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Movies like Spiritual Exercises: 10 Films by Olivier Smolders (2007)

The best movies like Spiritual Exercises: 10 Films by Olivier Smolders (2007) are The Locket (1946), The Reckless Moment (1949) and Maniac (1963). If Spiritual Exercises: 10 Films by Olivier Smolders hooked you with its horror and drama, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.

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  1. The Locket (1946)

    A dark personal secret drives a young woman to use every man she encounters.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  2. The Reckless Moment (1949)

    After discovering the dead body of her teenage daughter's lover, a housewife takes desperate measures to protect her family from scandal.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  3. Maniac (1963)

    When a stranger enters a quiet, country town and is seduced by a sensuous married woman he unwittingly finds himself at the centre of a storm of sexual guilt and murder.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror

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  4. The Truth About Emanuel (2013)

    A troubled young woman becomes obsessed with her mysterious new neighbor, who bears a striking resemblance to the girl's dead mother.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  5. Sleep, My Love (1948)

    A woman wakes up in the middle of the night on board a train, but she can't remember how she got there. Danger and suspense ensue.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  6. Brand Upon the Brain! (2007)

    After returning home to his long-estranged mother upon a request from her deathbed, a man raised by his parents in an orphanage has to confront the childhood memories that have long haunted him.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  7. The Naked City (1948)

    After a former model is drowned in her bathtub, Detective James Halloran and Lieutenant Dan Muldoon attempt to piece together her murder.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  8. Framed (1947)

    Truck driver Mike Lambert is a down-and-out mining engineer searching for a job. When his rig breaks down in a small town, he happens upon a venomous seductress. When her boyfriend robs a bank, they intend to frame Lambert.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  9. A Kiss Before Dying (1956)

    A college student tries to get rich quick by wooing two wealthy sisters.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  10. Johnny O'Clock (1947)

    When an employee at an illegal gambling den dies suspiciously, her sister, Nancy, looks into the situation and falls for Johnny O'Clock, a suave partner in the underground casino. Selfish and non-committal by nature, Johnny slowly begins to return Nancy's affection and decides to run away with her, but conflict within his business threatens their plans. As Johnny tries to distance himself from the casino, his shady past comes back to haunt him.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  11. Plunder Road (1957)

    A spectacular heist starts to unravel as the crooks take it on the lam.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  12. The Dark Mirror (1946)

    A sister and her disturbed twin are implicated in a murder and a police detective must figure out which one's the killer.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror

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  13. The File on Thelma Jordon (1949)

    Cleve Marshall, an assistant district attorney, falls for Thelma Jordon, a mysterious woman with a troubled past. When Thelma becomes a suspect in her aunt's murder, Cleve tries to clear her name.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  14. Cause for Alarm! (1951)

    A bedridden and gravely ill man believes his wife and doctor are conspiring to kill him, and outlines his suspicions in a letter.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  15. The Hitch-Hiker (1953)

    Roy and Gilbert's fishing trip takes a terrifying turn when the hitchhiker they pick up turns out to be a sociopath on the run from the law. He's killed before, and he lets the two know that as soon as they're no longer useful, he'll kill again. The two friends plot an escape, but the hitchhiker's peculiar physical affliction, an eye that never closes even when he sleeps, makes it impossible for them to tell when they can make a break for it.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  16. Footsteps in the Fog (1955)

    A Victorian-era murder mystery about a parlour maid who discovers that her employer may have killed his first wife.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  17. Outrage (1950)

    A young woman who has just become engaged has her life completely shattered when she is raped while on her way home from work.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  18. The Set-Up (1949)

    Expecting the usual loss, a boxing manager takes bribes from a betting gangster without telling his fighter.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  19. The Christmas Shoes (2002)

    Two separate stories mesh - in the first, a young music teacher, Maggie Andrews, begins dying of a heart condition and her son Nathan tries to get a pair of Christmas shoes for her before she dies. In the second, lawyer Robert Layton and his wife Kate are slowly drifting apart and the matter comes to a head during Christmas when Kate takes over for Maggie for the school choir.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  20. Birth of the Dragon (2017)

    Set against the backdrop of San Francisco’s Chinatown, this cross-cultural biopic chronicles Bruce Lee’s emergence as a martial-arts superstar after his legendary secret showdown with fellow martial artist Wong Jack Man.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

  21. Cut Bank (2014)

    25-year-old Dwayne McLaren, a former athlete turned auto mechanic, dreams of getting out of tiny Cut Bank, Montana the coldest town in America. But his effort to do so sets in motion a deadly series of events that change his life and the life of the town forever...

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

  22. Emmanuelle 2000: Being Emmanuelle (2000)

    Exploring desires and fantasies while experiencing pleasures through the love making device gets Emmanuelle willing to spread the excitement so much it gets close to feeling like in her own skin.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

  23. Eine Frau für gewisse Stunden (1985)

    Liza Hofer is a luxury prostitute and drug addict who works at the nightclub of William Ackermann. One day, Liza walking her friend's dog, meets a student Hinrich in a wheelchair in the park. Love begins to develop between them, but will Liza's profession do not stop her?

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

  24. Torremolinos 73 (2003)

    Set in 1973 Spain, a struggling encyclopedia salesman and his wife take advantage of an offer to make adult films. The act turns him into an aspring legit filmmaker and her into an international sex symbol.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

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  25. Nobody Lives Forever (1946)

    A con artist falls for the rich widow he's trying to fleece.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

  26. Calcutta (1946)

    Neale and Pedro fly cargo between Chungking and Calcutta. When their buddy Bill is murdered they investigate. Neale meets Bill's fiancée Virginia and becomes suspicious of a deeper plot while also falling for her charms.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

  27. Sali-salita (2011)

    A mother who writes children’s storybooks, ironically, doesn’t have enough time to create stories for her own son. The restless child finds a chance to create his own stories when his grandfather, comes up with a game. They fill an old milk can with pieces of paper, each containing a word which will be a “story-starter”. Tales of heroes and villains, magic and places fill up the child’s imagination. But the child’s made-up story is in need of a happy ending. Now, it depends on the storyteller mother to create the greatest ending of them all.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

  28. Nora Prentiss (1947)

    Quiet, organised Dr. Talbot meets nightclub singer Nora Prentiss when she is slightly hurt in a street accident. Despite her misgivings, they become heavily involved, and Talbot finds himself faced with the choice of leaving Nora or divorcing his wife. When a patient expires in his office, a third option seems to present itself.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

  29. Blindspot (2008)

    A sexy, psychological film noir which features the story of a man who is sucked into the psychological web of two women on the run. On the run from themselves and from their past. One - wild, tempestuous and adulterous, the other - introverted, bitter and revengeful. Only the dance is pure - with the gun loaded.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

  30. Macao (1952)

    Nick Cochran, an American in exile in Macao, has a chance to restore his name by helping capture an international crime lord. Undercover, can he mislead the bad guys and still woo the attractive singer/petty crook, Julie Benson?

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

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Frequently asked questions

What are the best movies like Spiritual Exercises: 10 Films by Olivier Smolders?

The closest matches to Spiritual Exercises: 10 Films by Olivier Smolders are The Locket (1946), The Reckless Moment (1949) and Maniac (1963). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.

What should I watch after Spiritual Exercises: 10 Films by Olivier Smolders?

Start with The Locket (1946), the closest match to Spiritual Exercises: 10 Films by Olivier Smolders.

What is the highest-rated movie like Spiritual Exercises: 10 Films by Olivier Smolders?

The Naked City (1948), rated 7.2/10 by 299 TMDB users.

What is the newest movie like Spiritual Exercises: 10 Films by Olivier Smolders?

Birth of the Dragon (2017) is the most recent release on this list.

Are there English movies like Spiritual Exercises: 10 Films by Olivier Smolders?

Yes: The Locket (1946), The Reckless Moment (1949) and Maniac (1963).

How are movies similar to Spiritual Exercises: 10 Films by Olivier Smolders chosen?

First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Spiritual Exercises: 10 Films by Olivier Smolders, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.

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