Hypocrisy movies and TV shows – page 4

List of hypocrisy movies

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story: In the questionable town of Deer Meadow, Washington, FBI Agent Desmond inexplicably disappears while hunting for the man who murdered a teen girl. The killer is never apprehended, and, after experiencing dark visions and supernatural encounters, ...
Style: surreal, dark, atmospheric, psychedelic, psychological ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: serial killer, incest, investigation, surrealism, small town life, murder, rape, double life, small town, mental illness, sexual abuse, teenage girl ...
Time: 90s, year 1992, near future, 20th century, year 1988 ...
Place: washington state, canada, philadelphia, portland oregon
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All of a Sudden (2016)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Germany, Netherlands
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Karsten apparently has it settled. However, in this provincial German town, a moment of weakness turns to disaster, disappointment soon fuels anger, justice hides behind hypocrisy, and evil gradually unfolds.
Style: captivating, thrilling, psychological, bleak, independent film ...
Plot: relationships, hypocrisy, hypocrite, intrigue, relationship problems, character study, intimate, moral ambiguity, tragedy, small town, male protagonist, provincial ...
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Little White Lies (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 154 min.
Story: Despite a traumatic event, a group of friends decide to go ahead with their annual beach vacation. Their relationships, convictions, sense of guilt and friendship are sorely tested. They are finally forced to own up to the little white lies ...
Style: semi serious, talky, emotional, humorous, thought provoking ...
Plot: friendship, closeted homosexual, vacation, beach, repressed homosexual, beach house, gay interest, unrequited love, accident, gay, restaurant, secret ...
Time: year 2010, 21st century
Place: france, paris france
Is relevant?
 7.2
 25K
Minamata (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA, United Arab Emirates, Japan
Duration: 115 min.
Story: A movie about reporter W. Eugene Smith and his research on mercury poisoning in Minamata, Japan, resulting in severe neurological symptoms.
Style: realistic, disturbing, psychological, art house, cult classic ...
Plot: war photographer, art, photograph, breaking point, poisoning, american abroad, frustration, corruption, lifestyle, journalism, photography, true crime ...
Time: 2020s, year 1971, 70s
Place: japan
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How to Build a Girl (2019)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: The journey of Midlands teenager Johanna Morrigan, who reinvents herself as Dolly Wilde: fast-talking, lady sex-adventurer, moves to London, and gets a job as music critic in the hope of saving her poverty stricken family in Wolverhampton. Based on ...
Style: thought provoking, colorful, captivating, funny, sentimental ...
Audience: teens
Plot: critic, lifestyle, journalism, women, school, hypocrisy, sexual relations, love, concert, magazine, friendship, ambition ...
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 7.1
 27K
Salem (2014)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Set in the volatile world of 17th century Massachusetts, 'Salem' explores what really fueled the town's infamous witch trials and dares to uncover the dark, supernatural truth hiding behind the veil of this infamous period in American ...
Style: scary, gothic horror, gothic, atmospheric, sexy ...
Plot: witch, supernatural, evil force, curses spells and rituals, society, danger, supernatural ability, witch hunt, wizards and magicians, love affair, devil, religions or cults ...
Time: 17th century
Place: new england, salem massachusetts, hawaii, usa, massachusetts
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 6.8
 98
Bel Ami (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 95 min.
Story: In Belle Epoque Paris, Georges Duroy, a handsome, ambitious but penniless young man, reunites with his friend Forestier, editor-in-chief of a major financial newspaper. Forestier manages to find him a position at the newspaper. With his ...
Style: costume drama, satirical, sensual
Audience: adult
Plot: manipulation, literary, social climbing, social commentary, ambition, seduction, character study, journalism, corruption, ambitious, hypocrisy, scandal ...
Time: 19th century
Place: paris france
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The House of Bernarda Alba (1991)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A domineering,reclusive, and ostentatiously pious widow in a small Spanish town keeps such close watch on her daughters that they are unable to have normal social lives. However, the eldest is allowed to become engaged to an unprincipled young man, ...
Style: tense, art house, period piece
Plot: jealousy, tragedy, illicit affair, claustrophobia, repression, family conflict, domestic drama, femininity, sexual frustration, hypocrisy, envy, mature ...
Time: 1920s
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 3.7
 113
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: thought provoking, serious, art house, period piece, bleak ...
Plot: religious fanaticism, clergy, hypocrisy, crisis of faith, cultural conflict, political unrest, character study, power struggle, political satire, oppression, conformity, authoritarianism ...
Time: 60s
Place: malta
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 5.7
 10
Ringlek (1982)
Country: Sweden
Duration: 209 min.
TV show
Story: Scrutinizes the sexual morals and class ideology of its day through a series of encounters between pairs of characters, shown before or after a sexual encounter. A prostitute is cheated out of her money by a drug-dealer, in the next scene the dealer ...
Style: tension, erotic drama, melancholic
Plot: seduction, social satire, prostitution, hypocrisy, class struggle, moral ambiguity, infidelity, high society, adaptation, working class, desire, scandal ...
Time: 1890s, turn of the century
Place: vienna
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 5.8
 54
The Beasts (1971)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 111 min.
Story: A film made for Italian television. A series of eight episodes put together in which Lando Buzzanca plays a variety of weird characters. Episode 1: Il Salvatore (The Saviour) A reporter tries to stop a man from killing himself, only to get the TV ...
Style: anthology, satirical, black comedy, controversial, period piece ...
Plot: hypocrisy, dark humor, moral ambiguity, corruption, satire, class conflict, prostitution, family drama, greed, character study, sexploitation, absurdism ...
Place: italy
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 4.9
 97
Nefeli (1980)
Genre: Romance
Country: Greece
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A beautiful woman is going to the island of Lesbos to rest, there she will meet two other beautiful young women and it will be great having sex with everyone.
Style: erotic, erotic drama
Plot: nude beach, lesbian sex, nudist, seduction, sexual awakening, sexual exploration, group sex, island, liberation, female protagonist, nudity, female bonding ...
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Dearest Relatives, Poisonous Relations (1992)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Like every year, everyone is going back to the ancestral family's home for the Christmas holidays. But this time, the old folks have a surprise, a good surprise for them. They have decided to go living with one of their children and make him or ...
Style: dark comedy, black comedy, tragicomedy
Plot: christmas, family drama, satire, greed, family secret, hypocrisy, social commentary, moral ambiguity, manipulation, absurdism, bittersweet, bourgeoisie ...
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 6.8
 185
Kick-Off (1990)
Genre: Drama
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A group of students with varying family backgrounds begin to question their lives and the hypocritical values of their corrupt socialist society. Their decision to follow their own ideals brings them in disrepute with those closest to them. Their ...
Style: thought provoking, emotional
Plot: coming of age, friendship, frustration, hypocrisy, solidarity, political corruption, personal growth, identity crisis, loyalty, anti establishment, moral dilemma, social realism ...
Time: 80s
Place: eastern europe, former yugoslavia
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Las Poquianchis (1976)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 110 min.
Story: In the middle 70's in the mexican state of Guanajuato, authorities discover a clandestine burial ground, the corpses were from murdered prostitutes. the suspects are three sisters known as "Las Poquianchis" The sisters were very ...
Style: disturbing, dark, intense, bleak, period piece ...
Plot: murder, true crime, exploitation, violence, prostitution, brothel, sexual abuse, human trafficking, investigation, poverty, corruption, hypocrisy ...
Time: 70s
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Hilda Hurricane (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story: After stirring society by leaving her groom at the alter and going directly to a prostitution house, a young model becomes the city's most famous harlot, known as "Hilda the Hurricane", in the 50's Brazil. She could do fine if it ...
Style: period piece, historical drama, controversial, atmospheric, intense ...
Plot: communism, female protagonist, prostitution, topless woman, brazilian military dictatorship, religion, sex work, priest, forbidden love, class conflict, political unrest, hypocrisy ...
Time: 1950s
Place: brazil
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 2.8
 2K
Canaan Land (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: "Canaan Land" is a love story between Brother Billy Gantry, a charismatic con man, phone psychic, and preacher, who falls for Sister Sara Sunday, a sincere Christian.
Style: independent film, dark comedy
Plot: con man, preacher, social commentary, manipulation, faith healing, hypocrisy, moral ambiguity, christmas, fraud, character study, autobiography, satire ...
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 2.7
 4K
Son of India (2022)
Genre: Action, Drama, History
Country: India
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Kadiyam Babji is an ageing man angry with the way society functions. He decides the best payback is to kidnap some high-profile people. But NIA officer Ira is hot on his heels.
Style: political thriller, crime drama, suspenseful, intense, serious ...
Plot: power struggle, moral ambiguity, political manipulation, cat and mouse, ambition, corruption, hypocrisy, kidnapping, complex characters, character study, rise to power, leadership ...
Place: india
Is relevant?
 8.2
 2K
Braunschlag (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Austria
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: The market town Braunschlag, on the outskirts of Austria close to the Czech Republic is bankrupt. The mayor, under pressure form Russian mafia creditors and state government has an idea after a night of too much alcohol in shabby town-disco: Only a ...
Style: black comedy, semi serious, captivating, cynical, dark comedy ...
Plot: mayor, small town, provincial life, satire, dark humor, corruption, greed, problem, money problems, deception, town mayor, con trick ...
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Miss mokrego podkoszulka (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Poland
Duration: 55 min.
Story: "Miss Wet T-Shirt" is a humorous and thought-provoking story of a widowed man in his fifties who rebels against the degradation of the world around him, full of corruption and moral ambiguity. Władysław did not always act honestly in ...
Style: humorous, captivating, disturbing, satirical, comedy drama ...
Plot: male female relationship, widower, sex scandal, moral ambiguity, redemption, responsibility, relationship problems, relationships, couples, family problems, older man younger woman relationship, family relations ...
Time: 2000s
Place: poland
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The Extreme Tragic Story of Celal Tan and His Family (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Turkey
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Celal Tan is a well-respected constitutional law professor who lives in a provincial city has two children from his first marriage. Many years after the death of his first wife, he married a woman much younger than him, a university student, whose ...
Style: psychological, tragicomedy, thrilling, captivating, dark comedy ...
Plot: crisis, family drama, moral dilemma, secrets, cover up, male female relationship, social problems, family problems, problem, relationships, family relations, secret ...
Time: 2010s
Place: turkey
Is relevant?
 7.0
 553
Wild Innocence (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Netherlands
Duration: 123 min.
Story: A movie director does a new film against heroine consumption, and the producers are heroine dealers.
Style: controversial, art house, independent film, intense, tense ...
Plot: heroin, addiction, drug trade, satire, moral ambiguity, hypocrisy, conflict of interest, character study, ethical dilemma, corruption, betrayal, manipulation ...
Time: year 2001
Place: france, amsterdam
Is relevant?
 8.6
 468
Magic Funhouse (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 18 min.
TV show
Story: Brandon Rogers stars as the screaming, foul-mouthed host of an overly colorful low-budget children's TV show featuring the worst advice for kids, an inept crew, and numerous technical difficulties.
Style: dark comedy, adult comedy, entertaining, semi serious, satirical ...
Audience: kids
Plot: satire, advice, irreverent, behind the scenes, hypocrisy, vulgar, character study, stoner, dark humor
Time: 2010s
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Consenting Adults (2007)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Fifty years ago, a Home Office committee chaired by Wolfenden, then vice-chancellor of Reading University, recommended the decriminalization of homosexuality. But behind the scenes of what was to become a turning point in British social history, ...
Style: period piece, historical drama, thought provoking, melancholic, political drama
Plot: father son relationship, homosexual history, homosexuality, british history, lgbt, gay, biopic, gay son, hypocrisy, empathy, moral dilemma, family conflict ...
Time: 1950s, year 1953, 50s
Place: oxford university, england
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The Crime of Father Amaro (2023)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Portugal
Duration: 46 min.
TV show
Story: Based on Eça de Queiroz's 1875 novel, the plot takes place in Leiria, Portugal, at the end of the 1860s, and follows the story of the forbidden passion between Amaro, a young priest, and Amélia, "the most beautiful girl in Leiria". ...
Style: historical drama, period piece, serious, art film, dramatic ...
Plot: priest in love, forbidden love, priest, female nudity, sex with a priest, religion, brothel, social criticism, literary, celibacy, catholic church, woman ...
Time: 19th century, 1860s, 1870s
Place: portugal
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The Congregation (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: Anna, a young and naive woman, moves to Knutby to become part of the free church congregation as a nanny, which to her seems like a warm and pious community. But soon the idyll that never existed crackles, and manipulation, power games, social ...
Style: suspense, disturbing, captivating, dark, tension ...
Plot: murder, religious cult, manipulation, christianity, true crime, female protagonist, fanaticism, brainwashing, religions or cults, manipulative behavior, life is a bitch, village life ...
Time: 2000s
Place: eastern europe
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The Predators (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 109 min.
Story: This is the story of two completely opposite households: the Pavone are intellectual and bourgeois, the Vismara are proletarian and fascists. They are two tribes sharing the same jungle: Rome. A trivial accident brings these two poles together. The ...
Style: tense, humorous, captivating, political thriller, bleak ...
Plot: class conflict, society, social relations, rich and poor, social problems, family problems, showdown, changing lives, relationships, multiple storylines, lifestyle change, dysfunctional family ...
Place: rome italy
Is relevant?
 8.2
 2K
Deool (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 135 min.
Story: Keshya, a simple villager believes that god has arrived in his village but everyone disbelieves him. Later when the politics plays its part things take a drastic change
Style: emotional, serious
Plot: village, politics, ethical dilemma, faith, religion, temple, social commentary, pilgrimage, a vision, miraculous event, moral ambiguity, hypocrisy ...
Time: year 2011, 2000s
Is relevant?
 6.1
 659
The Handyman (2018)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 96 min.
Story: We are all equal before the law, but some are just more equal than others. Antonio is a trainee lawyer who dreams of joining his mentor’s prestigious firm. But Salvatore “Toti” Bellastella, the Prince of the Forum, is also an exploitative ...
Style: light, captivating, humorous, colorful, satirical ...
Plot: dating show, lawyer, job, drug, mafia, escapades, criminal, training, illegal immigration, court, gang, prison ...
Place: italy
Is relevant?
 6.7
 368
Moral Order (2020)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Portugal
Duration: 101 min.
Story: In 1918, Maria Adelaide Coelho da Cunha, heiress and owner of the Diário de Notícias, leaves the social, cultural and family luxury in which she lives to escape with a petty chauffeur, 26 years younger.
Style: period piece, historical drama
Plot: chauffeur, biopic, forbidden romance, scandal, female protagonist, hypocrisy, escape, class conflict, illicit affair, aristocracy, heiress, high society ...
Place: portugal, lisbon portugal
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