Movies like For Prophet (2024)

All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989)

When a casino-owning dog named Charlie is murdered by his rival Carface, he finds himself in Heaven. Wanting to get back at his killer, he cons his way back to the living with the warning that doing so damns him to Hell. Once back, he teams with his old partner, Itchy, to prep his retaliation. He stumbles upon an orphan girl who can talk to the animals, thus allowing him to get the inside info on the races to ensure his wins to finance his plans. However, all the while, he is still haunted by nightmares of what's waiting for him on the other side unless he can prove that he is worthy of Heaven again.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & family

Angels in the Outfield (1994)

Roger is a foster child whose irresponsible father promises to get his act together when Roger's favourite baseball team, the California Angels, wins the pennant. The problem is that the Angels are in last place, so Roger prays for help to turn the team around. Sure enough, his prayers are answered in the form of angel Al.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & family

It's a Wonderful Life (1946)

George Bailey has spent his entire life giving to the people of Bedford Falls. All that prevents rich skinflint Mr. Potter from taking over the entire town is George's modest building and loan company. But on Christmas Eve the business's $8,000 is lost and George's troubles begin.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & family

Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins (2008)

When a celebrated TV show host returns to his hometown in the South, his family is there to remind him that going home is no vacation!

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama

Imagine That (2009)

A financial executive who can't stop his career downspiral is invited into his daughter's imaginary world, where solutions to his problems await.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family & comedy

Roll Bounce (2005)

In the summer of 1978, a teenager and his group of friends face new challenges when their neighborhood roller-skating rink closes, forcing them to visit a different rink.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama

Because of Winn-Dixie (2005)

A girl, abandoned by her mother when she was three, moves to a small town in Florida with her father. There, she adopts an orphaned dog she names Winn-Dixie. The bond between the girl and her special companion brings together the people in a small Florida town and heals her own troubled relationship with her father.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family & comedy

Candy Cane Lane (2023)

Determined to win the neighborhood's annual Christmas decorating contest, family man Chris makes a pact with an elf to help him out-do the competition. However, the elf casts a spell bringing the twelve days of Christmas to life, unleashing chaos on the small unsuspecting town.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & fantasy

Six Pack (1982)

Stopping briefly in a small Texas town, an itinerant race car driver finds that his stock car, on a trailer behind his motor home, has just been quickly and expertly stripped. He chases down the miscreants, who turn out to be six orphan children. He has no recourse to the law, for the corrupt local sheriff takes most of the proceeds of their thievery in exchange for not putting them in an orphanage. They are charming rogues who are in turn charmed by him. Disliking their arrangement with the sheriff, they stow away with him, and he finds himself becoming a reluctant stepfather. Thanks to their enthusiasm and incredible mechanical know-how, he begins to make a name for himself on the racing circuit. But the sheriff doesn't take kindly to losing his extra income...

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & comedy

A Simple Twist of Fate (1994)

When Michael McCann is thrown over by the woman he loves, he becomes something of a misanthrope and a miser, spending all of his spare money on collectible gold coins. Living in the same town is an affluent family with two sons: John and Tanny. Tanny's a wild boy, whom John cannot control, and one night he breaks into McCann's house, and steals the gold and disappears, which nearly confirms McCann's distrust of mankind. But then, a mysterious young woman dies in the snow outside McCann's house, and her small daughter makes her way to McCann's house and into McCann's life and heart.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family & comedy

The Wizards Return: Alex vs. Alex (2013)

While trying to prove to her family she can be mature and responsible, teen wizard Alex Russo conjures up a spell to rid herself of her bad qualities, unintentionally creating a Good and Evil Alex. When Evil Alex gets involved in a plan to take over the world by a dark wizard, Good Alex must find a way to save her family, humankind, and ultimately herself in an epic Good vs. Evil battle.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family & comedy

Cabin in the Sky (1943)

When compulsive gambler Little Joe Jackson dies in a drunken fight, he awakens in purgatory, where he learns that he will be sent back to Earth for six months to prove that he deserves to be in heaven. He awakens, remembering nothing and struggles to do right by his devout wife, Petunia, while an angel known as the General and the devil's son, Lucifer Jr., fight for his soul.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both fantasy & comedy

Fallen (1998)

Homicide detective John Hobbes witnesses the execution of serial killer Edgar Reese. Soon after the execution the killings start again, and they are very similar to Reese's style.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & fantasy

I Believe (2019)

A 9 year old boy experiences God's power in a supernatural way.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family & drama

Dogma (1999)

An abortion clinic worker with a special heritage is called upon to save the existence of humanity from being negated by two renegade angels trying to exploit a loophole and re-enter Heaven.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both fantasy & comedy

Fallen (2006)

For high schooler Aaron Corbett, turning 18 means becoming not just a man but a nephilim, too -- half human, half angel, with supernatural abilities.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & fantasy

The Girl Who Believes in Miracles (2021)

When Sara hears a preacher say faith can move mountains, she starts praying. Suddenly people in her town are mysteriously healed! But fame soon takes its toll – can Sara’s family save her before it’s too late?

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family & drama

The Shack (2017)

A grieving man receives a mysterious, personal invitation to meet with God at a place called 'The Shack'.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & family

Little Nicky (2000)

After the lord of darkness decides he will not cede his throne to any of his three sons, the two most powerful of them escape to Earth to create a kingdom for themselves. This action closes the portal filtering sinful souls to Hell and causes Satan to wither away. He must send his most weak but beloved son, Little Nicky, to Earth to return his brothers to Hell.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & fantasy

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1979)

Four children pass through a mystic portal in a wardrobe and discover the magical kingdom of Narnia, a land of talking animals and mythical creatures. There, an evil witch's spell has cast the land into eternal winter. Fearing that an ancient prophecy is coming to fruition, and that the children are Narnia's rightful rulers, the White Witch tricks their youngest brother into betraying his family, enacting an ancient magic that she can use to halt the fulfillment of the prophecy. Now, only Aslan, noble lion and High King above all kings in Narnia, can help them defeat the witch, restore springtime to Narnia, and claim their rightful places on the throne.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family & fantasy

Angel Sign (2019)

Manga creator Tsukasa Hojo's debut live-action film. 'Angel Sign' is Hojo's debut as a director, which is made by editing a number of short films into one movie. Hojo directs the "Prologue" and "Epilogue" stories, while a different director will handle each of the other stories, which were selected in Silent Manga Audition. All the stories will have no spoken lines, and will only have video and music.

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama & drama

Huang Pi: God of Money (2024)

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy & fantasy

Chi Va Chi Sau Ka (2017)

Savitri and Satyaprakash are introduced to each other through their families for marriage. Both being poles apart, they decide to understand each other by getting into a live-in relationship.

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy & family

The Kid (1921)

A tramp cares for a boy after he's abandoned as a newborn by his mother. Later the mother has a change of heart and aches to be reunited with her son.

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy & drama

Material Girls (2006)

Two wealthy sisters, both heiresses to their family's cosmetics fortune, are given a wake-up call when a scandal and ensuing investigation strip them of their wealth.

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy & family

The Shaggy Dog (2006)

The tale of a workaholic dad-turned-dog who finds that being man's best friend shows him the most important job - being a great dad.

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy & family

Elizabethtown (2005)

Drew Baylor is fired after causing his shoe company to lose hundreds of millions of dollars. To make matters worse, he's also dumped by his girlfriend. On the verge of ending it all, Drew gets a new lease on life when he returns to his family's small Kentucky hometown after his father dies. Along the way, he meets a flight attendant with whom he falls in love.

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy & drama

Harvest for the Heart (1994)

Twenty years after walking out on his family and bride on his wedding day, Jacob Hansen returns to the family farm and must accept the changes that happened after his departure.

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama & family

Good Soil (2007)

Ships from Europe brought Christianity to the shores of Japan in 1549. For decades the seeds of faith grew under the watchful gaze of the Shogun, but the fear of foreign influence eventually gave rise to persecution. By 1624, Japanese Christians enjoyed only a few more years of peace. Jinbei Mauda comes to a point in his journey were he has to choose between his family or faith. Jinbei Masuda, a Japanese Christian of the samurai class who draws his strength from his faith, family and kenjitsu (Art of the Sword). However, he is caught up in the shogun's policy of religious persecution and must choose between his loved ones or his God.

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama & family

Kingdom: Ashin of the North (2021)

Tragedy, betrayal and a mysterious discovery fuel a woman's vengeance for the loss of her tribe and family.

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama & fantasy