Movies like Surviving Confession
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Surviving Confession (2019)
241
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A disgruntled priest, conflicted with his faith, has his world turned upside down when an unlikely person enters his confessional.
Style:
psychological, captivating, satirical, thrilling, reflective, religious drama, art house, indie film, suspenseful, suspense thriller
Plot:
confession, social satire, religion, priest, catholic, christian, moral dilemma, faith, changing lives, satire, lifestyle change, religious faith, moral ambiguity, character study, claustrophobia, mature, mysterious stranger, slow burn, minimalism, single, anti hero, consciousness, catholicism, psychological drama, one location
Time:
contemporary
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, psychological, satirical and thrilling films with plots about satire, intimate, character study, bittersweet, redemption, changing lives and slice of life mostly in Drama, Comedy and Family genres. Some movies like Surviving Confession: Fourplay (2018), Hudson (2019), Welcome Matt (2021), Blindness (2016), Dial a Prayer (2015). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
A story of friendship, love, marriage, secrets, lies that unfolds between two couples in one apartment during a Sunday brunch that will affect their lives forever.
Style:
disturbing, semi serious, captivating, psychological, satirical ...
Plot:
friendship, couples, marriage, male female relationship, love story, husband wife relationship, love and romance, friends, family life, family relations, love affair, satire ...
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285
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
A man embarks on a trip with his estranged cousin Hudson to spread his late mother's ashes. They meet an unusual woman along the way and their simple road trip turns into a dysfunctional adventure.
Style:
road movie, psychological, captivating, thrilling, satirical ...
Plot:
grief, road trip, changing lives, lifestyle change, journey, satire, second chance, recluse, friendship, empathy, bittersweet, intimate ...
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78%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Matt, a well known writer and director, suffers a traumatic experience, that leads to him being deathly afraid to go outside. Therefore he decides to attempt to write, direct, and star in a feature film, all from his apartment.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, satirical, semi serious, psychological ...
Plot:
isolation, traumatic memory, confined space, psychological trauma, agoraphobia, filmmaking, social isolation, traumatic experience, satire, post traumatic stress, director, isolated place ...
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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
Similarity:
71%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A troubled young woman working at a prayer call center makes a difference in other people's lives, forcing her to reconcile with her troubled past with the faith she brings out in others.
Style:
semi serious, satirical, psychological, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
call center, female protagonist, faith, redemption, christian, religious faith, workplace situations, rescue, satire, assistant, saving a life, workplace ...
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70%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
satirical, captivating, thrilling, psychological, indie film ...
Plot:
christian, religion, faith, god, love, spirituality, life is a bitch, legal action, court, courtroom drama, courtroom, belief in god ...
Place:
florida
Similarity:
66%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
After falling off the roof at a New Year's Eve house party, Owen decides that it's time to make some wholesale changes in his life. Over the next year, he quits drinking, re-enters his estranged son's life, reignites old friendships, ...
Style:
semi serious, psychological, captivating, satirical, entertaining ...
Plot:
christmas, personal growth, redemption, second chance, father son relationship, relationships, changing lives, romantic relationship, lifestyle change, love story, family relations, male female relationship ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A man does everything in his power to keep ownership of a seaside cottage he built with his late wife.
Style:
satirical, captivating, thrilling, psychological, emotional ...
Plot:
bereavement, mourning, loss, grief, satire, dysfunctional family, loss of wife, relationship problems, family problems, obsession, memory, character study ...
Similarity:
58%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Chronicles the life of Curtis Clemins, who is torn between the love of his life and accomplishing his dream. When hitting rock bottom during the Sundance Film Festival, Clemins' calls upon his old college chum, Kevin Prouse, giving the now ...
Style:
independent film, psychological, captivating, thrilling, satirical ...
Plot:
problem, dream, filmmaker, satire, character study, midlife crisis, personal growth, struggling artist, alcoholism, divorce, friendship, mature ...
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57%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
After battling drug addiction, a Harlem rapper returns to his family’s church to confront his past on Christmas Eve.
Style:
psychological, semi serious, captivating, christmas comedy, thrilling ...
Plot:
christmas, holiday, christmas eve, rapper, redemption, church, relationships, male female relationship, rap star, love affair, rap, christmas spirit ...
Place:
harlem
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
What would you do if you told the world you heard God's voice and no one believed you? Steps of Faith, is a light-heart dramedy about Faith Houston an accountant, who is directed by God to move to a small town to work on a Hippotherapy farm ...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, emotional, light hearted
Plot:
christian, horse, faith, horse ranch, social problems, lifestyle change, changing lives, satire, religious faith, countryside, village life, woman riding a horse ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Italy
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
In the exact moment they're hitting rock bottom, four strangers are visited by a mysterious man who gifts them a week to see how the world would be without them.
Style:
thought provoking, psychological, existential, captivating, satirical ...
Plot:
second chance, suicide, alternate reality, satire, life is a bitch, vigilantism, changing lives, lifestyle change, problem, isolation, self discovery, mental health ...
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
In this feel-good apocalyptic comedy, Liza embarks on a hilarious journey through LA in hopes of making it to her last party before it all ends, running into an eclectic cast of characters along the way.
Style:
satirical, entertaining, psychological, captivating, feel good ...
Plot:
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Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
Cal Piker hasn’t seen his sister Samantha since their mother’s funeral, so when he interrupts her English lecture one morning with a proposal - a week out in the woods of Oregon, looking for Bigfoot in the legendary 'Ape Canyon' - she ...
Style:
psychological, satirical, semi serious, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
bigfoot, sibling relationship, cryptozoology, wilderness, forest, brother sister relationship, midlife crisis, satire, creature, escapades, social satire, identity crisis ...
Place:
oregon
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
religious drama, independent film, melancholic
Plot:
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51%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
satirical, dark comedy, captivating, thrilling, psychological ...
Plot:
satire, ritual, life is a bitch, family relations, relationships, social problems, grief, social commentary, family drama, haunting, realism, bureaucracy ...
Place:
india
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48%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, semi serious, captivating, satirical, disturbing ...
Plot:
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Time:
2010s
Place:
new york
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Jack Harriman becomes a spiritual celebrity after debunking Reverend Guy Roy on a public-access TV show. While on the road speaking his brand of truth, forces natural and supernatural lead him to question whether he has a deeper calling.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, captivating, thrilling
Plot:
religion, problem, religious faith, faith, prostitute, gas station, road trip, voice over narration, bare chested male, fishing, community, golf ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
satirical, thrilling, semi serious, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
couples, character study, secrets, realism, husband wife relationship, marital problem, satire, lifestyle, secret, relationship problems, couple relations, relationships ...
Place:
chicago
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, satirical, thrilling, captivating, melancholic ...
Plot:
friendship, alcoholic, suicidal, suicidal tendency, alcoholism, loneliness, drunkenness, suicide, character study, substance abuse, self destructing, friends ...
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Radio Personality, Michael Washington, known as "DJ Mike" makes fun of people's lives with prank phone calls on his radio show, JAB STAB. His jokes make his show #1 of all morning talk show in the state. However, behind the scenes of ...
Style:
satirical, psychological, semi serious, thrilling, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
43%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
When his destituite widowed sister-in-law—whom he had never stopped harbouring feelings for—and her ne'er-do-well son come to live with him after World War II, a mentally-ill farmer who spends all his time destroying unexploded ordnance ...
Style:
semi serious, psychological, satirical, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
family drama, character study, post war, loneliness, kids and family, changing lives, male female relationship, family life, family relations, lifestyle, satire, lifestyle change ...
Time:
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42%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A disgruntled grocery store clerk can't quit living in the past until one night his store gets robbed and it changes his future forever.
Style:
semi serious, feel good, satirical, captivating, entertaining ...
Plot:
robbery, heist, criminal, changing lives, satire, social satire, problem, lifestyle change, store, regret, character study, everyday life ...
Similarity:
41%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A lonely girl seeks love, connection and family by crashing funerals.
Style:
romantic, captivating, satirical, thrilling, psychological ...
Plot:
loneliness, funeral, romantic relationship, love interest, satire, single woman, female protagonist, love and romance, love affair, love story, socially awkward, moral ambiguity ...
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41%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, captivating
Plot:
evangelist, religion, faith, pastor, christian, religious conversion, change of heart, religious faith, student, college student, religious, character change ...
Place:
midwest, chicago
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, captivating, humorous, slang, satirical ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
india
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Style:
satirical, captivating, semi serious, disturbing, psychological ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
40%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, thrilling, satirical, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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