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Movies Like Clergyman

If you liked Clergyman, a drama and history movie directed by Jacek Gwizdała, 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 Two Popes

    The Two Popes (2019)

    ★ 7.5/10Also drama and history

    Frustrated with the direction of the church, Cardinal Bergoglio requests permission to retire in 2012 from Pope Benedict. Instead, facing scandal and self-doubt, the introspective Pope Benedict summons his harshest…

  3. 3Outlaws - For Greater Glory

    Outlaws - For Greater Glory (2012)

    ★ 7/10Also history and 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.

  4. 4The Shoes of the Fisherman

    The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama

    Ukrainian bishop Kiril Lakota, a political prisoner in a Soviet gulag for twenty years, is unexpectedly released and sent to the Vatican, where, upon the sudden death of the Pope, leader of the Catholic Church, he must…

  5. 5Luther

    Luther (2003)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama and history

    During the early 16th century, idealistic German monk Martin Luther, disgusted by the materialism in the church, begins the dialogue that will lead to the Protestant Reformation.

  6. 6Corpus Christi

    Corpus Christi (2019)

    ★ 7.6/10Also drama

    A pious 20-year-old juvenile delinquent is sent to work at a sawmill in a small town; on arrival, he dresses up as a priest and accidentally takes over the local parish. The arrival of this young, charismatic preacher…

  7. 7All the Money in the World

    All the Money in the World (2017)

    ★ 6.5/10Also history

    The story of the kidnapping of 16-year-old John Paul Getty III and the desperate attempt by his devoted mother to convince his billionaire grandfather Jean Paul Getty to pay the ransom.

  8. 8Shattered Glass

    Shattered Glass (2003)

    ★ 7/10Also drama and history

    Stephen Glass is a staff writer for the respected current events and policy magazine The New Republic and a freelance feature writer for publications such as Rolling Stone, Harper's and George. By the mid-90s, Glass'…

  9. 9Oranges and Sunshine

    Oranges and Sunshine (2010)

    ★ 6.9/10Also drama and history

    The story of Margaret Humphreys, a social worker from Nottingham, who uncovers one of the most significant social scandals in recent times – the forced migration of children from the United Kingdom to Australia and…

  10. 10Demetrius and the Gladiators

    Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954)

    ★ 6.6/10Also history and drama

    The story picks up at the point where "The Robe" ends, following the martyrdom of Diana and Marcellus. Christ's robe is conveyed to Peter for safe-keeping, but the emperor Caligula wants it back to benefit from its…

  11. 11Mary

    Mary (2024)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama and history

    A miraculous conception. A merciless king. A murderous pursuit. Mary's journey to give birth to Jesus unfolds in this biblical coming-of-age epic.

  12. 12The Scarlet and the Black

    The Scarlet and the Black (1983)

    ★ 7.1/10Also drama and history

    Fr. Hugh O'Flaherty is a Vatican official in 1943-45 who has been hiding downed pilots, escaped prisoners of war, and Italian resistance families. His activities become so large that the Nazis decide to assassinate him…

  13. 137 Women

    7 Women (1965)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama and history

    In a mission in China in 1935, a group of women are preyed on by Mongolian bandits, led by Warlord chief Tunga Khan.

  14. 14Adventures of a Mathematician

    Adventures of a Mathematician (2021)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama and history

    The warmhearted story of Polish immigrant and mathematician Stan Ulam, who moved to the U.S. in the 1930s. Stan deals with the difficult losses of family and friends all while helping to create the hydrogen bomb and…

  15. 15Panther

    Panther (1995)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama and history

    In this sprawling, fictionalized history of the Black Panthers, 1960s Oakland becomes a war zone as the Panthers battle for the right to exist.

  16. 16Mansfield Park

    Mansfield Park (2007)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama

    Fanny Price is sent to live with her wealthy relatives, the Bertrams, where she is treated poorly by most except her cousin Edmund. Her life is complicated by the arrival of the worldly Mary and Henry Crawford

  17. 17The Secrets We Keep

    The Secrets We Keep (2020)

    ★ 6/10Also history and drama

    In post-World War II America, a woman, rebuilding her life in the suburbs with her husband, kidnaps her neighbor and seeks vengeance for the heinous war crimes she believes he committed against her.

  18. 18Girl in the Box

    Girl in the Box (2016)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama

    The true story of 20-year-old Colleen Stan, a hitchhiking woman abducted by a young couple and held captive for seven years, during which time she's tortured and forced to live as a slave to her captors.

  19. 19Ben-Hur

    Ben-Hur (1959)

    ★ 7.9/10Also history and drama

    In ancient Judea, a Jewish aristocrat opposing Roman occupation of his homeland reunites with his childhood friend, now a Roman commander — setting in motion a saga of betrayal, adventure, tragedy, revenge, and faith.

  20. 20In the Name of...

    In the Name of... (2013)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama

    The contemporary story of a priest who launches a centre for troubled youth in a small parish. He is a good priest and is well-liked by his congregation, which remains unaware of his complicated past.

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