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Movies like Purpose: Mary Jean and the Green Stone (1980)

The best movies like Purpose: Mary Jean and the Green Stone (1980) are How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998), Fatima (2020) and The Fog (1980). If Purpose: Mary Jean and the Green Stone hooked you, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.

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  1. How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998)

    Through good times and bad, Stella and Delilah have always had each other. Now, Stella's so busy building a life that she's forgotten how to really live. But Delilah is about to change all that. What starts as a quick trip to Jamaica, ends as an exhilarating voyage of self discovery as Stella learns to open her heart and find love – even if it's with a man 20 years her junior.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

  2. Fatima (2020)

    In 1917, outside the parish of Fátima, Portugal, a 10-year-old girl and her two younger cousins witness multiple visitations of the Virgin Mary, who tells them that only prayer and suffering will bring an end to World War I. As secularist government officials and Church leaders try to force the children to recant their story, word of the sighting spreads across the country, inspiring religious pilgrims to flock to the site in hopes of witnessing a miracle..

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  3. The Fog (1980)

    Strange things begin to occur as a tiny California coastal town prepares to commemorate its centenary. Inanimate objects spring eerily to life; Rev. Malone stumbles upon a dark secret about the town's founding; radio announcer Stevie witnesses a mystical fire; and hitchhiker Elizabeth discovers the mutilated corpse of a fisherman. Then a mysterious iridescent fog descends upon the village, and more people start to die.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  4. The First Grader (2010)

    The true story of an 84 year-old Kenyan villager and ex Mau Mau freedom fighter who fights for his right to go to school for the first time to get the education he could never afford.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  5. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (2019)

    Against all the odds, a thirteen year old boy in Malawi invents an unconventional way to save his family and village from famine.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  6. God's Creatures (2022)

    In a windswept fishing village, a mother is torn between protecting her beloved son and her own sense of right and wrong. A lie she tells for him rips apart their family and close-knit community.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  7. Shorts (2009)

    A young boy's discovery of a colorful, wish-granting rock causes chaos in the suburban town of Black Falls when jealous kids and scheming adults alike set out to get their hands on it.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

  8. Tamara Drewe (2010)

    A young newspaper writer returns to her hometown in the English countryside, where her childhood home is being prepped for sale.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

  9. A Month in the Country (1987)

    A destitute WWI veteran is hired to help carry out restoration work on a medieval mural in a rural Yorkshire church. While living in the quiet village, he forms a close friendship with an archaeologist and begins to come to terms with his trauma.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  10. The Blue Bird (1940)

    Peasant children Mytyl and Tyltyl are led on a magical quest for the fabulous Blue Bird of Happiness by the fairy Berylune. On their journey, they're accompanied by the anthropomorphized presences of a Dog, a Cat, Light, Fire, and Bread, among other entities.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

  11. The Bookshop (2017)

    Set in a small English town in 1959, a woman decides, against polite but ruthless local opposition, to open a bookshop, a decision which becomes a political minefield.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  12. Bastard Out of Carolina (1996)

    A poor, struggling South Carolinian mother and daughter face painful choices with their resolve and pride. Bone, the eldest daughter, and Anney her tired mother, grow both closer and farther apart: Anney sees Glen as her last chance.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  13. Jack the Giant Slayer (2013)

    The story of an ancient war that is reignited when a young farmhand unwittingly opens a gateway between our world and a fearsome race of giants. Unleashed on the Earth for the first time in centuries, the giants strive to reclaim the land they once lost, forcing the young man, Jack into the battle of his life to stop them. Fighting for a kingdom, its people, and the love of a brave princess, he comes face to face with the unstoppable warriors he thought only existed in legend–and gets the chance to become a legend himself.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

  14. Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959)

    A wily old codger matches wits with the King of the Leprechauns and helps play matchmaker for his daughter and the strapping lad who has replaced him as caretaker.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  15. The Book of Life (1998)

    New Year's Eve takes on new meaning when the Devil, Jesus Christ, and Christ's assistant Magdalena discuss and debate the End of the World.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  16. Paradise Hills (2019)

    A young woman is sent to Paradise Hills to be reformed, only to learn that the high-class facility's beautiful facade hides a sinister secret.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

  17. John Carter (2012)

    John Carter is a war-weary, former military captain who's inexplicably transported to the mysterious and exotic planet of Barsoom (Mars) and reluctantly becomes embroiled in an epic conflict. It's a world on the brink of collapse, and Carter rediscovers his humanity when he realizes the survival of Barsoom and its people rests in his hands.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  18. My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown (1989)

    No one expects much from Christy Brown, a boy with cerebral palsy born into a working-class Irish family. Though Christy is a spastic quadriplegic and essentially paralyzed, a miraculous event occurs when, at the age of 5, he demonstrates control of his left foot by using chalk to scrawl a word on the floor. With the help of his steely mother — and no shortage of grit and determination — Christy overcomes his infirmity to become a painter, poet and author.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  19. Wonder Woman (2017)

    An Amazon princess comes to the world of Man in the grips of the First World War to confront the forces of evil and bring an end to human conflict.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  20. Come Away (2020)

    Before Alice went to Wonderland, and before Peter became Pan, they were brother and sister. When their eldest brother dies in a tragic accident, they each seek to save their parents from their downward spirals of despair until finally they are forced to choose between home and imagination, setting the stage for their iconic journeys into Wonderland and Neverland.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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What are the best movies like Purpose: Mary Jean and the Green Stone?

The closest matches to Purpose: Mary Jean and the Green Stone are How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998), Fatima (2020) and The Fog (1980). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.

What should I watch after Purpose: Mary Jean and the Green Stone?

Start with How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998), the closest match to Purpose: Mary Jean and the Green Stone.

What is the highest-rated movie like Purpose: Mary Jean and the Green Stone?

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (2019), rated 7.9/10 by 1,943 TMDB users.

What is the newest movie like Purpose: Mary Jean and the Green Stone?

God's Creatures (2022) is the most recent release on this list.

Are there English movies like Purpose: Mary Jean and the Green Stone?

Yes: How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998), Fatima (2020) and The Fog (1980).

How are movies similar to Purpose: Mary Jean and the Green Stone chosen?

First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Purpose: Mary Jean and the Green Stone, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.

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