Movies like Pastor Brown

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Pastor Brown (2009)
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Pastor Brown (2009)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: When her father unexpectedly falls terminally ill, exotic dancer Jessica "Jesse" Brown returns home for the first time in more than a decade. Her father's dying wish - that she take over as head of Mount Olive Baptist Church - turns her life and her family's life upside down.
Plot: dying father, jealousy, church, father daughter relationship, getting home, pastor, redemption, loss, sister, african american protagonist, hopes, return home, lifetime

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, touching, serious and sentimental films with plots about hopes, family relations, church, parents and children, father daughter relationship, youth and redemption mostly in Drama, Family and Romance genres. Some movies like Pastor Brown: Where Hope Grows (2014), A Horse for Summer (2015), The Prodigal Song (2016), Saint Maybe (1998), Christmas for a Dollar (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Where Hope Grows (2014)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Calvin Campbell is a former professional baseball player sent to an early retirement due to his panic attacks at the plate. Even though he had all the talent for the big leagues, he struggles with the curveballs life has thrown him. Today, he ...
Style: touching, uplifting, sentimental, sincere, inspirational ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: mentally challenged, friendship, human spirit, human nature, misfit, redemption, optimism, parents and children, family problems, hopes, cause and meaning, small town ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, kentucky
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
A Horse for Summer (2015)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: When a family emergency forces a troubled teen to do the wrong thing for the right reason, a community discovers the meaning of forgiveness.
Style: serious, realistic, emotional, spiritual
Plot: horse, teenage life, starting over, family business, juvenile delinquency, hopes, youth, workplace, family life, parents and children, family problems, family in crisis ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
91%
The Prodigal Song (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Mario has to decide how to use his special talent, either use it for God or use his gift for the world.
Plot: redemption, church, religion, rap, christian, lord, bible, friend, trust, faith, gospel, hopes ...
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76%
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Saint Maybe (1998)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A lonely teen troubled by a past family tragedy is suspicious of his sister-in-law, believing she is being unfaithful. His confrontation with his brother sets off a series of tragic events.
Style: serious, realistic, sentimental, emotional, touching ...
Plot: christmas, tragedy, family relations, church, redemption, haunted by the past, homecoming, death in the family, adoption, family in crisis, family life, teenage life ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 70s
Place: maryland, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
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Christmas for a Dollar (2013)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: America is in the midst of the Depression, and the Kamp family is struggling to get by, especially after Mrs. Kamp's untimely death. Now little Ruthie, with her mother gone and her father overwhelmed by doctor bills resulting from her ...
Style: sincere, feel good, touching, disturbing, christian film
Audience: family outing
Plot: christmas, father daughter relationship, family relations, horse, youth, father son relationship, poor family, love, siblings, poverty, teaching the ways of the world, family values ...
Time: 1930s
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
Heart of the Country (2013)
Genre: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: With her husband jailed for Wall Street-based fraud, Faith has to leave behind her luxury life in New York to return home to North Carolina and the widower father and dutiful older sister she left behind. Together, they have to deal with the buried ...
Style: realistic, touching, emotional, captivating, romantic ...
Plot: family relations, homecoming, parents and children, love affair, love and romance, countryside, hopes, getting home, female protagonist, father daughter relationship, life, village life ...
Time: 21st century
Place: north carolina, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
Lassie's Great Adventure (1963)
Genre: Family, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: While in Canada Timmy and Lassie encounter a downed hot air ballonist. By accident they end up in the balloon which takes them into the wilderness. The young boy and his dog must find a way to survive even fending off a wild pig.
Style: independent film, serious, psychotronic
Audience: family outing
Plot: dog, lassie, nature, youth, rescue, risk, animal life, wilderness, hopes, escapades, pets, heroes ...
Time: 60s
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
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 237
Mr. Christmas (2004)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 56 min.
Story: A young father struggling to make ends meet on a Depression-era salary can't afford to buy his 5-year-old daughter what she's expecting Santa Claus to bring her for Christmas. The surprise, uplifting ending is guaranteed to put even the ...
Style: semi serious, feel good, humorous, realistic, touching
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: christmas, youth, road not taken, boss and employee, hopes, redemption, obnoxious boss, ghost, disorder, family relations, family life, parents and children ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
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Potential Inertia (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story: Declan Holmes is graduating college, a hard enough time as it is, and heading out into the real world. The loss he experiences is like nothing he has ever known before. 'Potential Inertia' is the story of his journey through a very ...
Plot: love, college, graduation, loss, hopes, friendship
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
 5.2
 262
The Current (2014)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Jake loves living in Chicago but when big city violence hits a little too close to home his parents buy a campground in rural Minnesota and move the family there. Jake hates living at the campground until he meets Peter, the boy across the river. ...
Style: realistic, humorous, semi serious, feel good, touching ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: christianity, friendship, hopes, rebelliousness, countryside, getting home, river, christian, faith, father son relationship, death of grandmother, boy ...
Time: 21st century
Place: chicago, minnesota
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
 5.7
 267
Big Spender (2003)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Orphan Eddie Burton is not bad, but too many screw-ups land him repeatedly in jail, so his 8-year old son Will, simply abandoned by his 'mother', has nobody else then Eddie's granny. When he hears about a program for convicts working ...
Style: touching, realistic, serious
Plot: horse, redemption, rehabilitation, rider horse relationship, prison, against the odds, ambition, human spirit, follow your dream, parents and children, life is a bitch, rivalry ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
 6.7
 249
Charlie & Me (2008)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: When her beloved grandfather Charlie suddenly falls ill, twelve year-old Casey finds herself making some life or death decisions - and learning to live with the consequences.
Style: uplifting, feel good, serious, realistic, sentimental ...
Plot: parents and children, family relations, single parent, love and romance, self discovery, hopes, elderly, death in the family, friends, dealing with death, hospital, chess ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
 7.8
 205
Sister, Sister (1982)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Heated confrontations and revelations result when a divorcee returns with her young son to the home of her two sisters.
Style: realistic, serious, sincere, emotional, sentimental ...
Plot: siblings, women, blaxploitation, black, african, small town, estrangement, family relations, black family, infidelity, life turned upside down, love affair ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: north carolina, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
The Maldonado Miracle (2003)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A story about a small, dying town in need of hope until one day a young boy gives them something to believe in.
Style: realistic, serious, touching, sentimental, feel good
Audience: family outing
Plot: miraculous event, small town, coming of age, family relations, church, hopes, human nature, society, clergy, family life, religions or cults, village ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
 6.5
 94
Secrets (1995)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Etta Berter is a doctor's wife in 1905 who has been unable to have children. The couple has one adopted daughter but she has always wanted more children. Julie Harris's character is the family's cook and close companion to their ...
Plot: family secret, church, troubled teen, jealousy, adopted daughter, choir, teenage girl, secret
Place: iowa
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
 5.5
 7K
Bee Season (2005)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: 11-year-old Eliza is the invisible element of her family unit: her parents are both consumed with work and her brother is wrapped up in his own adolescent life. Eliza ignites not only a spark that makes her visible but one that sets into motion a ...
Style: touching, emotional, depressing, realistic, thought provoking ...
Plot: dysfunctional family, mental illness, religion, family drama, depression, life philosophy, judaism, family relations, family problems, coming of age, parents and children, society ...
Time: year 2005
Place: usa, bay area, washington d.c., sacramento california, oakland california ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
 5.3
 666
Smitty (2012)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: SMITTY is a family film about a rescue dog. When life gets tough for Ben, a friendly paw is all it takes to pull him through. Mischievous thirteen-year-old Ben is sent to his grandfather's farm for the summer, where he crosses paths with a ...
Style: sincere, captivating, light, feel good, touching ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: youth, family relations, friendship, pets, coming of age, single parent, farm, dog, redemption, hopes, teaching the ways of the world, friends ...
Time: year 2010, 21st century
Place: iowa, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Resolution Song (2018)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A young man's family torn apart by tragedy reaches out to begin rebuilding trust and seek healing by through the only thing that speaks through pain; the healing power of music.
Style: christian film
Plot: faith, healing, church, family relations, prayer, unity
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Renfroe's Christmas (1997)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min.
Story: A little boy growing up on a farm in rural Louisiana in the 1930s wishes for a White Christmas and must do a selfless act in the spirit of giving in order to get his wish.
Style: independent film
Plot: farm, church, christmas, school, small town, redneck
Time: 1930s
Place: louisiana
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
 6.2
 108
Stand Strong (2011)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Matt Webster measures his success by his possessions. Though he appears to have it all, pride of ownership does little to fill the void of a purposeless life. Brokern relationships, isolation and pain for himself and his family, are the result of ...
Style: disturbing, psychological, captivating, christian film
Plot: christian, family relations, pride, selfishness, husband wife relationship, loss, success, crisis, family problems, financial problem, marital crisis, financial crisis ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
 6.4
 10K
Dolphin Tale 2 (2014)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: The team of people who saved Winter's life reassemble in the wake of her surrogate mother's passing in order to find her a companion so she can remain at the Clearwater Marine Hospital.
Style: uplifting, sentimental, touching, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: dolphins, veterinarian, animal life, friendship, rescue, youth, family relations, hopes, human spirit, friends, animal, sea turtle ...
Time: 21st century
Place: florida, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
His Three Daughters (2023)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: When their father's health worsens, three estranged sisters come together to try to plan for the inevitable.
Style: psychological, captivating, thrilling
Plot: sister sister relationship, father daughter relationship, sister, illness, family relations, family problems, parents and children, family life, kids and family, relationships, relationship problems, sisters ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
The Wedding Chapel (2013)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Uninspired and newly single painter Sara is down on her luck and wants nothing more than to get away from her problems. When she decides to take a trip to visit her mom, she becomes involved in the efforts to save a local church which is in danger ...
Style: semi serious, touching, realistic, sentimental, humorous ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: self discovery, starting over, idealism, fighting the system, love and romance, hopes, society, redemption, fall in love, small town life, social relations, parents and children ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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Mermaid (2000)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Four year old Desi learns to accept the death of her father by sending him a letter on a balloon to which she receives a reply. Based on a true story.
Style: touching, sentimental, serious, emotional, realistic
Audience: family outing
Plot: young heroes, bittersweet, single parent, hopes, friendship, family problems, parents and children, death in the family, child's point of view, widow, mother daughter relationship, compassion ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
 6.5
 563
Mary Christmas (2002)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Californian widower Joel Wallace, a successful businessman, is a great catch in a grand mansion, but absorbed by his work. His daughter Felice writes to a TV Christmas special, hoping for a 'new mammy'.
Style: feel good, touching, captivating, light, uplifting ...
Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot: christmas, family relations, nanny, single parent, hopes, family life, fall in love, wish come true, parents and children, birth mother, television reporter, youth ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, california, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
And the Children Shall Lead (1985)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 58 min.
Story: Mississippi in the early '60s is the setting for this story of a 12-year-old African-American girl who, along with her white friends, tries to ease increasing racial tensions.
Plot: civil rights, racism, racial tension, legal, black lives matter, blaxploitation, race issues, racial segregation, intimidation, social injustice, girl, african american ...
Time: 60s
Place: america, mississippi
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Relative Stranger (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: After the death of his father, a former football star reunites with the family that he abandoned years earlier.
Style: realistic, emotional, sentimental, psychological, serious ...
Plot: family relations, rivalry, redemption, death in the family, sport team, athlete's life, estrangement, father son relationship, last will and testament, getting home, african american, american football ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
 7.1
 906
Dark Horse (1992)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: 14 year old Allison has to go to a horse farm. With all the horses and the help of the owner Susan Hadley she finds new sense in her life.
Style: independent film, realistic, serious, touching
Plot: horse, girl horse relationship, youth, physical disability, disability, olympics, second chance, animal life, friends, farm, rehabilitation, human spirit ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
 5.9
 854
Midnight Clear (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: On Christmas Eve in the Arizona desert, a middle-aged man (Stephen Baldwin) and an old woman (K Callan) contemplate suicide. But through chance run-ins with strangers and perhaps some divine intervention, they cross paths and change each ...
Style: realistic, captivating, suspenseful, serious, semi serious ...
Plot: christmas, church, redemption, life is a bitch, unemployment, family relations, love and romance, hopes, society, clergy, small town, small town life ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
 5.1
 2K
The Gospel (2005)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A young singer turns his back on God and his father's church when tragedy strikes. He returns years later to find the once powerful congregation in disarray. With his childhood nemesis creating a "new vision" for the church, he is ...
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, emotional, touching ...
Plot: church, family relations, redemption, ambition, haunted by the past, relationship vs career, parents and children, uninhibited rivalry, hopes, musician's life, lifestyle, homecoming ...
Time: year 2005, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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