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10 Best Movies Like Wise Blood

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

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#1
Elmer Gantry

Elmer Gantry

1960★ 7.3

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

A charismatic charlatan begins a business — and eventually romantic — relationship with a roadside evangelist to sell religion to 1920s America. Based on Sinclair Lewis' novel of t...

#2
Simon Birch

Simon Birch

1998★ 6.8

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

Simon Birch and Joe Wenteworth are boys who have a reputation for being oddballs. Joe never knew his father, and his mother, Rebecca, is keeping her lips sealed no matter how much ...

#3
Homestead

Homestead

2024★ 6.5

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

A nuclear bomb is detonated in Los Angeles, and the nation devolves into unprecedented chaos. Ex-Green Beret Jeff Eriksson and his family escape to The Homestead, an eccentric prep...

#4
O Brother, Where Art Thou?

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

2000★ 7.3

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

In the deep south during the 1930s, three escaped convicts search for hidden treasure while a relentless lawman pursues them....

#5
Come Sunday

Come Sunday

2018★ 5.8

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

Evangelist Carlton Pearson is ostracized by his church for preaching that there is no Hell....

#6
The Apostle

The Apostle

1997★ 6.3

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

After his happy life spins out of control, a preacher from Texas changes his name, goes to Louisiana and starts preaching on the radio....

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