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Movies like Congo: The Doctor Who Saves Women

The best movies like Congo: The Doctor Who Saves Women are The Doctor (1991), Dragonfly (2002) and The Nun's Story (1959). If Congo: The Doctor Who Saves Women hooked you, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.

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  1. The Doctor (1991)

    Jack McKee is a doctor with it all: he's successful, he's rich, and he has no problems.... until he is diagnosed with throat cancer. Now that he has seen medicine, hospitals, and doctors from a patient's perspective, he realises that there is more to being a doctor than surgery and prescriptions.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  2. Dragonfly (2002)

    A grieving doctor is being contacted by his late wife through his patient's near death experiences.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  3. The Nun's Story (1959)

    After leaving a wealthy Belgian family to become a nun, Sister Luke struggles with her devotion to her vows during crisis, disappointment, and World War II.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  4. The African Queen (1952)

    At the start of the First World War, in the middle of Africa’s nowhere, a gin soaked riverboat captain is persuaded by a strong-willed missionary to go down river and face-off a German warship.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  5. I Origins (2014)

    A molecular biologist's study of the human eye has far-reaching implications about humanity's scientific and spiritual beliefs.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  6. Awake (2021)

    After a sudden global event wipes out all electronics and takes away humankind’s ability to sleep, chaos quickly begins to consume the world. Only Jill, an ex-soldier with a troubled past, may hold the key to a cure in the form of her own daughter. The question is, can Jill safely deliver her daughter and save the world before she herself loses her mind.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

  7. The Lair of the White Worm (1988)

    When an archaeologist uncovers a strange skull in a foreign land, the residents of a nearby town begin to disappear, leading to further inexplicable occurrences.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

  8. The Constant Gardener (2005)

    Justin Quayle is a low-level British diplomat who has always gone about his work very quietly, not causing any problems. But after his radical wife Tessa is killed he becomes determined to find out why, thrusting himself into the middle of a very dangerous conspiracy.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  9. Higher Ground (2011)

    Inspired by screenwriter Carolyn S. Briggs' memoir This Dark World, a tight-knit spiritual community is thrown off-kilter when one of their own begins to question her faith, love, and trust - in human relationships as well as in God.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

  10. Trees of Peace (2021)

    Four women from different backgrounds forge an unbreakable sisterhood while trapped and in hiding during the genocide in Rwanda.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  11. Light of My Life (2019)

    Years after a pandemic wipes out most of the female population, a father struggles to shield his daughter from a dangerous and predatory world.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  12. Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story (2009)

    Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story is a movie based on the life story of world-renowned neurosurgeon Ben Carson from 1961 to 1987.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  13. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (2019)

    Against all the odds, a thirteen year old boy in Malawi invents an unconventional way to save his family and village from famine.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  14. No Way Out (1950)

    Two hoodlum brothers are brought into hospital for gunshot wounds, and when one dies, the other accuses their Black doctor of murder.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  15. Finding Normal (2013)

    Dr. Lisa Leland is a brilliant surgeon with absolutely no bedside manner. She is leaving her practice at UCLA Hospital to move to the Hamptons where she will join her boyfriend as a concierge doctor, treating the rich and famous. As she drives cross-country to her new life she hits a tractor in Normal, North Carolina and her BMW is wrecked. Dr. Leland is found guilty of speeding and ordered to do community service as a doctor in Normal, population 332. In a town with no wi-fi, no lattes and no credit cards, Lisa Leland begins to find herself and discovers what a meaningful life is all about.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  16. At Play in the Fields of the Lord (1991)

    Martin and Hazel Quarrier are small-town fundamentalist missionaries sent to the jungles of South America to convert the Indians. Their remote mission was previously run by the Catholics, before the natives murdered them all. They are sent by the pompous Leslie Huben, who runs the missionary effort in the area but who seems more concerned about competing with his Catholic 'rivals' than in the Indians themselves. Hazel is terrified of the Indians while Martin is fascinated. Soon American pilot Lewis Moon joins the Indian tribe but is attracted by Leslie's young wife, Andy. Can the interaction of these characters and cultures, and the advancing bulldozers of civilization, avoid disaster?

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  17. Paradise Hills (2019)

    A young woman is sent to Paradise Hills to be reformed, only to learn that the high-class facility's beautiful facade hides a sinister secret.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

  18. The Sunchaser (1996)

    A young half-Navajo convict dying of cancer forces a yuppie doctor to drive him to a magic healing lake.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  19. Irrational Man (2015)

    On a small town college campus, a philosophy professor in existential crisis gives his life new purpose when he enters into a relationship with his student.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  20. Hacksaw Ridge (2016)

    WWII American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people and becomes the first Conscientious Objector in American history to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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Frequently asked questions

What are the best movies like Congo: The Doctor Who Saves Women?

The closest matches to Congo: The Doctor Who Saves Women are The Doctor (1991), Dragonfly (2002) and The Nun's Story (1959). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.

What should I watch after Congo: The Doctor Who Saves Women?

Start with The Doctor (1991), the closest match to Congo: The Doctor Who Saves Women.

What is the highest-rated movie like Congo: The Doctor Who Saves Women?

Hacksaw Ridge (2016), rated 8.2/10 by 15,516 TMDB users.

What is the newest movie like Congo: The Doctor Who Saves Women?

Awake (2021) is the most recent release on this list.

Are there English movies like Congo: The Doctor Who Saves Women?

Yes: The Doctor (1991), Dragonfly (2002) and The Nun's Story (1959).

How are movies similar to Congo: The Doctor Who Saves Women chosen?

First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Congo: The Doctor Who Saves Women, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.

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