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10 Best Movies Like The Chaplain

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

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#1
Dead Man Walking

Dead Man Walking

1995★ 7.3

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

A death row inmate turns for spiritual guidance to a local nun in the days leading up to his scheduled execution for the murders of a young couple....

#2
The Trials of Cate McCall

The Trials of Cate McCall

2013★ 6.4

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

In order to be reinstated to the bar and recover custody of her daughter, a hotshot lawyer, now in recovery and on probation, must take on the appeal of a woman wrongfully convicte...

#3
Lock Up

Lock Up

1989★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Chaplain for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Frank Leone is nearing the end of his prison term for a relatively minor crime. Just before he is paroled, however, Warden Drumgoole takes charge. Drumgoole was assigned to a hell-...

#4
Roman J. Israel, Esq.

Roman J. Israel, Esq.

2017★ 6.3

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

Hard-nosed liberal lawyer Roman J. Israel has been fighting the good fight forever while others take the credit. When his partner – the firm's frontman – has a heart attack, Israel...

#5
He Got Game

He Got Game

1998★ 6.8

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

A basketball player's father must try to convince him to go to a college so he can get a shorter prison sentence....

#6
Nefarious

Nefarious

2023★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Chaplain for fans of Drama. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

On the day of his scheduled execution, a convicted serial killer gets a psychiatric evaluation during which he claims he is a demon, and further claims that before their time is ov...

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