Movies about rites

Movies about rites
List of the best films about rites, selected by visitors to our site: Bend It Like Beckham, The Devil Inside, Queen of Spades: The Dark Rite, The Other Side of the Door, Powaqqatsi, Red State, The Dinner Party, The Wicker Man, The Assent, The Skeleton Key.

In the top there are new films of 2022, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

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Markimdb: 6.7
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, sport
CountryUnited Kingdom, Germany, USA
Duration01:52

Jess Bhamra, the daughter of a strict Indian couple in London, is not permitted to play organized soccer, even though she is 18. When Jess is playing for fun one day, her impressive skills are seen by Jules Paxton, who then convinces Jess to play for her semi-pro team. Jess uses elaborate excuses to hide her matches from her family while also dealing with her romantic feelings for her coach, Joe.

Markimdb: 4.2
Genrehorror
CountryUSA
Duration01:23

In Italy, a woman becomes involved in a series of unauthorized exorcisms during her mission to discover what happened to her mother, who allegedly murdered three people during her own exorcism.

Markimdb: 5.3
Genrehorror
CountryRussia
Duration02:25

There is an ancient ritual known to humankind for more than a hundred years...According to the legend, an ominous entity known as The Queen of Spades can be summoned by drawing a door and staircase on a mirror in the darkness, and by saying her name three times. The Queen of Spades gets her energy from reflective objects; she cuts locks of hair from those asleep, and those that see her go mad or die. Four teenagers decide to call The Queen of Spades as a joke. But when one of them dies of a sudden heart attack, the group realizes they are up against something inexplicable and deadly dangerous.

Markimdb: 5.3
Genrehorror
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, India
Duration02:31

Grieving over the loss of her son, a mother struggles with her feelings for her daughter and her husband. She seeks out a ritual that allows her say goodbye to her dead child, opening the veil between the world of the dead and the living. Her daughter becomes the focus of terror. She must now protect against the evil that was once her beloved son.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genredocumentary, music
CountryUSA
Duration01:39

An exploration of technologically developing nations and the effect the transition to Western-style modernization has had on them.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genrethriller, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:28

    Set in Middle America, a group of teens receive an online invitation for sex, though they soon encounter Christian fundamentalists with a much more sinister agenda.

    Markimdb: 4.8
    Genrehorror, thriller
    CountryUSA

    A budding playwright and his wife attend a dinner party hosted by wealthy, cultural elites, who have promised to bankroll the writer's latest play to Broadway, but, in fact, have darker designs in mind for the couple.

    Markimdb: 3.7
    Genrehorror, thriller, detective
    CountryUSA, Mexico, Canada, Germany
    Duration01:42

    A sheriff investigating the disappearance of a young girl from a small island discovers there's a larger mystery to solve among the island's secretive, neo-pagan community.

    Markimdb: 4.2
    Genrehorror
    CountryUSA, Israel, United Kingdom

    After a series of disturbing supernatural events in his home, Joel a young single father, comes to suspect that his young son may be possessed. Soon Joel receives a visit from Father Lambert, a controversial exorcist in town whose last patient died during his treatment. As increasing chilling occurrences begin to unfold, the priest informs a resistant Joel that unless he can successfully perform an exorcism, the devil will soon take full control of his boy.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
    CountryUSA, Germany
    Duration01:44

      A hospice nurse working at a spooky New Orleans plantation home finds herself entangled in a mystery involving the house's dark past.

      Markimdb: 4.4
      Genrehorror, fantasy, drama
      CountryUSA, Canada

      An eclectic foursome of aspiring teenage witches get more than they bargained for as they lean into their newfound powers.

      Markimdb: 3.8
      Genrehorror
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom
      Duration01:58

      Bizarre nightmares plague Regan MacNeil four years after her possession and exorcism. Has the demon returned? And if so, can the combined faith and knowledge of a Vatican investigator and a hypnotic research specialist free her from its grasp?

      Markimdb: 6.9
      Genrethriller, drama, adventure
      CountryUnited Kingdom
      Duration01:32

      Amidst a nuclear war, a plane carrying a group of schoolboys crash lands on a deserted island. With no adult survivors, the boys are forced to fend for themselves. At first they cooperate, but when the they split into two separate camps -- one led by the pragmatic Ralph and the other by militaristic Jack -- their society falls into disarray, leading to a disturbing examination of human nature and a chilling conclusion.

      Markimdb: 5.8
      Genrehorror, comedy, melodrama
      CountryUSA

      Two years after defeating a satanic cult led by his babysitter Bee, Cole's trying to forget his past and focus on surviving high school. But when old enemies unexpectedly return, Cole will once again have to outsmart the forces of evil.

      Markimdb: 8
      Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:16

      A young couple moves into an infamous New York apartment building to start a family. Things become frightening as Rosemary begins to suspect her unborn baby isn't safe around their strange neighbors.

      Markimdb: 5.6
      Genrehorror, thriller
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:39

        Katherine Morrissey, a former Christian missionary, lost her faith after the tragic deaths of her family. Now she applies her expertise to debunking religious phenomena. When a series of biblical plagues overrun a small town, Katherine arrives to prove that a supernatural force is not behind the occurrences, but soon finds that science cannot explain what is happening. Instead, she must regain her faith to combat the evil that waits in a Louisiana swamp.

        Markimdb: 3.9
        Genrehorror, thriller
        CountryUSA, France, Nepal

        A dramatic mystery where a haunted teen endures a terrifying exorcism in the hopes of unlocking shocking secrets about the church and his family.

        Markimdb: 5.5
        Genrehorror
        CountryUSA, South Africa

        A father survives a plane crash in rural Appalachia, but becomes suspicious of the elderly couple who take him in to nurse him back to health with the ancient remedies.

        Markimdb: 4.8
        Genrehorror, thriller
        CountryUSA

        Found at a Catholic hospital filthy and ferocious, feral teenager Darlin’ is whisked off to a care home run by The Bishop and his obedient nuns, where she’s to be rehabilitated into a "good girl" as an example of the miraculous work of the church. But Darlin’ holds a secret darker than the "sins" she is threatened with, and she is not traveling alone. The Woman who raised her, equally fierce and feral, is ever present in the shadows of Darlin’s psyche and is determined to come for her no matter who tries to get in her way.

        Markimdb: 6.3
        Genrehorror, thriller
        CountrySouth Korea

        To save a girl in danger, a priest and deacon jump into a mysterious case.

        Markimdb: 7.9
        Genredrama, biography
        CountryUSA, Japan
        Duration02:01

        A fictional account of the life of Japanese author Yukio Mishima told in four parts. The first three parts relate events in three of his novels: The Temple of the Golden Pavilion, Kyoko's House, and Runaway Horses. The last part depicts the events of 25th November 1970.

        Markimdb: 5.8
        Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
        CountryCanada
        Duration01:42

        A frustrated, angry teenage girl awakens something in the woods when she naively performs an occult ritual to evoke a witch to kill her mother.

        Markimdb: 6.2
        Genrehorror, thriller, detective
        CountryUSA, Mexico
        Duration01:37

        A young woman with no strong religious beliefs, Frankie Paige begins having strange and violent experiences, showing signs of the wounds that Jesus received when crucified. When the Vatican gets word of Frankie's situation, a high-ranking cardinal requests that the Rev. Andrew Kiernan investigate her case. Soon Kiernan realizes that very sinister forces are at work, and tries to rescue Frankie from the entity that is plaguing her.

        Markimdb: 7.5
        Genrethriller, drama, detective
        CountryUSA, United Kingdom
        Duration02:39

        After Dr. Bill Hartford's wife, Alice, admits to having sexual fantasies about a man she met, Bill becomes obsessed with having a sexual encounter. He discovers an underground sexual group and attends one of their meetings -- and quickly discovers that he is in over his head.

        Markimdb: 7.3
        Genrehorror, drama, detective
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:00

        When Ellen, the matriarch of the Graham family, passes away, her daughter’s family begins to unravel cryptic and increasingly terrifying secrets about their ancestry.

        Markimdb: 5.7
        Genrehorror, thriller
        CountryUSA

        An incredibly gifted pianist makes a Faustian bargain to overtake her older sister at a prestigious institution for classical musicians.

        Markimdb: 7.5
        Genrethriller, melodrama, detective, film noir
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:51

        When Dr. Anthony Edwardes arrives at a Vermont mental hospital to replace the outgoing hospital director, Dr. Constance Peterson, a psychoanalyst, discovers Edwardes is actually an impostor. The man confesses that the real Dr. Edwardes is dead and fears he may have killed him, but cannot recall anything. Dr. Peterson, however is convinced his impostor is innocent of the man's murder, and joins him on a quest to unravel his amnesia through psychoanalysis.

        Markimdb: 5.6
        Genrehorror, comedy
        CountryUSA

        A pizza delivery girl is suddenly in for the fight of her young life when encountering a group of Satanists in need of a virgin to ritually sacrifice.

        Markimdb: 5.2
        Genrehorror, thriller, detective
        CountryUSA

        When a cop who is just out of rehab takes the graveyard shift in a city hospital morgue, she faces a series of bizarre, violent events caused by an evil entity in one of the corpses.

        Markimdb: 8.5
        Genredocumentary, short
        CountryUSA, France
        Duration01:36

        This is a paralyzingly beautiful documentary with a global vision: an odyssey through landscape and time, that is an attempt to capture the essence of life.

        Markimdb: 5.8
        Genrecomedy, drama
        CountryUSA, Australia
        Duration01:55

        While on a journey of discovery in exotic India, beautiful young Ruth Barron falls under the influence of a charismatic religious guru. Her desperate parents then hire PJ Waters, a macho cult de-programmer who confronts Ruth in a remote desert hideaway. But PJ quickly learns that he's met his match in the sexy, intelligent and iron-willed Ruth.

        Markimdb: 7
        Genrecomedy, drama
        CountryUnited Kingdom, France, USA
        Duration01:46

        A Serious Man is the story of an ordinary man's search for clarity in a universe where Jefferson Airplane is on the radio and F-Troop is on TV. It is 1967, and Larry Gopnik, a physics professor at a quiet Midwestern university, has just been informed by his wife Judith that she is leaving him. She has fallen in love with one of his more pompous acquaintances Sy Ableman.

        Markimdb: 5.9
        Genrehorror, action, thriller, fantasy, comedy, adventure, detective
        CountryUSA, Czech Republic, United Kingdom
        Duration01:58

          Folklore collectors and con artists, Jake and Will Grimm, travel from village to village pretending to protect townsfolk from enchanted creatures and performing exorcisms. However, they are put to the test when they encounter a real magical curse in a haunted forest with real magical beings, requiring genuine courage.

          Markimdb: 5.2
          Genrehorror
          CountryMexico
          Duration01:53

          Three sisters enter the house of a senator with the intention of stealing money obtained from bribes, but once inside, they begin to hear strange cries coming from the basement.

          Markimdb: 5
          Genrehorror, thriller, drama, crime
          CountryUSA, Germany
          Duration01:47

          When Maggie's sister Jenna saddles her with an autistic newborn named Cody she touches Maggie's heart and becomes the daughter she has always longed for. But six years later Jenna suddenly re-enters her life and, with her mysterious new husband, Eric Stark, abducts Cody. Despite the fact that Maggie has no legal rights to Cody, FBI agent John Travis takes up her cause when he realizes that Cody shares the same birth date as several other recently murdered children.

          Markimdb: 6.8
          Genrefantasy, drama, history
          CountryItaly, France
          Duration02:09

          An adaptation of Petronius' satire about the decadent life in ancient Rome. "If you like the Fellini version, you should definitely see this one, too. It's every bit as good and in some ways better."

          Markimdb: 5.3
          Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:32

          Set to the intoxicating rhythms of Brazil, "Woman on Top" is a spicy, sexy comedy about the magic of food, love and music. Meet Isabella, a sultry enchantress born with the special gift of melting the palates and hearts of men everywhere. When she decides to break free from her rocky marriage and the stifling kitchen of her husband's restaurant in Brazil, she spirits off to San Francisco in pursuit of her dreams of a real culinary career.

          Markimdb: 6.1
          Genreaction, thriller, crime
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:12

          Two warring gang families (one African-American, the other Chinese) maneuver for bragging rights to the Oakland, California, docks. Hang Sing and Trish O'Day uncover a trail of deceit that leaves most of the warring factions dead … or worse!

          Markimdb: 5.7
          Genrehorror
          CountryItaly

          Five carpoolers travel in a motorhome to reach a common destination. Night falls, and to avoid a dead animal carcass, they crash into a tree. When they come to their senses, they find themselves in the middle of nowhere. The road they were traveling on has disappeared and there is only a dense, impenetrable forest and a wooden house in the middle of a clearing, which they discover is the home of a spine-chilling cult.

          Markimdb: 5.7
          Genrehorror, thriller, melodrama, drama, detective
          CountryCanada, USA
          Duration01:29

          A census-taker (Sisto) is sent to investigate why a certain small town has had the same population -- 436 residents -- for the last 100 years.

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