Best movies like Praying the Hours
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Plot Summary:
The Traveling Man is hit by a car. Over the 24 hours that it takes to cross over from this life into the next, he visits with each of eight friends. By seeing ordinary life from this view, he realizes that eternity is not something that happens to you after you die, but is a river that flows under the surface of ordinary life.
IMDB Rating: 9.4
IMDB Votes: 5
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 188 min
Plot tags: spiritual
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No One Twice (1984)
Plot Summary:
Director Jorge Silva Melo has developed a viable, though highly intellectual mystery story about the world of art and culture and murder in this somewhat theatrical presentation. When German artist Bernd Hoffmann (Michael König) arrives in Lisbon to oversee the installation of his paintings in a joint exhibition with another Berlin artist, Hanna Brauer (Charlotte Schwab), Hanna never shows up. Hoffmann is puzzled because he is certain he saw a video sequence with Hanna at the exhibition, and he begins to look for her. Another Lisbon cultural center, a theater, is also having problems that may or may not be related -- and the mystery deepens when Hanna is found dead, either by her own hand, or murdered.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 11
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: Portugal
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags:
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Kill Me (2009)
Plot Summary:
Ozan and Atilla are two colleagues who travel from village to village making a TV program about local life and foods. They come a mysterious village in Dikili. Ozan drinks Aunt Emine's fruit juice and his life changes.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 301
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: dark comedy
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Bardo Blues (2017)
Plot Summary:
Bardo Blues is the story of a man coming to grips with tragedy by escaping to paradise. Set in Thailand, Bardo Blues follows Jack as he struggles to learn the truth about the mother that abandoned him and his own reason for existing. Weaving spiritual awakenings and soulful struggle, Bardo Blues will leave you questioning everything you think you know about who you are, where you came from and where you're going.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 121
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA, Thailand
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Dante (2014)
Plot Summary:
"Leave out any hope of salvation, now you're getting in, to never leave again" (Hell - Canto III) It's been years since Beatrice died. Dante, now lonely, has lost control of his life and nothing on Earth is able to help him. Is a holy soul from Paradise, her timeless love and endless care that gives Dante's life a twist. Beatrice, bending the rules of the Underworld, offers her old friend the opportunity to understand the value of life. Dante, guided by the knowledgeable soul Virgilio, will have cross Hell and Purgatory and face several challenges to have the chance of being enlightened by the vision of the Empyrean. His journey is physical and emotional. By meeting many wondering souls Dante will have cope with inner resistances and overcome them evolving and growing to move on with his life.
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Genere: Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: educational
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A Box for Rob (2013)
Plot Summary:
Rob Spencer's world begins to unravel when a murder takes place in his town, bringing back a flood of disturbing childhood memories. But things only get worse when he's suspected of being the killer.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 91
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: dark, psychological, unusual plot structure, contemplative, independent film, twisted
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The Lifeforce Experiment (1994)
Plot Summary:
Sciene fiction directed by Piers Haggard.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 216
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags:
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Currency (2011)
Plot Summary:
Part drama, part mystery with a dash of film noir, Currency weaves together a web of simple stories about the complex questions we all ask. We all ask why. We all die.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 22
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: spiritual, neo noir, tense, rough, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, independent film
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Come Together (1971)
Plot Summary:
An American stuntman working on spaghetti westerns in Europe picks up two pretty American tourists and they decide to take a road trip around Europe together. However, things don't turn out exactly as each of them expected.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 49
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Tikkun (2015)
Plot Summary:
Haim-Aaron is a bright, ultra-orthodox religious scholar living in Jerusalem. His talents and devotion are envied by all. One evening, following a self-imposed fast, Haim-Aaron collapses and loses consciousness. The paramedics announce his death, but his father takes over resuscitation efforts and, beyond all expectations, Haim-Aaron comes back to life. After the accident, try as he might, Haim-Aaron remains apathetic to his studies. He feels overwhelmed by a sudden awakening of his body and suspects this is God testing him. He wonders if he should stray from the prescribed path and find a way to rekindle his faith... The title means "Rectify" in Hebrew; nevertheless the movie is called Tikkun in the English-speaking world.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 502
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: Israel
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: bleak, serious, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, weird, no music
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Oceania (2008)
Plot Summary:
Two teenagers deal with their shattered family-life in a small California coastal town.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 24
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min
Plot tags: bleak, independent film, student film
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Vera (2003)
Plot Summary:
The story of an android that raises alive in the deepest caves of the mayan zone in México and meets and old dying man. They will stablish a spiritual bond than enlightens the old mayan and helps him to release himself out of his withered body.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 120
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: Mexico, USA, France, Germany
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: psychedelic, captivating, suspense, scary, dark, mystic, experimental, crying
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The Customer of the Off Season (1970)
Plot Summary:
Directed by Moshé Mizrahi.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 22
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: Israel, France
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspense
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Delusion (2016)
Plot Summary:
Three years after the death of Frank's wife a mysterious woman appears. As their attraction grows Frank struggles with reality and his loss. He tries to start over not knowing his choices could lead him to his own downfall.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: spiritual, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, cult classic, neo noir, neorealism, psychotronic, independent film, cult film
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Flowers for Fannie (2013)
Plot Summary:
Fannie Fairchild locked up her heart when her beloved George was killed in the Great War. But now she faces her own mortality and realizes that she has no one to maintain her grave with flowers.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 28
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: spiritual
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Murder Without Conviction (2004)
Plot Summary:
Recently released from her vows as a nun, Christine Bennett is discovering "life on the outside." After a visit to her mentally-handicapped cousin Gene, Christine becomes embroiled in the investigation of the murder mystery surrounding James and Edward Talley, twin savant brothers accused of killing their mother on Good Friday.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 223
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, tense, realistic, gloomy
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Room (2005)
Plot Summary:
Julia Barker, an over-worked, middle-aged Texas woman is haunted by psychic visions which drive her to New York in search of the Room.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 457
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: psychological, atmospheric, serious, contemplative, enigmatic, captivating, ambiguous ending, experimental, gloomy, crying
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Kaili Blues (2015)
Plot Summary:
In the subtropical province of Guizhou, Chen Sheng embarks on a journey to find his nephew.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: China
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: psychological, thought provoking, enigmatic, captivating, disturbing, philosophical, visual, slow cinema, surreal
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Wander Darkly (2020)
Plot Summary:
New parents Adrienne and Matteo are forced to reckon with trauma amidst their troubled relationship. They must revisit the memories of their past and unravel haunting truths in order to face their uncertain future.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, sweet, suspenseful, non-linear
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The Nothing (2011)
Plot Summary:
The faith of five strangers is put to the test when they awake to find themselves in a mysterious place, with no idea of how they got there... and no way out.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 51
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: christian film, underground film, psychological, sincere, touching, unusual plot structure, independent film, minimal cast, contemplative
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Zen Noir (2004)
Plot Summary:
No overview found.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 373
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min
Plot tags: spiritual, inspirational, neo noir, detective, dark comedy
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Siddhartha (1972)
Plot Summary:
Siddhartha is the story of a young Brahmin and his search for a meaningful way of life. His journey takes him through periods of harsh asceticism, sensual pleasures, material wealth, self-revulsion and eventually to the oneness and harmony that he had been seeking. The story is based on the best-selling novel by German Nobel Prize winner Hermann Hesse.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: India, USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: spiritual, philosophical, road movie, dramatic, surreal, existential, independent film, psychological, atmospheric, serious
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An Interview with God (2018)
Plot Summary:
An up-and-coming journalist finds his world and faith increasingly challenged when he's granted the interview of a lifetime – with someone who claims to be God.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: christian film, psychological, sincere, philosophical, thought provoking, rough, spiritual, dramatic, thinking
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Interstate 84 (2000)
Plot Summary:
When a body is found floating in an upstate New York river, hard-drinking cop Joe Weldon is left with few clues. After uncovering the man's identity - an enigmatic simpleton named Hap - Weldon is led to the crooked hustler who took advantage of Hap and the disturbed, young punk who tormented him. A tale of personal demons, shattered lives, and ultimate redemption.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 273
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: serious, captivating, realistic, tense, touching, suspenseful, contemplative, gloomy, independent film
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After the Game (1997)
Plot Summary:
After the Game is a crime fiction murder mystery with a theme of "after the game of poker" and "after the game of life." It deals with revenge, deceit, lust and greed, and explores karma and the afterlife. Aging gambler Benny Walsh (played by Gorshin) dies in a suspicious car crash after the biggest poker win of his life. His son, Clyde (played by Dubac), comes to the Nevada town in search of answers. He discovers that each of his father's gambling buddies had ample reason to see him dead.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 133
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: independent film, tense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Agnes of God (1985)
Plot Summary:
When a dead newborn is found, wrapped in bloody sheets, in the bedroom wastebasket of a young novice, psychiatrist Martha Livingston is called in to determine if the seemingly innocent novice, who knows nothing of sex or birth, is competent enough to stand trial for the murder of the baby.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: psychological, atmospheric, intense, suspenseful, serious, realistic, talky, slasher, clever, contemplative
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Get Low (2009)
Plot Summary:
A movie spun out of equal parts folk tale, fable and real-life legend about the mysterious, 1930s Tennessee hermit who famously threw his own rollicking funeral party... while he was still alive.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA, Germany, Poland
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: touching, emotional, sentimental, talky, psychological, serious, realistic, atmospheric, compassionate, philosophical
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After.Life (2009)
Plot Summary:
Following a terrible car crash, a woman (Christina Ricci) awakes to find an enigmatic mortician (Liam Neeson) preparing her for burial.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 41000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: psychological, bleak, mind bending, twist ending, atmospheric, suspense, offbeat, enigmatic, suspenseful, creepy
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The Sixth Sense (1999)
Plot Summary:
A psychological thriller about an eight year old boy named Cole Sear who believes he can see into the world of the dead. A child psychologist named Malcolm Crowe comes to Cole to help him deal with his problem, learning that he really can see ghosts of dead people.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 10000000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: psychological, surprise ending, twist ending, suspense, suspenseful, atmospheric, psychological thriller, mind bending, touching, tense
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Hearts in Atlantis (2001)
Plot Summary:
A widowed mother and her son change when a mysterious stranger enters their lives.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 41000
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: suspense, touching, emotional, sincere, sentimental, atmospheric, enigmatic, melancholic, realistic, spiritual
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Proof (2005)
Plot Summary:
Catherine is a woman in her late twenties who is strongly devoted to her father, Robert, a brilliant and well-known mathematician whose grip on reality is beginning to slip away. As Robert descends into madness, Catherine begins to wonder if she may have inherited her father’s mental illness along with his mathematical genius. When Robert’s work reveals a mathematical proof of potentially historic proportions, it sets off shock waves in more ways than one.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 46000
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: psychological, emotional, inspirational, clever, intellectual, enigmatic, serious, heartbreaking, realistic, depressing