Movies like Pope Joan

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Pope Joan (2009)
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Pope Joan (2009)
Original name: Die Päpstin
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: Germany, UK, Italy, Spain
Duration: 149 min.
Story: A 9th century woman of English extraction born in the German city of Ingelheim disguises herself as a man and rises through the Vatican ranks.
Style: serious, captivating, costume drama, epic, historical drama, spiritual, sad, realistic
Plot: pope, vatican, clergy, religion, medieval, monk, monastery, catholic priest, healing power, cross dressing, ambition, rise to the top, hidden identity, idealism, empowerment, rivalry, society, dishonesty, religions or cults, impossible love, gender bending, bishop, catholic, strong female character, viking ...
Time: middle ages, medieval times, 9th century, ancient times, year 2010
Place: germany, rome italy, italy, europe
Keyword: feminist film, egyptian, german

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Most similar movies to Pope Joan

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, captivating and period drama films with plots about medieval, catholic, society, religion, biopic, ancient and clergy mostly in Drama, History and Biography genres. Some movies like Pope Joan: The Royal Siren (2010), Albert Nobbs (2011), Henry VIII (2003), The Borgia (2006), Suffragette (2015). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Pope Joan (1972)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 132 min.
Story: Based on the medieval legend of Pope Joan, who was made Pope for a brief period around 855 A.D. The movie presents her existence as fact, though it is questionable that Pope Joan really did exist, and portrays her relationships with other notables ...
Style: contemplative, serious, realistic, captivating, atmospheric ...
Plot: medieval, pope, religion, christian, biopic, ancient, antiquity, viking, catholic, feminism, catholic priest, catholicism ...
Time: middle ages, medieval times, 9th century, ancient times, year 1972
Place: europe, rome italy
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The Royal Siren (2010)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, Austria, Hungary
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Constance, 1410. Marie, daughter of the richest bourgeois of the city, is on the eve of marrying a prestigious lawyer, son of an earl. Although the compromise fills with pride the girl's father, anxious to ennoble, Marie is not just convinced ...
Style: serious, suspense, sincere, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot: medieval, brothel, investigation, prostitute, rape, life is a bitch, society, male female relationship, forced marriage, nudity, clergy, slutty woman ...
Time: middle ages, medieval times, 15th century
Place: europe, germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Albert Nobbs (2011)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Ireland, UK, France
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Albert Nobbs struggles to survive in late 19th century Ireland, where women aren't encouraged to be independent. Posing as a man, so she can work as a butler in Dublin's most posh hotel, Albert meets a handsome painter and looks to escape ...
Style: sad, touching, sincere, period piece, stylized ...
Plot: gender, cross dressing, lesbian, loneliness, master and servant, woman dressed as man, maid, hotel, servant, gender disguise, death, relationships ...
Time: 19th century, 1890s, victorian era, 1800s, year 2011
Place: ireland, dublin ireland, england, britain, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Henry VIII (2003)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 193 min.
Story: Henry VIII is a two-part British television movie produced principally by Granada Television for ITV. It chronicles the life of Henry VIII of England from the disintegration of his first marriage to an aging Spanish princess until his death ...
Style: realistic, captivating, serious, cult classic, period piece ...
Plot: tudors, king of england, royal family, ambition, renaissance, dishonesty, head of state, infidelity, historical event, medieval, royalty, uninhibited rivalry ...
Time: 16th century, middle ages
Place: britain, europe, england
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100%
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The Borgia (2006)
Genre: Biography, History
Country: Spain, Italy
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A portrait of the bloody dynasty that spawned a pope, Alexander VI, as well as the role model for Machiavelli's "The Prince," his son Cesare Borgia, and a legend of femme duplicity, daughter Lucrezia Borgia.
Style: realistic, captivating, disturbing, historical drama, costume drama ...
Plot: state affairs, leadership, society, dishonesty, betrayal, downfall, biopic, uninhibited rivalry, medieval, royal family, political unrest, ambition ...
Time: 15th century, middle ages, medieval times, ancient times, 16th century
Place: rome italy, italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Suffragette (2015)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK, France
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Based on true events about the foot soldiers of the early feminist movement who were forced underground to evade the State.
Style: inspirational, political, factual, educational, bleak ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night
Plot: feminism, women, feminist, sexism, girl power, activism, women's suffrage, human rights, rebelliousness, women's rights, sexual harassment, women's liberation ...
Time: 1900s, year 1912, 1910s, edwardian era, victorian era ...
Place: england, london, britain, europe, united kingdom
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Agora (2009)
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Spain, Malta, Bulgaria, USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story: A historical drama set in Roman Egypt, concerning philosopher Hypatia of Alexandria and her relationship with her slave Davus, who is torn between his love for her and the possibility of gaining his freedom by joining the rising tide of Christianity.
Style: sincere, philosophical, stylized, epic, political ...
Plot: roman empire, ancient history, mathematics, atheism, medieval, impossible love, political unrest, antiquity, ancient world, historical character, religions or cults, unrequited love ...
Time: 5th century, middle ages, ancient times, medieval times
Place: ancient greece, egypt, alexandria egypt, greece, iberian peninsula ...
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25%
Vision – From the Life of Hildegard von Bingen (2009)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Germany, France
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Hildegard von Bingen was truly a woman ahead of her time. A visionary in every sense of the word, this famed 12th-century Benedictine nun was a Christian mystic, composer, philosopher, playwright, poet, naturalist, scientist, physician, herbalist ...
Style: atmospheric, sincere, contemplative, captivating, serious ...
Plot: nun, gender, convent, medieval, saint, healing power, composer, visionary, monk, seer, prodigy, catholic church ...
Time: medieval times, middle ages, ancient times, 12th century
Place: germany, europe, rome italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Queen Margot (1994)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: France, Germany, Italy
Duration: 161 min.
Story: The night of August 24, 1572, is known as the Massacre of St. Bartholomew. In France a religious war is raging. In order to impose peace a forced wedding is arranged between Margot de Valois, sister of the immature Catholic King Charles IX, and the ...
Style: period piece, sexy, epic, visually appealing, historical drama ...
Plot: royalty, french history, renaissance, medieval, religion, sex, female nudity, queen, male nudity, catholic church, politics, political intrigue ...
Time: middle ages, 16th century, year 1994, ancient times, medieval times
Place: france, paris france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Quo Vadis (2001)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: Poland, USA
Duration: 165 min.
Story: Ancient Rome, during the time of Emperor Nero. Vinicius, a young patrician, falls in love with the beautiful Lygia, the daughter of a Barbarian commander who was killed in battle, and wants her for his concubine. For Lygia, a Christian, being a ...
Style: sincere, captivating, serious, epic, tragic
Plot: fall in love, rise to the top, tragic love, heroic mission, society, rivalry, ancient, medieval, peplum, christian, tragic romance, renaissance ...
Time: 1st century, ancient times, year 2001
Place: eastern europe, italy, rome italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
 6.6
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Luther (2003)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Germany, USA, Czech Republic, Italy
Duration: 123 min.
Story: During the early 16th Century idealistic German monk Martin Luther, disgusted by the materialism in the church, begins the dialogue that will lead to the Protestant Reformation.
Style: uplifting, political, biblical, christian film, sincere ...
Audience: teens
Plot: christianity, renaissance, christian, religion, clergy, medieval, rebellion, inquisition, politics, reformation, idealism, human spirit ...
Time: 16th century, middle ages, ancient times, year 2003, medieval times
Place: germany, rome italy, austria, europe
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38%
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Francesco (1989)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Italy, West Germany
Duration: 157 min.
Story: The life of St. Francis of Assisi (1181-1226) as related by followers who gather after his death to tell stories so that Leone can record them: a privileged and virile youth, a prisoner of war, an heir who turns away from his father and gives all to ...
Style: emotional, serious, bleak, factual, cult classic ...
Plot: saint, religion, monk, historical event, medieval, male nudity, clergy, hopes, religions or cults, society, starting over, christian ...
Time: middle ages, medieval times, year 1989, 13th century, 12th century
Place: italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Becket (1964)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 148 min.
Story: King Henry II of England has trouble with the Church. When the Archbishop of Canterbury dies, he has a brilliant idea. Rather than appoint another pious cleric loyal to Rome and the Church, he will appoint his old drinking and wenching buddy, Thomas ...
Style: epic, period piece, realistic, clever, talky ...
Plot: religion, friendship, british history, medieval, royalty, biopic, politics, catholic, saint, martyr, monarch, betrayal ...
Time: middle ages, 12th century, medieval times, 20th century
Place: england, britain, europe, london, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Stealing Heaven (1988)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK, Yugoslavia
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Abelard, a famous teacher of philosophy at the cathedral school of Notre Dame, falls in love with one of his students, Héloïse d'Argenteuil. A sixteen-year old girl raised in a convent, Héloïse has an intellectual curiosity and rebels ...
Style: independent film, erotic, realistic, serious, captivating ...
Plot: medieval, fall in love, love and romance, religion, ancient, time machine, royalty, sensuality, celibacy, convent, pregnancy, courtesan ...
Time: middle ages, medieval times, 12th century
Place: france, paris france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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The Abdication (1974)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Queen Christina of Sweden (1626-1689) abdicates and travels to Rome to embrace the Catholic church.
Style: contemplative, realistic, serious, captivating, touching ...
Plot: biopic, women, christian, catholic church, forbidden love, celibacy, love and romance, gays and lesbians, society, state affairs, unfulfillment, rivalry ...
Time: 17th century
Place: rome italy, europe
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37%
 6.5
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Mad Love (2001)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Spain, Italy, Portugal, France
Duration: 115 min.
Story: The love story who transformed Juana I de Castilla, Queen of Spain, into Juana "The mad". The tragic fate of a Queen madly in love to an unfaithful husband, Felipe el Hermoso, Archduke of Austria.
Style: melancholic, costume drama, stylized, captivating, serious ...
Plot: betrayal, obsession, royal family, intrigue, infidelity, love and romance, politics, tragic hero, royalty, state affairs, society, rivalry ...
Time: 16th century, middle ages, ancient times, 15th century
Place: spain, austria, europe, flanders, portugal
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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 90
John Hus (1977)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min.
Story: A faithful recounting of the ministry, trial and martyrdom of the fifteenth century Bohemian priest John Hus, who built on the reforms of John Wycliffe, taught the Bible in the vernacular and who influenced Martin Luther a century later.
Style: thought provoking, realistic, serious, contemplative, christian film ...
Plot: biopic, catholic, medieval, christian, liberation theology, time machine, ancient, martyr, power relations, religions or cults, dishonesty, fighting the system ...
Time: middle ages, ancient times, 15th century
Place: europe, central europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
A Man for All Seasons (1966)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A Man for All Seasons is the filmed version of the life of Thomas More. An English man comes to Sir Thomas More to ask if he can divorce his wife since King Henry VIII has made it illegal. Sir Thomas More stands up in opposition to the King even ...
Style: period piece, political, inspirational, costume drama, spiritual ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: historical event, politics, lawyer, courtroom drama, catholic, courtroom, royalty, british history, renaissance, idealism, justice, betrayal ...
Time: 16th century, middle ages, year 1966, ancient times, medieval times
Place: england, britain, persia, europe, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Elizabeth (1998)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 124 min.
Story: The story of the ascension to the throne and the early reign of Queen Elizabeth the First, the endless attempts by her council to marry her off, the Catholic hatred of her and her romance with Lord Robert Dudley.
Style: factual, costume drama, period piece, realistic, historical drama ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick
Plot: queen, british history, royalty, tudors, queen elizabeth i, historical character, politics, british royal family, head of state, royal court, royal family, political intrigue ...
Time: 16th century, middle ages, victorian era, year 1998, ancient times ...
Place: england, london, britain, scotland, europe ...
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35%
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The Radicals (1989)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: The story of the Anabaptist movement and two of its first leaders, Michael and Margaretha Sattler.
Style: biblical, independent film, contemplative, captivating, realistic ...
Plot: liberation theology, faith, ancient, biopic, christian, medieval, christianity, church, reformation, religions or cults, clergy, heroes ...
Time: 16th century, ancient times
Place: switzerland, europe, zurich switzerland
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
 7.0
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Cleopatra (1963)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: USA, Switzerland, UK
Duration: 192 min.
Story: Historical epic. The triumphs and tragedy of the Egyptian queen, Cleopatra.The winner of four Oscars, this epic saga of love, greed and betrayal stars Elizabeth Taylor as the passionate and ambitious Egyptian queen who's determined to hold on ...
Style: epic, period piece, costume drama, breathtaking, visual ...
Audience: date night
Plot: ancient rome, antiquity, ancient egypt, peplum, roman empire, queen, ancient history, julius caesar, ancient, cleopatra, love, femme fatale ...
Time: ancient times, 1st century, year 1963, 1st century b.c.
Place: egypt, rome italy, africa, alexandria egypt, greece ...
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34%
The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 162 min.
Story: Metropolitan Archbishop Lakota of L'viv, freed after twenty years in the Soviet Gulag, travels to Rome where circumstances conspire to see him elevated to the Papacy. Inspired by the life story of Ukrainian Catholic Cardinal Josyf Slipyj,
Style: tense, serious, realistic, epic, spiritual ...
Plot: pope, catholic church, politics, clergy, vatican, catholic, catholicism, cold war, state affairs, society, revolution, political unrest ...
Time: 60s
Place: europe, china, asia, rome italy, italy ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Francis of Assisi (1961)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: The story of a lusty, fighting young adventurer who exchanged his sword for a cross
Style: biblical, serious, realistic, captivating, crying ...
Plot: saint, christian, monk, biopic, medieval, catholic, religion, nun, church, ancient, pope, singing ...
Time: middle ages, medieval times, year 1961, ancient times, 13th century
Place: israel, sahara, italy, jerusalem
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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The Other Boleyn Girl (2008)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: A sumptuous and sensual tale of intrigue, romance and betrayal set against the backdrop of a defining moment in European history: two beautiful sisters, Anne and Mary Boleyn, driven by their family's blind ambition, compete for the love of the ...
Style: romantic, sexy, costume drama, period piece, stylized ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: queen, love triangle, royal family, british history, royalty, royal court, king, medieval, intrigue, politics, family relations, betrayal ...
Time: 16th century, middle ages, 19th century, ancient times, 20th century ...
Place: england, britain, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story: Charlton Heston stars as Renaissance artist Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (6 March 1475 – 18 February 1564), who begrudgingly paints the Sistine Chapel for imperious Pope Julius II in this epic adaptation of Irvine Stone's novel ...
Style: epic, inspirational, uplifting, serious, biblical ...
Plot: renaissance, painter, artist, biopic, painting, art, catholic, pope, art history, christian, genius, sculpture ...
Time: 16th century, medieval times, ancient times, 60s
Place: italy, rome italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Alfred the Great (1969)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 122 min.
Story: While Old England is being ransacked by roving Danes in the 9th century, Alfred is planning to join the priesthood. But observing the rape of his land, he puts away his religious vows to take up arms against the invaders, leading the English ...
Style: epic, exciting, captivating, realistic, serious ...
Plot: viking, medieval, royalty, monarch, renaissance, antiquity, historical event, british royal family, royal family, barbarian, monarchy, conservative ...
Time: middle ages, medieval times, 9th century, year 1969
Place: britain, england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
The Scarlet and the Black (1983)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA, UK, Italy
Duration: 143 min.
Story: Fr. Hugh O'Flaherty is a Vatican official in 1943-45 who has been hiding downed pilots, escaped prisoners of war, and Italian resistance families. His diplomatic status in a Catholic country prevents Colonel Kappler from openly arresting him, ...
Style: realistic, factual, tense, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot: nazi, world war two, catholic, vatican, soldier, fighting the system, clergy, human spirit, uninhibited rivalry, military, survival, hopes ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s
Place: europe, rome italy, italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Barabbas (1961)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story: Epic account of the thief Barabbas, who was spared crucifixion when Pilate manipulated the crowd into pardoning him, rather than Jesus. Struggling with his spirituality, Barabbas goes through many ordeals leading him to the gladiatorial arena, where ...
Style: biblical, epic, intense, exciting, captivating ...
Plot: peplum, jesus, christian, christianity, bible, jesus christ, redemption, religion, roman empire, ancient, ancient rome, ancient history ...
Time: 1st century, year 1961, biblical epic, ancient times
Place: rome italy, middle east, greece, jerusalem, holy land ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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The Conclave (2006)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Canada, Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story: In 1458, five years after the fall of Constantinople to the Moslems, eighteen cardinals meet to elect a new pope. Rodrigo Borgia, a 27 year old cardinal learns to play a very dangerous game.
Style: disturbing, stylized, captivating, suspense, controversial ...
Plot: renaissance, vatican, politics, medieval, pope, rivalry, brutality, religious, war, violence, priest, catholic ...
Time: middle ages, medieval times, 15th century
Place: italy, rome italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Gunpowder, Treason & Plot (2004)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 205 min.
Story: A BBC miniseries based loosely on the lives of Mary, Queen of Scots, and her son James I of England.
Style: historical drama, realistic, captivating, serious, political ...
Plot: royal family, king, queen, intrigue, execution, tudors, coronation, royalty, monarchy, monarch, power, betrayal ...
Time: 17th century, 16th century, middle ages, ancient times
Place: england, scotland, britain, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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