Movies Like At Play in the Fields of the Lord
If you liked At Play in the Fields of the Lord (1991), a drama and romance movie directed by Héctor Babenco, 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.
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The Lost City of Z (2017)
★ 6.4/10Also dramaA true-life drama in the 1920s, centering on British explorer Col. Percy Fawcett, who discovered evidence of a previously unknown, advanced civilization in the Amazon and disappeared whilst searching for it.
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Blind (2017)
★ 6.1/10Also drama and romanceA novelist is blinded in a car crash that killed his wife and several years later rediscovers his passion for life and writing when he embarks on an affair with the neglected wife of an indicted businessman.
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7 Women (1965)
★ 6.5/10Also dramaIn a mission in China in 1935, a group of women are preyed on by Mongolian bandits, led by Warlord chief Tunga Khan.
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Trees of Peace (2021)
★ 7.2/10Also dramaFour women from different backgrounds forge an unbreakable sisterhood while trapped and in hiding during the genocide in Rwanda.
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My Policeman (2022)
★ 7.5/10Also drama and romanceIn the late 1990s, the arrival of elderly invalid Patrick into Marion and Tom’s home triggers the exploration of seismic events from 40 years previous: the passionate relationship between Tom and Patrick at a time when…
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Untamed Heart (1993)
★ 6.9/10Also drama and romanceCaroline, a young waitress who seems to have bad taste in men, is on her way home one night when thugs attempt to rape her. Adam, the mysterious busboy who works at the same diner, helps fight off the assailants, and…
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Gorillas in the Mist (1988)
★ 7/10Also dramaThe story of Dian Fossey, a scientist who came to Africa to study the vanishing mountain gorillas, and later fought to protect them.
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Deliverance (1972)
★ 7.3/10Also dramaIntent on seeing the Cahulawassee River before it's turned into one huge lake, outdoor fanatic Lewis Medlock takes his friends on a river-rafting trip they'll never forget into the dangerous American back-country.
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Jude (1996)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and romanceIn late 19th-century England, Jude aspires to be an academic, but is hobbled by his blue-collar background. Instead, he works as a stonemason and is trapped in an unloving marriage to a farmer's daughter named…
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Gabriel's Inferno: Part II (2020)
★ 8.3/10Also romance and dramaProfessor Gabriel Emerson finally learns the truth about Julia Mitchell's identity, but his realization comes a moment too late. Julia is done waiting for the well-respected Dante specialist to remember her and wants…
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Heavenly Creatures (1994)
★ 6.9/10Also dramaPrecocious teenager Juliet moves to New Zealand with her family and soon befriends the quiet, brooding Pauline through their shared love of fantasy and literature. This friendship gradually develops into an intense and…
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My Fault: London (2025)
★ 7.4/10Also drama and romance18-year-old Noah moves from America to London, with her mother who's recently fallen in love with William, a wealthy British businessman. Noah meets William’s son, bad-boy Nick, and soon discovers there is an…
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Blindness (2008)
★ 6.5/10Also dramaWhen a sudden plague of blindness devastates a city, a small group of the afflicted band together to triumphantly overcome the horrific conditions of their imposed quarantine.
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On Chesil Beach (2018)
★ 6.1/10Also drama and romanceIn 1962 England, a young couple finds their idyllic romance colliding with issues of sexual freedom and societal pressure, leading to an awkward and fateful wedding night.
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Love Me Love Me (2026)
★ 6.1/10Also romance and dramaAfter her brother's death, June moves to Milan for a fresh start, finding comfort in Will, the perfect honor student at her new international school. But when his troubled best friend James—hiding a dangerous life in…
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The Shipping News (2001)
★ 6.4/10Also drama and romanceAn emotionally-beaten man with his young daughter moves to his ancestral home in Newfoundland to reclaim his life.
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Foe (2023)
★ 5.9/10Also dramaHenrietta and Junior farm a secluded piece of land that has been in Junior's family for generations, but their quiet life is thrown into turmoil when an uninvited stranger shows up at their door with a startling…
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White Mischief (1987)
★ 6.1/10Also drama and romanceA millionaire past his prime and his young wife arrive in Kenya circa 1940 to find that the other affluent British expatriates are living large as the homefront gears up for war. They are busy swapping partners, doing…
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The Last Time I Saw Paris (1954)
★ 6.1/10Also drama and romanceReporter Charles Wills, in Paris to cover the end of World War II, falls for the beautiful Helen Ellswirth following a brief flirtation with her sister, Marion. After he and Helen marry, Charles pursues his novelistic…
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Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)
★ 7.4/10Also dramaWhen oil is discovered in 1920s Oklahoma under Osage Nation land, the Osage people are murdered one by one—until the FBI steps in to unravel the mystery.