Movies like The Two Popes

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The Two Popes (2019)
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The Two Popes (2019)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, Italy, USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story: Explores the relationship and opposing visions between two of the most powerful leaders in the Catholic Church, both of whom must address their own pasts and the demands of the modern world in order to move the church forward.
Style: psychological, humorous, motivational, funny, philosophical, political, saga, witty, controversial, factual ...
Audience: teens
Plot: religion, vatican, catholic church, catholic, catholic priest, pope, priest, confession, dark humor, religious, biopic, forgiveness, guilt, catholicism, dictator, dialogue, dictatorship, cardinal the priest, business, time travel, rich, writers, experiment, monk, faith ...
Time: year 2019, 2010s, 21st century
Place: rome italy, italy, argentina, buenos aires argentina
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 religion, catholic, christian, catholic church, priest, church and faith mostly in Drama, Biography and Comedy genres. Some movies like The Two Popes: We Have a Pope (2011), The Apparition (2018), The New Pope (2020), Novitiate (2017), The Young Pope (2016). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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
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The Apparition (2018)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: France, Belgium, Jordan
Duration: 144 min.
Story: Jacques is a journalist at a large regional newspaper in France. His reputation as an impartial and talented investigator attracts the attention of the Vatican who recruits him for a special task; taking part of a committee to investigate the ...
Style: psychological, realistic, thought provoking, captivating, art house
Plot: vatican, catholic church, pilgrimage, reporter, journalist, faith, religion, investigation, catholic priest, priest, interview, teenage girl ...
Time: 2010s
Place: south of france, rome italy, jordan, alps
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The New Pope (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France, Spain, USA, UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: As Pope Pius XIII hangs between life and death in a coma, charming and sophisticated moderate English aristocrat Sir John Brannox is placed on the papal throne and adopts the name John Paul III. A sequel series to “The Young Pope.”
Style: stylized, atmospheric, captivating, satirical, philosophical ...
Plot: vatican, catholic church, religion, politics, strongman, catholic priest, pope, secrets, conspiracy, lord, intrigue, power ...
Place: rome italy, italy, europe
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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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The Young Pope (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France, Spain, UK, USA
Duration: 546 min.
TV show
Story: Lenny Belardo, the youngest and first American Pope in the history of the Church, must establish his new papacy and navigate the power struggles of the closed, secretive Vatican.
Style: captivating, controversial, psychological, surreal, exciting ...
Plot: pope, religion, vatican, satire, god, catholic church, infidelity, betrayal, scandal, nun, conspiracy, orphan ...
Place: italy, rome italy
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Philomena (2013)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A woman searches for her adult son, who was taken away from her decades ago when she was forced to live in a convent.
Style: touching, sentimental, realistic, captivating, sad ...
Plot: adoption, convent, catholic church, journalist, catholic, journalism, self discovery, religious intolerance, faith, nun, elderly, illegitimate son ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, 1950s, 20th century, 50s ...
Place: ireland, england, washington d.c., britain, usa ...
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Karol: The Pope, The Man (2006)
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, pope, faith, saint, church, myth, christian, bible, religion, clergy, loyalty, respect ...
Place: poland, africa, india
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28%
Padre Pio: Miracle Man (2000)
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, disturbing, captivating, suspense, saga ...
Plot: catholic, saint, religion, miraculous event, christian, catholic priest, religious persecution, priest, religious faith, faith, religions or cults, religious cult ...
Place: italy
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28%
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The Lady in the Van (2015)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story: The true story of the relationship between Alan Bennett and the singular Miss Shepherd, a woman of uncertain origins who ‘temporarily’ parked her van in Bennett’s London driveway and proceeded to live there for 15 years.
Style: witty, touching, talky, semi serious, social ...
Plot: homeless, elderly, intergenerational friendship, friendship, van, poverty, social differences, old woman, life & death, loneliness, character study, nun ...
Time: 70s, 21st century
Place: england, london
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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, serious, realistic, epic, spiritual ...
Plot: pope, catholic church, politics, clergy, vatican, catholic, catholicism, cold war, state affairs, society, revolution, political unrest ...
Time: 60s
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Spotlight (2015)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story: In 2001, editor Marty Baron of The Boston Globe assigns a team of journalists to investigate allegations against John Geoghan, an unfrocked priest accused of molesting more than 80 boys. Led by editor Walter "Robby" Robinson, reporters ...
Style: factual, suspense, psychological, tense, talky ...
Audience: chick flick, adult
Plot: journalism, investigation, lawyer, investigative journalism, conspiracy, sexual abuse, newspaper, journalist, catholic church, pedophilia, catholicism, child abuse ...
Time: year 2001, year 2015, 2010s, year 2016, 70s ...
Place: boston, massachusetts, new england, nova scotia, florida
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Father Stu (2022)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, South Korea
Duration: 124 min.
Story: The true-life story of boxer-turned-priest. When an injury ends his amateur boxing career, Stuart Long moves to Los Angeles to find money and fame. While scraping by as a supermarket clerk, he meets Carmen, a Sunday school teacher who seems immune ...
Style: captivating, disturbing, psychological, spiritual, inspirational ...
Plot: catholic, priest, redemption, catholic priest, christian, faith, lifestyle change, ex boxer, changing lives, new life, inspiration, religion ...
Place: tibet, montana
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Surviving Confession (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A disgruntled priest, conflicted with his faith, has his world turned upside down when an unlikely person enters his confessional.
Style: thrilling, satirical, captivating, psychological
Plot: social satire, priest, confession, catholic, religion, christian, faith, satire, lifestyle change, changing lives, religious faith, consciousness ...
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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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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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The Island (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Somewhere in Northern Russia in a small Russian Orthodox monastery lives an unusual man whose bizarre conduct confuses his fellow monks, while others who visit the island believe that the man has the power to heal, exorcise demons and foretell the ...
Style: philosophical, psychological, cerebral, spiritual, breathtaking ...
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Time: 2000s, future
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Belgium, Netherlands, Australia
Duration: 109 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: uplifting, realistic, serious, touching, emotional ...
Plot: saint, catholic, religion, missionary, christian, biopic, christian history, quarantine, faith, catholic church, church, nature ...
Time: 19th century, year 1999, 1870s, victorian era
Place: hawaii, usa, oceania
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25%
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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 ...
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Barbarians at the Gate (1993)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
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Style: inspirational, realistic, talky, humorous, witty ...
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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, catholic saint, female protagonist, miraculous event, faith, christmas, priest, historical event, education, catholic priest, nun ...
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, France, Italy, Japan, USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story: With the use of flashback, an elderly Charlie Chaplin discusses his autobiography with his editor, who urges him to be more vulnerable and emotionally honest with his memoirs while journeying through his poverty-stricken childhood, closest ...
Style: inspirational, sentimental, factual, light, intense ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: biopic, rising to stardom, hollywood, childhood, actor's life, filmmaking, success, mccarthyism, comedian, unlikely friendships, depression, honest ...
Time: 1940s, 70s, edwardian era, 1950s, 1920s ...
Place: london, los angeles, england, california, switzerland
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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 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 ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
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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 ...
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The Third Miracle (1999)
Genre: Drama
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Duration: 119 min.
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Style: controversial, biblical, contemplative, thought provoking, realistic ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A virtually plotless, gaudy, impressionistic portrait of Rome through the eyes of one of its most famous citizens.
Style: art house, atmospheric, stylized, visual, colorful ...
Plot: fashion, memory, surrealism, society, lifestyle, satire, female nudity, politics, child, illegal prostitution, fascism, italian history ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, year 1972, 1930s, 1920s
Place: rome italy, italy, europe
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24%
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Saving Grace (1986)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: A newly-elected Pope Leo XIV finds himself accidentally locked out of the Vatican. Unknown to the outside world, he winds up in an impoverished Italian village, where his adventures ultimately teach the Pope and his new friends some important ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, clever
Plot: religion, catholic, profanity, hidden identity, friendship, society, misfit, clergy, self discovery, hopes, friends, teaching the ways of the world ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Brother Sun, Sister Moon (1972)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, Italy
Duration: 135 min.
Story: This is a dramatization of events in the life of St. Francis of Assisi from before his conversion experience through his audience with the pope, including his friendship with St. Clare.
Style: scenic, philosophical, touching, profound, epic ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Blue Like Jazz (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A young man must find his own way as his Southern Baptist roots don't seem to be acceptable at his new liberal arts college.
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Plot: bookstore, college, introspection, youth, social relations, student life, fall in love, philosophy, christian, church, faith, religious ...
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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
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