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#8 — Breakthrough (2019)
A mother prays after her son falls through the ice; he survives against all odds. Released as Disney finished buying Fox, Breakthrough became the studio’s first faith-forward title of the new era—and it connected. Chrissy Metz’s performance anchored the film, and its theme song, “I’m Standing With You,” landed an Academy Award nomination, giving faith cinema red-carpet visibility. The takeaway for Hollywood: true stories of ordinary believers can travel, especially when cast with recognizable faces and marketed to both churches and general audiences.
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