Movies like The Mission
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The Mission (1986)
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, History
Country: UK, France
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
When a Spanish Jesuit goes into the South American wilderness to build a mission in the hope of converting the Indians of the region, a slave hunter is converted and joins his mission. When Spain sells the colony to Portugal, they are forced to defend all they have built against the Portugese aggressors.
Style:
thought provoking, epic, harsh, realistic, breathtaking, dramatic, touching, emotional, spiritual, christian film ...
Plot:
jungle, mission, slavery, clergy, jesuit, religion, christian, slave, slave trader, redemption, ethnic conflict, native american, punishment, wilderness, hopes, murder, interracial relations, religions or cults, crucifix, politics, courage, catholic, mentor, colonialism, river ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
south america, argentina, portugal, latin america, vatican, spain, brazil ...
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, dramatic, realistic and visually appealing films with plots about catastrophe, dialogue, storytelling, mentor, culture clash, brutality and courage mostly in Drama, History and Adventure genres. Some movies like The Mission: Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972), Silence (2016), Amistad (1997), Black Robe (1991), Fitzcarraldo (1982). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, History
Country: West Germany, Mexico
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A few decades after the destruction of the Inca empire, a Spanish expedition leaves the mountains of Peru and goes down the Amazon river in search of gold and wealth. Soon, they come across great difficulties and Don Aguirre, a ruthless man who ...
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bleak, atmospheric, tense, suspenseful, art house ...
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insanity, expedition, gold, amazon, treasure hunt, amazon river, legends and myths, conquistador, obsession, nature, slavery, river ...
Time:
16th century
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south america, peru, germany, spain, andes mountains ...
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA, UK, Taiwan, Japan, Mexico
Duration: 161 min.
Story:
Two Jesuit priests travel to seventeenth century Japan which has, under the Tokugawa shogunate, banned Catholicism and almost all foreign contact.
Style:
philosophical, stylized, cerebral, melancholic, intellectual ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
missionary, religious persecution, christianity, crisis of faith, religion, culture clash, torture, faith, doubt, clergy, betrayal, christian ...
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17th century
Place:
japan, portugal, tokyo, asia
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 155 min.
Story:
In 1839, the slave ship Amistad set sail from Cuba to America. During the long trip, Cinque leads the slaves in an unprecedented uprising. They are then held prisoner in Connecticut, and their release becomes the subject of heated debate. Freed ...
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political, touching, emotional, epic, dramatic ...
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slavery, slave trade, court, lawyer, rebellion, ship, legal, idealism, courtroom, african american, justice, politics ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1840s, 1830s, 18th century
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africa, cuba, england, washington d.c., massachusetts ...
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, War
Country: Canada, Australia
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
In the 17th century a Jesuit priest and a young companion are escorted through the wilderness of Quebec by Algonquin Indians to find a distant mission in the dead of winter. The Jesuit experiences a spiritual journey while his young companion falls ...
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thought provoking, realistic, bleak, sexy, visually appealing ...
Plot:
native american, christian, indians, religion, wilderness, shaman, colonialism, jesuit, nature, church, culture clash, native americans ...
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17th century
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canada, quebec, france, india
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: West Germany, Peru
Duration: 158 min.
Story:
Fitzcarraldo, a dreamer who plans to bring opera and Enrico Caruso to the South American jungles. With limited funding, he must figure out how to finance the opera house, and ultimately decides to capitalize on South America's rubber ...
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cerebral, surreal, visually appealing, thought provoking, tense ...
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boat, steamship, jungle, opera, insanity, art, beautiful scenery, surrealism, obsession, river, forest, dreams ...
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20th century, 19th century
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south america, peru, germany, latin america, brazil
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK, USA, New Zealand
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
The familiar story of Lieutenant Bligh, whose cruelty leads to a mutiny on his ship. This version follows both the efforts of Fletcher Christian to get his men beyond the reach of British retribution, and the epic voyage of Lieutenant Bligh to get ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
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Country: UK, France, Spain
Duration: 154 min.
Story:
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
For ten years, engineer Bill Markham has searched tirelessly for his son Tommy who disappeared from the edge of the Brazilian rainforest. Miraculously, he finds the boy living among the reclusive Amazon tribe who adopted him. And that's when ...
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67%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, Germany, Spain, Morocco, USA, Italy, France
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
After his wife dies, a blacksmith named Balian is thrust into royalty, political intrigue and bloody holy wars during the Crusades.
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Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: France, Czech Republic, USA
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
In 1429 a teenage girl from a remote French village stood before her King with a message she claimed came from God; that she would defeat the world's greatest army and liberate her country from its political and religious turmoil. Following her ...
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Duration: 127 min.
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Duration: 155 min.
Story:
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Duration: 189 min.
Story:
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 ...
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missionary, jungle, religion, culture clash, civilization, amazon jungle, insanity, christianity, greed, ecology, malaria, genocide ...
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100%
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Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
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Duration: 112 min.
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Duration: 118 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
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Duration: 137 min.
Story:
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Duration: 137 min.
Story:
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Duration: 118 min.
Story:
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Duration: 135 min.
Story:
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