Movies like Theresa: The Body of Christ
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Theresa: The Body of Christ (2007)
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Original name: Teresa, el cuerpo de Cristo
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: France, Spain, UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
In the 16th century, the daughter of a Spanish nobleman joins a convent and becomes a spiritual leader.
Style:
historical drama, serious, dramatic, period piece, meditative, art house, spiritual, hot
Plot:
saint, convent, religious, biopic, catholic, catholic saint, nun, mysticism, a vision, catholicism, spiritual journey, inquisition, loyalty, female protagonist, spanish history, religious persecution, sacrifice, mother superior, women, jesus, ancient, church, bible, nobleman, female artist ...
Time:
16th century, ancient times, 17th century, 1600s
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Most similar movies to Theresa: The Body of Christ
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, captivating, realistic and historical drama films with plots about religion, biopic, catholic, faith, christian, saint and nun mostly in Drama, Biography and History genres. Some movies like Theresa: The Body of Christ: Faustina (1994), A Time for Miracles (1980), Benedetta (2021), Fall from Grace (1990), Beyond the Hills (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
The Life of saint Maria Faustyna Kowalska, a Polish Nun.
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, thought provoking, uplifting ...
Plot:
catholic, saint, christian, nun, catholic saint, monk, convent, society, supernatural ability, hopes, clergy, family relations ...
Time:
1920s, 1930s
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100%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Family, History
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The mesmerizing story of a young girl's romance with God. Her faith, trials, and sacrifices reveal a way of life based on love and simplicity. A contemplative film based on the true story of Saint Therese of Lisieux, the most popular saint of ...
Style:
uplifting, emotional, realistic, contemplative, spiritual ...
Plot:
saint, human spirit, nun, biopic, convent, clergy, self discovery, miraculous event, religions or cults, ambition, society, hopes ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, ancient times
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Elizabeth Bayley Seton, America's first native-born saint and founder of the Sisters of Charity, is the subject of this inspiring biopic. After the tragic death of her husband, Seton converts to Catholicism. Once again, she suffers terrible ...
Plot:
catholic, saint, nun, catholic saint, christmas, priest, faith, female protagonist, convent school, education, catholic school, religion ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
new york
Similarity:
100%
29K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium, Netherlands
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
The story of Sister Benedetta Carlini, a 15th century nun who was hailed as a visionary but later accused of fabricated miracles, homosexuality and other charges, and imprisoned for 35 years.
Style:
sexy, sentimental, erotic, costume drama, period piece ...
Plot:
nun, lesbian, lgbt, convent, lesbianism, lesbian romance, lesbian nun, nunsploitation, catholicism, mother superior, blasphemy, fall in love ...
Time:
17th century, 2020s, 15th century
Place:
italy, europe, florence
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Fall from Grace is a drama, concerning the lives of Jim Bakker and his then-wife, Tammy Faye Bakker Messner during the 1980s, and starred Kevin Spacey and Bernadette Peters. This made-for-television movie aired on NBC on April 29, 1990. Jim Bakker ...
Plot:
religion, scandal, televangelist, fundamentalism, preacher, controversy, religious hypocrisy, rise and fall, hypocrisy, biopic, betrayal, fraud ...
Time:
80s, 70s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Romania, France, Belgium
Duration: 152 min.
Story:
A drama centered on the friendship between two young women who grew up in the same orphanage; one has found refuge at a convent in Romania and refuses to leave with her friend, who now lives in Germany.
Style:
sincere, disturbing, realistic, lgbt cinema, bleak ...
Plot:
convent, nun, lesbian interest, culture clash, friendship, traditional versus modern, society, danger, clergy, lgbtq, lgbt, lesbian nun ...
Time:
year 2012
Place:
romania, transylvania, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France, West Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A woman who was promised to a powerful family's son at birth falls in love with another man, refuses to renounce him, and is sent to a nunnery by her shocked parents. Once there, she first undergoes degradation to acclimatize her to convent ...
Style:
naughty, period drama
Plot:
mother superior, nun, lgbt, arranged marriage, erotica, suicide, fetish, exploitation, monk, murder, convent, flagellation ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Greece
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A young girl is forced by her father to become a nun. But soon she finds out that dark secrets are hiding behind the convent walls and that she's there to serve lustful human masters and not God.
Style:
disturbing, religious drama, psychological horror, art house
Plot:
nunsploitation, convent, nun, rape, sexploitation, sexual abuse, victimization, trauma, religious hypocrisy, oppression, female protagonist, taboo ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Winter, 1915. Confined by her family to an asylum in the South of France - where she will never sculpt again - the chronicle of Camille Claudel's reclusive life, as she waits for a visit from her brother, Paul Claudel.
Style:
sexy, realistic, sincere, costume drama, factual ...
Plot:
art, biopic, painter, separation from family, unfulfillment, art history, artist, nervous breakdown, faith, paranoia, sculpture, painting ...
Time:
20th century, year 1915, 1910s
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Family
Country: Poland
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Docudrama tracing the life of Saint Faustina Kowalska, whose visions of Jesus Christ inspired the Roman Catholic devotion to the Divine Mercy and earned her the title of "Apostle of Divine Mercy".
Style:
captivating, psychological, meditative, inspirational, emotional ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
faith, saint, nun, biopic, loyalty, catholic, religion, religious, jesus christ, spirituality, religious faith, religions or cults ...
Time:
20th century, 1930s
Place:
poland, eastern europe
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 202 min.
Story:
The poor Italian peasant boy Francesco already has visions of Jesus and Mary as a child, but the Devil visits him too. He, Francesco, is quite certain that he will become a priest. After entering the Capuchin Order it becomes clear that Padre Pio ...
Style:
thought provoking, captivating, disturbing, suspense, spiritual ...
Plot:
catholic, catholic priest, saint, religion, catholic saint, christian, religious persecution, priest, religious faith, religions or cults, reconciliation, faith ...
Place:
italy
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Life of San Juan de la Cruz.
Style:
historical drama, dark, thought provoking, period piece, art house ...
Plot:
solitary, catholic church, mysticism, symbolism, persecution, convent, haunting, christianity, catholic, poet, temptation, sanity ...
Time:
16th century
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
In a world torn apart by persecution, war and oppression, 3 children were chosen to offer a message of hope to the world.Based on the memoirs of the oldest Seer, Lucia Santos, and many thousands of independent eye-witness accounts, The 13th Day ...
Style:
spiritual, historical drama, period piece, serious, emotional
Plot:
faith, catholic, apparition, prophecy, mother daughter relationship, secret, children, abduction, pope, miraculous event, virgin mary, hopes ...
Time:
year 1917
Place:
portugal
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
The story of Padre Pio (1887-1968) from the onset of the stigmata during World War I, when he prayed that soldiers' suffering be his, until his death. The story is told by Emilia, Pio's friend, to a Vatican official reviewing Padre ...
Style:
thrilling, semi autobiographical, captivating, psychological, inspirational ...
Plot:
saint, faith, world war one, church, monastery, catholic church, religious, spiritual journey, catholicism, biopic, suffering, belief in god ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
italy, southern italy
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A true story taken from the archives of the archdiocese of Milan.
Style:
historical drama, period piece, serious, atmospheric, bleak ...
Plot:
nun, nunsploitation, evil nun, catholic church, celibacy, biopic, forbidden love, scandal, tragedy, trial, murder, female protagonist ...
Time:
17th century
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Spain, UK, Italy
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
The inspirational portrayal of Mother Teresa, a simple nun who became one of the most significant personalities of the 20th Century. Armed with a faith that could move mountains, Mother Teresa followed her calling to help the poor, the lepers, the ...
Style:
realistic, serious, inspirational, touching, sincere ...
Plot:
nun, charity, hopes, against the odds, clergy, prodigy, tragic hero, religions or cults, society, human spirit, catholic, religion ...
Time:
20th century
Similarity:
26%
543
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A man's view cause a rift between peasants and the church.
Style:
independent film, contemplative, serious, realistic, talky ...
Plot:
reformation, christian, church, faith, clergy, bible, religion, christianity, confession, monk, martin luther king, conservative ...
Time:
16th century, 70s
Place:
germany
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Italy, Poland, Canada
Duration: 155 min.
Story:
This highly acclaimed feature film on Pope John Paul II was filmed on location in Italy and Poland. Focusing on the papacy of John Paul and the tremendous impact he had on the Church and the world, Karol: The Pope, The Man stars actor Piotr Adamczyk ...
Plot:
catholic, faith, vatican, pope, saint, church, bible, myth, christian, religion, loyalty, priest ...
Place:
poland, india, africa
Similarity:
24%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Italy, Germany, Spain
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The film begins with the Annunciation: Mary, a young Galilean, virginal conceived the Messiah, the Son of God. Her husband Joseph, a humble carpenter, decided to stay by his side throughout. When Caesar Augustus ordered the Jews to register people, ...
Style:
biblical, christian film, disturbing, captivating, sincere
Plot:
virgin mary, bible, jesus, christianity, saint, religion, bible story, religious faith, religious, lifestyle, mother and son, belief in god ...
Time:
1st century, 1st century b.c.
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Belgium, Netherlands, Australia
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
The true story of the 19th century Belgian priest, Father Damien, who volunteered to go to the island of Molokai, to console and care for the lepers.
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, sincere, emotional ...
Plot:
saint, catholic, religion, catholic priest, missionary, christian, biopic, virus outbreak, catholic saint, belgian history, church, faith ...
Time:
19th century, year 1999, victorian era, 1870s
Place:
hawaii, usa, oceania
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Spain, Italy, France, Brazil, Portugal
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
The story of Father Antonio Vieira, a 17th-century Portuguese priest who lived in Brazil and worked for better treatment of the Indians and to abolish slavery.
Style:
serious, historical drama, period piece, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
liberation theology, biopic, political intrigue, latin american history, slavery, social justice, religious, catholic, fight for justice, historical figure, fighting the system, society ...
Time:
17th century, ancient times
Place:
portugal, brazil
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Between February and July 1858, in the Massabielle cave, the Virgin appeared eighteen times to Bernadette Soubirous, a miserable little girl from Lourdes. A true revolution in the heart of the Second Empire that shakes the established order by his ...
Style:
emotional, sentimental, touching, biblical, realistic ...
Plot:
catholic, miraculous event, human spirit, idealism, clergy, hopes, society, monastery, biopic, religious, historical event, monarchy ...
Time:
19th century, ancient times
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The life of little St. Therese of Lisieux, depicted in minimalist vignettes. Therese and her sisters are all nuns in a Carmelite convent. Her devotion to Jesus and her concept of "the little way" to God are shown clearly, using plain ...
Style:
slow cinema, spiritual, aesthetic, contemplative, captivating ...
Plot:
saint, catholic, nun, spirituality, convent, christian, religion, erotica, girl, catholic saint, victorian england, spirit ...
Time:
year 1986, victorian era, 80s
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
24%
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211
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Italy, France, Spain
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Greek painter Domenikos Theotokopoulos (Mel Ferrer) woos a beauty (Rosanna Schiaffino) and faces the Inquisition in 16th-century Spain.
Style:
historical drama, period piece, atmospheric, intense
Plot:
painter, biopic, artist, inquisition, art, renaissance, forbidden love, catholic church, tragic romance, persecution, trial, outsider ...
Time:
16th century
Place:
spain
Similarity:
23%
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, saint, faith, christian, vatican, world war two, clergy, religion, bishop, pope, catholic church, politics ...
Place:
poland, europe
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Mother Teresa, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, is considered one of the greatest humanitarians of modern times. Her selfless commitment changed hearts, lives and inspired millions throughout the world. The Letters, as told through personal ...
Style:
spiritual, thought provoking, serious, atmospheric, christian film
Plot:
catholic, human rights, nun, religion, charity, letter, children, spirituality, illness, idealist, workaholic, family relations ...
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Greece
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Exiled unjustly, convicted without trial, slandered without cause. Man of God depicts the trials and tribulations of Saint Nektarios of Aegina, as he bears the unjust hatred of his enemies while preaching the Word of God.
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, disturbing, suspense, smart ...
Plot:
saint, meaning of life, christian, religious, religion, christianity, religious faith, defamation, preacher, teaching the ways of the world, accusation, suffering ...
Time:
19th century, 1920s, 1900s, 1890s, 1910s
Place:
tibet, greece, egypt, europe, athens greece ...
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Italy, Germany, Poland
Duration: 200 min.
Story:
Augustine is a two-part, Italian-made mini-series about the influential theologian and church father Augustine of Hippo. The piece tells the story of his life from a teenager to his death at the age of 69.Much of the content for the scenes of him as ...
Style:
sincere, captivating, psychological, biblical, christian film
Plot:
catholic, saint, faith, christianity, religion, ancient, christian, bible, historical character, religious, life, historical figure ...
Time:
ancient times, 5th century
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Depiction of the life of St. Anthony, beginning with his initial calling to the priesthood as a young Portugese nobleman, and following him as he becomes a Franciscan monk and preaches across Africa and Europe.
Style:
disturbing, thought provoking, captivating, psychological, period piece ...
Plot:
saint, catholic, religious, faith, religion, franciscan, priest, medieval, catholicism, biopic, loyalty, christianity ...
Time:
13th century
Place:
italy, portugal, europe, africa
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
By the side of a founder of a new faith was a woman of undeniable courage.
Style:
historical drama, period piece, contemplative, educational, melancholic ...
Plot:
faith, mormon, female protagonist, religious, biopic, character study, religious community, family life, resilience, persecution, loyalty, motherhood ...
Time:
19th century, 1840s
Similarity:
22%
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