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10 Best Movies Like Diary of a Country Priest

If you loved Diary of a Country Priest, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

#1
The Devil, Probably

The Devil, Probably

1977★ 6.8

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

Charles drifts through politics, religion and psychoanalysis, rejecting them all. Once he realises the depth of his disgust with the moral and physical decline of the society he li...

#2
L'Argent

L'Argent

1983★ 7.0

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

A forged 500-franc note is passed from person to person and shop to shop, until it falls into the hands of a genuine innocent who doesn't see it for what it is—which will have deva...

#3
A Gentle Woman

A Gentle Woman

1969★ 6.7

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

When his young wife commits suicide with no explanation, an introspective pawnbroker looks back on their life together....

#4
The Trial of Joan of Arc

The Trial of Joan of Arc

1963★ 7.2

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

Rouen, Normandy, 1431, during the Hundred Years' War. After being captured by French soldiers from an opposing faction, Joan of Arc, the Maid of Orléans, is unjustly tried by an ec...

#5
Talking About Trees

Talking About Trees

2019★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Diary of a Country Priest for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Filmmakers Ibrahim, Suliman, Eltayeb and Manar, close friends for many years, left their motherland in the sixties and seventies to study film abroad and founded the Sudanese Film ...

#6
Eastern Plays

Eastern Plays

2009★ 6.3

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

Two estranged brothers are brought together when they have opposite roles in a racist beating: while Georgi who's recently joined a neo-nazi group participates in the violence, Hri...