Sin movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant sin movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out serious, realistic, psychological, stylized, controversial and sexy films and TV shows about / with sin, religion, redemption, storytelling, male nudity, nude, society, death, betrayal and vengeance plots mostly in Drama, Romance and Thriller genres shot in USA, UK, Germany and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as sin: The Holy Girl (2004), Priest (1994), The Magdalene Sisters (2002), The Crime of Padre Amaro (2002), Paradise: Faith (2012), Oldboy (2003), Silent Light (2007), The Order (2003), Preacher (2016), The Borgias (2011).

List of sin movies

The Holy Girl (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina, Italy, Netherlands, Spain
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Amalia is an adolescent girl who is caught in the throes of her emerging sexuality and her deeply held passion for her Catholic faith. These two drives mingle when the visiting Dr. Jano takes advantage of a crowd to get inappropriately close to the ...
Style: sincere, touching, emotional, realistic, artsy ...
Plot: virginity, perversion, teenage girl, sin, doctor, love and romance, youth, couple relations, society, teenage life, parents and children, religions or cults ...
Time: 2000s, year 2004
Place: argentina, usa, los angeles
Is relevant?
 7.1
 12K
Priest (1994)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Father Greg Pilkington is torn between his call as a conservative Catholic priest and his secret life as a homosexual with a gay lover, frowned upon by the Church. Upon hearing the confession of a young girl of her incestuous father, Greg enters an ...
Style: independent film, lgbt cinema, touching, powerful, spiritual ...
Plot: gay, homosexuality, homosexual, gay interest, catholic priest, lgbtq, sex with a priest, sexual abuse, glbt, church, forbidden love, closeted homosexual ...
Time: year 1994, 90s
Place: liverpool, england, united kingdom, europe, iraq
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The Magdalene Sisters (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Four women are given into the custody of the Magdalene sisterhood asylum to correct their sinful behavior: Crispina and Rose have given birth to a premarital child, Margaret got raped by her cousin and the orphan Bernadette had been repeatedly ...
Style: bleak, harsh, brutal, controversial, depressing ...
Audience: teens, girls' night
Plot: nun, convent, catholic church, life is a bitch, corporal punishment, evil nun, human spirit, punishment, religion, catholic orphanage, sexual harassment, violence against women ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, year 1964, year 2002
Place: ireland, dublin ireland, europe, latin america
Is relevant?
The Crime of Padre Amaro (2002)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico, Argentina, Spain
Duration: 118 min.
Story: The young Father Amaro is put to the test. He is sent to Mexico to help take care of aging Father Benito when he meets a 16-year-old girl that he begins and affair with. It turns out the girls mother had been having an affair with Father Benito. ...
Style: controversial, harsh, sexual, stylized, touching ...
Audience: adult
Plot: abortion, celibacy, forbidden love, religion, clergy, lust, priest in love, catholicism, temptation, sin, hypocrisy, pregnancy ...
Time: year 2002
Place: mexico, latin america, south america, tokyo, spain
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Paradise: Faith (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: Austria, Germany, France
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Second film in Ulrich Seidl's Paradise trilogy. A devout Catholic woman practises her religion at home and in the local community, but is unprepared for the reappearance of her estranged husband, who is a Muslim.
Style: sincere, serious, realistic, contemplative, erotic ...
Plot: self flagellation, religion, group sex, religious differences, missionary, religious intolerance, female masturbation, catholic, interfaith relationship, religious hypocrisy, faith, belief ...
Time: 90s, 21st century
Place: austria, vienna
Is relevant?
 8.3
 709K
Oldboy (2003)
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 120 min.
Story: With no clue how he came to be imprisoned, drugged and tortured for 15 years, a desperate businessman seeks revenge on his captors.
Style: twist ending, psychological, bleak, neo noir, intense ...
Audience: adult
Plot: revenge, vengeance, incest, violence, psychopath, captivity, older man younger woman relationship, hypnosis, mind game, plot twist, psychological torture, torture ...
Time: year 2003, 80s, distant future, near future, y2k ...
Place: south korea, korea, stockholm sweden, oceania, east asia ...
Is relevant?
 7.2
 7K
Silent Light (2007)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico, France, Netherlands, Germany
Duration: 136 min.
Story: Johan and his family are Mennonites from the north of Mexico. Against the law of God and Man, Johan falls in love with another woman.
Style: psychological, atmospheric, erotic, slow cinema, serious ...
Plot: forbidden love, passionate kiss, making love, fall in love, farmer, redemption, moral dilemma, religion, couples, regret, sin, human nature ...
Time: 2000s, year 2007
Place: mexico, latin america
Is relevant?
 5.1
 19K
The Order (2003)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: For centuries, a secret Order of priests has existed within the Church. A renegade priest, Father Alex Bernier, is sent to Rome to investigate the mysterious death of one of the Order's most revered members. Following a series of strangely ...
Style: suspense, gothic, atmospheric, twist ending, suspenseful ...
Audience: kids
Plot: religions or cults, vatican, murder, supernatural, religion, uncover truth, secret organization, supernatural ability, curses spells and rituals, sin, church, conspiracy theory ...
Time: year 2003, 20th century, 21st century
Place: rome italy, jerusalem, europe, paris france, italy ...
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Dante's Inferno: An Animated Epic (2010)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA, Japan, Singapore, South Korea
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Dante journeys through the nine circles of Hell -- limbo, lust, gluttony, greed, anger, heresy, violence, fraud and treachery -- in search of his true love, Beatrice. An animated version of the video game of the same name.
Style: adult animation, anime, suspense, brutal, visually appealing ...
Audience: adult
Plot: sin, curses spells and rituals, redemption, crusade, crime and punishment, obsessive quest, imaginary kingdom, hell, deal with the devil, justice, afterlife, betrayal ...
Time: 12th century
Is relevant?
 7.9
 86K
Preacher (2016)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A preacher sets out on a mission to make the almighty himself confess his sin of abandoning the world. With his best friend Cassidy, an alcoholic Irish vampire, his love Tulip, a red blooded gun towing Texan, and the power of genesis, an unholy ...
Style: disturbing, funny, mystical, suspense, biblical ...
Audience: adult
Plot: preacher, supernatural, vampire, god, dark humor, supernatural power, twists and turns, angel, supernatural being, sin, supernatural ability, heaven and hell ...
Time: 2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place: texas, louisiana
Is relevant?
 7.9
 56K
The Borgias (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama, History, Romance
Country: USA, Hungary, Ireland, Canada
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: Set in 15th century Italy at the height of the Renaissance, The Borgias chronicles the corrupt rise of patriarch Rodrigo Borgia to the papacy, where he proceeds to commit every sin in the book to amass and retain power, influence and enormous wealth ...
Style: serious, costume drama, epic, clever, captivating ...
Plot: historical character, intrigue, sex scene, brother sister incest, siblings relations, medieval, renaissance, brother sister sex, incest, clergy, lust, power struggle ...
Time: 15th century, middle ages, ancient times, medieval times, 16th century
Place: rome italy, italy, ireland, europe, florence
Is relevant?
 8.0
 18K
Love Exposure (2008)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 237 min.
Story: After Yu's mother dies his father, a priest, only seems to take solace in the confessions of his sons sins causing Yu to partake in various 'sinful' activities to appease him. This is a teen love story as only the Japanese could bring ...
Style: sexy, surreal, controversial, psychological, poignant ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: sin, crazy love, japanese schoolgirl, brainwashing, religion, coming of age, lesbian, group of friends, family values, porn, surrealism, teenage love ...
Time: year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place: japan, tokyo, asia, xian
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 6.3
 165K
Devil (2010)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: A group of people trapped in a elevator realizes that the devil is among them.
Style: scary, psychological, surprise ending, twist ending, satanic ...
Plot: devil, group of strangers, elevator, confined, supernatural, supernatural horror, police investigation, trap, mysterious character, trapped in an elevator, danger, stranded ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s, year 2000, 21st century
Place: philadelphia, usa
Is relevant?
The Devil's Advocate (1997)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 144 min.
Story: A hotshot lawyer gets more than he bargained for when he learns his new boss is Lucifer himself.
Style: psychological, twist ending, suspenseful, surprise ending, atmospheric ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: devil, lawyer, supernatural, pact with the devil, deal with the devil, satan, law firm, plot twist, trial, courtroom, demon, courtroom drama ...
Time: year 1997, 20th century, 90s
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, florida, southern usa, madison square garden manhattan new york city ...
Is relevant?
 7.2
 99K
Frailty (2001)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A man confesses to an FBI agent his family's story of how his religious fanatic father's visions lead to a series of murders to destroy supposed "demons."
Style: psychological, scary, suspenseful, tense, surprise ending ...
Plot: serial killer, twists and turns, murder, insanity, plot twist, religious fanatic, psychopath, childhood, parents and children, punishment, father son relationship, child abuse ...
Time: year 2001, 70s, year 1979, year 2000, 20th century
Place: texas, usa
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The Devil's Carnival (2012)
Genre: Horror, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 56 min.
Story: Sinners are invited to a theme park where they endure the repetition of their transgressions. What chances do a conniving kleptomaniac, a gullible teenager, and an obsessed father stand when facing their own moral failings? Lucifer and his colorful ...
Style: tense, horror musical, serious, psychological, stylized ...
Plot: supernatural, sin, redemption, jester, punishment, demon, killer clown, deal with the devil, introspection, human nature, supernatural power, suicide ...
Time: 21st century
Is relevant?
 7.0
 348K
The Witch (2015)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: In 1630s New England, William and Katherine lead a devout Christian life with five children, homesteading on the edge of an impassable wilderness, exiled from their settlement when William defies the local church. When their newborn son vanishes and ...
Style: dark, atmospheric, disturbing, scary, satanic ...
Audience: adult
Plot: witch, supernatural, folk horror, curses spells and rituals, witchcraft, religion, wilderness, black magic, paganism, family bonds, isolation, sacrifice ...
Time: 17th century, 2010s, year 2015, year 2016, 19th century
Place: new england, america, new hampshire, usa, canada
Is relevant?
 6.2
 1K
The Playboys (1992)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Ireland, UK, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: A young woman, Tara Maguire (Robin Wright) scandalizes her provincial Irish village in the 1950s by having a baby out of a wedlock, and refusing to name the father. She has a rare beauty and every man in town desires her, especially Sergeant Hegarty ...
Style: serious, realistic, touching, sentimental, captivating ...
Plot: love, sin, circus, society, fall in love, small town life, small town, social relations, human nature, pregnancy, beauty, theatrical troupe ...
Time: 50s, year 1992
Place: ireland, europe
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 7.8
 13K
The Island (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Somewhere in Northern Russia in a small Russian Orthodox monastery lives an unusual man whose bizarre conduct confuses his fellow monks, while others who visit the island believe that the man has the power to heal, exorcise demons and foretell the ...
Style: philosophical, psychological, cerebral, spiritual, breathtaking ...
Plot: religion, christian, redemption, forgiveness, monk, life philosophy, loneliness, church, island, philosophy, solitude, monastery ...
Time: 2000s, year 1976, 70s, 1940s, year 1942 ...
Place: russia, soviet union
Is relevant?
 2.5
 3K
Sin (2021)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: An entity is terrorizing a small Midwest town. Ludlow Falls continues to descend into madness and death as more young women are driven insane. Sometimes small towns hide big secrets and a town's sin will be exposed.
Style: suspenseful, slasher, dark, serious, dread ...
Plot: small town, sin, insanity, madness, witch, town, death, secrets, insane, undercover, delusional woman, moral corruption ...
Place: midwest
Is relevant?
The Scarlet Letter (1995)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story: Set in puritanical Boston in the mid 1600s, the story of seamstress Hester Prynne, who is outcast after she becomes pregnant by a respected reverend. She refuses to divulge the name of the father, is "convicted" of adultery and forced to ...
Style: sexy, erotic, costume drama, sexual, period piece ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: forbidden love, adultery, betrayal, interracial relations, pregnancy, skinny dipping, women, sin, swimming, baby girl, tragic romance, sinner ...
Time: 17th century, victorian era
Place: massachusetts, nova scotia, boston, new england, england ...
Is relevant?
The Notorious Bettie Page (2005)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Bettie Page grew up in a conservative religious family in Tennessee and became a photo model sensation in 1950s New York. Bettie's legendary pin-up photos made her the target of a Senate investigation into pornography, and transformed her into ...
Style: erotic, melancholic, sexy, black and white, factual ...
Audience: girls' night, teens, adult
Plot: rape, photography, female nudity, sexualized violence, sex, photographer, bdsm, female protagonist, sexual abuse, investigation, sexual awakening, religion ...
Time: 50s, 20th century, 1950s, year 2005, 1940s ...
Place: usa, tennessee, new york, manhattan new york city, brooklyn new york city ...
Is relevant?
Dangerous Beauty (1998)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Veronica is brilliant, gifted and beautiful, but the handsome aristocrat she loves, Marco Venier, cannot marry her because she is penniless and of questionable family. So Veronica's mother, Paola, teaches her to become a courtesan, one of the ...
Style: romantic, sexy, sexual, period piece, witty ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, adult
Plot: beauty, courtesan, forbidden love, prostitute, medieval, prostitution, love and romance, couple relations, sex, love story, social differences, rich and poor ...
Time: 16th century, ancient times, victorian era, year 1998
Place: venice, italy, europe, turkey, cyprus ...
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Compassionate Sex (2000)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Spain, Mexico
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Dolores is a mature and kind woman whose husband abandons her because he can't stand her uncanny generosity. Desperate to get her husband back, she devotes her life to works of charity, which is to go to bed with the other men of the town. ...
Style: touching, sentimental, humorous, feel good, sexual ...
Plot: forbidden love, introspection, generosity, crumbling marriage, redemption, society, infidelity, sexual relations, small town, sex, sexual awakening, social criticism ...
Time: 90s
Place: latin america, mexico
Is relevant?
 7.7
 16K
Water (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA, India
Duration: 117 min.
Story: The year is 1938, and Mahatma Gandhi's groundbreaking philosophies are sweeping across India, but 8-year-old Chuyia, newly widowed, must go to live with other outcast widows on an ashram. Her presence transforms the ashram as she befriends two ...
Style: touching, melancholic, philosophical, poignant, independent film ...
Audience: adult
Plot: hinduism, prostitute, women, prostitution, love, politics, friendship, relationships, brutality, couple relations, marriage, mentor ...
Time: 1930s, year 1938, year 2005, 2000s, 20th century
Place: india, asia, canada
Is relevant?
 6.5
 7K
Those People (2015)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: On Manhattan's gilded Upper East Side, a young gay painter is torn between an obsession with his infamous best friend and a promising new romance with an older foreign pianist.
Style: tense, bleak, enigmatic, suspense, psychological ...
Plot: gay, lgbt, gay relationship, gay love, gay romance, homosexuality, gay interest, gay best friend, painter, best friend, male male relationship, gay lead character ...
Place: manhattan new york city, new york, beirut lebanon, lebanon
Is relevant?
 6.9
 3K
Liam (2000)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Germany, France, Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A morality tale of xenophobia, religious prejudice, mob violence, poverty, and their effect on two children in Liverpool during the Depression. When a shipyard closes, Liam and Teresa's dad loses his job. Liam, who's about 8, making his ...
Style: touching, emotional, sincere, depressing, intense ...
Plot: fascism, catholicism, youth, dysfunctional family, domestic violence, unemployment, starving child, sin, society, family problems, parents and children, family in crisis ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century
Place: england, ireland, liverpool, middle east, europe ...
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The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 164 min.
Story: Jesus, a humble Judean carpenter beginning to see that he is the son of God, is drawn into revolutionary action against the Roman occupiers by Judas -- despite his protestations that love, not violence, is the path to salvation. The burden of being ...
Style: controversial, psychological, biblical, epic, talky ...
Plot: temptation, christianity, spirituality, desert, jesus, faith, religion, controversy, jesus christ, surrealism, resurrection, fasting ...
Time: ancient times, 20th century, biblical epic, 1930s, year 1988 ...
Place: greece, ancient greece, holy land, middle east, jerusalem ...
Is relevant?
 6.1
 3K
Jesus (1999)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Italy, Germany, USA, France, Spain, Czech Republic, Netherlands, UK, Malta, Morocco
Duration: 77 min.
TV show
Story: The film is notable for presenting a more human Jesus, compared to more solemn portrayals in earlier films; here Jesus laughs and cries like anyone else. Among other things, he weeps at Joseph’s funeral, throws stones in Lake Galilee when meeting ...
Style: biblical, epic, christian film, serious, realistic ...
Plot: jesus christ, jesus, bible, christianity, religions or cults, hopes, sin, faith, death of protagonist, judaism, belief in god, christian ...
Time: 1st century
Place: palestine
Is relevant?
 7.4
 31K
Las Vegas (2003)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Las Vegas is an American television series broadcast by NBC from September 22, 2003 to February 15, 2008. The show focuses on a team of people working at the fictional Montecito Resort & Casino dealing with issues that arise within the working ...
Style: sexy, stylized, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: casino, gambling, hot and sexy, businessman, friends, boss and employee, gambler, cons and scams, team, parents and children, ex law enforcer, sin ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: las vegas, usa
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