20 movies like Thérèse, ordered by similarity : Little Sister(2015), Kandahar(2001), Crimes of the Heart(1986), Smouldering Fires(1925), 15 Park Avenue(2005), The Sisters(1938), The Trial of Joan of Arc(1962), Pastor Brown(2009), The Nun's Story(1959), Half of a Yellow Sun(2013), Jane Wants a Boyfriend(2015), When a Man Loves(1927) ...
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
2015
126 Minutes
Haruka Ayase Masami Nagasawa Kaho Suzu Hirose Kirin Kiki Shinobu Ohtake Ryô Kase Jun Fubuki
sister mother figure estranged father sibling half sister friend caregiver grandmother love interest romantic interest mother lighthearted emotional engaging endearing positive japan home family home family
After the death of their estranged father, three siblings (Haruka Ayase, Masami Nagasawa, Kaho) invite their half sister (Suzu Hirose) to live with them.
Drama
Iran|France
2001
85 Minutes
Niloufar Pazira Hassan Tantai Sadou Teymouri
journalist young woman sister afghan suspenseful emotional intense profound canada kandahar, afghanistan border desert village mosque political repression women's rights family journey sister relationship disability
After an Afghanistan-born woman who lives in Canada receives a letter from her suicidal sister, she takes a perilous journey through Afghanistan to try to find her.
Drama
USA
1986
104 Minutes
Diane Keaton Jessica Lange Sissy Spacek Sam Shepard Tess Harper David Carpenter Hurd Hatfield Beeson Carroll Jean Willard Tom Mason Gregory Travis
sister mother grandfather singer sibling heartwarming engaging profound deep south household mississippi family dysfunction crime sister relationship relationships suicide love sacrifice 1980s
Three southern sisters try to come to grips with the meaning of their mother's suicide.
Drama
USA
1925
80 Minutes
Pauline Frederick Laura La Plante Malcolm McGregor Tully Marshall Wanda Hawley Helen Lynch George Cooper
manager secretary sister friend committee member newlywed engaging moving office factory apartment park ambition marriage of convenience rumors sister relationship self-sacrifice may-december romance quest sacrifice
A successful businesswoman falls in love with one of her (much younger) factory workers. She doesn't know that he is in love with her younger sister.
Drama
India
2005
116 Minutes
Shabana Azmi Konkona Sen Sharma Rahul Bose Kanwaljit Singh Shifaali Shah Waheeda Rehman Dhritiman Chatterjee Soumitra Chatterjee Parag Bhatnagar Yama Shroff
sister mother father fiancé doctor schizophrenic emotional uneasy engaging house city college india schizophrenia sisterhood family rape guilt delusions discovery
An exploration of the impact of schizophrenia on a young woman and her family in today's Calcutta. The narrative pivots around the relationship of two sisters, older sister Anjali is a ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1938
98 Minutes
Errol Flynn Bette Davis Anita Louise Jane Bryan Ian Hunter Henry Travers Beulah Bondi Donald Crisp Dick Foran Patric Knowles Alan Hale
secretary sportswriter father sister fiancé millionaire melodramatic intense gripping montana san francisco apartment office ship sister relationship marriage ambition drinking earthquakes reconciliation
Three daughters of a small town pharmacist undergo trials and tribulations in their problematic marriages between 1904 and 1908.
Drama
UK
1962
65 Minutes
Florence Carrez Jean-Claude Fourneau Roger Honorat Marc Jacquier Jean Gillibert Andre Regnier Michel Herubel Philippe Dreux Marcel Darbaud E.R. Pratt Michael Williams
bishop teen girl monk peasant witness brooding solemn profound france courtroom cell public execution joan of arc trial heresy religion faith death sentence sacrifice mystery
Espionage story telling how British and American security agents outwit ruthless and cunning traitors trying to steal secret project plans.
Drama
USA
2009
90 Minutes
Salli Richardson-Whitfield Nicole Parker Keith David Michael B. Jordan Ernie Hudson Rockmond Dunbar Michael Beach Tasha Smith Tisha Campbell-Martin
exotic dancer dying person father pastor sister son emotional uplifting tender touching atlanta georgia church hospital redemption religion homecoming family sister relationship transformation
When her father unexpectedly falls terminally ill, exotic dancer Jessica "Jesse" Brown returns home for the first time in more than a decade. Her father's dying wish - that she take over as... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1959
149 Minutes
Audrey Hepburn Peter Finch Edith Evans Peggy Ashcroft Dean Jagger Mildred Dunnock Beatrice Straight Patricia Collinge Eva Kotthaus Ruth White Niall MacGinnis
nun doctor mother superior mental patient solemn emotional melodramatic tense belgian congo africa belgium medicine religious vows world war ii virginity disease faith sacrifice transformation temptation
After 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.
Drama
Nigeria|UK
2013
113 Minutes
Thandie Newton Chiwetel Ejiofor Anika Noni Rose Joseph Mawle Hakeem Kae-Kazim John Boyega Babou Ceesay Genevieve Nnaji Robert Davide O.C. Ukeje Ayo Lijadu
husband wife sister man woman political activist academic emotional gripping rousing powerful nigeria family home west africa war zone political activism political unrest sister relationship marriage identity
Sisters Olanna and Kainene return home to 1960s Nigeria, where they soon diverge on different paths. As civil war breaks out, political events loom larger than their differences as they join the fight to establish an independent republic.
Comedy, Romance, Drama
USA
2015
101 Minutes
Eliza Dushku Louisa Krause Gabriel Ebert Amir Arison Jon Bass Polly Draper Franco Gonzalez Gary Hilborn
sister young woman love interest parent boyfriend girlfriend moving engaging endearing new york city city united states family home party autism sister relationship sisterhood first love city life discovery
A young woman with Asperger's syndrome tries to find her first boyfriend with a little help from her older sister.
Drama, Romance, History
USA
1927
110 Minutes
John Barrymore Dolores Costello Warner Oland Sam De Grasse Stuart Holmes
sister brother beautiful woman count divinity student brash crafty rousing france ship drawing room prison slavery brother/sister relationship mutiny religion change of heart whirlwind romance adventure love
A nobleman studying for the priesthood abandons his vocation in 18th Century France when he falls in love with a beautiful, but reluctant, courtesan.
Drama
USA
1940
96 Minutes
Carole Lombard Brian Aherne Dawn O'Day Julien Mitchell Robert Coote Brenda Forbes Rita Page Peter Cushing Ethel Griffies Doris Lloyd Emily Fitzroy
nurse doctor boss nun sister engaging emotional touching london hospital medicine love guilt sexual harassment redemption pursuit rise sacrifice 1940s
A nurse loses her job after selflessly taking the blame for a fatal mistake her sister and co-worker made; she is subsequently employed at a poorly-equipped hospital, where she finds romance and tragedy.
Comedy, Drama
2007
109 Minutes
Daniel Auteuil Jean-Pierre Darroussin Fanny Cottençon Alexia Barlier
painter gardener artist former classmate man friend amusing heartwarming charming uplifting lighthearted melodramatic france paris rural community countryside garden lake friendship relationships
Drama
USA
1951
86 Minutes
priest brother church elder doctor disabled person attorney emotional uplifting melodramatic church house seminary hill miracles faith doubt investigation spiritual crisis career discovery
Father Fulton prepares to abandon his vocation despite pleas from Father Arnoux. Then a series of seemingly miracles occur including to the young Terri. Fulton has his doubts and wonders about the role of Dr. Morrell.
Drama
USA
1987
90 Minutes
Bette Davis Lillian Gish Vincent Price Ann Sothern Harry Carey Jr. Margaret Ladd Tisha Sterling Mary Steenburgen
sister widow elderly person neighbor fisherman blind person touching mellow heartwarming cliff island, maine summerhouse seaside aging love family vacation sister relationship growing up love sacrifice
Two aged sisters reflect on life and the past during a late summer day in Maine.
Drama
USA
1940
70 Minutes
Bob Cummings Laraine Day Jean Muir Billie Burke Ann Morriss Esther Dale Charles Waldron Frank Milan Rand Brooks Paul Stanton Ruth Tobey
young woman sister love interest husband inmate bachelor emotional sad engaging party car family home prison road car accident sister relationship death imprisonment love triangle responsibility
A woman lets a family friend take the blame after she accidentally runs over a man with a car.
Drama
2012
97 Minutes
Kacey Mottet Klein Léa Seydoux Martin Compston Gillian Anderson Jean-François Stévenin Yann Trégouët Gabin Lefebvre
young boy sister thief mother restaurant manager emotional melodramatic profound brooding intense switzerland ski resort restaurant loneliness robbery lie brother/sister relationship poverty skiing love
A poor boy (Kacey Mottet Klein) steals from wealthy patrons at a posh ski resort to support himself and his irresponsible older sister (Léa Seydoux).
Crime, Drama
USA
1951
82 Minutes
Ida Lupino Robert Ryan Ward Bond Charles Kemper Anthony Ross Ed Begley Ian Wolfe Sumner Williams Gus Schilling Frank Ferguson Cleo Moore
police detective sister killer father partner captain dark gritty brooding new york city police station apartment countryside cabin investigation brother/sister relationship murder mental breakdown blindness redemption
Rough city cop Jim Wilson is disciplined by his captain and is sent upstate, to a snowy mountain town, to help the local sheriff solve a murder case.
Drama
West Germany
1971
88 Minutes
Hans Hirschmuller Irm Hermann Hanna Schygulla Andrea Schober Klaus Löwitsch Karl Scheydt Kurt Raab Gusti Kreissl
fruit seller wife mother daughter sister employee bleak disturbing emotional profound munich household hospital funeral germany street family dysfunction unhappy marriage alcoholism unexpected success
Hans Epp is a self-destructive man who lives a dissatisfied life. He tries to find meaning as a fruit vendor, but a heart attack impedes his ability to work, which turns his dissatisfaction into despair.