Movies like The Da Vinci Code
If The Da Vinci Code's mix of holy grail, christianity and monk stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what The Da Vinci Code's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Angels & Demons
2009 · Directed by Ron Howard · 139 min6.7
Why you'll like itAlso directed by Ron Howard · With Tom Hanks · Shares: conspiracy, catholicism · Also thriller and mystery · From the same decade (2000s)
Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is recruited by the Vatican to investigate the apparent return of the Illuminati – a secret, underground organization – after four cardinals are kidnapped on the night of the papal…
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The Name of the Rose
1986 · Directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud · 130 min7.5
Why you'll like itShares: christianity, monk · Also thriller and mystery
14th-century Franciscan monk William of Baskerville and his young novice arrive at a conference to find that several monks have been murdered under mysterious circumstances.
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American Sniper
2014 · Directed by Clint Eastwood · 133 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: grave, appreciative, powerful
U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle takes his sole mission—protect his comrades—to heart and becomes one of the most lethal snipers in American history.
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The Mummy
1999 · Directed by Stephen Sommers · 124 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: secret society, tomb, exhilarated
Dashing legionnaire Rick O'Connell stumbles upon the hidden ruins of Hamunaptra while in the midst of a battle to claim the area in 1920s Egypt.
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Shut In
2022 · Directed by D.J. Caruso · 90 min6.7
Why you'll like itShares: reflective, tragic
A young single mother is held captive along with her two children by a violent ex and must plot their escape before it’s too late.
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Eyes Wide Shut
1999 · Directed by Stanley Kubrick · 159 min7.5
Why you'll like itShares: secret society, conspiracy · Also thriller and mystery
After Dr. Bill Harford's wife, Alice, admits to having sexual fantasies about a man she met, Bill becomes obsessed with having a sexual encounter.
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Trust
2021 · Directed by Brian DeCubellis · 94 min6.4
Why you'll like itShares: appreciative, sympathetic
Set in the glamour of the New York and Paris art scenes, gallery owner Brooke Gatwick and her newscaster husband Owen Shore, face temptation, jealousy, twists and mystery when two seductive newcomers enter their lives.
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Rogue Agent
2022 · Directed by Declan Lawn · 115 min6.3
Why you'll like itShares: exhilarated, sincere
Conman Robert Freegard poses as an undercover MI5 agent and kidnaps countless victims amidst a high-stakes manhunt, until the woman who fell for him brings him to justice.
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Monty Python and the Holy Grail
1975 · Directed by Terry Jones · 91 min7.8
Why you'll like itShares: holy grail, monk
King Arthur, accompanied by his squire, recruits his Knights of the Round Table, including Sir Bedevere the Wise, Sir Lancelot the Brave, Sir Robin the Not-Quite-So-Brave-As-Sir-Lancelot and Sir Galahad the Pure.
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Crimson Peak
2015 · Directed by Guillermo del Toro · 119 min6.7
Why you'll like itShares: dramatic · Also mystery and thriller
In the aftermath of a family tragedy, an aspiring author is torn between love for her childhood friend and the temptation of a mysterious outsider.
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I'm Thinking of Ending Things
2020 · Directed by Charlie Kaufman · 135 min6.5
Why you'll like itShares: melancholy · Also mystery and thriller
Nothing is as it seems when a woman experiencing misgivings about her new boyfriend joins him on a road trip to meet his parents at their remote farm.
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The Ninth Gate
1999 · Directed by Roman Polanski · 133 min6.5
Why you'll like itShares: irreverent · Also mystery and thriller
A rare book dealer finds himself at the heart of a string of paranormal events when he is hired to find the last two copies of a text, The Nine Gates of the Kingdom of Shadows, capable of summoning the Devil.