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Plot Summary:
David's comfortable world is turned upside down when his birth mother Melissa unexpectedly reaches out, longing to meet the eighteen year old son she's only held once.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: christian film
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Pamela's Prayer (1998)
Plot Summary:
This period piece motion picture portrays the unique and heartfelt story of Pamela Bucklin from her birth in 1969 to her wedding day in 1991. When her mother dies at birth, Pamela is raised by her father, Wayne. He makes a commitment to pray with his daughter each and every night. He also raises her with a very high standard of purity before marriage. In an age when purity is scoffed at by the world, and even in some Christian circles, this movie presents the message with inspiration and perspective. Also, the prayerful commitment of Wayne Bucklin is an example for all who are in a parental role.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 192
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 57 min
Plot tags: christian film
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Salted Christmas (2017)
Plot Summary:
"Faith Filled Christmas" (formerly Salted Christmas), produced by Manifest Pictures, is a faith-based, comedy film centering around one family and their desire to replicate the example of Jesus as they celebrate the Christmas season. The entire film takes place on one Saturday in December prior to Christmas. The tagline of the film is "One family. One day. One purpose." The two main characters, Simon and Emily Fairway (both Caucasians), reside on the independent living side of a retirement community. On this particular Saturday, the retirement community administrator must be out for the entire day at business meetings. She delegates responsibility to her newly hired assistant. A friend of Simon's named Byron, a stir crazy resident, decides that this is his chance to stage an Olympic-style games for the residents of the community. Simon, who is supposed to accompany his wife to visit their children for the day, begs off of going with his wife and stays behind to stage the games in the.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 38
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: christian film
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Unplanned (2019)
Plot Summary:
As one of the youngest Planned Parenthood clinic directors in the nation, Abby Johnson was involved in upwards of 22,000 abortions and counseled countless women on their reproductive choices. Her passion surrounding a woman's right to choose led her to become a spokesperson for Planned Parenthood, fighting to enact legislation for the cause she so deeply believed in. Until the day she saw something that changed everything.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, captivating, sincere, emotional, christian film, independent film, realistic, controversial, banned film
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Gold Through the Fire (1987)
Plot Summary:
Peter's American dream came true. But the trial of his faith had just begun.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 66
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: christian film
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The Gathering (1998)
Plot Summary:
Michael Carey's world turns upside-down when the successful marketing executive catches a glimpse of the near future. These visions could not come at a worse time for his marriage, his job or his friendships. Michael struggles to understand the meaning of the messages and must convince his loved ones that Jesus will soon return.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 111
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 58 min
Plot tags: christian film
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Thin Ice (1988)
Plot Summary:
Vince, a college student, loves the mountains, skiing and fun, so an invitation to Lake Tahoe is a no-brain-er... HOWEVER, the trip includes people from a church group, and six strong sets of opinions about God soon collide. Vince's weekend of fun is threatened as tensions rise and sparks fly. This thought provoking drama combines plenty of action and humor both on and off the slopes.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 29
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 59 min
Plot tags: christian film
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October Baby (2011)
Plot Summary:
OCTOBER BABY is the coming of age story of a beautiful and naive college freshman who discovers that her entire life is a lie and sets out on a road trip with a host of misfits to discover herself and the answers she craves.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: touching, serious, emotional, realistic, christian film, sad, inspirational, romantic, uplifting, captivating
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Joni (1979)
Plot Summary:
Based on Joni Eareckson's autobiography. She becomes paralyzed after breaking her neck in a swimming accident at age 17. Trying to cope with her new life, she learns to paint using her mouth and finds strength in her new Christian faith.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 361
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: christian film, independent film
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Hoovey (2015)
Plot Summary:
HOOVEY is the true and inspiring story of the Elliott family, who refused to surrender, instead turning to one another and their faith in the worst of circumstances, to rebuild their lives, their boy, and their dreams... together. Step by grueling step, with faith, love, and the tireless work of a mother and father to save their family, their farm, their dream, Hoovey learns to walk again. To read again. To dribble and shoot a basketball again. And yes, to dream again himself. Then stepping out in his faith, back onto the hard court, to live that dream of playing this game once more.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: christian film
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Overcomer (2019)
Plot Summary:
After reluctantly agreeing to coach cross-country, high school basketball Coach John Harrison helps the least likely runner attempt the impossible in the biggest race of the year.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: christian film, motivational, sincere, captivating, disturbing, light, inspirational, sad
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War Room (2015)
Plot Summary:
The family-friendly movie explores the transformational role prayer plays in the lives of the Jordan family. Tony and Elizabeth Jordan, a middle-class couple who seemingly have it all – great jobs, a beautiful daughter, their dream home. But appearances can be deceiving. In reality, the Jordan’s marriage has become a war zone and their daughter is collateral damage. With the help of Miss Clara, an older, wiser woman, Elizabeth discovers she can start fighting for her family instead of against them. Through a newly energized faith, Elizabeth and Tony’s real enemy doesn’t have a prayer.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: christian film, inspirational, biblical, sentimental, captivating, exciting, uplifting, spiritual, entertaining, light
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God's Not Dead: A Light in Darkness (2018)
Plot Summary:
Pastor Dave responds to the unimaginable tragedy of having his church, located on the grounds of the local university, burned down.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: christian film, captivating, realistic, psychological, rough, disturbing, independent film
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I'm Not Ashamed (2016)
Plot Summary:
Based on the inspiring and powerful true story and journal entries of Rachel Joy Scott- the first student killed in the Columbine high school shooting in 1999.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: christian film, disturbing, tense, thought provoking, captivating, suspense, exciting, inspirational, touching, sad
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Do You Believe? (2015)
Plot Summary:
When a pastor is shaken by the visible faith of a street-corner preacher, he is reminded that true belief always requires action. His response ignites a journey that impacts everyone it touches in ways that only God could orchestrate.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: christian film, thought provoking, emotional, uplifting, serious, realistic, spiritual, independent film, biblical, disgusting
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The Case for Christ (2017)
Plot Summary:
Based on the true story of an award-winning investigative journalist -- and avowed atheist -- who applies his well-honed journalistic and legal skills to disprove the newfound Christian faith of his wife... with unexpected, life-altering results.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: christian film, biblical, disturbing, psychological, thought provoking, captivating, inspirational, spiritual
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Born Again (1978)
Plot Summary:
Having been imprisoned for his part in the Watergate scandal, Charles Colson undergoes a religious conversion.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 163
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Break Every Chain (2021)
Plot Summary:
Drowning in the depths of depression and sadness, burning with anger, and chained down by alcoholism, Jonathan couldn’t do it anymore. After the loss of his father as a young boy, facing countless horrific death scenes in the line of duty, and the death of his son, Jonathan turned to the world for answers — finding only darkness. Faced with the threat of losing all that is left to him, Jonathan turns to faith and finds hope and redemption.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 533
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: christian film
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The Mormon Dilemma (1988)
Plot Summary:
An LDS couple is upset by a local church's screening of the anti-Mormon film "The God Makers." Their evangelical neighbor offers to sift fact from fiction from the film's brief animated segment, allowing for a frank discussion of Mormon doctrine.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 12
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 65 min
Plot tags: christian film
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Sheffey (1977)
Plot Summary:
The life and works of 19th-century circuit rider Robert S. Sheffey.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 307
Genere: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min
Plot tags: christian film, independent film
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Hell and Mr Fudge (2012)
Plot Summary:
Hell and Mr. Fudge is an 2012 American drama film directed by Jeff Wood and written by Brian Phillip Stoddard. Based on a true story, the film stars Mackenzie Astin as Edward Fudge, an Alabama preacher who has been hired to determine the existence of hell.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 215
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: christian film, uplifting, thought provoking, realistic, serious, independent film
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Billy: The Early Years (2008)
Plot Summary:
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 man at the crossroads of faith and doubt, ultimately facing the moment of decision that launched one of history’s most powerful evangelistic careers.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 816
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: christian film, serious, captivating, realistic
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Roe vs. Wade (1989)
Plot Summary:
Holly Hunter plays a lonely, single, poorly educated Texan who finds herself pregnant with no means to support a child. To avoid giving up the child, she seeks an abortion. Denied an abortion in Texas the young woman hires a novice lawyer to plead her case in the US supreme court. Eventually the law is changed, but for the character it takes longer than nine months.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 362
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags:
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Courageous (2011)
Plot Summary:
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 prepared to tackle: fatherhood. They know that God desires to turn the hearts of fathers to their children, but their children are beginning to drift further and further away from them. When tragedy hits home, these men are left wrestling with their hopes, their fears, their faith, and their fathering. Can a new found urgency help these dads draw closer to God ... and to their children? COURAGEOUS is the fourth release of Sherwood Pictures, the movie making ministry of Sherwood Church in Albany, Georgia.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: christian film, uplifting, inspirational, realistic, sentimental, feel good, melancholic, sincere, sad, emotional
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King of Kings (1961)
Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 168 min
Plot tags: biblical, epic, suspenseful, christian film, serious, sincere, period piece, retro, fairy tale, technicolor
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Breakthrough (2019)
Plot Summary:
When he was 14, Smith drowned in Lake St. Louis and was dead for nearly an hour. According to reports at the time, CPR was performed 27 minutes to no avail. Then the youth's mother, Joyce Smith, entered the room, praying loudly. Suddenly, there was a pulse, and Smith came around.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: touching, christian film, sincere, biblical, sentimental, thought provoking, captivating, inspirational, sad, independent film
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God's Not Dead 2 (2016)
Plot Summary:
When a high school teacher is asked a question in class about Jesus, her reasoned response lands her in deep trouble and could expel God from the public square once and for all.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: christian film, biblical, scenic, disturbing, disgusting, independent film, inspirational
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Fireproof (2008)
Plot Summary:
In Albany, the marriage of Caleb and Catherine Holt is in crisis and they decide to divorce. However, Caleb's father, John, proposes that his son delays their separation process for forty days and follow a procedure called "The Love Dare" to make them love each other again.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: inspirational, christian film, uplifting, touching, melancholic, romantic, biblical, spiritual, smart, indie film
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Miracles from Heaven (2016)
Plot Summary:
When Christy discovers her 10-year-old daughter Anna has a rare, incurable disease, she becomes a ferocious advocate for her daughter’s healing as she searches for a solution. After Anna has a freak accident and falls three stories, a miracle unfolds in the wake of her dramatic rescue that leaves medical specialists mystified, her family restored and their community inspired.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 28000
Genere: Biography, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: christian film, inspirational, thought provoking, sentimental, suspenseful, mystical, motivational, touching, sad, novela
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Facing the Giants (2006)
Plot Summary:
A losing coach with an underdog football team faces their giants of fear and failure on and off the field to surprising results.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: inspirational, touching, sentimental, christian film, feel good, biblical, uplifting, sad, patriotic, indie film
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Palau the Movie (2019)
Plot Summary:
After his father passes away at age 10, the lives of Luis Palau and his family are changed forever. Within a few years of his father's death, Luis, his siblings, and his mother are left nearly destitute. Luis is forced to discontinue his education at an elite boarding school in Argentina and provide for his family as they slip into poverty.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 93
Genere: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, touching, captivating, suspense, christian film