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Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert (2018)
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Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert (2018)
Genre: Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: The award-winning show is re-imagined as a live concert event, featuring an all-star cast of recording artists, set during the last week of Jesus' life as he deals with betrayal, love and jealousy, and told from the perspective of Judas.
Style: sincere, serious, captivating
Plot: christianity, betrayal, live performance, concert, dancing, singing, jesus, rock opera, spectacle, roman empire, theater, stage musical, easter, lifesaver, crucifix, messiah, suicide by hanging, disciple, bible story, festival, masquerade, jesus christ, stage performance, opera live performance, live broadcast ...
Place: jerusalem
Keyword: jewish, music video

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, realistic, serious and biblical films with plots about dancing, jesus, betrayal, bible, jesus christ, religion and christian mostly in Drama, Musical and Comedy genres. Some movies like Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert: Jesus Christ Superstar (1973), Carmen in 3D (2011), Diana (2021), Road to Emmaus (2010), Color of the Cross (2006). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (1973)
Genre: Drama, History, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Oscar-nominated film adaptation of the rock opera of the same name, based on the last weeks before the crucifixion of Jesus. The film was directed by Norman Jewison. Ted Neeley and Carl Anderson were nominated for two 1974 Golden Globe Award for ...
Style: stylized, talky, intense, cult classic, controversial ...
Audience: kids, adult
Plot: betrayal, life & death, christianity, music, rock and roll, atheism, dancing, broadway, jesus, storytelling, religion, creativity ...
Time: ancient times, 1st century
Place: middle east, israel, ancient greece, palestine, holy land
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95%
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Carmen in 3D (2011)
Genre: Drama, Musical
Country: UK
Duration: 170 min.
Story: Passion, jealousy and betrayal take center stage at Londons Royal Opera House in a spectacular production of the worlds most popular opera. Bizets Carmen is packed with some of the best-loved and memorable music in all of opera. In this ...
Style: serious, realistic, captivating, stylized
Plot: opera, rebelliousness, betrayal, destructive relationship, dishonesty, couples, murder, wooing, infidelity, dancing, love and romance, concert ...
Time: 19th century
Place: spain
⇓ similarity ⇓
94%
Jesus Christ Superstar: Live Arena Tour (2012)
Genre: Drama, History, Musical
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Celebrating 40 years since it first opened in London’s West End, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s new production of Jesus Christ Superstar, directed by Laurence Connor, promises to be the rock event of 2012. The star-studded line-up includes award-winning ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, stylized, realistic, controversial
Plot: redemption, rise to the top, folk hero, righting the wronged, religions or cults, fighting the system, supernatural ability, hopes, society, betrayal, heroes, messiah ...
Place: holy land
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
 4.4
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Diana (2021)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: A princess is thrust onto the world stage. The tabloid media is captivated by her beauty and vulnerability. The globe's most celebrated monarchy is disrupted. This is the story of the most princess woman of the modern age as she struggles to ...
Style: thought provoking, captivating, disturbing
Plot: princess diana, broadway, princess, historical character, historical figure, music, dancing, celebrity, life, queen, theater, historical event ...
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
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Notre Dame de Paris - Live Arena di Verona (2002)
Genre: Musical, Music, Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 130 min.
Story: A musical adaptation of Victor Hugo's novel "Notre Dame de Paris" which follows the gypsy dancer Esmeralda and the three men who vie for her love: the kind hunchback Quadimodo, the twisted priest Frollo, and the unfaithful soldier ...
Plot: live performance, hunchback, priest, unfaithful, notre dame cathedral, gypsy, dancing, obsession, singing, opera, stage musical, obsessive love ...
Time: middle ages
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
Road to Emmaus (2010)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
Story: It is a story that's captivated the imagination of many generations. Mourning the death of Jesus, two first-century travelers were joined by a mysterious stranger. Over the next few hours, the stranger revealed mysteries hidden in the ancient ...
Style: biblical, realistic, captivating, serious, christian film
Plot: messiah, prophecy, bible story, disciple, religion, christianity, gospel, learning the truth, jesus, mysterious stranger, belief in god, dinner ...
Time: 1st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
Color of the Cross (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A retelling of the events leading up to the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, based on the idea that he was a black man whose death was a racially motivated hate crime.
Style: biblical
Plot: jesus, christian, easter, new testament, roman, bible, traitor, rabbi, disciple, betrayal, execution, prophet ...
Time: 1st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
Carmen: A Hip Hopera (2001)
Genre: Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Based on Verdi's (Bizet's not Verdi's) classic opera and its all African American musical counterpart Carmen Jones, Carmen a Hiphopera is a modern retelling of the story of the tragic gypsy Carmen. The setting has been taken from the ...
Style: captivating, realistic, serious, stylized, black cinema
Plot: hip hop, femme fatale, tragic love, fall in love, performer's life, obsession, betrayal, destructive relationship, destiny, music, black, rapper ...
Time: 21st century
Place: philadelphia
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
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Stiffelio (2012)
Genre: Drama, Musical
Country: Germany, Italy
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Part of Tutto Verdi series - Stiffelio (2012) Parma. 'Stiffelio' is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi, from an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave. The origin of this was the novel “Le pasteur d’hommes”, by Émile ...
Plot: opera, italian opera, duel, live performance, religion, cemetery, forgiveness, unfaithful wife, betrayal, stage performance
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
 5.8
 229
Story of Judas (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A man ascends a barren summit. It is Judas, come to collect Jesus and carry him down the mountain on his back, joking and panting as he does so. After bathing in the river and taking part in a henna ceremony, Jesus leaves for Jerusalem. Judas is ...
Style: serious, atmospheric, captivating, biblical, realistic
Plot: jesus, betrayal, clergy, bible, rivalry, dishonesty, religions or cults, society, desert, friendship, ancient history, bible story ...
Time: 1st century
Place: holy land
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
 7.4
 451
Tosca (2001)
Genre: Musical, Drama
Country: Italy, France, UK, Germany
Duration: 126 min.
Story: Benoit Jacquot's acclaimed 2002 film of Puccini's opera stars Angela Gheorghiu in the title role, with Roberto Alagna, Ruggero Raimondi and the Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, under Antonio Pappano.
Style: emotional, captivating, realistic, serious, stylized ...
Plot: opera, couples, tragic love, tragic hero, love and romance, unfulfilled love, unfulfillment, dishonesty, manipulation, concert, basement, ballet ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
Waitress: The Musical (2023)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 144 min.
Story: A waitress and expert pie-maker dreams of a way out of her small town and rocky marriage.
Style: funny, captivating, exciting, humorous, entertaining
Plot: waitress, store, broadway, baker, food, cooking and food, dreaming, dream, based on broadway musical, bakery, baking, following a dream ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
Mary, Mother of Jesus (1999)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Mary, Mother of Jesus is a 1999 made-for-television Biblical film that retells the story of Jesus through the eyes of Mary, his mother.
Style: biblical, sincere, emotional, touching, thought provoking ...
Plot: jesus, bible, faith, jesus christ, christian, ancient, religious, belief in god, roman empire, myth, ancient rome, mythology ...
Time: 1st century
Place: holy land, jerusalem
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
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Company (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story: Following five couples and their friend Robert (Neil Patrick Harris), the perpetual bachelor, Company explores the true meaning of being in a relationship through a series of vignettes. Winner of the 1971 Tony Award for Best Musical, Neil Patrick ...
Style: semi serious, stylized, realistic, humorous, feel good
Plot: theater, friends, friendship, concert, bachelor, live performance, couple relations, redheaded woman, artists and showbiz, love and romance, broadway, husband wife relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
 3.7
 1K
Go for It! (2011)
Genre: Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Carmen is a good student with a bad attitude who lives for dancing in the underground clubs of Chicago. She yearns to be 'somebody' but is afraid to believe in herself. Her immigrant Mexican, working-class parents want her to stay in ...
Style: realistic, touching, captivating, serious, emotional ...
Plot: hip hop, dancing, dance, ambition, self discovery, follow your dream, hopes, dancer's life, dance school, desire for fame, parents and children, teachers and students ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, chicago, california, illinois
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
The Passover Plot (1976)
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Dramatization of the controversial best-seller that posits an alternate version of the birth of Christianity. In this version, Jesus planned for His crucifixion by taking a drug that would simulate death. After His unconscious body was placed in the ...
Style: independent film, christian film
Plot: jesus christ, jesus, bible, biblical stories, alternate history, religion, christianity, bare chested male, faked death, fanatic, conspiracy, easter ...
Time: 1st century
Place: jerusalem
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
Hairspray Live! (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A teenage girl living in Baltimore in the early 1960s dreams of appearing on a popular TV dance show.
Style: captivating, feel good, humorous, entertaining
Plot: theater, dance, live performance, racism, fat girl, race, dream, equality, broadway, dancing, society, rivalry ...
Time: 60s, year 1962
Place: baltimore, maryland
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
Billy Elliot: The Musical Live (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical
Country: UK
Duration: 169 min.
Story: A talented young dancer has to learn to fight for his dream despite social and parental disapproval.
Style: captivating, thought provoking, psychological, disturbing, sincere ...
Audience: kids
Plot: dancing, dancer, society, dance, live performance, follow your dream, music, ambitious man, dancer's life, ambition, ambitious, dream ...
Time: 80s
Place: northern england
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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Battlefield America (2012)
Genre: Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: A young businessman hires an instructor to turn a group of misfit kids into a team on the underground dance competition circuit.
Style: realistic, inspirational, psychological, captivating, serious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: street dance, dancing, music, ambition, rivalry, youth, misfit, social misfits, hip hop, dance, mentor, training ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Lost in the Stars (1974)
Genre: Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Musical from the American Film Theatre series, based on the play Cry The Beloved Country.
Style: serious, realistic
Plot: murder, redemption, fighting the system, society, human spirit, life is a bitch, hopes, injustice, friends, discrimination, courtroom drama, parents and children ...
Time: 70s
Place: africa, south africa
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46%
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Acropole (1996)
Genre: Musical, Drama
Country: Italy, Germany, Bulgaria, Greece
Duration: 125 min.
Story: Akropol is a musical by Pantelis Voulgaris about the set of a theatre in Athens and the people trying to make their way in the show business. The movie claimed the Music Award in the Valencia Festival, and also the Directing Award in the Cairo ...
Plot: drag queen, singing, cross dressing, drunkenness, dancing, replacement, success, child star, diva, actor, theater, stage
Time: 1950s
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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 2K
Annie Live! (2021)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story: A young orphan opens the heart of billionaire Sir Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks.
Plot: live performance, orphan, stage musical, mansion, christmas season, businessman, locket, chief of staff, u.s. president, running away from home, interracial couple, millionaire ...
Time: 2020s, 1930s, year 1933
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Rent: Filmed Live on Broadway (2008)
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 165 min.
Story: Based on Puccini's opera La bohème, Rent tells the story of a group of impoverished young artists struggling to survive and create in New York City in the 1990s. This is a live recording of Rent's final performance after more than 12 ...
Style: serious, captivating, realistic, emotional
Plot: theater, gay romance, music band, showbiz, musician's life, social differences, opera, drug abuse, artist, follow your dream, actor's life, life is a bitch ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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The Passion of the Christ (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story: "The Passion of the Christ" is a film about the last 12 hours in the life of Jesus. Director Mel Gibson received much criticism from critics and audiences for his explicit depiction of and focus on violence and on christs suffering, ...
Style: biblical, christian film, controversial, brutal, rough ...
Audience: chick flick, manly, adult
Plot: christianity, jesus, jesus christ, religion, redemption, religious, betrayal, torture, bible, roman empire, brutality, life philosophy ...
Time: year 2004, ancient times, 2000s, 1930s, 1st century ...
Place: holy land, jerusalem, rome italy, ancient greece, greece ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Blue Valley Songbird (1999)
Genre: Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Country singer Leana Taylor (Dolly Parton) struggles to escape from her controlling manager/boyfriend Hank (John Terry) as well as her troubled past. After turning to her guitarist (Billy Dean), Leanna finally faces her past, including her estranged ...
Style: realistic, serious, touching, entertaining
Plot: country, country music, couples, follow your dream, ambition, lifestyle, rising to stardom, music, desire for fame, performer's life, love and romance, life is a bitch ...
Time: 90s
Place: usa, tennessee, nashville tennessee
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
 5.5
 340
Full of Grace (2015)
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, psychological, thought provoking, captivating, disturbing
Plot: bible, faith, jesus, christian, religious, christianity, religious faith, religion, religious leader, belief in god, religious fundamentalism, female protagonist ...
Time: 1st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 164 min.
Story: Jesus, a humble Judean carpenter beginning to see that he is the son of God, is drawn into revolutionary action against the Roman occupiers by Judas -- despite his protestations that love, not violence, is the path to salvation. The burden of being ...
Style: controversial, psychological, biblical, epic, melancholic ...
Plot: christianity, spirituality, temptation, jesus, religion, faith, desert, controversy, jesus christ, betrayal, redemption, christian ...
Time: year 1988, ancient times, biblical epic, 20th century, 1930s ...
Place: greece, holy land, ancient greece, middle east, jerusalem ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Apostle Peter and the Last Supper (2012)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: The film portrays Saint Peter reflecting on his time with Jesus and his fellow Apostles during his final imprisonment in Rome. In particular, Peter attempts to convert one of his jailers, Martinian, by relating the life, teachings, and sacrifice of ...
Style: uplifting, captivating, serious, biblical, realistic ...
Plot: faith, christian, apostle, jesus, christianity, clergy, bible, miraculous event, roman empire, religions or cults, redemption, rise to the top ...
Time: 1st century
Place: rome italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
The Penitent Thief (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: The story of the two unnamed men who were crucified alongside Jesus and how they came to be beside him on the cross that fateful day. Dismas and his brother Jotham, along with Gestas, another young man who will share their fate, suffer tragedy and ...
Style: biblical, christian film, epic, serious, bleak ...
Plot: roman, gang of thieves, christian, religious, jesus, crucifix, tragic hero, gang, thief, male protagonist, brother brother relationship, life is a bitch ...
Time: 1st century
Place: jerusalem
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
King of Kings (1961)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 168 min.
Story: Who is Jesus, and why does he impact all he meets? He is respected and reviled, emulated and accused, beloved, betrayed, and finally crucified. Yet that terrible fate would not be the end of the story.
Style: biblical, epic, suspenseful, christian film, serious ...
Plot: jesus, ancient history, christianity, jesus christ, religion, bible, christian, redemption, betrayal, state affairs, ancient, roman empire ...
Time: 1st century, ancient times, biblical epic, year 1961, 1st century b.c.
Place: israel, greece, ancient greece, rome italy, middle east ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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