Serious Charge (1959)

(6.4) based on 8 votes
Howard Phillips, a vicar who's new in the town of Bellington, wants to reach out to youth. The previous vicar's daughter, Hester Peters, who fears being a spinster, wants to be his wife. He tells her he's not interested. When he confronts a tough kid about something the youth has done, the lad sets out to frame the vicar. Hester, who's walked in on the confrontation, backs the youth's story. The town sides with her and the lad, turning against Phillips. He has a crisis of faith. What options does he have; can no one help him, his reputation, or his calling?
Directors
Release Date
Apr 30, 1959
Runtime
01h 36m
Genre
Available in streaming on

Howard Phillips, a vicar who's new in the town of Bellington, wants to reach out to youth. The previous vicar's daughter, Hester Peters, who fears being a spinster, wants to be his wife. He tells her he's not interested. When he confronts a tough kid about something the youth has done, the lad sets out to frame the vicar. Hester, who's walked in on the confrontation, backs the youth's story. The town sides with her and the lad, turning against Phillips. He has a crisis of faith. What options does he have; can no one help him, his reputation, or his calling?

Movies like Serious Charge

Six Reasons Why

In a desolate place called the Badlands, four men stand off with guns drawn, their fingers ready at the trigger. Among them are a fugitive seeking redemption, a son out to avenge his father's murder, a loyal servant with a secret and a murderous criminal hired to kill with a vengeance. This is their story...in a place where revenge, deception and cruelty are a way of life.
Search similar movies
5.3
Six+Reasons+Why
Six Reasons Why

2008

Search similar movies
Mutiny on the Buses

Bus driver Stan Butler agrees to marry Suzy, much to the anguish of Mum, her son-in-law, Arthur, and daughter Olive. How, they wonder, will they ever manage without Stan's money coming in? Then Arthur is sacked, and Stan agrees to delay the wedding. Meanwhile, he hits on an idea: Arthur should learn to drive a bus. Somehow he does just that, and even gets a job. Stan then blackmails the Depot Manager into giving him the job of driver on the new money-making Special Tours Bus. A great idea ...if only the inspector hadn't taken Stan on his trial run to the Windsor Safari Park
Search similar movies
7.5
Mutiny+on+the+Buses
Mutiny on the Buses

1972

Search similar movies
Cine Gibi 8: ...Tá Brincando?

There are eight episodes in stories full of adventure and play in the neighborhood of Limoeiro, with a new car ride, lost treasure, art exhibition in the square, puppet theater, an unexpected escape from Cascão (again?), Characters Saltimbancos and a lot more.
Search similar movies
7.6
Cine+Gibi+8%3A+...T%C3%A1+Brincando%3F
Cine Gibi 8: ...Tá Brincando?

2015

Search similar movies
I'll Take Sweden

Bob Holcomb will do anything to stop his daughter JoJo from tying the knot with her lazy boyfriend, even move her all the way to Sweden! But once they're "safely" out of the country, JoJo falls for a sly Swedish playboy.
Search similar movies
5.0
I%27ll+Take+Sweden
I'll Take Sweden

1965

Search similar movies
Banning

A playboy golf pro, kicked off the circuit for alleged cheating, is forced to hustle for a living.
Search similar movies
6.1
Banning
O Jeca e a Égua Milagrosa

In the hunt for votes, two farmers do everything to be elected mayor in a interior town. The colonels, Liborio and Afonso have religious communities and use the spaces to influence the upcoming elections.
Search similar movies
6.0
O+Jeca+e+a+%C3%89gua+Milagrosa
O Jeca e a Égua Milagrosa

1980

Search similar movies
Stella Does Tricks

A young Glaswegian prostitute in London tries to start a new life.
Search similar movies
6.2
Stella+Does+Tricks
Stella Does Tricks

1997

Search similar movies
Taboo - New Sister

A movie about sexual love in which a woman gets remarried thinking of a new life but she schemes with her boyfriend to rip off her new family.
Search similar movies
8.0
Taboo+-+New+Sister
Taboo - New Sister

2016

Search similar movies
I Before Thee

Jeffery hasn't been the same since the loss of his wife who died during childbirth. Now crisis returns to his life, as his only child is diagnosed with leukemia, sending him into a tailspin. He turns away from his faith, feeling that life is no longer worth living. As God brings reminders of His goodness into Jeffery's life, will that be enough to guide him back to what matters most?
Search similar movies
9.2
I+Before+Thee
I Before Thee

2018

Search similar movies
I Am Wanda

Documentary about American film director and actress Barbara Loden featuring an interview filmed in 1980.
Search similar movies
6.0
I+Am+Wanda
I Am Wanda

1980

Search similar movies
Climbing to Spring

Toru grew up in alpine countryside around Mount Tate. As a child, he resented the yearly trek up the mountain with his father to prepare their mountain hut for the summer season of climbers. When Toru grows up, he leaves his hometown and enters the working world as a stock trader. One day, Toru receives word that his father has passed away. He returns to Mount Tate once again, and becomes conscious of a new calling. But, does Toru have what it takes to follow in his father footsteps?
Search similar movies
7.2
Climbing+to+Spring
Climbing to Spring

2014

Search similar movies
Journal of a Crime

A woman murders her husband's mistress and someone else gets accused of the crime.
Search similar movies
5.5
Journal+of+a+Crime
Journal of a Crime

1934

Search similar movies
Dad Got a Job in Mars

One Sunday in 1991, Félix and his sister Gemma, at the request of their mother, cycle through the streets of Santos Lugares, in search of their father. Félix believes that his dad got a job on the planet Mars.
Search similar movies
8.0
Dad+Got+a+Job+in+Mars
Dad Got a Job in Mars

2021

Search similar movies
Wagakki Band Japan Tour 2019 REACT -New Chapter-

Plot unavailable
Search similar movies
5.6
Wagakki+Band+Japan+Tour+2019+REACT+-New+Chapter-
Wagakki Band Japan Tour 2019 REACT -New Chapter-

2020

Search similar movies
Alma's Rainbow

The teenage daughter of a Brooklyn beauty-parlor owner blossoms under the influence of her recently-returned show-biz aunt.
Search similar movies
6.2
Alma%27s+Rainbow
Alma's Rainbow

1994

Search similar movies
Playing with Death

The family of Eusebio, a sick old man, believes that he has begun to lose his mind and that the stories he tells, which nobody listens to, are those of a crazy person.
Search similar movies
7.5
Playing+with+Death
Playing with Death

2011

Search similar movies
Cherry Tomato

Park-Goo makes a living for himself and his granddaughter Da-Sung by collecting recyclables on the street. Their situation becomes worse when his son is released from prison and steals Park's savings, and his bicycle-drawn cart ― his only tool for making money ― is destroyed by construction workers. Park visits the house of the construction company's head, where he ends up trying to steal meat for his hungry granddaughter. But the meat, which was for the owner's dog, had been poisoned by the housekeeper, who doesn't like her boss.
Search similar movies
5.0
Cherry+Tomato
Cherry Tomato

2008

Search similar movies
Area of Conflict

Human traffickers wipe out a young girl's family and village. She then seeks revenge on those responsible, eventually becoming first the hunted then turning into the hunters with the mercenary hired to eliminate her.
Search similar movies
8.1
Area+of+Conflict
Area of Conflict

2017

Search similar movies
Treasure Hounds

Moving into his late grandfather's house, young Jack inherits the old man's dog, Skipper (Norm MacDonald) - who can talk! With the sassy pooch's help, Jack learns that Grandpa left a priceless Spanish treasure hidden somewhere in the town. Jack joins forces with a trio of clever neighbor kids - a goth girl, a socialite, and a jokester - to find the valuable booty, with Skipper leading the way. But can they outrun the brazen, bumbling thieves that will stop at nothing to seize the prize for themselves?
Search similar movies
4.4
Treasure+Hounds
Treasure Hounds

2017

Search similar movies
Ben-Hur

In 25 AD, Judah Ben-Hur, a Jew in ancient Judea, opposes the occupying Roman empire. Falsely accused by a Roman childhood friend-turned-overlord of trying to kill the Roman governor, he is put into slavery and his mother and sister are taken away as prisoners.
Search similar movies
7.9
Ben-Hur
Contact

A radio astronomer receives the first extraterrestrial radio signal ever picked up on Earth. As the world powers scramble to decipher the message and decide upon a course of action, she must make some difficult decisions between her beliefs, the truth, and reality.
Search similar movies
7.4
Contact
Deool Band

Dr Raghav Shastri, a young NASA scientist, returns to India and realises that the entire nation blindly worships God. An atheist, he decides to challenge the existence of the Almighty and tries to shut a temple. But in a twist of fate, Swami Samartha himself descends and questions the non-believer.
Search similar movies
5.5
Deool+Band
Deool Band

2015

Search similar movies
Bend It Like Beckham

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.
Search similar movies
6.3
Bend+It+Like+Beckham
Bend It Like Beckham

2002

Search similar movies
21 Grams

Paul Rivers, an ailing mathematician lovelessly married to an English émigré; Christina Peck, an upper-middle-class suburban housewife and mother of two girls; and Jack Jordan, a born-again ex-con, are brought together by a terrible accident that changes their lives.
Search similar movies
7.3
21+Grams
Fire

In a barren, arranged marriage to an amateur swami who seeks enlightenment through celibacy, Radha's life takes an irresistible turn when her beautiful young sister-in-law seeks to free herself from the confines of her own loveless marriage.
Search similar movies
6.6
Fire
Les Biches

Bored bisexual millionaire Frédérique picks up a young street artist named Why, and whisks her away to her villa in St. Tropez for the winter season. They soon meet dashing architect Paul and both fall for him, setting in motion a ménage à trois of deception and betrayal.
Search similar movies
6.1
Les+Biches
Les Biches

1968

Search similar movies
Velvet Goldmine

Almost a decade has elapsed since glam-rock superstar Brian Slade escaped the spotlight of the London scene. Now, investigative journalist Arthur Stuart is on assignment to uncover the truth behind the enigmatic Slade. Stuart, himself forged by the music of the 1970s, explores the larger-than-life stars who were once his idols and what has become of them since the turn of the new decade.
Search similar movies
6.9
Velvet+Goldmine
Velvet Goldmine

1998

Search similar movies
Nowhere

In Los Angeles, a colorful assortment of bohemians try to make sense of their intersecting lives. The moody Dark Smith, his bisexual girlfriend, her lesbian lover and their shy gay friend plan on attending the wildest party of the year. But they'll only make it if they can survive the drug trips, suicides, trysts, mutilations and alien abductions that occur as one surreal day unfolds.
Search similar movies
6.7
Nowhere
Everybody's Fine

When all four of his children cancel their yearly visits, a widower travels to the far corners of the country to see them and discovers the hidden sides of their lives.
Search similar movies
5.3
Everybody%27s+Fine
Everybody's Fine

2016

Search similar movies
Smalltown Boys

A young man seems to be dreaming of a reality different from the business he is about to take over and the married life that goes with it; he is drawn to the spicy life of a queer vaudeville troupe performing in his village.
Search similar movies
4.3
Smalltown+Boys
Smalltown Boys

2022

Search similar movies
August

Louis, who oscillates between childhood and adulthood, goes in the south of France to his best friend Roxane. Summer will take him on a mysterious fascination with a young man met at a party.
Search similar movies
5.5
August
Transamerica

A transgender woman takes an unexpected journey when she learns that she had a son, now a teenage runaway hustling on the streets of New York.
Search similar movies
7.0
Transamerica
Transamerica

2005

Search similar movies
The Poseidon Adventure

When their ocean liner capsizes, a group of passengers struggle to survive and escape.
Search similar movies
7.1
The+Poseidon+Adventure
The Poseidon Adventure

1972

Search similar movies
Wild Strawberries

Crotchety retired doctor Isak Borg travels from Stockholm to Lund, Sweden, with his pregnant and unhappy daughter-in-law, Marianne, in order to receive an honorary degree from his alma mater. Along the way, they encounter a series of hitchhikers, each of whom causes the elderly doctor to muse upon the pleasures and failures of his own life. These include the vivacious young Sara, a dead ringer for the doctor's own first love.
Search similar movies
8.1
Wild+Strawberries
Wild Strawberries

1957

Search similar movies
Maybe... Maybe Not

Der Bewegte Mann is a German comedy about a heterosexual man, Axel, who is thrown out of his girlfriends home for cheating and ends up moving in with a gay man. Axel learns the advantages of living with gay men even though they are attracted to him and when his girlfriend wants him back he must make a tough decision.
Search similar movies
6.2
Maybe...+Maybe+Not
Maybe... Maybe Not

1994

Search similar movies
Cabaret

Filmed live from the 1993 revival, Sam Mendes' directorial debut takes place at the Donmar Warehouse in London's West End. Jane Horrocks stars as cabaret girl Sally Bowles, Adam Godley as the bicurious Cliff, and Alan Cumming as the eccentric Emcee. Inside the Kit Kat Club of 1931 Berlin, starry-eyed singer Sally and the impish Emcee sound the clarion call to decadent fun, while outside, a notorious political party grows into a brutal force.
Search similar movies
7.2
Cabaret
The Man-Woman Case

Sydney, Australia, 1920. A burnt female body is discovered. There is almost no evidence at the crime scene, but Commissioner Dick thinks that a homicide has been committed. Meanwhile, Eugène, a sailor, alone at his hotel room, immerses himself in his memories: the disappearance of his wife Annie is one of them.
Search similar movies
6.0
The+Man-Woman+Case
The Man-Woman Case

2017

Search similar movies
The Inner Shadow

Son of a patriarchal family in the country interior finds out something.
Search similar movies
1.0
The+Inner+Shadow
The Inner Shadow

2018

Search similar movies
The Society of Jesus

It is the mid 17th century. The Jesuits spread their influence in Central Europe. Maria, a young Countess lives in the castle. Father Had is a honest and ardent servant of the Society of Jesus. He is dedicated to his life's mission, and as such he is an ideal tool in the hands of his superiors, who have their own plans. Had becomes Maria's confessor. Her woman's charm, intelligence and energy, as well as her beauty, are a constant temptation to him. Jesuits are making pressure on Had to finally realize their plans. Will the Jesuits, at last, achieve their goals and take the castle?
Search similar movies
5.0
The+Society+of+Jesus
The Society of Jesus

2017

Search similar movies
Alaska is a Drag

Leo's dreams of being an international drag superstar are hard fought working in a fish cannery in Alaska.
Search similar movies
4.7
Alaska+is+a+Drag
Alaska is a Drag

2012

Search similar movies
Eastern Boys

Daniel cruises the Gare du Nord where Eastern European Boys hang out. One afternoon he plucks up his courage to speak to Marek, one of the boys and invites him to his home. However, next day when the doorbell rings, Daniel hasn’t the faintest idea that he has fallen into a trap.
Search similar movies
6.7
Eastern+Boys
Eastern Boys

2013

Search similar movies
Chill Out

The film tells the story of an unusual love triangle between Johan, Max, and Anna. The action takes place in Berlin after the unification of its eastern and western parts, against the background of its reconstruction and rebuilding.
Search similar movies
3.0
Chill+Out
The Day Began Yesterday

Orlando and Saul meet by accident. The first one is a self-confident young man, university gymnast who avoids that his HIV-positive status defines him; while Saul, on the opposite, is insecure and barely understands what having an active sexual life means. The meeting will result in a new way of seeing life, one without fear where sex is an encounter and not a way of getting away from others.
Search similar movies
6.1
The+Day+Began+Yesterday
The Day Began Yesterday

2020

Search similar movies
The Rapture

A lonely telephone operator leading an empty, amoral life finds God – only to have her faith continually tested in ways beyond what she could have imagined.
Search similar movies
5.8
The+Rapture
The Rapture

1991

Search similar movies
Wilde

The story of Oscar Wilde, genius, poet, playwright and the First Modern Man. The self-realisation of his homosexuality caused Wilde enormous torment as he juggled marriage, fatherhood and responsibility with his obsessive love for Lord Alfred Douglas.
Search similar movies
6.6
Wilde
Fray Escoba

Plot unavailable
Search similar movies
6.2
Fray+Escoba
Fray Escoba

1961

Search similar movies
Lost and Found

As closeted teenager, Yuval, loses his mobile phone which is then found by a stranger. When the pair meet at the park, at first the stranger asks for a reward for finding it, but it soon becomes apparent that he wants more than what the boy is prepared to give.
Search similar movies
Lost+and+Found
Lost and Found

2015

Search similar movies
The Ninth Day

A drama loosely based on Jean Bernard's Nazi-era prison diary.
Search similar movies
6.3
The+Ninth+Day
The Ninth Day

2004

Search similar movies
My Beautiful Laundrette

A Pakistani Briton renovates a rundown laundrette with his male lover while dealing with drama within his family, the local Pakistani community, and a persistent mob of skinheads.
Search similar movies
6.7
My+Beautiful+Laundrette
My Beautiful Laundrette

1985

Search similar movies
Holiday Camp

At a meeting of the game "Truth or Dare?" two young boys, Matthew and Maximus, are challenging to embrace. The kiss will cause them some excitement. From that time, teens who witnessed this scene are allusions more or less directly to the possible homosexuality of Maxim. A revelation will then destabilize the group.
Search similar movies
6.2
Holiday+Camp
Holiday Camp

2010

Search similar movies
Baby Steps

A year after the death of their beloved Lily, Beau and Caden learn that she froze some of her eggs and they must decide whether they are ready to take the next step in their relationship and become parents.
Search similar movies
Baby+Steps
Baby Steps

2023

Search similar movies
Traitor

When straight arrow FBI agent Roy Clayton heads up the investigation into a dangerous international conspiracy, all clues seem to lead back to former U.S. Special Operations officer Samir Horn.
Search similar movies
6.6
Traitor
Henry Poole Is Here

Henry Poole abandons his fiancée and family business to spend what he believes are his remaining days alone. The discovery of a 'miracle' by a nosy neighbor ruptures his solitude and restores his faith in life.
Search similar movies
5.9
Henry+Poole+Is+Here
Henry Poole Is Here

2008

Search similar movies
Provo

A self-destructive ex-Mormon finds out her estranged, abusive father is on his deathbed in Provo, Utah – so she road trips across the country to reckon with her past, current friend-with-benefits in tow.
Search similar movies
7.0
Provo
The Man from Earth

An impromptu goodbye party for Professor John Oldman becomes a mysterious interrogation after the retiring scholar reveals to his colleagues he never ages and has walked the earth for 14,000 years.
Search similar movies
7.6
The+Man+from+Earth
The Man from Earth

2007

Search similar movies
Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Raised a boy in East Berlin, Hedwig undergoes a personal transformation in order to emigrate to the U.S., where she reinvents herself as an “internationally ignored” but divinely talented rock diva, inhabiting a “beautiful gender of one.”
Search similar movies
7.5
Hedwig+and+the+Angry+Inch
Hedwig and the Angry Inch

2001

Search similar movies
Kimchi Fried Dumplings

Carls the eldest of three brothers and is expected to be a role model for the family. He wants to show his family that he made the right choice to move away. However, youngest brother Adam's unexpected hostility reveals the problems with Carls choices.
Search similar movies
7.0
Kimchi+Fried+Dumplings
Kimchi Fried Dumplings

2013

Search similar movies
The Dancer

A young woman from the American Midwest, Loïe Fuller became the toast of the Folies Bergère at the turn of the 20th century and an icon of the Belle Epoque. Inventor of the breathtaking Serpentine Dance, she was a pioneer of modern dance and lighting techniques. It was her complicated relationship to her protégé - Isadora Duncan – that precipitated the downfall of this early 20th century icon.
Search similar movies
6.6
The+Dancer
The Dancer

2016

Search similar movies
The Student

A high school student becomes convinced that the world is lost to evil and begins to challenge the morals and beliefs of the adults surrounding him.
Search similar movies
6.5
The+Student
The Student

2016

Search similar movies
Wolf and Dog

Ana was born in São Miguel, an island in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean ruled by religion and traditions. Growing up as the middle child of a family of three with her mother and grandmother. Early Ana realized that girls and boys were given different tasks. Through her friendship with Luis, her queer best friend who loves dresses as much as pants, Ana questions the world that is promised to her. When her friend Cloé arrives from Canada, bringing with her the glowing days of youth, Ana embarks on a journey that will take her beyond the horizon.
Search similar movies
5.5
Wolf+and+Dog
Wolf and Dog

2023

Search similar movies
The Cheese Sisters

A family-themed film, drama and comedy that tells a story about a family that has had a long cheese-making ritual.
Search similar movies
8.0
The+Cheese+Sisters
The Cheese Sisters

2022

Search similar movies
Spun

Over the course of three days Ross, a college dropout addicted to crystal-meth, encounters a variety of oddball folks - including a stripper named Nikki and her boyfriend, the local meth producer, The Cook - but all he really wants to do is hook up with his old girlfriend, Amy.
Search similar movies
6.5
Spun
Nerd in Love

Daniel meets with friends on the weekends to play Warhammer 40k in the back of a game shop. Måns, one of his buddies, makes him feel different though. Despite the lack of confidence, Daniel tries to figure it out what to do about it.
Search similar movies
1.0
Nerd+in+Love
Nerd in Love

2012

Search similar movies
Body of Angels

Remi throws himself on the ground, listens to birds and falls asleep in hedges. Gabriel opens his stomach to the tip of a knife. They meet.
Search similar movies
4.2
Body+of+Angels
Body of Angels

2016

Search similar movies
Moneyboys

Fei works illegally as a hustler in order to support his family, yet when he realizes they are willing to accept his money but not his way of life, there is a major breakdown in their relations. Through his relationship to the headstrong Long, Fei seems able to find a new lease on life, but then he encounters Xiaolai, the love of his youth, who confronts him with the guilt of his repressed past.
Search similar movies
6.6
Moneyboys
Gabriel

Gabriel, a 32-year-old Spanish man lives in Germany with his boyfriend Lars, far away from his conservative family. Time and again he remembers his childhood in daydreams.
Search similar movies
3.7
Gabriel
I Love You, I Don't

The petite waitress Johnny works and lives in a truck-stop, where she's lonely and longs for love. She develops a crush on the garbage truck driver Krassky, although her sleazy boss Boris warns her that he's gay.
Search similar movies
5.9
I+Love+You%2C+I+Don%27t
I Love You, I Don't

1976

Search similar movies
Just a Question of Love

After his gay cousin dies from hepatitis, young Laurent, who lives with his best friend Carole, falls in love with Cedric, a plant scientist. He's afraid to inform his conservative parents that he is gay.
Search similar movies
7.4
Just+a+Question+of+Love
Just a Question of Love

2000

Search similar movies
The Lady Banker

The scene is the restless Paris of the interwar years where an attractive and ambitious woman successfully makes her way in a world previously reserved for men: that of high finance. Originating from a humble background, she quickly becomes popular with small savers by offering them outstanding interest rates. Extremely popular, she makes no secret of her taste for the good things in life and her homosexual affairs. They will cost her dearly...
Search similar movies
5.3
The+Lady+Banker
The Lady Banker

1980

Search similar movies
The Child I Never Was

A serial killer dispassionately discusses the nuts and bolts of his grisly avocation, as well as the youthful traumas which helped to mold him into a psychopath, in this disturbing independent drama from Germany, based on the true story of of Germany's most famous child murderer Juergen Bartsch who, between the ages of 15 and 19, abused, tortured and killed four schoolboys in the Ruhr region of Germany from 1962 to 1966.
Search similar movies
6.8
The+Child+I+Never+Was
The Child I Never Was

2002

Search similar movies
Viridiana

Viridiana is preparing to start her life as a nun when she is sent, somewhat unwillingly, to visit her aging uncle, Don Jaime. He supports her; but the two have met only once. Jaime thinks Viridiana resembles his dead wife. Viridiana has secretly despised this man all her life and finds her worst fears proven when Jaime grows determined to seduce his pure niece. Viridiana becomes undone as her uncle upends the plans she had made to join the convent.
Search similar movies
7.6
Viridiana
A Stormy Night

When a heavy storm threatens the city of New York, two complete strangers –a cynical documentary filmmaker from Spain and an idealist app programmer– find themselves sharing shelter, questioning each other’s understanding of life, happiness and love.
Search similar movies
6.8
A+Stormy+Night
A Stormy Night

2020

Search similar movies