Praying movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant praying movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out serious, realistic, disturbing, psychological, independent film and suspenseful films and TV shows about / with prayer, religion, family relations, violence, murder, faith, female nudity, death, friendship and religious plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Horror genres shot in USA, France, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as praying: The Student (2016), Carrie (1976), Hadewijch (2009), The Nun (2018), Heaven Will Wait (2016), Escape Plan (2013), Last Days in the Desert (2015), The Perfect Wave (2014), Bless You, Prison (2002), Thelma (2017).

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 6.9
 6K
The Student (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Veniamin, a teenager in the midst of a mystical crisis, has his mother, schoolmates and entire high school turned upside down by his questions. - Can girls go to their swimming classes in bikinis? - Does sex education have a place in school? - ...
Style: captivating, suspense, psychological, disturbing, cult classic ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: religion, student, teacher, school, violence, male pubic hair, bible, swimming pool, religious fundamentalist, religious fundamentalism, anger, faith ...
Place: russia
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 7.4
 205K
Carrie (1976)
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Carrie White, a shy and troubled teenage girl who is tormented by her high school peers and her fanatically religious mother, begins to use her powers of telekinesis to exact revenge upon them.
Style: tense, gothic, intense, scary, suspense ...
Audience: teens, teen drama, adult
Plot: prank, bullying, vengeance, telekinesis, cruelty, rage, prom, female protagonist, revenge, abusive mother, high school, social misfits ...
Time: 20th century, year 1976, 70s, future, year 1979 ...
Place: maine, usa
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 6.7
 2K
Hadewijch (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A troubled young woman is thrown out of a convent and forms a relationship with a radical Muslim.
Style: thought provoking, touching, psychological, sentimental, sincere ...
Plot: religious faith, convent, religions or cults, self discovery, love, muslim, human nature, clergy, friendship, youth, hopes, koran ...
Time: 21st century
Place: paris france, france, middle east, europe
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 5.3
 169K
The Nun (2018)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: When a young nun at a cloistered abbey in Romania takes her own life, a priest with a haunted past and a novitiate on the threshold of her final vows are sent by the Vatican to investigate. Together they uncover the order’s unholy secret. Risking ...
Style: scary, demonic, suspense, bleak, surprise ending ...
Audience: adult
Plot: exorcism, supernatural, ghost, supernatural horror, nun, paranormal, demon, evil nun, priest, murder, nightmare, suicide ...
Time: 2010s, year 1952, 1950s, 20th century
Place: romania, rome italy, xian
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Heaven Will Wait (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Mélanie, 16 years old, lives with her mother. She likes going to school, her friends, playing the cello, and she wants to change the world. But when she meets a boy on the Internet and falls in love with him, her world changes as she is gradually ...
Style: disturbing, psychological, thought provoking
Plot: islam, propaganda, jihad, teenage girl, religion, conspiracy theory, nudity, indoctrination, terrorist, parents daughter relationship, teenager, little sister ...
Time: 2010s
Place: france
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 6.7
 256K
Escape Plan (2013)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Ray Breslin is the world's foremost authority on structural security. After analyzing every high security prison and learning a vast array of survival skills so he can design escape-proof prisons, his skills are put to the test. He's ...
Style: suspenseful, exciting, suspense, clever, entertaining ...
Audience: boys' night, chick flick, manly
Plot: prison, prison escape, survival, escape, prisoner, revenge, escape plan, lone hero, outsmarting, planning, ship, convict ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place: morocco, usa, colorado, florida, california ...
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Last Days in the Desert (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: On his way out of the wilderness, Jesus struggles with the Devil over the fate of a family in crisis, setting himself up for a dramatic test.
Style: biblical, serious, atmospheric, contemplative, stylized ...
Plot: desert, jesus, jesus christ, ancient history, fasting, society, religions or cults, escapades, wilderness, family problems, family in crisis, bible ...
Time: 1st century
Place: holy land
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The Perfect Wave (2014)
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: South Africa, New Zealand, Indonesia
Duration: 94 min.
Story: The true story of Ian McCormack who grew up surfing the waters of New Zealand. Wanting to dive deeper, Ian sets out on a journey with his best friend that will change his life as they chase the perfect wave.
Style: serious, realistic, romantic, christian film
Plot: surfing, beach, cons and scams, friend, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, faith, surf, biopic, christian, gospel, island, accident ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new zealand, australia, africa, asia
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Bless You, Prison (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: Romania
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Based on Nicole Valery-Grossu's European best seller autobiographic novel "Bless you, prison", the film is a true story, with real events and characters. A young intellectual woman, Nicole is arrested. There follow three months of ...
Style: thought provoking, uplifting, disturbing, captivating, serious ...
Plot: prison, confined, survival, human spirit, prison life, exhaustion, society, politics, rebelliousness, religions or cults, captivity, stalinism ...
Time: 50s
Place: romania, europe
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 7.0
 36K
Thelma (2017)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Norway, France, Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 116 min.
Story: A college student starts to experience extreme seizures while studying at a university in Oslo, Norway. She soon learns that the violent episodes are a symptom of inexplicable, and often dangerous, supernatural abilities.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, psychological, captivating, twisted ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, teen drama
Plot: lesbian, lgbt, lesbian love, university, bird, teenage girl, faith, supernatural power, female student, hysteria, lesbian attraction, lesbian relationship ...
Time: year 2017, year 2016, 2010s, 21st century
Place: scandinavia, indiana, oslo norway, eastern europe
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 7.0
 4K
Man of God (2021)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Greece
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Exiled unjustly, convicted without trial, slandered without cause. Man of God depicts the trials and tribulations of Saint Nektarios of Aegina, as he bears the unjust hatred of his enemies while preaching the Word of God.
Style: realistic, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, smart ...
Plot: saint, meaning of life, religion, christianity, religious faith, christian, religious, defamation, preacher, clergy, social injustice, judgment ...
Time: 1890s, 19th century, 1920s, 1910s, 1900s
Place: tibet, greece, egypt, athens greece, ottoman empire ...
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 6.3
 59K
Apostle (2018)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story: In 1905, a man travels to a remote island in search of his missing sister who has been kidnapped by a mysterious religious cult.
Style: suspense, scary, slasher, splatter, disturbing ...
Audience: date night, adult
Plot: folk horror, religion, vampire, murder, father daughter relationship, brother, ransom, evil cult, supernatural horror, occult, religious cult, torture ...
Time: victorian era, 2010s, 1900s
Place: wales
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 7.0
 297K
The Witch (2015)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story: In 1630s New England, William and Katherine lead a devout Christian life with five children, homesteading on the edge of an impassable wilderness, exiled from their settlement when William defies the local church. When their newborn son vanishes and ...
Style: disturbing, dark, atmospheric, suspenseful, scary ...
Audience: adult
Plot: witch, supernatural, religion, folk horror, witchcraft, family bonds, wilderness, black magic, insanity, curses spells and rituals, satan, isolation ...
Time: 17th century, 2010s, year 2015, year 2016, 19th century
Place: new england, america, new hampshire, usa
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 7.2
 2K
6ixtynin9 (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Thailand
Duration: 118 min.
Story: A woman, fired from a financial coorporation during the Asia crisis, returns home with no money. However, she finds a box with a fortune in front of her door, and decides to keep it. However, the people that left it there soon want it back.
Style: dark comedy, tense, stylized, atmospheric, suspenseful ...
Plot: gangster, self defense, mistaken identity, disorder, woman in danger, chase, money, serial killer, stolen money, death, murder, caper ...
Time: 90s
Place: thailand, asia, bangkok thailand
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 6.7
 46K
Notorious (2009)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story: NOTORIOUS is the story of Christopher Wallace. Through raw talent and sheer determination, Wallace transforms himself from Brooklyn street hustler (once selling crack to pregnant women) to one of the greatest rappers of all time; THE NOTORIOUS ...
Style: hood, factual, melancholic, serious, sincere ...
Plot: hip hop, african american, urban ghetto life, music, biopic, murder, rising to stardom, success, fame, ghetto, musician, profanity ...
Time: year 2009, 20th century, 80s, year 1983, 90s
Place: new york, usa, los angeles, brooklyn new york city
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 3.9
 534
Home (2016)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Carrie is a religious fundamentalist. But her mother decided to come-out-of-the-closet and marry another woman, which they have a daughter together with. Now, she is forced to move into a new house with people she cannot accept. The story takes ...
Style: scary, bleak, psychotronic, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot: paranormal, ghost, haunted house, exorcism, puppet, babysitting, violence, characters in danger, evil, peril, vengeance, fear ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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 6.3
 127
Affliction (2008)
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: Philippines
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A young girl develops an unknown infection that causes her to evolve into a horrifying monster.
Style: terrifying
Plot: rural setting, girl, family relations, volleyball, dinner, illness, dog, faith healing, thief, young, t shirt, hut ...
Place: the philippines
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Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
Genre: Drama, Family, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 181 min.
Story: This lavishly produced and critically acclaimed screen adaptation of the international stage sensation tells the life-affirming story of Tevye (Topol), a poor milkman whose love, pride and faith help him face the oppression of turn-of-the-century ...
Style: period piece, freeze frame, humorous, touching, sentimental ...
Audience: family friendly, family outing, teens, date night, kids
Plot: judaism, dance, wedding, broadway, tradition, village, dancing, jewish culture, father daughter relationship, milkman, arranged marriage, anti semitism ...
Time: 19th century, year 1971, 1900s, 20th century
Place: ukraine, russia, israel, ussr, europe ...
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 7.4
 10K
Divines (2016)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Qatar
Duration: 105 min.
Story: In a ghetto where religion and drug trafficking rub shoulders, Dounia has a lust for power and success. Supported by Maimouna, her best friend, she decides to follow in the footsteps of Rebecca, a respected dealer. But her encounter with Djigui, a ...
Style: captivating, tense, disturbing, suspenseful, thought provoking ...
Audience: girls' night, teens
Plot: ghetto, poverty, friendship, urban decay, slum, seduction, police, street gang, greed, dancer, girl power, danger ...
Time: year 2016, 2010s, 21st century
Place: paris france, france, indiana
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 5.9
 8K
Circumstance (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, USA, Hong Kong
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A wealthy Iranian family struggles to contain a teenager's growing sexual rebellion and her brother's dangerous obsession
Style: touching, emotional, atmospheric, sincere, lgbt cinema ...
Plot: lesbian, lesbian relationship, first lesbian experience, teenage girl, lgbt, closeted lesbian, iranian, family relations, teenage life, lesbian love, rebellion, teenage love ...
Time: 21st century
Place: iran, middle east, tehran iran, persia, indiana ...
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 5.9
 588
Lovely Rita (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: Austria, Germany
Duration: 79 min.
Story: Lovely Rita is a 2001 Austrian drama film directed by Jessica Hausner. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival.
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, sexual
Audience: teen drama
Plot: teen angst, teenage rebellion, teenage sexuality, friendship, older man young girl relationship, teenage life, mother daughter relationship, father daughter relationship, starting over, youth, misfit, family relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: austria
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 6.7
 3K
The Falls (2012)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: The Falls is a feature film about two missionaries that fall in love while on their mission. RJ travels to a small town in Oregon with Elder Merrill to serve their mission and teach the words of Joseph Smith. Living together and sharing the ...
Style: touching, sentimental, captivating, lgbt cinema, psychological ...
Plot: gay, gay relationship, missionary, religion, love, lgbtq, lgbt, gay interest, gays and lesbians, society, hopes, religious ...
Time: 21st century
Place: oregon, idaho
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Yi Yi: A One and a Two... (2000)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Taiwan, Japan
Duration: 173 min.
Story: Each member of a family in Taipei asks hard questions about life's meaning as they live through everyday quandaries.
Style: touching, art house, philosophical, depressing, lyrical ...
Plot: midlife crisis, first love, existentialism, wedding, children, dysfunctional family, coma, lovers reunited, love, photography, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, marital crisis ...
Time: 2000s, 90s
Place: japan, taipei, east asia, asia, tokyo ...
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Into the West (1992)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Accused of a crime they didn't commit, two city kids and a magical horse are about to become the coolest outlaws ever to ride Into The West.
Style: surreal, crying, semi serious, touching, feel good ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: horse, stallion, magic realism, children, childhood, chase, hunting, redemption, magic, storytelling, drinking, children in wartime ...
Time: year 1992
Place: ireland, europe, dublin ireland
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 6.0
 176K
Immortals (2011)
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA, Canada, UK
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Theseus is a mortal man chosen by Zeus to lead the fight against the ruthless King Hyperion, who is on a rampage across Greece to obtain a weapon that can destroy humanity.
Style: dark fantasy, stylized, exciting, epic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: mythology, ancient, greek mythology, greek, legends and myths, immortality, ancient history, sword fight, god, good versus evil, heroes, greek god ...
Time: year 2011, 2010s, ancient times
Place: ancient greece, greece, hellas, europe
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 8.4
 425K
Amadeus (1984)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA, France
Duration: 160 min.
Story: The incredible story of genius musician Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, told in flashback by his peer and secret rival Antonio Salieri – now confined to an insane asylum.
Style: inspirational, epic, costume drama, clever, period piece ...
Audience: date night, adult
Plot: music, classical music, composer, genius, mozart, envy, opera, musician, musician's life, mentor, obsession, bohemian life ...
Time: 18th century, 1790s, 1820s, 1800s, georgian era ...
Place: vienna, austria, eastern europe, italy, europe ...
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 6.4
 7K
Moebius (2013)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A wife, overwhelmed with hatred for her husband, inflicts an unspeakable wound on their son, as the family heads towards horrific destruction.
Style: disturbing, psychological, semi serious, serious, erotic ...
Plot: mother son incest, incest, prison rape, castration, perversion, sexual abuse, vengeance, father son relationship, infidelity, sex in car, mutilation, human nature ...
Time: year 2013, 21st century
Place: asia, korea, seoul, south korea
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Nothing Bad Can Happen (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 110 min.
Story: The young Tore seeks a new life in Hamburg among the religious group called The Jesus Freaks. When he by accident meets a family and helps them to repair their car, he believes that a heavenly wonder has helped him. He starts a friendship with the ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, realistic, disturbing, controversial ...
Plot: religion, sadism, teenage boy, teenage girl, death of protagonist, domestic violence, humiliation, religions or cults, introspection, killing an animal, murder, violence ...
Time: 21st century
Place: germany, hamburg germany
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Paradise: Faith (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: Austria, Germany, France
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Second film in Ulrich Seidl's Paradise trilogy. A devout Catholic woman practises her religion at home and in the local community, but is unprepared for the reappearance of her estranged husband, who is a Muslim.
Style: sincere, contemplative, realistic, serious, transgressive ...
Plot: self flagellation, religious fanatic, religion, missionary, faith, self discovery, husband wife conflict, belief, sin, wheelchair bound, religions or cults, couple relations ...
Time: 90s, 21st century
Place: austria, vienna
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The Disintegration (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 78 min.
Story: Three young men meet Djamel (Yassine Azzouz), a charismatic manipulator, who turns the three friends against society.
Style: contemplative, rough, realistic, serious, gloomy
Plot: terrorism, religion, nato, indoctrination, racism, religious fanatic, religious fundamentalist, rebellion, fighting the system, lifestyle, islam, rebelliousness ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: france, europe, brussels belgium
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