Movies and TV shows like The New Pope

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The New Pope (2020)
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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, erotic, feel good, art house, crying, sensual
Plot: vatican, catholic church, religion, politics, strongman, catholic priest, pope, secrets, conspiracy, power, intrigue, lord, cardinal the priest, twins, christian, satire, gay couple, religious, power struggle, church, controversy, male nudity, serial killer, coma, female nudity ...
Time: contemporary
Place: rome italy, italy, europe

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, serious, psychological and realistic films and TV series with plots about religion, intrigue, society, politics, catholic church, catholic and politician mostly in Drama, Biography and Comedy genres. Some movies like The New Pope: The Two Popes (2019), Broken (2017), The Great Beauty (2013), 1992 (2015), The Ten Commandments (1989). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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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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: humorous, psychological, philosophical, motivational, controversial ...
Audience: teens
Plot: religion, vatican, catholic church, catholic, catholic priest, pope, priest, confession, dark humor, religious, biopic, guilt ...
Time: year 2019, 2010s, 21st century
Place: rome italy, italy, buenos aires argentina, argentina
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Broken (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Father Michael, a Catholic priest presiding over a Northern urban parish, who is modern, maverick, and reassuringly flawed, must be confidante, counselor and confessor to a congregation struggling to reconcile its beliefs with the challenges of ...
Style: psychological, captivating, disturbing, powerful
Plot: catholic church, catholic priest, religion, priest, catholic, congregation, everyday life, religious faith, life, society, social problems, life is a bitch ...
Place: northern england
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The Great Beauty (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 141 min.
Story: Jep Gambardella has seduced his way through the lavish nightlife of Rome for decades, but after his 65th birthday and a shock from the past, Jep looks past the nightclubs and parties to find a timeless landscape of absurd, exquisite beauty.
Style: philosophical, art house, visually stunning, stylized, visually appealing ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: writer's life, stripper, art, party, artist, aging, surrealism, friendship, high society, journalist, magic realism, old age ...
Time: 2010s, year 2013, 21st century
Place: rome italy, italy
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31%
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1992 (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
TV show
Story: Set in Rome, Milan and different Italian cities, the TV series offers a thrilling story following six people whose lives are intertwined with the rapidly changing political landscape in the early 1990s, during which Italy was gripped by the Clean ...
Style: realistic, serious, atmospheric, psychological, erotic ...
Plot: politics, corruption, investigation, italian history, politician, revolution, law enforcement, state affairs, rebellion, crisis, cosa nostra, government corruption ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1992
Place: italy, milan italy, rome italy
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The Ten Commandments (1989)
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland, West Germany
Duration: 572 min.
TV show
Story: The Decalogue is a 1989 Polish television drama series directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski and co-written by Kieślowski with Krzysztof Piesiewicz, with music by Zbigniew Preisner. It consists of ten one-hour films, inspired by the Ten Commandments. ...
Style: psychological, philosophical, atmospheric, depressing, cerebral ...
Plot: philosophy, christian, depression, death, love, morality, christianity, spirituality, christmas, faith, catholic, redemption ...
Time: 20th century, year 1989, 80s
Place: poland, eastern europe, syria, iraq, europe
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30%
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Cable Girls (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: In 1920s Madrid, four women at the National Telephone Company ring in revolution as they deal with romance, envy and the modern workplace.
Style: stylized, atmospheric, romantic, captivating, period piece ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick
Plot: female protagonist, female friendship, job, women, workplace, workplace romance, love and romance, class differences, lesbian, spanish civil war, woman, strong female lead ...
Time: 1920s, 20th century, 1930s
Place: spain
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A.D. The Bible Continues (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: A.D.: The Bible Continues is a television miniseries, based on the Bible, and a sequel to the 2013 miniseries. It is produced by Roma Downey, Mark Burnett, and Richard Bedser.
Style: biblical, serious, epic, exciting, contemplative ...
Plot: religions or cults, faith, religion, christian, religious, bible, jesus, heroes, human nature, society, hopes, escapades ...
Time: 1st century, biblical epic
Place: holy land
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30%
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The Encounter (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
TV show
Story: What if you had a personal encounter with Jesus Christ? Based on the popular movies, The Encounter Series follows individual life stories and illustrates how an unexpected experience with Jesus Christ can shift lives into a new and purposeful ...
Style: serious, touching, religious drama, dramatic, captivating ...
Plot: christian, jesus, folklore, religion, goodhearted, faith, good deed, religious, religious faith, belief in god, kindness, god ...
Place: xian
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The Hour (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A behind-the-scenes drama and espionage thriller in Cold War-era England that centers on a journalist, a producer, and an anchorman for an investigative news programme.
Style: atmospheric, serious, realistic, stylized, historical drama ...
Plot: journalism, espionage, politics, reporter, journalist, workplace romance, uncover truth, spy, investigation, workplace, love triangle, cold war ...
Time: 50s, 1950s, 20th century
Place: europe, england
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29%
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The Churchmen (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story: Five very different students navigate life at the Capuchin seminary, facing tough questions of faith under the guidance of a freethinking priest.
Style: captivating, thrilling, psychological
Plot: political intrigue, monarchy, illicit affair, lifestyle, faith, affair, monk, religious faith, medieval, monastery, christianity, religious ...
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House of Cards (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 3804 min.
TV show
Story: Set in present day Washington, D.C., House of Cards is the story of Frank Underwood, a ruthless and cunning politician, and his wife Claire who will stop at nothing to conquer everything. This wicked political drama penetrates the shadowy world of ...
Style: political, serious, clever, captivating, tense ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, adult
Plot: politics, political intrigue, political corruption, manipulation, state affairs, intrigue, blind ambition, u.s. president, lobbyist, journalism, journalist, media ...
Time: 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, washington d.c., syria
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29%
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Greenleaf (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The unscrupulous world of the Greenleaf family and their sprawling Memphis megachurch, where scandalous secrets and lies are as numerous as the faithful. Born of the church, the Greenleaf family love and care for each other, but beneath the surface ...
Style: emotional, talky, disturbing, captivating, suspense ...
Plot: church, religion, black, family secret, bishop, estranged daughter, intrigue, family relations, getting home, family problems, parents and children, father daughter relationship ...
Place: memphis
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29%
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Maison close (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story: Paris, 1871. This is a story of the women trapped in a luxury brothel, 'Paradise'. The very young Rose came to Paris in search of her mother, former prostitute. She is trapped and forced to enroll in Paradise. Vera is 35 years. She knows ...
Style: erotic, realistic, tense, psychological, captivating ...
Plot: brothel, sexual relations, workplace, prostitute, lifestyle, power relations, society, nordic, women, woman, slice of life, lesbian interest ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 1870s
Place: paris france, france
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Roma (1972)
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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Dancing on the Edge (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 449 min.
TV show
Story: A black jazz band becomes entangled in the aristocratic world of 1930s London as they seek fame and fortune.
Style: realistic, atmospheric, captivating, tense, erotic ...
Plot: jazz, rising to stardom, music, ambition, musician's life, artists and showbiz, music band, high society, aristocracy, lifestyle, mogul, backstage ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century, year 1933
Place: london, england
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29%
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Harlots (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Brothel owner, Margaret Wells, struggles to raise her daughters in London during the 18th century.
Style: stylized, costume drama, atmospheric, captivating, period piece ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick
Plot: brothel madam, prostitution, courtesan, prostitute, brothel, rivalry, class differences, twists and turns, lesbian, rivals, mother daughter relationship, businesswoman ...
Time: 18th century, georgian era
Place: england, london
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29%
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Marseille (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 41 min.
TV show
Story: The longtime mayor of Marseille is preparing to hand over the reins to his protégé when a sudden and ruthless battle erupts for control of the city.
Style: political, tense, suspense, sensual, erotic
Plot: politics, mayor, rivalry, politician, port, family relations, political campaign, political leader, political candidate, twists and turns, power, corrupt politician ...
Place: marseille, france, provence
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El Comandante (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Colombia, Venezuela
TV show
Story: The life of Hugo Chavez; from childhood, his arrival to power, confrontations, and loves to his last days as president.
Style: captivating
Plot: politician, politics, life & death, historical character, political unrest, historical figure, political corruption, president, intrigue
Place: venezuela
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Surrogate (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
TV show
Story: Jane Martin (25 years old), young graduate, is recruited by the Doctor Faye's clinical, "the clinical for healthy sex". Through her maturity, self-confidence and great sexual experience, she requires the obvious qualities to become a ...
Style: erotic, psychological, captivating, suspenseful
Plot: female nudity, doctor patient relationship, doctors and patients, erotica, relationship problems, sexploitation, female protagonist, sexual content, doctor, doctor nurse relationship, male nudity, male pubic hair ...
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The Life of Jesus Christ (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
TV show
Story: Jesus Christ goes from being born in a manger to the proclaimed King of the Jews. Walk where He walked, see what He did, and stand where He died. What made Him more than just a man in the eyes of some, but an impostor to others.
Style: thought provoking, captivating, psychological
Plot: jesus, religion, faith, religious, life, belief in god, religious faith, crucifixion of jesus, life & death, social relations, society, jesus christ ...
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The Audience (1972)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Caustic satire on bureaucracy of the Vatican authority and a simple Italian who wants to achieve the audience with the Pope.
Style: grotesque
Plot: unrequited love, ex military, catholic church, monastery, riot, revolution, religion, pope, prostitute, surrealism, power, maniac ...
Place: rome italy, italy
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29%
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
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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House of Cards (1990)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 226 min.
TV show
Story: Francis Urquhart is the chief whip of the Conservative party. When Margaret Thatcher resigns as leader, he remains neutral and after a general election where the conservatives are returned with a reduced majority, he fully expects the new Prime ...
Style: tense, witty, political, realistic, serious ...
Plot: political intrigue, politics, state affairs, manipulation, journalist, reporter, deception, power struggle, dishonesty, intrigue, corruption, merciless ...
Time: 20th century, year 1990, 80s
Place: england, britain, london, europe
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29%
Longlasting Youth (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 100 min.
TV show
Story: After the death of its youngest son, the lives of a Roman family take separate paths.
Plot: gay, family relations, illegal immigrant, doctor, psychiatrist, architect, death of son, gay couple, homosexual, mental breakdown
Place: italy, rome italy
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29%
Secret Boutique (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story: Jenny Jang is poor and works at bathhouse in Gangnam, Seoul. She starts a new job as a housemaid for a conglomerate family. She becomes successful and then runs J Boutique. She also begins work as a lobbyist. Jenny Jang gets involved in an ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, non-linear, disturbing, depressing
Plot: corruption, revenge, lobbyist, intrigue, strong female lead, business, politics, high society, power, escapades, money, asian ...
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Of Kings and Prophets (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: An epic biblical saga of faith, ambition and betrayal as told through the eyes of the battle-weary King Saul, the resentful prophet Samuel and the resourceful young shepherd David—all on a collision course with destiny that will change the world. ...
Style: biblical, suspenseful, rough, disturbing, sensual ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: ancient world, bible, religion, medieval, society, greed, rivalry, ambition, obsession, dishonesty, brutality, violence ...
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Il Divo (2008)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 110 min.
Story: The narration spans the period since the seventh election of Andreotti as Prime Minister of Italy in 1992, until the trial in which he was accused of collusion with the Mafia.
Style: political, disturbing, enigmatic, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot: politics, political corruption, italian history, assassination, corruption, prime minister, murder, state affairs, idealism, blackmail, head of state, chases and races ...
Time: 70s, year 2008, 90s, 80s, year 1993 ...
Place: italy, europe, rome italy, soviet union, moscow russia ...
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29%
The Politician's Husband (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min.
TV show
Story: Aiden Hoynes is a senior cabinet minister who has always put his career before family, with the support of Freya, his devoted wife and mother to their two young children. But when Freya's own political career takes off and threatens to ...
Style: captivating, realistic, serious, tense, political ...
Audience: teens
Plot: politics, betrayal, political intrigue, relationship vs career, ambition, couples, blind ambition, state affairs, husband wife relationship, career woman, british politics, politician ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, london
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29%
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Psi (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A drama with comic touches telling the story of Carlo Antonini, a psychoanalyst who is pathologic and very interventionist, both inside and outside the office.
Style: satirical, captivating, psychological, disturbing
Plot: mental health, workplace, psychiatry, psychiatrist, family relations, lifestyle, mental illness, social problems, satire, female objectification, psychologist, psychology ...
Place: sao paulo brazil
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