Movies like Sons of Provo

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Sons of Provo (2004)
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Sons of Provo (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Will, Kirby, and Danny are the hottest new sensation in Mormon pop music! Will is an aerobics instructor, Danny is a student of eastern philosophy, and Kirby is a scrapbooking specialist. Together, they make up the band "Everclean" and they have taken the Mormon boy band scene by storm. Sons of Provo chronicles the struggles and successes of a group of boys fighting to become the most spiritual Mormon boy band in history.
Plot: mormon, christian, boy band, fictional band, latter day saints, found footage, recording studio, garage band, mormonism
Place: utah

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, semi serious and captivating films with plots about christian, lifestyle, mormon, artists and showbiz, rock and roll, fictional band and music mostly in Comedy, Music and Drama genres. Some movies like Sons of Provo: The Home Teachers (2004), The R.M. (2003), Midway to Heaven (2011), The Best Two Years (2004), Handcart (2002). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
The Home Teachers (2004)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Stocky Greg's passion is football, and he rounds up his family from their respective church meetings and rushes home just in time to make the kick-off of the Sunday afternoon Vikings game. He has just planted himself in front of his massive ...
Plot: christian, latter day saints, church, football, deer hunting, death of dog, funeral, hunting, police, car accident, mormon, service ...
Place: utah
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The R.M. (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Jared Phelps (Kirby Heyborne) has completed two years of full-time missionary service for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. His mission president has promised him that he will be blessed for his service, and he thinks he has it all ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, captivating, intense ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: missionary, bad luck, couples, family relations, lifestyle, innocence lost, down on your luck, police, cinema, arrested, job seeking, jail ...
Time: 21st century
Place: utah, usa
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81%
Midway to Heaven (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Years after his wife Kate died, Ned Stevens still cringes at the thought of dating other women. After all, why would he start dating again when he still has to look out for his daughter Liz? But when Liz comes home for a visit from college, she ...
Style: humorous, christian film, sentimental, light
Plot: christian, parent child relationship, father daughter relationship, single father, widower, husband wife relationship, father son relationship, family relations, female nudity, friendship, love, mormon
Place: utah
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
The Best Two Years (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Two pairs of Mormon missionaries from America live in a beaten-up apartment in the Dutch city of Haarlem. Their personalities are distinctly different. Elder Johnson is the District Leader and oversees their efforts. His companion, the vain Elder ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, touching, humorous, captivating ...
Plot: missionary, mormon, religions or cults, clergy, society, mission, social problems, life philosophy, relationship problems, relationships, lifestyle, faith ...
Time: 21st century
Place: holland, netherlands, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Handcart (2002)
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 ...
Plot: christian, religious persecution, journey, mormon, latter day saints, pioneer, faith, prejudice
Time: 19th century, 1850s
Place: utah
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49%
Cook & Banks (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Cocky natural Jack Cook and nervous savant Oliver Banks write and record a demo that sends them down the road to becoming the most successful duo of the 1980s. With help and hindrance from their producer, their manager, Cook's girlfriend, ...
Plot: reporter, musician, music industry, recording studio, rock and roll, fictional band, showbiz, song, duo, concert, music video, tape recording ...
Time: 80s
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46%
The Singles Ward (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: When Jonathan Jordan gets divorced he's thrust back into the world of being a single Mormon - a world who's ultimate goal is eternal marriage. Struggling to fit in, Jonathan decides to stop going to church only to be pursued by the members ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, touching, entertaining, captivating ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: church, lifestyle, family relations, couples, love and romance, religions or cults, divorce, male female relationship, love affair, relationships, romantic relationship, fall in love ...
Time: 21st century
Place: salt lake city utah, utah
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Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Electric Apricot is a spoof of jam bands centered around the band, Electric Apricot, in the style of "This Is Spinal Tap"
Style: realistic, cynical, humorous, semi serious, offbeat
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Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: "Baptists at Our Barbecue" is the comedic story of the small town of Longwinded, USA, a divided, feuding town of 262 Mormons and 262 Baptists. It's also a love story, about one man who will try anything to end the ridiculous feud, ...
Style: semi serious, thought provoking, realistic, humorous, contemplative ...
Plot: small town, feud, love and romance, love affair, couples, church, religions or cults, family relations, adoption, culture clash, americana, mormon ...
Time: 21st century
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⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min.
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Bandwagon (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
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Style: not serious, realistic, humorous, offbeat
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⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Suits on the Loose (2005)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Suits on the Loose is the story of two rebellious teens, Justin and Ty, and their breakout from a desert survival camp. When two naive Mormon missionaries, Elder Talbot and Elder Johnson, run into a restroom at a remote rest stop, Justin steals ...
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Genre: Comedy, Sport
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Duration: 91 min.
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Plot: basketball, christian, coach, church, mormon, tournament, sport, sport team, training, team, near death experience, basketball team ...
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36%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
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Style: semi serious, humorous, realistic, captivating, suspenseful ...
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35%
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Duration: 90 min.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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29%
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Style: semi serious, humorous, feel good, touching, realistic
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, date night
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⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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Genre: Comedy, Music
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