Best movies like Lilies of the Field
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Plot Summary:
An unemployed construction worker (Homer Smith) heading out west stops at a remote farm in the desert to get water when his car overheats. The farm is being worked by a group of East European Catholic nuns, headed by the strict mother superior (Mother Maria), who believes that Homer has been sent by God to build a much needed church in the desert.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: black and white, christian film, touching, inspirational, retro, social, atmospheric, uplifting, serious, captivating
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Christmas Lilies of the Field (1979)
Plot Summary:
Sometime after the events in 'Lilies of the Field' (1963) Homer Smith returns to the Church he helped build to find the nuns have taken in a group of homeless children.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 107
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags:
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The Third Miracle (1999)
Plot Summary:
The Vatican sends a priest to verify some miracles, performed by a woman who has been nominated for sainthood.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: biblical, controversial, sincere, thought provoking, serious, realistic, contemplative, independent film, psychological, sentimental
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Mrs. Worthington's Party (2007)
Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 647
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: touching, feel good, serious, realistic, contemplative, independent film
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The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968)
Plot Summary:
Metropolitan Archbishop Lakota of L'viv, freed after twenty years in the Soviet Gulag, travels to Rome where circumstances conspire to see him elevated to the Papacy. Inspired by the life story of Ukrainian Catholic Cardinal Josyf Slipyj,.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 162 min
Plot tags: tense, epic, serious, realistic, christian film, retro, spiritual
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The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn (1999)
Plot Summary:
A 91 years old carpenter, who is still in completely good health, has to fight developers who are trying to force him to sell his land.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic
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The Apostle (1997)
Plot Summary:
After his happy life spins out of control, a preacher from Texas changes his name, goes to Louisiana and starts preaching on the radio.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min
Plot tags: biblical, christian film, spiritual, independent film, realistic, talky, philosophical, gothic, indie film, psychological
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The Book of Ruth: Journey of Faith (2009)
Plot Summary:
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 the death of her husband. Upon reaching Bethlehem, she meets and marries a man named Boaz, who is of the Royal House of Judah. This chain of seemingly unrelated events, sets the stage for the future kings of the nation of Israel, and the glorious coming of the Messiah. A Biblical Cinderella story from the archives of the royal Jewish bloodline, this story reveals the redemption of their inheritance through the child Obed, who was the grandfather of King David.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 452
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, serious, biblical, realistic, christian film
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Joshua (2002)
Plot Summary:
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 in the community, some remain suspicious. Just what exactly is Joshua up to?.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: sincere, touching, serious, spiritual, christian film, inspirational, esoteric, feel good, independent film, uplifting
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Pieces of Dreams (1970)
Plot Summary:
A young priest (Robert Forster) questions his faith after he falls in love with a social worker.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 345
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: uplifting, thought provoking, touching, serious, realistic, sexual, sexy
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What Would Jesus Do? (2010)
Plot Summary:
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?".
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 863
Genere: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: christian film, realistic, serious, spiritual, inspirational, fable
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Sarah's Choice (2009)
Plot Summary:
Sarah Collins is considering an abortion. Before she makes her final decision, she is presented with three visions causing her to think about the impact on her future.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 534
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: touching, uplifting, serious, realistic, 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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Welcome to Paradise (2007)
Plot Summary:
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 stubborn congregation, Debbie uses unique methods to shake the churchgoers out of their indifference, such as inviting a homeless man to sing during one of the services. Brian Dennehy co-stars.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 452
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: realistic, uplifting, inspirational, captivating, touching, serious
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The Perfect Stranger (2005)
Plot Summary:
'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, Nikki learns things she never knew about life, the universe, and most importantly, herself.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 876
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: sincere, christian film, touching, serious, emotional, realistic, sexual, sexy
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Stella Days (2011)
Plot Summary:
A priest stationed in Tipperary, Ireland, is eager to return to Rome. Told he cannot do so until he has raised enough money for the building of a new church, he decides to open a cinema in the local town.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 468
Genere: Drama
Country: Ireland, Norway, Germany
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: realistic, captivating, sincere, serious, intellectual
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A Question of Faith (2017)
Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: psychological, atmospheric, touching, serious, captivating, realistic, christian film, sad, dramatic
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Flywheel (2003)
Plot Summary:
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 the masks he wears and the lies he tells. In every man's life, there can be a turning point. When Jay makes his turn, he never looks back.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: christian film, sincere, touching, serious, realistic, spiritual, inspirational, uplifting, biblical, indie film
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The Grace Card (2010)
Plot Summary:
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 everyone else. Mac's rage stonewalls his career in the police department and makes for a combustible situation when he's partnered with Sam Wright, a rising star on the force who happens to be a part-time pastor and a loving family man. Can they somehow join forces to help one another when it's impossible for either of them to look past their differences-especially the most obvious one? Every day, we have the opportunity to rebuild relationships and heal deep wounds by extending and receiving God's grace. Offer THE GRACE CARD ... and never underestimate the power of God's love.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: christian film, touching, uplifting, serious, emotional, realistic, inspirational, biblical, crying, contemplative
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Letters to God (2010)
Plot Summary:
A young boy fighting cancer writes letters to God, touching lives in his neighborhood and inspiring hope among everyone he comes in contact. An unsuspecting substitute postman, with a troubled life of his own, becomes entangled in the boy's journey and his family by reading the letters. They inspire him to seek a better life for himself and his own son he's lost through his alcohol addiction.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: christian film, sentimental, sincere, inspirational, touching, spiritual, sad, uplifting, teen, serious
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Brother White (2012)
Plot Summary:
Synopsis James White (White) is one of dozens of associate pastors at a mega church in Southern California under the tutelage of television evangelist Johnny Kingman (Wise). He always longed to have his own church and jumps at the opportunity to become pastor of the impoverished Divine Faith Apostolic Church in Atlanta. His wife and two children aren’t very enthusiastic about his assignment. Neither is the congregation itself, but they will have to learn to trust each other and pull together to save the church from a corrupt banker anxious to foreclose. It will take a musical miracle, supplied by BeBe Winans himself, to save them all in this heartfelt, family-friendly comedy.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 692
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: uplifting, touching, humorous, semi serious, captivating, christian film, realistic
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Faith Like Potatoes (2006)
Plot Summary:
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 Natal,South Africa.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama
Country: South Africa
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: christian film, uplifting, sincere, serious, touching, emotional, realistic, biblical, spiritual, captivating
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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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Amazing Love (2012)
Plot Summary:
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 attitude causes a major commotion within the group, specifically between her and Carrie. Before it gets too out of hand though, Stuart takes this opportunity to share with the kids the incredibly powerful biblical story of Hosea; a story of immovable faith, impeccable commitment, and impervious love.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: serious, touching, realistic, christian film, suspense, tense
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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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The Encounter (2010)
Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: christian film, tense, uplifting, serious, emotional, realistic, biblical, spiritual, sad
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Stolen Summer (2002)
Plot Summary:
Pete, an eight-year-old Catholic boy growing up in the suburbs of Chicago in the mid-1970s, attends Catholic school, where as classes let out for the summer, he's admonished by a nun to follow the path of the Lord, and not that of the Devil. Perhaps taking this message a bit too seriously, Pete decides it's his goal for the summer to help someone get into heaven; having been told that Catholicism is the only sure path to the kingdom of the Lord, Pete decides to convert a Jew to Catholicism in order to improve their standing in the afterlife. Hoping to find a likely candidate, Pete begins visiting a nearby synagogue, where he gets to know Rabbi Jacobson, who responds to Pete's barrage of questions with good humor. Pete also makes friends with the Rabbi's son, Danny, who is about the same age; when he learns that Danny is seriously ill, he decides Danny would be an excellent choice for conversion.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: touching, sentimental, sincere, uplifting, cult classic, feel good, serious, realistic, inspirational, dramatic
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A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
Plot Summary:
Walter Lee Younger is a young man struggling with his station in life. Sharing a tiny apartment with his wife, son, sister and mother, he seems like an imprisoned man. Until, that is, the family gets an unexpected financial windfall.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags: black and white, retro, social, existential, aesthetic, sentimental, sincere, thought provoking, touching, serious
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To Sir, with Love II (1996)
Plot Summary:
Mark Thackeray (Poitier) is a West Indian, who in the 1967 film had taken teaching in a London East End school. He spent twenty years teaching and ten in administrative roles. He has taught the children of his former pupils, but is now retiring.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: political, sincere, uplifting, touching, serious, emotional, realistic
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To Save a Life (2009)
Plot Summary:
Jake Taylor has everything. He has a beautiful girl, he's the champion in basketball and beer pong, and everyone loves him. Then, an old childhood friend, whom Jake used to be friends with, commits suicide. Jake begins to think. He wonders what he could've done to save his friend's life. A youth minister tells him that Jake needs God. So Jake becomes a Christian. However, things begin to spin out of control. His dad is cheating on his mom, his girlfriend is pregnant, and his former friends ridicule and mock him. During all this, Jake is going to realize just what it means to be a Christian and how, to save a life.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: christian film, sincere, serious, captivating, contemplative, realistic, inspirational, spiritual, exciting, uplifting
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Places in the Heart (1984)
Plot Summary:
In 1930s Southern US, a widow and her family try to run their cotton farm with the help of a disparate group of friends.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: uplifting, christian film, sentimental, touching, emotional, inspirational, gothic, social, atmospheric, serious