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Uncommon (2015)
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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 find the right script, music & choreography the students get advice from an uncommon source; the Bible! Each student becomes uniquely influenced as they discover that God takes them personally. Equipped with unique talents, they bond together to prepare the perfect production by exploring the diversity of parables taught in the Bible. Fighting overwhelming challenges, the teens fight against political correctness to defend their privilege to worship, meet and perform. Will months of constant bullying by the establishment defeat the production and dismantle their faith? Armed with expert legal counsel and unexpected help from Christian music's finest, these teens realize what it means to be...UNCOMMON!
Style:
psychological, sincere, captivating, disturbing, christian film
Plot:
high school student, faith, christian, bible, religion, christianity, rehearsal, christian propaganda, theatre play, teenager, school, high school life, teenage life, religious faith, religious conversion, school club, belief in god, lawyer, teacher, student, church, atheist, grief, high school, janitor ...
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out christian film, captivating, realistic and psychological films with plots about christian, faith, christianity, religion, religious, prayer and belief in god mostly in Drama, Sport and Family genres. Some movies like Uncommon: God's Not Dead 2 (2016), Finding Grace (2019), God's Not Dead: We The People (2021), WWJD II: The Woodcarver (2012), Prayer Never Fails (2016). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
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:
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Plot:
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Place:
phoenix arizona
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A struggling family, already on the verge of disintegration, faces new challenges that will test their faith in God and each other.
Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
father daughter relationship, faith, family drama, antisocial behavior, friendship, loneliness, guilt, parents and children, transformation, redemption, coming of age, second chance ...
Time:
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100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
christian film, disturbing, social, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
faith, christian, religious persecution, religious fanatic, social problems, religious faith, social issues, religious, society, belief in god, religious conflict, evangelical christianity ...
Place:
washington d.c.
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A troubled youth vandalizes a church and winds up in a close association with the woodcarver whose work he destroyed.
Style:
christian film, psychological, sincere, captivating, disturbing
Plot:
christian, faith, church, vandalism, teenager, religious, family problems, religious faith, belief in god, religion, relationship problems, teenage life ...
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33%
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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, captivating, realistic, psychological, rough ...
Plot:
christian, faith, brother brother relationship, church, religious fanatic, christianity, university, protest, arson, doubt, lawyer, jail ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
PRAYER NEVER FAILS is a gripping legal drama about an up-and-coming small town high school basketball coach, well on his way to a championship caliber season, when he is fired after he prays with one of his players who is in great need. The movie is ...
Style:
captivating, disturbing, psychological, christian film
Plot:
faith, christian, fired from the job, lawsuit, coach, basketball coach, lawyer client relationship, atheist, lawyer, high school, religious conflict, redemption ...
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Following his wife’s death, public high-school teacher Michael Evens (Stephen Baldwin) re-launches the Bible Club she originally founded. When upset parents cite the separation of church and state and want the group disbanded, a passionate dispute ...
Style:
christian film
Plot:
christian, faith, religious, spirituality, christian propaganda, religion, suicidal, fight, high school, vandalism, christianity, bully ...
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Follows Mary of Nazareth in her last earthly days as she helps the fractious early Church regain their original encounter with The Lord.
Style:
biblical, christian film, religious drama, thought provoking, disturbing ...
Plot:
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Time:
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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, religion, faith, pastor, christian, religious conversion, change of heart, religious faith, student, college student, religious, character change ...
Place:
midwest, chicago
Similarity:
27%
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:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
26%
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, belief in god, addiction, religion, resort, criminal, anger, drug smuggler, drug ...
Place:
thailand
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
With the Vietnam War raging in 1969, two young fathers report for duty. A man of great faith and a doubtful cynic. A quarter-century later, their sons, Wayne and John Paul (David A.R. White and Kevin Downes), meet as strangers. Guided by handwritten ...
Style:
touching, psychological, captivating, disgusting, christian film
Plot:
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Time:
90s, 60s
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
christian film, melancholic, unusual plot structure, sincere, contemplative ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
A man involved in a horrific car crash is pronounced dead, only to come back to life an hour and a half later, claiming to have seen Heaven.
Style:
christian film, captivating, disturbing, psychological, sincere ...
Plot:
near death experience, heaven, car accident, church, hospital, christian, faith, christianity, husband wife relationship, recovery, physical disability, dealing with death ...
Time:
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Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: Malta, Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Known as Saul the Butcher, the stoning of Stephen was said to have shattered Saul's faith in the Temple and its denial of Christ as the Messiah. His conversion to Christianity and baptism as Paul changed the history of the world.
Style:
biblical, disturbing, psychological, captivating, thought provoking ...
Plot:
christianity, faith, bible, religious, religious conversion, religious fundamentalism, bible story, changing lives, religion, religious intolerance, religious faith, change of heart ...
Place:
jerusalem
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 125 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:
23%
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Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
22%
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Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Style:
christian film, serious, realistic, touching, suspense ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
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Style:
christian film
Plot:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
Story:
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Style:
christian film
Plot:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA, India
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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christian film, contemplative, captivating, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
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Place:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
romantic, visually appealing, feel good, contemplative, touching ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
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Time:
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