Movies Like Book of Saints of Eternal Rome

If you liked Book of Saints of Eternal Rome (1968), a movie directed by Alfredo Leonardi, 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
Mr. Church (2016)
★ 7.4/10
A unique friendship develops when a little girl and her dying mother inherit a cook - Mr. Church. What begins as an arrangement that should only last six months, instead spans fifteen years.
2
The Climb (2020)
★ 6.1/10
Kyle and Mike are best friends who share a close bond — until Mike sleeps with Kyle’s fiancée. A stormy but enduring relationship ensues between Kyle, with limitless patience, and Mike, who only lives his life by…
3
Hide and Seek (2005)
★ 6.3/10
David Callaway tries to piece together his life in the wake of his wife's suicide and has been left to raise his nine-year-old daughter, Emily on his own. David is at first amused to discover that Emily has created an…
4
Banana Split (2018)
★ 6.6/10
After a messy breakup with her high school boyfriend, April strikes up an unexpected platonic friendship with his new girlfriend, Clara.
5
Grand Canyon (1991)
★ 6.4/10
The lives of six residents from different backgrounds intertwine in modern-day Los Angeles. At the center is the unlikely friendship of two men from different races and classes brought together when one finds himself…
6
Scarecrow (1973)
★ 7/10
Two drifters bum around, visit earthy women and discuss opening a car wash in Pittsburgh.
7
Grown Ups (2010)
★ 6.4/10
After their high school basketball coach passes away, five good friends and former teammates reunite for a Fourth of July holiday weekend.
8
Beaches (1988)
★ 6.7/10
A privileged rich debutante and a cynical struggling entertainer share a turbulent, but strong childhood friendship over the years.
9
The Public Enemy (1931)
★ 7.3/10
Two young Chicago hoodlums, Tom Powers and Matt Doyle, rise up from their poverty-stricken slum life to become petty thieves, bootleggers and cold-blooded killers. But with street notoriety and newfound wealth, the duo…
10
Spa Weekend (2026)
★ 6.5/10
Four lifelong friends escape to a luxury spa retreat to reconnect, unwind and rediscover themselves, but their weekend of relaxation soon turns into a series of wild adventures and bad decisions.
11
Paper Man (2009)
★ 6.3/10
A coming-of-middle-age comedy that chronicles the unlikely friendship between failed author Richard Dunne and a Long Island teen who teaches him a thing or two about growing up, all under the disapproving eye of his…
12
Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar (2021)
★ 6/10
The story of best friends Barb and Star, who leave their small midwestern town for the first time to go on vacation in Vista Del Mar, Florida, where they soon find themselves tangled up in adventure, love, and a…
13
Her (2013)
★ 7.8/10
In the not so distant future, Theodore, a lonely writer, purchases a newly developed operating system designed to meet the user's every need. To Theodore's surprise, a romantic relationship develops between him and his…
14
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
★ 7.5/10
An alien is left behind on Earth and saved by the 10-year-old Elliott who decides to keep him hidden in his home. While a task force hunts for the extra-terrestrial, Elliott, his brother, and his little sister Gertie…
15
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 (2008)
★ 6.3/10
Four young women continue the journey toward adulthood that began with "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants." Now three years later, these lifelong friends embark on separate paths for their first year of college and…
16
My Friends Act II (1982)
★ 7.6/10
The four old friends meet on the grave of the fifth of them, Perozzi, who died at the end of the first episode. Time has passed but they are still up for adventures and cruel jokes, and while they recall the one they…
17
Let's Go to Prison (2006)
★ 6/10
When a career criminal's plan for revenge is thwarted by unlikely circumstances, he puts his intended victim's son in his place by putting him in prison...and then joining him.
18
Hide Your Smiling Faces (2014)
★ 6.2/10
Tommy and his older brother Eric live in the midst of vast remote forests. The death of their friend pushes them close to the edge. Eric doesn’t know how to channel his energy. All at once, nature’s vastness feels…
19
Under the Riccione Sun (2020)
★ 6.2/10
While vacationing on the crowded beaches of Riccione, a group of teenagers becomes fast friends as they grapple with relationship issues and romance.
20
Jules (2023)
★ 7.1/10
A flying saucer lands in the backyard of an elderly suburbanite with memory problems, who forms a bond with the scared alien inside.