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Luther and I (2017)
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Luther and I (2017)
Original name: Katharina Luther
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Germany
Duration: 105 min.
Story: The life of Katharina von Bora, a nun in the 16th century. When reading Martin Luther's writings about the freedom of the individual, she decides to leave the monastery - and gains the trust and love of the great reformer.
Style: psychological, sincere, suspense, contemplative
Plot: nun, strong female lead, faith, strong female character, monk, bible, sin, death of child, husband wife relationship, twists and turns, medieval, renaissance, german history, female nudity, reformation, male nudity, businesswoman, rebellion, female full frontal nudity
Time: 16th century, middle ages

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, serious, realistic and christian film films with plots about religion, biopic, christian, faith, medieval, church and christianity mostly in Biography, Drama and History genres. Some movies like Luther and I: Luther (2003), The Conclave (2006), Luther (1974), God's mighty servant (2011), God's Outlaw (1986). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Vision – From the Life of Hildegard von Bingen (2009)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Germany, France
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Hildegard von Bingen was truly a woman ahead of her time. A visionary in every sense of the word, this famed 12th-century Benedictine nun was a Christian mystic, composer, philosopher, playwright, poet, naturalist, scientist, physician, herbalist ...
Style: atmospheric, sincere, contemplative, captivating, serious ...
Plot: nun, gender, convent, medieval, saint, healing power, composer, visionary, monk, seer, prodigy, catholic church ...
Time: medieval times, middle ages, ancient times, 12th century
Place: germany, europe, rome italy
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Luther (2003)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Germany, USA, Czech Republic, Italy
Duration: 123 min.
Story: During the early 16th Century idealistic German monk Martin Luther, disgusted by the materialism in the church, begins the dialogue that will lead to the Protestant Reformation.
Style: uplifting, political, biblical, christian film, sincere ...
Audience: teens
Plot: christianity, renaissance, christian, religion, clergy, medieval, rebellion, inquisition, politics, reformation, idealism, human spirit ...
Time: 16th century, middle ages, ancient times, year 2003, medieval times
Place: germany, rome italy, austria, europe
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38%
The Reformer. Zwingli: A Life's Portrait. (2019)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Switzerland, Germany
Duration: 128 min.
Story: The life story of church reformer Ulrich Zwingli
Style: tense, captivating
Plot: reformation, priest, power struggle, fighting the system, fight for supremacy, fight, social problems, relationships, social relations, religious, religious conversion, male female relationship ...
Time: 16th century
Place: switzerland
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35%
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The Conclave (2006)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Canada, Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story: In 1458, five years after the fall of Constantinople to the Moslems, eighteen cardinals meet to elect a new pope. Rodrigo Borgia, a 27 year old cardinal learns to play a very dangerous game.
Style: disturbing, stylized, captivating, suspense, controversial ...
Plot: renaissance, vatican, politics, medieval, pope, rivalry, brutality, religious, war, violence, priest, catholic ...
Time: middle ages, medieval times, 15th century
Place: italy, rome italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Luther (1974)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: A man's view cause a rift between peasants and the church.
Style: independent film, contemplative, realistic, serious, talky ...
Plot: reformation, church, faith, christian, clergy, bible, supernatural, saint, conservative, preacher, politics, biopic ...
Time: 16th century, 70s
Place: germany
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31%
God's mighty servant (2011)
Genre: Biography, History
Country: Germany
Duration: 180 min.
Story: The story of Sister Pascalina Lehnert, who was the personal confidant and secretary to Pope Pius XII for forty years, when he was the papal nuncio in Germany, and then for his whole pontificate. The Pope had great confidence in her wisdom, energy, ...
Style: captivating, sincere, psychological, christian film
Plot: religion, catholic, nun, historical character, religious faith, convent, historical figure, religious, faith, female protagonist, life philosophy, religious fundamentalism ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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God's Outlaw (1986)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A dramatized biography of William Tyndale, the 16th Century reformer determined to translate the Bible into English, which illegal act set him at odds with the Catholic Church, Sir Thomas More and King Henry VIII.
Style: independent film, contemplative, serious, realistic, thought provoking ...
Plot: christian, tudors, christianity, biopic, liberation theology, ancient, christian history, intrigue, religion, faith, spirituality, translator ...
Time: 16th century, ancient times
Place: england, germany, netherlands
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Augustine: The Decline of the Roman Empire (2010)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Italy, Germany, Poland
Duration: 200 min.
Story: Augustine is a two-part, Italian-made mini-series about the influential theologian and church father Augustine of Hippo. The piece tells the story of his life from a teenager to his death at the age of 69.Much of the content for the scenes of him as ...
Style: sincere, captivating, psychological, biblical, christian film
Plot: catholic, faith, saint, christianity, religion, ancient, christian, bible, lifestyle, religious fundamentalism, religious, religious faith ...
Time: ancient times, 5th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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Giordano Bruno (1973)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 123 min.
Story: Flying from his enemies in the Catholic Church, the free thinking philosopher, poet and scientist Giordano Bruno (1548-1600) has found some protection in Venice. But the Roman Inquisition, fearing his influence in Europe, wants to bring him on trial ...
Style: spiritual, dramatic, esoteric, philosophical, contemplative ...
Plot: philosopher, philosophy, renaissance, female nudity, scientist, burned alive, catholic, writers, myth, art, time machine, occult ...
Time: 16th century, 17th century
Place: rome italy, venice, italy, europe
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Una vita scellerata (1990)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Italy, France, Germany
Duration: 118 min.
Story: The story of Benvenuto Cellinin (1500 - 1571), a soldier and one of the most important craftsmen and artists of Renaissance Italy whose life was marked by many achievements and adventures, but also crimes.
Plot: renaissance, pope, painter, biopic, artist, time machine, judge, sculpture, italian history, soldier, female nudity, homosexuality ...
Time: 16th century
Place: italy, rome italy, florence
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25%
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Francesco (1989)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Italy, West Germany
Duration: 157 min.
Story: The life of St. Francis of Assisi (1181-1226) as related by followers who gather after his death to tell stories so that Leone can record them: a privileged and virile youth, a prisoner of war, an heir who turns away from his father and gives all to ...
Style: emotional, serious, bleak, factual, cult classic ...
Plot: saint, religion, monk, historical event, medieval, male nudity, clergy, hopes, religions or cults, society, starting over, christian ...
Time: middle ages, medieval times, year 1989, 13th century, 12th century
Place: italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
 5.5
 391
Pope Joan (1972)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 132 min.
Story: Based on the medieval legend of Pope Joan, who was made Pope for a brief period around 855 A.D. The movie presents her existence as fact, though it is questionable that Pope Joan really did exist, and portrays her relationships with other notables ...
Style: contemplative, serious, realistic, captivating, atmospheric ...
Plot: medieval, pope, religion, christian, biopic, ancient, antiquity, viking, catholic, feminism, catholic priest, catholicism ...
Time: middle ages, medieval times, 9th century, ancient times, year 1972
Place: europe, rome italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Martin Luther (2002)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Learn how one man reluctantly took on the most powerful institution of his day and won. Martin Luther is credited with expounding a new vision of man's relationship with God and, by extension, a redefinition of man's relationship with ...
Style: christian film, disturbing, captivating, thought provoking, tense
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Time: 16th century
Place: germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
John Wycliffe: The Morning Star (1984)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story: This affecting biography chronicles the life and times of prominent European philosopher John Wycliffe, who was the first to translate the Bible into English. The 14th century, Oxford University scholar often found himself caught between opposing ...
Style: uplifting, realistic, serious
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Elizabeth (1998)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 124 min.
Story: The story of the ascension to the throne and the early reign of Queen Elizabeth the First, the endless attempts by her council to marry her off, the Catholic hatred of her and her romance with Lord Robert Dudley.
Style: factual, costume drama, period piece, realistic, historical drama ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick
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The Broken Crown (2016)
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Time: 16th century, middle ages, 17th century, future
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23%
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Queen Margot (1994)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: France, Germany, Italy
Duration: 161 min.
Story: The night of August 24, 1572, is known as the Massacre of St. Bartholomew. In France a religious war is raging. In order to impose peace a forced wedding is arranged between Margot de Valois, sister of the immature Catholic King Charles IX, and the ...
Style: period piece, sexy, epic, visually appealing, historical drama ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
The Last Relic (1969)
Genre: Adventure, History, Romance
Country: Estonia, Soviet Union
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A medieval love story with lots of adventures. The times are troubled - there's a revolt of peasants going on. To secure its safety a monastery chases for a relics of a holy Brigitte. A nobleman promises to get it if he gets beautiful Agnes as ...
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22%
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The Radicals (1989)
Genre: Drama, History
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Story: The story of the Anabaptist movement and two of its first leaders, Michael and Margaretha Sattler.
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22%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
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Style: biblical, christian film, captivating, sincere, disturbing
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22%
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The Outlaw (2010)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Spain, Brazil, France
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Story: A chronicle of the life of Spanish playwright and poet Lope de Vega, who dominated Spain’s early Golden Age of Theatre in the 16th Century. Lope returns home from war and enters the theatre world when a producer’s beautiful daughter takes a ...
Style: captivating, serious, clever, realistic, stylized ...
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21%
Francis of Assisi (1961)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: The story of a lusty, fighting young adventurer who exchanged his sword for a cross
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21%
A Man for All Seasons (1966)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A Man for All Seasons is the filmed version of the life of Thomas More. An English man comes to Sir Thomas More to ask if he can divorce his wife since King Henry VIII has made it illegal. Sir Thomas More stands up in opposition to the King even ...
Style: period piece, political, inspirational, costume drama, spiritual ...
Audience: family outing
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Time: 16th century, middle ages, year 1966, ancient times, medieval times
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21%
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Palau the Movie (2019)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
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Story: After his father passes away at age 10, the lives of Luis Palau and his family are changed forever. Within a few years of his father's death, Luis, his siblings, and his mother are left nearly destitute. Luis is forced to discontinue his ...
Style: suspenseful, suspense, captivating, touching, christian film
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21%
A King for Burning (1993)
Genre: History
Country: Germany
Duration: 197 min.
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Story: "King of the Last Days" is a German television miniseries in 1993 about the 16th century Anabaptist rebellion in Münster .
Plot: medieval, renaissance, totalitarian state, german history, bible, religious persecution, burned at the stake, public execution, female nudity, bare chested male, public nudity, female full frontal nudity
Time: middle ages, medieval times
Place: germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
476 A.D. Chapter One: The Last Light of Aries (2014)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Croatia, USA, Italy
Duration: 76 min.
Story: After General Flavius Aetius frees the Roman Empire from the clutches of Attila the Hun, Rome is once again secure. However, this assurance is short-lived, as Attila is no longer a threat, it only brings the Germanic tribes to once again unite ...
Style: captivating, suspenseful, contemplative, unusual plot structure, independent film
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20%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
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Plot: mormon, christian, church, faith, prophet, latter day saints, female protagonist, husband wife relationship, religious leader, death of child, religion, doubt ...
Time: 19th century, 1840s
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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Henri 4 (2010)
Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: Germany, France, Austria, Spain
Duration: 155 min.
Story: A wide-ranging, energetic period piece tracing the rise of the Protestant Henry of Navarre as he goes from battlefield warrior to France's beloved King Henri IV. Director Jo Baier's epic is a classically entertaining adventure, albeit one ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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Jeremiah (1998)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Italy, Germany, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The young Jeremiah grows up in a priest's family in the village of Anathoth, near Jerusalem. God appears to Jeremiah in different human guises on several occasions, and makes it clear to him that he has been selected to announce God's ...
Style: biblical, serious, realistic, captivating, epic ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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Faustina (1994)
Genre: Biography, Drama
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Duration: 73 min.
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Time: 1930s, 1920s
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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