Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 17, 2026

10 Best Movies Like The Great Heart

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

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#1
The Keys of the Kingdom

The Keys of the Kingdom

1944★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Great Heart 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 ...

#2
Rain

Rain

1932★ 6.6

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

Due to a possible cholera epidemic onboard, passengers on a ship are forced to disembark at Pago Pago, a small village on a Pacific island where it incessantly rains. Among the str...

#3
The Boys of St. Vincent

The Boys of St. Vincent

1994★ 7.2

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

The true story of boys being sexually abused at their orphanage, run by a religious community in Newfoundland....

#4
The Left Hand of God

The Left Hand of God

1955★ 6.3

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

A man in priestly robes, seemingly the long-awaited Father O'Shea, arrives at a little-frequented Catholic mission in 1947 China. Though the man seems curiously uncomfortable with ...

#5
I Confess

I Confess

1953★ 7.1

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

When a priest hears a murderer’s confession, he becomes bound by his vow of silence—even as circumstantial evidence turns suspicion toward him. Torn between faith and self-preserva...

#6
Silence

Silence

2016★ 7.1

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

In the 17th century, two Portuguese Jesuit priests travel to Japan in an attempt to locate their mentor, who is rumored to have committed apostasy, and to propagate Catholicism....

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