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I Heard the Bells (2022)
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Family, War
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Known as America’s Poet, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow leads an idyllic life – until the day his world is shattered by tragedy. With a nation divided by Civil War and his family torn apart, Henry puts down his pen, silenced by grief. But it’s the sound of Christmas morning that reignites the poet’s lost voice as he discovers the resounding hope of rekindled faith.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, period drama
Plot:
christmas, christmas carol, holiday, army, civil war, american civil war, death, soldier, fire, church, american soldier, poet, officer, father son relationship, daughter, accidental death, poetry, colonel, death of wife, death of mother, wounded soldier, son, army general, burned alive, person on fire ...
Time:
19th century, 1860s
Place:
boston, new england
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Most similar movies to I Heard the Bells
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, psychological, serious and thrilling films with plots about christmas, holiday, christmas eve, christmas movie, family relations, biopic and christmas season mostly in Drama, Family and Biography genres. Some movies like I Heard the Bells: Against the Sun (2014), The Man Who Saved Christmas (2002), The Man Who Invented Christmas (2017), By God's Grace (2014), Charlie's Christmas Wish (2020). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A WWII pilot, bombardier, and radioman find themselves adrift on a lifeboat without food or water after being forced to ditch their plane during a scouting mission.
Style:
tense, captivating, realistic, serious, psychological ...
Plot:
survival, world war two, military, human spirit, danger, ocean, soldier, disaster, human nature, getting home, isolation, wilderness ...
Time:
1940s, year 1942, 20th century
Place:
pacific ocean
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Family, War
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Alfred Carlton Gilbert invented the Erector Set and is trying to get it onto the toy shelves of the country. A.C. is startled to be summoned to the White House, where top officials ask him to convert the toy factory into a weapons manufacturing ...
Style:
touching, semi serious, captivating, humorous, patriotic ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
christmas, nothing goes right, against the odds, ambition, parents and children, family life, eccentric family, obsession, fighting the system, fish out of water, factory, father son relationship ...
Time:
year 1918, pre world war one, 1910s
Place:
washington d.c.
Similarity:
94%
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: Ireland, Canada, USA, UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
In 1843, Dickens was a literary rock star, but struggling financially after the slow sales of his previous novel, Martin Chuzzlewit. Seized with the vision of a story that would fire the hearts of humanity, Dickens pitched his publishers A Christmas ...
Style:
costume drama, period piece, feel good, thought provoking, captivating ...
Plot:
christmas, writers, charles dickens, victorian england, book, publisher, holiday, inspiration, father son relationship, debt, poverty, christmas carol ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, future, 1800s, year 1943
Place:
turkey, england, new york, london
Similarity:
88%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Family, War
Country: Canada
Duration: 49 min.
Story:
American artist Winslow Homer's illustrations for Harpers' Weekly magazine earned high praise for their honest portrayal of the Civil War. Discouraged by the horrors he witnessed, Homer abandons his post and heads to the quiet of Houghton ...
Style:
emotional, melancholic, serious, educational, period drama
Plot:
artist, civil war, biopic, painting, friendship, trauma, grief, teenager, children, memory, mourning, post war ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
new england
Similarity:
88%
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
In the tradition of a classic "A Christmas Carol", this film offers many lessons on the importance of giving and the cause and effect our choices have on others.
Style:
psychological, christmas special, semi serious, thrilling, captivating ...
Audience:
family outing, family friendly, kids, teens
Plot:
christmas, faith, holiday, christian, miraculous event, redemption, changing lives, problem, relationship problems, christmas season, christmas spirit, forgiveness ...
Place:
usa
Similarity:
85%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Coming home from his last deployment, Sgt. Major John Frost arrives a month early and he’s happy to be home for Christmas. He finds his wife, Jill and son Jimmy too busy to give him the welcome he anticipated and in his absence, they have adopted ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
christmas, christmas spirit, christmas present, human dog relationship, friends, human animal relationship, christmas season, owner dog relationship, pet dog, animal, animal human communication, dog ...
Similarity:
84%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 219 min.
Story:
The film centers mostly around the personal and professional life of Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, a brilliant if eccentric Confederate general, from the outbreak of the American Civil War until its halfway point when Jackson is killed ...
Style:
serious, sincere, rough, costume drama, period piece ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
american civil war, military, confederate soldier, american history, civil war, epic battle, confederate army, battlefield, war hero, military life, u.s. civil war, social relations ...
Time:
19th century, 1860s
Place:
virginia, west virginia, maine, north america, america ...
Similarity:
83%
Genre: Drama, War, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A look at a group of Union and Confederate cavalry from late 1862 until the end of the Civil War in 1865.
Style:
captivating, psychological, historical drama, period piece
Audience:
adult
Plot:
american civil war, civil war, soldier, military, wartime, battles, military officer, historical event, american soldier, fight, shooting, war ...
Time:
1860s, 19th century
Place:
virginia
Similarity:
82%
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
An unexpected blizzard threatens the Parton family, while at the same time Dolly's father (and his kids) make sacrifices to raise enough money to finally buy his wife the wedding ring he could never afford to give her. Meanwhile, an important ...
Style:
captivating, light, entertaining
Plot:
christmas, street performer, musician, daughter, female singer, music, donkey, angel, car, best friend, coin, wedding ring ...
Similarity:
79%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
When his beloved dog goes missing, a young man embarks on an incredible search with his parents to find him and give him life-saving medication.
Style:
psychological, realistic, captivating
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
missing dog, father and son, hiking, lost, father, dog, family relations, human dog relationship, family problems, owner dog relationship, father son relationship, family reunited ...
Similarity:
73%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Inspired by the picturesque paintings of Thomas Kinkade, The Christmas Cottage tells the semi-autobiographical tale of how a young boy is propelled to launch a career as an artist after he learns that his mother is in danger of losing the family ...
Style:
realistic, touching, captivating, suspense, exciting ...
Plot:
christmas, painter, holiday, family relations, prodigy, unfulfillment, tragic hero, youth, college life, performer's life, biopic, mentor ...
Time:
70s, year 1977
Similarity:
72%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Robert Gould Shaw leads the US Civil War's first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices of both his own Union army and the Confederates.
Style:
epic, inspirational, period piece, suspense, emotional ...
Plot:
american civil war, battles, civil war, military, slavery, prejudice, racism, war, black history, u.s. civil war, human spirit, african american ...
Time:
19th century, year 1989, 1800s, 1860s, 20th century ...
Place:
massachusetts, america, south carolina, georgia, africa ...
Similarity:
66%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Erin is planning the town’s Christmas celebration and must win over firefighter Kevin in order to obtain the beautiful spruce tree from his property for the celebration.
Style:
feel good, psychological, semi serious, christmas special, captivating ...
Plot:
christmas, tree, christmas romance, winter, male female relationship, mayor, firefighter, christmas tree lighting, xmas, relationships, problem, love story ...
Place:
colorado
Similarity:
65%
206
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
"Dog Jack" is the story of a slave boy and his dog who escape the master's plantation, join the union army, and have to face their former master on the battlefield. The story is inspired by the historical true-life adventures of the ...
Style:
captivating, realistic, serious, uplifting, bleak ...
Plot:
american civil war, military, soldier, heroes, civil war, slave, plantation, dog, teenage boy, military enlistment, scout, black ...
Time:
19th century, 1860s
Place:
pittsburgh, pennsylvania
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Family
Country: USA, China
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
An award-winning cynical journalist, Lloyd Vogel, begrudgingly accepts an assignment to write an Esquire profile piece on the beloved television icon Fred Rogers. After his encounter with Rogers, Vogel's perspective on life is transformed.
Style:
thought provoking, sad, inspirational, sincere, psychological ...
Audience:
chick flick, kids
Plot:
journalist, father son estrangement, death of mother, father son relationship, friendship, writers, biopic, journalism, puppet, celebrity, magazine editor, life philosophy ...
Time:
year 1998, 2010s, year 2019, 90s
Place:
new york, pittsburgh
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: Spain, USA, Argentina
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Arising out of the horror of the Spanish Civil War, a candidate for canonization is investigated by a journalist who discovers his own estranged father had a deep, dark and devastating connection to the saint's life.While researching the life ...
Style:
captivating, serious, realistic, thought provoking, stylized ...
Plot:
priest, spanish civil war, catholic, saint, dying father, soldier, journalist, betrayal, redemption, self discovery, unfulfilled love, haunted by the past ...
Time:
70s, year 1937, 1930s, year 1936
Place:
spain, europe
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
1939, Hitler's army was closing borders, and 85 American missionaries were in Germany serving their church. The escape of these missionaries from Nazi Germany is one of the most dramatic events to occur in modern LDS history.
Style:
captivating, psychological, thrilling, independent film, period drama
Plot:
christian, faith, nazi occupation, neo nazi, church, nazism, problem, nazi soldier, evacuation, mormon, customs, missionary ...
Time:
1930s, year 1939
Place:
copenhagen, frankfurt germany
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Spoiled socialite will learn a lesson after her father asks her to work in a family homeless center.
Style:
psychological, thought provoking, thrilling, captivating, feel good ...
Audience:
family outing, family friendly, kids, adult
Plot:
christmas, family drama, holiday, christmas spirit, family relations, changing lives, character change, lifestyle change, female protagonist, homeless, rich and poor, homeless shelter ...
Similarity:
57%
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
John Dale has everything. Money, notoriety, the biggest house in town. But what he really wants is a good, old-fashioned Christmas. With no family in town, John turns to the local "Rent-All" store and owner Anne Weston. Anne's store ...
Style:
inspirational, feel good, captivating, christmas special, psychological ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
christmas, xmas, winter, christmas present, christmas eve, hopes, lonely, saving christmas, christmas season, relationships, male female relationship, family relations ...
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Julia Bedford is a homemaker who's left with next to nothing after a divorce. When Julia finds herself homeless, she begins her comeback and discovers what is really valuable in life.
Style:
psychological, christmas special, captivating, thrilling
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
christmas, holiday romance, xmas, changing lives, male female relationship, lifestyle change, love story, relationships, adultery, love and romance, family problems, christmas spirit ...
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Fact-based World War II story set on Christmas Eve, 1944, finds a German Mother and her son seeking refuge in a cabin on the war front. When she is invaded by three American soldiers and then three German soldiers, she successfully convinces the ...
Style:
captivating, serious, realistic, christmas special, christmas classics ...
Audience:
family outing, girls' night
Plot:
christmas eve, anti war, world war two, christmas, american soldier, soldier, nazi, boy, military, friendship, hitler youth, single parent ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944
Place:
germany, europe, africa, dunkirk
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
When David Smallbone's successful music company collapses, he moves his family from Australia to the United States in search of a brighter future. With nothing more than their six children, their suitcases, and their love of music, David and ...
Style:
christian film, captivating, psychological, spiritual
Plot:
christian faith, biopic, large family, family relations, faith, family life, relationships, lifestyle, life is a bitch, immigrant, insurance agent, businessman ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
australia, tennessee, england, north carolina, georgia ...
Similarity:
54%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA, India
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
A revealing drama that focuses on the 16th President's tumultuous final months in office. In a nation divided by war and the strong winds of change, Lincoln pursues a course of action designed to end the war, unite the country and abolish ...
Style:
political, period piece, thought provoking, costume drama, factual ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
president, politics, civil war, american civil war, american history, idealism, historical character, slavery, politician, racism, head of state, abraham lincoln ...
Time:
19th century, 1860s, ancient times, 1800s, victorian era ...
Place:
washington d.c., usa, america, california
Similarity:
54%
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Genre: War
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
U.S. General Hudson Kilpatrick is known to many as “Kill Cavalry,” not for the number of enemy troops he has killed, but his own, due to brash decisions that lead to heavy Federal casualties
Style:
tense, suspenseful, captivating, exciting, serious ...
Plot:
civil war, military, army, swamp, reverend, cavalry, war, military officer, american soldier, army general, soldier, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
year 1865, 1860s, 19th century
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Nicole Ramsey is dedicated to serving military service members and their families at the Joint Military Base in Lacey, Washington, home of I Corps and the 62nd Airlift Wing. This Christmas, with the help of many dedicated heroes, Dr. Ramsey is on a ...
Style:
psychological, christmas special, captivating, thrilling, emotional ...
Plot:
christmas, war veteran, military, christmas romance, male female relationship, relationships, christmas season, christmas spirit, female protagonist, soldier, couple relations, holiday ...
Place:
washington state
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
The holiday spirit seems distant for the Boyce family until an unexpected visitor and miracle change everything on Christmas day.
Style:
captivating, psychological, thrilling, sentimental, uplifting ...
Audience:
family outing, adult
Plot:
christmas, family relations, holiday, heartwarming, relationships, love affair, love story, christmas spirit, problem, changing lives, saving christmas, christmas season ...
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Deep in the heart of the English countryside lies the enchanting village of Gladbury. Legend has it every 25 years an angel visits the village candlemaker and touches a single candle. Whoever lights this candle receives a miracle on Christmas Eve. ...
Style:
serious, feel good, sentimental, christmas special, fairy tale ...
Audience:
family outing, girls' night
Plot:
christmas, village, hopes, angel, social relations, clergy, society, religions or cults, faith, christian, religious, christmas eve ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, 1890s
Place:
england
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Gaby Jones, fashion photographer, takes a holiday retreat against her desire by advise of her friend. She will then find that there's more behind a photo when she meets wildlife photographer Sean.
Style:
thrilling, psychological, captivating
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
christmas, photographer, satire, love interest, female photographer, couples, christmas spirit, female protagonist, male female relationship, couple relations, love affair, relationship vs career ...
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A hairdresser single-handedly rallies an entire community to help a widowed father save the life of his critically ill young daughter.
Style:
captivating, dramatic, serious, sentimental, touching ...
Plot:
small town, christianity, tragedy, hairdresser, single father, illness, family relations, father, death in the family, kids and family, child illness, family problems ...
Time:
90s, year 1988, year 1994, year 1993
Place:
louisville kentucky, kentucky
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Set in the 1960s, Christmas in Canaan is a drama about a black family and a white family that learn to love each other out of their Christian beliefs.
Style:
light, atmospheric, sentimental, captivating
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
christmas, childhood, racial prejudice, farm, father son relationship, african american, friendship, family relations, love, rivalry, society, holiday ...
Time:
60s, 70s
Place:
texas, southern usa
Similarity:
48%
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