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Wesley (2009)
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
The year is 1732. John Wesley, an irritatingly self-righteous instructor at Oxford is offered the chance to go to the new colony of Georgia, where he hopes to preach to the Indians. John struggles with his failure and fears and is finally experiences the peace he longed for: "I felt my heart strangely warmed." Wesley begins to preach about his experience of saving faith, but is turned out of most churches in London. Despite opposition, mob violence that seeks to break up their meetings, Wesley and his "Methodies" establish social ministries to the poor that transformed the face of England. Today, almost 75 million people worldwide trace their spiritual heritage back to John Wesley.
Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing, period drama
Plot:
christianity, faith, tragic love, religious, biopic, spiritual journey, indians, relationships, religion, fall in love, in love, love affair, male female relationship, relationship problems, love story, religious conversion, poverty, redemption, transformation, doubt, preaching, evangelical christianity, unrequited love, oxford, inspiration ...
Time:
18th century, georgian era
Place:
georgia, england, london
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, psychological, disturbing and christian film films with plots about faith, religion, christian, christianity, redemption, religious and biopic mostly in Drama, Biography and History genres. Some movies like Wesley: Billy: The Early Years (2008), Sheffey (1977), Unconditional (2012), Pardoned by Grace (2022), Devathayai Kanden (2005). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
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Place:
north carolina
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 156 min.
Story:
Babu, a tea vendor, loves Uma, a rich girl. She too loves him for his sincerity. When she receives a proposal from a doctor, she accepts for the sake of a secure future. Babu sues her for cheating.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, captivating
Plot:
relationship problems, male female relationship, life is a bitch, couple relations, family problems, love story, love and romance, in love, relationships, fall in love, unfulfilled love, love affair ...
Place:
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Similarity:
58%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Convicted murderer Clyde Thompson receives the death penalty for shooting two men in Texas in 1928. When the governor spares his life, Thompson gains a reputation as the meanest man in the state while working hard labor in prison.
Style:
captivating, disturbing, psychological, period piece, bleak ...
Plot:
redemption, faith, biopic, convict, murderer, historical figure, changing lives, parole, serial killer, in love, fall in love, character change ...
Time:
1930s, 1920s
Place:
texas
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 166 min.
Story:
Based on the real life love story of Moideen and Kanchanamala, which happened in 1960s in the backdrops of Calicut.
Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
motivational, uplifting, inspirational, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
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Duration: 96 min.
Story:
In Resurrection, Jesus’ followers are hunted, leaderless and desperately searching for understanding, but when Jesus rises from the dead, they realize that hope didn’t die on the cross. It lives on in them. One man changed the world and brought ...
Style:
biblical, spiritual, disturbing, captivating, uplifting ...
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Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
biblical, disturbing, psychological, captivating, thought provoking ...
Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
49%
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Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
47%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
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