Religious fanaticism movies and TV shows – page 4

List of religious fanaticism movies

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 6.5
 243K
Silent Hill (2006)
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: Canada, France
Duration: 125 min.
Story: The eerie and deserted ghost town of Silent Hill draws a young mother desperate to find a cure for her only child's illness. Unable to accept the doctor's diagnosis that her daughter should be permanently institutionalized for psychiatric ...
Style: scary, dark, surreal, gothic, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: supernatural, monster, demon, survival, supernatural horror, macabre, insanity, torture, ghost town, ghost, good versus evil, missing child ...
Time: year 2006, year 2000, 2000s, 21st century
Place: west virginia, virginia, america, usa
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 5.2
 641
The Fiend (1972)
Genre: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Led by a sinister minister, a controlling religious sect called the Brethren has taken control of widow Birdy Wemys, sending her unstable son, Kenny, into a spiraling descent into madness and murder. No woman is safe when Kenny's religious ...
Style: slasher, psychotronic, religious horror, independent film, christian horror
Plot: serial killer, religious cult, supernatural power, strangulation, drowning, murder, sexual repression, religious leader, maniac, religion, religion and supernatural, religious fanaticism ...
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Alice Sweet Alice (1976)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Alice is a withdrawn 12-year-old who lives with her mother and her younger sister, Karen, who gets most of the attention from her mother, leaving Alice out of the spotlight. But when Karen is found brutally murdered in a church, suspicions start to ...
Style: slasher, disturbing, grindhouse, creepy, scary ...
Audience: kids, teens
Plot: masked killer, serial killer, murder, female villain, evil child, holy communion, blood, psychopath, child molester, child, female serial killer, mystery killer ...
Time: year 2016, 60s, year 1961, 20th century
Place: new jersey, usa
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What Josiah Saw (2021)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A family with buried secrets reunite at a farmhouse after two decades to pay for their past sins.
Style: suspense, scary, bleak, psychotronic, suspenseful ...
Plot: ghost, exorcism, revenge, murder, paranormal, vengeance, paranormal phenomena, demon, peril, violence, family relations, supernatural power ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
Place: usa, texas
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 6.8
 8K
Khartoum (1966)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 134 min.
Story: English General Charles George Gordon, a devout Christian, is appointed military governor of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan by the Prime Minister. Ordered to evacuate Egyptians from the Sudan, Gordon stays on to protect the people of Khartoum, who are under ...
Style: epic, realistic, factual, talky, suspenseful ...
Plot: islam, imperialism, military, culture clash, politics, colonialism, siege, british empire, wartime, battles, revolution, war ...
Time: 19th century, 1880s, victorian era, year 1966
Place: africa, sudan, england, belgium, london ...
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There Be Dragons (2011)
Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: Spain, USA, Argentina
Duration: 122 min.
Story: Arising out of the horror of the Spanish Civil War, a candidate for canonization is investigated by a journalist who discovers his own estranged father had a deep, dark and devastating connection to the saint's life.While researching the life ...
Style: serious, captivating, realistic, thought provoking, stylized ...
Plot: priest, spanish civil war, catholic, saint, soldier, dying father, betrayal, journalist, redemption, self discovery, unfulfilled love, haunted by the past ...
Time: year 1936, 1930s, year 1937, 70s
Place: spain, europe
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Young Sherlock Holmes (1985)
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson meet as boys in an English Boarding school. Holmes is known for his deductive ability even as a youth, amazing his classmates with his abilities. When they discover a plot to murder a series of British business men by ...
Style: clever, detective, serious, suspenseful, stylized ...
Audience: family outing, teens
Plot: sherlock holmes, murder, private detective, friendship, school, who done it, boarding school, amateur detective, danger, investigation, high school friend, teenage life ...
Time: 19th century, 1800s, year 1985, 1870s, victorian era
Place: england, london, europe, big ben london, scotland yard
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Dota: Dragon's Blood (2021)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: After encounters with a dragon and a princess on her own mission, a Dragon Knight becomes embroiled in events larger than he could have ever imagined.
Style: anime, entertaining, captivating, perverse, epic fantasy ...
Plot: magician, warrior, knight, dragon, violence, sword, fight, battles, religions or cults, fantasy world, magic, wizard ...
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 6.4
 6K
Coven (2020)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Spain, France, Argentina
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Basque Country, 1609. The men of the region are at sea. Ana joins other girls from the village to dance in the woods. Judge Rostegui, given the task of purifying the region by the King, arrests the women and accuses them of witchcraft. He decides to ...
Style: satanic, disturbing, suspense, tense
Plot: inquisition, spanish inquisition, witch, witch hunt, witchcraft, coven, witch burning, medieval, religious fanatic, social misfits, religious persecution, accusation ...
Time: 17th century
Place: basque country, spain
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 6.7
 3K
7 Women (1965)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: In a mission in China in 1935, Agatha Andrews is a rigid missionary beset by Mongolian bandits led by Warlord chief Tunga Khan. With her are her assistant Jane Argent, staff members Emma Clark, Miss Russell and Miss Binns, head of the British ...
Style: atmospheric, realistic, serious, psychological, suspense ...
Plot: warlord, female doctor, doctor, mission, religions or cults, power relations, society, danger, rivalry, war refugee, life is a bitch, faith ...
Time: 20th century, year 1966, 1930s, year 1935, 60s
Place: china, mongolia, asia
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 4.9
 109
Cage (1971)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Malta
Duration: 75 min.
Story: A study of the political and religious fanaticism in Malta in the 60s.
Style: experimental, student film
Plot: conquering, religion, political party, religious fanaticism, classism
Place: malta
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Spirits of the Air, Gremlins of the Clouds (1987)
Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Brother and sister endure alone together in a post-apocalyptic Outback until the sudden arrival of a stranger.
Style: apocalyptic, surreal, retro, independent film, psychotronic ...
Plot: post apocalypse, distopia, post apocalyptic, surrealism, apocalypse, religion, minimal dialogue, mental disorder, aviation, exodus, wasteland, epidemic ...
Time: future
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 4.5
 636
Desecration (1999)
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Sixteen year-old Bobby is emotionally damaged by his mother's early death. He accidentally causes a nun's death, unleashing a chain of supernatural events that lead him into the pits of Hell.
Style: religious horror, mystic, independent film, avant garde, psychotronic
Plot: nun, killer clown, child abuse, supernatural, hell, catholic school, hallucination, childhood trauma, amusement park, afterlife, bad kids, mysticism ...
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 5.8
 240
Two Faces (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Duas Caras is a Brazilian television drama that was broadcast by Rede Globo in 2007 and 2008.
Style: novela, soap opera, suspense, disturbing, tense ...
Plot: unrequited love, false identity, revenge, love triangle, love affair, love story, relationships, family relations, unfulfilled love, male female relationship, femme fatale, vengeance ...
Place: rio de janeiro
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Rooms for Tourists (2004)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Argentina
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Five city girls must spend the night in an isolated town within the province of Buenos Aires, where they will find out more than what the flesh and bone can stand: the most violent side of local hospitality.
Style: slasher, surprise ending, independent film
Plot: masked killer, religion, faith, decapitation, siblings, pregnancy, clergy, medical, city, town, night, female nudity ...
Place: argentina
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 6.3
 167
Bemani (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A woman tries to escape from the much older man she was forced to marry.
Style: dark
Plot: girl man relationship, escape, economics, toys, junkie, self sacrifice, grief, divorce, death, soldier, wedding, food ...
Place: iran, iraq
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 8.4
 22K
Black Friday (2004)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, History
Country: India
Duration: 143 min.
Story: Under torture, Indian gangster Tiger Memon confesses to his involvement in a plot to set off explosives throughout Bombay. The police choose not to believe him, however, and bombs tear through the city that Friday, wreaking havoc and polarizing the ...
Style: suspense, serious, disturbing, offbeat, tense ...
Plot: terrorism, terrorist, politics, muslim, interrogation, investigation, legal, life is a bitch, law enforcement, society, protest, journalism ...
Time: y2k, 90s, year 1993
Place: india, asia, mumbai india, bombay india, dubai ...
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The Siege at Ruby Ridge (1996)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 192 min.
Story: A mini-series dramatization of the controversial 1992 attack by federal agents on the Idaho home of Randy Weaver, a white seperatist. The ten-day siege, begun over a minor gun charge, resulted in the deaths of Weaver's son, wife and dog, and a ...
Style: realistic, serious, thought provoking, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot: serial killer, social change, fbi, conspiracy, true crime, siege, white supremacist, shootout, extremist, police, religion, crime gone awry ...
Time: 90s
Place: usa, idaho
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The Devil's Playground (1976)
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A powerful drama relating the intimate aspect of teenage boys and their priest/educators behind the walls of a religious institution where rigid discipline backfires natural feelings are deemed unnatural acts and human lives are controlled in the ...
Style: realistic, serious, tense, crying, independent film ...
Plot: coming of age, adolescence, altar boy, gay, youth, catholic school, lgbt, boy, male objectification, boarding school, atheist, philosophy ...
Time: year 1976, 1950s, 70s, year 1953
Place: australia
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Mutiny: A Love Story (2001)
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 170 min.
Story: Amongst the communal riots that erupt in the city, Tara shelters a wayward Sakina from a crazed mob and a bond that blossoms into love is created. The two eventually get married and have a son. The happy family, now living in Amritsar, gets the ...
Style: romantic, realistic, serious, patriotic, suspense ...
Plot: family relations, against the odds, social differences, fall in love, against the rules, political unrest, society, love and romance, religions or cults, on the run, patriot, pursuit ...
Time: 1940s, year 1947, 1950s
Place: india, pakistan, middle east, asia
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 5.6
 3K
Touch (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: When Juvenal, a presumed miracle worker, appears on the scene Bill Hill attempts to exploit him but his plans go astray with the untimely intervention of August Murray and the developing relationship between Juvenal and Lynn Faulkner.
Style: light, realistic, semi serious, witty, humorous ...
Plot: love and romance, abusive husband, religions or cults, hopes, satire, love, moral ambiguity, religion, magic, miraculous event, investigation, dark humor ...
Time: 90s, year 1997
Place: los angeles, california, usa
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The Pit and the Pendulum (1991)
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, serious, bleak, suspenseful, psychotronic ...
Plot: spanish inquisition, inquisition, heretic, edgar allan poe, dungeon, religions or cults, good versus evil, danger, supernatural, clergy, woman in danger, telepathy ...
Time: 15th century, year 1991, 90s, medieval times, middle ages
Place: spain, europe
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 4.6
 9K
The Order (2001)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA, Aruba
Duration: 89 min.
Story: When Rudy, an artifacts smuggler, goes to Jerusalem to rescue his kidnapped archeologist father, he faces deportation by a scheming police chief. Now, to find his dad and recover a sacred scroll, he'll have to outwit officials and a ruthless ...
Style: suspenseful, rough, serious, feel good, action packed ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: treasure hunt, martial arts, terrorism, kidnapping, artifact, adventurer, missing person, religions or cults, obsessive quest, parents and children, father son relationship, sect ...
Time: 11th century, middle ages, year 2001, 2000s
Place: middle east, israel, tel aviv israel, jerusalem, ukraine
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The Merchant of Venice (2004)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Italy, Luxembourg, USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story: In 16th century Venice, when a merchant must default on a large loan from an abused Jewish moneylender for a friend with romantic ambitions, the bitterly vengeful creditor demands a gruesome payment instead.
Style: sexy, period piece, talky, melancholic, stylized ...
Plot: shakespeare, renaissance, religious intolerance, women, friends, love and romance, judaism, trial, prejudice, segregation, culture clash, life is a bitch ...
Time: 16th century, middle ages, ancient times, year 2004
Place: venice, italy, israel, middle east, europe
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The Madwoman of Chaillot (1969)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story: An eccentric Parisian woman's optimistic perception of life begins to sound more rational than the rather traditional beliefs of others.
Style: retro, realistic, semi serious, humorous, clever ...
Plot: class conflict, countess, iconoclastic, conspiracy, satire, stock broker, redheaded woman, corporate greed, dishonesty, vengeance, society, self discovery ...
Time: year 1969, 60s, year 1919
Place: paris france, france, europe
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 1K
Horror (2003)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story: This visually arresting chiller concerns a group of runaway teens that escape from a drug rehab and encounter demonic forces in a rural farmhouse.
Style: scary, disturbing, surreal, psychedelic, religious horror ...
Plot: ghost, haunted house, violence spree, losing-it hero, danger, supernatural, life is a bitch, gang, isolation, rehabilitation, drug abuse, farm ...
Time: 21st century
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Category 7: The End of the World (2005)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Germany, Canada, USA
Duration: 169 min.
TV show
Story: It's tornadoes, hurricanes, electrical storms, and mass destruction as the effects of global warming brew into a super storm that threatens to rend the earth with an unprecedented power. Beautiful scientist Faith Clavell, storm chaser Tommy ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, rough, apocalyptic, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: disaster, apocalypse, natural disaster, tornado, emergency, survival, forces of nature, chaos, imaginary, save the world, rescue, save the day ...
Time: future
Place: new york, chicago, san antonio texas, south dakota, florida ...
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 8.1
 14K
Bombay (1995)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 141 min.
Story: A love story of a good-hearted Hindu man and a beautiful devout Muslim woman who leave their village to marry against the wishes of their parents and move to Bombay to start a fresh life. There they have twin sons and a daughter. But turmoil engulfs ...
Style: romantic drama, cult classic, patriotic, social, romantic ...
Plot: politics, family reunited, hindu, integration, war crime, islam, indians, music, village, journalism, forbidden love, twins ...
Time: 90s, year 1993, year 1992
Place: mumbai india, asia, india, bombay india
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 5.3
 9K
The Body (2001)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, Israel, Germany
Duration: 109 min.
Story: An ancient skeleton has been discovered in Jerusalem in a rich man's tomb. Colouration of the wrist and leg bones indicates the cause of death was crucifiction. other signs, include a gold coin bearing the marks of Pontius Pilate and faint ...
Style: sexy, talky, suspenseful, philosophical, exciting ...
Plot: politics, faith, christianity, religion, kidnapping, christian, self discovery, religions or cults, obsessive quest, clergy, rebellion, society ...
Time: year 2001
Place: israel, middle east, rome italy, jerusalem
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 5.2
 13K
Bad Girls (1994)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Four former harlots try to leave the wild west (Colorado, to be exact) and head north to make a better life for themselves. Unfortunately someone from Cody's past won't let it happen that easily.
Style: erotic, anime, spaghetti western, rough, serious ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: girl gang, prostitution, tough girl, prostitute, cowboy, rape, cowgirl, brothel, ranch, horse, rape victim, rape and revenge ...
Time: 19th century, 1880s, victorian era
Place: texas, usa, oregon, colorado
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