Movies Like Once Upon a Time in Bethlehem (2019)

Once Upon a Time in Bethlehem is a 2019 comedy, fantasy film from Salvatore Ficarra with a MovieMagicScore of 6.1/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Nati stanchi and 7 and 8.

Comedy Fantasy

Nati stanchi

2002

Salvo and Valentino are two happy Sicilian friends, who do not want to work, because they know that if they find a permanent job, their girlfriends will ask them to marry them.

6.8

MagicScore

7 and 8

2007

6th January 1975, in an infant nursery in Palermo (Italy), for a mysterious reason, a male nurse exchanges the labels of baby number 7 and 8. Thirty-one years later Tommaso (7) and Daniele (8) meet each other by accident.

6.8

MagicScore

La matassa

2009

Two cousins haven't spoken for almost twenty years, thanks to the enmity that their fathers feel toward one another. But an accident suddenly brings the cousins back together and thrusts them deep into the heart of the mafia.

6.7

MagicScore

It’s the Law

2017

A small Sicilian town elects a new, honest major but quickly learns that playing by the rules is not as easy as it seems.

6.6

MagicScore

Anche se è amore non si vede

2011

Salvo and Valentino are two Sicilian friends who have moved to Turin, and now run a small business together. They drive foreign tourists around in a double-decker bus, and Salvo always tries to approach the pretty girls.

6.3

MagicScore

Let's Go to the Country

2014

Valentino and Salvo, unemployed and in search of fortune and recommendation, leave Palermo for Valentino’s home town, Monteforte, where they will try to survive the Italian crisis by opening some sort of hospice.

6.3

MagicScore

The Nativity Story

2006

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.

6.9

MagicScore

From the Manger to the Cross

1912

The life of Jesus is played out in tableaux shot in the Holy Land.

5.1

MagicScore

AD/BC: A Rock Opera

2004

An all-singing, all-dancing, star-spangled musical leap around the biblical story of the Nativity, set in 1972. With a comic twist, this familiar story is brought to life through the eyes of the innkeeper. Despairing after a bad year, he contemplates suicide but his attempt is stalled by a voice from above who points out that King Herod is coming to town.

6.2

MagicScore

#10

Journey to Bethlehem

2023

A young woman carrying an unimaginable responsibility. A young man torn between love and honor. A jealous king who will stop at nothing to keep his crown.

7.8

MagicScore

#11

Star in the Night

1945

Nick, a motel owner who has lost faith in more than just the humanity of mankind, is visited by a kindly stranger on Christmas Eve. The motel's guests are only concerned for themselves until a poor man and his wife drive up to the motel, unable to go any further. Out of rooms, Nick's wife prepares a place for them in a shed under a neon star Nick had just finished hanging. Their plight brings out the generosity in everyone, including Nick, who remembers another family almost two thousand years earlier that also found a makeshift room at an inn under another kind of star.

7.4

MagicScore

#12

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

1925

Erstwhile childhood friends, Judah Ben-Hur and Messala meet again as adults, this time with Roman officer Messala as conqueror and Judah as a wealthy, though conquered, Israelite. A slip of a brick during a Roman parade causes Judah to be sent off as a galley slave, his property confiscated and his mother and sister imprisoned. Years later, as a result of his determination to stay alive and his willingness to aid his Roman master, Judah returns to his homeland an exalted and wealthy Roman athlete. Unable to find his mother and sister, and believing them dead, he can think of nothing else than revenge against Messala.

7.3

MagicScore

#13

The Small One

1978

Ordered by his father to sell an old mule called Small One, a Hebrew boy in the ancient Holy Land takes the donkey to the Jerusalem market. Finding no buyers there, the boy is about to give up when he meets a kind man named Joseph, who buys Small One and uses the steed to take his pregnant wife Mary to Bethlehem.

6.9

MagicScore

#14

The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey

2007

When a broken hearted boy loses the treasured wooden nativity set that links him to his dead father, his worried mother persuades a lonely ill-tempered woodcarver to create a replacement, and to allow her son to watch him work on it.

5.7

MagicScore

#15

Black Nativity

2013

A street-wise teen from Baltimore who has been raised by a single mother travels to New York City to spend the Christmas holiday with his estranged relatives, where he embarks on a surprising and inspirational journey.

5.0

MagicScore

#16

Bruce Almighty

2003

Bruce Nolan toils as a "human interest" television reporter in Buffalo, NY, but despite his high ratings and the love of his beautiful girlfriend, Bruce remains unfulfilled. At the end of the worst day in his life, he angrily ridicules God — and the Almighty responds, endowing Bruce with all of His divine powers.

6.7

MagicScore

#17

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.

8.3

MagicScore

#18

PK

2014

A stranger in the city asks questions no one has asked before. Known only by his initials, the man's innocent questions and childlike curiosity take him on a journey of love, laughter and letting go.

7.7

MagicScore

#19

Saint☆Young Men

2013

Jesus Christ and Gautama Buddha, the founders of Christianity and Buddhism, are living together as roommates in a Tokyo apartment while taking a vacation on Earth. The comedy often involves jokes about Christianity, Buddhism, and all things related, as well as the main characters' attempts to hide their identities and understand modern society in Japan.

7.7

MagicScore

#20

Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.

2023

When her family moves from New York City to New Jersey, an 11-year-old girl navigates new friends, feelings, and the beginning of adolescence.

7.2

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Once Upon a Time in Bethlehem?

The top films similar to Once Upon a Time in Bethlehem by MovieMagicScore are Nati stanchi (6.8), 7 and 8 (6.8), La matassa (6.7). Each shares comedy/fantasy themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Once Upon a Time in Bethlehem worth watching?

Once Upon a Time in Bethlehem holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.1/10 from 503 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Once Upon a Time in Bethlehem?

Once Upon a Time in Bethlehem (2019) is a comedy, fantasy film directed by Salvatore Ficarra, starring Salvatore Ficarra, Valentino Picone, Massimo Popolizio.

Where can I find more recommendations like Once Upon a Time in Bethlehem?

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This ranked list pairs Once Upon a Time in Bethlehem (2019), a comedy and fantasy film from Salvatore Ficarra, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Salvatore Ficarra take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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