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Forgive Me (2013)
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
TV show
Story:
A series that breaks the seal of the Catholic confessional booth. A young insomniac priest gets caught up in the sins of his congregants while a secret from his own past threatens his calling.
Style:
sincere, psychological, serious, realistic, contemplative, talky, religious drama, bleak, dark, suspenseful ...
Plot:
small town, priest, catholic, confession, society, clergy, religions or cults, church, haunted by the past, catholic church, forgiveness, moral dilemma, confession booth, guilt, religious hypocrisy, moral ambiguity, loneliness, mature, gay, psychological drama, religious symbolism, mystery
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
canada
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, sincere and psychological films and TV series with plots about society, religions or cults, clergy, small town, moral dilemma, life is a bitch and family relations mostly in Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like Forgive Me: Rectify (2013), Fall (2014), Sinner (2007), Nothing Sacred (1997), Broken (2017). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 82 min.
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123
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
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Time:
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Duration: 60 min.
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Style:
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Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
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catholic church, religion, catholic priest, priest, catholic, congregation, compassion, forgiveness, everyday life, religious faith, life is a bitch, social problems ...
Place:
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Duration: 60 min.
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Time:
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Country: USA
Duration: 90 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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28%
Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland, Norway, Germany, France
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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28%
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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:
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Place:
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Similarity:
27%
535
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Time:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Time:
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Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: Peru
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: UK
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Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Place:
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Country: Canada
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Story:
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Country: Israel
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Country: Finland
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Story:
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Style:
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621
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, touching, erotic, captivating, psychological ...
Audience:
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Time:
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Place:
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