20 best movies like The Passion of the Christ (2004)

List of the best movies like The Passion of the Christ (2004): The Greatest Story Ever Told, Coldwater, Kingdom of Heaven, The Last Temptation of Christ, Ben-Hur, Silence, Boomerang!, The Flowers of War, Diana, Blue Ruin.

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Markimdb: 6.5
Genredrama, biography, history
CountryUSA
Duration03:45

From his birth in Bethlehem to his death and eventual resurrection, the life of Jesus Christ is given the all-star treatment in this epic retelling. Major aspects of Christ's life are touched upon, including the execution of all the newborn males in Egypt by King Herod; Christ's baptism by John the Baptist; and the betrayal by Judas after the Last Supper that eventually leads to Christ's crucifixion and miraculous return.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genrethriller, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:44

A teenage boy is sent to a juvenile reform facility in the wilderness. As we learn about the tragic events that sent him there, his struggle becomes one for survival with the inmates, counselors, and the retired war colonel in charge.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genreaction, drama, adventure, military, history
CountryUSA, Spain
Duration02:25

    After his wife dies, a blacksmith named Balian is thrust into royalty, political intrigue and bloody holy wars during the Crusades.

    Markimdb: 7.5
    Genredrama
    CountryCanada, USA
    Duration02:44

    Jesus, a humble Judean carpenter beginning to see that he is the son of God, is drawn into revolutionary action against the Roman occupiers by Judas -- despite his protestations that love, not violence, is the path to salvation. The burden of being the savior of mankind torments Jesus throughout his life, leading him to doubt.

    Markimdb: 5.7
    Genreaction, drama, adventure, history
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:34

    A falsely accused nobleman survives years of slavery to take vengeance on his best friend who betrayed him.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genredrama, history
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Taiwan, Japan, Mexico, Italy
    Duration02:19

    Two Jesuit priests travel to seventeenth century Japan which has, under the Tokugawa shogunate, banned Catholicism and almost all foreign contact.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genremelodrama, drama, crime, film noir
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:28

    In a quiet Connecticut town, a kindly priest is murdered while waiting at a street corner. The citizens are horrified and demand action from the police. All of the witnesses identify John Waldron, a nervous out-of-towner, as the killer. Although Waldron vehemently denies the crime, no one will believe him. District Attorney Henry Harvey is then put on the case and faces political opposition in his attempt to prove Waldron's innocence. Based on a true story.

    Markimdb: 7.6
    Genreaction, drama, military, history
    CountryChina, Hong Kong
    Duration02:26

    A Westerner finds refuge with a group of women in a church during Japan's rape of Nanking in 1937. Posing as a priest, he attempts to lead the women to safety.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genredrama
    CountryUSA

    Madrid, Spain. The bedroom of SofĂ­a, a luxury escort. Her new client, who has introduced himself as Hugo and appears to be an educated businessman, discovers that she has a name tattooed on her leg: Diana. Hugo cannot help asking her who Diana is.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genrethriller, drama, crime
    CountryUSA, France
    Duration01:30

    When the quiet life of a beach bum is upended by dreadful news, he sets off for his childhood home to carry out an act of vengeance.

    Markimdb: 5
    Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:11

    After his father is killed in a car crash, Jack travels home to Colorado to help nurse his mother (who was injured in the crash) back to health. There, he uncovers long buried secrets and lies within his family, his friends, and his very identity.

    Markimdb: 7.6
    Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:50

    In the midst of trying to legitimize his business dealings in 1979 New York and Italy, aging mafia don, Michael Corleone seeks forgiveness for his sins while taking a young protege under his wing.

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genredrama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:31

    Based on the play of the same name by Pulitzer Prize Winner Cormac McCarthy, this searing two-character drama mixes humor and pathos while examining the relationship between strangers who are brought together by desperate circumstances. Set in a New York tenement apartment, the story focuses on two very different men - a deeply religious black ex-con who thwarts the suicide attempt of an asocial white college professor who tried to throw himself in front of an oncoming subway train, 'The Sunset Limited.' As the one attempts to connect on a rational, spiritual and emotional level, the other remains steadfast in his hard-earned despair. Locked in a philosophical debate, both passionately defend their personal credos and try to convert the other.

    Markimdb: 5.9
    Genredrama
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:19

    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.

    Markimdb: 8.4
    Genreaction, comedy, drama, western
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:45

      With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner.

      Markimdb: 4.5
      Genreaction, thriller, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:34

      Evan Lake, a veteran CIA agent, has been ordered to retire. But when his protégé uncovers evidence that Lake's nemesis, the terrorist Banir, has resurfaced, Lake goes rogue, embarking on a perilous, intercontinental mission to eliminate his sworn enemy.

      Markimdb: 5.5
      Genrehorror, thriller, drama, crime, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:26

      Communication is the key to the survival for nine strangers who have been kidnapped by a masked gunman and told that one of them will die every ten minutes until they discover how they are all connected. Who of the nine lives and who dies?

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genredrama, adventure, biography, history
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:25

      Risking his life, Luke ventures to Rome to visit Paul -- the apostle who's bound in chains and held captive in Nero's darkest and bleakest prison cell. Haunted by the shadows of his past misdeeds, Paul wonders if he's been forgotten as he awaits his grisly execution. Before Paul's death, Luke resolves to write another book that details the birth of what will come to be known as the church.

      Markimdb: 7
      Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
      CountryUSA, United Arab Emirates
      Duration02:05

      A thriller set in New York City during the winter of 1981, statistically one of the most violent years in the city's history, and centered on a the lives of an immigrant and his family trying to expand their business and capitalize on opportunities as the rampant violence, decay, and corruption of the day drag them in and threaten to destroy all they have built.

      Markimdb: 6.7
      Genrehorror, drama, biography
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:02

        When a younger girl called Emily Rose dies, everyone puts blame on the exorcism which was performed on her by Father Moore prior to her death. The priest is arrested on suspicion of murder. The trial begins with lawyer Erin Bruner representing Moore, but it is not going to be easy, as no one wants to believe what Father Moore says is true.

        Markimdb: 6.8
        Genrethriller, drama, adventure
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:57

          An oil drilling team struggles to survive after a plane crash strands them in the wilds of Alaska. Hunting them is a pack of wolves that sees them as intruders.

          Markimdb: 4.6
          Genremelodrama, drama
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:22

          A Greek artisan is commissioned to cast the cup of Christ in silver and sculpt around its rim the faces of the disciples and Jesus himself. He travels to Jerusalem and eventually to Rome to complete the task. Meanwhile, a nefarious interloper is trying to convince the crowds that he is the new Messiah by using nothing more than cheap parlor tricks.

          Markimdb: 5.8
          Genredrama, family, biography
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:40

          Heaven is for Real recounts the true story of a small-town father who must find the courage and conviction to share his son's extraordinary, life-changing experience with the world. Four-year-old Colton shares the details of his amazing journey with childlike innocence and speaks matter-of-factly about things that happened before his birth... things he couldn't possibly know.

          Markimdb: 4.6
          Genredrama, biography, history
          CountryUSA
          Duration00:30

          Jesus of Nazareth’s life and ministry were subject to seismic social and political events that led to his execution and changed the world forever.

          Markimdb: 6.6
          Genredrama, history
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:41

          The story picks up at the point where "The Robe" ends, following the martyrdom of Diana and Marcellus. Christ's robe is conveyed to Peter for safe-keeping, but the emperor Caligula wants it back to benefit from its powers. Marcellus' former slave Demetrius seeks to prevent this, and catches the eye of Messalina, wife to Caligula's uncle Claudius. Messalina tempts Demetrius, he winds up fighting in the arena, and wavers in his faith.

          Markimdb: 5.7
          Genrefantasy, drama, adventure
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:18

          A man who suffers visions of an apocalyptic deluge takes measures to protect his family from the coming flood.

          Markimdb: 6.4
          Genreaction, melodrama, drama
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:46

          Two friends spend all their free time building flame-throwers and weapons of mass destruction in hopes that a global apocalypse will occur and clear the runway for their imaginary gang "Mother Medusa".

          Markimdb: 7.2
          Genremelodrama, drama, biography, history
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:51

          Set against the back drop of Rome in crisis, General Marcus Vinicius returns to the city from the battle fields and falls in love with a Christian woman, Lygia. Caught in the grip of insanity, Nero's atrocities become more extreme and he burns Rome, laying the blame on the Christians. Vinicius races to save Lygia from the wrath of Nero as the empire of Rome collapses around them.

          Markimdb: 6
          Genredrama
          CountryUSA

          Tommy and his older brother Eric live in the midst of vast remote forests. The death of their friend pushes them close to the edge. Eric doesn’t know how to channel his energy. All at once, nature’s vastness feels stifling.

          Markimdb: 5.8
          Genrehorror, thriller, comedy, drama
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:03

          A man forced to confront his past when he and his girlfriend end up entangled in a web of lies.

          Markimdb: 6.8
          Genrefantasy, melodrama, drama, adventure, family, history
          CountryUSA

          Mary and Joseph make the hard journey to Bethlehem for a blessed event in this retelling of the Nativity story. This meticulously researched and visually lush adaptation of the biblical tale follows the pair on their arduous path to their arrival in a small village, where they find shelter in a quiet manger and Jesus is born.

          Markimdb: 8.1
          Genredrama, biography, history
          CountryUSA, United Kingdom
          Duration02:13

          In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty as well as unexpected kindnesses Solomon struggles not only to stay alive, but to retain his dignity. In the twelfth year of his unforgettable odyssey, Solomon’s chance meeting with a Canadian abolitionist will forever alter his life.

          Markimdb: 4.9
          Genrethriller, drama, crime
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:38

          In post-Katrina New Orleans, a disgraced detective encounters the ghost of a murdered woman who wants to help him identify her killer.

          Markimdb: 5.6
          Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
          CountryUSA, France
          Duration01:31

          A young drug dealer watches as his high-rolling life is dismantled in the wake of his cousin's murder, which sees his best friend arrested for the crime.

          Markimdb: 6.3
          Genrethriller, drama, crime
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:52

          Crazed members of a sadistic family return to their childhood home to terrorize the new owners.

          Markimdb: 5.4
          Genreaction, thriller, drama
          CountryUSA, Belgium, Bulgaria
          Duration01:31

          Two veterans of the Bosnian War, one American, one Serbian, who clash in the remote Smoky Mountain wilderness.

          Markimdb: 4.8
          Genrethriller, drama, crime
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:50

          A rising Boston gangster (Ben Barnes) endangers those around him when he starts to make moves without the knowledge of his boss (Harvey Keitel).

          Markimdb: 6.4
          Genredrama
          CountryFrance, Germany, Belgium

          Suzanne Simonin describes her life of suffering in letters. As a young woman she is sent to a convent against her will. Since her parents cannot afford the dowry required for a marriage befitting her rank they decide she must instead become a nun. Although a kind and understanding Mother Superior helps her to learn the convent’s daily routine, Suzanne’s desire for freedom remains unabated. When the Mother Superior dies, Suzanne finds herself faced with reprisals, humiliation and harassment at the hands of the new Abbess and the other Sisters. For many years, Suzanne is subjected to bigotry and religious fanaticism. (Berlinale.de)

          Markimdb: 5.4
          Genrethriller, drama, crime
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:44

          A dispossessed, violent man's life is a disastrous attempt to exist outside the social order. Successively deprived of parents and homes and with few other ties, he descends to the level of a cave dweller and falls deeper into crime and degradation.

          Markimdb: 6.6
          Genredrama, biography, history
          CountryGermany, USA, Czech Republic, Italy
          Duration02:03

          During the early 16th Century idealistic German monk Martin Luther, disgusted by the materialism in the church, begins the dialogue that will lead to the Protestant Reformation.

          Markimdb: 6.4
          Genredrama
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:42

          After having visions of a member of her support group who killed herself, a woman who also suffers with chronic pain seeks out the widower of the suicide.

          Markimdb: 6.5
          Genredrama
          CountryUSA

          After running away from her abusive mother, a streetwise teen seeks refuge with her father, but he rejects her when he learns that she's pregnant.

          Markimdb: 7
          Genredrama, history, sport
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:09

          The greatest Olympic Wrestling Champion brother team joins Team Foxcatcher led by multimillionaire sponsor John E. du Pont as they train for the 1988 games in Seoul - a union that leads to unlikely circumstances.

          Markimdb: 5.6
          Genrefantasy, drama
          CountryUSA, South Korea
          Duration02:13

          Tells the story of Jesus Christ at age seven as he and his family depart Egypt to return home to Nazareth. Told from his childhood perspective, it follows young Jesus as he grows into his religious identity.

          Markimdb: 6.5
          Genredrama, biography, history
          CountryUSA, Canada
          Duration02:42

          Nat Turner, a former slave in America, leads a liberation movement in 1831 to free African-Americans in Virgina that results in a violent retaliation from whites.

          Markimdb: 6.8
          Genredrama, adventure, western
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:45

          Harvard graduate James Averill is the sheriff of prosperous Jackson County, Wyo., when a battle erupts between the area's poverty-stricken immigrants and its wealthy cattle farmers. The politically connected ranch owners fight the immigrants with the help of Nathan Champion, a mercenary competing with Averill for the love of local madam Ella Watson. As the struggle escalates, Averill and Champion begin to question their decisions.

          Markimdb: 5.8
          Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, crime
          CountryUSA

          Young lovers Billy and Sarah journey from L.A. to Texas with plans to make a false claim to the valuable assets left behind by a dead friend. But when their voyage brings them to Tremo, Texas, they find a bizarre and sinister world awaiting them.

          Markimdb: 5
          Genredrama
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:28

          Raymond Saxx Jr., a powerful record producer, wakes from a drug-induced blackout to find himself locked up and classified "K-11." Plunged into a nightmarish world ruled by a transsexual diva named Mousey, Raymond is truly a fish out of water. Complicating matters are a troubled young transgender named Butterfly, a predatory child molester and the ruthless Sheriff's Deputy, Lt. Johnson. Ray's struggle to contact the outside world and regain his freedom seems impossible, but he must learn to navigate this new power structure if he is ever going survive and be in control of his life again.

          Markimdb: 7.2
          Genredrama, western
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:32

          A legendary Native American-hating Army captain nearing retirement in 1892 is given one last assignment: to escort a Cheyenne chief and his family through dangerous territory back to his Montana reservation.

          Markimdb: 6.3
          Genrethriller, drama
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:34

          A drama centered around the relationship between journalist Michael Finkel and Christian Longo, an FBI Most Wanted List murderer who for years lived outside the U.S. under Finkel's name.




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