Movies Like Léon Morin, Priest
If you liked Léon Morin, Priest (1961), a drama and romance movie directed by Jean-Pierre Melville, 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 Way We Were (1973)
★ 7/10Also drama and romanceOpposites attract when, during their college days, Katie Morosky, a politically active Jew, meets Hubbell Gardiner, a feckless WASP. Years later, in the wake of World War II, they meet once again and, despite their…
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A Hidden Life (2019)
★ 7.2/10Also dramaAustrian farmer Franz Jägerstätter faces the threat of execution for refusing to fight for the Nazis during World War II.
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Rebel in the Rye (2017)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and romanceThe life of celebrated but reclusive author J.D. Salinger, who gained worldwide fame with the publication of his novel The Catcher in the Rye.
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The Bridges of Madison County (1995)
★ 7.7/10Also drama and romancePhotographer Robert Kincaid wanders into the life of housewife Francesca Johnson for four days in the 1960s.
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Suite Française (2015)
★ 7.2/10Also drama and romanceFrance, 1940. In the first days of occupation, beautiful Lucile Angellier is trapped in a stifled existence with her controlling mother-in-law as they both await news of her husband: a prisoner of war. Parisian…
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Freud's Last Session (2023)
★ 6.6/10Also dramaOn the eve of the Second World War, two of the greatest minds of the twentieth century, C.S. Lewis and Sigmund Freud converge for their own personal battle over the existence of God. The film interweaves the lives of…
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Les Misérables (1998)
★ 7.2/10Also drama and romanceIn 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the…
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White Bird (2023)
★ 7.8/10Also dramaAfter being expelled from Beecher Prep for his treatment of a classmate with a facial deformity, Julian has struggled to fit in at his new school. To transform his life, Julian's grandmother finally reveals her own…
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Summerland (2020)
★ 7.5/10Also drama and romanceA woman during the Second World War opens her heart to an evacuee after initially resolving to be rid of him.
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The Zone of Interest (2023)
★ 7/10Also dramaThe commandant of Auschwitz, Rudolf Höss, and his wife Hedwig, strive to build a dream life for their family in a house and garden next to the camp.
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Their Finest (2017)
★ 6.6/10Also romance and dramaDuring the Blitz of World War II, a female screenwriter works on a film celebrating England's resilience as a way to buoy a weary populace's spirits. Her efforts to dramatise the true story of two sisters who undertook…
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The Left Hand of God (1955)
★ 6.3/10Also dramaA 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…
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
★ 7.6/10Also drama and romanceBorn under unusual circumstances, Benjamin Button springs into being as an elderly man in a New Orleans nursing home and ages in reverse. Twelve years after his birth, he meets Daisy, a child who flits in and out of…
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Doctor Zhivago (1965)
★ 7.6/10Also drama and romanceThe life of a Russian physician and poet who, although married to another, falls in love with a political activist's wife and experiences hardship during World War I and then the October Revolution.
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The Nun's Story (1959)
★ 7.2/10Also dramaAfter leaving a wealthy Belgian family to become a nun, Sister Luke struggles with her devotion to her vows during crisis, disappointment, and World War II.
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Head in the Clouds (2004)
★ 6/10Also drama and romanceGilda Bessé shares her Paris apartment with an Irish schoolteacher, Guy Malyon, and Mia, a refugee from Spain. As the world drifts toward war, Gilda defiantly pursues her hedonistic lifestyle and her burgeoning career…
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Topaz (1969)
★ 6/10Also dramaCopenhagen, Denmark, 1962. When a high-ranking Soviet official decides to change sides, a French intelligence agent is caught up in a cold, silent and bloody spy war in which his own family will play a decisive role.
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Empire of the Sun (1987)
★ 7.5/10Also dramaJamie Graham, a privileged English boy, is living in Shanghai when the Japanese invade and force all foreigners into prison camps. Jamie is captured with an American sailor, who looks out for him while they are in the…
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The Razor's Edge (1984)
★ 6.4/10Also drama and romanceAn American WWI veteran undertakes a spiritual quest that takes him from Paris to Nepal to the Himalayas and back to his hometown. Upon his return, he discovers he is not the only one who has changed.
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Mrs. Miniver (1942)
★ 7.1/10Also drama and romanceMiddle-class housewife Kay Miniver deals with petty problems. She and her husband Clem watch her Oxford-educated son Vin court Carol Beldon, the charming granddaughter of the local nobility as represented by Lady…