Movies like The Gospel

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The Gospel (2005)
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The Gospel (2005)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A young singer turns his back on God and his father's church when tragedy strikes. He returns years later to find the once powerful congregation in disarray. With his childhood nemesis creating a "new vision" for the church, he is forced to deal with family turmoil, career suicide, and relationship issues that send him on a collision course with redemption or destruction
Style: touching, serious, captivating, emotional, realistic, uplifting, spiritual
Plot: church, family relations, ambition, redemption, haunted by the past, relationship vs career, parents and children, lifestyle, musician's life, homecoming, hopes, uninhibited rivalry, music, christian, pastor, religion, christianity, waking up, black history, religious, artists and showbiz, r&b, soul, singer, african american ...
Time: year 2005, 21st century, contemporary

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, touching, serious and emotional films with plots about family relations, hopes, parents and children, artists and showbiz, musician's life, music and ambition mostly in Drama, Music and Family genres. Some movies like The Gospel: Black Nativity (2013), Grace Unplugged (2013), The One I Wrote For You (2014), Broken Bridges (2006), Soda Springs (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Black Nativity (2013)
Genre: Drama, Family, Music, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A street-wise teen from Baltimore who has been raised by a single mother travels to New York City to spend the Christmas holiday with his estranged relatives, where he embarks on a surprising and inspirational journey.
Style: realistic, serious, touching, colorful, spiritual
Plot: christmas, pregnancy, family relations, religions or cults, society, hopes, miraculous event, bible, black, black lives matter, nativity, black girl ...
Time: year 2013, 21st century
Place: baltimore, indiana, maryland
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Grace Unplugged (2013)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A talented young singer and aspiring songwriter’s Christian faith and family ties are tested when she defies her worship-pastor father and pursues pop-music stardom in GRACE UNPLUGGED, a moving and inspiring new film that explores the true meaning ...
Style: sentimental, touching, serious, realistic, christian film ...
Audience: teens, family friendly, girls' night
Plot: christianity, religious, musician's life, ambition, desire for fame, lifestyle, teenage life, family relations, youth, society, once in a lifetime opportunity, parents and children ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles, alabama, usa, birmingham alabama
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36%
The One I Wrote For You (2014)
Genre: Drama, Family, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: THE ONE I WROTE FOR YOU follows a songwriter who defers his dreams to support his family. He gets a second chance when his 10-year-old daughter, Gracie, secretly enters his name into a song writing contest/reality show. Fourteen original songs help ...
Style: serious, touching, sentimental, feel good, realistic
Audience: family outing
Plot: ambition, family relations, musician's life, rising to stardom, parents and children, contests and competitions, hopes, music, artists and showbiz, songwriter, father daughter relationship, aspiring musician ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, chicago, san antonio texas, new york
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36%
Broken Bridges (2006)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A fading country music star (Keith) returns to his hometown, where he reunites with his childhood sweetheart and also meets his 16-year-old daughter for the first time.
Style: realistic, sentimental, serious, touching, independent film
Plot: starting over, artists and showbiz, homecoming, parents and children, music, unfulfillment, musician's life, family relations, family problems, haunted by the past, country, country music ...
Time: year 2006
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32%
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Soda Springs (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: The story of a man's struggle to claim his future by confronting his past. The road is not an easy one as old demons resurface to threaten everything Eden has fought to overcome.
Style: sentimental, serious, touching, realistic, independent film
Plot: small town, haunted by the past, redemption, starting over, family relations, hopes, going straight, lifestyle, homecoming, parents and children, social relations, christian ...
Time: future, 21st century
Place: idaho, usa
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Preacher's Kid (2010)
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Small-town girl Angie King leaves the church and her home to pursue a dream of singing stardom. Luckett plays Angie, the daughter of a stern but loving bishop, whose attraction to the hunky star (Tank) of a traveling gospel show takes her on the ...
Style: sentimental, realistic, touching, serious, independent film ...
Plot: parents and children, lifestyle, hopes, love and romance, destructive relationship, youth, couples, friendship, christian, religion, father daughter relationship, music ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, georgia
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Reconciliation (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: RECONCILIATION is a groundbreaking, provocative story about an estranged father and son struggling to overcome the heartbreaking consequences of their past. Grant Taylor (Eric Nenninger) has been troubled by intense childhood memories ever since his ...
Style: realistic, serious, uplifting, touching, emotional ...
Plot: gay parent, family relations, redemption, haunted by the past, last wish, family problems, estrangement, life is a bitch, hopes, terminal illness, parents and children, bittersweet ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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27%
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One Love (2003)
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Jamaica, Norway, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Kassa a free-wheelin rasta man, falls for a straight laced gospel singer Serena, when they both meet as they enter a music contest. Serena's father the pastor forbids her to see him and wants her to marry one of his church members. Meanwhile ...
Style: emotional, captivating, sentimental, realistic, stylized ...
Plot: jamaican, reggae, love, music, fall in love, couples, lifestyle, unfulfillment, contests and competitions, ambition, clergy, pastor ...
Time: 21st century
Place: jamaica, africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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Prodigy (2007)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Naruse Uta is a "unique" 13 year old child. She possessed the talent to read sheet music even before she could speak, but has now come to the point where she hates playing the piano. Her father was also a piano virtuoso, but mysteriously ...
Style: serious, realistic, sincere, touching
Plot: prodigy, musician's life, ambition, relationship vs career, self discovery, orphan, family relations, hopes, youth, dedicated educator, single parent, music ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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Broken Hill (2009)
Genre: Drama, Family, Music
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Tommy was born and raised on a rocky, drought-ridden sheep station in the middle of the Australian Outback.
Style: semi serious, realistic, sincere, touching, spiritual ...
Plot: prison, musician's life, music band, rebelliousness, family relations, teenage life, family life, parents and children, hopes, youth, artists and showbiz, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: australia
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26%
The Jazz Singer (1980)
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Neil Diamond stars as Yussel in this tale of a young Jewish cantor who strives to make a career in music.
Style: touching, intense, serious, sentimental, realistic ...
Plot: father son relationship, music, tradition, family relations, showbiz, parents and children, follow your dream, desire for fame, religions or cults, musician's life, artists and showbiz, lifestyle ...
Time: 70s, year 1980
Place: california, new york, usa, los angeles
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26%
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Brave New Girl (2004)
Genre: Drama, Family, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Holly has everything it takes to be a star; the voice, the dream and the dedication, but she lacks the means to break away from her humble Texas upbringing. Then she gets the chance to attend an art and music school on the East coast and her future ...
Style: sincere, uplifting, touching, sentimental, cute ...
Audience: teens
Plot: ambition, showbiz, follow your dream, hopes, parents and children, music, rising to stardom, mother daughter relationship, fish out of water, female protagonist, humiliation, family relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Sparkle (2012)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Musical prodigy, Sparkle (Jordin Sparks) struggles to become a star while overcoming issues that are tearing her family apart. From an affluent Detroit area and daughter to a single mother (Whitney Houston), she tries to balance a new romance with ...
Style: serious, realistic, emotional, sentimental, inspirational ...
Plot: musician's life, family relations, ambition, rising to stardom, desire for fame, music band, lifestyle, artists and showbiz, family problems, showbiz, black, african american ...
Time: year 2012, 60s, 20th century
Place: detroit, usa, michigan
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25%
A Question of Faith (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: When Tragedy Strikes three Families, their Destiny forces them on a coverging path and mercy as the challenges of their fate could also resurrect their beliefs
Style: touching, serious, atmospheric, psychological, captivating ...
Plot: clergy, christian, christianity, parents and children, religions or cults, family life, society, family problems, family values, religion, salvation, penance ...
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A Beautiful Soul (2012)
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, serious ...
Plot: redemption, introspection, self discovery, one more chance, musician's life, religions or cults, celebrity culture, hopes, lifestyle, ambition, showbiz, hip hop ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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What If... (2010)
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Fifteen years ago, Ben Walker made a decision to leave his college sweetheart and ultimately his faith, in order to pursue a lucrative business opportunity. Now with a high-paying career and a trophy fiancé, he is visited by an angel, who gives him ...
Style: semi serious, sentimental, touching, light, sincere ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: spirituality, fish out of water, angel, faith, christian, religious, family relations, disorder, family life, lifestyle, miraculous event, destiny ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Two Sons of Francisco (2005)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Brazil
Duration: 132 min.
Story: The story of Francisco, a very simple and poor man whose dream was to see his children become country music stars, and who made all the efforts to make it happen.
Style: touching, emotional, serious, captivating, stylized ...
Plot: rags to riches, musician's life, obsession, success, death, rise to the top, parents and children, society, lifestyle, music, car accident, peasant ...
Place: brazil, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Heart of the Country (2013)
Genre: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: With her husband jailed for Wall Street-based fraud, Faith has to leave behind her luxury life in New York to return home to North Carolina and the widower father and dutiful older sister she left behind. Together, they have to deal with the buried ...
Style: realistic, touching, emotional, captivating, romantic ...
Plot: family relations, homecoming, parents and children, love affair, love and romance, countryside, hopes, getting home, female protagonist, father daughter relationship, life, village life ...
Time: 21st century
Place: north carolina, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Waterproof (2000)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Single mother Tyree Battle struggles to keep her young son Thaniel away from the gang-plagued city streets that he is mixed up in. Under severe gang pressure, Thaniel accidentally shoots Jewish shopkeeper Eli Zeal in a botched robbery attempt. ...
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Plot: family relations, gang, homecoming, family problems, self discovery, aging, redemption, youth, single parent, going straight, heist, family life ...
Time: 90s
Place: usa, louisiana
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23%
The Identical (2014)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: During the Great Depression, identical twins are separated at birth. One, Drexel Hemsley becomes a wildly successful '50s rock star, while the other, Ryan Wade, struggles to balance his passion for music and pleasing his parents, who want him ...
Style: captivating, serious, realistic, touching, sentimental ...
Plot: musician, family relations, musician's life, ambition, supportive spouse, twin brother, rising to stardom, artists and showbiz, follow your dream, jazz, christian, family secret ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, 50s, 60s, 1930s ...
Place: usa, alabama
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Live Fast, Die Young (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: When a famous star is found dead at an exclusive Christmas Eve party filled with A-list Hollywood types, the police must hold for questioning a group of powerful entertainment industry players who are eager to leave the scene. As they reflect upon ...
Style: captivating, realistic, serious, emotional, psychotronic ...
Plot: hollywood, society, lifestyle, actor's life, redemption, overdose, drug abuse, writer's life, hopes, artists and showbiz, starlet, filmmaking ...
Time: 21st century
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The Young Messiah (2016)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA, South Korea
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Tells the story of Jesus Christ at age seven as he and his family depart Egypt to return home to Nazareth. Told from his childhood perspective, it follows young Jesus as he grows into his religious identity.
Style: biblical, serious, emotional, touching, realistic ...
Plot: jesus, christian, youth, journey, family relations, gospel, parents and children, society, family life, young heroes, religious, messiah ...
Time: 1st century
Place: holy land, egypt, israel, palestine
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Habana Blues (2005)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Spain, Cuba, France
Duration: 115 min.
Story: When Spanish record producers express interest in Cuban musicians Ruy and Tito, the longtime friends are faced with the prospect of leaving their loved ones behind. After years of hoping and dreaming, they've finally earned the opportunity to ...
Style: realistic, sincere, touching, emotional, semi serious ...
Plot: ambition, musician's life, friends, music band, lifestyle, follow your dream, immigrant, artists and showbiz, music, rock and roll, couples, musician ...
Time: 21st century
Place: cuba, latin america, usa, havana cuba
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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A Mother's Prayer (2009)
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: touching, realistic, uplifting, serious, emotional ...
Plot: self discovery, family life, redemption, family relations, family in crisis, last wish, love and romance, hopes, estrangement, family problems, dealing with death, soul ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Stanley's Gig (2000)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: An emotionally dysfunctional ukulele minstrel lands a gig at a nursing home where he strikes up an unlikely relationship with an ancient jazz chanteuse and awakens from a lifetime of loneliness and inconsequence.
Style: serious, realistic, sincere, touching, independent film
Plot: musician's life, redemption, hopes, love and romance, haunted by the past, friendship, daydreamer, comeback, jazz, singer, cruise, retirement home ...
Time: 90s
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story (2006)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: In the Lifetime® movie, THE FANTASIA BARRINO STORY: LIFE IS NOT A FAIRYTALE, a single teenage mother overcomes all odds - sexual abuse, poverty and illiteracy - by relying on her spectacular singing voice. She ultimately gains national prominence ...
Style: uplifting, realistic, serious, touching
Audience: girls' night
Plot: sexual abuse, poverty, family relations, biopic, teenage pregnancy, ambition, rising to stardom, aspiring singer, parents and children, artists and showbiz, youth, single parent ...
Time: 21st century
Place: north carolina
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Pure Country 2: The Gift (2010)
Genre: Drama, Music, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Three angels bestow the gift of song to a young girl, who must follow a series of rules in order hold on to it during her rise to fame and fortune.
Style: realistic, sincere, serious, sentimental, contemplative
Plot: country, friendship, musician's life, desire for fame, music, love and romance, lifestyle, rise to the top, friends, hopes, ambition, artists and showbiz ...
Time: 21st century
Place: tennessee, usa, dallas texas, austin texas, texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
The Mulberry Tree (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A drama centered on a young man working in Rhode Island's state corrections system and his relationship with a convicted murderer who is dying of AIDS and spending his remaining days on hospital detail.
Style: touching, serious, realistic, emotional, independent film ...
Plot: prison, hospital, redemption, family relations, estrangement, life is a bitch, hopes, one more chance, terminal illness, life sentence, haunted by the past, murderer ...
Place: rhode island, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
I Am Not a Hipster (2012)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Things are not looking good for Brook, a young, talented singer/songwriter who has become the clichéd tortured artist. Slow to come to terms with the death of his mother, Brook is self-absorbed, aggressive, and the major obstruction to his own ...
Style: serious, touching, realistic, sincere, atmospheric ...
Plot: musician's life, music, rock, siblings relations, parents and children, family problems, artists and showbiz, coping, creative block, estrangement, family relations, twentysomething life ...
Time: year 2012, 21st century
Place: california, usa, san diego california
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20%
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Dingo (1991)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: France, Australia
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Young John Anderson is captivated by jazz musician, Billy Cross when he performs on the remote airstrip of his Western Australian outback hometown after his plane is diverted. Years later, now a family man and making a meagre living tracking dingoes ...
Style: realistic, independent film, serious, emotional, touching
Plot: jazz, music, outback, art, family relations, couples, friends, self discovery, hopes, human nature, desire for fame, follow your dream ...
Time: year 1991, 90s, 20th century
Place: paris france, australia, france, europe
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20%
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