20 movies like The Shoes of the Fisherman, ordered by similarity : The Third Miracle(1999), Middle of Nowhere(2012), Apprentice(2016), Paul, Apostle of Christ(2018), No End(1985), The Good Lie(2014), Thérèse(1986), By God's Grace(2014), Transamerica(2005), Rosewater(2014), Blackboards(2000), Mary Magdalene(2018) ...
Drama
USA
1968
157 Minutes
Anthony Quinn Laurence Olivier Oskar Werner David Janssen Vittorio De Sica Leo McKern John Gielgud Barbara Jefford Rosemarie Dexter Frank Finlay Burt Kwouk
priest pope premier prisoner cardinal archbishop profound inspiring suspenseful emotional russia rome vatican labor camp peace talks airplane cold war roman catholicism doubt compassion
After spending decades in a Siberian Gulag labor camp, Roman Catholic priest Kiril Lakota is set free by Russian leader Piotr Ilyich Kamenev at the height of the Cold War
Drama
USA
1999
119 Minutes
Ed Harris Anne Heche Armin Mueller-Stahl Charles Haid Michael Rispoli James Gallanders Jean-Louis Roux Ken James Caterina Scorsone Barbara Sukowa Bob Jarvis
priest bishop daughter atheist intense moving solemn emotional church chicago czechoslovakia roman catholicism faith doubt canonization desire mother/daughter relationship discovery transformation forbidden love
The Vatican sends a priest to verify some miracles, performed by a woman who has been nominated for sainthood. During his investigation, the priest, who is experiencing a crisis of faith, re-discovers his own purpose in life.
Romance, Drama
2012
101 Minutes
Emayatzy Corinealdi David Oyelowo Omari Hardwick Lorraine Toussaint Edwina Findley Sharon Lawrence Dondré Whitfield Troy Curvey III Maya Gilbert
wife husband couple medical student convict emotional endearing engaging gripping inspiring prison united states america prison prison life self-discovery journey marriage relationships incarceration
A med student (Emayatzy Corinealdi) considers leaving her long-imprisoned husband (Omari Hardwick) for a charming bus driver (David Oyelowo).
Drama
Singapore|Germany|France|Hong Kong|Qatar
2016
96 Minutes
Firdaus Rahman Wan Hanafisu Mastura Ahmad Boon Pin Koh Nickson Cheng Crispian Chan Gerald Chew
prison guard prisoner executioner apprentice sister father brooding emotional intense prison apartment execution chamber market car street prison execution guilt anger acceptance
Inevitably, a transfer to a maximum security prison will eventually challenge the integrity and ethics of a young correctional officer on his way to become a chief executioner.
Drama
USA
2018
108 Minutes
Jim Caviezel James Faulkner Olivier Martinez Joanne Whalley-Kilmer John Lynch Yorgos Karamihos Antonia Campbell Hughes Alessandro Sperduti Manuel Cauchi Noah Huntley Kenneth Spiteri
apostle captive prisoner writer roman roman soldier dark brutal inspiring emotional gritty tense rome prison cell city market religious beliefs storytelling prison
Luke travels Roma looking for apostle Paul, turned in Nero's prisoner, to tell his story before his execution.
Drama
Poland
1985
108 Minutes
Grazyna Szapolowska Maria Pakulnis Aleksander Bardini Jerzy Radziwilowicz Artur Barcis Michal Bajor Hanna Dunowska Adam Ferency Jerzy Kamas Elzbieta Kilarska Marek Kondrat
husband wife son political prisoner lawyer activist brooding profound dreamy emotional warsaw, poland jail court hotel household grief marriage political unrest ghosts social change
The wife of the recently deceased lawyer tries to cope with grief after his loss and to keep his last case going in court.
Drama
Kenya|India|USA|Canada|South Africa
2014
109 Minutes
Reese Witherspoon Arnold Oceng Ger Duany Emmanuel Jal Corey Stoll Thad Luckinbill Nyakuoth Wiel Femi Oguns Sarah Baker Lindsey Garrett
orphan sibling survivor refugee manager woman chilling emotional fascinating sudan kenya refugee camp airplane house office war orphans refugees journey adaptation
A group of Sudanese refugees, given the chance to resettle in the U.S., arrive in Kansas City, Missouri, where their encounter with an employment agency counselor forever changes all of their lives.
Drama
1986
90 Minutes
Catherine Mouchet Aurore Prieto Sylvie Habault Mona Heftre Hélène Alexandridis Clémence Massart Nathalie Bernart Armand Meppiel Beatrice De Vigan Jean Pélégri Jean Pieuchot
pope nun sister bishop doctor uplifting engaging profound solemn convent normandy, france faith catholicism tuberculosis miracles sister relationship thérèse martin transformation sacrifice 1890s
Based on the life of St. Therese, an idealistic woman who joined the Carmelite nuns and was canonized after her death.
Drama
USA
2014
83 Minutes
Cameron Deane Stewart Savannah McReynolds Roark Critchlow Jillian Clare John J. York Brennan Bailey Preston Bailey Kc Guyer
family mother father son daughter christian sibling business owner emotional inspiring moving powerful profound positive youth center faith family relationships religion devotion tragedy
From a meager beginning to owning a thriving air charter service, the Taylors devoted their lives to their children Chris (Cameron Deane Stewart) and Grace (Savannah McReynolds). Raising ... See full summary »
Gay & Lesbian, Comedy, Drama
USA
2005
103 Minutes
Felicity Huffman Kevin Zegers Fionnula Flanagan Graham Greene Burt Young Elizabeth Peña Bianca Leigh Jon Budinoff Carrie Preston Maurice Orozco
transsexual son rancher mother therapist emotional uplifting positive los angeles new york city prison phoenix car road trip father/son relationship car theft sexual abuse sex change sexual identity transformation
A preoperative transgender woman takes an unexpected journey when she learns that she fathered a son, now a teenage runaway hustling on the streets of New York.
Drama
USA
2014
103 Minutes
Gael García Bernal Shohreh Aghdashloo Golshifteh Farahani Dimitri Leonidas Haluk Bilginer Andrew Gower Arian Moayed Numan Acar Nasser Faris
journalist interrogator president political candidate brutal disheartening gripping shocking suspenseful iran prison interrogation room torture politics terror war espionage imprisonment discovery transformation
Iranian-Canadian journalist Maziar Bahari is detained by Iranian forces who brutally interrogate him under suspicion that he is a spy.
Drama
Iran|Italy|Japan
2000
85 Minutes
Bahman Ghobadi Said Mohamadi Behnaz Jafari
teacher husband wife nomad son old man emotional gutsy inspiring iran desert village education war compassion journey smuggling kurdish culture sacrifice quest
Itinerant Kurdish teachers, carrying blackboards on their backs, look for students in the hills and villages of Iran, near the Iraqi border during the Iran-Iraq war. Said falls in with a ... See full summary »
Drama
UK|Australia|USA
2018
120 Minutes
Rooney Mara Joaquin Phoenix Chiwetel Ejiofor Tahar Rahim Ariane Labed Denis Menochet Lubna Azabal Tcheky Karyo Hadas Yaron Ryan Corr Irit Sheleg
mary magdalene jesus disciple leader preacher powerful moving emotional passionate brutal profound camp church rome village religion christianity crucifixion betrayal transformation
Twelve men heard and spread the message of Jesus. Only one woman understood it.
Drama, War
West Germany
1959
93 Minutes
Joachim Hansen Wilhelm Borchert Wolfgang Preiss Carl Lange Horst Frank Peter Carsten Richard Münch Günter Pfitzmann Sonja Ziemann Gunnar Möller
german officer nationalist german soldier enemy soldier engaging suspenseful fascinating gripping melodramatic heartwarming germany stalingrad stalingrad, russia war zone war world war ii ideologies nationalism national identity
In the winter of 1943, against the background of battle scenes, a young German Lieutenant who increasingly distrusts the inhuman Nazi ideology struggles with the concept of war.
Romance, Drama
2019
76 Minutes
Aki Omoshaybi Pippa Bennett-Warner Amy Manson Kola Bokinni Ben Tavassoli Amanda Lawrence Karen Bryson Tori Butler Hart Matthew Butler Hart Deano Mitchison Suzette Llewellyn
single mother job seeker man emotional endearing engaging intense united kingdom romance hard times struggle discovery love transformation 21st century
Drama
USA
1992
99 Minutes
Glenn Plummer Byron Keith Minns Lexie D. Bigham Vincent Craig Dupree LaRita Shelby Kevin Best Allan Hatcher Christian Coleman Ivory Ocean Starletta DuPois Carl Lumbly
gang member girlfriend son best friend convict father gripping brutal moving south central los angeles prison street gangs drug addiction mentorship father/son relationship self-discovery prison transformation
A former gangster fresh out of prison wants to change his life for the better and must save his 10 year old son who has already chosen a gang life.
Drama
UK|USA
1994
105 Minutes
William Hurt Chris Cleary Miles Keith Allen Prunella Scales Jane Horrocks Alan Cumming John Hurt
single father child social worker neighbor uncle prisoner tense powerful emotional wales camp prison house adoption father/son relationship aids parenthood transformation love 1990s
Graham, a lonely Welsh postal worker, adopts James, a troubled ten-year-old boy. Graham always wanted a son, but James loves his biological father too much to give Graham a chance. Will the two be able to accept each other as family?
Drama
France
1952
87 Minutes
Brigitte Fossey Georges Poujouly Lucien Hubert Suzanne Contal Jacques Marin Laurence Badie
orphan son father emotional endearing profound france small town world war ii war childhood death friendship growing up 1940s
A young French girl orphaned in a Nazi air attack is befriended by the son of a poor farmer, and together they try to come to terms with the realities of death.
Drama
Italy|Canada
1977
106 Minutes
Sophia Loren Marcello Mastroianni John Vernon Françoise Berd Tiziano De Persio Maurizio Di Paolantonio Antonio Garibaldi Alessandra Mussolini Nicole Magny Vittorio Guerrieri
housewife homosexual radio personality husband fascist stranger charming emotional passionate profound rome apartment street fascism political debate political repression homosexuality domestic life friendship forbidden love
Two neighbors, a persecuted journalist and a resigned housewife, meet during Hitler's visit to Italy in May 1938.
War, Drama
1963
97 Minutes
Kolya Burlyayev Valentin Zubkov Ye. Zharikov Stepan Krylov Nikolay Grinko Dmitri Milyutenko
nazi russian spy boy orphan captain chilling powerful dark russia prison camp east germany military academy spying war traumatic past murder world war ii prison break transformation revenge
During World War II, a 12-year-old Russian sneaks behind enemy lines to spy on the Germans who killed his parents.
Biography, Drama, History
USA
2014
114 Minutes
Tobey Maguire Peter Sarsgaard Liev Schreiber Michael Stuhlbarg Lily Rabe Robin Weigert Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick Aiden Lovekamp Conrad Pla Evelyne Brochu Sophie Nélisse
chess player prodigy young man chess grandmaster russian government official brooding gripping gutsy intense tense emotional united states russia beach auditorium chess tournament bulgaria chess competition
Set during the Cold War, American chess prodigy Bobby Fischer finds himself caught between two superpowers and his own struggles as he challenges the Soviet Empire.