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John, 316 (2020)
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A psychiatric hospital is turned upside down when a mysterious drifter is admitted and assigned to room 316. Known only as John Doe, the other patients believe that he bears an uncanny resemblance to Jesus Christ.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thought provoking, emotional, atmospheric, suspense
Plot:
faith, religious, religion, mental illness, hospital, belief in god, mental institution, mental patient, healing, religious faith, faith healing, psychiatric patient, psychiatric hospital, psychopath, medicine, jesus, mental disorder, changing lives, lifestyle change, religious conversion, mentally unstable, spirituality, redemption, transformation, messiah ...
Time:
contemporary
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, psychological, inspirational and emotional films with plots about faith, religion, redemption, religious faith, religious, belief in god and christian mostly in Drama, Family and Romance genres. Some movies like John, 316: Catching Hearts (2012), Mariette in Ecstasy (2019), God Calling (2018), Jesus of Nazareth (2019), The Blind Christ (2016). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, thought provoking, intense, serious, philosophical ...
Plot:
faith, religion, atheism, moral transformation, crisis of faith, religious conversion, atheist, religious, religious faith, change of heart, lifestyle change, character change ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
In this forceful study of religious passion an extraordinary spiritual experience is placed in the center of a deftly evoked natural world, namely, rural upstate New York just after the turn of the century. At summer's end, when she is 17, ...
Style:
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Plot:
nun, trance, convent, mother superior, abbess, religious, religious conversion, character study, spirituality, religious fundamentalism, religion and supernatural, belief in god ...
Time:
turn of the century
Similarity:
82%
Genre: Drama
Country: Nigeria
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
When Sade, the central character suffers a personal tragedy, she is taken on a journey of self-discovery and faith which transforms the lives all those around her. God Calling shines a spotlight on modern day spirituality by imaginatively exploring ...
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, religious drama, emotional ...
Plot:
faith, christianity, redemption, self discovery, god, religious, crisis of faith, social problems, spirituality, religious faith, belief in god, female protagonist ...
Place:
africa, nigeria
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
On the day that Antoinette Tuff considered suicide, she realized that all of her challenges had prepared her for a purpose; to save an Atlanta school under siege from a deranged killer bent on murdering the students.
Style:
suspense, psychological, captivating, disturbing, inspirational ...
Plot:
faith, hostage situation, courage, psycho killer, psychopath, hostage, mentally unstable, mental disorder, death threat, threat, murderer, gunfight ...
Place:
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Similarity:
61%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, Mexico
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Jesus of Nazareth tells the story of Jesus Christ, centering in the public life and humanity of the Son of God from a contemporary and realistic point of view.
Style:
biblical, christian film, thought provoking, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
jesus, faith, religious, life, belief in god, religion, religious leader, religious faith, religious fundamentalism, sacrifice, crucifix, resurrection ...
Time:
1st century
Place:
jerusalem
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Drama
Country: Chile, France
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Michael is an inhabitant of a remote village in the Chilean desert. But not any inhabitant. He is Christ.
Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing
Plot:
desert, messiah, religion, boy, faith, religious conversion, small village, religious, life is a bitch, religious faith, belief in god, bare chested male ...
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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:
57%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
N has been a day patient at north London's Dorothy Fish day hospital for 13 years - her ambition is never to leave. Then she meets glamourous new patient Poppy Shakespeare, an ad agency receptionist convinced she's not mad.
Style:
disturbing, suspense, captivating, psychological, tense ...
Plot:
mental disorder, hospital, public health, mental illness, mental health, psychiatric hospital, social problems, patient, mental institution, life is a bitch, female protagonist, mentally unstable ...
Time:
2000s
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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:
54%
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:
faith, bible, jesus, christian, female protagonist, christianity, religious, faith based, religious leader, belief in god, religious faith, religion ...
Time:
1st century
Similarity:
53%
432
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Two men bond as one recovers from an attack and the other deals with the impending death of his grandmother.
Style:
religious drama, emotional, existential, intense, psychological ...
Plot:
friendship, loneliness, crisis of faith, christianity, spirituality, mourning, grief, compassion, character study, doubt, moral dilemma, soul searching ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
quebec
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama
Country: Portugal, France
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Portugal, 1917. The country is experiencing a great political and social agitation and it is said that in Fatima the virgin appeared to three little shepherds.
Salomé, a young lady from the province, is one of the many girls who cheers Lisbon ...
Style:
thrilling, psychological, captivating, atmospheric, bleak ...
Plot:
religion, female protagonist, miraculous event, religious faith, belief in god, faith, christian faith, religious, moral ambiguity, female exploitation, prostitution, character study ...
Time:
year 1917
Place:
portugal
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama
Country: Dominican Republic
Story:
A unscrupulous non-believer is shown the consequences of his life without morals.
Style:
inspirational, uplifting, serious, emotional, christian film
Plot:
faith, redemption, spiritual awakening, transformation, new beginning, christian, forgiveness, second chance, testimony, religious, hopes, ethical dilemma ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
He finally met someone who specialized in damaged hearts. In this stirring drama, a promising young physician slides into alcoholism, following his wife’s tragic death. Having lost everything, he lands in a skid row mission, where he meets some ...
Style:
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faith, grief, alcoholism, loss, hopes, addiction, redemption, healing, trauma, compassion, second chance, struggle ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France, Luxembourg
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
The young, sickly girl Bernadette comes from a poverty-stricken family. When the Virgin Mary appears to her in a cavern near Lourdes, no one takes the girl seriously, even when she digs up a wellspring at the Virgin's instructions The local ...
Style:
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saint, religion, faith, healing, nun, catholic saint, miraculous event, religious faith, religious, virgin mary, pilgrimage, tuberculosis ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
france
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Africa
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Newlyweds Mary and Matt celebrate Christmas - and their passion for running - with two honeymoon tickets to Africa’s ultimate footrace, The Furnace. Their excitement to race together across the biggest animal reserve in the world has them ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, captivating, psychological, bleak ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
faith, endurance, coping, athlete's life, fighting illness, changing lives, grief, running, life is a bitch, lifestyle change, loss, ambitious woman ...
Place:
africa
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42%
Genre: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
christian, faith, belief in god, jesus, human spirit, self discovery, mysterious place, religions or cults, introspection, hopes, society, human nature ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
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Story:
Jesus Christ goes from being born in a manger to the proclaimed King of the Jews. Walk where He walked, see what He did, and stand where He died. What made Him more than just a man in the eyes of some, but an impostor to others.
Style:
biblical, spiritual, psychological, captivating, thought provoking ...
Plot:
jesus, faith, religious, religion, life, belief in god, religious faith, messiah, sacrifice, redemption, resurrection, crucifix ...
Place:
jerusalem, palestine
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Maria Auxiliadora is a 24 year-old woman very poor, that she lives Joana, her 7 year-old daughter close to. Needing go look for the result of Joana's exam in the hospital, Maria asks the priest of the local church that takes care of her to ...
Style:
religious drama, sincere, disturbing, captivating, psychological ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
jesus, faith, female protagonist, priest, motherhood, christianity, religious faith, church, mother child relationship, bible, mother and daughter, sick child ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A faithful Jehovah's Witness is forced to shun her own sister because of a religious transgression. As the separation draws out, she starts to question the meaning of God's love.
Style:
disturbing, captivating, psychological
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
faith, christian, belief in god, doubts and hesitations, change of heart, relationship problems, uncover truth, religious faith, marital problem, character change, changing lives, lifestyle change ...
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Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
2010s
Place:
hong kong
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The film centers on Reverend Dave who has to defend himself and a group of Christian homeschooling families after an inspection by a local government official.
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:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Glass Walls is a faith inspired film inspired by true stories of healing. Two pastors and their wives experiencing burnout attend a ministry retreat center where they start the journey in shattering their glass walls.
Style:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
Koichiro Shimada is sent to a research facility in Kenya, Africa by a teaching hospital in Japan. He encounters a desperate situation and decides to work there as a doctor, treating patients hurt in battles. He struggles with nurses and colleagues ...
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Similarity:
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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:
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Plot:
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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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