Movies like God Calling
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God Calling (2018)
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Genre: Drama
Country: Nigeria
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
When Sade, the central character suffers a personal tragedy, she is taken on a journey of self-discovery and faith which transforms the lives all those around her. God Calling shines a spotlight on modern day spirituality by imaginatively exploring what it might look like for Abraham or Prophet Elijah to be Nigerian in 2018, and have to contend with disbelief as well as modern-day realities such as smartphones, and social media.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, religious drama, inspirational, uplifting, emotional, serious, contemplative, christian film
Plot:
faith, christianity, redemption, self discovery, god, belief in god, spirituality, social problems, religious faith, crisis of faith, religious, female protagonist, religion, tragedy, introspection, lifestyle, tragic event, social issues, religious conversion, grief, family drama, family conflict, hopes, forgiveness, healing ...
Time:
contemporary
Place:
africa, nigeria
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Most similar movies to God Calling
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out emotional, inspirational, uplifting and captivating films with plots about redemption, faith, forgiveness, hopes, healing, faith based and religion mostly in Drama and Musical genres. Some movies like God Calling: Finding Faith (2024), The Mulligan (2022), Courageous (2011), Catching Hearts (2012), The Furnace (2019). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Victoria is a Christian advice columnist about to make her big break, but her personal life is in shambles and her faith has faded. She returns home to help her father after her mother's death and is put on a journey to rediscover God’s ...
Style:
uplifting, heartfelt, emotional, contemplative, reflective ...
Plot:
redemption, faith, father daughter relationship, christianity, hopes, healing, inspiration, spirituality, religion, homecoming, grief, female protagonist ...
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95%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
An inspiring story about relationships, forgiveness, and priorities. Paul McAllister seems to have it all, but his life starts to fall apart. Guided by the wisdom and advice of an old golf pro, Paul learns about playing a good game both on and off ...
Style:
inspirational, exciting, dramatic, serious, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
golf, faith, christianity, family relations, god, redemption, forgiveness, life lesson, religious faith, belief in god, wisdom, sports man ...
Similarity:
70%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
As law enforcement officers, Adam Mitchell, Nathan Hayes, and their partners are confident and focused. They willingly stand up to the worst the streets have to offer. Yet at the end of the day, they face a challenge that none of them are truly ...
Style:
christian film, inspirational, uplifting, sincere, sentimental ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
christian, faith, christianity, fatherhood, religion, god, life philosophy, propaganda, hopes, destiny, religious, church ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, tokyo
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
"What happens when a bestselling atheist author Professor Mark Gavin loses his faith in atheism? This intense drama asks tough questions and explores why there is no such thing as coincidence."
Style:
captivating, thought provoking, intense, serious, philosophical ...
Plot:
faith, religion, atheism, moral transformation, crisis of faith, religious conversion, atheist, religious, religious faith, change of heart, lifestyle change, character change ...
Similarity:
58%
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Genre: Drama
Country: South Africa
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Newlyweds Mary and Matt celebrate Christmas - and their passion for running - with two honeymoon tickets to Africa’s ultimate footrace, The Furnace. Their excitement to race together across the biggest animal reserve in the world has them ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, captivating, psychological, bleak ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
faith, endurance, coping, athlete's life, fighting illness, changing lives, grief, running, life is a bitch, lifestyle change, loss, ambitious woman ...
Place:
africa
Similarity:
57%
298
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Luke Rogers was the ideal "Christian". Now in his mid-twenties, Luke has found himself far from the good Christian life he used to lead.
Style:
serious, sentimental, realistic, touching, uplifting ...
Plot:
faith, redemption, christian, parents and children, family relations, haunted by the past, hopes, introspection, lifestyle, estrangement, twentysomething life, religions or cults ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Three mothers see their reality become completely, they are: Ruth, whose teenage son, Raul, faces problems with drugs; Elisa, trying to make up for the absence of her husband giving full attention to the child, the little Theo, and Lara, teacher who ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing, heartfelt, emotional ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
spiritualism, investigative reporter, social issues, motherhood, family drama, family problems, social problems, multiple storylines, lifestyle, medium, female protagonist, women ...
Place:
brazil
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Akim, young Muslim will become imam sees his upset when he is touched by the love of Christ ... In a family chaos that opposes his brother identity Akim attempt to be accepted by his family.
Style:
emotional, serious, realistic, thought provoking, captivating ...
Plot:
family problems, self discovery, religions or cults, society, cause and meaning, family in crisis, introspection, life turned upside down, religion, belief in god, culture clash, faith ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
50%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Follows Mary of Nazareth in her last earthly days as she helps the fractious early Church regain their original encounter with The Lord.
Style:
biblical, christian film, religious drama, thought provoking, disturbing ...
Plot:
faith, bible, jesus, christian, female protagonist, christianity, religious, faith based, religious leader, belief in god, religious faith, religion ...
Time:
1st century
Similarity:
50%
106
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Jada is the faith based story of a woman whose life becomes chaotic when her husband is killed in a questionable car accident. Her once-comfortable middle-class lifestyle comes crashing down when an insurance company labels the accident a suicide ...
Style:
inspirational, emotional, heartfelt, christian film
Plot:
spiritual journey, family drama, grief, church, hopes, loss, faith based, redemption, female protagonist, motherhood, religious community, forgiveness ...
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
When a pastor is shaken by the visible faith of a street-corner preacher, he is reminded that true belief always requires action. His response ignites a journey that impacts everyone it touches in ways that only God could orchestrate.
Style:
christian film, emotional, realistic, serious, spiritual ...
Plot:
christian, faith, christianity, myth, self discovery, clergy, teaching the ways of the world, religions or cults, introspection, society, religious, hopes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, chicago, illinois, xian
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
An R&B singer snagged by the trappings of superstardom loses his way and turns his back on his church and faith-filled beginnings. Tragedy strikes, leaving a chance for redemption in its wake. But with rebirth, first comes death.
Style:
realistic, touching, captivating, psychological, inspirational ...
Plot:
redemption, introspection, self discovery, musician's life, one more chance, lifestyle, hopes, celebrity culture, religions or cults, showbiz, hip hop, ambition ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Follows three different people and the curve balls that life throws at them. In the end they are all brought together by one common Destiny.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, inspirational, uplifting ...
Plot:
forgiveness, multiple storylines, relationships, dream, journey, couple relations, love affair, redemption, faith, faith based, christian, hopes ...
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
The Woman with the Issue of Blood, or as we call her in our film, Maria. She was arguably the most well-known, nameless figure in the bible. A woman who suffered for 12 years with an incurable disease. 12 years of doctors telling her that they can ...
Style:
religious drama, serious, inspirational, emotional, reflective ...
Plot:
faith, miraculous event, hopes, faith healing, faith based, redemption, spiritual journey, compassion, sacrifice, forgiveness, urban, perseverance ...
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Growing up, Jenny and Autumn were best friends. However, a choice tore them apart. Now it will take an unthinkable sacrifice to reunite them.
Style:
christian film, psychological, touching, contemplative, sincere ...
Plot:
faith, christian, friendship, love, faith based, female friendship, fall in love, redemption, couple relations, couples, christianity, love and romance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
48%
140
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A psychiatric hospital is turned upside down when a mysterious drifter is admitted and assigned to room 316. Known only as John Doe, the other patients believe that he bears an uncanny resemblance to Jesus Christ.
Style:
captivating, psychological, thought provoking, emotional, atmospheric ...
Plot:
religious, faith, religion, mental illness, hospital, healing, psychiatric hospital, faith healing, belief in god, religious faith, mental institution, mental patient ...
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
When five strangers with nothing in common come together at a remote roadside eatery, they place their orders with the diner's omniscient owner, who seems to know everything about them ... and is eerily reminiscent of Jesus Christ.
Style:
christian film, tense, uplifting, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
christian, faith, belief in god, jesus, human spirit, self discovery, mysterious place, religions or cults, introspection, hopes, society, human nature ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, xian
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Glass Walls is a faith inspired film inspired by true stories of healing. Two pastors and their wives experiencing burnout attend a ministry retreat center where they start the journey in shattering their glass walls.
Style:
inspirational, thrilling, captivating, realistic, psychological ...
Plot:
faith based, pastor, healing, spiritual journey, troubled marriage, belief in god, family problems, marital problem, husband wife relationship, mental disorder, faith, family relations ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: South Africa
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Frank Rautenbach leads a strong cast as Angus Buchan, a Zambian farmer of Scottish heritage, who leaves his farm in the midst of political unrest and racially charged land reclaims and travels south with his family to start a better life in KwaZulu ...
Style:
christian film, serious, sincere, emotional, realistic ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
farm, christian, faith, starting over, human spirit, friendship, political unrest, hopes, religions or cults, social differences, christianity, religious ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
africa, south africa
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
"Grief Share" centers around a diverse group of individuals who are brought together by their mutual desire to heal. Each member of the class has experienced a profound loss and each individual's story parallels the parables of Jesus.
Style:
emotional, inspirational, sincere, reflective, spiritual ...
Plot:
grief, faith healing, loss, healing, bereavement, support group, hopes, empathy, mourning, faith based, religious, community ...
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A retired police officer, despondent over the loss of his family, contemplates a dramatic decision which will change his life forever, until he meets a mysterious woman who, through her personal stories, gives him a reason to re-examine what is most ...
Style:
christian film, sincere, suspenseful, inspirational, reflective ...
Plot:
faith, grief, healing, father son relationship, christian, family relations, love, father, husband wife relationship, fatherhood, integrity, redemption ...
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
He finally met someone who specialized in damaged hearts. In this stirring drama, a promising young physician slides into alcoholism, following his wife’s tragic death. Having lost everything, he lands in a skid row mission, where he meets some ...
Style:
inspirational, emotional, uplifting, tear jerker, spiritual ...
Plot:
faith, grief, alcoholism, loss, hopes, addiction, redemption, healing, trauma, compassion, second chance, struggle ...
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama
Country: Nigeria
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Samuel forsakes his harsh religious upbringing to live his own life — but his soul remains caught between the world and the faith he left behind.
Style:
religious drama, psychological, captivating, disturbing, emotional ...
Plot:
love triangle, soul searching, religion, faith, religious faith, family problems, moral dilemma, life is a bitch, male protagonist, family drama, prodigal son, temptation ...
Place:
africa
Similarity:
43%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Inspired by the true events of Luke Benjamin Bernard. His spiritual and physical transformation is told through the life of two brothers.
Style:
heartfelt, emotional, thrilling, psychological, realistic ...
Plot:
redemption, family values, family drama, reconciliation, forgiveness, jealousy, brotherhood, brother brother conflict, wrestler, family problems, brother brother relationship, brother ...
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A life shattering tragedy sends three people on vastly different paths to a similar goal of redemption and understanding.
Style:
psychological, emotional, captivating, thrilling, dark ...
Plot:
redemption, loss, trauma, grief, guilt, multiple storylines, problem, life is a bitch, tragic event, tragedy, forgiveness, family drama ...
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama
Country: Thailand
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Pimdao, a successful real estate developer and businesswoman, is injured in an accident that kills her beloved daughter at a time when the two are estranged. After the accident, Pimdao decides to take her daughter's place as a volunteer at an ...
Style:
emotional, serious, inspirational, reflective, uplifting ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
loss, self discovery, grief, motherhood, redemption, personal growth, life lesson, family drama, tragedy, compassion, second chance, identity ...
Place:
thailand
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A Mother's Prayer, starring Robin Givens (Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys), Johnny Gill (legendary R&B singer), Shirley Murdock (Man of Her Dreams) and Jermaine Crawford (HBO's The Wire), tells the compelling, heartwarming ...
Style:
emotional, touching, realistic, serious, sentimental ...
Plot:
hopes, redemption, estrangement, family life, family relations, self discovery, last wish, family in crisis, family problems, love and romance, family drama, family conflict ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Everything can change in an instant ... and take a lifetime to unravel. When Mac McDonald loses his son in an accident, the ensuing 17 years of bitterness and pain erodes his love for his family and leaves him angry with God ... and just about ...
Style:
christian film, touching, serious, realistic, emotional ...
Plot:
hopes, racism, christian, partner, faith, father son relationship, dysfunctional family, religious, clergy, society, partners against crime, family problems ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, memphis, tennessee
Similarity:
39%
432
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Two men bond as one recovers from an attack and the other deals with the impending death of his grandmother.
Style:
religious drama, emotional, existential, intense, psychological ...
Plot:
friendship, loneliness, crisis of faith, christianity, spirituality, mourning, grief, compassion, character study, doubt, moral dilemma, soul searching ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
quebec
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
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Story:
What if you had a personal encounter with Jesus Christ? Based on the popular movies, The Encounter Series follows individual life stories and illustrates how an unexpected experience with Jesus Christ can shift lives into a new and purposeful ...
Style:
religious drama, spiritual, inspirational, touching, serious ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
christian, religious, jesus, folklore, faith based, jesus christ, goodhearted, faith, good deed, religious faith, belief in god, kindness ...
Place:
xian
Similarity:
39%
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