Top 20 movies like Léon Morin, Priest

Léon Morin, Priest

The widow Barny lives in Nazi-occupied France, looking after her half-Jewish daughter in a small village. When the Germans arrive, she decides to baptize her and chooses priest Léon Morin to do so. After spending some time with him, the relationship with her confessor turns into a confrontation with both God and her own repressed desire. 

Léon Morin, prêtre is of 1 hour(s) and 57 minute(s). It is Produced By:  Rome-Paris Films, Concordia Compagnia Cinematografica. It was released on 1961-09-21. It has an average vote of 6.989 on TMDB.

Genres: DramaRomance

1. National Theatre Live: Antony & Cleopatra

National Theatre Live: Antony & Cleopatra

Caesar and his assassins are dead. General Mark Antony now rules alongside his fellow defenders of Rome. But at the fringes of a war-torn empire the Egyptian Queen Cleopatra and Mark Antony have fallen fiercely in love. In a tragic fight between devotion and duty, obsession becomes a catalyst for war.

It has an average vote of 7.4 on TMDB.

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2. The Commissar (Комиссар)

The Commissar

Klavdia Vavilova, a Red Army cavalry commissar, is waylaid by an unexpected pregnancy. She stays with a Jewish family to give birth and is softened somewhat by the experience of family life.

It has an average vote of 6.6 on TMDB.

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3. The Foundation of Criminal Excellence (Kriminālās ekselences fonds)

The Foundation of Criminal Excellence

Imants Veide is writing a script about con artists and their schemes. Together with his friend Harijs Kuharjonoks he's trying them out for real for greater authenticity, but gets too entangled in real criminal schemes. More and more colorful characters appear on the horizon, but Imant's main adversary on the road to criminal excellency is his Neighbour, a true iron lady with balls bigger than all those involved combined.

It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.

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4. Love Is a Funny Thing (Un Homme Qui Me Plaît)

Love Is a Funny Thing

In America, two French expats, composer Henri and actress Françoise meet and fall in love with each other.

It has an average vote of 6.337 on TMDB.

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5. Jungle Emperor Leo (ジャングル大帝 劇場版)

Jungle Emperor Leo

Tezuka Osamu's most famous work "Jungle Emperor Leo" has been made into an animated version a number of times. In this theater version, Tezuka Osamu was able for the first time to depict the theme that "All life is equal" through Leo's self-sacrifice.

It has an average vote of 6.9 on TMDB.

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6. Black Moon

Black Moon

There is a war in the world between the men and the women. A young girl tries to escape this reality and comes to a hidden place where a strange unicorn lives with a family: sister, brother, many children and an old woman that never leaves her bed but stays in contact with the world through her radio.

It has an average vote of 6.071 on TMDB.

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7. Frisky (Pane, amore e gelosia)

Frisky

The relationships between a veteran marshal, his bride-to-be, a rookie and his fiancée are severely tested when the young carabiniere is temporarily sent to a distant town.

It has an average vote of 7.164 on TMDB.

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8. Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts (Marlina si Pembunuh dalam Empat Babak)

Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts

After encountering a group of bandits with plans to rape and steal from her, a young widow ventures into the wilderness in search of justice.

It has an average vote of 6.8 on TMDB.

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9. Eastern Boys (Eastern Boys)

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Daniel cruises the Gare du Nord where Eastern European Boys hang out. One afternoon he plucks up his courage to speak to Marek, one of the boys and invites him to his home. However, next day when the doorbell rings, Daniel hasn’t the faintest idea that he has fallen into a trap.

It has an average vote of 6.7 on TMDB.

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10. Brief Encounter

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Returning home from a shopping trip to a nearby town, bored suburban housewife Laura Jesson is thrown by happenstance into an acquaintance with virtuous doctor Alec Harvey. Their casual friendship soon develops during their weekly visits into something more emotionally fulfilling than either expected, and they must wrestle with the potential havoc their deepening relationship would have on their lives and the lives of those they love.

It has an average vote of 7.685 on TMDB.

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11. Rocco and His Brothers (Rocco e i suoi fratelli)

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When a impoverished widow’s family moves to the big city, two of her five sons become romantic rivals with deadly results.

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12. The Passion of Joan of Arc (La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc)

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A classic of the silent age, this film tells the story of the doomed but ultimately canonized 15th-century teenage warrior. On trial for claiming she'd spoken to God, Jeanne d'Arc is subjected to inhumane treatment and scare tactics at the hands of church court officials. Initially bullied into changing her story, Jeanne eventually opts for what she sees as the truth. Her punishment, a famously brutal execution, earns her perpetual martyrdom.

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13. Pierrot le Fou (Pierrot le fou)

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Pierrot escapes his boring society and travels from Paris to the Mediterranean Sea with Marianne, a girl chased by hit-men from Algeria. They lead an unorthodox life, always on the run.

It has an average vote of 7.417 on TMDB.

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14. Das Boot (Das Boot)

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A German submarine hunts allied ships during the Second World War, but it soon becomes the hunted. The crew tries to survive below the surface, while stretching both the boat and themselves to their limits.

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15. In the Mood for Love (花樣年華)

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In Hong Kong of 1962, Mrs. Chan and Mr. Chow, a journalist, move into neighbouring apartments on the same day. Their encounters are formal and polite—until a discovery about their respective spouses creates an intimate bond between them.

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16. Sound of Metal

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Metal drummer Ruben begins to lose his hearing. When a doctor tells him his condition will worsen, he thinks his career and life is over. His girlfriend Lou checks the former addict into a rehab for the deaf hoping it will prevent a relapse and help him adapt to his new life. After being welcomed and accepted just as he is, Ruben must choose between his new normal and the life he once knew.

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17. Dirty Dancing

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Expecting the usual tedium that accompanies a summer in the Catskills with her family, 17-year-old Frances 'Baby' Houseman is surprised to find herself stepping into the shoes of a professional hoofer—and unexpectedly falling in love.

It has an average vote of 7.3 on TMDB.

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18. Schindler's List

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The true story of how businessman Oskar Schindler saved over a thousand Jewish lives from the Nazis while they worked as slaves in his factory during World War II.

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19. The Lion King

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A young lion prince is cast out of his pride by his cruel uncle, who claims he killed his father. While the uncle rules with an iron paw, the prince grows up beyond the Savannah, living by a philosophy: No worries for the rest of your days. But when his past comes to haunt him, the young prince must decide his fate: Will he remain an outcast or face his demons and become what he needs to be?

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20. Joker

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During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure.

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