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10 Best Movies Like The Pope Must Die

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

#1
Ad Astra

Ad Astra

2019★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Pope Must Die for fans of Sci-Fi. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The near future, a time when both hope and hardships drive humanity to look to the stars and beyond. While a mysterious phenomenon menaces to destroy life on planet Earth, astronau...

#2
A Diva's Christmas Carol

A Diva's Christmas Carol

2000★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Pope Must Die for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

In this remake of Charles Dickens' classic "A Christmas Carol", a cold-hearted superstar singer gets a reality check when she meets three Christmas spirits who would change her mis...

#3
Joker

Joker

2019★ 8.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Pope Must Die for fans of Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure....

#4
Inside Out

Inside Out

2015★ 7.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Pope Must Die for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

When 11-year-old Riley moves to a new city, her Emotions team up to help her through the transition. Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness work together, but when Joy and Sadness g...

#5
Titanic

Titanic

1997★ 7.9

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

101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A young Rose boards the ship with her mother and fiancé. Meanwhile, Jack Dawson and...

#6
Call Me by Your Name

Call Me by Your Name

2017★ 8.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Pope Must Die for fans of Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In the summer of 1983, a 17-year-old Elio spends his days in his family's villa in Italy. One day Oliver, a graduate student, arrives to assist Elio's father, a professor of Greco-...