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Favorite Son (2021)

  • Drama
  • 95 min
  • ★ 8.0/10 from 3 ratings

The story of brothers in a gospel group struggling to find the balance between life, love, faith, and religion, while under the strict rule of their father, a megachurch reverend.

Directed byRobin Givens

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  1. 01

    Do You Believe?

    Strong story similarity

    2015 · 115 min · Drama

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    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.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
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  2. 02

    War Room

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    2015 · 120 min · Drama

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    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.

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    • similar audience response
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  3. 03

    The Starling Girl

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    2023 · 116 min · Drama

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    17-year-old Jem Starling struggles with her place within her Christian fundamentalist community. But everything changes when her magnetic youth pastor Owen returns to their church.

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    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
    • a closely matched era
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  4. 04

    Boy Erased

    Strong story similarity

    2018 · 115 min · Drama

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    Jared, the son of a Baptist pastor in a small American town, is outed to his parents at age 19. Jared is faced with an ultimatum: attend a gay conversion therapy program – or be permanently exiled and shunned by his family, friends, and faith.

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    • a closely matched era
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  5. 05

    Moonlight

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    2016 · 112 min · Drama

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    The tender, heartbreaking story of a young man’s struggle to find himself, told across three defining chapters in his life as he experiences the ecstasy, pain, and beauty of falling in love, while grappling with his own sexuality.

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    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
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  6. 06

    The Whale

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    2022 · 117 min · Drama

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    A reclusive English teacher suffering from severe obesity attempts to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter for one last chance at redemption.

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    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
    • a closely matched era
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    Lifemark

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    2022 · 105 min · Drama

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    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.

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    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
    • a closely matched era
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  8. 09

    Kensho at the Bedfellow

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    2017 · 110 min · Drama

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    Reeling from his sister’s death, a NYC playwright searches for fulfillment in a sex-and-drug filled odyssey. When he’s reunited with a childhood love, their shared journey of self-discovery catalyzes a profound, existential awakening.

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    • strong story and style similarity
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    • a closely matched era
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    Mass

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    2021 · 111 min · Drama

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    Two couples meet for a painful and raw conversation in the aftermath of a violent tragedy.

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