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10 Best Movies Like The Penitential Act

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

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#1
Come Sunday

Come Sunday

2018★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Penitential Act 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....

#2
My Fault: London

My Fault: London

2025★ 7.4

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

18-year-old Noah moves from America to London, with her mother who's recently fallen in love with William, a wealthy British businessman. Noah meets William’s son, bad-boy Nick, an...

#3
The Spitfire Grill

The Spitfire Grill

1996★ 6.4

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

Percy, upon being released from prison, goes to the small town of Gillead, to find a place where she can start over again. She is taken in by Hannah, to help out at her place, the ...

#4
The Road

The Road

2009★ 7.0

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

A father and his son walk alone through burned America. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind and water. It is cold enough to crack stones and, when the s...

#5
Salomé

Salomé

2013★ 6.2

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

After the lewd and frenetic Dance of the Seven Veils, and with the solemn pledge from the very lips of Herod himself that she could have whatever her heart desires up to half his k...

#6
The Unforgivable

The Unforgivable

2021★ 7.4

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

A woman is released from prison after serving a sentence for a violent crime and re-enters a society that refuses to forgive her past....

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