Movies Like The Magdalene Sisters (2002)

The Magdalene Sisters is a 2002 drama, history film from Peter Mullan with a MovieMagicScore of 7.4/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with The Devil's Doorway and The Devils.

Drama History

The Devil's Doorway

2018

In the autumn of 1960, Father Thomas Riley and Father John Thornton were sent by the Vatican to investigate a miraculous event in an Irish home for 'fallen women', only to uncover something much more horrific.

5.5

MagicScore

The Devils

1971

In 17th-century France, Father Urbain Grandier's protection of the city of Loudun from the corrupt Cardinal Richelieu is undermined by a sexually repressed nun's accusation of witchcraft.

7.5

MagicScore

The Song of Bernadette

1943

In 1858 Lourdes, France, adolescent peasant Bernadette has a vision of "a beautiful lady" in the Massabielle grotto - the townspeople assume this lady to be the Virgin Mary. Pompous government officials think the girl is insane, doing their best to suppress her and her followers, while the church wants nothing to do with the matter. But as Bernadette attracts wider and wider attention, the phenomenon overtakes everyone in the town, ultimately transforming their lives.

7.0

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Benedetta

2021

A 17th-century nun becomes entangled in a forbidden lesbian affair with a novice. But it is Benedetta's shocking religious visions that threaten to shake the Church to its core.

6.6

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Sister Death

2023

Spain, 1949. Narcisa, a novice, arrives at an old convent, converted into a girls' school, to work as a teacher.

6.0

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Dark Waters

1993

After the death of her father, a young woman travels to a remote convent on an island in the Black Sea to find out why her father funded it for years.

5.7

MagicScore

Oldboy

2003

With no clue how he came to be imprisoned, drugged and tortured for 15 years, a desperate man seeks revenge on his captors.

8.2

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Ida

2013

In 1960s Poland, young novitiate Anna is on the verge of taking her vows when she discovers a family secret dating back to the years of the German occupation.

7.2

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The Demons

1973

A group of nuns become possessed by demons and are then tortured in a dungeon of horrors during the Inquisition.

5.1

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#10

Made in Dagenham

2010

A dramatization of the 1968 strike at the Ford Dagenham car plant, where female workers walked out in protest against sexual discrimination.

6.7

MagicScore

#11

The King's Daughters

2000

Late 17th Century: Anne de Grandcamp and Lucie de Fontenelle, two little girls from Normandy, arrive at the Saint-Cyr school founded by Madame de Maintenon for educating the daughters of impoverished nobles ruined in wars and making them into free women. Madame de Maintenon is the secret wife of Louis XIV, and empowered by his support, she offers "her" two hundred fifty girls a playful and avant-garde education. Anne and Lucie, two inseparable friends, allow themselves to be carried away by the promise of a bright future. But Maintenon has arrived at the pinnacle of power through scheming and debasing herself and she now fears the fires of hell. She is counting on her model school to atone for her past sins.

4.9

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#12

The Mighty Macs

2011

In 1971, Cathy Rush becomes the head basketball coach at a tiny, all-girls Catholic college. Though her team has no gym and no uniforms — and the school itself is in danger of being sold — Rush looks to steer her girls to their first national championship.

5.2

MagicScore

#13

Silent Hill

2006

Rose, a desperate mother, takes her adopted daughter, Sharon, to the town of Silent Hill in an attempt to cure her of her ailment. After a violent car crash, Sharon disappears, and Rose embarks on a horrific journey to get her back and begins to uncover the truth behind the apocalyptic disaster that burned the town 30 years earlier.

6.6

MagicScore

#14

Small Things Like These

2024

In 1985, while working as a coal merchant to support his family, Bill Furlong discovers disturbing secrets kept by the local convent and uncovers truths of his own; forcing him to confront his past and the complicit silence of a small Irish town controlled by the Catholic Church.

6.7

MagicScore

#15

Return

TBA

A young woman was buried alive with the intention of killing, but she survived by chance. hears the cries of her little girl and fights to stay alive for her daughter. But this incident will enlighten a new worldview for her.

7.0

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#16

Chronicle of a Boy Alone

1965

The story of a delinquent eleven-year-old orphan in authoritarian Argentina.

6.7

MagicScore

#17

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

1941

Dr. Jekyll believes good and evil exist in everyone and creates a potion that allows his evil side, Mr. Hyde, to come to the fore. He faces horrible consequences when he lets his dark side run amok.

6.5

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#18

Sleeping with the Enemy

1991

A young woman fakes her own death in an attempt to escape her nightmarish marriage, but discovers it is impossible to elude her controlling husband.

6.5

MagicScore

#19

The Halfway House

2004

Young girls are disappearing in and around the Mary Magdalen Halfway House for Troubled Girls.

3.8

MagicScore

#20

Don't Deliver Us from Evil

1971

Anne and Lore, neighbors and best friends, barely into their teens, board at a convent school where they have taken a vow to sin and to serve Satan. Anne keeps a secret diary, they read a salacious novel, they get a classmate in trouble, they spy on the nuns, they set aside their communion wafers; they make a pact of devotion.

6.7

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like The Magdalene Sisters?

The top films similar to The Magdalene Sisters by MovieMagicScore are The Devil's Doorway (5.5), The Devils (7.5), The Song of Bernadette (7.0). Each shares drama/history themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is The Magdalene Sisters worth watching?

The Magdalene Sisters holds a MovieMagicScore of 7.4/10 from 445 viewer ratings, putting it among the better-reviewed titles in its genre.

What kind of movie is The Magdalene Sisters?

The Magdalene Sisters (2002) is a drama, history film directed by Peter Mullan, starring Anne-Marie Duff, Nora-Jane Noone, Dorothy Duffy.

Where can I find more recommendations like The Magdalene Sisters?

Browse the full ranked list above, or explore more drama recommendations on MovieMagicScore, where every list is ordered by genuine viewer ratings.

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About movies like The Magdalene Sisters

This ranked list pairs The Magdalene Sisters (2002), a drama and history film from Peter Mullan, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Anne-Marie Duff take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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