Puritan movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant puritan movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out serious, period drama, historical drama, sexy, realistic and independent film films and TV shows about / with puritan, husband wife relationship, female nudity, death, blood, nude, church, mother daughter relationship, village and religion plots mostly in Drama, History and Horror genres shot in USA, UK, Italy and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as puritan: Fanny Lye Deliver'd (2019), The Witch (2015), Salem Witch Trials (2002), Marriages (2001), The Crucible (1996), By the Sword Divided (1983), Virgin Report (1972), Babette's Feast (1987), The Scarlet Letter (1979), The Scarlet Letter (1995).
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Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
On an isolated English farm in 1657, Fanny lives a quiet life with her oppressive husband John and their young son. One day their life is rocked with the arrival of young couple Thomas and Rebecca who claim to have been robbed and need a place to ...
Style:
masterpiece
Plot:
hedonism, corporal punishment, folk horror, constable, heresy, female nudity, female protagonist, bare breasts, war veteran, ambush, farm, implied rape ...
Time:
17th century
Place:
britain, england
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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
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 189 min.
Story:
The film recounts the sobering tale of how 19 innocent lives were taken in a community experiencing paranoid hysteria regarding the suspected - but unproved - presence of the occult in the small New England town.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot:
witch hunt, female nudity, execution, religions or cults, society, legal, politics, courtroom drama, social decay, state affairs, life is a bitch, dishonesty ...
Time:
17th century
Place:
massachusetts, usa, salem massachusetts
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The supernatural is invoked to save a romance in 19th century Quebec.
Plot:
rural setting, male female relationship, marriage, sex, female nudity, love, mother daughter relationship, death of mother, suicide, convent, skinny dipping, aunt niece relationship ...
Time:
1800s, 19th century
Place:
quebec
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
The movie is centered around the Salem Massachusetts witch trials of 1692. The movie is based on the play "The Crucible" by Arthur Miller. He also wrote the screen play adaptation.
Style:
talky, suspense, costume drama, gothic, period piece ...
Plot:
witch hunt, witch, salem witch trial, curse, courtroom drama, colonial america, politics, spell, twists and turns, vengeance, court, manipulation ...
Time:
17th century, 90s, 50s, 1950s
Place:
massachusetts, salem massachusetts, usa, north america, new england ...
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
By the Sword Divided is a British television series produced by the BBC between 1983 and 1985.
The series was a historical drama set during the mid 17th century, dealing with the impact of the English Civil War on the fictional Lacey family, made ...
Style:
historical drama, family saga, serious, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
civil war, political conflict, domestic drama, castle, class conflict, power struggle, aristocracy, english countryside, moral ambiguity, betrayal, sacrifice, palace intrigue ...
Time:
17th century
Place:
britain, england
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Horror
Country: West Germany, Spain
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Part documentary, part mockumentary, part sexploitation, all Franco. Starting in the Garden of Eden we are taken on a voyage around the world that covers various rites of passage and cultures deflowering of the virgin.
Style:
sensual, sexy, erotic, semi documentary, freeze frame ...
Plot:
kama sutra, exploitation, adam and eve, puritan, sex horror, bare chested male, bare butt, voice over narration, nudity, male pubic hair, female pubic hair, bribe ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
The guest, a General at the Swedish court, is not related to the sister, but, as a callow young man, was in love with her, but chose his military career over happiness with her. His aunt is a member of the religious community. He is the one who, ...
Style:
emotional, atmospheric, touching, period piece, melancholic ...
Plot:
cooking, food, religion, cooking and food, elderly, gourmet, aging, charity, catholic, wine, true love, sister sister relationship ...
Time:
19th century, year 1987, 1870s, victorian era, 1800s ...
Place:
denmark, paris france, europe, stockholm sweden, france
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
In the 17th century Massachusetts, a married women, whose husband is missing, has a child with the local pastor. The puritanical residents of her town condemn her to carry the Scarlet Letter of shame. Then the husband shows up.
Style:
historical drama, serious, bleak, costume drama, melancholic ...
Plot:
adultery, illegitimate child, literary, hypocrisy, redemption, shame, punishment, forgiveness, infidelity, puritan, extramarital affair, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
17th century
Place:
massachusetts
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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 ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
Disgusted with the policies of King Charles I, Oliver Cromwell plans to take his family to the New World. But on the eve of their departure, Cromwell is drawn into the tangled web of religion and politics that will result in the English Civil War.
Style:
epic, realistic, period piece, factual, talky ...
Plot:
revolution, british history, battles, political unrest, royal family, society, medieval, tyranny, royalty, military, monarch, against the odds ...
Time:
17th century, victorian era, middle ages, medieval times, 18th century ...
Place:
england, ireland, britain, europe, london ...
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Genre: History
Country: USA
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
So much more than simply the story of the Thanksgiving meal, the epic saga of the Pilgrims is one of the fundamental narratives of our nation. This ambitious documentary presents the definitive history of the Pilgrims and their journey to and ...
Style:
educational, serious, captivating, exciting, suspenseful ...
Plot:
american history, colonial america, colonialism, tomb raider, thanksgiving, water, castaway, shipwreck, sea, ship, colonization, new world ...
Time:
17th century
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, Austria, France, Italy, Canada
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
Strange events happen in a small village in the north of Germany during the years just before World War I, which seem to be ritual punishment. The abused and suppressed children of the villagers seem to be at the heart of this mystery.
Style:
disturbing, breathtaking, art house, cerebral, visually stunning ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
punishment, children, sexual abuse, cruelty, physical appearance, suicide, child abuse, death, small town, authoritarianism, transgression, priest ...
Time:
year 1914, year 2009, 1910s, pre world war one, 2000s ...
Place:
germany, northern germany, europe, italy
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Czech Republic, UK, France
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A nomadic 16th century warrior, condemned to hell for his brutal past, seeks redemption by renouncing violence, but finds some things are worth burning for as he fights to free a young Puritan woman from the grip of evil.
Style:
dark fantasy, gothic, dark, gothic horror, atmospheric ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
sword and sorcery, redemption, good versus evil, chase, supernatural, lone hero, medieval, violence, witch, deal with the devil, vengeance, murder ...
Time:
17th century, 16th century, middle ages, year 2009, medieval times
Place:
england, europe, north africa
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
A failing witchfinder transports a suspected witch across 1640s East Anglia to a trial that could change his fortunes forever.
Style:
entertaining, satirical, captivating, semi serious, black comedy ...
Plot:
satire, travel, witch, witch hunt, society, dark humor, superstition, plague, moral ambiguity, religious hypocrisy, social commentary, road trip ...
Time:
17th century
Place:
england
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
When Lucy Honeychurch and chaperon Charlotte Bartlett find themselves in Florence with rooms without views, fellow guests Mr Emerson and son George step in to remedy the situation. Meeting the Emersons could change Lucy's life forever but, once ...
Style:
touching, scenic, period piece, sexy, costume drama ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night
Plot:
couples, hotel, travel, self discovery, female protagonist, country estate, piano, passion, male nudity, nude bathing, happy ending, comedy of manners ...
Time:
1900s, edwardian era, victorian era, 19th century, year 1985 ...
Place:
italy, england, europe, florence, britain ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A quirky, but happily in love young Italian couple fall in with an older, but distinctly reserved Swedish couple whilst on vacation on islands off the coast of Southern Italy. Eventually the couples seem to warm to each other as the infectious ...
Style:
detective, crying
Plot:
voyeur, sex scene, vacation, murder, swimming, beach, island, jealousy, love affair, photograph, holiday, professor ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
italy, europe
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Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A young girl is caught up in a devil cult run by her evil uncle and cousin. She can trust no one and even people she thought were dead comes back to haunt her.
Style:
demonic, satanic, grindhouse, independent film, serious ...
Plot:
occult, satanic ritual, coven, witch, nudity, female nudity, zombie, devil, sadism, folk horror, curses spells and rituals, satan ...
Time:
70s, 17th century
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Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
England is torn in civil strife as the Royalists battle the Parliamentary Party for control. This conflict distracts people from rational thought and allows unscrupulous men to gain local power by exploiting village superstitions. One of these men ...
Style:
suspenseful, disturbing, bleak, creepy, gothic ...
Plot:
inquisition, witch, folk horror, torture, witch hunt, nudity, murder, vengeance, violence, exploitation, priest, sadism ...
Time:
17th century, year 1968, 60s
Place:
england, europe, latin america
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: West Germany, Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
An ancestor of the famous vampire gets a job as a photographer shooting beautiful fashion models at the family estate.
Style:
low brow humor, psychotronic, horror comedy, vampire comedy, urban fantasy
Plot:
vampire, disco, model, mobster, erotica, sexploitation, blood, female nudity, castle, bat, dracula, mistaken identity ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
europe, central europe, bavaria
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
29 years since the Black Flame Candle was last lit, the 17th-century Sanderson sisters are resurrected, and they are looking for revenge. Now it's up to three high school students to stop the ravenous witches from wreaking a new kind of havoc ...
Style:
saga, dramatic, captivating, enigmatic, dark comedy ...
Audience:
kids, horror for children
Plot:
magic, witch, halloween, sister, power, spell, witchcraft, village, female protagonist, curse, wizard, magical ...
Time:
2020s, year 1953, 90s, 17th century, year 1993
Place:
salem massachusetts
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A look at the life of an aging insult comic.
Style:
captivating, melancholic, light, romantic comedy, romantic ...
Plot:
comedian, aging, insult, stand up comedy, comeback, comedy club, brother brother relationship, jail, casanova, lesbian daughter, fish, dating ...
Time:
year 1985
Place:
somalia, alabama, texas, london, africa ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
An abusive sexual relationship between a white spinster schoolteacher and a young black janitor in 1956 Kansas complicates her struggle to come to grips with her sexuality and emotions.
Style:
independent film, freeze frame, crying, f word
Plot:
sexual attraction, interracial sex, sexual abuse, seductive behavior, interracial rape, sexual tension, rape victim, sexual harassment, caught having sex, older woman younger man relationship, nudity, bare chested male ...
Time:
year 1979, year 1954, year 1956, 1950s, year 1955 ...
Place:
kansas
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A Sicilian woman is dishonored by her lover, then goes to London with a pistol intending to murder him.
Style:
sexy, road movie, semi serious, realistic, humorous ...
Plot:
woman with a gun, lgbt, sexual content, vengeance, fall in love, society, love and romance, sex addict, couples, village, countryside, vigilante justice ...
Time:
60s
Place:
sicily, italy, london, england, europe ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Three salesmen working for a firm that makes industrial lubricants are waiting in the company's "hospitality suite" at a manufacturers' convention for a "big kahuna" named Dick Fuller to show up, in hopes they can ...
Style:
philosophical, talky, witty, clever, independent film ...
Plot:
hotel, salesman, hotel room, marketing, midlife crisis, christian, religion, existentialism, convention, baptist, divorce, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
year 1999, 90s, 20th century
Place:
usa, kansas, xian, new jersey
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A look at the final days in the life of playwright William Shakespeare.
Style:
frightening, captivating, psychological, tense, touching ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
playwright, british history, shakespeare, historical figure, death of son, father daughter relationship, family secret, retirement, church, writers, biopic, society ...
Time:
ancient times, 17th century, medieval times
Place:
united kingdom
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Black Journal (originally titled Gran Bollito) is a 1977 Italian drama film directed by Mauro Bolognini. It is based on the real life events of Leonarda Cianciulli, the Italian serial killer best known as the "Soap-Maker of Correggio".
Style:
dark comedy, black comedy, entertaining, freeze frame, crying ...
Plot:
serial killer, true crime, male pubic hair, male nudity, biopic, cycling, hatchet, trauma, mental patient, homicide, murderer, bare chested male ...
Time:
year 1938, 1930s
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Even though a devastating murder took place during a small town's horror film festival two years earlier, townspeople want another festival.
Style:
slasher, splatter, detective, slasher horror
Plot:
canuxploitation, axe murder, puritan, ex husband ex wife relationship, hanging, hanged girl, chainsaw, blond boy, mother daughter relationship, small town, murder, death ...
Time:
year 2016
Place:
british columbia, canada
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, China, Brazil, Germany
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
In 1951, Marcus Messner, a working-class Jewish student from New Jersey, attends a small Ohio college, where he struggles with anti-Semitism, sexual repression, and the ongoing Korean War.
Style:
intellectual, melancholic, exciting, stylized, social ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
sexual repression, adolescence, existentialism, atheist, lgbtq, coming of age, adaptation, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, father son relationship, husband wife relationship, love, student ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, year 1951, year 2016, 20th century ...
Place:
ohio, new jersey, tokyo
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Two documentary filmmakers go back in time to the pre-Civil War American South, to film the slave trade.
Style:
mondo, grindhouse, sexual, creepy, black comedy ...
Plot:
plantation, black slave, transgression, time travel, extreme, slavery, african, racial discrimination, blaxploitation, human exploitation, racial prejudice, mass murder ...
Time:
19th century, 20th century, 1850s, 1830s, 70s ...
Place:
mississippi, detroit, memphis, virginia, africa
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