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Movies that feel like Clergy (2018)

If you loved Clergy, the closest films we have are Silent Heart (2014), The Commune (2016) and Treeless Mountain (2009). All three share Clergy's contemplative feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 8 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix and Amazon Prime Video and others, checked against today's data.

The fate of three Catholic priests were linked together through tragic events a few years back. Every year, on the anniversary of the catastrophe, they gather to celebrate their survival of the tragedy. Lisowski works at a curia in a big city, building his career while dreaming of the Vatican. Standing in his way, Mordowicz, the archbishop, a luxurious church dignitary who is making use of his political connections to build the largest sanctuary in Poland. Trybus, is a parish priest and often submits to human weaknesses. Kukuła also is not doing well. Despite his passion for faith, he is losing the trust of his flock. Soon, through new tragic events, the paths of the three priests will cross again.

7.3 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Wojtek Smarzowskicontemplative

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Silent Heart
2014 · dir. Bille August
7.1drama

Drama with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

Three generations of a family gather over a weekend. The sisters Sanne and Heidi have accepted their terminally-ill mother’s desire to die before her disease worsens; but, as the weekend progresses, their mother's decision becomes harder and harder to deal with, and old conflicts come to the surface.

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The Commune
2016 · dir. Thomas Vinterberg
🍅 71%6.4drama

Contemplative drama in both cases

A funny and moving story of family and free love set in a freewheeling 1970s commune. When Anna and Erik inherit a huge house, they gather a motley crew of cohabitants to reinvigorate their lives, forcing them to reconcile their new values with old habits.

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Treeless Mountain
2009 · dir. So Yong Kim
🍅 86%7drama

Both lean on stillness more than on drama

A Korean woman leaves her two young daughters with her sister-in-law to search for their estranged father.

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Summer Hours
2008 · dir. Olivier Assayas
🍅 94%7.1drama

Drama in the same key

After the death of a septuagenarian woman, her three children deliberate over what to do with her estate.

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Rams
2015 · dir. Grímur Hákonarson
🍅 95%7.2drama

Both know what they want from drama

In a secluded valley in Iceland, Gummi and Kiddi live side by side, tending to their sheep. Their ancestral sheep-stock is considered one of the country’s best and the two brothers are repeatedly awarded for their prized rams who carry an ancient lineage. Although they share the land and a way of life, Gummi and Kiddi have not spoken to each other in four decades. When a lethal disease suddenly infects Kiddi’s sheep, the entire valley comes under threat. The authorities decide to cull all the animals in the area to contain the outbreak. But Gummi and Kiddi don’t give up so easily – and each brother tries to stave off the disaster in his own fashion: Kiddi by using his rifle and Gummi by using his wits.

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The Overnighters
2014 · dir. Jesse Moss
🍅 97%7.4drama · documentary

The drama is handled with the same confidence

The difference: Sits closer to documentary than Clergy does

Desperate, broken men chase their dreams and run from their demons in the North Dakota oil fields. A local Pastor's decision to help them has extraordinary and unexpected consequences.

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Invisible Life
2019 · dir. Karim Aïnouz
🍅 94%7.7drama

Drama of the same temperament

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1950. In the conservative home of the Gusmão family, Eurídice and Guida are two inseparable sisters who support each other. While Guida can share with her younger sister the details of her romantic adventures, Eurídice finds in her older sister the encouragement she needs to pursue her dream of becoming a professional pianist.

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Queen of Hearts
2019 · dir. May el-Toukhy
🍅 97%7drama

Both play drama straight

Anne, a brilliant and dedicated advocacy lawyer specialising in society’s most vulnerable, children and young adults, lives what appears to be the picture-perfect life with her doctor-husband, Peter, and their twin daughters. When her estranged teenage stepson, Gustav, moves in with them, Anne’s escalating desire leads her down a dangerous rabbit hole which, once exposed, unleashes a sequence of events destined to destroy her world.

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A Hero
2021 · dir. Asghar Farhadi
🍅 97%7.5drama

The same drama instincts

Rahim is in prison because of a debt he was unable to repay. During a two-day leave, he tries to convince his creditor to withdraw his complaint against the payment of part of the sum. But things don't go as planned. Is he truly a hero?

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The Fool
2014 · dir. Yury Bykov
🍅 93%8drama

Cut from the same drama cloth

The Fool is a movie about a simple plumber. An honest man, he is up against an entire system of corrupted bureaucrats. At stake are the lives of 800 inhabitants of an old dorm that is at risk of collapsing within the span of the night.

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Let Go
2024 · dir. Josephine Bornebusch
7drama

Both working the same drama territory

A jaded mother makes a last-ditch effort to keep her family together by taking them on a trip to their teenage daughter’s pole dancing competition.

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Aquarius
2016 · dir. Kleber Mendonça Filho
🍅 97%7.4drama

Both are drama through and through

Clara, a vibrant former music critic and widow with flowing tresses is the only remaining apartment owner in a beautiful older building targeted for demolition by ruthless luxury high-rise developers. Clara proves to be a force to be reckoned with as she thwarts the builders plans to kick her out of the apartment.

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