This playlist[0] from TangoTek shows him developing a mod to improve villagers in minecraft. Definitely nothing compared to DF, but still much more interesting than vanilla. Spoiler is that development is paused, not sure if anyone has continued to develop it.
[0] four videos here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GK6Vr9mcgjM&list=PL8t707flkq... and playing through the mod/ tweaking as he went here https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8t707flkqpcAWeVeAUSh...