| Frantz (2016) | 7.5 | |
| The Trade Off (2013) | 7.3 | |
| Fleabag (2016) | 8.7 | |
| Seven Pounds (2008) | 7.6 | |
| Apothecary (2014) | 7.1 |
Guilty conscience movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant guilty conscience movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing, realistic and suspenseful films and TV shows about / with guilty conscience, guilt, redemption, death, husband wife relationship, love, hospital, flashback, murder and grief plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres shot in USA, Germany, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as guilty conscience: Sky (2015), Frantz (2016), Crime and Punishment (1983), Felony (2013), Time (2021), The Fisher King (1991), The Last Samurai (2003), The Fundamentals of Caring (2016), In Bruges (2008), Castle Freak (1995).
Best films
New films
| Oh Hell! (2022) | 6.4 | |
| Wildfire (2023) | 7.4 | |
| The Grapes of Guilt (2023) | 8.4 | |
| The Lesson (2023) | 6.1 | |
| Salitan (2024) | 5.2 |
List of guilty conscience movies
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A woman embarks on a journey alone across the United States after fleeing from her violent husband.
Style:
depressing, suspenseful, suspense, exciting, enigmatic ...
Plot:
unhappy marriage, frenchwoman, presumed dead, questioned by police, police station, cancer, frenchman, flash forward, vacation, female protagonist, motorcycle accident, little boy ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
europe, france, california, las vegas
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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: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
After seven months have passed without a culprit in her daughter's murder case, Mildred Hayes makes a bold move, painting three signs leading into her town with a controversial message directed at Bill Willoughby, the town's revered chief ...
Style:
black comedy, ambiguous ending, dark comedy, crime drama, psychological ...
Plot:
small town, revenge, rape, small town life, loss of daughter, billboard, police brutality, regret, death of daughter, anger, violence, guilty conscience ...
Time:
2010s, year 2017, 21st century
Place:
missouri, idaho, persia, america, usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
An adaptation of Dostoyevsky's novel, updated to present-day Helsinki. Slaughterhouse worker Rahikainen murders a man, and is forced to live with the consequences of his actions...
Style:
realistic, serious, neo noir, intercultural, bleak ...
Plot:
guilty conscience, guilt, murder, police, morality, loneliness, life is a bitch, law enforcement, down on your luck, crime and punishment, friend, friendship ...
Time:
80s
Place:
helsinki finland, europe, finland
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Three detectives become embroiled in a tense struggle after a tragic accident that leaves a child in critical condition. One is guilty of a crime, one will try to cover it up, and the other attempts to expose it. How far will these men go to ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, realistic, serious, suspense ...
Plot:
moral dilemma, police, police corruption, police investigation, accident, life turned upside down, dirty cop, crime gone awry, dishonesty, law enforcement, cover up, guilt ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia
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32K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 59 min.
TV show
Story:
A prisoner consumed by guilt, an officer with an impossible choice. What does it take to survive? A tense story of punishment and principles, starring Sean Bean and Stephen Graham.
Style:
disturbing, suspenseful, captivating, suspense, crying
Plot:
prison, redemption, prison guard, prisoner, guilty conscience, jail, blackmail, suicide, mental illness, guilt, forgiveness, maximum security prison ...
Place:
england
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
Two troubled men face their terrible destinies and events of their past as they join together on a mission to find the Holy Grail and thus to save themselves.
Style:
psychological, inspirational, touching, clever, cerebral ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
redemption, self discovery, friendship, hallucination, homelessness, mental illness, guilt, psychiatry, video store, guilty conscience, transformation, suicidal ...
Time:
90s, year 1991, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, grand central station manhattan new york city
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 154 min.
Story:
Nathan Algren is an American hired to instruct the Japanese army in the ways of modern warfare, which finds him learning to respect the samurai and the honorable principles that rule them. Pressed to destroy the samurai's way of life in the ...
Style:
epic, breathtaking, exciting, captivating, period piece ...
Audience:
manly, girls' night, adult
Plot:
samurai, sword fight, battles, war, courage, japanese history, warrior, pride and honor, self discovery, human spirit, honor, loyalty ...
Time:
19th century, middle ages, victorian era, year 2003, 1800s ...
Place:
japan, asia, africa, san francisco, pacific ocean ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Having suffered a tragedy, Ben becomes a caregiver to earn money. His first client, Trevor, is a hilarious 18-year-old with muscular dystrophy. One paralyzed emotionally, one paralyzed physically, Ben and Trevor hit the road on a trip into the ...
Style:
road movie, depressing, touching, sentimental, compassionate ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
road trip, disability, abandoned by father, writers, honest, coming of age, friendship, depression, justice, tragedy, drinking, mentor ...
Place:
seattle, salt lake city utah, idaho, utah, montana
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490K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Ray and Ken, two hit men, are in Bruges, Belgium, waiting for their next mission. While they are there they have time to think and discuss their previous assignment. When the mission is revealed to Ken, it is not what he expected.
Style:
dark comedy, neo noir, humorous, atmospheric, clever ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
dark humor, hitman, redemption, haunted by the past, guilt, death, tourist, dialogue, shooting, dwarf, friendship, suicidal ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, future, medieval times, 21st century
Place:
bruges, europe, ireland, london, amsterdam ...
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
John has inherited a castle and Italy and he moves there with his wife Susan and their blind daughter Rebecca. What they don't realize is that there is somebody else in the castle. An abused child left to die in the basement who has now become ...
Style:
lovecraft, scary, independent film, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot:
haunted by the past, haunted house, cannibalism, violence, blindness, brutality, freak, monster, inheritance, macabre, murder, redemption ...
Time:
90s
Place:
italy, europe
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 159 min.
Story:
After Dr. Bill Hartford's wife, Alice, admits to having sexual fantasies about a man she met, Bill becomes obsessed with having a sexual encounter. He discovers an underground sexual group and attends one of their meetings -- and quickly ...
Style:
sexual, sexy, psychological, artsy, creepy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
marriage, secret society, christmas, orgy, voyeurism, obsession, sex, disguise, dream, adultery, doctor, nudity ...
Time:
90s, year 1999, 20th century
Place:
new york, greenwich village manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city, seattle, usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, Poland
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Simone Segre, a renowned surgeon of Jewish origins, lives in a city in the north-east of Italy. A quiet life, an elegant apartment and no connection with his past. One day he finds himself assisting a man victim of a hit and run accident. But when ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological, captivating, tension, intense ...
Plot:
moral dilemma, guilty conscience, remorse, anti semitism, hit and run, guilt, accident, hate, traumatic past, psychological trauma, fascist, neo nazism ...
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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: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Argentina, Spain
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Tomás Kóblic, a former pilot and captain of the Argentinian Navy, disobeys an order and becomes a fugitive in order to survive. He chooses to hide in a small town in the south of the country, where his presence will catch the attention of the ...
Style:
suspense, captivating, disturbing, social, intellectual ...
Plot:
military dictatorship, forced incest, haunted by the past, sex scene, military, guilty conscience, murder, colonel, dog, airplane, pilot, uncle ...
Time:
year 1977, year 2016, 70s
Place:
argentina, italy, south america, europe, spain ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A newly married couple are forced to navigate the all-consuming interest of a powerful, mysterious, and possessive philanthropist.
Style:
psychological, melancholic, tricky, contemplative, f word
Plot:
philanthropist, older man younger woman relationship, guilty conscience, death of friend, obsession, friends, manipulation, psychology, old friend, young woman, solitude, loneliness ...
Place:
philadelphia
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Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Dwight and his sister Jessie reach a crossroads over what to do about their little brother Thomas, a sickly child with a mysterious affliction.
Style:
suspense, atmospheric, teen horror, christmas horror, scary ...
Plot:
vampire, brother brother relationship, supernatural, homicide detective, murder, homeless, guilty conscience, vampirism, siblings, sibling relationship, siblings living together, family relations ...
Time:
2020s
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Mexico, France, Belgium, Germany
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Set in Mexico City, Carlos Reygadas's sexually explicit drama centers on a man in turmoil over his past actions. Chauffer Marcos feels compelled to reveal a dark secret to his boss's daughter, Ana, a wealthy woman who works as a prostitute ...
Style:
erotic, sexy, serious, realistic, disturbing ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
extramarital affair, nudity, infidelity, husband wife relationship, kidnapped girl, redemption, erotica, teenage sex, attraction, desire, real sex, kidnapping ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
latin america, mexico city, mexico
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Suddenly, Clara, Mónica's daughter, falls into a deep coma. With Clara left to die, a mysterious man proposes Monica to make a pact: Clara will be saved if Mónica does something for him.
Style:
suspense, psychotronic, psychological, scary, suspenseful ...
Plot:
abused woman, nightmare, mother daughter relationship, being followed, family relations, female protagonist, guilt, rescue, ritual, manipulation, overprotective mother, survival ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
spain
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story:
In the near future, an undercover Detective Inspector gunned down and killed during a botched sting is brought back via an experimental Artificial Intelligence project. Full of glitches, he’s got to track down the person who shot him, prove ...
Style:
humorous, satirical, semi serious, captivating, entertaining ...
Plot:
police protagonist, artificial intelligence, buddy cop, police, police investigation, police partner, guilty conscience, investigation, murder investigation, back from the dead, fighting crime, partners against crime ...
Place:
london
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Genre: Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A young and ambitious civil servant Jussi finds himself being in charge of the environmental permit of a huge nickel and uranium mine in Northern Finland. The Talvivaara mine, led by a charismatic globe trotting visioner Pekka Perä is introducing ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, touching, suspense, exciting
Plot:
business, mining, investigation, nature, environmental issue, government, government official, politics, technology, corruption, politician, environment ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s
Place:
finland
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A boy feels neglected by his parents because they grieve for his older brother, who went missing in the aftermath of the second world war.
Style:
emotional, tense, unusual plot structure, humorous, sincere ...
Plot:
loss of son, family relations, traumatic experience, family business, guilty conscience, mourning, grief, family drama, post war, trauma, coming of age, isolation ...
Time:
50s, post world war two, 1940s, 1950s
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Melissa and Ben Brenner have been simply going through the motions as a married couple, until the day Ben's world is turned upside down when he serendipitously meets the woman of his dreams, and they both are forced to face their future.
Style:
realistic, psychological, serious, sincere, captivating ...
Plot:
couple relations, adultery, infidelity, family problems, estrangement, couples, dishonesty, destructive relationship, crumbling marriage, intrigue, love at first sight, betrayal ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
An IRS agent with a fateful secret embarks on an extraordinary journey of redemption by forever changing the lives of seven strangers.
Style:
touching, sad, emotional, philosophical, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick
Plot:
redemption, depression, life philosophy, self sacrifice, life changing experience, motivation, true love, sacrifice, existentialism, life & death, melancholy, love ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
After a serious traumatic accident, a man leaves his old life behind and moves to an isolated cabin to start over. He soon learns of the surroundings of the area and its dangerous past.
Style:
suspense, captivating, disturbing, suspenseful, melancholic ...
Plot:
accident, isolation, guilty conscience, loneliness, misplaced guilt, loss of wife, tragic past, new life, grief, loss, mature, character study ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
A man on the run looks back on his crime-filled life, the people who have shaped it up, his sins and his one last hope at redemption.
Style:
psychological, tense, suspenseful, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
shadow, rivals, guilty conscience, life is a bitch, battles, social problems, self discovery, fight, introspection, moral ambiguity, guilt, mature ...
Place:
india
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Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
When high school football player Cam Stiles loses his best friend, he decides to drop football and focus on attaining his friend's goal of running a mile in under four minutes. Cam's decision tears apart his relationship with former ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, thrilling
Plot:
track and field, grief, american football, father son relationship, family relations, guilty conscience, professional sports, high school sports, athletics, athlete and trainer, runner, rugby player ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
Su-kyung lives with her daughter Yi-jung. They don't quite get along, though. Su-kyung is too hot tempered, while Yi-jung is slow and passive. After having a fight one day, Su-kyung runs over Yi-jung, who thinks she did it on purpose. Their ...
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, mother daughter conflict, family drama, guilty conscience, family relations, misadventure, female protagonist, relationship problems, family problems, family life, relationships, life is a bitch ...
Is relevant?
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, France
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Germany in the not-too-distant future: The borders are closed, refugees are collected in camps and turned away or accepted. The mood is charged, a police detachment is responsible for keeping the crowd in check. Volt is one of the cops. He ...
Style:
captivating, suspense, disturbing, psychological, bleak ...
Plot:
police, civil unrest, ethical dilemma, dystopia, violence, refugee, guilt, police brutality, social commentary, xenophobia, moral ambiguity, dystopian future ...
Time:
near future, future
Place:
germany
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
When Sergio learns that he will soon have a baby brother, his imagination kicks into gear in devious and alarming ways. But when his mother suffers a miscarriage, Sergio's feelings of guilt are all too real.
Style:
entertaining, captivating, emotional, melancholic, reflective ...
Plot:
guilt, family relations, father son relationship, miscarriage, children, family drama, guilty conscience, life, relationships, mourning, coming of age, grief ...
Time:
2000s
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