Movies like The Passion of the Christ

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The Passion of the Christ (2004)
 7.2
 196K
The Passion of the Christ
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story: "The Passion of the Christ" is a film about the last 12 hours in the life of Jesus. Director Mel Gibson received much criticism from critics and audiences for his explicit depiction of and focus on violence and on christs suffering, especially on the part of the jewish community. The films languages are Arabic, Latin and Hebrew and its actors are laymen which was controversially received as well.
Style: biblical, epic, bleak, factual, brutal, rough, emotional, serious, bloody, intense ...
Plot: christianity, jesus, suffering, religion, torture, betrayal, redemption, sacrifice, life philosophy, brutality, death, last supper, mission, apostle, virgin mary, violence, christian, jewish, destiny, good versus evil, visceral, clergy, mentor, chase, tragic hero ...
Time: ancient history, 1st century
Place: holy land, middle east, jerusalem

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, intense and dramatic films with plots about storytelling, mentor, redemption, destiny, life philosophy, catastrophe and dialogue mostly in Drama, History and Biography genres. Some movies like The Passion of the Christ: The Stoning of Soraya M. (2008), The Apostle (1997), God's Not Dead (2014), I Am David (2003), The Island (2006). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
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The Last Temptation of Christ
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 164 min.
Story: Jesus, a humble Judean carpenter beginning to see that he is the son of God, is drawn into revolutionary action against the Roman occupiers by Judas -- despite his protestations that love, not violence, is the path to salvation. The burden of being ...
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Time: ancient history, 30s, 1st century
Place: holy land, middle east, jerusalem, israel
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The Stoning of Soraya M. (2008)
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The Stoning of Soraya M.
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: A drama set in 1986 Iran and centered on a man, Sahebjam, whose car breaks down in a remote village and enters into a conversation with Zahra, who relays to him the story about her niece, Soraya, whose arranged marriage to an abusive tyrant had a ...
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The Apostle (1997)
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The Apostle
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
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Time: 20th century, 30s, 1930s
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God's Not Dead
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
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I Am David (2003)
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I Am David
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 90 min.
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The Island
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The Third Miracle
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Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
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The Bible: In the Beginning... (1966)
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The Bible: In the Beginning...
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Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 174 min.
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The Magdalene Sisters (2002)
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Courageous (2011)
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Courageous
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Country: USA
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The Man Without a Face (1993)
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The Man Without a Face
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Country: USA
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Jesus of Montreal
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The Believer
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Country: USA
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War Room
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
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Bright Lights, Big City
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
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The Sunset Limited (2011)
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The Sunset Limited
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Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
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The Doctor (1991)
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The Doctor
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The River (1984)
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The River
Genre: Drama
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Ulee's Gold
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Shadrach
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Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
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Bastard Out of Carolina (1996)
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Bastard Out of Carolina
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
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My Life (1993)
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My Life
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
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Time: 20th century, 90s
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Country (1984)
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Country
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
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The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
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The Greatest Story Ever Told
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Country: USA
Duration: 199 min.
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