Movies like The Apostle 1997

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The Apostle (1997)
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The Apostle (1997)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story: After his happy life spins out of control, a preacher from Texas changes his name, goes to Louisiana and starts preaching on the radio.
Style: biblical, spiritual, independent film, realistic, talky, philosophical, gothic, indie film, psychological, touching ...
Audience: manly
Plot: religion, christian, preacher, redemption, jesus, small town, radio, clergy, spirit, coma, country, church, time travel, mental disorder, vacation, jealousy, parents, religious fanatic, forgiveness, road trip, marriage, minister, religious, faith based, deep south ...
Time: year 1997, 1930s, 20th century, 30s
Place: texas, louisiana, midwest, usa, california
Keyword: gangsters

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Most similar movies to The Apostle

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, christian film and touching films with plots about christian, hopes, society, religion, faith, religions or cults and redemption mostly in Drama, Comedy and History genres. Some movies like The Apostle: The Island (2006), The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), Amazing Love (2012), The Sacrifice (1986), Jesus Christ Superstar (1973). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Island (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Somewhere in Northern Russia in a small Russian Orthodox monastery lives an unusual man whose bizarre conduct confuses his fellow monks, while others who visit the island believe that the man has the power to heal, exorcise demons and foretell the ...
Style: philosophical, psychological, cerebral, spiritual, breathtaking ...
Plot: christian, religion, redemption, forgiveness, loneliness, island, monk, life philosophy, solitude, monastery, church, philosophy ...
Time: 2000s, future
Place: russia, soviet union
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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 ...
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Amazing Love (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Teen friends, Steve, Carrie, Cooper, and Gameboy embark on a weekend camping trip lead by their church youth group leader Stuart (Sean Astin) and his wife Beth (Erin Bethea). Joining them is an outsider Ashley, a self-involved rich kid, whose ...
Style: serious, realistic, touching, christian film, suspense ...
Audience: family outing, family friendly, teens
Plot: christian, true love, old testament, faith, church, bible story, storytelling, husband wife relationship, religion, religious, bible, christianity ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.9
 31K
The Sacrifice (1986)
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden, France, UK
Duration: 149 min.
Story: Alexander, a journalist, philosopher and retired actor, celebrates a birthday with friends and family when it is announced that nuclear war has begun.
Style: atmospheric, philosophical, art house, spiritual, slow cinema ...
Plot: insanity, existentialism, end of the world, spirituality, distopia, god, philosophy, dialogue, art, post apocalypse, religion, female nudity ...
Time: year 1986, 80s
Place: soviet union, ussr, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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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
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Mrs. Worthington's Party (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Father Jonathan Keene - a cold, impatient Catholic priest arrives in a tiny fishing village the week before Christmas to do what he does best: shut down a dying parish...
Style: touching, realistic, feel good, contemplative, serious ...
Plot: christmas, priest, clergy, introspection, society, self discovery, social relations, religions or cults, hopes, church, small town life, save the day ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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41%
The Grace Card (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Everything can change in an instant ... and take a lifetime to unravel. When Mac McDonald loses his son in an accident, the ensuing 17 years of bitterness and pain erodes his love for his family and leaves him angry with God ... and just about ...
Style: christian film, touching, serious, uplifting, realistic ...
Plot: racism, christian, hopes, faith, father son relationship, dysfunctional family, partner, religious, clergy, society, partners against crime, family problems ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, memphis, tennessee
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
The Encounter (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: When five strangers with nothing in common come together at a remote roadside eatery, they place their orders with the diner's omniscient owner, who seems to know everything about them ... and is eerily reminiscent of Jesus Christ.
Style: christian film, tense, uplifting, realistic, serious ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: christian, faith, jesus, human spirit, self discovery, religions or cults, introspection, society, mysterious character, hopes, human nature, group of strangers ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, xian
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Flywheel (2003)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Jay Austin wants to sell you a used car, but watch out! Many victims have fallen prey to his smiling face and hasty promises. Austin does everything his way until his dishonesty and manipulation are exposed. Like many men, he becomes disgusted by ...
Style: serious, realistic, touching, sincere, christian film ...
Plot: change of heart, christian, faith, starting over, moral dilemma, introspection, hopes, ambition, redemption, society, cons and scams, parent child relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: georgia
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
 6.9
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Courageous (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story: As law enforcement officers, Adam Mitchell, Nathan Hayes, and their partners are confident and focused. They willingly stand up to the worst the streets have to offer. Yet at the end of the day, they face a challenge that none of them are truly ...
Style: christian film, uplifting, inspirational, realistic, sentimental ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: christian, faith, christianity, fatherhood, religion, family relations, god, religious, father son relationship, church, idealism, courage ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
What Would Jesus Do? (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story: The citizens of a small town lose their faith day by day. Poverty and hardships have been hard on them... when all of a sudden something changes. Their faith is reborn. And a question rises inside them: "What would Jesus do?"
Style: christian film, realistic, serious, spiritual, inspirational ...
Plot: faith, pastor, christian, small town, clergy, introspection, human spirit, society, hopes, social relations, religions or cults, small town life ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, usa, xian
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Tender Mercies (1983)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Alchoholic former country singer Mac Sledge makes friends with a young widow and her son. The friendship enables him to find inspiration to resume his career.
Style: touching, sentimental, realistic, atmospheric, sincere ...
Audience: family outing, date night
Plot: country music, character study, music, self discovery, small town, alcoholism, comeback, musician's life, starting over, divorce, love and romance, couples ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, year 1983
Place: texas, midwest, austin texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
The Preacher's Daughter (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: The estranged daughter of a small town minister is forced to return to the strict, religious home of her youth where she must confront the troubled relationships that caused her to leave four years before
Style: realistic, touching, psychological, captivating, serious
Plot: clergy, estrangement, society, family relations, parents and children, dysfunctional family, religions or cults, small town, homecoming, family problems, christian, teen social issues ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Welcome to Paradise (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: When big-city preacher Debbie Laramie (Crystal Bernard) moves to the small town of Paradise with her son Hayden (Bobby Edner), she finds the local community unreceptive to her message of love and forgiveness. Determined to get through to her ...
Style: realistic, uplifting, inspirational, captivating, serious ...
Plot: church, small town, social relations, clergy, introspection, self discovery, love affair, society, hopes, village, preacher, community ...
Time: 21st century
Place: texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Faith Like Potatoes (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: South Africa
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Frank Rautenbach leads a strong cast as Angus Buchan, a Zambian farmer of Scottish heritage, who leaves his farm in the midst of political unrest and racially charged land reclaims and travels south with his family to start a better life in KwaZulu ...
Style: christian film, uplifting, sincere, serious, emotional ...
Audience: date night
Plot: farm, christian, faith, starting over, human spirit, political unrest, friendship, religions or cults, hopes, social differences, christianity, religious ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: africa, south africa
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31%
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Ring the Bell (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: When high-powered sports agent Rob Decker arrives looking for his next major league prospect, he finds more than he bargained for at the Cooke Boys Ranch. As he works to secure Shawn Hart, the top high school baseball prospect in the country, he ...
Style: serious, realistic, christian film, inspirational
Plot: small town, disorder, social relations, redemption, society, introspection, scout, misfit, hopes, fish out of water, small town life, christian ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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31%
 8.0
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Winter Light (1963)
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 81 min.
Story: A Swedish pastor fails a loving woman, a suicidal fisherman and God.
Style: philosophical, psychological, depressing, art house, black and white ...
Plot: religion, existentialism, suicide, priest, winter, faith, midlife crisis, spirituality, great ending, philosophy, art, small town ...
Time: year 1963, 20th century, 60s
Place: scandinavia, eastern europe
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30%
 5.9
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Midnight Clear (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: On Christmas Eve in the Arizona desert, a middle-aged man (Stephen Baldwin) and an old woman (K Callan) contemplate suicide. But through chance run-ins with strangers and perhaps some divine intervention, they cross paths and change each ...
Style: realistic, captivating, suspenseful, serious, semi serious ...
Plot: christmas, church, redemption, life is a bitch, unemployment, family relations, love and romance, hopes, society, clergy, small town, small town life ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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God's Not Dead: A Light in Darkness (2018)
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, realistic, captivating, psychological, rough ...
Plot: christian, faith, church, religious fanatic, brother brother relationship, christianity, university, protest, arson, doubt, lawyer, jail ...
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29%
The Book of Ruth: Journey of Faith (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: The Book of Ruth, is a triumphant love story in the face of adversity. This selfless journey of love and devotion is seen through the eyes of a young widow. Choosing to leave her homeland of Moab, she follows her mother-in-law Naomi to Israel after ...
Style: touching, sentimental, serious, biblical, realistic ...
Plot: bible, family relations, love affair, true love, hopes, love and romance, life turned upside down, rise to the top, interracial relations, society, starting over, state affairs ...
Place: holy land
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29%
The Perfect Stranger (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: 'THE PERFECT STRANGER' tells the story of Nikki, a troubled attorney who one day receives a mysterious dinner invitation from a man claiming to be Jesus of Nazareth. Throughout their evening of conversation, arguments and spirited debate, ...
Style: sincere, realistic, serious, emotional, touching ...
Plot: religions or cults, society, hopes, legal action, faith, christian, religion, christianity, discussion, stranger, change of heart, female protagonist ...
Time: 21st century
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28%
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Rust (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story: In the midst of a midlife crisis of faith, a man finds hope where he least expects it – his hometown. James Moore (Golden Globe nominee Corbin Bernsen) is a former pastor who returns home to discover a family new to the area has been killed in a ...
Style: realistic, contemplative, captivating, psychological, serious ...
Plot: clergy, self discovery, uncover truth, family relations, redemption, homecoming, religions or cults, friendship, society, small town, human nature, direction and purpose ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
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28%
The Last Sin Eater (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: In seeking her own redemption from the one man of whom she is most afraid, 10-year-old Cadi Forbes discovers a secret sin haunting her community of Welsh immigrants in 1850s Appalachia.
Style: emotional, christian film, serious, touching, sincere ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: christian, family problems, redemption, girl, christianity, hopes, parents and children, society, death in the family, faith, religion, dark secret ...
Time: 19th century, 1850s
Place: appalachia
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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Last Days in the Desert (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: On his way out of the wilderness, Jesus struggles with the Devil over the fate of a family in crisis, setting himself up for a dramatic test.
Style: biblical, serious, atmospheric, contemplative, stylized ...
Plot: desert, jesus, jesus christ, ancient history, fasting, society, religions or cults, escapades, wilderness, family problems, family in crisis, bible ...
Time: 1st century
Place: holy land
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28%
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Soda Springs (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: The story of a man's struggle to claim his future by confronting his past. The road is not an easy one as old demons resurface to threaten everything Eden has fought to overcome.
Style: sentimental, serious, touching, realistic, independent film
Plot: small town, haunted by the past, redemption, starting over, family relations, hopes, going straight, lifestyle, homecoming, parents and children, social relations, christian ...
Time: future, 21st century
Place: idaho, usa
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28%
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Joshua (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: When Joshua moves to the outskirts of Auburn, he awakens the curiosity of the sleepy town. They don’t know who he is or where he came from, but no one can shake the feeling they’ve known him for years. Despite his benevolence and selfless work ...
Style: serious, touching, sincere, spiritual, inspirational ...
Plot: christian, healing power, miraculous event, small town, mysterious character, self discovery, religions or cults, hopes, redemption, society, cause and meaning, faith ...
Time: year 2002, 21st century
Place: usa, xian, rome italy
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28%
A Question of Faith (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: When Tragedy Strikes three Families, their Destiny forces them on a coverging path and mercy as the challenges of their fate could also resurrect their beliefs
Style: touching, serious, atmospheric, psychological, captivating ...
Plot: clergy, christian, christianity, parents and children, religions or cults, family life, society, family problems, family values, religion, salvation, penance ...
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28%
The Apostle Peter: Redemption (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Tormented by his denial of Christ, Peter spent his life attempting to atone for his failures. Now as he faces certain death at the hand of Nero, will he falter again, his weakness betray him or will he rise up triumphant in his final moment?
Style: biblical, psychological, thought provoking, realistic
Plot: apostle, christian, christianity, redemption, cowardice, religion, society, religions or cults, roman empire, ancient history, against the odds, betrayal ...
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27%
Billy: The Early Years (2008)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Most of us know Billy Graham as the self-assured and charismatic preacher who became one of the most important figures of 20th Century Christianity. Now, with the release of Billy: The Early Years, we meet Billy as the earnest and promising young ...
Style: christian film, captivating, serious, realistic
Plot: christianity, faith, christian, self discovery, idealism, redemption, hopes, life is a bitch, society, lifestyle, clergy, miraculous event ...
Time: 1940s, 1930s, 20th century
Place: north carolina
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
 5.6
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America Brown (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A coming-of-age drama that centers on a young quarterback from West Texas, a priest in New York, and the two women in their lives.
Style: serious, realistic, uplifting, touching, contemplative ...
Plot: coming of age, high school, prodigy, starting over, haunted by the past, society, on the run, rivalry, redemption, hopes, youth, ambition ...
Time: 21st century
Place: texas, new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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