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Movies Like Act of the Heart

If you liked Act of the Heart (1970), a drama movie directed by Paul Almond, 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. 1Fatima

    Fatima (2020)

    ★ 7.2/10Also drama

    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…

  2. 2The Last Temptation of Christ

    The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)

    ★ 7.2/10Also drama

    Jesus, a humble Judean carpenter beginning to see that he is the son of God, is drawn into revolutionary action against the Roman occupiers by Judas -- despite his protestations that love, not violence, is the path to…

  3. 3A Question of Faith

    A Question of Faith (2017)

    ★ 7.5/10Also drama

    When Tragedy Strikes three Families, their Destiny forces them on a coverging path and mercy as the challenges of their fate could also resurrect their beliefs

  4. 4First Reformed

    First Reformed (2018)

    ★ 7/10Also drama

    A pastor of a small church in upstate New York starts to spiral out of control after a soul-shaking encounter with an unstable environmental activist and his pregnant wife.

  5. 5Come Sunday

    Come Sunday (2018)

    ★ 5.8/10Also drama

    Evangelist Carlton Pearson is ostracized by his church for preaching that there is no Hell.

  6. 6The Ledge

    The Ledge (2011)

    ★ 6.2/10Also drama

    A thriller in which a battle of philosophies between a fundamentalist Christian and an atheist who shares an apartment with a gay friend escalates into a lethal battle of wills.

  7. 7Novitiate

    Novitiate (2017)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama

    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.

  8. 8The Crush

    The Crush (1993)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama

    A precocious and obsessive teenager develops a crush on a naive writer with harrowing consequences.

  9. 9Salomé

    Salomé (2013)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama

    After the lewd and frenetic Dance of the Seven Veils, and with the solemn pledge from the very lips of Herod himself that she could have whatever her heart desires up to half his kingdom, wanton and proud young Salomé…

  10. 10Hounddog

    Hounddog (2008)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama

    A drama set in the American South, where a precocious, troubled girl finds a safe haven in the music and movement of Elvis Presley.

  11. 11Brimstone

    Brimstone (2016)

    ★ 7.1/10Also drama

    In the menacing inferno of the old North-American West, Liz is a genuine survivor who is hunted by a vengeful preacher for a crime she didn’t commit.

  12. 12The Truth About Emanuel

    The Truth About Emanuel (2013)

    ★ 6/10Also drama

    A troubled young woman becomes obsessed with her mysterious new neighbor, who bears a striking resemblance to the girl's dead mother.

  13. 13The Girl in the Book

    The Girl in the Book (2015)

    ★ 5.8/10Also drama

    The story of a young writer's transformation when her past invades her present.

  14. 14Gracie

    Gracie (2007)

    ★ 6.2/10Also drama

    A teenager faces an uphill battle when she fights to give women the opportunity to play competitive soccer.

  15. 15The River

    The River (1984)

    ★ 6.4/10Also drama

    Tom and Mae Garvey are a Tennessee farming couple battling violent floods to save their land. In addition to natural disasters, the Garveys fight to stop a selfish land developer and a local corporation from…

  16. 16Holy Lands

    Holy Lands (2019)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama

    When lapsed Jew and former cardiologist Harry suddenly decides to spend his retirement as a pig farmer in Nazareth, Israel, the move deeply shocks his family and his new neighbours. Back in New York, Harry’s ex-wife…

  17. 17The Safety of Objects

    The Safety of Objects (2002)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama

    In a suburban landscape, the lives of several families interlace with loss, despair and personal crisis. Esther Gold has lost focus on all but caring for her comatose son, Paul, and neglects her daughter and husband…

  18. 1890 Minutes in Heaven

    90 Minutes in Heaven (2015)

    ★ 5.9/10Also drama

    A man involved in a horrific car crash is pronounced dead, only to come back to life an hour and a half later, claiming to have seen Heaven.

  19. 19Outlaws - For Greater Glory

    Outlaws - For Greater Glory (2012)

    ★ 7/10Also drama

    A chronicle of the Cristeros War (1926-1929), which was touched off by a rebellion against the Mexican government's attempt to secularize the country.

  20. 20Dead Man Walking

    Dead Man Walking (1995)

    ★ 7.3/10Also drama

    A death row inmate turns for spiritual guidance to a local nun in the days leading up to his scheduled execution for the murders of a young couple.

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