Movies like The Story of Ruth

20 movies like The Story of Ruth, ordered by similarity : Woodpeckers(2017), The Good Earth(1937), Carol(2015), Cloud 9(2008), Dark River(2017), Papillon(2017), Husband Material(2018), Fool for Love(1985), Free State of Jones(2016), O Quatrilho(1995), The Old Man & the Gun(2018), Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison(1951) ...

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The Story of Ruth

Inspired by the scriptural tale. Moabitess priestess Ruth is drawn both to a Judean man and to his talk of a forgiving God. After tragedy strikes, she begins a new life in Bethlehem.

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Woodpeckers

Incarcerated in the Dominican Republic, an inmate uses sign language to communicate with his imprisoned girlfriend at an adjacent institution.

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The Good Earth

Although married Chinese farmers Wang and O-Lan initially experience success, their lives are complicated by declining fortunes and lean times, as well as the arrival of the beautiful young Lotus.

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Carol

An aspiring photographer develops an intimate relationship with an older woman in 1950s New York.

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Cloud 9

A romantic drama about a woman who enters into an affair after 30 years of marriage.

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Dark River

Following the death of her father, Alice (Ruth Wilson) returns to her home village for the first time in 15 years, to claim the tenancy to the family farm she believes is rightfully hers.

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Papillon

Wrongfully convicted for murder, Henri Charriere forms an unlikely relationship with fellow inmate and quirky convicted counterfeiter Louis Dega, in an attempt to escape from the notorious penal colony on Devil's Island.

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Husband Material

A love triangle between a spirited young woman, her outgoing boyfriend and a fiance who's husband material.

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Fool for Love

May is waiting for her boyfriend in a run-down American motel, when an old flame turns up and threatens to undermine her efforts and drag her back into the life that she was running away from. The situation soon turns complicated.

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Free State of Jones

A disillusioned Confederate army deserter returns to Mississippi and leads a militia of fellow deserters and women in an uprising against the corrupt local Confederate government.

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O Quatrilho

Two couples of Italian immigrants are part of a game that leads to treason and brings serious consequences to those who lose.

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The Old Man & the Gun

Based on the true story of Forrest Tucker and his audacious escape from San Quentin at the age of 70 to an unprecedented string of heists that confounded authorities and enchanted the public.

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Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison

At California's Folsom Prison, escape attempts and riots are on the rise due to the old-school sadistic style of management of a brutal warden.

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So Big

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Our Daily Bread

A group of down-on-their-luck workers combine their abilities to make a Gallafentian-style commune... and bread!

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The Captain

After the tragic deaths of her husband and daughter, Sarah Doyle moves back to her childhood home with her estranged brother, Richard. It's not long before Sarah begins to experience ... See full summary »

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Sunset Song

The daughter of a Scottish farmer comes of age in the early 1900s.

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The Go-Between

A circa-1900 British boy (Dominic Guard) carries illicit love letters between a farmer (Alan Bates) and an aristocratic woman (Julie Christie).

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Boys

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Wajma: An Afghan Love Story

It's snowing in Kabul, and gregarious waiter Mustafa charms a pretty student named Wajma. The pair begins a clandestine relationship - they're playful and passionate but ever mindful of the... See full summary »

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Gone to Earth

A beautiful, superstitious, animal-loving Gypsy is hotly desired by a fox-hunting squire even after she marries a clergyman.

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