20 movies like Doubt, ordered by similarity : Lady Bird(2017), Pieces of Dreams(1970), Conspiracy of Hearts(1960), Uncommon(2014), Flirting(1990), The Bells of St. Mary's(1945), American Wrestler: The Wizard(2016), Term of Trial(1962), Priest(1994), The First Legion(1951), Act of the Heart(1970), Diary of a City Priest(2000) ...
Drama
USA
2008
104 Minutes
Meryl Streep Philip Seymour Hoffman Amy Adams Viola Davis Alice Drummond Audrie Neenan Susan Blommaert Carrie Preston John Costelloe Lloyd Clay Brown Joseph Foster
priest nun mother student somber intricate bronx, n.y. school church child molestation roman catholicism faith temptation sacrifice 1960s
A Catholic school principal questions a priest's ambiguous relationship with a troubled young student.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2017
94 Minutes
Saoirse Ronan Laurie Metcalf Timothée Chalamet Lucas Hedges Tracy Letts Odeya Rush Jake McDorman Beanie Feldstein Lois Smith Stephen McKinley Henderson Jordan Rodrigues
mother daughter teenager high-school student best friend teacher father moving uplifting playful california high school catholic school sacramento, calif. family home university united states prom mother/daughter relationship coming of age
In 2002, an artistically inclined seventeen-year-old girl comes of age in Sacramento, California.
Drama
USA
1970
99 Minutes
Robert Forster Lauren Hutton Will Geer Ivor Francis Richard O'Brien Edith Atwater Mitzi Hoag Rudy Diaz Gail Bonney Helen Westcott
priest social worker bishop mother parishioner brooding melodramatic passionate emotional albuquerque, n.m. church catholic church celibacy faith social change desire temptation sacrifice 1960s
Gregory Lind is the junior priest at Our Lady of the Assumption, a Catholic parish in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Life at the parish is not perfect for Greg, as he is beginning to have ... See full summary »
Drama
UK
1960
111 Minutes
nun nazi priest jew child mother superior inspiring emotional somber suspenseful convent italy concentration camp world war ii holocaust resistance religion helping others faith rescue
Catholic nuns risk their lives to help Jewish children in an Italian internment camp escape to Palestine during World War II.
Drama
USA
2014
106 Minutes
Erik Estrada Ben Davies Irma P. Hall Courtney Buck Jason Crabb Wesley Elder Lucas Smissen Stacey Bradshaw Kelsey Brooks Stephanie Bettcher
student actor school principal schoolteacher god inspiring heartwarming uplifting lighthearted moving school high school united states the bible acting school play religion faith god struggle
Jesus combined diverse people and assorted stories to change the world! Now, He wants to use you! When the students of Rosewood High School lose their theater, music and dance departments ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
1990
100 Minutes
Noah Taylor Thandie Newton Nicole Kidman Bartholomew Rose Kiri Paramore Kym Wilson Jeff Truman Marshall Napier Josh Picker
teen boy teen girl student teacher father mother winsome tender endearing amusing australia boarding school lake dorm all-boys school interracial romance young love prejudice teen angst coming of age
A white preppie (Noah Taylor) loves a Ugandan girl (Thandie Newton) in 1965 Australia in this sequel to "The Year My Voice Broke."
Other, Drama
USA
1945
126 Minutes
Bing Crosby Ingrid Bergman Henry Travers William Gargan Ruth Donnelly Joan Carroll Martha Sleeper Rhys Williams
priest nun businessman child airy heartwarming tender mushy melodramatic new york city catholic school school catholic church resilience friendship confrontation rivalry transformation fall rescue
At a big city Catholic school, Father O'Malley and Sister Benedict indulge in friendly rivalry, and succeed in extending the school through the gift of a building.
Drama
USA
2016
117 Minutes
Jon Voight William Fichtner Lia Marie Johnson George Kosturos Kevin G. Schmidt Gabriel Basso Shannon Collis Courtney Hope Turner Nicholas Guilak
high-school student wrestler hero school principal team member coach emotional engaging heartwarming inspiring moving touching small town california high school gym school bus wrestling new school new town
In 1980, a teenage boy escapes the unrest in Iran only to face more hostility in America, due to the hostage crisis. Determined to fit in, he joins the school's floundering wrestling team.
Drama
UK
1962
113 Minutes
Laurence Olivier Simone Signoret Sarah Miles Roland Culver Frank Pettingell Thora Hird Dudley Foster Norman Bird Newton Blick Allan Cuthbertson Nicholas Hannen
teacher wife student bleak somber school england household student-teacher relationship alcoholism guilt marital problems seduction revenge temptation 1960s
In Britain, a high-school girl becomes infatuated with her English teacher but, after he rejects her amorous advances, she goes to the police and accuses him of indecent assault.
Drama, Gay & Lesbian
UK
1994
97 Minutes
Linus Roache Tom Wilkinson Cathy Tyson James Ellis Robert Carlyle John Bennett Rio Fanning Jim R. Coleman Lesley Sharp Robert Pugh Christine Tremarco
priest young girl father lover altar boy intense gripping church england faith homosexuality celibacy sexual abuse catholicism secret life forbidden love temptation sacrifice 1990s
A homosexual Catholic priest finds out during confessional that a young girl is being sexually abused by her father, and has to decide how to deal with both that secret and his own.
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
Canada
1970
103 Minutes
Geneviève Bujold Donald Sutherland Monique Leyrac William Mitchell
christian priest widow son love interest wealthy woman melodramatic passionate gripping intense montreal church house hill canada rural community faith religion marriage loss
A woman's peculiar religious convictions lead her on a self-destructive path.
Drama
USA
2000
78 Minutes
David Morse John Ryan Philip Goodwin Ana Reeder Robert Sella Judy Bauerlin Marylouise Burke
priest parishioner nun emotional spirited bleak philadelphia ghetto church faith inner-city life race relations roman catholicism father john mcnamee underdog sacrifice 2000s
David Morse plays Father John McNamee, a catholic priest who accepts a position at an inner-city church. The film begins with Father McNamee as he starts his new job and follows the priest ... See full summary »
Drama
UK
1962
112 Minutes
Alan Bates June Ritchie Thora Hird Bert Palmer Gwen Nelson Malcolm Patton Pat Keen
secretary mother wife mother-in-law draftsman husband somber brooding melodramatic manchester, england factory class distinctions pregnancy miscarriage housing shortage marriage sacrifice transformation 1960s
After his girlfriend's pregnancy forces him to marry her, a young man must adjust to his new life and contend with his domineering mother-in-law.
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy, Drama
2008
99 Minutes
Mischa Barton Reece Thompson Bruce Willis Michael Rapaport Kathryn Morris Melonie Diaz Patrick James Taylor Josh Pais Luke Grimes Emily Meade Zoë Kravitz
high-school student reporter teen boy teen girl classmate president engaging intricate high school catholic school high school presidency conspiracy investigation respect sat mystery rise pursuit 2000s
A high-school reporter (Reece Thompson) probes the theft of the school's SAT exams and wrongly identifies the class president as the culprit.
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.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2019
103 Minutes
Allison Janney Hugh Jackman Kathrine Narducci Geraldine Viswanathan Alex Wolff Stephanie Kurtzuba Annaleigh Ashford Ray Romano
superintendent assistant community member student parent reporter intense intricate confident engaging quirky striking long island, n.y. school prestige cover-up embezzlement reporting secrets discovery
The beloved superintendent of New York's Roslyn school district and his staff, friends and relatives become the prime suspects in the unfolding of the single largest public school embezzlement scandal in American history.
Drama
USA
2018
104 Minutes
Carey Mulligan Jake Gyllenhaal Ed Oxenbould Bill Camp Zoe Colletti Travis W. Bruyer Darryl Cox Mollie Milligan
teen boy golfer housewife firefighter mother friend bleak emotional tense intricate raw montana forest school house car small town mother/child relationship father/child relationship marriage
A teenage boy must deal with his mother's complicated response after his father temporarily abandons them to take a menial and dangerous job.
Drama
Ireland|UK
2002
119 Minutes
Geraldine McEwan Anne-Marie Duff Nora-Jane Noone Dorothy Duffy Eileen Walsh Mary Murray Britta Smith Frances Healy Eithne McGuinness Rebecca Walsh Eamonn Owens
teen girl mother superior nun rebel orphan inmate bleak disturbing ireland convent school orphanage church imprisonment sexism abuse religion pregnancy rape growing up
Three young Irish women struggle to maintain their spirits while they endure dehumanizing abuse as inmates of a Magdalene Sisters Asylum.
Drama
2008
113 Minutes
Martina Gusmán Elli Medeiros Rodrigo Santoro Laura García Tomás Plotinsky Leonardo Sauma Clara Sajnovetzky Walter Cignoli
expectant mother partner boyfriend police officer psychologist inmate somber intricate moving apartment prison crime scene argentina classroom motherhood prison life murder case pregnancy custody battle love triangle
An Argentine woman (Martina Gusmán) struggles to raise her newborn from behind the walls of a prison-ward nursery.
Romance, Comedy, Drama
USA|Canada|Australia
2013
111 Minutes
Clive Owen Juliette Binoche Amy Brenneman Bruce Davison Keegan Connor Tracy Adam DiMarco Valerie Tian Eva Allan Janet Kidder David Lewis Josh Ssettuba
woman man teacher art teacher english teacher student brooding charming emotional intense moving quirky witty uplifting prep school school america competition love courtship
An art instructor and an English teacher form a rivalry that ends up with a competition at their school in which students decide whether words or pictures are more important.