Top 20 movies like Priest Daens

Priest Daens

In the 1890s, Father Adolf Daens goes to Aalst, a textile town where child labor is rife, pay and working conditions are horrible, the poor have no vote, and the Catholic church backs the petite bourgeoisie in oppressing workers. He writes a few columns for the Catholic paper, and soon workers are listening and the powerful are in an uproar. He's expelled from the Catholic party, so he starts the Christian Democrats and is elected to Parliament. After Rome disciplines him, he must choose between two callings, as priest and as champion of workers. In subplots, a courageous young woman falls in love with a socialist and survives a shop foreman's rape; children die; prelates play billiards.

Daens is of 2 hour(s) and 18 minute(s). It is Produced By:  Dérives Productions, Shooting Star Filmcompany, Favourite Films. It was released on 1992-10-01. It has an average vote of 7.1 on TMDB.

Genres: DramaHistory

1. Oxygen (Adem)

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Two young man share an incurable illness. Is their love for the women in their lives strong enough to conquer their fear of dying?

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2. Smoorverliefd (Smoorverliefd)

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3. The Indian in the Cupboard

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4. The Red Sea Diving Resort

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5. Dances with Wolves

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6. Dark Phoenix

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7. Hachi: A Dog's Tale

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A drama based on the true story of a college professor's bond with the abandoned dog he takes into his home.

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8. The Departed

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9. The Lion King

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10. Kill Bill: Vol. 2

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11. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

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12. Inglourious Basterds

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13. 28 Days Later

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14. Psycho

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15. Midnight in Paris

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16. Life of Pi

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17. The Revenant

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18. No Country for Old Men

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19. Back to the Future

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20. We're the Millers

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