Best movies like The Scapular
Last updated March 2024
Looking for movies like The Scapular? Provide your expertise to navigate others to films and tv series you've previously watched that might also engage them. Assist in expanding the group of people raising videos between each other. We value your participation!
Plot Summary:
A woman who is about to die calls the town's priest and hands him a scapulary, saying that she knows of its great powers. Anybody who does not believe in them will end up dead.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 339
Genere: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, War
Country: Mexico
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags:
Best tv shows and movies like The Scapular (1968):
Similar in 85%
Alive (2006)
Plot Summary:
A veteran of the Chechen War is helped by the ghosts of his two fallen comrades to leave the war behind.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 798
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: suspense, rough, captivating, road movie
Similar in 81%
Muerte a sangre fría (1978)
Plot Summary:
A man is murdered. His father tracks the killer, hoping to get revenge before the police capture him. What happened to cause his son's death is gradually revealed.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 15
Genere: Adventure, Crime, Drama, War, Western
Country: Mexico
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western
Similar in 84%
Cuartelazo (1977)
Plot Summary:
Narration of one of the bloodiest episodes of the Mexican national history, The Tragic Ten, beginning when General Victoriano Huerta sent to kill President Francisco I. Madero, Vice President José María Pino Suárez and Senator Belisario Dominguez. The film recreates the moment of the execution at the hands of Huerta and his accomplices Bernardo Reyes, Félix Díaz and Manuel Mondragón.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 41
Genere: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: Mexico
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags:
Similar in 89%
De todos modos Juan te llamas (1976)
Plot Summary:
Analytical view of one of the least reported conflicts of national cinema: the Cristero movement that developed in the regions of western Mexico between 1926 and 1929, highlighting the inability to be faithful to both the Church and the State.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 38
Genere: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Mexico
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: period drama
Similar in 77%
Triangulo (1972)
Plot Summary:
The story of Mother and Daughter for a Husband and Stepfather who was killed by shotgun.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 11
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Mexico
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags:
Similar in 79%
The Mad Executioners (1963)
Plot Summary:
A group of hooded vigilantes hang wrong-doers with a subplot about another murderer. Surprise ending.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 346
Genere: Crime, Horror
Country: West Germany
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: psychotronic
Similar in 82%
The House by the Edge of the Lake (1979)
Plot Summary:
A young university student "Lillian" (Fani) returns to her family's country villa near a lake where years earlier had mother drowned. She is supposedly researching a local legend, a witch called Kira and strange symbol associated with her.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 185
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: sexy, suspense, grindhouse, poliziottesco
Similar in 76%
Rosario (1971)
Plot Summary:
Rosario and Carlos, husbands, are part of a theater company. In a scene of jealousy, she should shoot and kill him. Carlos has had an affair with Zulma, another acriz of the company. On opening day, in the final scene, Rosario accidentally kills her husband. Someone change the gun.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 20
Genere: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags:
Similar in 83%
He matado a un hombre (1964)
Plot Summary:
Coutrroom drama: after being victimized by an abusive boyfriend, a woman goes on trial for murder. Sequel to Historia de un canalla.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 15
Genere: Drama, Crime, Mystery
Country: Mexico
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags:
Similar in 83%
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman (1982)
Plot Summary:
After the suicide of her friend and employer, who has been teaching her to be a detective, Cordelia Gray (Pippa Guard) takes over his business and begins an investigation of the apparent suicide of the son of a businessman. When the suicide turns out to be murder, what she discovers disrupts the entire family and puts Cordelia's life in danger. This off-beat British film is a moody, entertaining thriller, much in the tradition of film noir, but with an unusual and determined female detective. Nicely directed by Christopher Petit, and based on the wonderful novel of the same name by the acclaimed British mystery writer P. J. James, this film gives a fresh approach to the detective-film genre and introduces an intelligent and resourceful woman to a profession usually dominated by men.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 295
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: independent film, detective
Similar in 76%
The Book of Stone (1969)
Plot Summary:
This classic film tells the story about a little girl Silvya (Lucy Buj) that because of her behaviour is required to be nursed by a special teacher Julia (Marga López) at home. This teacher is experienced in the field and starts looking after the child´s behavior and her friendship with Hugo,a statue of a little boy with a book that is 1,000 years old and supposedly talks to her and make her do things, Her wealthy father Eugenio Rubalcaba (Joaquin Cordero) is very disturbed about his daughters way´s and his new wife Mariana (Norma Lazareno) is trying to cope with her step daugters ideas but fears of the statue. All these characters play their parts well and the atmosphere in this movie is so thick that you can cut it with a knife, locations are well used and the fright factor is there all the time, This is a timeless piece of art that should be taken seriously now a days for next wave horror movie creators.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: Mexico
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: gothic, slasher, gothic horror, creepy, vintage, weird
Similar in 80%
The Curse of Nostradamus (1961)
Plot Summary:
An aristocratic vampire swears an oath to kill the enemies who killed his father. In order to terrify them even further, he warns each one when he is coming for them.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 94
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: psychotronic
Similar in 76%
Motel (1984)
Plot Summary:
The discovery of the mutilated body of a wealthy woman leads a detective to an isolated motel.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 38
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: neo noir, independent film, detective
Similar in 79%
Dr. Satan (1966)
Plot Summary:
Dr. Satan, a mad scientist and sorceror, plans to take over the world. In order to do so, he wakes up three zombie slaves from the dead and attempts to make a deal with the devil. He sends his zombie servants to do harm to anyone who stands in his way. Will anyone be able to stop him?.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 61
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Mexico
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, cult film
Similar in 82%
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
Similar in 87%
Santo vs. the Strangler (1965)
Plot Summary:
Santo battles the Strangler.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 83
Genere: Crime, Horror, Musical, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: neo noir
Similar in 82%
Aunt Alejandra (1980)
Plot Summary:
Old aunt Alejandra goes to live with a Mexican middle-class family; she's bitter and the children tease her and make her life miserable, but the old woman is truly a witch, and takes revenge.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 439
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Mexico
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: gothic, gothic horror, psychological thriller
Similar in 86%
Jack Reed: Death and Vengeance (1996)
Plot Summary:
Jack Reed is investigating a mass murder that occurred in a cemetery in broad daylight. Most individuals at the cemetery and the victims are Russian immigrants and they either fear or don't trust the police, because they have complaining about other problems to the police but they don't care or think it warrants investigating. Reed still investigates and it leads to a devious Russian who has turned some young Russians into his private army. Reed's friend, Charles Silvera, also has a problem. The son of an old friend and mayoral candidate, Gordon Thomas, has been arrested for killing someone while driving under the influence. Some of the people on Thomas' staff are afraid that this might jeopardize Thomas' bid for mayor, so they are pressuring Silvera to make it go away but Silvera relents so they threaten him to.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 260
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: detective, tension, suspense
Similar in 76%
Without Compassion (1994)
Plot Summary:
Lima, 1980s. Based upon Fyodor Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 142
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Peru, Mexico, France
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags:
Similar in 84%
Even the Wind Is Afraid (1968)
Plot Summary:
This Mexican horror film concerns about a group of college students, led by Claudia (Alicia Bonet) who decide to investigate a local tower that has figured prominently in disturbing reoccurring dreams Claudia has been having. The dream also consists of a hanged woman's body. They are suspended from school for their antics, but Claudia learns from one of the female staff members that the person in the dream is a student who killed herself years before, and that the teacher has seen her ghost.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: gothic, suspense, slasher, gothic horror, splatter, creepy, psychotronic, weird
Similar in 82%
Cold Blood Canyon (2007)
Plot Summary:
When Mr. and Mrs. Myers move into their highly coveted Beverly Hills home, they wonder why the price tag is too good to be true. Their daughter, Danielle, discovers the truth when a neighbor tells her one of the previous owners was murdered there years ago. When Danielle falls prey to the hauntings of the ghostly victim who lived there, Danni's dream home turns into the house from hell after she is tortured and attacked by the evil apparition. After Danielle's cries go unheard by her oblivious parents, she realizes she must get out of the house as quickly as possible or she is going to be the next victim of an even greater threat.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 104
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: scary, serious
Similar in 84%
Needful Things (1993)
Plot Summary:
A mysterious new shop opens in a small town which always seems to stock the deepest desires of each shopper, with a price far heavier than expected.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 27000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: scary, clever, cult classic, satanic, emotional, slasher, splatter, apocalyptic, fantasy adventure, creepy
Similar in 86%
A martfűi rém (2016)
Plot Summary:
Based on real-life events, this psycho-thriller is set in the provincial Hungary of the 1960s, when a series of atrocious murders shock the small town of Martfü. A psychotic killer is on the prowl, who continues to slaughter young women while an innocent man is wrongly accused and sentenced for crimes he could never have committed. A determined detective arrives on the scene and soon becomes obsessed with the case while under pressure from the prosecutor to see a man hang. Stuck in the suffocating social, political and psychological world of socialist Hungary, we soon find ourselves entangled in a web of intricate conspiracy and disturbing drama.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Hungary
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, captivating, scary, bleak, suspenseful, psychological thriller, noir, neo noir, action thriller
Similar in 79%
Calvary (2014)
Plot Summary:
After he is threatened during a confession, a good-natured priest must battle the dark forces closing in around him.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 64000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: meditative, atmospheric, psychological, melancholic, captivating, cerebral, independent film, dark comedy, black comedy, visually stunning
Similar in 75%
Tigers Are Not Afraid (2017)
Plot Summary:
When her mother suddenly disappears with no one to care for her, young Estrella ends up on the street and joins a gang of children.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: Mexico
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, psychological, tense, rough, captivating, suspenseful, slasher, realistic, disturbing
Similar in 88%
Death of a Soldier (1986)
Plot Summary:
Based on a true story, James Coburn portrays a military lawyer assigned to defend a confessed psychotic killer. Set in the context of WWII and the uneasy US-Australian military alliance. The accused killer claims to have killed 3 women in order to possess their voices. Despite the defense lawyer's concerns that the killer is not fit to stand trial, the US military presses forward with the case and its desire to have the killer executed in order to strengthen the shaky alliance.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 266
Genere: Crime, Drama, War
Country: Australia
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing, independent film
Similar in 78%
For Greater Glory: The True Story of Cristiada (2012)
Plot Summary:
A chronicle of the Cristeros War (1926-1929), which was touched off by a rebellion against the Mexican government's attempt to secularize the country.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, History, War, Western
Country: Mexico
Duration: 145 min
Plot tags: serious, sincere, realistic, epic, christian film, stylized
Similar in 76%
Deliver Us from Evil (2014)
Plot Summary:
When a frightening wave of violence sweeps through New York City, troubled cop Sarchie fails to find a rational explanation for the bizarre crimes. However, his eyes are opened to a frightening alternate reality when renegade Jesuit priest, Mendoza convinces him that demonic possession may be to blame for the gruesome murders. Together, they wage a valiant supernatural struggle to rid the city of an otherworldly evil.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 84000
Genere: Crime, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: scary, demonic, rough, suspense, serious, suspenseful, detective, mystical, neo noir, satanic
Similar in 83%
Ouija: Origin of Evil (2016)
Plot Summary:
In 1965 Los Angeles, a widowed mother and her two daughters add a new stunt to bolster their séance scam business and unwittingly invite authentic evil into their home. When the youngest daughter is overtaken by the merciless spirit, this small family confronts unthinkable fears to save her and send her possessor back to the other side.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 72000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, psychological, dark, spooky, disturbing, atmospheric, suspenseful, stylized, creepy
Similar in 84%
The Gift (2000)
Plot Summary:
When a local woman disappears and the police can't seem to find any leads, her father turns to a poor young woman with psychic powers. Slowly she starts having visions of the woman chained and in a pond. Her visions lead to the body and the arrest of an abusive husband, but did he really do it?.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 74000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, twist ending, suspense, scary, psychological, southern gothic, sexy, dark, psychological thriller, tense