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Plot Summary:
Grigorij Efimovic Rasputin (1869-1916) the mystic and self-proclaimed holy man. The saint-demon and the simple peasant. About the plot against Rasputin, hated and feared at the highest levels of government because of his surreal influence on the Tsar.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 139
Genere: Biography, Drama, History, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, disturbing, factual, independent film
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Down by the Riverside (2007)
Plot Summary:
An intertwining story of murder and mystery across two decades. In the early twentieth century, several pregnant girls meet in a country house, where they have been sent to give birth and have their children adopted. The girls are never seen by outsiders again. Almost twenty years later, two historians return to the house to research the case, and when the disturbing truth is revealed, the dark story continues.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 52
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: neo noir, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, scary, exciting, tense, disturbing, independent film, detective
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First Reformed (2017)
Plot Summary:
A pastor of a small church in upstate New York starts to spiral out of control after a soul-shaking encounter with an unstable environmental activist and his pregnant wife.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 61000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Australia
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, social, exciting, captivating, suspenseful, psychological, philosophical, dorama, noir
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The Poisoning Angel (2016)
Plot Summary:
In 1800, Brittany is on its knees, overwhelmed by the regime in place and by the omnipotent clergy. It founders in an economic slump without end in sight and, in the middle of all this, a young, suffering girl pushes back as best she can. She is known as the "Poisoning Angel," an isolated child, mistreated by life and rocked by morbid thoughts. She will become one of the world's most notorious serial killers and will sow death, perhaps merely to be looked at and loved.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 226
Genere: Biography, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: exciting, bleak, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, non-linear
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Monarch (2000)
Plot Summary:
From double BAFTA nominated Writer and Director John Walsh. Monarch is part fact, part fiction and unfolds around one night when the injured ruler arrives at a manor house closed for the season.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 151
Genere: Biography, Drama, History, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: period drama
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The Assassination of Trotsky (1972)
Plot Summary:
After having been forced to leave the Soviet Union 1929 Trotsky has ended up in Mexico 1940. He is still busy with the politics. Stalin has sent out an assassin, Frank Jacson. Jacson befriends a young communist and gets an invitation to Trotsky's house.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Biography, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: UK, France, Italy
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: independent film, political, political thriller, thought provoking, serious, captivating, realistic, suspenseful, crying, freeze frame
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Rasputin (2011)
Plot Summary:
A group of Russian noblemen want to maintain the monarchy and plan to kill Rasputin.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 941
Genere: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Russia, France
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, atmospheric, stylized, non-linear
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The Name of the Rose (2019)
Plot Summary:
In 1327, Friar William from Baskerville, followed by the young novice Adso da Melk, reaches an isolated Benedictine abbey on the Alps to aid in a dispute between the Franciscan Order and the Avignon papacy. Upon arrival in the abbey the two find themselves involved in a chain of mysterious deaths. Based on Umberto Eco's bestseller.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, History, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, Germany
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: detective, tense, enigmatic, captivating, disturbing, dramatic, period piece, costume drama, compassionate, entertaining
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Durant's Never Closes (2016)
Plot Summary:
The story of Jack Durant, notorious restaurateur and ladies man whose connections to the mafia remain a mystery. Direced by Travis Mills.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 198
Genere: Biography, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: psychological, exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative
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Padre Pio: Miracle Man (2000)
Plot Summary:
The poor Italian peasant boy Francesco already has visions of Jesus and Mary as a child, but the Devil visits him too. He, Francesco, is quite certain that he will become a priest. After entering the Capuchin Order it becomes clear that Padre Pio (his new name) has powers which can not be explained rationally: he heals the sick, knows the names, problems and future of complete strangers.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 967
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 202 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, captivating, suspense, disturbing, spiritual, saga
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Judas (2004)
Plot Summary:
Judas meets Jesus and at first doesn't know what to make of him or whether or not to trust him. A cynical city boy, Judas makes fun of the country bumpkin disciples who follow Jesus but eventually decides to join the band, as well. He and Jesus become good friends, even though they often see things very differently. Ultimately, Judas is convinced that Jesus needs to use his popularity and wonder-working powers to free the Jews from the Romans, and Jesus sees a larger, spritual perspective. As a friend, Judas convinces Jesus to give his disciples his miraculous powers, and he does with good results. Finally, the Jewish leaders spy on Judas and convince him of the greater good of betraying Jesus, in order to save the Jewish people. Judas gets caught between the corrupt leaders, Caiaphus and Pontius Pilate, and Jesus.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 491
Genere: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: biblical, touching, serious, sincere, disturbing, psychological, period drama
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Augustine: The Decline of the Roman Empire (2010)
Plot Summary:
Augustine is a two-part, Italian-made mini-series about the influential theologian and church father Augustine of Hippo. The piece tells the story of his life from a teenager to his death at the age of 69.Much of the content for the scenes of him as a young and middle-aged man come from his Confessions, which is probably the earliest extant autobiography.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 422
Genere: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Italy, Germany, Poland
Duration: 200 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, captivating, biblical, christian film
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Romero (1989)
Plot Summary:
Romero is a compelling and deeply moving look at the life of Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador, who made the ultimate sacrifice in a passionate stand against social injustice and oppression in his county. This fil chronicles the transformation of Romero from an apolitical, complacent priest to a committed leader of the Salvadoran people.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: inspirational, christian film, realistic, tense, serious, suspense, political thriller, crying, tragic ending, independent film
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Dirty Hearts (2011)
Plot Summary:
In 1945, Japan surrendered to the United States and the Second World War was over. Right? Wrong. For eighty percent of the Japanese community in Brazil, Japan had won the war and defeat was nothing more than American propaganda. The few immigrants that accepted the truth were persecuted. Some were hunted down and assassinated - by their own countrymen - causing the start of a new, private war. Dirty Hearts is a thriller and love story told by the wife of one of the fanatics dedicated to preach Japanese victory. Little by little, she watches her husband, a hard-working immigrant, become an assassin and their love story fade away.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 681
Genere: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Brazil, Japan
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, bleak, serious, disturbing, rough, realistic, suspenseful
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Rasputin (1981)
Plot Summary:
Details the life of the Russian monk Rasputin. The film shows his rise to power and how it corrupted him. His sexual perversions and madness ultimatly leads to his gruesome assasination.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 151 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, disturbing, atmospheric, spiritual, rough, bleak, captivating, epic, thought provoking
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The Day Lincoln Was Shot (1998)
Plot Summary:
A dramatization of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Based on the book by Jim Bishop.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 379
Genere: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: political
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Grigoriy R. (2014)
Plot Summary:
TV series about the mad monk Grigoriy Rasputin, who became a hugely influential figure at the court of Tsar Nicholas II.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 156
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration:
Plot tags: stylized, atmospheric, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Francesco (1989)
Plot Summary:
The life of St. Francis of Assisi (1181-1226) as related by followers who gather after his death to tell stories so that Leone can record them: a privileged and virile youth, a prisoner of war, an heir who turns away from his father and gives all to the poor, a beggar for others, and an inspiration to friends who accept the Gospels' life of poverty. He seeks the Pope's blessing, and he endures persecution at the hands of the family of Chiara Offreduccio (1194-1253), who becomes St. Clare. Many join the order he has established and then rebel at his expectations. In near despair - and ill - he writes a Rule to take to the Pope; then, the Lord sends him a message. He dies smiling.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Italy, West Germany
Duration: 157 min
Plot tags: emotional, bleak, serious, factual, cult classic, christian film, sincere, captivating, realistic, gloomy
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Young Catherine (1991)
Plot Summary:
A German princess is chosen to marry the heir to the Russian Throne, but faces plots and intrigues against her.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, USA, Canada, Soviet Union, Germany, Italy
Duration: 150 min
Plot tags: serious, historical drama, costume drama, sentimental, touching, realistic, stylized, period drama, baroque
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The Romanovs: An Imperial Family (2000)
Plot Summary:
The story of the last year and a half of Tsar Nicholas II and his family from the February Revolution of 1917 to their execution in July 1918.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 352
Genere: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Russia
Duration: 140 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, captivating
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Rasputin (1996)
Plot Summary:
Into an era seething with war and revolution, a man comes with an incredible power to heal a nation...or destroy it. Based on the true story of one of the most powerful and mysterious figures in Russian history.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA, Hungary
Duration: 135 min
Plot tags: mysterious, esoteric, tense, atmospheric, serious, captivating, realistic, suspenseful, period drama
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The Demons of St. Petersburg (2008)
Plot Summary:
St. Petersburg, 1860. A member of the imperial family is assassinated. A few days later, the writer Fëdor Michajlovic Dostoevskij meets with Gusiev, a young man committed to a psychiatric hospital. Gusiev confesses that he took part in the terrorist plot and reveals that his fellow conspirators are planning to kill another of the Tsar’s relatives. The young man also gives Dostoevsky the address of Alexandra, their leader. The writer must find her and convince her to call off the new assassination attempt.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 333
Genere: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Italy
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing, historical drama
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Martin Luther (2002)
Plot Summary:
Learn how one man reluctantly took on the most powerful institution of his day and won. Martin Luther is credited with expounding a new vision of man's relationship with God and, by extension, a redefinition of man's relationship with authority. Filmed across Europe -- from the rustic rural Germany to the opulence of the Vatican City -- you'll witness the collapse of the medieval world and the birth of the modern age.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 219
Genere: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: christian film, tense, thought provoking, captivating, disturbing
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Father Stu (2022)
Plot Summary:
The true-life story of boxer-turned-priest. When an injury ends his amateur boxing career, Stuart Long moves to Los Angeles to find money and fame. While scraping by as a supermarket clerk, he meets Carmen, a Sunday school teacher who seems immune to his bad-boy charm. Determined to win her over, the longtime agnostic starts going to church to impress her. However, a motorcycle accident leaves him wondering if he can use his second chance to help others, leading to the surprising realization that he's meant to be a Catholic priest.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 28000
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, South Korea
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, inspirational, spiritual, thought provoking, independent film
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Killing Reagan (2016)
Plot Summary:
Killing Reagan explores the events surrounding the assassination attempt on president Ronald Reagan by John Hinckley Jr. Based on the best-selling book, the film begins in the final months leading up to the 1980 presidential election, and explores the challenges Reagan faced to define himself as a leader. Meanwhile, an aimless and deranged Hinckley is unraveling, leading to the fateful day in March 1981 when these disparate figures collided.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 960
Genere: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: tense, thought provoking, captivating, disturbing
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Parkland (2013)
Plot Summary:
November 22nd, 1963 was a day that changed the world forever — when young American President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. This film follows, almost in real time, a handful of individuals forced to make split-second decisions after an event that would change their lives and forever alter the world’s landscape.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Drama, History, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: serious, tense, factual, light, suspense, captivating, emotional, political, social, novela
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Mary Queen of Scots (2013)
Plot Summary:
The life and death of the Scottish monarch.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 986
Genere: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Switzerland, France
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: stylized, captivating, realistic, serious, historical drama, romantic drama, period drama
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Nicholas and Alexandra (1971)
Plot Summary:
Biography of the last Russian Monarch, Tsar Nicholas II and his Tsarina, Alexandra.Czar Nicholas II, the inept monarch of Russia, insensitive to the needs of his people, is overthrown and exiled to Siberia with his family.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 183 min
Plot tags: epic, tense, serious, captivating, realistic, factual, period piece, historical drama, independent film, emotional
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Elizabeth (1998)
Plot Summary:
The story of the ascension to the throne and the early reign of Queen Elizabeth the First, the endless attempts by her council to marry her off, the Catholic hatred of her and her romance with Lord Robert Dudley.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 104000
Genere: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: factual, costume drama, period piece, realistic, historical drama, stylized, political, visually stunning, epic, erotic
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Becket (1964)
Plot Summary:
King Henry II of England has trouble with the Church. When the Archbishop of Canterbury dies, he has a brilliant idea. Rather than appoint another pious cleric loyal to Rome and the Church, he will appoint his old drinking and wenching buddy, Thomas Becket, technically a deacon of the church, to the post. Unfortunately, Becket takes the job seriously and provides abler opposition to Henry.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 148 min
Plot tags: epic, period piece, tense, clever, realistic, talky, retro, breathtaking, spiritual, political
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Missing (1982)
Plot Summary:
Based on the real-life experiences of Ed Horman. A conservative American businessman travels to a South American country to investigate the sudden disappearance of his son after a right-wing military takeover. Accompanied by his son's wife he uncovers a trail of cover-ups that implicate the US State department which supports the right-wing dictatorship.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Biography, Drama, History, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: political, political thriller, emotional, talky, tense, thought provoking, suspenseful, disturbing, serious, poignant