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The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968)
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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, epic, serious, realistic, retro, spiritual, christian film
Plot: pope, catholic church, politics, clergy, vatican, catholic, catholicism, cold war, society, state affairs, rebellion, revolution, rebelliousness, political unrest, religion, church, archbishop, religious, priest, hunger, christianity, election, christian, italian history, cardinal the priest ...
Time: 60s
Place: europe, china, rome italy, asia, italy, russia, soviet union ...
Keyword: mass

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, captivating and thought provoking films with plots about society, religion, clergy, hopes, catholic, religions or cults and priest mostly in Drama, Biography and History genres. Some movies like The Shoes of the Fisherman: Karol: A Man Who Became Pope (2005), Pope John Paul II (2005), Our Fathers (2005), From a Far Country (1981), Corpus Christi (2019). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Karol: A Man Who Became Pope (2005)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Poland, Italy
Duration: 186 min.
Story: The life of the pope John-Paul II, from his youth as a writer, actor, and athlete in war-torn occupied Poland to his election as Pope at the age of 58.
Style: realistic, serious, factual, psychological, touching ...
Plot: catholic, clergy, saint, faith, christian, world war two, religion, bishop, catholic church, politics, heroes, human spirit ...
Place: poland, europe
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Pope John Paul II (2005)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Italy, Poland, USA
Duration: 201 min.
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Story: Following the death of his mother, Karol Wojtyla is brought up by his father in the Polish city of Krakow during the first half of the 20th century. When his homeland is invaded by the Nazis in 1939, he secretly opposes the systematic persecution of ...
Style: exciting, realistic, serious, spiritual
Plot: church, clergy, bishop, pope, heroic mission, idealism, leadership, fighting the system, rebellion, human spirit, political unrest, politics ...
Place: europe, poland
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Our Fathers (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story: In the '80s, priests and especially the Father Geoghan arrested for sexual abuse of minors. Cardinal Law, also indicted, and the diocese was aware of the actions of these men of the church and was kept secret for years, until the victims decide ...
Style: thought provoking, serious, realistic, sincere
Plot: church, sexual abuse, pedophile, clergy, legal investigation, social decay, courtroom drama, sexual harassment, dishonesty, fighting the system, legal, society ...
Time: 21st century
Place: boston, usa, europe, france
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Have No Fear: The Life of Pope John Paul II (2005)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Lithuania, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The eventful life of a humble Polish priest who once decried the pomp of the Catholic Church "a circus" and labeled the Pope a "prisoner of the Vatican" before ascending to the papal throne is explored as actor Thomas Kretschmann ...
Style: serious, realistic, captivating
Plot: pope, church, religion, faith, fighting the system, clergy, politics, dishonesty, hopes, state affairs, human spirit, society ...
Place: poland, israel, middle east, europe
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100%
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From a Far Country (1981)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Italy, UK, Poland
Duration: 140 min.
Story: The film is a biography of Pope John Paul II. It starts in 1926 when the boy Karol Wojtila was celebrating Christmas with his father in Poland. Some years later Nazi Germany attacks Poland and invades the country while Wojtila seeks refuge at the ...
Style: contemplative, uplifting, thought provoking, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot: pope, church, biopic, renaissance, saint, bible, catholic church, politics, rebellion, world war two, rebelliousness, against humanity ...
Time: 1940s, 1930s, 70s, 60s, 50s ...
Place: poland, eastern europe, germany, europe, rome italy ...
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Corpus Christi (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland, France
Duration: 115 min.
Story: The story of a 20-year-old Daniel who experiences a spiritual transformation while living in a Youth Detention Center. He wants to become a priest but this is impossible because of his criminal record. When he is sent to work at a carpenter’s ...
Style: sincere, art house, touching, thought provoking, ambiguous ending ...
Audience: teens
Plot: catholic church, prison, juvenile prison, ex convict, sex scene, priest, grief, funeral, mayor, fake identity, fake priest, car accident ...
Time: 2010s, year 2019
Place: poland, central europe, eastern europe
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The Third Miracle (1999)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: The Vatican sends a priest to verify some miracles, performed by a woman who has been nominated for sainthood...
Style: controversial, biblical, contemplative, thought provoking, realistic ...
Plot: religion, saint, priest, miraculous event, investigation, catholic priest, philosophy, religious, world war two, gay, catholic church, bishop ...
Time: year 1999, 90s
Place: chicago, usa
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26%
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The Cardinal (1963)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 175 min.
Story: A young Catholic priest from Boston confronts bigotry, Naziism, and his own personal conflicts as he rises to the office of cardinal.
Style: religious drama, epic, realistic, serious, sincere ...
Plot: priest, church, catholic, racism, catholic priest, clergy, nazi, pope, bigotry, abortion, major league, intrigue ...
Time: year 1963
Place: italy, vienna, boston, rome italy, georgia
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26%
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Monsignor (1982)
Genre: Crime, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: The vows of an ambitious young American priest are tested during World War II. Not only does Father John Flaherty get involved with the black market to raise money for the Vatican, he also falls in love with a young French nun.
Style: realistic, serious
Plot: catholic priest, pope, world war two, religion, christian, christianity, sicilian, black market, scandal, nun, catholic, catholic church ...
Time: 1940s, year 1982, 50s, 1950s, post world war two
Place: italy, brooklyn new york city, rome italy
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24%
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Luther (1974)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: A man's view cause a rift between peasants and the church.
Style: independent film, contemplative, realistic, serious, talky ...
Plot: reformation, church, faith, christian, clergy, bible, supernatural, saint, conservative, preacher, politics, biopic ...
Time: 16th century, 70s
Place: germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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We Have a Pope (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 102 min.
Story: The newly elected Pope suffers a panic attack just as he is about to greet the faithful who have gathered to see him. His advisors, unable to convince him he is the right man for the job, call on a renowned therapist who also happens to be an ...
Style: psychological, realistic, humorous, witty, clever ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: religion, cardinal the priest, vatican, pope, identity crisis, catholic church, self discovery, catholic, introspection, self involved, self fulfillment, lifestyle ...
Time: 21st century
Place: rome italy, europe, italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Lilies of the Field (1963)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: An unemployed construction worker (Homer Smith) heading out west stops at a remote farm in the desert to get water when his car overheats. The farm is being worked by a group of East European Catholic nuns, headed by the strict mother superior ...
Style: black and white, christian film, touching, retro, social ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: desert, religion, nun, catholic, farm, friendship, literary, faith, christian, african american, courage, church ...
Time: year 1963, 20th century, 50s
Place: arizona, usa
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24%
In Memory of Me (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Investigates the life a young man who has decided to enter a Jesuit monastery in Venice, but is then overcome by agonizing doubts before his ordination.
Style: captivating, realistic, serious
Plot: monastery, introspection, lifestyle, teaching the ways of the world, hopes, clergy, society, starting over, religions or cults, obedience, christianity, self doubt ...
Time: 21st century
Place: venice, europe, italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Vanished Empire (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 105 min.
Story: This story take place in Moscow during the 1970s and unfolds around the love triangle between two young men and a girl who study at the same university. They argue, make up, and face their first disappointments and victories. While busy with ...
Style: atmospheric, sentimental, serious, realistic, gloomy ...
Plot: love triangle, friendship, youth, politics, society, lifestyle, university, young lovers, hopes, idealism, revolution, political unrest ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: russia, soviet union, moscow russia
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23%
Pieces of Dreams (1970)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A young priest (Robert Forster) questions his faith after he falls in love with a social worker.
Style: uplifting, thought provoking, realistic, serious, sexual ...
Plot: forbidden love, church, hospital, celibacy, couples, religions or cults, family relations, clergy, gender, life is a bitch, fall in love, love and romance ...
Time: 60s
Place: albuquerque new mexico
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23%
Mrs. Worthington's Party (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Father Jonathan Keene - a cold, impatient Catholic priest arrives in a tiny fishing village the week before Christmas to do what he does best: shut down a dying parish...
Style: touching, realistic, feel good, contemplative, serious ...
Plot: christmas, priest, clergy, introspection, society, self discovery, social relations, religions or cults, hopes, church, small town life, save the day ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Novitiate (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story: In the early 1960s, during the Vatican II era, a young woman training to become a nun struggles with issues of faith, sexuality and the changing church.
Style: thought provoking, suspenseful, captivating, disturbing, controversial ...
Plot: nun, catholic church, monastery, lesbian, catholicism, vatican, priest, mother superior, confession, catholic, flagellation, lgbt ...
Time: year 1964, year 1954, 60s, year 2017, 90s
Place: tennessee
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Joshua (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: When Joshua moves to the outskirts of Auburn, he awakens the curiosity of the sleepy town. They don’t know who he is or where he came from, but no one can shake the feeling they’ve known him for years. Despite his benevolence and selfless work ...
Style: serious, touching, sincere, spiritual, inspirational ...
Plot: christian, healing power, miraculous event, small town, mysterious character, self discovery, religions or cults, hopes, redemption, society, cause and meaning, faith ...
Time: year 2002, 21st century
Place: usa, xian, rome italy
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22%
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Galileo (1975)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story: Challenged by a new student, tutor and theorist Galileo co-opts emerging telescope technology and discovers irrefutable proof of the heretical notion that the earth is not the center of the universe. But in a rigid society ruled by an uneasy ...
Style: independent film, talky, serious, realistic, hilarious
Plot: astronomer, scientist, church, science, ancient, renaissance, inventor, colonialism, pope, inquisition, solar system, biopic ...
Time: 17th century, year 1975, 16th century
Place: italy, europe, england
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Good Morning, Night (2003)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 106 min.
Story: The 1978 kidnapping and murder of Aldo Moro, president of the most important political party in Italy at the time, Democrazia Cristiana, as seen from the perspective of one of his assailants -- a conflicted young woman in the ranks of the Red ...
Style: serious, tense, disturbing, realistic, bleak ...
Plot: terrorism, hostage, revolution, politics, murder, rebelliousness, political unrest, captivity, danger, state affairs, head of state, society ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, year 2003, year 1978
Place: italy, europe, rome italy
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Do You Believe? (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: When a pastor is shaken by the visible faith of a street-corner preacher, he is reminded that true belief always requires action. His response ignites a journey that impacts everyone it touches in ways that only God could orchestrate.
Style: christian film, emotional, realistic, serious, uplifting ...
Plot: christian, christianity, faith, self discovery, clergy, introspection, society, religions or cults, teaching the ways of the world, christian propaganda, myth, religious ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, illinois, chicago, xian
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My Mother's Smile (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A celebrated painter receives a visit from a cardinal's assistant, who informs him that his mother could become a saint.
Style: serious, realistic, captivating, surreal, spiritual
Plot: self discovery, life is a bitch, rebelliousness, obsession, introspection, rebellion, destructive relationship, life turned upside down, family life, tragic love, religions or cults, estrangement ...
Time: 21st century
Place: italy, rome italy
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22%
What Would Jesus Do? (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story: The citizens of a small town lose their faith day by day. Poverty and hardships have been hard on them... when all of a sudden something changes. Their faith is reborn. And a question rises inside them: "What would Jesus do?"
Style: christian film, realistic, serious, spiritual, inspirational ...
Plot: faith, pastor, christian, small town, clergy, introspection, human spirit, society, hopes, social relations, religions or cults, small town life ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, usa, xian
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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
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21%
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Strike (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Poland
Duration: 104 min.
Story: In poverty, she found strength. In oppression, she found courage. In solidarity, she found a reason to believe again. Acclaimed German actress Katharina Thalbach (THE TIN DRUM, SOPHIE’S CHOICE) stars in this hard-hitting historical drama set during ...
Style: serious, realistic, touching, emotional, captivating ...
Plot: politics, working class, labor union, rebellion, human spirit, ambition, fighting the system, injustice, rivalry, life is a bitch, legal, society ...
Time: year 2006, 21st century
Place: poland, europe
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Bless You, Prison (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: Romania
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Based on Nicole Valery-Grossu's European best seller autobiographic novel "Bless you, prison", the film is a true story, with real events and characters. A young intellectual woman, Nicole is arrested. There follow three months of ...
Style: thought provoking, uplifting, disturbing, captivating, serious ...
Plot: prison, confined, survival, human spirit, prison life, exhaustion, society, politics, rebelliousness, religions or cults, captivity, stalinism ...
Time: 50s
Place: romania, europe
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The Big Dream (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Italian Revolution, 1968. Police officer, Nicolas, wants to become an actor. He goes out in plain clothes and meets Laura who is among students against the government, Vietnam War and who seek sexual freedom. One day, his identity gets exposed and ...
Style: serious, realistic, suspense, tense, touching ...
Plot: love triangle, politics, rebelliousness, state affairs, against the rules, follow your dream, love and romance, secret movement, double life, mole, student life, youth ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, year 1968
Place: italy, europe
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20%
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Soldier of God (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: “Soldier of God” A film by W. D. Hogan From The New York Times Director W. D. Hogan‘s sweeping period epic “Soldier of God” unfurls in the Middle East of the late Twelfth Century. As the story opens, the Knights Templar, a religious ...
Style: serious, captivating, epic, realistic, exciting
Plot: medieval, knights templar, escapades, military, obsessive quest, heroic mission, heroes, political unrest, soldier, political intrigue, royal family, state affairs ...
Time: middle ages, medieval times, 12th century, 11th century
Place: middle east
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20%
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Stella Days (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland, Norway, Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A priest stationed in Tipperary, Ireland, is eager to return to Rome. Told he cannot do so until he has raised enough money for the building of a new church, he decides to open a cinema in the local town.
Style: realistic, captivating, serious, sincere, intellectual
Plot: religion, confession, small town, idealism, clergy, religions or cults, social relations, small town life, hopes, society, belief in god, priest ...
Time: 20th century, 50s, year 1956, 1950s
Place: ireland
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20%
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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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