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Nor'easter (2012)
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A young and inexperienced priest encourages a family to declare their long-missing son dead, but once they do, the boy mysteriously returns, testing the priest's commitment to church doctrine over the laws of the natural world.
Style:
psychological, realistic, tense, atmospheric, bleak, serious, mumblecore, gloomy
Plot:
missing child, moral dilemma, clergy, religions or cults, church, small town, social relations, gay, priest, brainwashing, winter, danger, snow, gay subtext, society, island, pedophile, kidnapped boy, young
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa, maine
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, psychological and tense films with plots about society, danger, clergy, small town, religions or cults, dishonesty and moral dilemma mostly in Drama, Thriller and Mystery genres. Some movies like Nor'easter: Secrets of Eden (2012), Into Temptation (2009), Holy Ghost People (2013), The Fold (2013), Perfidy (2009). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Based on Chris Bohjalian’s New York Times best-selling novel, “Secrets of Eden” centers on Stephen Drew, an adored small-town minister, and the brutal and sadistic murder-suicide of Alice and George Hayward, the town’s most beloved ...
Style:
tense, realistic, psychological, serious, captivating
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
vermont, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
On the trail of her missing sister, Charlotte enlists the help of Wayne, an ex-Marine and alcoholic, to infiltrate the Church of One Accord - a community of snake-handlers who risk their lives seeking salvation in the Holy Ghost.
Style:
tense, serious, psychological, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
36%
214
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Struggling with her grief, Anglican priest Rebecca Ashton tries to replace her deceased daughter with another girl.
Style:
realistic, psychological, tense, atmospheric, serious ...
Plot:
obsession, friendship, society, immigrant, under the surface, life is a bitch, clergy, female protagonist, dangerous attraction, danger, grief, folklore ...
Time:
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Place:
england, cornwall
Similarity:
29%
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224
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Bolivia, USA, Chile
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Perfidia, begins with a heartfelt version of the immortal title track, while the camera records the journey by a route through a snowy landscape and melancholy, the traveler is the enigmatic and silent Gus Chilean Gonzalo Valenzuela, in his first ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Best friends LC and Roland are two young ministers, climbing the ranks at the First Baptist Church under the leadership of Pastor Dr. Ezekial Canon.
Style:
realistic, captivating, psychological, atmospheric, spiritual ...
Plot:
clergy, rise and fall, friendship, religions or cults, ambition, unfulfillment, betrayal, human nature, priest, aging, blind ambition, buddies ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
25%
74
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
An aging Roman Catholic Priest living contentedly at a Niagara Falls parish, receives a letter forcing his complacent life into a downward spiral.
Style:
sincere, serious, psychological, touching, realistic ...
Plot:
haunted by the past, clergy, introspection, moral dilemma, church, society, elderly, religions or cults, religion, catholic church, moral ambiguity, guilt ...
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, contemplative, feel good, touching ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
25%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
In a quiet southern town, several lives are changed forever when an isolated mute with a dark secret is admitted to a mental institution.
Style:
serious, disturbing, suspense, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
louisiana
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
The truth of the past come to light in a series of haunting visions in this drama. The strange visions grow more vivid with each passing day, a young woman of Native American heritage begins piecing together a Catholic priests diabolical plot to ...
Style:
bleak, tense, serious, disturbing, realistic ...
Plot:
genocide, against humanity, dishonesty, haunted by the past, clergy, life is a bitch, family relations, priest, native, american indian, winter, strong female lead ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, minnesota
Similarity:
23%
123
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A Catholic priest, Father Anthony Romano (Nick Chinlund), intervenes with the police when his colleague attacks a drifter named Lil (Georgina Cates). When Anthony reluctantly provides her asylum in his rectory, the brash hustler soon discovers a ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, serious, tense, captivating, independent film ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Paul Harris works at a small research facility on the outskirts of Boston. After a weekend tryst with a co-worker leaves him wanting more, his unreciprocated desires gradually mold into an acute infatuation. When Danielle takes interest in a new ...
Style:
tense, realistic, atmospheric, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, boston
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, serious, psychological, atmospheric, anamorphic ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
north carolina, usa
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
22%
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Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
22%
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Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
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Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
22%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
disturbing, serious, atmospheric, bleak, neo noir ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
22%
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Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
21%
566
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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391
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, mumblecore, captivating, psychological, atmospheric ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
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Story:
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Style:
sincere, contemplative, serious, psychological, talky ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
21%
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Duration: 113 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, realistic, sincere, atmospheric, serious ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Kenya, Somalia
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, captivating, realistic, serious, psychological ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, suspenseful, tense, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, psychological, captivating, contemplative, serious ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspense, tense, thrilling, psychological, atmospheric ...
Plot:
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Country: Spain, Israel
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspenseful, tense, realistic, serious, political thriller ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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