Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 17, 2026

10 Best Movies Like The Cardinal

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

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#1
Breathe

Breathe

2017★ 7.4

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

Based on the true story of Robin, a handsome, brilliant and adventurous man whose life takes a dramatic turn when polio leaves him paralyzed....

#2
The Glorias

The Glorias

2020★ 6.4

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

An equal rights crusader, journalist and activist: Gloria Steinem embodies these and more. From her role in the revolutionary women's rights movement to her travels throughout the ...

#3
Won't Back Down

Won't Back Down

2012★ 6.1

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

Jamie Fitzpatrick and Nona Alberts are two women from opposites sides of the social and economic track, but they have one thing in common: a mission to fix their community's broken...

#4
Richard Jewell

Richard Jewell

2019★ 7.4

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

Richard Jewell thinks quick, works fast, and saves hundreds, perhaps thousands, of lives after a domestic terrorist plants several pipe bombs and they explode during a concert, onl...

#5
A Call to Spy

A Call to Spy

2020★ 6.8

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

The story of Vera Atkins, a crafty spy recruiter, and two of the first women she selects for Churchill's "secret army": Virginia Hall, a daring American undaunted by a disability a...

#6
Fatima

Fatima

2020★ 7.2

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

In 1917, outside the parish of Fátima, Portugal, a 10-year-old girl and her two younger cousins witness multiple visitations of the Virgin Mary, who tells them that only prayer and...

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