Movies Like A Child of the King
If you liked A Child of the King (2019), a drama movie directed by Jason Campbell, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.
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The Emerald Forest (1985)
★ 6.6/10Also dramaFor ten years, engineer Bill Markham has searched tirelessly for his son Tommy who disappeared from the edge of the Brazilian rainforest. Miraculously, he finds the boy living among the reclusive Amazon tribe who…
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Evelyn (2002)
★ 6.4/10Also dramaDesmond Doyle is devastated when his wife abandons their family on the day after Christmas. His unemployment, and the fact that there is no woman in the house to care for the children—Evelyn, Dermot and Maurice—make it…
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The Boys of St. Vincent (1994)
★ 7.1/10Also dramaThe true story of boys being sexually abused at their orphanage, run by a religious community in Newfoundland.
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The Mission (1986)
★ 7.4/10Also dramaWhen a Spanish Jesuit goes into the South American wilderness to build a mission in the hope of converting the Indians of the region, a slave hunter is converted and joins his mission. When Spain sells the colony to…
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Women Talking (2022)
★ 6.8/10Also dramaA group of women in an isolated religious colony struggle to reconcile their faith with a series of sexual assaults committed by the colony's men.
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Anne of Green Gables (2016)
★ 7.2/10Also dramaAnne Shirley, an orphan, is fostered by farmer Matthew Cuthbert and his sister Marilla, who were expecting a boy to be sent them to help with their farm work. They accept Anne, who quickly endears herself to them and…
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Sound of Hope: The Story of Possum Trot (2024)
★ 7.2/10Also dramaLed by Donna and Reverend W.C. Martin, 22 families from a rural Black church in the small East Texas town of Possum Trot adopt 77 of the most difficult-to-place kids in the foster system and kickstart a movement in the…
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Lifemark (2022)
★ 7.5/10Also dramaDavid'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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Oliver Twist (1948)
★ 7.6/10Also dramaWhen 9-year-old orphan Oliver Twist dares to ask his cruel taskmaster, Mr. Bumble, for a second serving of gruel, he's hired out as an apprentice. Escaping that dismal fate, young Oliver falls in with the street urchin…
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Do You Believe? (2015)
★ 6.8/10Also dramaWhen 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…
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Blue Miracle (2021)
★ 7.3/10Also dramaTo save their cash-strapped orphanage, a guardian and his kids partner with a washed-up boat captain for a chance to win a lucrative fishing competition.
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Abraham (1993)
★ 7.2/10Also dramaRather than choosing a great leader or king, God chooses Abraham, an elderly shepherd from Mesopotamia, as the way to establish his Covenant with mankind... A man of great faith, Abraham continues to believe in God…
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God's Not Dead (2014)
★ 6/10Also dramaAfter he refuses to disavow his faith, a devout Christian student must prove the existence of God or else his college philosophy professor will fail him.
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Sound of Freedom (2023)
★ 7.9/10Also dramaThe story of Tim Ballard, a former US government agent, who quits his job in order to devote his life to rescuing children from global sex traffickers.
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The Other Side of Heaven (2001)
★ 6.3/10Also dramaJohn H. Groberg, a middle class kid from Idaho Falls, crosses the Pacific to become a Mormon missionary in the remote and exotic Tongan island kingdom during the 1950's. He leaves behind a loving family and the true…
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A Home of Our Own (1993)
★ 7/10Also dramaIn 1960s Los Angeles an energetic widow and her six children try to make a dream of theirs come true: to have a home of their own. They leave L.A. and head for the countryside, all the while facing numerous…
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Philomena (2013)
★ 7.3/10Also dramaA woman searches for her adult son, who was taken away from her decades ago when she was forced to live in a convent.
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The Jungle Book (1994)
★ 6/10Also dramaRaised by wild animals since childhood, Mowgli is drawn away from the jungle by the beautiful Kitty. But Mowgli must eventually face corrupt Capt. Boone, who wants both Kitty's hand and the treasures of Monkey City – a…
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Anne of Green Gables (1985)
★ 8.1/10Also dramaAnne Shirley, an orphan, is fostered by farmer Matthew Cuthbert and his sister Marilla, who were expecting a boy to be sent them to help with their farm work. They accept Anne, who quickly endears herself to them and…
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Lorenzo's Oil (1992)
★ 7.1/10Also dramaLorenzo Odone, a Virginia 5-year-old, develops a degenerative nerve disease so rare that nobody is working on a cure, so his parents decide to immerse themselves in research and tackle the problem themselves.