Movies like In the Name of the Father

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   Brother Sun, Sister Moon

   Strong story similarity

   1972 · 121 min · Drama · History

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   In his delirium from his return from war, Francesco Bernardone goes back in his memories to the days when he lived for parties and carnal pleasures. He slowly recovers, but after the illness he is no longer the Francesco that everybody knew. Instead of spending hours in taverns, he meditates on the beauty of God's creatures, soon renouncing his riches and his family with plans to rebuild an abandoned church and his life.

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   • a closely matched era

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   The Decameron

   Strong story similarity

   1971 · 111 min · Comedy · Drama · History

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   A young Sicilian is swindled twice, but ends up rich; a man poses as a deaf-mute in a convent of curious nuns; a woman must hide her lover when her husband comes home early; a scoundrel fools a priest on his deathbed; three brothers take revenge on their sister's lover; a young girl sleeps on the roof to meet her boyfriend at night; a group of painters wait for inspiration; a crafty priest attempts to seduce his friend's wife; and two friends make a pact to find out what happens after death.

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   • strong story and style similarity
   • strong genre and movie-style overlap
   • a closely matched era

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   The Degenerates

   Strong story similarity

   1969 · 120 min · Comedy · Drama · History

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   A series of bawdy and satirical episodes written during the reign of the emperor Nero and set in imperial Rome. Like the more famous version made by Federico Fellini, an adaptation of Petronius' Satyricon.

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   • strong story and style similarity
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   • a closely matched era

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   Juliet of the Spirits

   Strong story similarity

   1965 · 148 min · Comedy · Drama · Fantasy

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   Middle-aged Giulietta grows suspicious of her husband, Giorgio, when his behavior grows increasingly questionable. One night when Giorgio initiates a seance amongst his friends, Giulietta gets in touch with spirits and learns more about herself and her painful past. Slightly skeptical, but intrigued, she visits a mystic who gives her more information -- and nudges her toward the realization that her husband is indeed a philanderer.

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   • strong story and style similarity
   • shared genre DNA

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   In the Name of the Pope King

   Strong story similarity

   1977 · 105 min · Drama · History

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   In 1867, with Garibaldi's forces close to bringing Rome into the Italian kingdom, Monsignor Colombo da Priverno, a world-weary judge on the papal court, wants to resign, disgusted by the violence to which the papacy resorts to hold secular power.

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   • strong story and style similarity
   • substantial genre overlap

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   Theorem

   Shared cast

   1968 · 95 min · Drama · Mystery

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   A wealthy Italian household is turned upside down when a handsome stranger arrives, seduces every family member and then disappears. Each has an epiphany of sorts, but none can figure out who the seductive visitor was or why he came.

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   • strong story and style similarity
   • substantial genre overlap
   • a principal cast member

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   Il Sorpasso

   Genre overlap

   1962 · 105 min · Adventure · Comedy · Drama

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   Roberto, a shy law student in Rome, meets Bruno, a forty-year-old exuberant, capricious man, who takes him for a drive through the Roman and Tuscany countries in the summer. When their journey starts to blend into their daily lives though, the pair’s newfound friendship is tested.

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   • shared genre DNA
   • similar audience response

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   The Conformist

   Strong story similarity

   1971 · 108 min · Drama

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   A weak-willed Italian man becomes a fascist flunky who goes abroad to arrange the assassination of his old teacher, now a political dissident.

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   • strong story and style similarity
   • a closely matched era

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   The Leopard

   Strong story similarity

   1963 · 186 min · Drama

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   As Garibaldi's troops begin the unification of Italy in the 1860s, an aristocratic Sicilian family grudgingly adapts to the sweeping social changes undermining their way of life.

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   • strong story and style similarity

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    The Little Nuns

    Strong story similarity

    1963 · 100 min · Comedy

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    Two nuns come to Rome to protest to an airline about its jet planes which have been flying over their convent school, disrupting teaching of the little orphans who study there and damaging the ancient fresco of their patron saint through sound vibrations.

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    • strong story and style similarity
    • shared theme: rome, italy

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