Movies like Fatima

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Fatima (2020)
 6.6
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Fatima (2020)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA, Portugal
Duration: 113 min.
Story: In 1917, outside the parish of Fátima, Portugal, a 10-year-old girl and her two younger cousins witness multiple visitations of the Virgin Mary, who tells them that only prayer and suffering will bring an end to World War I. As secularist government officials and Church leaders try to force the children to recant their story, word of the sighting spreads across the country, inspiring religious pilgrims to flock to the site in hopes of witnessing a miracle..
Style: christian film, sincere, touching, realistic, captivating, mystical
Plot: mysticism, catholic, faith, children, church, miraculous event, priest, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, female protagonist, nun, flash forward, parents and children, redemption, mother daughter conflict, survival, buddies, storytelling, war violence, christian, religious, catholicism, dog, dancing, airplane ...
Time: year 1917, year 1989, year 1948, edwardian era, year 1918, year 2008, year 2017 ...
Place: portugal

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, crying and touching films with plots about death, husband wife relationship, photograph, friendship, food, boy and blood mostly in Drama, War and Biography genres. Some movies like Fatima: Taking Chance (2009), Ithaca (2015), Bless Me, Ultima (2012), The Truce (1997), Butterfly (1999). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Taking Chance (2009)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story: Lt. Col. Michael Strobl, a volunteer military escort accompanies the body of Lance Cpl. Chance Phelps to his hometown in Wyoming.
Style: sincere, sentimental, touching, realistic, sad ...
Plot: iraq war, war, military, ritual, soldier, self discovery, military life, father son relationship, ethnic conflict, patriotism, marines, u.s. marine ...
Time: year 2004, 20th century, 21st century
Place: iraq, wyoming, baghdad iraq, afghanistan, usa ...
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Ithaca (2015)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
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Style: captivating, thought provoking, realistic, tense, freeze frame ...
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Place: usa
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91%
Bless Me, Ultima (2012)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: In a village in New Mexico, the life of young farm boy Antonio is dramatically changed when an old medicine woman joins his household. This affecting coming-of-age tale recounts Antonio's experiences to reveal the spiritual conflict in his ...
Style: spiritual, realistic, captivating, serious, touching ...
Plot: healer, child's point of view, youth, coming of age, friendship, war, introspection, social relations, village life, human nature, elderly, good versus evil ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s, year 1944, year 2013
Place: new mexico, usa
Similarity:
80%
 6.6
 2K
The Truce (1997)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Italy, France, Germany, Switzerland
Duration: 125 min.
Story: Although liberated from Auschwitz on January 27, 1945, Levi did not reach Turin until October 19 of that year. After spending some time in a Soviet camp for former concentration camp inmates, he embarked on an arduous journey home in the company of ...
Style: sincere, historical drama, captivating, uplifting, gloomy ...
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Time: year 1997, 1940s, 20th century, post world war two, year 1945
Place: italy, russia, europe, turin italy, venice
Similarity:
77%
 7.6
 11K
Butterfly (1999)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Spain
Duration: 96 min.
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Style: sentimental, touching, realistic, political, compassionate ...
Audience: teens, kids
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Time: 1930s, 20th century, year 1999, 90s, year 1936 ...
Place: spain, iberian peninsula, barcelona, europe, galicia ...
Similarity:
76%
All My Loved Ones (1999)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland
Duration: 91 min.
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Style: contemplative, captivating, realistic, serious, touching ...
Plot: world war two, coming of age, escapades, hopes, life is a bitch, society, life turned upside down, circus, election, judaism, youth, starvation ...
Time: 80s, 1930s, 1940s, 20th century
Place: slovakia, europe, czech republic, central europe, palestine ...
Similarity:
75%
 7.3
 11K
In Darkness (2011)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Poland, Germany, Canada
Duration: 145 min.
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Style: harsh, sincere, uplifting, social, tense ...
Plot: holocaust, nazi, world war two, atrocity, shoah, survival, genocide, outside help, hitler youth, judaism, world war, sewer ...
Time: 1940s, 2010s, 20th century, 2000s, year 1945 ...
Place: poland, germany, eastern europe, europe, israel
Similarity:
65%
 6.7
 12K
Journey's End (2017)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 107 min.
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Style: period piece, psychological, suspense, thought provoking, captivating ...
Audience: date night
Plot: world war one, trench warfare, great war, nightmare, war, mentally unstable, british army, army, officer, world war two, battles, fear ...
Time: 1910s, future, year 1918
Place: france
Similarity:
65%
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Circle of Deceit (1981)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: West Germany, France
Duration: 108 min.
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Style: political, thought provoking, serious, realistic, disturbing ...
Plot: journalism, reporter, photograph, female nudity, photographer, adoption, child, cold war, lebanese civil war, correspondents, nude girl, raf ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, year 1981
Place: lebanon, germany, middle east, west berlin west germany, east berlin ...
Similarity:
60%
 8.3
 22K
To Live (1994)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 133 min.
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Style: family saga, sad, touching, emotional, depressing ...
Plot: cultural revolution, chinese history, communism, politics, gambling, asian history, poverty, storytelling, family relations, destiny, revolution, death ...
Time: 1940s, 1950s, 60s, year 1994, 20th century ...
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Similarity:
58%
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Style: serious, emotional, sincere, contemplative, uplifting ...
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Time: 20th century, 1940s, year 2004, post world war two
Place: germany, belgium, switzerland, france, berlin germany ...
Similarity:
56%
Rebel in the Rye (2017)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
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Style: exciting, thought provoking, captivating, touching, sincere ...
Plot: writers, world war two, recluse, name calling, writer's life, novelist, obsession, father son relationship, friendship, teenage boy, father daughter relationship, friend ...
Time: year 1946, 50s, year 2010, year 1939, 20th century
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Similarity:
56%
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Czech Republic, USA, Germany
Duration: 93 min.
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Style: atmospheric, serious, realistic, touching, contemplative
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Time: year 1945, post world war two, 1940s
Place: macedonia, former yugoslavia, europe, soviet union, ussr ...
Similarity:
54%
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Duration: 94 min.
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Style: emotional, touching, heartbreaking, sad, sentimental ...
Audience: teens, family friendly, family outing, kids, teen drama ...
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52%
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Similarity:
52%
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Similarity:
51%
 6.7
 723
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Style: freeze frame, bliss
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Similarity:
50%
 7.3
 25K
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Style: sentimental, touching, sad, sweet, semi serious ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: world war two, faith, spirituality, young boy, father son relationship, little boy, wartime life, childhood, wartime, coming of age, boy, priest ...
Time: year 2015, 1940s, 20th century
Place: japan, germany, usa, hiroshima japan
Similarity:
49%
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 7.5
 147K
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Country: Germany, USA, UK
Duration: 131 min.
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Style: touching, sentimental, emotional, serious, sad ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick, teens, family outing, adult
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Time: 1940s, year 2013, ancient times, year 1941, 2010s ...
Place: germany, europe
Similarity:
49%
Land of Plenty (2004)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA, Germany, Canada
Duration: 123 min.
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Style: sincere, psychological, realistic, serious, road movie ...
Plot: terrorism, terrorist, hopes, politics, vietnam veteran, self discovery, introspection, redemption, haunted by the past, society, obsessive quest, on the road ...
Time: year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, california, usa, salt lake city utah, africa ...
Similarity:
48%
 7.1
 8K
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, War
Country: Canada, Australia
Duration: 101 min.
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Style: period piece, realistic, bleak, historically accurate, sad ...
Plot: native american, shaman, wilderness, indians, christian, religion, christianity, american indian, jesuit, nature, church, snow ...
Time: 17th century, year 1991
Place: canada, quebec, america, india, france
Similarity:
47%
Empire of the Sun (1987)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
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Style: epic, sad, period piece, crying, emotional ...
Audience: family friendly, family outing, teens, teen drama
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Similarity:
46%
 7.1
 247
Killer Kid (1994)
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Duration: 90 min.
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Style: realistic, serious, tense, disturbing, crying
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Time: 90s
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Similarity:
45%
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Italy, Algeria
Duration: 121 min.
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Style: black and white, political, philosophical, art house, cerebral ...
Plot: revolution, colonialism, protest, torture, military, muslim, french algerian war, politics, terrorism, insurrection, independence, revolutionary ...
Time: year 1957, 20th century, 50s, year 1954, year 1966 ...
Place: africa, algeria, middle east, france, north africa ...
Similarity:
45%
 5.9
 432
Antonieta (1982)
Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: France, Mexico, Spain
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Anna is a psychologist undertaking research about famous suicidal women. She takes a specific interest in the case of Antonieta Rivas Mercado, who killed herself in 1931 in the Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris.
Plot: biopic, writers, suicide, poet, political intrigue, girl, women, male female relationship, mexican revolution, political corruption, notre dame cathedral, death penalty ...
Time: 1930s, 1920s
Place: latin america, mexico city, paris france, mexico
Similarity:
44%
Walking with the Enemy (2013)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Romania, Hungary, Canada, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Regent Horthy is the leader of Hungary and a German ally, but his favorable standing with Hitler changes as the war comes to an end. Forced to cede Hungary’s power or else witness the execution of his son, Regent Horthy gives up control of his ...
Style: realistic, bleak, emotional, costume drama, political thriller ...
Plot: holocaust, concentration camp, world war two, defiant, anti semitism, ss, family relations, danger, life is a bitch, confined, world war, spy ...
Time: 1940s, year 1948, year 1957, year 1939, year 1962 ...
Place: europe, hungary, berlin germany, switzerland, budapest ...
Similarity:
43%
 6.5
 57K
Da 5 Bloods (2020)
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Duration: 154 min.
Story: Four African-American Vietnam veterans return to Vietnam. They are in search of the remains of their fallen squad leader and the promise of buried treasure. These heroes battle forces of humanity and nature while confronted by the lasting ravages of ...
Style: sad, inspirational, perverse, political, suspense ...
Audience: adult
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Time: 70s, 2020s, year 1968, year 1967, year 1962 ...
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43%
 6.8
 51K
Tolkien (2019)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance, War
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Duration: 112 min.
Story: England, early 20th century. The future writer and philologist John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892-1973) and three of his schoolmates create a strong bond between them as they share the same passion for literature and art, a true fellowship that ...
Style: bleak, suspenseful, suspense, rough, retro ...
Plot: world war one, teenage boy, orphan, boys' school, male friendship, priest, writers, treasure, friendship, soldier, coming of age, young soldier ...
Time: 1910s, 20th century, year 1914, year 1916, edwardian era ...
Place: oxford university, birmingham alabama, europe, england
Similarity:
43%
 7.6
 4K
God on Trial (2008)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min.
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Style: thought provoking, serious, disturbing, tense, realistic ...
Plot: holocaust, concentration camp, world war two, atrocity, genocide, gas chamber, debate, atheism, war crime, injustice, confined, human nature ...
Time: 20th century, year 2008, 1940s
Place: europe, palestine, poland, israel, germany
Similarity:
43%
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 169 min.
Story: As U.S. troops storm the beaches of Normandy, three brothers lie dead on the battlefield, with a fourth trapped behind enemy lines. Ranger captain John Miller and seven men are tasked with penetrating German-held territory and bringing the boy home.
Style: breathtaking, realistic, captivating, tense, inspirational ...
Audience: manly, date night, chick flick, kids, adult
Plot: war, world war two, military, courage, battles, self sacrifice, sniper, friendship, nazi, combat, army, machine gun ...
Time: 1940s, year 1944, year 1998, 90s, year 2013 ...
Place: normandy, france, germany, poland, europe ...
Similarity:
42%