Guilt movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant guilt movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out serious, psychological, thought provoking, complex, enigmatic and dark films and TV shows about / with guilt, death, flashback, storytelling, murder, obsession, mentor, psychology, love and suicide plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Mystery genres shot in USA, UK, Germany and other countries.
guilt movies
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TOP 10 movies tagged as guilt: 21 Grams (2003), Antichrist (2009), The Night Porter (1974), Flatliners (2017), Michael Clayton (2007), Julieta (2016), Another Earth (2011), Fearless (1993), The Reader (2008), Fracture (2007).

List of guilt movies

 7.6
 253K
21 Grams (2003)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: This is the story of three gentle persons: Paul Rivers an ailing mathematician lovelessly married to an English émigré, Christina Peck, an upper-middle-class suburban housewife, happily married and mother of two little girls, and Jack Jordan, an ...
Style: mind bending, clever, gloomy, psychological, bleak ...
Plot: guilt, tragedy, drug addiction, drug addict, life is a bitch, multiple storylines, grief, redemption, drug, loneliness, drug abuse, loss ...
Time: year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, new mexico, persia
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 6.5
 144K
Antichrist (2009)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Denmark, Germany, France, Sweden, Italy, Poland
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A grieving couple retreats to their cabin 'Eden' in the woods, hoping to repair their broken hearts and troubled marriage. But nature takes its course and things go from bad to worse.
Style: disturbing, sexy, dark, psychological, bleak ...
Audience: adult
Plot: insanity, depression, cruelty, guilt, controversy, fear, violence, woods, female nudity, nudity, black magic, male nudity ...
Time: 21st century
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The Night Porter (1974)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 118 min.
Story: In this unsettling drama from Italian filmmaker Liliana Cavani, a concentration camp survivor discovers her former torturer and lover working as a porter at a hotel in postwar Vienna. When the couple attempt to re-create their sadomasochistic ...
Style: sexy, psychological, serious, sexual, controversial ...
Audience: adult
Plot: world war two, sex, nazi, hotel, eroticism, sexual perversion, guilt, bdsm, haunted by the past, sexuality, public nudity, holocaust ...
Time: 50s, 1940s, post world war two, 1950s, 20th century ...
Place: hungary, vienna, germany, frankfurt germany, italy ...
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 5.2
 54K
Flatliners (2017)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Five medical students, hoping to gain insight into the mystery of what lies beyond the confines of life, embark on a daring and dangerous experiment. By stopping their hearts for short periods of time, each triggers a near-death experience. As the ...
Style: disturbing, medical horror, serious, surprise ending, psychological horror ...
Audience: teens
Plot: hospital, haunted by the past, medical experiment, friendship, redemption, guilt, death, near death experience, afterlife, medical student, medical, obsession ...
Time: 2010s, year 2017, 2000s
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 7.2
 183K
Michael Clayton (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: A law firm brings in its 'fixer' to remedy the situation after a lawyer has a breakdown while representing a chemical company that he knows is guilty in a multi-billion dollar class action suit.
Style: suspenseful, clever, suspense, political thriller, disturbing ...
Plot: lawyer, legal, business, twists and turns, conspiracy, guilt, character study, divorce, nervous breakdown, law firm, courtroom, trial ...
Time: year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place: new york, wisconsin, usa, milwaukee wisconsin, manhattan new york city ...
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 7.1
 35K
Julieta (2016)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Spain, France, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: The film spans 30 years in Julieta’s life from a nostalgic 1985 where everything seems hopeful, to 2015 where her life appears to be beyond repair and she is on the verge of madness.
Style: melancholic, sexual, erotic, sentimental, colorful ...
Plot: loneliness, guilt, childhood, sex, mother daughter estrangement, depression, hospital, female nudity, death of husband, family drama, mother daughter relationship, autobiography ...
Time: 2010s, year 2016, 80s, 90s
Place: spain, galicia, portugal, madrid, switzerland
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 6.9
 104K
Another Earth (2011)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: On the night of the discovery of a duplicate Earth in the Solar system, an ambitious young student and an accomplished composer cross paths in a tragic accident.
Style: clever, surreal, philosophical, independent film, touching ...
Plot: guilt, parallel universe, tragedy, parallel world, grief, redemption, venus the planet, destiny, loneliness, janitor, earth, solar system ...
Time: 2010s, year 2011, future, 21st century
Place: usa, boston, mojave desert, new haven connecticut, connecticut ...
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 7.0
 26K
Fearless (1993)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story: After a terrible air disaster, survivor Max Klein emerges a changed person. Unable to connect to his former life or to wife Laura, he feels godlike and invulnerable. When psychologist Bill Perlman is unable to help Max, he has Max meet another ...
Style: emotional, cerebral, philosophical, serious, uplifting ...
Plot: survival, guilt, dealing with death, life & death, existentialism, character study, trauma, loneliness, rescue, confession, loss of son, human nature ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: california, san francisco, los angeles, usa, oakland california
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Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring (2003)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea, Germany
Duration: 103 min.
Story: This South Korean film takes place on an isolated lake, where an old monk lives in a small floating temple. The monk has a young boy living with him, learning to become a monk. We watch as seasons and years pass by.
Style: philosophical, atmospheric, melancholic, meditative, spiritual ...
Plot: buddhism, life & death, coming of age, isolation, meditation, buddhist monk, monk, guilt, existentialism, buddhist, nature, beautiful scenery ...
Time: year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place: south korea, tibet, korea, east asia, asia ...
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 7.6
 273K
The Reader (2008)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Germany, USA, Poland
Duration: 124 min.
Story: The story of Michael Berg, a German lawyer who, as a teenager in the late 1950s, had an affair with an older woman, Hanna, who then disappeared only to resurface years later as one of the defendants in a war crimes trial stemming from her actions as ...
Style: sexy, melancholic, touching, sexual, inspirational ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, adult
Plot: forbidden love, older woman younger man relationship, age difference, coming of age, holocaust, nazi, first love, trial, world war two, older woman younger man sex, sex, unlikely couple ...
Time: post world war two, year 1966, year 1958, year 2008, 20th century ...
Place: germany, israel, west berlin west germany, hamburg germany, europe ...
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 7.2
 234K
Fracture (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: A husband is on trial for the attempted murder of his wife, in what is seemingly an open/shut case for the ambitious district attorney trying to put him away. However, there are surprises for both around every corner, and, as a suspenseful game of ...
Style: psychological, suspense, twist ending, intellectual, suspenseful ...
Plot: murder, twists and turns, courtroom drama, lawyer, adultery, investigation, murder mystery, manipulation, mind game, courtroom, trial, police investigation ...
Time: year 2007, 20th century, 1900s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, persia, california, usa
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 8.7
 67K
Monster (2004)
Genre: Animation, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan, Poland
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: Kenzou Tenma, a Japanese brain surgeon in Germany, finds his life in utter turmoil after getting involved with a psychopath that was once a former patient.
Style: psychological, anime, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot: moral dilemma, false accusation, doctor, murder, protagonist as suspect, guilt, mastermind, manipulation, choice, hospital, nihilism, investigator ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, 70s, 80s, 21st century
Place: germany, europe, czech republic
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 7.9
 490K
In Bruges (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Ray and Ken, two hit men, are in Bruges, Belgium, waiting for their next mission. While they are there they have time to think and discuss their previous assignment. When the mission is revealed to Ken, it is not what he expected.
Style: dark comedy, neo noir, humorous, atmospheric, clever ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: dark humor, hitman, redemption, haunted by the past, guilt, death, tourist, dialogue, shooting, dwarf, friendship, suicidal ...
Time: year 2008, 2000s, future, medieval times, 21st century
Place: bruges, europe, ireland, london, amsterdam ...
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The Fisher King (1991)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story: Two troubled men face their terrible destinies and events of their past as they join together on a mission to find the Holy Grail and thus to save themselves.
Style: psychological, inspirational, touching, clever, cerebral ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: redemption, self discovery, friendship, hallucination, homelessness, mental illness, guilt, psychiatry, video store, guilty conscience, transformation, suicidal ...
Time: 90s, year 1991, 20th century
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city, grand central station manhattan new york city
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 7.2
 339K
Insomnia (2002)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Two Los Angeles homicide detectives are dispatched to a northern town where the sun doesn't set to investigate the methodical murder of a local teen.
Style: neo noir, suspense, psychological, atmospheric, psychological thriller ...
Plot: small town, murder, police investigation, psychopath, investigation, investigator, character study, police corruption, murder mystery, insomnia, death, guilt ...
Time: year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place: alaska, persia, usa, north america, los angeles
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 6.3
 42K
The Shack (2017)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada, Hong Kong
Duration: 132 min.
Story: After suffering a family tragedy, Mack Phillips spirals into a deep depression causing him to question his innermost beliefs. Facing a crisis of faith, he receives a mysterious letter urging him to an abandoned shack deep in the Oregon wilderness. ...
Style: christian film, spiritual, philosophical, psychedelic, inspirational ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: christian, god, forgiveness, guilt, depression, jesus, death of daughter, a vision, missing child, hate, death of child, faith ...
Time: year 2017
Place: oregon, tibet
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 6.7
 92K
Stay (2005)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Psychiatrist Sam Foster has a new patient, Henry Letham, who claims to be suicidal. In trying to diagnose him, Sam visits Henry's prior therapist and also finds Henry's mother -- even though Henry has said that he murdered both of his ...
Style: surreal, psychological, surprise ending, mind twisting, confusing ...
Plot: suicide, obsession, twists and turns, death, surrealism, guilt, unfulfillment, suicide attempt, mental illness, depression, parallel universe, psychiatrist ...
Time: year 2005, future, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, new jersey
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 8.4
 35K
Generation War (2013)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story: Berlin, 1941. Five friends eager to become heroes in an adventure that will change the face of Europe - and that will forever change them as well.
Style: tense, captivating, thought provoking, serious, anime ...
Plot: world war two, nazism, holocaust, soldier, military, nazi germany, guilt, danger, eastern front, atrocity, wehrmacht, friends ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century
Place: germany, berlin germany, east germany, hawaii, soviet union ...
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A Tale of Two Sisters (2003)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 114 min.
Story: A recently released patient from a mental institution returns home with her sister, only to face disturbing events between her stepmother and the ghosts haunting their house- all of which are connected to a dark past in the family's history.
Style: psychological, atmospheric, mind bending, surprise ending, twist ending ...
Plot: mental illness, tragedy, suicide, death, ghost, children, hallucination, stepmother, twists and turns, evil stepmother, guilt, haunted house ...
Time: 2000s, year 2002, year 2003, year 2000, 21st century
Place: south korea, east asia, korea, asia, japan
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 6.4
 141K
The Ritual (2017)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A group of college friends reunite for a trip to the forest, but encounter a menacing presence in the woods that's stalking them.
Style: suspense, demonic, satanic, psychological, spooky ...
Audience: adult
Plot: forest, lost in the woods, creature, supernatural, paganism, guilt, hiking, ritual, folk horror, murder, supernatural horror, sacrifice ...
Place: scandinavia, eastern europe
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 6.3
 11K
Ghost Story (1981)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Four successful elderly gentlemen, members of the Chowder Society, share a gruesome, 50-year old secret. When one of Edward Wanderley's twin sons dies in a bizarre accident, the group begins to see a pattern of frightening events developing.
Style: creepy, suspense, light, exciting, serious ...
Plot: haunted house, ghost, ghost story, supernatural, life & death, vengeance, guilt, death, small town, snow, sex scene, murder ...
Time: 1930s, 80s, 20th century, year 1931
Place: new england, usa, new york, miami, england
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Interview with the Vampire (1994)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story: A vampire relates his epic life story of love, betrayal, loneliness, and dark hunger to an over-curious reporter.
Style: gothic, gothic horror, dark, scary, sexy ...
Audience: girls' night, adult
Plot: vampire, supernatural, immortality, goth, loneliness, dark hero, vampirism, monster as victim, blood, bonding, vampire bite, child vampire ...
Time: 19th century, 18th century, georgian era, 20th century, 1870s ...
Place: new orleans, louisiana, paris france, san francisco, france ...
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 8.8
 2.8M
Inception (2010)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 148 min.
Story: Cobb, a skilled thief who commits corporate espionage by infiltrating the subconscious of his targets is offered a chance to regain his old life as payment for a task considered to be impossible: "inception", the implantation of another ...
Style: psychological, mind bending, cerebral, clever, twist ending ...
Audience: date night, teens, adult
Plot: dream, virtual reality, memory, alternate reality, teamwork, imagination, subconscious, philosophy, twists and turns, fictional reality, existentialism, lucid dream ...
Time: year 2010, future, 2000s, 2010s, near future
Place: japan, paris france, los angeles, iran, tokyo ...
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We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Spain
Duration: 112 min.
Story: After her son Kevin commits a horrific act, troubled mother Eva reflects on her complicated relationship with her disturbed son as he grew from a toddler into a teenager.
Style: disturbing, psychological, bleak, depressing, gloomy ...
Audience: teens, toddlers, teen drama, adult
Plot: psychopath, evil child, school shooting, high school, childhood, guilt, prison visit, depression, teenager, sociopath, antisocial behavior, teenage boy ...
Time: year 2011, 90s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: united kingdom, america, connecticut, usa, new york ...
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 7.1
 418K
Snowpiercer (2013)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Korea, Czech Republic
Duration: 126 min.
Story: In a future where a failed global-warming experiment kills off most life on the planet, a class system evolves aboard the Snowpiercer, a train that travels around the globe via a perpetual-motion engine.
Style: suspenseful, futuristic, thought provoking, allegory, philosophical ...
Audience: date night, family friendly, chick flick, adult
Plot: train, post apocalypse, survival, distopia, dystopian future, dystopia, revolution, rebellion, violence, social differences, class struggle, winter ...
Time: future, near future, 2030s, year 2013, year 2014 ...
Place: east asia, britain, south korea
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 7.5
 145K
Doubt (2008)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: In 1964, a Catholic school nun questions a priest's ambiguous relationship with a troubled young student, suspecting him of abuse. He denies the charges, and much of the film's quick-fire dialogue tackles themes of religion, morality, and ...
Style: clever, period piece, sincere, psychological, philosophical ...
Plot: priest, nun, teacher, religion, catholic church, suspicion, pedophile, clergy, christian, boy, altar boy, catholic ...
Time: year 1964, year 2008, victorian era, 90s, 20th century ...
Place: new york, bronx new york city, usa
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 7.4
 337K
13 Reasons Why (2017)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: After a teenage girl's perplexing suicide, a classmate receives a series of tapes that unravel the mystery of her tragic choice.
Style: emotional, psychological, thought provoking, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: suicide, high school, depression, bullying, guilt, loss of friend, human relationship, troubled teen, loss, classmate classmate relationship, suicidal, lgbtq ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa
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Gabriel's Inferno (2020)
Genre: Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: An intriguing and sinful exploration of seduction, forbidden love, and redemption, Gabriel's Inferno is a captivating and wildly passionate tale of one man's escape from his own personal hell as he tries to earn the impossible--forgiveness ...
Style: affectionate, romantic, sentimental, enigmatic, emotional ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick
Plot: dark past, female student, male teacher female student affair, love at first sight, love story, university professor, fall in love, male female relationship, first sex, enemies to lovers, guilt, old love ...
Time: 21st century
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 6.6
 78K
Beau Is Afraid (2023)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Finland, Canada
Duration: 179 min.
Story: An anxious man learns of the death of his mother under mysterious circumstances and upon traveling home makes an alarming discovery about his past. During his journey, he runs into various crazy supernatural threats.
Style: independent film, atmospheric, dark comedy, captivating, humorous ...
Audience: date night
Plot: surrealism, anxiety, paranoia, therapist, nightmare, fear, death of mother, domineering mother, childhood trauma, violence, guilt, shame ...
Time: 2020s
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 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 ...
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