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10 Best Movies Like Anthracite

If you loved Anthracite, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Absolution

Absolution

1978★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Anthracite for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

At a Catholic boys' school, domineering disciplinarian Father Goddard rules over his pupils with an iron hand. When one of his teenage charges confesses to murder, the dogmatic but...

#2
The Keys of the Kingdom

The Keys of the Kingdom

1944★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Anthracite for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A young priest, Father Chisholm is sent to China to establish a Catholic parish among the non-Christian Chinese. While his boyhood friend, also a priest, flourishes in his calling ...

#3
The Bells of St. Mary's

The Bells of St. Mary's

1945★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Anthracite for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Father O'Malley is sent to St. Mary's, a run-down parochial school on the verge of condemnation. He and Sister Benedict work together in an attempt to save the school, though their...

#4
This Special Friendship

This Special Friendship

1964★ 7.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Anthracite for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A tale of the tender relationship between a twelve-year-old boy and the fourteen-year-old upperclassman who is the object of his desire, all set within the rigid atmosphere of a Je...

#5
Doubt

Doubt

2008★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Anthracite for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In 1964 Bronx, two Catholic school nuns question the new priest's ambiguous relationship with a troubled African-American student....

#6
Boys Town

Boys Town

1938★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Anthracite for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Devout but iron-willed Father Flanagan leads a community called Boys Town, a different sort of juvenile detention facility where, instead of being treated as underage criminals, th...

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