Penance movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant penance movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, psychological, serious, realistic, independent film and suspense films and TV shows about / with penance, religion, catholic, redemption, confession, family relations, fight, blood, prayer and murder plots mostly in Drama, Romance and Thriller genres shot in USA, France, Italy and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as penance: In the Name Of (2013), Pilgrimage (2017), Penance (2012), A Question of Faith (2017), The Club (2015), The Mission (1986), Captain Volkonogov Escaped (2021), Grace (2014), Forever Tomorrow (2016), The Evening Hour (2020).
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Poland
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
The contemporary story of a priest who launches a centre for troubled youth in a small parish. He is a good priest and is well-liked by his congregation, which remains unaware of his complicated past.
Style:
serious, psychological, sincere, realistic, atmospheric ...
Plot:
lgbt, gay, gay interest, church, homosexuality, male male relationship, lgbtq, youth, teenage life, clergy, gay lead character, closeted homosexual ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
poland
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Genre: Action, Drama, History
Country: Ireland, Belgium
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
In 13th century Ireland a group of monks must escort a sacred relic across an Irish landscape fraught with peril.
Style:
captivating, psychological, suspense, suspenseful, mysterious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
religion, medieval, pilgrimage, monk, relic, viking, penance, warrior, fight, heroic mission, journey, knight ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, 13th century, future
Place:
ireland, france, europe
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 270 min.
TV show
Story:
The murder of a young girl leaves the inhabitants of a small Japanese village in shock. The body of Emili is found by four classmates with whom she was playing. The murder is never solved. Emili's mother Asako is torn by grief and puts a curse ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, bleak, suspense, tense ...
Plot:
murder, penance, guilt, loss of daughter, investigation, haunted by the past, revenge, who done it, redemption, death in the family, doll, trauma ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
japan, tokyo
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
When Tragedy Strikes three Families, their Destiny forces them on a coverging path and mercy as the challenges of their fate could also resurrect their beliefs
Style:
touching, realistic, captivating, serious, atmospheric ...
Plot:
clergy, christian, christianity, family life, parents and children, religions or cults, penance, family values, society, hopes, salvation, family relations ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Chile
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
In a secluded house in a small seaside town live four unrelated men and the woman who tends to the house and their needs. All former priests, they have been sent to this quiet exile to purge the sins of their pasts, the separation from their ...
Style:
suspense, atmospheric, melancholic, bleak, spiritual ...
Plot:
priest, altar boy, nun, clergy, isolation, introspection, haunted by the past, religion, revenge, child abuse, small town, tragic event ...
Time:
year 2015, 21st century
Place:
chile, latin america, santiago chile, pacific ocean
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, History
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
When a Spanish Jesuit goes into the South American wilderness to build a mission in the hope of converting the Indians of the region, a slave hunter is converted and joins his mission. When Spain sells the colony to Portugal, they are forced to ...
Style:
epic, christian film, thought provoking, breathtaking, visually stunning ...
Plot:
jungle, slavery, clergy, redemption, colonialism, missionary, massacre, river, native american, jesuit, genocide, religion ...
Time:
18th century, ancient times, year 1986
Place:
south america, portugal, argentina, brazil, latin america ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Russia, France, Estonia
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Captain Fedor Volkonogov works in law enforcement. He is on the good books of the management, and his colleagues respect him. But one day, his life abruptly changes: he is declared a criminal. The Captain manages to run away before he is arrested. ...
Style:
suspense, tense, psychological, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot:
runaway, escape, military, anti communism, penance, moral dilemma, officer, special agent, stalinism, flashback, fire, death ...
Time:
year 1938, 1930s
Place:
ussr
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Genre: Horror
Country: Singapore
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
A family man succumbs to weakness and his failure to live a moral life condemns those he loves to an unspeakable horror. Only his path to redemption can save them.
Style:
enigmatic, thrilling, rough, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
abused woman, pagan, mysticism, travel, death of mother, mental illness, nature, ritual, road trip, trip, troubled marriage, life is a bitch ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
'Forever Tomorrow' weaves a narrative out of the speeches given in AA meetings, the interrupted life of a party girl, a young couple who have lost their connection to one another, and the relationships Aaron, a rent boy, and his clients ...
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, independent film, realistic ...
Plot:
alcoholism, relationships, recovery, homelessness, redemption, addiction, rent boy, life is a bitch, male female relationship, penance, character study, urban ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Cole Freeman maintains an uneasy equilibrium in his rural Appalachian town, looking after the old and infirm while selling their excess painkillers to local addicts. But when an old friend returns with plans that upend the fragile balance and ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing, suspense, bleak ...
Plot:
drug dealer, friendship, small town, family relations, addiction, character study, drug dealing, drug trade, city life, penance, illegal drugs, drug use ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
west virginia, appalachia
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Ireland, USA, China, Switzerland, UK, France
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
In a remote Irish village, a damaged Finbar is forced to fight for redemption after a lifetime of sins, but what price is he willing to pay? In the land of saints and sinners, some sins can't be buried.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, bleak, tense, thrilling ...
Plot:
terrorist, assassin, countryside, fight, secret, rural setting, small village, penance, village life, villager, sin, remote village ...
Time:
70s, year 1974
Place:
ireland, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
A contemporary evocation of Judas Iscariot trying to escape from his own guilt after betraying his best friend. He wanders into a forest and lost in himself, meets a mysterious young man. The young companion will accompany him on this path of ...
Style:
religious drama, meditative, reflective, psychological, avant garde ...
Plot:
gay, remorse, redemption, guilt, religion, spiritual journey, forest, penance, forgiveness, ethical dilemma, character study, confession ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 59 min.
TV show
Story:
A prisoner consumed by guilt, an officer with an impossible choice. What does it take to survive? A tense story of punishment and principles, starring Sean Bean and Stephen Graham.
Style:
disturbing, suspenseful, captivating, suspense, crying
Plot:
prison, redemption, prison guard, prisoner, guilty conscience, jail, blackmail, suicide, mental illness, guilt, forgiveness, maximum security prison ...
Place:
england
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: India
Duration: 20 min.
TV show
Story:
Mahabharat is a 2013 drama TV series on Star Plus based on Indian legendary epic of the same name. It has been produced by Swastik Pictures and features actors such as Saurabh Raj Jain as Lord Krishna, Shaheer Sheikh as Arjuna, Pooja Sharma as ...
Style:
captivating, exciting, tense, suspense, epic ...
Plot:
mythology, indian mythology, king, throne, royalty, female warrior, hinduism, archery, queen, marriage proposal, brother brother relationship, kingdom ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
In 1979, an Indian family moves to America with hopes of living the American Dream. While their 10-year-old boy Smith falls head-over-heels for the girl next door, his desire to become a "good old boy" propels him further away from his ...
Style:
intercultural, sentimental, entertaining, multicultural, feel good ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, teen drama
Plot:
first love, adolescence, father son relationship, vegetarian, bullying, halloween, nostalgia, culture clash, small town, deer hunting, brother sister relationship, killing an animal ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
usa, india
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: India
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
The story is based in Banaras and is about a Hindu Priest Chaturvedi (Pankaj Kapoor) who follows the scriptures to practice Hindu religion. When a child is abandon by a woman and brought in his house by his daughter - after initial hesitation but ...
Style:
realistic, atmospheric, psychological, captivating, spiritual ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
hindu, adoption, religion, clergy, salvation, parents and children, family relations, family life, babies and infants, society, family problems, priest ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Israel, France
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
In The Secrets, two brilliant young women discover their own voices in a repressive orthodox culture where females are forbidden to sing, let alone speak out. Naomi, the studious, devoutly religious daughter of a prominent rabbi, convinces her ...
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, atmospheric, emotional ...
Plot:
lesbian, lesbian relationship, lesbian love, lgbt, forbidden love, lesbian interest, nude painting, religions or cults, lesbianism, rabbi, best friend, selflessness ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
israel, palestine
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
With 8 ½ Frederico Fellini leaves a self-portrait where dreams and reality are a mix. With help from a most excellent cast and unique scenery this self reflecting film is one of his master works.
Style:
psychological, art house, cerebral, philosophical, surreal ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
surrealism, childhood, filmmaking, midlife crisis, loneliness, stream of consciousness, flashback, memory, satire, catholic, dream, actress ...
Time:
20th century, year 1963, 60s, 1930s
Place:
italy, europe, paris france, france, england ...
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Nightmare Cafe is a short-lived American telefantasy program which aired on NBC for an abridged first season from January to April 1992. While the overall tone of the program was that of a mystical fantasy, it frequently incorporated elements of ...
Style:
anthology, scary, spooky, dark fairy tale, suspenseful ...
Plot:
cafe, temptation, second chance, teleportation, supernatural, restaurant, good deed, changing the past or future, road not taken, one more chance, suicide, male female partnership ...
Time:
90s
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
The story follows a student navigating high school life while living with paranoid schizophrenia and battling wild hallucinations. An experimental drug trial promises to help hide his illness from his peers and, most importantly, from the girl of ...
Style:
realistic, romantic, touching, independent film, teen ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
schizophrenia, teenager, romantic relationship, diagnosis, teenage protagonist, hearing voices, high school, first kiss, romanticism, hopes, love and romance, chance meeting ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
oregon, brazil
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA, Portugal
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
In 1917, outside the parish of Fátima, Portugal, a 10-year-old girl and her two younger cousins witness multiple visitations of the Virgin Mary, who tells them that only prayer and suffering will bring an end to World War I. As secularist ...
Style:
christian film, touching, sincere, realistic, captivating ...
Plot:
mysticism, catholic, faith, children, church, miraculous event, father daughter relationship, priest, mother daughter relationship, female protagonist, flash forward, nun ...
Time:
year 1917, year 1989, year 1948, edwardian era, year 1918 ...
Place:
portugal
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Genre: Horror, Romance
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Set during the height of Spanish Inquisition. The beautiful and kind-hearted Maria is arrested as a witch when she inadvertently cries out in horror at the public whipping of a child. As Maria’s husband Antonio tries to save her, Torquemada, the ...
Style:
gothic, sexy, creepy, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
spanish inquisition, inquisition, heretic, dungeon, edgar allan poe, religions or cults, danger, good versus evil, supernatural, clergy, woman in danger, telepathy ...
Time:
15th century, year 1991, medieval times, 90s, middle ages
Place:
spain, europe
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, Canada, Italy
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A young servant fleeing from his master takes refuge at a convent full of emotionally unstable nuns in the middle ages.
Style:
parody, sexy, satirical, dark comedy, funny ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
convent, nun, horniness, religion, sex scene, sodomy, medieval, temptation, monk, outdoor sex, master servant relationship, heresy ...
Time:
14th century, middle ages, medieval times, year 2017
Place:
italy, sicily, florence
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
In a village in New Mexico, the life of young farm boy Antonio is dramatically changed when an old medicine woman joins his household. This affecting coming-of-age tale recounts Antonio's experiences to reveal the spiritual conflict in his ...
Style:
spiritual, realistic, captivating, serious, touching ...
Plot:
healer, child's point of view, youth, coming of age, friendship, war, introspection, social relations, village life, human nature, elderly, good versus evil ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, year 1944, year 2013
Place:
new mexico, usa
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Portugal, Italy
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
1917, a beautiful apparition of Our Lady forever alters the lives of three children: Lucinda, Jacita and Francisco who lived in Villa Fatima in Portugal.
Style:
religious drama, historical drama, emotional, inspirational, tension ...
Plot:
miraculous event, faith, catholicism, apparition, spiritual awakening, hopes, devotional, pilgrimage, loyalty, innocence, supernatural, childhood ...
Time:
year 1917, 1910s
Place:
portugal
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A paralyzed soldier returns from war to his family in worse shape than anyone at home could imagine.
Style:
disturbing, tense, psychological, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
soldier, homecoming, veteran, zombie, death, violence, surrealism, devastation, danger, murder, military, underground ...
Place:
columbus ohio
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, Turkey
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Head On is German director Fatih Akin’s story of the alcoholic Cahit and Turkish Sibel. Akin tells the story of a love that can never be between two people who are too alike to not be together.
Style:
depressing, sexy, breathtaking, harsh, bleak ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
suicide attempt, ethnicity, marriage, sex, immigrant, love story, relationships, culture clash, passion, extramarital affair, marriage of convenience, loneliness ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
turkey, germany, hamburg germany, europe, frankfurt germany ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Italy, Switzerland
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Gilles' wife, Elise, who smiles when she thinks of him, cooks and scrubs and cheerfully makes love to him, suspects during her third pregnancy that he is having an affair with her coquettish younger sister, Victorine. Elise suffers, usually in ...
Style:
psychological, serious, touching, sincere, sexual ...
Plot:
betrayal, jealousy, infidelity, dysfunctional family, society, dishonesty, crumbling marriage, human nature, couples, family problems, clergy, countryside ...
Time:
year 2004, 1930s, pre world war two
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A New Jersey guy dedicated to his family, friends, and church, develops unrealistic expectations from watching porn and works to find happiness and intimacy with his potential true love.
Style:
sexy, sexual, emotional, humorous, sex comedy ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, adult
Plot:
sex, masturbation, nightclub, sex addict, sexuality, womanizer, husband wife relationship, older woman younger man relationship, obsession, looking for sex, sexual relations, male masturbation ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
new jersey, new york, usa, california, seattle
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In a small Catholic boarding school an unspeakable act has been committed. When High School student, Luther Scott, confesses to Father Michael Kelly, Kelly is bound silent to the particulars of a grisly murder. Now, framed guilty by the desperate ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, suspense, independent film ...
Plot:
murder, catholic, courtroom drama, false accusation, moral dilemma, investigation, frame up, teenage life, who done it, clergy, legal, life is a bitch ...
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