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The Field Is White (2002)
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 53 min.
Story:
When things are not going well for John Taylor, he reads his journal and reflects on his missionary life and his companion Elder Alma Johnson. They try to teach people about the gospel and want to give lessons, but the people are not interested. They do teach a lady named Melissa, but does not think she can be baptized. The other missionaries try to make life bearable by having fun and living together. Finally, Melissa learns the lessons of the gospel and knows the church is true and gets baptized.
Style:
independent film
Plot:
mormon, missionary, basketball, loneliness, truck, memory, lake, cell phone, flashback, sunset, rejection, journal, latter day saints, field, mormonism
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out independent film, touching, realistic and serious films with plots about flashback, mormon, memory, latter day saints, cell phone, loneliness and religion mostly in Drama, Biography and Family genres. Some movies like The Field Is White: Out of Step (2002), God's Army (2000), The Errand of Angels (2008), God's Army 2: States of Grace (2005), Windows of Heaven (1963). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Graced with the instinctive ability to dance, Jenny Thomas wants nothing more than to become a professional dancer. All of her hard work pays off when she is accepted to a prominent dance program in New York. Against her mother's will, but with ...
Style:
independent film
Plot:
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Place:
new york, utah
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95%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Life as a Mormon missionary isn't what 19-year-old Brandon Allen expected: so many rules and so few successes. Los Angeles is as unrepentant as Sodom and Gomorrah. He's forced to share a small apartment with five young prank-loving ...
Style:
realistic, sincere, touching, uplifting, psychological ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Sister Rachel Taylor of Boise, Idaho is an eager young missionary of the LDS Church who has been sent on an 18-month long mission to Austria. Rachel finds herself having a hard time adjusting to her new cultural surroundings in the foreign country. ...
Style:
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Plot:
self discovery, church, religions or cults, clergy, society, hopes, missionary, friendship, love, innocence lost, miraculous event, siblings relations ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
A drive-by shooting in Venice, California, changes the lives of five people forever. States of Grace tells the story of a homeless street preacher, Louis, a gang banger, Carl, an aspiring actress, Holly, and two young missionaries, Lozano and ...
Style:
christian film, uplifting, touching, disturbing, independent film ...
Plot:
faith, redemption, mormon, missionary, human spirit, going straight, culture clash, religions or cults, church, society, gang, youth ...
Place:
europe, italy, venice, california, utah ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
Story:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 64 min.
Story:
Depicts the factual accounts of Vincenzo Di Francesca and Parley P. Pratt and how they came to appreciate the contents of the Book of Mormon.
Plot:
church, baptism, latter day saints, religious conversion, pastor, religion, religious differences, mormon, priest, faith, soldier, book ...
Time:
1950s, 1930s, 19th century, 1910s, 1830s ...
Place:
sicily, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
An aging man lies bleeding to death in an alley. As onlookers start to gather around, he reflects on the life that he has lived.
Style:
tense, suspense, disturbing, captivating, visual ...
Plot:
death, a vision, memory, flashback, dying, life is a bitch, promiscuous past, left for dead, troubled past, white trash, dying man, life ...
Place:
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53%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama
Country: China
Story:
Winner of the Hundred Flowers Award for Best Film in 1988
Plot:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
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Story:
This film depict events from the Life and ministry of Jesus Christ as recorded in the New Testament and the Book of Mormon. The story culminates with a portrayal of the Ressurected Savior's visit to the ancient Americas as seen through the eyes ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Genre: Drama
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Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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39%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama
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Duration: 75 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Duration: 115 min.
Story:
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Story:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Country: USA
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Story:
A widower confronts his older son's decision to leave home and his younger son's self-destructive behavior.
Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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