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List of confession movies
Genre: Drama
Country: Armenia, Lithuania, Germany, France, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Italy, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Robert Sternvall, a German journalist, returns to Artsakh in 2016 to cover the war which has been reignited after a 22-year ceasefire. In the result of his journalistic investigation, Robert meets Sophia, a young opera singer, who happens to be the ...
Style:
tense, realistic, serious, dramatic, captivating ...
Plot:
confession, dishonesty, male female relationship, lie, investigation, murder, journalist, war, society, war correspondent, conflict, wartime ...
Place:
armenia, germany, lithuania
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
TV show
Story:
Imo used to be sparkly, vivacious and outgoing. Recently however she’s becoming withdrawn, gaunt and obsessed with exercise. The reason? Her new “best friend” Anna.
Style:
psychological, tense, suspenseful, suspense, disturbing
Plot:
anorexia, teenager, obsession, new friend, friendship, vlogger, confession, parents and children, youth, family relations, friends, danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
britain
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Low on inspiration for his second book, a gloomy novelist agrees to write a memoir for a dying man — and swiftly becomes part of his bloodstained past.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological
Plot:
love story, female nudity, serial killer, crime investigation, confession, killing, family relations, murder mystery, criminal, husband wife relationship, serial murder, family secret ...
Place:
switzerland
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Ireland, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
In the aftermath of her tumultuous relationship with a charismatic and manipulative older man, Julie begins to untangle her fraught love for him in making her graduation film, sorting fact from his elaborately constructed fiction.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating, semi autobiographical, cult classic ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
filmmaking, confession, grieving, women, relationships, relationship problems, couple relations, grief, mother daughter relationship, art, woman, sex scene ...
Time:
2020s, 80s
Place:
london
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Under the German occupation, in a small French town, the arrival of a new priest arouses the interest of all women... Barny, a young communist and atheist woman, can not however be more indifferent. Driven by curiosity, the young skeptic went to the ...
Style:
spiritual, disturbing, psychological, captivating
Plot:
faith, belief in god, priest in love, religious faith, nazi occupation, religion, confession, atheist, moral transformation, priest, life is a bitch, changing lives ...
Time:
year 2016, 1940s
Place:
france
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Eight year old Anthony is somewhat uneasy about spending the weekend with his alcoholic, down-on-his-luck carpenter dad Walt while his mom Bonnie and her new husband Kyle go to a Catholic retreat together. Walt is just as uneasy about spending time ...
Style:
light, humorous, touching, political, cult classic ...
Plot:
boy, father son relationship, father and son, second marriage, money problems, family relations, husband wife relationship, divorce, confession, boyhood, alcohol abuse, pawnshop ...
Place:
washington state
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, China
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
After losing his parents, a priest travels to China, where he inherits a mysterious ability that allows him to turn into a dinosaur. At first horrified by this new power, a hooker convinces him to use it to fight crime. And ninjas.
Style:
tense, absurd, satirical, humorous, retro ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
ninja, dinosaur, pastor, priest, mafia, murder, seance, exorcism, transformation, long lost brother, confession, twists and turns ...
Time:
jurassic
Place:
china
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Skillfully framed by an unknown enemy for the murder of a priest, wanted vigilante MacManus brothers Murphy and Connor must come out of hiding on a sheep farm in Ireland to fight for justice in Boston.
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, serious, rough, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vigilantism, vigilante, gunfight, assassin, murder, violence, violent, justice, organized crime, betrayal, friendship, priest ...
Time:
year 2009, 1950s, 50s, 21st century
Place:
boston, ireland, massachusetts, usa, new york
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
London gentleman David spends a day and all his cash to bring his one-night stand a presentation folder at her office in Liverpool, only to be rather rudely ignored a minute later. After a night on the streets, he meets diner waitress Tina, who ...
Style:
touching, serious, realistic, sincere, romantic ...
Plot:
love and romance, looking for love, one night stand, gambling, male female friendship, confession, sightseeing, sex scene, making love, telephone call, overheard conversation, beach ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, liverpool
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
After a fateful domestic clash, a devoted mother finds herself in prison and fighting to survive in hopes of reuniting with her daughter.
Style:
captivating, tense, suspense, psychological, queer cinema
Plot:
women's prison, prison life, drug addict, women in prison, prison, murder, lesbian attraction, prison gang, judge, courtroom, marriage, police ...
Place:
turkey, istanbul turkey
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Genre: Action, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 157 min.
Story:
Wealthy, world-wide business-man Shyam Prasad Bharadwaj would like to get his only daughter, Rittu marry to his business-partner Dev Kumar Malhotra. But what Shyam is unaware of is Dev is not what he claims to be but merely a con-man who is in debt ...
Style:
tense, suspense, disturbing, thought provoking, exciting
Plot:
uxoricide, unrequited love, murder, woman kills a man, lie, self sacrifice, death sentence, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, father daughter relationship, death of father, judge, confession ...
Place:
toronto ontario canada
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: France, Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Ace assassin Frank Kitchen is double crossed by gangsters and falls into the hands of rogue surgeon known as The Doctor who turns him into a woman. The hitman, now a hitwoman, sets out for revenge, aided by a nurse named Johnnie who also has secrets.
Style:
captivating, exciting, suspense, intense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
revenge, sex scene, hitman, kick-butt women, interrogation, massacre, confession, danger, femme fatale, vigilantism, gangster, haunted by the past ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
oakland california, las vegas, new york
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Drama - A career woman stuck in an unhappy marriage struggles to find happiness. - Chuti Tiu, Kipp Shiotani, Dana Lee
Style:
realistic, sincere, touching, serious, tense ...
Plot:
unfaithful wife, sex scene, culture clash, crumbling marriage, unsupportive spouse, couple relations, immigrant, sexual content, rebellion, unfulfillment, relationship vs career, infidelity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A film inspired by the life and work of Nelly Arcan. The portrait of a fragmented woman, lost between irreconcilable identities: writer, lover, call girl and star. Several women in one, navigating between great exaltation and great disenchantment. ...
Style:
tense, suspense, captivating, exciting, suspenseful ...
Plot:
writers, seductress, love interest, female sexuality, prostitute, confession, customer, female protagonist, doctor patient relationship, female pubic hair, female masturbation, teenage sexuality ...
Place:
montreal
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 60 min.
Story:
Milk the Maid stars newcomer Tia, who is cute, sexy and hot (not necessarily in this order). This erotic comedy tells the story of Milk, a Japanese sexy maid (Tia) who begins living with a Tokyo family. Initially turned off by the prospect of having ...
Style:
sexy, psychotronic, witty, funny, humorous ...
Plot:
stepmother stepson relationship, maid, infidelity, adultery, dysfunctional family, bullying, sexploitation, bully, erotica, double life, revenge, secret ...
Place:
japan
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Filmmaker Fritz Lang seeks inspiration for his first sound film by immersing himself in the case of serial killer Peter Kürten.
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, sincere, disturbing, detective ...
Plot:
serial killer, husband wife relationship, murder investigation, police, adultery, child murder, confession, prisoner, police detective, ritual murder, child murderess, strangler ...
Place:
germany
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Genre: Crime, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Helpless to stop a thief from stealing his father’s modest nest egg, Travis grows up blaming himself for his parents’ suicide. Becoming a priest who operates a highway confessional with his ambivalent brother, Michael, he offers sage advice to ...
Style:
bleak, psychotronic, disturbing, scary, suspense ...
Plot:
serial killer, murderer, revenge, religion, maniac, murder, brother brother relationship, psycho killer, psychopath, confession, priest, redemption ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
southern usa
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Blowfly Park is a psychological thriller which follows Christian Kretschmann, a day-nursery teacher, who may have committed a violent murder. This is the film debut of choreographer Jens Östberg.
Style:
psychological, serious, suspenseful, tense, gloomy ...
Plot:
protagonist as suspect, police investigation, friendship, delusion, obsession, missing person, vengeance, best friend, revenge, death, confession, lgbtq ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
eastern europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan, France
Duration: 64 min.
Story:
A young couple in love prepares to marry, but--contrary to the popular stereotype--the woman develops a classic case of "cold feet" and seeks the advice of an older man. In no position to offer solid counsel since his own marriage is ...
Style:
erotic, semi serious, touching, sexy, realistic ...
Plot:
couples, erotica, unhappy wife, love affair, love and romance, dishonesty, betrayal, infidelity, sexual relations, womanizer, confession, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A guilt and shame ridden mentally unstable young man wears a dog mask in order to cope.
Style:
dark, romantic, witty, bleak, humorous ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
fear, revenge, mental illness, obsession, betrayal, confession, loner, exploitation, brutality, violence, criminal, murder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, san diego california
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A Catholic priest, Father Anthony Romano (Nick Chinlund), intervenes with the police when his colleague attacks a drifter named Lil (Georgina Cates). When Anthony reluctantly provides her asylum in his rectory, the brash hustler soon discovers a ...
Style:
serious, realistic, sincere, emotional, independent film ...
Plot:
false accusation, prostitute, celibacy, haunted by the past, redemption, lifestyle, clergy, moral dilemma, hopes, life is a bitch, society, dishonesty ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A group of former classmates gather for a pre-party at one of their homes the night before their 10-year high school reunion, and one by one, they are brutally slain in a manner befitting each's senior yearbook superlative.
Style:
slasher, teen horror, suspense, psychological, tense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
revenge, death, high school reunion, sex scene, masked killer, mind game, prank, secret, confession, danger, society, whodunit ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 239 min.
Story:
Set in 1912, the entire film takes place inside a dive bar named The Last Chance Saloon, where its destitute patrons eagerly await the arrival of Hickey, who arrives annually and props everyone up with free drinks and spirited stories of his ...
Style:
talky, realistic, serious, thought provoking, independent film ...
Plot:
alcoholic, society, life is a bitch, unemployment, anarchist, bartender, prostitute, confession, drug addiction, storytelling, addiction, union ...
Time:
1910s, year 1912
Place:
usa, new york
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A teenage girl, Jessica, befriends a teenage boy called Tom, who is bullied by a local gang. She is abused by Jack, who is both her neighbour and school teacher, and Tom is sexually abused by his father. Together they bond in the woods, creating a ...
Style:
psychological, rough, sincere, emotional, captivating ...
Plot:
woods, male nudity, friendship, teenage boy, rebellion, life is a bitch, social misfits, rebelliousness, youth, friends, escape from reality, male pubic hair ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey, France, Italy
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A family battles against the odds to stay together when small lies grow into an extravagant cover-up. In order to avoid hardship and responsibilities that would otherwise be impossible to endure, the family chooses to ignore the truth, not to see, ...
Style:
realistic, disturbing, serious, art house, feel good ...
Plot:
family relations, family secret, injustice, family life, hidden identity, innocence lost, workplace, boss and employee, life is a bitch, hidden truth, minimalism, politics ...
Place:
turkey, middle east, istanbul turkey, maghreb, balkan
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Set in the Bronx during the tumultuous 1960s, an adolescent boy is torn between his honest, working-class father and a violent yet charismatic crime boss. Complicating matters is the youngster's growing attraction - forbidden in his ...
Style:
sentimental, intense, suspense, hood, retro ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
mafia, coming of age, mentor, gangster, organized crime, gang leader, father son relationship, mobster, african american, friendship, mob boss, white male black female relationship ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, year 1960, year 1993, 90s ...
Place:
new york, bronx new york city, usa, new york state, new jersey
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A frustrated, unemployed teacher joins forces with a scammer and his girlfriend in a blackmailing scheme.
Style:
black comedy, dark comedy, cult classic, talky, humorous ...
Plot:
twists and turns, unemployment, priest, betrayal, dark humor, caper, female serial killer, blackmail, greed, cons and scams, call center, dishonesty ...
Time:
year 2006
Place:
usa, oregon, wyoming
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Steve is a man who has it all, a successful career, wonderful children, beautiful home and a loving wife. However, returning to his home after work on his birthday, he finds his house deserted and darkened with almost all the lightbulbs missing, all ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological, bleak, suspenseful, twisted ...
Plot:
revenge, secret relationship, unhappy wife, male nudity, murder, family in crisis, mental illness, family relations, birthday, unfaithful wife, family problems, dishonesty ...
Place:
australia
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A wannabe serial killer wins the lottery and pursues his lifelong crush.
Style:
humorous, dark comedy, feel good, captivating, light ...
Plot:
lottery, serial killer, police detective, teenage crush, couple relations, murder, confession, crush, violent content, dark humor, disorder, couples ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, iowa, hawaii
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Poland
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
The contemporary story of a priest who launches a centre for troubled youth in a small parish. He is a good priest and is well-liked by his congregation, which remains unaware of his complicated past.
Style:
serious, psychological, sincere, realistic, atmospheric ...
Plot:
lgbt, gay, gay interest, church, homosexuality, male male relationship, lgbtq, youth, teenage life, clergy, gay lead character, closeted homosexual ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
poland
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