| Weekend (2011) | 7.6 | |
| The Breakfast Club (1985) | 7.8 | |
| Flight (2012) | 7.3 | |
| The Two Popes (2019) | 7.6 | |
| The Machinist (2004) | 7.6 |
Confession movies and TV shows – page 2
Best films
New films
List of confession movies
Genre: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Leading a lazy life, Fumiya has been a university student for 8 years and owes money to loan sharks. One day, a man named Fukuhara comes to collect the loan, which Fumiya cannot pay. So Fukuhara makes a proposition: He will cancel the debt as long ...
Style:
realistic, humorous, captivating, light, psychological ...
Plot:
city life, loan, confession, on the road, walking, regret, gangster, yakuza, friendship, teenager, flashback, cafe ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
tokyo, japan, east asia, asia
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Mike Nichols’ film from Edward Albee's play brought new themes to the film industry. Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton have never been more brilliant together as they portray an experienced married couple who love each other yet verbally ...
Style:
cerebral, psychological, black and white, black comedy, retro ...
Plot:
battle of the sexes, guest, humiliation, conversation, couples, adultery, dysfunctional marriage, night, love hate relationship, childlessness, alcoholism, drinking ...
Time:
20th century, year 1966, 60s, 1930s
Place:
new england, usa
Is relevant?
146K
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, Italy, Argentina, USA, Brazil
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Explores the relationship and opposing visions between two of the most powerful leaders in the Catholic Church, both of whom must address their own pasts and the demands of the modern world in order to move the church forward.
Style:
cerebral, saga, psychological, humorous, suspense thriller ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
catholic church, vatican, religion, catholic, catholic priest, pope, dark humor, priest, flashback, forgiveness, confession, guilt ...
Time:
2010s, year 2019, 21st century
Place:
rome italy, italy, argentina, buenos aires argentina
Is relevant?
42K
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
Is relevant?
Related movie lists
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Music, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Norway, Poland
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Anna lives with her father Karl someplace in the outskirts of northern Norway. Karl killed his ex-wife and threw her newborn coloured child into the sea when he discovered that she obviously had been unfaithful. Now Karl is being haunted by her ...
Style:
sentimental, humorous, dark comedy, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
ghost, confession, identity crisis, self discovery, dysfunctional family, supernatural, infidelity, looking for love, family problems, love and romance, parents and children, family relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe
Is relevant?
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A thriller directed by Bradford May focusing on a catholic priest dealing with a serial killer's confession and a murder investigation.
Style:
crime drama, suspense, tense, intense, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
serial killer, religion, priest, confession, church, moral dilemma, crisis of faith, police investigation, murder mystery, police station, psychopath, secrets ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Tashiro (Keiju Kobayashi) coincidentally meets his best friend Sugimoto (Tatsuya Mihashi) in a bar very close to the apartment in which Sugimoto’s wayward wife is found dead. Although Tashiro is not a suspect in the police investigation, he is ...
Style:
psychological thriller, crime drama, suspense, noir
Plot:
confession, infidelity, moral ambiguity, character study, jealousy, male friendship, sexual tension, mistrust, murder mystery, police investigation, murder, urban ...
Place:
japan, tokyo
Is relevant?
14K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Argentina, Spain, Italy
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Bennie travels to Buenos Aires to find his long-missing older brother, a once-promising writer who is now a remnant of his former self. Bennie's discovery of his brother's near-finished play might hold the answer to understanding their ...
Style:
clever, psychological, black and white, enigmatic, talky ...
Plot:
musician, road trip, family relations, confession, dysfunctional family, adaptation, family drama, art, creativity, haunted by the past, family secret, interview ...
Time:
year 2009, future
Place:
argentina, buenos aires argentina, south america, usa, new york ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
While examining one of her patients, a doctor reveals that her husband is cheating with the patient's wife.
Style:
sexy, realistic, serious, atmospheric, detective ...
Plot:
husband wife relationship, infidelity, adultery, husband and wife, cuckolded husband, confession, dishonesty, love and romance, sex scene, married woman, female pubic hair, extramarital affair ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
russia
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Isaac and Angel are two young Latinos involved in a south side Chicago gang. They have a secret in a world where secrets are forbidden.
Style:
serious, emotional, touching, rough, realistic ...
Plot:
lgbt, confession, gang, gay, injustice, youth, juvenile delinquency, love and romance, life is a bitch, society, showbiz, interracial relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
chicago, usa
Is relevant?
140K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A young nurse, Alma, is put in charge of Elisabeth Vogler: an actress who is seemingly healthy in all respects, but will not talk. As they spend time together, Alma speaks to Elisabeth constantly, never receiving any answer. Alma eventually ...
Style:
mind twisting, cerebral, surreal, black and white, sexual ...
Plot:
surrealism, mute character, actress, silence, patient, existentialism, medical, nordic, art, dream, alienation, insanity ...
Time:
year 1966, 60s, 20th century
Place:
scandinavia, eastern europe
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A successful male escort describes in a series of confessions his tangled romantic relationships with his two roommates and an older, enigmatic male client.
Style:
captivating, psychological, enigmatic, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
gay, gay interest, gay african american, homosexuality, male male relationship, gay teenager, gay sex, gay lead character, male prostitution, gays and lesbians, lgbtq, gay bar ...
Place:
seattle, usa, washington state
Is relevant?
Related movie lists
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A motiveless malignancy? Elvis leaves the Navy and heads for Texas where he contacts his father, whom he's never met, the pastor at a Christian community church. Pastor Dave tells Elvis to stay away and, without telling his family that Elvis is ...
Style:
psychological, realistic, serious, suspenseful, erotic ...
Plot:
incest, brother sister incest, incestuous sex, redemption, illegitimate son, hypocrisy, confession, murder, haunted by the past, family problems, vengeance, society ...
Time:
year 2005
Place:
austin texas, texas, usa
Is relevant?
16K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
The daily grind for the cops of the Police Department's Juvenile Protection Unit - taking in child molesters, busting underage pickpockets, interrogating abusive parents, confronting the excesses of teen sexuality, enjoying solidarity with ...
Style:
disturbing, serious, realistic, erotic, sincere ...
Plot:
violence against women, pedophile, abused child, journalism, policewoman, confession, abusive parent, police station, police investigation, social decay, life is a bitch, fighting crime ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
france, paris france, europe
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A wealthy New York investment banking executive hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he escalates deeper into his illogical, gratuitous fantasies.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, psychological thriller, bloody, twist ending ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
psychopath, serial killer, insanity, sociopath, satire, violence, dark humor, psycho killer, materialism, yuppie, nihilism, millionaire ...
Time:
year 2000, 80s, 2000s, year 1987, y2k ...
Place:
new york, yale university, manhattan new york city, america, seattle ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Marc Lagnier confesses to the murder of his adored son, but refuses to explain.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, suspense, psychological, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
murder, father, lawyer, father son relationship, husband wife relationship, half sister, confession, attorney, murder investigation, murderer, defense attorney, murder mystery ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Penelope Campbell loves her annual summer vacations visiting her Grandma Dot, despite Dot's constant attempts to set her up with every single man in town. This year, she bumps into Jason Humphrey, her childhood sweetheart. In order to evade the ...
Style:
touching, romantic, talky, emotional, psychological
Plot:
high school sweetheart, matchmaking, english teacher, birthday party, cousin cousin relationship, grandmother granddaughter relationship, confession, writing a book, book editor, christmas romance, love and romance, love interest ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
san francisco, canada
Is relevant?
34K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
After a drunken house party with his straight mates, Russell heads out to a gay club. Just before closing time he picks up Glen but what's expected to be just a one-night stand becomes something else, something special.
Style:
sincere, touching, sexy, meditative, art house ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
gay, lgbt, gay love, gay relationship, gay couple, gay club, homosexuality, gay romance, gay interest, homosexual, one night stand, gay sex ...
Time:
90s, 2010s, 2000s, 70s, 21st century
Place:
england, europe, britain, london, canada
Is relevant?
Related movie lists
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, France, Mexico, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A young man is plunged into a life of subterfuge, deceit and mistaken identity in pursuit of a femme fatale whose heart is never quite within his grasp
Style:
sexy, erotic, romantic, suspense, atmospheric ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, adult
Plot:
femme fatale, sex, obsession, couple relations, dangerous attraction, passion, husband wife relationship, love story, passionate sex, desire, sex scene, carnival ...
Time:
19th century, year 2001, victorian era, turn of the century, 20th century ...
Place:
cuba, iran, morocco, delaware, havana cuba ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Spain
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A well respected monk, Capucino Ambrosio compromises himself with his carnal lust for a pupil, a woman disguised as a monk (Matilda), she tempts the monk to transgress and he is soon found desiring another, the innocent Antonia. Matilda uses magic ...
Style:
gothic, sexy, psychological, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Plot:
monastery, nun, illicit affair, temptation, seduction, murder, inquisition, confession, femme fatale, downfall, life is a bitch, religions or cults ...
Time:
middle ages, 17th century, 18th century
Place:
madrid, europe, spain
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
TV show
Story:
A series that breaks the seal of the Catholic confessional booth. A young insomniac priest gets caught up in the sins of his congregants while a secret from his own past threatens his calling.
Style:
sincere, contemplative, serious, psychological, talky ...
Plot:
small town, priest, confession, catholic, religions or cults, clergy, society, church, haunted by the past, forgiveness, catholic church, moral dilemma ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Horror, Music, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Take a peak under the surface of any gay man, and who knows what you'll find? Confessions, an anthology of disclosures from the recesses of the gay male psyche, goes some way to answer that very question. Spanning themes that are dark, sexy, ...
Style:
psychological, humorous, sentimental, sexy, romantic ...
Plot:
gay, gay lead character, gay interest, porn star, sexuality, confession, male nudity, gay relationship, love and romance, couples, gays and lesbians, love affair ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
In the early 1960s, during the Vatican II era, a young woman training to become a nun struggles with issues of faith, sexuality and the changing church.
Style:
thought provoking, costume drama, disturbing, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
nun, catholicism, catholic church, lesbian, mother superior, priest, flagellation, confession, lgbt, altar boy, coming of age, sexual repression ...
Time:
year 1964, year 1954, 60s, year 2017, 90s
Place:
tennessee
Is relevant?
Related movie lists
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
A hardened New Orleans cop, Dave Robicheaux, finally tosses in the badge and settles into life on the bayou with his wife. But a bizarre plane crash draws him back into the fray when his family is viciously threatened.
Style:
stylized, talky, melancholic, suspense, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
husband murders wife, revenge, murder, investigation, mafia, police investigation, vengeance, lone hero, confession, adoption, law enforcement, danger ...
Time:
90s, year 1996
Place:
louisiana, new orleans, usa
Is relevant?
13
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Denmark
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Renee wakes up one morning in the middle of the desert with blood on her hands. She cannot remember why she is there, how she got there or with whom she came. Her quest to uncover forgotten events leads her on a journey of discovery where reality ...
Style:
surreal, suspense, avant garde, experimental, independent film ...
Plot:
desert, missing person, guilt, delusion, vengeance, memory, infidelity, puzzle, amnesia, confession, betrayal, mistaken identity ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Spain
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Ourense, Spain, 1940. Every time that Elena locks the door, she locks her secrets. Her husband Ricardo spend years hidden in his house with his children (Elenita and Lorenzo), trying to dodge persecution. Salvador, a priest confused after battling ...
Style:
serious, disturbing, touching, emotional, contemplative ...
Plot:
repression, confession, family relations, survival, life is a bitch, spanish history, spanish civil war, republican, love and romance, clergy, soldier, society ...
Place:
spain, galicia
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland, Norway, Germany, France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A priest stationed in Tipperary, Ireland, is eager to return to Rome. Told he cannot do so until he has raised enough money for the building of a new church, he decides to open a cinema in the local town.
Style:
realistic, captivating, serious, sincere, intellectual
Plot:
religion, confession, small town, social relations, religions or cults, idealism, clergy, small town life, hopes, society, belief in god, priest ...
Time:
50s, 20th century, year 1956, 1950s
Place:
ireland
Is relevant?
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 ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: Sweden
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
When Erik, a Stockholm urbanite, learns that his beauty-queen sister, Susie, is missing, he goes to their country roots to look for her. But after talking to the eccentric locals -- including a shy video store clerk and a corrupt police officer -- ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, cynical, dark comedy, realistic ...
Plot:
disappearance, confession, small town, dishonesty, gang, love and romance, dark humor, family relations, missing person, nordic, brother sister relationship, road trip ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
europe, eastern europe
Is relevant?
26K
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
Is relevant?
Related movie lists
