Movies like Legacy 1993
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Legacy (1993)
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Genre: Drama, History, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 53 min.
Story:
A portrayal of the early Latter-day Saints' joys, sacrifices, hopes, and trials; their epic journey to the Salt Lake Valley; and their legacy of faith in Jesus Christ.
Style:
religious drama, historical drama, inspirational, period piece, uplifting, family saga, independent film, nostalgic
Plot:
mormon, latter day saints, female protagonist, religious persecution, wagon train, spiritual journey, mob violence, sacrifice, perseverance, testimony, family values, emigration, exodus, biopic, religious education, love triangle, church, hardship, van, loss of brother, book of mormon, pioneer, husband wife relationship, mob, mormonism
Time:
19th century, 1840s, 1830s
Place:
illinois, missouri, utah, new york, ohio, new york state
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out historical drama, period piece, inspirational and serious films with plots about religion, latter day saints, mormon, faith, church, religious and hopes mostly in Drama, History and Western genres. Some movies like Legacy: The Mountain of the Lord (1993), Emma Smith: My Story (2008), Handcart (2002), Savage Journey (1983), Out of Step (2002). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
Recounts the 40-year history of building the Salt Lake Temple, shown as if recounted by Wilford Woodruff to a young reporter. It portrays the pioneers' dedication to temple worship.
Style:
inspirational, period piece, historical drama, uplifting, reflective ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
faith based, sacrifice, devotional, perseverance, latter day saints, religious education, biopic, mormon, temple, interview, reporter, diary ...
Time:
19th century, 1880s, 1840s, 1860s, 1850s ...
Place:
salt lake city utah, utah
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
By the side of a founder of a new faith was a woman of undeniable courage.
Style:
historical drama, period piece, contemplative, educational, melancholic ...
Plot:
faith, mormon, female protagonist, religious, biopic, character study, religious community, family life, resilience, persecution, loyalty, motherhood ...
Time:
19th century, 1840s
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 64 min.
Story:
Depicts the factual accounts of Vincenzo Di Francesca and Parley P. Pratt and how they came to appreciate the contents of the Book of Mormon.
Style:
inspirational, uplifting, reflective, sincere, educational ...
Plot:
latter day saints, church, religious, devotional, testimony, biopic, redemption, intimate, evangelical christianity, priest, faith, soldier ...
Time:
19th century, 1910s, 1930s, 1950s, 20th century ...
Place:
italy, america, new york, sicily
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Genre: History
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
This is a fictional love story with the 1856 Handcart Pioneers as the backdrop. Sam Hunter, falls for a Mormon Pioneer woman, Abigail, as she is moving west. As the pioneers stop in his town of Iowa City, he pretends to desire joining the Mormon ...
Style:
historical drama, period piece, historical romance, emotional, dramatic ...
Plot:
christian, sacrifice, religious faith, love story, hardship, survival, suffering, religious community, moral dilemma, faith, pioneer, religious persecution ...
Time:
19th century, 1850s
Place:
iowa, utah
Similarity:
70%
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Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
"The Work and The Glory: American Zion" sets the story of the fictional Steed family against the historically factual backdrop of the Mormon people's move into the West. Divided by their diverse reactions to a nascent ideology, the ...
Style:
emotional, serious, realistic, captivating, period drama
Audience:
teens
Plot:
mormon, hopes, culture clash, religious, discrimination, redemption, society, latter day saints, religious leader, christian, religious differences, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
19th century, 1830s
Place:
new york state, missouri, usa, ohio
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Drama, History, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
They forged a new land in the untamed wilderness - with their heart, their hands, and their faith in god.
Style:
serious, realistic, atmospheric, eighties
Plot:
native american, old west, church, wilderness, violent content, religions or cults, society, clergy, escapades, heroes, politics, state affairs ...
Time:
19th century, 1800s
Place:
missouri, salt lake city utah, ohio
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
Story:
A film that focuses on some of the events during the life of Joseph Smith, Jr., founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, which was both filmed and distributed by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Style:
disturbing, captivating, suspense, biblical, period drama
Plot:
mormon, prophet, latter day saints, church, religious persecution, religion, social problems, male female relationship, life is a bitch, religious faith, faith, family problems ...
Time:
19th century, 1840s, 1820s, 1830s
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Joshua Steed returns to Missouri a wealthy man with a beautiful wife; however, the past has a way of catching up. Soon Joshua is tangled in a web of rumors, deception and betrayal that threatens to tear his family apart. Back in Kirtland, financial ...
Style:
serious, realistic, emotional, uplifting, period drama
Audience:
teens
Plot:
mormon, hopes, family in danger, bankruptcy, religions or cults, redemption, rivalry, dishonesty, danger, society, religious, discrimination ...
Time:
19th century, 1830s
Place:
missouri, usa, ohio, savannah georgia
Similarity:
54%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Graced with the instinctive ability to dance, Jenny Thomas wants nothing more than to become a professional dancer. All of her hard work pays off when she is accepted to a prominent dance program in New York. Against her mother's will, but with ...
Style:
romantic drama, independent film
Plot:
mormon, female protagonist, coming of age, faith, self discovery, ambition, religion, passion, love triangle, young adult, relationships, identity crisis ...
Place:
new york, utah
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama, History, Western
Country: Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Fleeing an arranged marriage in China, the independent Peony signs a contract to work as a “flower girl” in America, where she meets Tom, an American Born Chinese cook whose father works on the Transcontinental Railroad. Thwarted by a Hong Kong ...
Style:
suspense, historical drama, captivating, disturbing, dramatic ...
Plot:
lynching, chinese immigrant, racial violence, tragic romance, tragic love, lynch mob, vigilantism, in love, love affair, love story, social problems, star crossed lovers ...
Time:
19th century, 1870s
Place:
california, los angeles
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
Story:
As 85-year-old President Lorenzo Snow struggles to vanquish the two million dollar indebtedness of the Mormon church in 1899, he feels inspired to journey from Salt Lake City by train and carriage to St. George in southern Utah. Along the way he ...
Style:
historical drama, inspirational, period piece
Plot:
mormon, drought, hopes, miraculous event, loyalty, biopic, agriculture, perseverance, leadership, preaching, convict, elderly man ...
Time:
1890s
Place:
utah, salt lake city utah
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama, Family, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
This is the story of the foundation sire of the Morgan Horse Breed.
Style:
historical drama, period piece, inspirational, educational, sentimental ...
Plot:
horse, horse trainer, equestrian, family values, village life, perseverance, small town, tradition, community, folk hero, resilience, biopic ...
Time:
19th century, 18th century
Place:
new england, vermont
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama, History, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 333 min.
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Story:
Frontierswoman Sayward Luckett's struggles in Ohio during the late 18th-century and early 19th-century.
Style:
family saga, romantic drama, emotional, historical drama, period drama ...
Plot:
pioneer, american history, motherhood, land, resilience, family bonds, village life, survival, marriage, agriculture, struggle, domestic drama ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
ohio
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
By God's order, Abraham was commanded to sacrifice his son Isaac on the mountain of Moriah. While traveling to the place of the sacrifice, alongside Isaac and two servants, Abraham is flooded with vivid memories from the years he and Sarah ...
Style:
biblical, exciting, thought provoking, serious, christian film ...
Plot:
faith, sacrifice, god, bible, son, father, father son relationship, belief in god, human sacrifice, bible story, victim, obedience ...
Time:
ancient times
Place:
middle east
Similarity:
34%
393
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Anna, a young slave girl, is rescued and adopted by Christians in 2ND Century Smyrna, and befriended by their aged bishop, Polycarp. As Anna is taught by Polycarp and her new family, she struggles to reconcile her beliefs with those of the ...
Style:
christian film, philosophical, historical drama, religious drama, psychological ...
Plot:
christian, faith, roman empire, moral dilemma, ancient rome, bishop, martyrdom, persecution, religion, life philosophy, religions or cults, haunted by the past ...
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
In 1827, Joseph Smith, Jr. was only 21 years old when he received a prophetic calling to translate ancient scriptures that would soon be published as The Book of Mormon. Less than three years later, he founded The Church of Jesus Christ of ...
Style:
spiritual, inspirational, historical drama, reflective, uplifting ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
mormon, book of mormon, faith, religious, biopic, revelation, prophecy, a vision, redemption, miraculous event, forgiveness, devotional ...
Time:
19th century, 1820s
Place:
new england
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama, History, Romance, Western
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A story set against the Mountain Meadows Massacre, the film is based upon the tragedy which occurred in Utah in 1857. A group of settlers, traveling on wagons, was murdered by the native Mormons. All together, about 140 souls of men, women and ...
Style:
psychological, serious, suspenseful, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
forbidden love, young lovers, mormon, emigrant, conspiracy, murder, vengeance, fall in love, old west, terrorism, couple relations, tragic hero ...
Time:
19th century, turn of the century, year 2007, 1840s, 1870s ...
Place:
utah, salt lake city utah, arkansas, usa
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama, History, Western
Country: Serbia
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The film follows the story of Hadzi Trifun, a prominent Serbian merchant, who tries to keep the peace with the Turkish authorities, but also maintains his reputation and influence in Vranje, an important Turkish town near the border with liberated ...
Style:
period piece, historical drama, family saga, psychological, thrilling ...
Plot:
life is a bitch, social problems, social issues, politics, life, family honor, political intrigue, moral dilemma, reputation, legacy, power struggle, honor ...
Time:
19th century, 1910s
Place:
serbia, balkan, ottoman empire, turkey
Similarity:
32%
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
From T.C. Christensen, director of the sensational pioneer film, 17 Miracles, comes the heroic true story of a simple man who was called to do the work of angels. Ephraim’s Rescue relates the story of Ephraim Hanks: a rescuer of the Martin ...
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, emotional, independent film
Plot:
religious conversion, rescue, idealism, human spirit, heroic mission, optimism, society, escapades, hopes, destiny, church, latter day saints ...
Time:
18th century, 19th century, 1850s
Place:
utah, salt lake city utah, ohio, usa
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama, History
Duration: 66 min.
Story:
In 1732, two young Moravians leave their comfortable community of Hernhut, Germany, to bring the Gospel to the slaves in the West Indies.
Style:
reflective, inspirational, tension, uplifting, educational ...
Plot:
slavery, plantation, religious, evangelical christianity, island, spiritual awakening, devotional, sea voyage, sacrifice, perseverance, coming of age, faith ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
west indies
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Iran
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
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Style:
biblical, historical drama, thrilling, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
religious, antiquity, problem, faith, religious faith, belief in god, religion, faith based, spiritual journey, female protagonist, loyalty, coming of age ...
Time:
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Place:
middle east
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Miles Utley is a professional Mormon commando/bodyguard who is forced to turn renegade and to question his faith as he investigates a scandal involving assassination and land speculation.
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, exciting, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
assassination attempt, religion, polygamy, journal, latter day saints, conspiracy, oracle, church, religions or cults, state affairs, assassination, criminal heroes ...
Time:
19th century, 1870s
Place:
utah, salt lake city utah
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Sweden, New Zealand, Denmark, Norway
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
Sweden, 1849. A poverty-stricken family decides to move to America in the hope of finding a better and more prosperous life. Although they know the journey will be dangerous and the pressure of facing a new life in a strange and wild land is great, ...
Style:
historical drama, family saga, period piece, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
immigration, social problems, society, lifestyle, social issues, struggle for survival, family bonds, survival, determination, journey, adaptation, literary ...
Time:
19th century, 1840s, 1850s
Place:
america, eastern europe
Similarity:
28%
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Croatia, Canada, USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
In 1981 in Medjugorje (BA), a group of kids claim that Virgin Mary appeared to them on a hill. The local priest believes them and spreads the word. Religious tourism blossoms. The communist government is concerned and arrests the priest.
Style:
religious drama, inspirational, historical drama, emotional, bleak ...
Plot:
miraculous event, faith, priest, pilgrimage, spirituality, catholicism, controversy, religious persecution, loyalty, hopes, arrest, political conflict ...
Place:
bosnia herzegovina, former yugoslavia
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Based on the memoirs of Josephine Marcus Earp, a young opera singer from San Francisco, this docudrama tells the story of how she became the wife of legendary lawman Wyatt Earp.
Style:
period piece, atmospheric, emotional, tense
Audience:
adult
Plot:
wyatt earp, biopic, old west, female protagonist, lawman, gunfight, marriage, legend, cowboy, love story, gambler, justice ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
arizona, san francisco
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Sweden
Duration: 151 min.
Story:
In the middle of the 19th century, Kristina and Karl-Oskar live in a small rural village in Smaaland (southern Sweden). They get married and try to make a living on a small spot of land. However, the small size of their land, the infertile soil, and ...
Style:
epic, romantic, inspirational, atmospheric, gloomy ...
Plot:
immigrant, journey, immigration, religious persecution, food, sea voyage, farm hand, starvation, nordic, refugee, boat, death ...
Time:
19th century, 1840s, 1850s, year 1971
Place:
minnesota, america, europe, eastern europe
Similarity:
28%
464
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Following the death of his brother John, Robert Kennedy is forced to rise to the challenge of leading his country and carrying on his brother's vision of what America could be.
Style:
historical drama, period piece, bleak, emotional, intense ...
Plot:
john f. kennedy, biopic, campaigning, u.s. president, president, american politics, leadership, legacy, tragedy, democratic party, thoughtful, hopes ...
Time:
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Place:
washington d.c., harlem, new york, los angeles, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama, History, Western
Country: USA, Romania, UK, France, Russia
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Two women who forge a close connection despite their isolation in the mid-19th-century American frontier.
Style:
captivating, erotic, psychological, serious, relaxing ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
lesbian, lesbian love, lesbian relationship, lesbian romance, lgbt, female protagonist, lesbian teen, lesbian couple, couple relations, lesbian attraction, passion, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1940s
Place:
new york state
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama, History, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 154 min.
Story:
A reluctant cavalry Captain must track a defiant tribe of migrating Cheyennes.
Style:
rough, serious, realistic, period piece, disturbing ...
Plot:
cavalry, native american, fort, starvation, native, society, homecoming, culture clash, injustice, life is a bitch, military, wyatt earp ...
Time:
19th century, 1870s
Place:
usa, oklahoma, wyoming, kansas
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Story of the federally-ordered integration of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1957.
Style:
historical drama, serious, tension, dramatic, bleak ...
Plot:
civil rights, racial tension, segregation, social justice, female protagonist, moral dilemma, bravery, legal battle, courage, biopic, national guard, leadership ...
Time:
1950s
Place:
arkansas
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