| Adrift in Tokyo (2007) | 7.2 | |
| Calvary (2014) | 7.4 | |
| The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008) | 7.3 | |
| Flight (2012) | 7.3 | |
| Tape (2001) | 7.2 |
Confession movies and TV shows – page 3
Best films
New films
| Film Club (2025) | 7.2 | |
| Mentiras, The Series (2025) | 7.7 | |
| Madly (2025) | 6.9 | |
| Ed Kemper (2025) | 5.0 | |
| Vanangaan (2025) | 5.9 |
List of confession movies
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In South Boston, where Irish roots run deep and Catholic tradition reigns, two brothers face similar hardships but lead far different lives. While older brother Terry descends into drugs and crime, 16-year-old Cole vies to make the state baseball ...
Style:
sincere, realistic, serious, touching, intense ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
baseball, teenage boy, coming of age, father son relationship, brother brother relationship, family relations, confession, youth, family life, parents and children, teenage life, hospital ...
Place:
boston, usa, ireland
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Margot and her son Claude decide to visit her sister Pauline after she announces that she is getting married to less-than-impressive Malcolm. In short order, the storm the sisters create leaves behind a mess of thrashed relationships and exposed ...
Style:
cynical, talky, depressing, melancholic, stylized ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, wedding, nudity, complex characters, family relations, jealousy, greed, secrets, character study, confession, family problems, family gatherings ...
Time:
year 2007, 70s, 21st century
Place:
usa, long island, vermont, harvard university
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
In 1921 New York. an immigrant woman is tricked into a life of burlesque and vaudeville until a dazzling magician tries to save her and reunite her with her sister who is being held in the confines of Ellis Island.
Style:
atmospheric, emotional, harsh, costume drama, period piece ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
prostitution, immigrant, immigration, corruption, brothel, family relations, confession, american dream, love affair, exploitation, society, forceful separation ...
Time:
1920s, year 2013, 20th century, 1930s
Place:
poland, israel, america, usa, manhattan new york city ...
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36K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Musical, Romance
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Eight women gather to celebrate Christmas in a snowbound cottage, only to find the family patriarch dead with a knife in his back. Trapped in the house, every woman becomes a suspect, each having her own motive and secret.
Style:
black comedy, satirical, dark comedy, talky, surprise ending ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
dysfunctional family, multiple suspects, women, lgbtq, eccentric family, christmas, twists and turns, who done it, lesbian, estate, suicide, hot and sexy ...
Time:
1950s, year 2002, 20th century, 50s
Place:
france, europe, paris france, argentina
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India, USA, Italy, Germany, France, UK
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
From an exciting Indian wedding comes a relationship from two different times not only showing the modern but also the traditional. Different characters and stories interact with each other in director Mira Nair film where she used an ...
Style:
emotional, humorous, touching, romantic, talky ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot:
wedding, wedding planning, culture clash, adultery, arranged marriage, honest, confession, disagreement, understanding, leaving home, first love, family secret ...
Time:
2000s, year 2001, 21st century
Place:
india, new delhi, asia, pakistan, delhi ...
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16K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller, War
Country: Palestine
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The drama, the story of three childhood friends and a young woman who are torn apart in their fight for freedom, is billed as the first fully-financed film to come out of the Palestinian cinema industry.
Style:
thought provoking, disturbing, suspenseful, mind blowing, controversial ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
israeli palestinian conflict, power of love, friendship, moral dilemma, resistance, confession, gain trust, family relations, danger, love affair, terrorism, love and romance ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
palestine, middle east, palestinian authority, maghreb, israel
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Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Half a Confession introduces itself as a thriller and abruptly changes gears, transforming into a tale of morality with deeper insights into its characters than we had anticipated. It begins when Soichiro Kaji (Terao), a retired detective, walks ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, captivating, thrilling, thought provoking ...
Plot:
murder, investigation, euthanasia, confession, moral dilemma, ethics, family tragedy, terminal illness, alzheimer's disease, redemption, courtroom, husband murders wife ...
Time:
2000s
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A series of murders has shaken the community to the point where people believe that only a legendary creature from dark times – the mythical Golem – must be responsible.
Style:
gothic, disturbing, suspense, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, confession, murder, hanging, detective inspector, murder trial, fame, actress, police inspector, death sentence, diary ...
Time:
victorian era, 1880s, 19th century, 1870s
Place:
scotland yard, london
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The complicated relationship that formed between the FBI analyst Bill Hagmaier and serial killer Ted Bundy during Bundy's final years on death row.
Style:
psychological, suspense, tense, suspenseful, captivating ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
serial killer, psycho killer, killer, charm, confession, death row, murderer, criminal, couple relations, male female relationship, relationship problems, true crime ...
Time:
year 1989, 80s, year 1986, year 1987
Place:
florida
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19K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 157 min.
Story:
An SP Amit Kumar who is given charge of Tezpur police station in Bihar. The area is full of corruption, inefficiency, bribery, nepotism, favoritism and crime with help from the local police. Gradually Amit realizes that the local politician Sadhu ...
Style:
suspenseful, rough, exciting, serious, inspirational ...
Plot:
police station, law enforcement, fighting crime, police brutality, criminal's revenge, rivalry, bribery, honest law enforcer, vigilantism, police corruption, confession, police ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india
Is relevant?
10K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A one-hour mystery full of twists and turns that follows Danny Desai, a charismatic 16-year-old with a troubled past who returns to his hometown after spending five years in juvenile detention. Immediately branded an outcast, Danny attempts to ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, suspense, teen, detective ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
social misfits, teenage life, protagonist as suspect, homecoming, parents and children, starting over, haunted by the past, old friend, society, gain trust, murder, suspicion ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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12K
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
As children, Nick and his little brother take care of their baby brother while their mother drinks herself senseless. But the baby dies, and both brothers blame themselves. Many years later, Nick is out of prison after serving time for an assault. ...
Style:
gloomy, thought provoking, disturbing, melancholic, sincere ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, childhood trauma, drug abuse, estrangement, drug addiction, haunted by the past, heroin, redemption, insomnia, brother brother relationship, drug addict, adaptation ...
Time:
year 2010, 90s, 70s, 21st century
Place:
denmark, copenhagen, europe, berlin germany
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Genre: Animation, Short, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 15 min.
TV show
Story:
Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law features ex-superhero Harvey T. Birdman of Birdman and the Galaxy Trio as an attorney working for a law firm alongside other cartoon stars from 1960s and 1970s Hanna-Barbera cartoon series. Similarly, Harvey's ...
Style:
humorous, adult animation, sitcom, not serious, adult cartoon ...
Audience:
teens, kids, adult
Plot:
law firm, jury, courtroom, superhero, lawyer, lawsuit, judge, injustice, confession, disorder, superhuman powers, workplace ...
Time:
2000s, future
Is relevant?
19K
Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: France, Germany
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
In the aftermath of WWI, a young German who grieves the death of her fiancé in France meets a mysterious French man who visits the fiance’s grave to lay flowers.
Style:
sentimental, touching, sexy, black and white, captivating ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
world war one, guilty conscience, german soldier, grave, french soldier, nationalism, death of loved one, war veteran, sadness, casualty of war, soldier, mourning ...
Time:
post world war one, 1910s, year 1919, year 2016, 90s ...
Place:
germany, paris france, france
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Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Margaret Powers—a middle aged, middle class doctor of pathology—seeks a path of vengeance when she captures and tortures the young man she believes murdered her son, but in a bid to extract a confession, that path to vengeance leads to tragedy ...
Style:
suspense, dark, psychological, intense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
revenge, vengeance, confession, grief, female protagonist, attempted murder, murder, criminal's revenge, murderer, loss of child, bereavement, abduction ...
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33K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Eloise, having been relieved of maid of honor duties after being unceremoniously dumped by the best man via text, decides to attend the wedding anyway – only to find herself seated with five fellow-unwanted guests at the dreaded Table 19.
Style:
funny, rom com, light, feel good, humorous ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, date night, chick flick, adult
Plot:
wedding, wedding planning, confession, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, male objectification, name calling, marital problem, up and down relationship, guest, reluctant partners, intergenerational friendship ...
Time:
year 2017
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A man is forced to re-evaluate the choices he's made in his life.
Style:
disturbing, serious, psychological, sexy, independent film ...
Plot:
african american, adultery, seduction, sexual obsession, confession, love triangle, guilty conscience, marital crisis, promiscuity, dysfunctional marriage, duplicity, selfishness ...
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Though a childhood bout with polio left him dependent on an iron lung, Mark O'Brien (John Hawkes) maintains a career as a journalist and poet. A writing assignment dealing with sex and the disabled piques Mark's curiosity, and he decides ...
Style:
sexy, sentimental, touching, erotic, compassionate ...
Audience:
girls' night, adult
Plot:
near death experience, first sexual experience, loss of virginity, sexual activity, female nudity, disabled, male virgin, nudity, woman on top, oral sex, therapist, sexual awakening ...
Time:
year 2012, 20th century, 80s, year 1988, 70s
Place:
california, san francisco, usa, boston
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Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A taut, beautifully acted psychological drama about a husband who suspects his wife of having an affair, but is terrified that confronting her about it might prove she really is.
Style:
realistic, serious, art house, touching, exciting ...
Plot:
extramarital affair, love affair, midlife crisis, unsupportive spouse, dishonesty, love and romance, crumbling marriage, couples, family problems, illicit affair, confession, affair ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
turkey
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156K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: New Zealand, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Trapped on her family’s isolated farm, Pearl must tend to her ailing father under the bitter and overbearing watch of her devout mother. Lusting for a glamorous life like she’s seen in the movies, Pearl’s ambitions, temptations and repressions ...
Style:
slasher, scary, serious, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
farm, serial killer, female protagonist, farmhouse, murder, rural setting, domineering mother, world war one, serial killer as protagonist, scarecrow, mental illness, audition ...
Time:
1910s, 2020s, year 1918, 20th century
Place:
texas, europe, usa
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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
In World War II, the widow Barny sees the Italian soldiers arriving in occupied Saint Bernard while walking to her job. Barny lives with her daughter and works correcting tests and feels a great attraction toward her boss Sabine. When the Germans ...
Style:
realistic, touching, serious, sincere, bleak ...
Plot:
clergy, world war two, atheist, religion, theology, catholic priest, church, priest, faith, unfulfilled love, self discovery, religions or cults ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1961
Place:
france, europe
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 162 min.
Story:
In the midst of trying to legitimize his business dealings in 1979 New York and Italy, aging mafia don, Michael Corleone seeks forgiveness for his sins while taking a young protege under his wing.
Style:
saga, epic, neo noir, visually appealing, bad ending ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, adult
Plot:
mafia, organized crime, revenge, gangster, violence, cosa nostra, italian mafia, murder, guilt, sicilian mafia, assassination, catholic church ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 80s, year 1990, year 1980 ...
Place:
italy, sicily, palermo italy, new york, atlantic city new jersey ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
See what Suzane von Richthofen, Daniel Cravinhos and Cristian Cravinhos did in the days following the brutal crime that led to the Richthofen couple's death. This film reveals crucial moments of the police investigation, testimonies and the ...
Style:
tense, thrilling, suspenseful, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
investigation, true crime, confession, homicide, murder, manipulation, crime solving, uncover truth, secret, murder mystery, murder investigation, crime investigation ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
brazil
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
An unflinching chronicle of Charles Manson, the ex-con who was able to amass a dedicated following of young people in the late 1960s. The era of peace and love was ultimately brought to its knees following his orchestration of the notorious Sharon ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, rough, psychological
Plot:
cult leader, serial killer, serial murder, manipulation, coercion, confession, criminal, murder, hippie, drug deal, arrest, murder confession ...
Time:
year 1969, year 1968, 60s
Is relevant?
102K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Dead bodies begin to turn up all over the city, each meeting their demise in a variety of grisly ways. All investigations begin to point the finger at deceased killer John Kramer.
Style:
slasher, perverse, psychological, suspense, scary ...
Plot:
game of death, torture, gory violence, survival horror, revenge, psychopath, abduction, self mutilation, whodunit, serial murder, panic, coma ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s, 2000s
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Italy
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
No overview found.
Style:
historical drama, serious, touching, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
inquisition, false confession, trial, religion, witch, confession, false accusation, superstition, religious persecution, tragedy, catholic church, female protagonist ...
Time:
17th century, 16th century
Place:
italy, tuscany
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Seattle, USA, 1999. At the demand of MEG, a camera crew investigates the strange course of events that brought STEVEN H., her boyfriend, to be hospitalized. Steven's condition is serious. His body has been severely lacerated by an unknown ...
Style:
mockumentary, dark, bleak, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot:
found footage, investigation, satanic cult, supernatural, human sacrifice, black magic, missing person, murder, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, confession, devil worship, mysterious death ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 61 min.
Story:
Drama telling the true story of the murder of 20-year-old Sophie Lancaster in 2007, who was kicked to death in a park by a gang. Her boyfriend, Robert Maltby, was also severely beaten and put into a coma. The two of them were attacked because they ...
Style:
disturbing, sincere, psychological, captivating
Plot:
goth, goth girl, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, youth, young couple, violence, investigation, hate crime, threat, society, confession, police station ...
Time:
2000s, year 2007
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Genre: Drama
Country: Peru
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Three lives in search of redemption intersect in the streets of Lima: undercover cop Gamarra’s desperate attempts to save his wife from a terminal illness gets him into trouble; bus driver Felix wants to be accepted into a religious sect after his ...
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, tense, emotional ...
Plot:
redemption, undercover, hopes, life is a bitch, family relations, law enforcement, society, terminal illness, multiple storylines, confession, soccer, religions or cults ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
peru, latin america
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Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A middle-aged journalist interviews the real-life Dutch star Katja Schuurman, in her own loft. Pierre, the journalist is annoyed at being given such a fluffy assignment, as he is normally a political correspondent. Initially he has no questions for ...
Style:
semi serious, suspenseful, psychological, captivating, black comedy ...
Plot:
drug use, rebellion, couples, rivalry, legal, media, politics, society, state affairs, confession, arrest, interview ...
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