20 movies like Nazarín, ordered by similarity : First Reformed(2017), The Fugitive(1947), Daens(1992), Cool Hand Luke(1967), L.A. Confidential(1997), Gwen(2018), This Is Congo(2017), Hobo With a Shotgun(2011), Jassy(1948), The Sacrifice(1986), Woodpeckers(2017), Hatred(2016) ...
Drama
1959
94 Minutes
Francisco Rabal Rita Macedo Marga López Jesús Fernández Ignacio López Tarso Luis Aceves Castañeda Ofelia Guilmáin Noé Murayama Rosenda Monteros Ada Carrasco Antonio Bravo
priest prostitute sister horse trader thief prisoner bleak dreamy disturbing dark mexico slum countryside road village church pilgrimage crisis of faith mental illness religious persecution
A cleric (Francisco Rabal) puts aside his priest's garb, goes on a pilgrimage and harbors a murderous prostitute.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA|UK|Australia
2017
113 Minutes
Ethan Hawke Amanda Seyfried Philip Ettinger Cedric Kyles Michael Gaston Victoria Hill Van Hansis Satchel Eden Bell
reverend pregnant woman husband wife suicidal person activist bleak dark uneasy emotional gritty unrestrained small town house garage church tragic death suicide church corruption
A minister of a small congregation in upstate New York grapples with mounting despair brought on by tragedy, worldly concerns and a tormented past.
Drama
1947
104 Minutes
Henry Fonda Dolores del Río Pedro Armendáriz Ward Bond Leo Carrillo J. Carrol Naish Robert Armstrong John Qualen Fortunio Bonanova Chris-Pin Martin Miguel Inclán
priest peasant criminal police chief police officer informant dark tense somber village church pier faith persecution betrayal small-town life religion fall escape sacrifice
Drama
Belgium|France|Netherlands
1992
134 Minutes
Jan Decleir Gérard Desarthe Antje de Boeck Michael Pas Johan Leysen Idwig Stephane Linda Van Dijck Wim Meuwissen
priest socialist foreman prostitute bishop child dark disheartening belgium village school factory pub worker's rights rape adolf daens child labor catholic church corruption underdog
In the 1890s, Father Adolf Daens goes to Aalst, a textile town where child labor is rife, pay and working conditions are horrible, the poor have no vote, and the Catholic church backs the ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1967
129 Minutes
Paul Newman George Kennedy J.D. Cannon Lou Antonio Robert Drivas Strother Martin Jo Van Fleet Wayne Rogers Anthony Zerbe Ralph Waite Harry Dean Stanton
prisoner warden guard police officer mother brash cool moving bleak amusing gritty florida prison farm hideout country road church cell prison rebellion escape
A laid back Southern man is sentenced to two years in a rural prison, but refuses to conform.
Crime, Drama
USA
1997
136 Minutes
Kevin Spacey Russell Crowe Guy Pearce James Cromwell David Strathairn Kim Basinger Danny DeVito Graham Beckel Simon Baker-Denny Matt McCoy John Mahon
police officer detective journalist mobster prostitute actor dark chilling suspenseful emotional coffee shop police station los angeles government building street big city corruption murder prostitution organized crime
As corruption grows in 1950s Los Angeles, three policemen - one strait-laced, one brutal, and one sleazy - investigate a series of murders with their own brand of justice.
Horror, Drama
UK
2018
84 Minutes
Eleanor Worthington-Cox Maxine Peak Richard Harrington Mark Lewis Jones Kobna Holdbrook-Smith Richard Elfyn Gwion Glyn Dyfrig Evans Jodie Innes
daughter young woman sick person miner local community member bleak dark disturbing gripping intense farm village church field wales illness suspicion darkness mysterious strangers
A folk tale set in the hills of Wales during the industrial revolution.
Documentary, War, Drama, History
USA|Congo
2017
93 Minutes
Mamadou Ndala
merchant poor person villager government official military officer bleak brutal uneasy tense intricate disheartening congo village plains office road market political corruption political unrest military occupation
An unfiltered look in to the lives of 3 characters surviving amongst the most recent cycle of conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo, otherwise known as the M23 rebellion.
Action, Crime, Adventure, Drama
Canada
2011
86 Minutes
Rutger Hauer Gregory Smith Molly Dunsworth Brian Downey Nick Bateman Pasha Ebrahimi Robb Wells Brian Jamieson
homeless person prostitute robber gangsters santa claus pedophile gory dark shocking profound disturbing brutal city street dark room outdoors alley bordello street fighting justice
A homeless vigilante blows away crooked cops, pedophile Santas, and other scumbags with his trusty pump-action shotgun.
Drama
UK
1948
96 Minutes
young man young woman villager gambler murderer emotional melodramatic intense suspenseful touching farm country road countryside village prison false accusations murder affair suicide divorce
In 17th. century England, Jassy is believed a witch because she has sometimes visions of approaching disasters. When Barney Hatton, an impoverished gentry whose gambling father has lost the... See full summary »
Drama
Sweden|France|UK
1986
145 Minutes
Erland Josephson Allan Edwall Susan Fleetwood Valérie Mairesse Gudrún Gisladóttir Sven Wollter Filippa Franzen Tommy Kjellqvist
son wife father mail carrier middle-aged man boy somber dark fascinating solemn island family home countryside party seaside woods post-apocalypse nuclear war world war iii faith
At the dawn of World War III, a man searches for a way to restore peace to the world and finds he must give something in return.
Drama
2017
106 Minutes
Jean Jean Ramón Emilio Candelario Judith Rodriguez Jose Cruz Manuel Raposo Karina Valdez Aleja Johnson Carlota Carretero Keunis Álvarez Orestes Amador
prison guard prisoner prisoners messenger gangsters love interest romantic interest romantic rival rival dark disturbing emotional engaging gripping intense moving passionate powerful raw tense
Incarcerated in the Dominican Republic, an inmate uses sign language to communicate with his imprisoned girlfriend at an adjacent institution.
War, Drama
Poland
2016
150 Minutes
Michalina Labacz Arkadiusz Jakubik Wasyl Wasylik Adrian Zaremba Izabela Kuna Jacek Braciak Maria Sobocinska Oleksandr Zbarazkyi
young woman young man widower sister father villager dark disturbing emotional gripping intense village poland wedding market world war ii young love ethnic tension war crimes massacre
Despite being in love with a Ukrainian boy from the same village, Polish girl named Zosia is forced into marrying a wealthy widower. Soon World War II begins and ethnic tensions arise. Amidst the war chaos Zosia tries to survive.
Drama
1961
120 Minutes
Franco Citti Franca Pasut Silvana Corsini Paola Guidi Adele Cambria Mario Cipriani
pimp prostitute ex-wife son virgin police officer bleak disheartening rome slum family home police station river street crime poverty prostitution marriage ambition wretched excess
In the slums of Rome, Vittorio "Accattone" Cataldi (Franco Citti) supports himself as a pimp for his longtime girlfriend, Maddalena (Silvana Corsini), but when she goes to jail after being assaulted, Accattone struggles to survive.
Drama
Japan
1983
130 Minutes
Sumiko Sakamoto Ken Ogata Aki Takejô
grandmother son elderly woman wife shocking chilling moving valley mountain village japan aging death marriage rape ritual sacrifice wretched excess quest 19th century
In a poor 19th century rural Japanese village, everyone who reaches the age of 70 has to climb a nearby mountain to die. An old woman is getting close to the cut-off age, and we follow her last days with her family.
Crime, Drama
Japan
1979
128 Minutes
Ken Ogata Rentarô Mikuni Chocho Miyako Mitsuko Baishô Nijiko Kiyokawa Mayumi Ogawa
serial killer wife father madam truck driver ex-convict bleak brutal tense japan city suburbia prison brothel murder manhunt relationships incest investigation mental illness
Chronological exploits of Iwao Enokizu, a murderous thief on the run.
Drama
USA
1932
93 Minutes
Paul Muni Glenda Farrell Helen Vinson Preston Foster Edward Ellis Allen Jenkins Noel Francis Berton Churchill
veteran prisoner guard landlady lawyer bleak brutal intense georgia diner prison chicago construction site prison injustice torture escape aspirations jealousy escape
Wrongly convicted James Allen serves in the intolerable conditions of a southern chain gang, which later comes back to haunt him.
Crime, Drama
Colombia|Denmark|Mexico|Germany|Switzerland|France
2018
125 Minutes
Cristina Gallego Carmina Martinez Natalia Reyes José Acosta Jhon Narváez Jose Vicente Greider Meza Juan Bautista Martínez Miguel Viera Sergio Coen Aslenis Márquez
grandmother drug dealer trader family member tribesman tribeswoman bleak brash brutal disheartening tense suspenseful colombia village house airplane air field drug trade drug smuggling greed
During the marijuana bonanza, a violent decade that saw the origins of drug trafficking in Colombia, Rapayet and his indigenous family get involved in a war to control the business that ends up destroying their lives and their culture.
Horror, Romance, Fantasy, Drama
USA|UK
2017
115 Minutes
Rea Lest Jörgen Liik Arvo Kukumägi Katariina Unt Taavi Eelmaa Heino Kalm Meelis Rämmeld Dieter Laser Jette Loona Hermanis Jaan Tooming Klara Eighorn
baron daughter young woman young man villager somber intense brooding suspenseful disturbing village castle cabin dark arts desperation poverty epidemic survival winter mystery
An ex-C.I.A. operative is brought back in on a very personal mission and finds himself pitted against his former pupil in a deadly game involving high level C.I.A. officials and the Russian President-elect.
Drama, History
2017
115 Minutes
Daniel Giménez Cacho Lola Dueñas Matheus Nachtergaele Juan Gervasio Minujín Nahuel Cano Daniel Veronese Rafael Spregelburd
officer governor villager boy king bandit amusing endearing bleak disheartening profound south america village house beach wilderness mission duty travel assignment
In the 18th century, a highly-placed servant of the Spanish crown who is obsessed with petty grudges and fantasies plots his transfer to Buenos Aires.
Drama
West Germany
1977
108 Minutes
Bruno S. Eva Mattes Clemens Scheitz
busker prostitute pimp neighbor nephew waitress bleak amusing eerie melodramatic berlin prison bar apartment new york city wisconsin immigration displacement loneliness culture shock
In Berlin, an alcoholic man, recently released from prison, joins his elderly friend and a prostitute in a determined dream to leave Germany and seek a better life in Wisconsin.