Abbey movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant abbey movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out period drama, serious, realistic, historical drama, period piece and costume drama films and TV shows about / with abbey, costume, society, love and romance, family relations, social differences, couples, death, nun and female protagonist plots mostly in Drama, Romance and History genres shot in UK, USA, Italy and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as abbey: Bleak House (2005), The Name of the Rose (2019), Downton Abbey: A New Era (2022), Cadfael (1994), The Name of the Rose (1986), Northanger Abbey (2007), Black Death (2010), Sometimes the Good Kill (2017), The Inheritance (1997), Within the Convent (1978).
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
A suspenseful tale about the injustices of the 19th Century English legal system.
Style:
costume drama, period piece, serious, bleak, historical drama ...
Plot:
charles dickens, estate, inheritance, aristocracy, orphan, secret, investigation, uncover truth, abbey, social differences, injustice, society ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, turn of the century
Place:
england, britain, london, europe
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Genre: Drama, History, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, Germany
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
In 1327, Friar William from Baskerville, followed by the young novice Adso da Melk, reaches an isolated Benedictine abbey on the Alps to aid in a dispute between the Franciscan Order and the Avignon papacy. Upon arrival in the abbey the two find ...
Style:
period piece, costume drama, detective, enigmatic, captivating ...
Plot:
murder mystery, inquisition, monastery, monk, abbey, medieval, priest, burned at the stake, murder investigation, murder, friendship, fight ...
Time:
middle ages, 14th century, medieval times
Place:
italy
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
The residents of Downton Abbey go on a new adventure that takes them to a Spanish villa.
Style:
sincere, family saga, period piece, saga, captivating ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
aristocracy, abbey, country house, earl, royalty, king, high society, domestic servant, countess, aristocrat, mother daughter relationship, inheritance ...
Time:
1920s
Place:
england, britain, french riviera, london, south of france ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 983 min.
TV show
Story:
Cadfael is the name given to the TV series of The Cadfael Chronicles adaptations produced by British television company ITV Central between 1994 and 1998. The series was broadcast on the ITV network in the UK, and starred Sir Derek Jacobi as the ...
Style:
serious, detective, historical drama, atmospheric, costume drama ...
Plot:
medieval, investigation, monk, monastery, priest, clergy, murder, murder investigation, riddles and clues, abbey, amateur sleuth, sleuth ...
Time:
middle ages, 12th century, medieval times, 20th century
Place:
england, europe
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: West Germany, Italy, France
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
14th-century Franciscan monk William of Baskerville and his young novice arrive at a conference to find that several monks have been murdered under mysterious circumstances. To solve the crimes, William must rise up against the Church's ...
Style:
intellectual, psychological, gloomy, suspenseful, clever ...
Plot:
clergy, medieval, investigation, monastery, monk, whodunit, uncover truth, murder mystery, murder, ancient, religion, riddles and clues ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, 14th century, ancient times, year 1986
Place:
europe, france, south of france, italy, canada
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA, Ireland
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A young woman's penchant for sensational Gothic novels leads to misunderstandings in the matters of the heart.
Style:
costume drama, gothic, romantic, period piece, realistic ...
Plot:
love and romance, estate, fall in love, aristocracy, love, friendship, passionate love, family relations, abbey, literary, passion, countryside ...
Time:
18th century, victorian era, 19th century, ancient times, 1800s ...
Place:
england, europe
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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, dark, atmospheric, bleak, period piece ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
medieval, plague, witch, knight, sword and sorcery, danger, monk, heroic mission, dealing with death, sword and shield, bubonic plague, pagan ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, 14th century, year 2010
Place:
england, europe, london
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Genre: Drama, Adventure, Horror
Country: West Germany, Switzerland, Portugal
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
16-year-old Maria is forced into Serra D'Aires convent, secretly run by Satanists. Her confessor is in collusion with the Mother Superior. Maria is tortured, forced into sex with men, women, and the horned Devil, and told that it's all a ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, suspense, crying, sensual ...
Plot:
nun, inquisition, sex, nunsploitation, demon rape, satanism, convent, letter, sexploitation, female protagonist, confession, blood ...
Place:
portugal
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
After a mysterious death at the Abbey, Sister Talia finds herself caught in the center of the internal investigation. With strict orders from the newly elected Mother Superior, she must uncover the truth behind the death and ensure the Abbey remains ...
Style:
suspense, unusual plot structure, contemplative, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
serial killer, nun, murder investigation, investigation, mysterious past, gossip, catholic, catholicism, murder mystery, female protagonist, church, convent ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
At the lush Evenswood estate in Concord, Massachusetts, Edith Adelon, a beautiful orphan, lives as the paid companion to the daughter of the wealthy Hamilton family, although they regard her as one of their own. Years ago, Henry Hamilton saved Edith ...
Style:
period piece, touching, serious, realistic, period drama
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
abbey, passionate love, social differences, looking for love, rich and poor, gilded age, rich man, happy ending, opposites attract, forbidden love, love triangle, progress ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, 1870s, 1800s
Place:
america, massachusetts, usa
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A zealous, handsome priest, who is the confessor for a convent full of women, encourages the equally zealous abbess of the institution to enforce strict rules on these unfortunate women. At the same time, a particularly disturbed nun manages to ...
Style:
sensual, grindhouse, naughty, cult classic, controversial ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
nunsploitation, convent, abbess, nun, erotica, porn, fetish, clergy, church, sex scene, inheritance, artist ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
italy
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Robin Hood is an old man when he returns with his best friend Little John to England after the Crusades. Maid Marian has entered a nunnery, King Richard is a raving lunatic, his Brother John a moron, and the age of great adventure has seemed to have ...
Style:
period piece, exciting, realistic, serious, stylized ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
robin hood, knight, folk hero, aging, nun, tragic love, king, poisoning, abbey, sword duel, forest, nobility ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, year 1976, 12th century, 80s ...
Place:
england, basque country, france
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Magnificat is a 1993 Italian drama film directed by Pupi Avati. It was entered into the 1993 Cannes Film Festival.
Style:
dark, grim, brutal, bleak, atmospheric ...
Plot:
abbey, torture, religious, mature, catholicism, convent, moral ambiguity, medieval, clergy, monastery, sin, haunting ...
Time:
middle ages, 10th century
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, War
Country: UK
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
During the World War II, the prisoners of a German camp in a greek island are trying to escape. They don't want only their freedom, but they also seek for an ineffable treasure hidden in a monastery at the top of the island's mountain.
Style:
exciting, suspense, captivating, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, escape, chase, soldier, archaeologist, daring rescue, danger, survival, relic, military, world war, archeological dig ...
Time:
1940s, year 1979, year 1944
Place:
greece, europe, athens greece, balkan
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 469 min.
TV show
Story:
In the 1840s, Cranford is ruled by the ladies. They adore good gossip; and romance and change is in the air, as the unwelcome grasp of the Industrial Revolution rapidly approaches their beloved rural market-town.
Style:
atmospheric, sincere, costume drama, period piece, clever ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
small town life, social differences, aristocracy, high society, small town, family relations, love and romance, class differences, proposal, social relations, family life, maid ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, 1840s
Place:
england, britain, europe
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 53 min.
TV show
Story:
Set in the small hamlet of Lark Rise and the wealthier neighbouring market town, Candleford, the series chronicles the daily lives of farm-workers, craftsmen and gentry at the end of the 19th Century. Lark Rise to Candleford is a love letter to a ...
Style:
costume drama, sentimental, sincere, period piece, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night, kids
Plot:
village life, friendship, social relations, hopes, small town, abbey, true love, victorian england, father son relationship, employer employee relationship, neighbor neighbor relationship, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1800s
Place:
england, britain, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Set in 1936, the show takes viewers, old and new, back to the lavish world of Belgravia, London. A new set of occupants reside at 165 Eaton Place and viewers see how external and internal influences of the tumultuous pre-war period shape and mould ...
Style:
realistic, historical drama, costume drama, period piece, stylized ...
Plot:
butler, high society, master and servant, marriage, family values, housewife, rich and poor, family life, lifestyle, millionaire, abbey, class differences ...
Time:
1930s, edwardian era, 20th century
Place:
england, wales, europe, london
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Mr. Selfridge recounts the real life story of the flamboyant and visionary American founder of Selfridge's, London's lavish department store. Set in 1909 London, when women were reveling in a new sense of freedom and modernity, it follows ...
Style:
stylized, captivating, costume drama, serious, period piece ...
Plot:
businessman, high society, rise to the top, visionary, department store, success, materialism, lifestyle, ambitious, career, boss, manager ...
Time:
1900s, edwardian era, 1910s, 20th century, victorian era
Place:
england, london, britain
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
An intoxicating love story set in England's first department store in the 1870s. The Paradise revolves around the lives of the people who live and work in the store, each bound in their own way by the power of the world they live in, and the ...
Style:
captivating, costume drama, period piece, stylized, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
fashion, workplace situations, rise to the top, high society, success, workplace, love affair, nouveau riche, love and romance, department store, hot and sexy, workplace problem ...
Time:
19th century, 1900s, victorian era, 1870s, 20th century ...
Place:
england, britain
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Based on true events. Aesha goes to an isolated b&b in Kent after her mom books her in so she can get some head space for her studies. In the night Aesha is visited by a nun at the door who will progressively begin to show her true colours as ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, bleak, disturbing, scary ...
Plot:
nun, supernatural, evil nun, abbey, nightmare, demon, isolation, spirit, ghost, demonic possession, paranormal, female protagonist ...
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Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
When Dracula leaves the captive Jonathan Harker and Transylvania for London in search of Mina Harker -- the spitting image of Dracula's long-dead wife, Elisabeta -- obsessed vampire hunter Dr. Van Helsing sets out to end the madness.
Style:
gothic, scary, gothic horror, dark fantasy, atmospheric ...
Audience:
girls' night, boys' night, teens, adult
Plot:
vampire, supernatural, monster, goth, dangerous attraction, dracula, victorian england, legends and myths, bloodsucker, death, blood, vampire bite ...
Time:
middle ages, victorian era, 90s, 15th century, 1800s ...
Place:
london, transylvania, england, britain, ottoman empire ...
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: France, Germany
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
In the 16th century in the Cévennes, a horse dealer by the name of Michael Kohlhaas leads a happy and prosperous family life. When a lord treats him unjustly, this pious, upstanding man raises an army and puts the country to fire and sword in order ...
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, stylized, action adventure ...
Plot:
medieval, tudors, revolution, injustice, folk hero, murder, loss of wife, rebelliousness, vengeance, renaissance, society, life is a bitch ...
Time:
16th century, medieval times, future, year 2013, 2010s
Place:
france, europe
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A re-imagined account of the early life of Maria Anna 'Nannerl' Mozart, five years older than Wolfgang and a musical prodigy in her own right.
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, period piece, captivating ...
Plot:
classical music, musician, gender, horse, prodigy, domineering father, family relations, against the rules, follow your dream, musician's life, composer, dishonesty ...
Time:
18th century, georgian era
Place:
europe, vienna, paris france, london, english channel ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Upstairs, Downstairs is a British television drama series originally produced by London Weekend Television and revived by the BBC. It ran on ITV in 68 episodes divided into five series from 1971 to 1975.
Set in a large townhouse in Edwardian, First ...
Style:
costume drama, period piece, realistic, stylized, serious ...
Plot:
butler, domestic servant, maid, working class, wealth, master servant relationship, high society, master and servant, lifestyle, couples, rich and poor, couple relations ...
Time:
1900s, edwardian era, year 1971, 1920s, 1930s ...
Place:
england, london, hawaii, britain, europe
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
Period drama series about the brooding rivalry between former soldier Ross Poldark and local industrialist George Warleggan, and the two women in their lives. Based on the books by Winston Graham.
Style:
costume drama, spiritual, historical drama, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
spirituality, abbey, unrequited love, time machine, estate, master and servant, unfulfillment, love and romance, couple relations, society, manners, rich and poor ...
Time:
georgian era, 1780s, 18th century
Place:
england, europe, britain, cornwall
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, War
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
As a 13-year-old, fledgling writer Briony Tallis irrevocably changes the course of several lives when she accuses her older sister's lover of a crime he did not commit.
Style:
touching, emotional, period piece, heartbreaking, sad ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teens, adult
Plot:
world war two, wartime, redemption, tragic love, injustice, love story, unfulfilled love, sex scene, forbidden love, love and romance, false accusation, innocence ...
Time:
1930s, victorian era, 1940s, year 2007, 2000s ...
Place:
england, london, dunkirk, britain, europe ...
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Genre: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Persuasion is the newest adaptation of the classic Jane Austen novel of the same name published in 1818. Anne falls deeply in love with handsome young naval officer Frederick Wentworth at the age of nineteen.
Style:
romantic, costume drama, sentimental, period piece, stylized ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night, kids, chick flick
Plot:
love affair, love, fall in love, rich and poor, relationships, love and romance, love story, couple relations, spinster, abbey, passionate love, enemies to lovers ...
Time:
19th century, 1800s, victorian era, regency period, 1810s ...
Place:
england, britain
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 57 min.
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Story:
This is the acclaimed 2008 BBC adaptation of the famous Jane Austen novel. While it originally aired as a 3-part miniseries, this home video release includes a single uninterrupted version of the entire film.
Style:
costume drama, period piece, romantic drama, historical drama, sincere ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
countryside, romanticism, love and romance, society, sister sister relationship, love triangle, wooing, manners, rich and poor, rich man poor woman, love story, unrequited love ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, georgian era, regency period
Place:
london, europe, britain, england
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
A chronicle of the lives of the aristocratic Crawley family and their servants in the post-Edwardian era—with great events in history having an effect on their lives and on the British social hierarchy.
Style:
costume drama, captivating, historical drama, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
aristocracy, estate, traditional versus modern, relatives, manners, countryside, high society, servant, country estate, butler, family life, aristocrat ...
Time:
20th century, 1910s, edwardian era, 1920s, 50s ...
Place:
england, britain, hawaii, europe, yorkshire ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, War
Country: UK, Belgium, USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
In the years before the First World War, three Britons are drawn into fraught and ultimately tragic relations: Anglican Christopher Tietjens, second son of the lord of the manor of Groby, Yorkshire, who is a disconsolate, Tory statistician in ...
Style:
clever, serious, period piece, costume drama, romantic drama ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
high society, crumbling marriage, world war one, lovers, love triangle, adultery, couple relations, couples, estate, love and romance, countryside, conservative ...
Time:
1910s, edwardian era, 20th century
Place:
europe, england
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