Movies Like Padre

If you liked Padre (2022), a movie directed by José Solórzano Híjar, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

1
The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)
★ 7.1/10
A young priest, Father Chisholm is sent to China to establish a Catholic parish among the non-Christian Chinese. While his boyhood friend, also a priest, flourishes in his calling as a priest in a more Christian area…
2
The Left Hand of God (1955)
★ 6.3/10
A man in priestly robes, seemingly the long-awaited Father O'Shea, arrives at a little-frequented Catholic mission in 1947 China. Though the man seems curiously uncomfortable with his priestly duties, his tough tactics…
3
The Crime of Padre Amaro (2002)
★ 6.7/10
Sent to Mexico to help take care of aging Father Benito, young Father Amaro faces a moral challenge when he meets a 16-year-old girl who he starts an affair with. Likewise, the girl's mother had been having an affair…
4
Father Stu (2022)
★ 7.1/10
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…
5
The Bells of St. Mary's (1945)
★ 6.9/10
Father O'Malley is sent to St. Mary's, a run-down parochial school on the verge of condemnation. He and Sister Benedict work together in an attempt to save the school, though their differing methods often lead to…
6
True Confessions (1981)
★ 6.1/10
A cop clashes with his priest brother while investigating the brutal murder of a young prostitute.
7
Belzebuth (2019)
★ 7.1/10
While leading a police investigation of a massacre in a public school at the border of Mexico and U.S.A, special Agent Emanuel Ritter links this strange case to the coming and rising of the ancient demon Belzebuth. But…
8
The Proposition (1998)
★ 5.9/10
Father Michael McKinnon goes from the UK to Boston circa 1935. For unknown reasons, he avoids at all costs the most prominent parishioners, Arthur and Eleanor Barret. Meanwhile Eleanor and Arthur desperately want to…
9
Fatima (2020)
★ 7.2/10
In 1917, outside the parish of Fátima, Portugal, a 10-year-old girl and her two younger cousins witness multiple visitations of the Virgin Mary, who tells them that only prayer and suffering will bring an end to World…
10
Satanic Pandemonium (1975)
★ 6.4/10
Sister Maria is known in the convent for her good works and charity, but, in the secret depths of her sexual fantasies, she is tormented by visions of another world - a world where her forbidden passions are allowed to…
11
Stigmata (1999)
★ 6.3/10
A young woman with no strong religious beliefs, Frankie Paige begins having strange and violent experiences, showing signs of the wounds that Jesus received when crucified. When the Vatican gets word of Frankie's…
12
The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005)
★ 6.6/10
When a young girl called Emily Rose dies, everyone puts blame on the exorcism which was performed on her by Father Moore prior to her death. The priest is arrested on suspicion of murder. The trial begins with lawyer…
13
Impossible Things (2021)
★ 8.5/10
After the death of her abusive husband, Matilde finds her new best friend in Miguel, her young, insecure, and disoriented neighbor.
14
Calvary (2014)
★ 7.1/10
After being threatened during a confession, a good-natured priest must battle the dark forces closing in around him.
15
Sundays (2025)
★ 6.9/10
When Ainara announces that she wants to become a nun, chaos arises in her family. Is this a genuine desire or has she been influenced by the religious staff at her school? Or is this life-changing decision due to her…
16
The Nun II (2023)
★ 6.6/10
In 1956 France, a priest is violently murdered, and Sister Irene begins to investigate. She once again comes face-to-face with a powerful evil.
17
The Exorcist (1973)
★ 7.8/10
When a mysterious entity possesses a young girl, her mother seeks the help of two Catholic priests to save her life.
18
Identifying Features (2020)
★ 7/10
Magdalena makes a journey to find her son, who has disappeared on his way to the Mexican border with the United States. Her odyssey takes her to meet Miguel, a man recently deported from the US. They start to travel…
19
Sister Death (2023)
★ 6/10
Spain, 1949. Narcisa, a novice, arrives at an old convent, converted into a girls' school, to work as a teacher.
20
House of Mortal Sin (1976)
★ 6.4/10
A troubled young girl goes to confession at the local church. Unfortunately, the sexually frustrated priest she confesses to becomes obsessed with her. At first, the priest stalks the girl, but later it is revealed…