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The Singing Nun (1966)
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The Singing Nun (1966)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A Belgian nun, Sister Ann is sent to another order where she's at first committed to helping troubled souls like, Nichole and little Dominic. When Father Clementi hears Sister Ann's uplifting singing style, he takes her to a talent contest. Suddenly, Sister Ann is signed to a record deal and everyone is listening to her light-hearted songs. Sister Ann is unprepared for her new found fame (like appearing on the "Ed Sullivan" show) and unwanted side-effects, including a wrongful attraction to an old friend,
Style: retro, humorous, captivating, realistic, semi serious
Plot: nun, religion, catholic, church, clergy, biopic, faith, composer, christian, bad father, convent, father daughter relationship, father son relationship, missionary, bishop, abusive father, recording studio, jukebox, friends, human spirit, showbiz, society, ambition, introspection, lifestyle ...
Time: year 1966, 60s
Place: belgium, africa, europe

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, captivating and touching films with plots about biopic, church, society, religion, hopes, ambition and artists and showbiz mostly in Drama, Biography and Music genres. Some movies like The Singing Nun: Thérèse (2004), Mother Teresa (2003), Sister Smile (2009), Billy: The Early Years (2008), Francis of Assisi (1961). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Thérèse (2004)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Family, History
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: The mesmerizing story of a young girl's romance with God. Her faith, trials, and sacrifices reveal a way of life based on love and simplicity. A contemplative film based on the true story of Saint Therese of Lisieux, the most popular saint of ...
Style: uplifting, emotional, realistic, contemplative, spiritual ...
Plot: saint, human spirit, nun, biopic, convent, clergy, self discovery, religions or cults, miraculous event, society, hopes, ambition ...
Time: victorian era, 19th century, ancient times
Place: europe, france
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Mother Teresa (2003)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Spain, UK, Italy
Duration: 180 min.
Story: The inspirational portrayal of Mother Teresa, a simple nun who became one of the most significant personalities of the 20th Century. Armed with a faith that could move mountains, Mother Teresa followed her calling to help the poor, the lepers, the ...
Style: serious, realistic, touching, inspirational, sincere ...
Plot: human spirit, nun, charity, against the odds, hopes, prodigy, clergy, tragic hero, religions or cults, society, catholic, religion ...
Time: 20th century
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Sister Smile (2009)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A biography of the Belgian nun Jeannine Deckers, who became a popular singer in the early 1960s and struggled with the contradiction between the church and her true self.
Style: sincere, realistic, serious, emotional, captivating ...
Plot: nun, convent, ambition, musician's life, follow your dream, showbiz, mother superior, society, against the rules, rising to stardom, life is a bitch, rise and fall ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: belgium, europe
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53%
Billy: The Early Years (2008)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Most of us know Billy Graham as the self-assured and charismatic preacher who became one of the most important figures of 20th Century Christianity. Now, with the release of Billy: The Early Years, we meet Billy as the earnest and promising young ...
Style: christian film, captivating, serious, realistic
Plot: christianity, faith, christian, self discovery, idealism, redemption, hopes, life is a bitch, society, lifestyle, clergy, miraculous event ...
Time: 1940s, 1930s, 20th century
Place: north carolina
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Francis of Assisi (1961)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: The story of a lusty, fighting young adventurer who exchanged his sword for a cross
Style: biblical, serious, realistic, captivating, crying ...
Plot: saint, christian, monk, biopic, medieval, catholic, religion, nun, church, ancient, pope, singing ...
Time: middle ages, medieval times, year 1961, ancient times, 13th century
Place: israel, sahara, italy, jerusalem
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50%
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Faustina (1994)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 73 min.
Story: The Life of saint Maria Faustyna Kowalska, a Polish Nun.
Style: serious, realistic, captivating, thought provoking, uplifting ...
Plot: saint, catholic, christian, nun, catholic saint, monk, convent, hopes, supernatural ability, clergy, society, church ...
Time: 1930s, 1920s
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50%
The Sound of Music (1965)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Family, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 172 min.
Story: Film adaptation of a classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical based on a nun who becomes a governess for an Austrian family.
Style: feel good, sentimental, christian film, touching, romantic ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, teens, toddlers, kids ...
Plot: world war two, nanny, love, love story, love and romance, convent, mischievous children, beautiful scenery, nazi, nun, children, single father ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century, year 1938, 50s, 1900s ...
Place: austria, europe, alps
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47%
Sunday School Musical (2008)
Genre: Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Two competing groups of high school students must rally together and enter a song and dance competition in order to save their church from closing.
Style: humorous, mockbuster, exciting, feel good, light ...
Audience: teens
Plot: high school, church, music band, rivalry, follow your dream, lifestyle, friends, ambition, teachers and students, teenage love, save the day, choir ...
Time: 21st century
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46%
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Have No Fear: The Life of Pope John Paul II (2005)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Lithuania, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The eventful life of a humble Polish priest who once decried the pomp of the Catholic Church "a circus" and labeled the Pope a "prisoner of the Vatican" before ascending to the papal throne is explored as actor Thomas Kretschmann ...
Style: serious, realistic, captivating
Plot: pope, church, religion, faith, fighting the system, clergy, politics, dishonesty, hopes, state affairs, human spirit, society ...
Place: poland, israel, middle east, europe
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45%
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Luther (1974)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: A man's view cause a rift between peasants and the church.
Style: independent film, contemplative, realistic, serious, talky ...
Plot: reformation, church, faith, christian, clergy, bible, supernatural, saint, conservative, preacher, politics, biopic ...
Time: 16th century, 70s
Place: germany
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Karol: A Man Who Became Pope (2005)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Poland, Italy
Duration: 186 min.
Story: The life of the pope John-Paul II, from his youth as a writer, actor, and athlete in war-torn occupied Poland to his election as Pope at the age of 58.
Style: realistic, serious, factual, psychological, touching ...
Plot: catholic, clergy, saint, faith, christian, world war two, religion, bishop, catholic church, politics, heroes, human spirit ...
Place: poland, europe
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Jersey Boys (2014)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story: From director Clint Eastwood comes the big-screen version of the Tony Award-winning musical Jersey Boys. The film tells the story of four young men from the wrong side of the tracks in New Jersey who came together to form the iconic 1960s rock group ...
Style: stylized, intense, sentimental, realistic, serious ...
Plot: music, biopic, music band, broadway, rock and roll, musician, life philosophy, desire for fame, rising to stardom, ambition, showbiz, friends ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, 50s, 1950s
Place: new jersey, usa
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Blue Valley Songbird (1999)
Genre: Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Country singer Leana Taylor (Dolly Parton) struggles to escape from her controlling manager/boyfriend Hank (John Terry) as well as her troubled past. After turning to her guitarist (Billy Dean), Leanna finally faces her past, including her estranged ...
Style: realistic, serious, touching, entertaining
Plot: country, country music, couples, follow your dream, ambition, lifestyle, rising to stardom, music, desire for fame, performer's life, love and romance, life is a bitch ...
Time: 90s
Place: usa, tennessee, nashville tennessee
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38%
A Gift of Love: The Daniel Huffman Story (1999)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: All his life, teenager Daniel Huffman and his grandma have dreamed of Daniel playing college football. After Daniel is cut from his high school team, his grandmother's encouragement and coaching get him a second chance at that dream. He works ...
Style: emotional, serious, realistic, uplifting, sincere ...
Plot: american football, family relations, mentor protege relationship, illness, high school, ambition, high school football, biopic, power relations, sport team, friends, transplant ...
Time: 90s
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Father Damien (1999)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Belgium, Netherlands, Australia
Duration: 109 min.
Story: The true story of the 19th century Belgian priest, Father Damien, who volunteered to go to the island of Molokai, to console and care for the lepers.
Style: uplifting, realistic, serious, touching, emotional ...
Plot: saint, catholic, religion, missionary, christian, biopic, christian history, quarantine, faith, catholic church, church, nature ...
Time: 19th century, year 1999, 1870s, victorian era
Place: hawaii, usa, oceania
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Ragamuffin (2014)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story: RAGAMUFFIN is based on the true story of Rich Mullins, a musical prodigy who rose to Christian music fame and fortune only to walk away and live on a Navajo reservation. An artistic genius raised on a tree farm in Indiana by a weathered, callous ...
Style: realistic, serious
Plot: faith, prodigy, ambition, musician's life, celebrity culture, religions or cults, youth, rising to stardom, society, church, farm, christian ...
Time: 21st century
Place: indiana, tennessee
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The Audrey Hepburn Story (2000)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 133 min.
Story: The film spans from Hepburn's early childhood to the 1950s which details her life as a Dutch ballerina, coming to grips with her parents' divorce, and enduring life in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands during World War II. She then settles in ...
Style: uplifting, serious, feel good, realistic, sentimental ...
Plot: hollywood, actor's life, world war two, showbiz, celebrity culture, performer's life, rising to stardom, childhood, filmmaking, haunted by the past, human spirit, artists and showbiz ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, 1940s, 50s, 1950s
Place: usa, new york, europe, holland, manhattan new york city
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Little Richard (2000)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: The story of Little Richard Penniman, from his poor Southern upbringing to dealing with the trials and tribulations of being a Black singer in the 1950s, to his born-again phase and brief "retirement" from rock and roll.
Style: uplifting, captivating, sentimental, touching, serious ...
Plot: rock, singer, biopic, relationship vs career, musician's life, self discovery, lifestyle, rising to stardom, celebrity, couples, haunted by the past, career change ...
Time: 1940s, 50s, 1950s
Place: georgia, usa, sydney australia, los angeles
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35%
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A Time for Miracles (1980)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Elizabeth Bayley Seton, America's first native-born saint and founder of the Sisters of Charity, is the subject of this inspiring biopic. After the tragic death of her husband, Seton converts to Catholicism. Once again, she suffers terrible ...
Plot: catholic, saint, catholic saint, female protagonist, miraculous event, faith, christmas, priest, historical event, education, catholic priest, nun ...
Time: 18th century
Place: new york
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The Wager (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: An actor at the pinnacle of his Hollywood career finds himself buckling to temptation after he accepts the lead in a classic tale of good versus evil. Michael Steele has just been nominated for Best Actor at the Academy Awards. In the wake of that ...
Style: christian film, realistic, serious, contemplative, thought provoking ...
Plot: christianity, hollywood, actor's life, desire for fame, human spirit, introspection, ambition, relationship vs career, couples, society, hotshot hero, rising to stardom ...
Time: 21st century
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The Sound of Music Live! (2013)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Family, History, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 180 min.
Story: This new version of "The Sound of Music" will be a faithful adaptation of the original stage musical, to retell the story for a whole new generation. And more than that, it will be broadcast LIVE, adding a whole new level of immediacy and ...
Style: feel good, captivating, sentimental, touching, uplifting ...
Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot: convent, youth, nun, teenage love, couples, love and romance, fall in love, family life, undisciplined, parents and children, marriage, stage musical ...
Time: 1930s, pre world war two, 1920s
Place: austria
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The Rat Pack (1998)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: After a brief flash-forward to Frank Sinatra as an old man, saying "I miss my guys," the movie's main narrative begins during high points in the solo careers of the Rat Pack: Dean Martin has become a big success despite the breakup of ...
Style: serious, realistic, talky, sentimental, entertaining
Plot: mafia, racism, biopic, presidential candidate, nightclub, music, kennedy family, wiretap, usa president, hollywood, godfather, showbiz ...
Time: 60s, 50s, 20th century, 1950s
Place: las vegas
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34%
From a Far Country (1981)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Italy, UK, Poland
Duration: 140 min.
Story: The film is a biography of Pope John Paul II. It starts in 1926 when the boy Karol Wojtila was celebrating Christmas with his father in Poland. Some years later Nazi Germany attacks Poland and invades the country while Wojtila seeks refuge at the ...
Style: contemplative, uplifting, thought provoking, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot: pope, church, biopic, renaissance, saint, bible, catholic church, politics, rebellion, world war two, rebelliousness, against humanity ...
Time: 1940s, 1930s, 70s, 60s, 50s ...
Place: poland, eastern europe, germany, europe, rome italy ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Therese (1986)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 94 min.
Story: The life of little St. Therese of Lisieux, depicted in minimalist vignettes. Therese and her sisters are all nuns in a Carmelite convent. Her devotion to Jesus and her concept of "the little way" to God are shown clearly, using plain ...
Style: spiritual, slow cinema, aesthetic, contemplative, captivating ...
Plot: saint, catholic, nun, spirituality, convent, christian, religion, girl, erotica, catholic saint, spirit, bible ...
Time: year 1986, victorian era, 80s
Place: france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Song of Norway (1970)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story: Like the play from which it derived, the film tells of the early struggles of composer Edvard Grieg and his attempts to develop an authentic Norwegian national music. It stars Toralv Maurstad as Grieg and features an international cast including ...
Style: independent film, captivating, serious, realistic, sentimental ...
Plot: composer, biopic, art, classical composer, love and romance, lifestyle, couple relations, musician's life, artists and showbiz, forbidden love, rise to the top, music ...
Time: 19th century
Place: europe
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33%
Daydream Believers: The Monkees' Story (2000)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: In 2000, VH-1 produced the television biopic Daydream Believers: The Monkees' Story. In 2002, the movie was released on DVD, and featured both commentaries and interviews with Dolenz, Jones and Tork. The aired version did differ from the DVD ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, sentimental, captivating
Plot: overnight success, desire for fame, lifestyle, rising to stardom, showbiz, daydreamer, artists and showbiz, ambition, music band, bittersweet, music, music industry ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Rosie: The Rosemary Clooney Story (1982)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: The story of singer Rosemary Clooney's rise to fame, her marriage to Jose Ferrer, and her nervous breakdown.
Style: touching, realistic, serious
Plot: biopic, showbiz, friends, couples, rising to stardom, unfulfillment, tragic hero, actor's life, prodigy, artists and showbiz, musician's life, rise and fall ...
Time: 60s, 50s, 1950s, 1940s
Place: kentucky
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
John Wycliffe: The Morning Star (1984)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story: This affecting biography chronicles the life and times of prominent European philosopher John Wycliffe, who was the first to translate the Bible into English. The 14th century, Oxford University scholar often found himself caught between opposing ...
Style: uplifting, realistic, serious
Plot: reformation, medieval, biopic, ancient, faith, christian, conservative, time machine, catholic, translator, clergy, injustice ...
Time: medieval times, ancient times, 14th century, middle ages
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
The Buddy Holly Story (1978)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: A film about the life and career of the early rock and roll star.
Style: captivating, serious, realistic, feel good, touching ...
Plot: biopic, music, musician, rock, rock music, singer, showbiz, musician's life, pop music, price of fame, rags to riches, art ...
Time: 1950s, 50s, year 1978, 20th century
Place: texas, austin texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
I Can Only Imagine (2018)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Family, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Growing up in Texas, Bart Millard suffers physical and emotional abuse at the hands of his father. His childhood and relationship with his dad inspires him to write the hit song "I Can Only Imagine" as singer of the Christian band MercyMe.
Style: christian film, sincere, inspirational, touching, thought provoking ...
Audience: family outing, family friendly, adult
Plot: religion, christianity, christian, faith, father son relationship, folklore, death of father, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, autobiography, belief in god, church, religious ...
Time: future, 80s, 90s, year 1985
Place: nashville tennessee, texas
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30%
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