Country: West Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story: In 1700s Austria, a witch-hunter's apprentice has doubts about the righteousness of witch-hunting when he witnesses the brutality, the injustice, the falsehood, the torture and the arbitrary killing that go with the job.
Style: disturbing, grindhouse, slasher, satanic, controversial ...
Plot: folk horror, witch, devil, occult, witchcraft, exploitation, supernatural, violent, monster, black magic, violence, nun ...
Time: 18th century, middle ages
Place: austria, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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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 ⇓
29%
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Black Death (2010)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Horror, Mystery
Country: Germany, UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story: As the plague decimates medieval Europe, rumours circulate of a village immune from the plague. There is talk of a necromancer who leads the village and is able to raise the dead. A fearsome knight joined by a cohort of soldiers and a young monk are ...
Style: gothic, atmospheric, dark, bleak, scary ...
Audience: adult
Plot: medieval, plague, knight, witch, sword and sorcery, monk, obsessive quest, danger, dealing with death, bubonic plague, inquisition, heroic mission ...
Time: middle ages, 14th century, medieval times, year 2010
Place: england, europe
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29%
The Book of Daniel (2013)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Taken into slavery after the fall of Jerusalem in 605 B.C., Daniel is forced to serve the most powerful king in the world, King Nebuchadnezzar. Faced with imminent death, Daniel proves himself a trusted Advisor and is placed among the king's ...
Style: biblical, inspirational, captivating, serious, suspense ...
Plot: religious, faith, bible, oracle, old testament, miraculous event, ancient history, escapades, hopes, christianity, confined, society ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Knights of Santiago (2023)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Spain
Duration: 74 min.
Story: In a country divided in an eternal internal war, an order of knights rises to build a nation.
Plot: queen, catholic, little girl, knight, decapitation, chess, sword, kingdom, army, christian, cavalry, battles ...
Time: 12th century, 15th century, 17th century
Place: spain
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29%
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