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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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St. John in Exile (1986)
Plot Summary:
Dean Jones is Saint John in this intimate, inspiring one-man presentation of John in exile on Patmos. Full of humor, strong in spirit, and resolutely committed to Christ, John shares his account of the events that changed the course of human history---and challenges us with his last words before his death: "Little children, love one another.".
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 244
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: one man show
Similar in 77%
Barry (2016)
Plot Summary:
A biopic of Barack Obama set during his time as a college student in New York City.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: political
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Emma Smith: My Story (2008)
Plot Summary:
By the side of a founder of a new faith was a woman of undeniable courage.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 369
Genere: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags:
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Karla Faye Tucker: Forevermore (2004)
Plot Summary:
Faced with a sobering death sentence of execution by lethal injection, a convicted murderer and former prostitute embraces religion, marries a prison minister and focuses on making the most of her last days on Earth.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 85
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags:
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Fall from Grace (1990)
Plot Summary:
Fall from Grace is a drama, concerning the lives of Jim Bakker and his then-wife, Tammy Faye Bakker Messner during the 1980s, and starred Kevin Spacey and Bernadette Peters. This made-for-television movie aired on NBC on April 29, 1990. Jim Bakker (Kevin Spacey) establishes a large televangelical empire in the 1980s, including Heritage Village. However, they are removed from P.T.L, the ministry that they had established in 1987. Mr. Bakker was sentenced to prison on fraud and conspiracy charges. Not shown in the movie is the subsequent divorce, in 1992, of the Bakkers. Bernadette Peters, as Tammy Faye Bakker, sings several gospel songs, among them "Amazing Grace", "God Rides on the Wings of Love", and "His Eye is on the Sparrow". Peter Matz arranged the music.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 249
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags:
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Prophet of Evil: The Ervil LeBaron Story (1993)
Plot Summary:
The take-down of an infamous leader of a small polygamous Mormon fundamentalist group, who ordered assassinations of his opponents.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 275
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags:
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In His Steps (1964)
Plot Summary:
A priest challenges the members of his congregation to not just go to church every Sunday, but to actually follow in Jesus's footsteps in their daily lives. From Charles M. Sheldon's book that launched the saying "What would Jesus Do?.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 47
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min
Plot tags: christian film
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The Cross and the Switchblade (1970)
Plot Summary:
A film adaptation of a book written in 1963. It tells the true story of Wilkerson's first five years in New York City, where he ministered to disillusioned youth, encouraging them to turn away from the drugs and gang violence they were involved with.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: christian film, independent film, sincere, touching, serious, emotional, realistic
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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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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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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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Blind Ambition (1979)
Plot Summary:
Television series docu-drama traces the career of John Dean, special counsel of president Nixon.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 167
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 480 min
Plot tags:
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Luther (1974)
Plot Summary:
A man's view cause a rift between peasants and the church.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 474
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: independent film, serious, realistic, contemplative, talky, period drama
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Will: The Autobiography of G. Gordon Liddy (1982)
Plot Summary:
Based on the autobiography of G. Gordon Liddy who spent 54 months in prison following the Watergate scandal.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 138
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags:
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Man of God (2021)
Plot Summary:
Exiled unjustly, convicted without trial, slandered without cause. Man of God depicts the trials and tribulations of Saint Nektarios of Aegina, as he bears the unjust hatred of his enemies while preaching the Word of God.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: Greece
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: realistic, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, spiritual, smart, disgusting, touching
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Wesley (2009)
Plot Summary:
The year is 1732. John Wesley, an irritatingly self-righteous instructor at Oxford is offered the chance to go to the new colony of Georgia, where he hopes to preach to the Indians. John struggles with his failure and fears and is finally experiences the peace he longed for: "I felt my heart strangely warmed." Wesley begins to preach about his experience of saving faith, but is turned out of most churches in London. Despite opposition, mob violence that seeks to break up their meetings, Wesley and his "Methodies" establish social ministries to the poor that transformed the face of England. Today, almost 75 million people worldwide trace their spiritual heritage back to John Wesley.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 128
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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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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Milada (2017)
Plot Summary:
The story of communist show-trial victim Milada Horáková. Horáková was one of the first victims of the communist regime in Czechoslovakia. She opposed the communist coup in 1948 but did not leave the country. She was arrested and tried for treason on fabricated charges in a show trial that was broadcast on the radio and shown in film clips. The film focuses on the time from 1945 to 1950 when the communists took over, but also goes back a little further in Horáková's life into the late 1930s.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Czech Republic, USA
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, tense, touching, captivating
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Outlaw Prophet: Warren Jeffs (2014)
Plot Summary:
Cult leader Warren Jeffs rises to power in the polygamist Mormon sect once headed by his late father, but some of his wives fight back to bring him to justice. Based on a true story.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 972
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: rough, thought provoking, serious, factual, emotional, sad
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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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A Cry in the Dark (1988)
Plot Summary:
Based on the true story of Lindy Chamberlain: During a camping trip to Ayers Rock in outback Australia, she claims she witnessed a dingo taking her baby daughter, Azaria, from the family tent. Azaria's body is never found. After investigations and two public inquests, she is charged with murder. The case attracts a lot of attention, turning it into a media sideshow.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: Australia, UK, USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: realistic, disturbing, tense, emotional, suspense, thought provoking, serious, sincere, sad, compassionate
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The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover (1977)
Plot Summary:
The files that escaped the shredder have become an incredible motion picture. From the Kennedys to Martin Luther King. From cab drivers to Congressmen. From housewives to hostesses. He had something on 58 million people. It was all in his files. Now you can see how he used it.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 781
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: neo noir, political, black and white, independent film, thought provoking, serious, captivating, realistic, disturbing, psychotronic
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Truman (1995)
Plot Summary:
Biographical account of America's President for the latter part of WWII. Shows Truman's rise from small-town nobody to leader of the USA, his decision to use the Atomic Bomb against Japan, and subsequent election as the US' post-war President.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min
Plot tags: political, historical drama, sincere, serious, captivating, realistic, political drama
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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
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The Butler (2013)
Plot Summary:
A look at the life of Cecil Gaines who served eight presidents as the White House's head butler from 1952 to 1986, and had a unique front-row seat as political and racial history was made.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 119000
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min
Plot tags: touching, emotional, inspirational, political, factual, uplifting, thought provoking, serious, disturbing, historical drama
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The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996)
Plot Summary:
Larry Flynt is the hedonistically obnoxious, but indomitable, publisher of Hustler magazine. The film recounts his struggle to make an honest living publishing his girlie magazine and how it changes into a battle to protect the freedom of speech for all people.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 100000
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: controversial, sexual, factual, semi serious, captivating, witty, dramatic, erotic, non fiction, dark comedy
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Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House (2017)
Plot Summary:
The story of Mark Felt, who under the name "Deep Throat" helped journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein uncover the Watergate scandal in 1974.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Biography, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: political, tense, captivating, disturbing
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Frost/Nixon (2008)
Plot Summary:
For three years after being forced from office, Nixon remained silent. But in summer 1977, the steely, cunning former commander-in-chief agreed to sit for one all-inclusive interview to confront the questions of his time in office and the Watergate scandal that ended his presidency. Nixon surprised everyone in selecting Frost as his televised confessor, intending to easily outfox the breezy British showman and secure a place in the hearts and minds of Americans. Likewise, Frost's team harboured doubts about their boss's ability to hold his own. But as the cameras rolled, a charged battle of wits resulted.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 112000
Genere: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: clever, political, tense, tricky, psychological, factual, period piece, realistic, talky, political thriller