Movies like The Prodigal

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The Prodigal (1983)
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The Prodigal (1983)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: They were a family torn apart by redemption...kept apart by pride...but brought together by a miracle.
Style: christian film, independent film
Plot: religion, faith, student, businessman, marijuana, criminal, tennis, book, church, fisherman, family relations, christianity, boat, slum, dysfunctional family, christian, tennis player, father son relationship, drunkenness, assault, husband wife relationship, preacher, lecture, fishing boat, brother brother relationship ...

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Most similar movies to The Prodigal

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out christian film, independent film, realistic and captivating films with plots about christian, faith, christianity, religion, prayer, church and religious conversion mostly in Drama, Fantasy and Western genres. Some movies like The Prodigal: Time to Run (1973), Thin Ice (1988), Speaking in Tongues (2018), The Encounter: Paradise Lost (2012), Courageous (2011). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Time to Run (1973)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: The protagonist is young runaway Barbara Sigel (a Golden Globe nominee for her performance in this film), who has a mad-on against the world. Refusing help from anyone over 30, the runaway likewise rejects the solace of the church. This generation ...
Style: christian film, independent film
Plot: christian, faith, father son relationship, nuclear power plant, dysfunctional family, christianity, power plant, running away from home, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, church, religion, sabotage ...
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95%
God's Not Dead: A Light in Darkness (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Pastor Dave responds to the unimaginable tragedy of having his church, located on the grounds of the local university, burned down.
Style: christian film, realistic, captivating, psychological, rough ...
Plot: christian, faith, church, religious fanatic, brother brother relationship, christianity, university, protest, arson, doubt, lawyer, jail ...
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54%
 5.9
 29
Thin Ice (1988)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 59 min.
Story: Vince, a college student, loves the mountains, skiing and fun, so an invitation to Lake Tahoe is a no-brain-er... HOWEVER, the trip includes people from a church group, and six strong sets of opinions about God soon collide. Vince's weekend of ...
Style: christian film
Plot: christian, faith, church, christianity, skiing, religion, cabin
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
Speaking in Tongues (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A lonely college student grieving the loss of his mother has found purpose in a local megachurch. When a young pastor invites him to Chicago for a summer internship evangelizing the 'lost', his new faith is put to the test.
Style: psychological, captivating
Plot: evangelist, christian, religious conversion, changing lives, lifestyle change, religious, character change, religious faith, faith, change of heart, religion, college student ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
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The Encounter: Paradise Lost (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Seven years after the world's most devastating tsunami in Thailand six strangers find themselves trapped in a beach side resort on the brink of an oncoming hurricane. Each of their hearts are broken and silently cry out on the most desperate ...
Style: christian film, spiritual
Plot: christian, faith, christianity, drug addict, anger, religion, addiction, criminal, resort, drug smuggler, drug, good versus evil ...
Place: thailand
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
 6.9
 22K
Courageous (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story: As law enforcement officers, Adam Mitchell, Nathan Hayes, and their partners are confident and focused. They willingly stand up to the worst the streets have to offer. Yet at the end of the day, they face a challenge that none of them are truly ...
Style: christian film, uplifting, inspirational, realistic, sentimental ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: christian, faith, christianity, fatherhood, religion, family relations, god, religious, father son relationship, church, idealism, courage ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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50%
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Saved by Grace (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A retired police officer, despondent over the loss of his family, contemplates a dramatic decision which will change his life forever, until he meets a mysterious woman who, through her personal stories, gives him a reason to re-examine what is most ...
Style: christian film, suspenseful, sincere
Plot: faith, christian, father son relationship, family relations, grief, love, father, fatherhood, husband wife relationship, integrity, couple relations, lifestyle change ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Behind The Sun (1995)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 56 min.
Story: Samir Majan a young man born and raised a Muslim in the Middle East attends college in America. While at college Samir becomes a Christian, and must go home and face his family.
Style: christian film
Plot: christian, faith, underground movement, friendship, airport, friend, father son relationship, church, outcast, religious differences, religion, religious persecution ...
Place: middle east
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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War Room (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: The family-friendly movie explores the transformational role prayer plays in the lives of the Jordan family. Tony and Elizabeth Jordan, a middle-class couple who seemingly have it all – great jobs, a beautiful daughter, their dream home. But ...
Style: christian film, inspirational, biblical, sentimental, independent film ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: christian, propaganda, life, religion, beautiful scenery, christianity, jesus, marriage, family relations, faith, christian faith, troubled marriage ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
Let There Be Light (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: An atheist goes through a near-death experience in an auto accident before converting to Christianity.
Style: christian film, melancholic, rough, captivating, thought provoking ...
Plot: christianity, faith, afterlife, religious, religion, transformation, marriage, brain tumor, pastor, bible, christian, divorce ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
In The Name of God (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: In a time of forgiving and giving thanks, a reverend and his family take in a troubled boy named Mason after having lost a son of their own. It's a bumpy ride for Mason, butting heads with his new step-brother and the church counselor he's ...
Style: christian film, melancholic, unusual plot structure, sincere, contemplative
Audience: teens
Plot: faith, christianity, family relations, teenage boy, christian, foster child, church, support group, troubled teen, respect, foster home, adoptive father ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
The Encounter (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: When five strangers with nothing in common come together at a remote roadside eatery, they place their orders with the diner's omniscient owner, who seems to know everything about them ... and is eerily reminiscent of Jesus Christ.
Style: christian film, tense, uplifting, realistic, serious ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: christian, faith, jesus, human spirit, self discovery, religions or cults, introspection, society, mysterious character, hopes, human nature, group of strangers ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, xian
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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In His Steps (1964)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story: A priest challenges the members of his congregation to not just go to church every Sunday, but to actually follow in Jesus's footsteps in their daily lives. From Charles M. Sheldon's book that launched the saying "What would Jesus Do?
Style: christian film
Plot: christian, christianity, faith, hypocrisy, religious conversion, bible, moral transformation, selfishness, commitment, religion, congregation, hypocrite ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Catching Hearts (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story: "What happens when a bestselling atheist author Professor Mark Gavin loses his faith in atheism? This intense drama asks tough questions and explores why there is no such thing as coincidence."
Style: captivating, christian film
Plot: faith, moral transformation, religious conversion, crisis of faith, atheist, atheism, religion, change of heart, religious faith, religious, character change, changing lives ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
The Mormon Dilemma (1988)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 65 min.
Story: An LDS couple is upset by a local church's screening of the anti-Mormon film "The God Makers." Their evangelical neighbor offers to sift fact from fiction from the film's brief animated segment, allowing for a frank discussion of ...
Style: christian film
Plot: faith, evangelist, evangelical christianity, neighbor, mormon, religious differences, christianity, religion, discussion, christian, bible quote
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Come the Morning (1993)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
Story: In search of her estranged husband, a mother brings her 3 children to Los Angeles in the hope of finding him. With no prospects they wander the streets; becoming beggars before long. Things start to turn around for them when the mother meets a ...
Style: independent film
Plot: homeless shelter, christian, hobo, drunkenness, single mother, flashback, faith, drinking, drunkard, drifter, search for father, salvation army ...
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Me & You, Us, Forever (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A 47 year old Christian man on the other side of an unwanted divorce thinks back on his first love from high school and wants to see her again.
Style: christian film
Plot: christian, christianity, religion, christian propaganda, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend reunion, high school sweetheart, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, flashback, faith, divorced man, support group, regret
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Amazing Love (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Teen friends, Steve, Carrie, Cooper, and Gameboy embark on a weekend camping trip lead by their church youth group leader Stuart (Sean Astin) and his wife Beth (Erin Bethea). Joining them is an outsider Ashley, a self-involved rich kid, whose ...
Style: serious, realistic, touching, christian film, suspense ...
Audience: family outing, family friendly, teens
Plot: christian, true love, old testament, faith, church, bible story, storytelling, husband wife relationship, religion, religious, bible, christianity ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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The Messiah: Prophecy Fulfilled (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 50 min.
Story: A first century rabbi, Yehuda (Nick Mancuso), finds his true calling when he decides to follow in the footsteps of a certain Jesus of Nazareth and spread his Good Word. But in the year after Jesus' crucifixion, it's not so easy to persuade ...
Style: christian film
Plot: faith, brother brother relationship, easter, family gatherings, rabbi, christian, judaism, religious conversion, religion, sermon, religious differences, christianity
Time: 1st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
A Matter of Faith (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A Christian girl, Rachel Whitaker (Jordan Trovillion) goes off to college for her freshman year and begins to be influenced by her popular Biology professor (Harry Anderson) who teaches that evolution is the answer to the origins of life. When ...
Style: christian film, realistic, serious, touching
Plot: religion versus science, christianity, college, christian, culture clash, family relations, youth, society, parents and children, teachers and students, creationism, student life ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Uncommon (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Jesus combined diverse people and assorted stories to change the world! Now, He wants to use you! When the students of Rosewood High School lose their theater, music and dance departments due to budgets cuts, they create their own. Struggling to ...
Style: disturbing, sincere, captivating, psychological, christian film
Plot: high school student, faith, christian, bible, christian propaganda, christianity, religion, rehearsal, theatre play, teenage life, religious conversion, school ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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The Late Liz (1971)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Religion changes a woman's attitude towards alcohol.
Style: christian film, independent film
Plot: faith, drug addiction, alcoholism, alcoholic, christianity, sleeping pill, suicide attempt, religious conversion, christian, church, drunk, hospital ...
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39%
The Grace Card (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Everything can change in an instant ... and take a lifetime to unravel. When Mac McDonald loses his son in an accident, the ensuing 17 years of bitterness and pain erodes his love for his family and leaves him angry with God ... and just about ...
Style: christian film, touching, serious, uplifting, realistic ...
Plot: racism, christian, hopes, faith, father son relationship, dysfunctional family, partner, religious, clergy, society, partners against crime, family problems ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, memphis, tennessee
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Do You Believe? (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: When a pastor is shaken by the visible faith of a street-corner preacher, he is reminded that true belief always requires action. His response ignites a journey that impacts everyone it touches in ways that only God could orchestrate.
Style: christian film, emotional, realistic, serious, uplifting ...
Plot: christian, christianity, faith, self discovery, clergy, introspection, society, religions or cults, teaching the ways of the world, christian propaganda, myth, religious ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, illinois, chicago, xian
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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The Gathering (1998)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 58 min.
Story: Michael Carey's world turns upside-down when the successful marketing executive catches a glimpse of the near future. These visions could not come at a worse time for his marriage, his job or his friendships. Michael struggles to understand the ...
Style: christian film
Plot: faith, evangelical christianity, religious persecution, fired from the job, husband wife relationship, a vision, bible prophecy, christianity, dream, religion, theology, christian ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
God's Not Dead 2 (2016)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: When a high school teacher is asked a question in class about Jesus, her reasoned response lands her in deep trouble and could expel God from the public square once and for all.
Style: christian film, disturbing, scenic, disgusting, biblical ...
Plot: christian, christianity, faith, bible, manipulation, christian propaganda, religion, religious fanatic, religious persecution, religious, alternate universe, church ...
Place: phoenix arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
The Paradise Trail (1979)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 67 min.
Story: In a small western town in the late 1800′s, two outlaws take a blind preacher, his wife and an Indian girl as hostages in their flight from the law. Excitement mounts when Dan, one of the outlaws makes a shocking discovery. The last train to ...
Style: christian film
Plot: christian, faith, revenge, hostage, squad, blind man, sermon, u.s. marshal, pastor, church, christianity, forgiveness ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Cry from the Mountain (1985)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story: The film centers on an emotional kayaking trip between a father and a son. The father has taken his boy into the deep Alaskan wilderness to tell him that he is divorcing the boy's mother, who is pregnant and waiting for them back home. While on ...
Style: independent film, christian film
Plot: christian, faith, youth, father son relationship, husband wife relationship, bear, river, wilderness, hospital, radio, nature, religious conversion ...
Place: alaska
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
All the King's Horses (1977)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: A young couple begins to apply scriptural principles to their relationship, they discover how Christ can bring healing to their shattered marriage.
Style: christian film, independent film
Plot: faith, voice over narration, woman, love, domestic abuse, loveless marriage, sleeping pill, religious differences, religious conversion, pastor, motorcycle, painting ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Standing Firm (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: David, a widower, is working himself to death. Late nights doing paperwork and running on fumes is normal. Bills are piling up by the week, and foreclosure looms on the horizon. Blaming God for his wife's death, he ends his relationship with ...
Style: christian film, serious, realistic, sentimental, touching
Plot: christian, family relations, family problems, religions or cults, church, society, grieving widower, best friend, unsupportive spouse, hopes, parents and children, widower ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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