Priest movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant priest movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out disturbing, serious, suspense, psychological, bleak and captivating films and TV shows about / with priest, religion, catholic, death, murder, catholicism, church, religious, society and catholic priest plots mostly in Drama, Horror and Mystery genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as priest: Doubt (2008), Corpus Christi (2019), Quills (2000), Amen. (2002), Apparitions (2008), Perfect Obedience (2014), Midnight Mass (2021), The Club (2015), Broken (2017), The Exorcist (1973).
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145K
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
In 1964, a Catholic school nun questions a priest's ambiguous relationship with a troubled young student, suspecting him of abuse. He denies the charges, and much of the film's quick-fire dialogue tackles themes of religion, morality, and ...
Style:
clever, period piece, sincere, psychological, philosophical ...
Plot:
priest, nun, teacher, religion, catholic church, suspicion, pedophile, clergy, christian, boy, altar boy, catholic ...
Time:
year 1964, year 2008, victorian era, 90s, 20th century ...
Place:
new york, bronx new york city, usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: Poland, France
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
The story of a 20-year-old Daniel who experiences a spiritual transformation while living in a Youth Detention Center. He wants to become a priest but this is impossible because of his criminal record. When he is sent to work at a carpenter’s ...
Style:
sincere, art house, ambiguous ending, thought provoking, touching ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
catholic church, prison, priest, sex scene, grief, funeral, juvenile prison, fake identity, mayor, confession, cemetery, mourning ...
Time:
2010s, year 2019
Place:
poland, eastern europe, central europe
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59K
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A nobleman with a literary flair, the Marquis de Sade lives in a madhouse where a beautiful laundry maid smuggles his erotic stories to a printer, defying orders from the asylum's resident priest. The titillating passages whip all of France ...
Style:
erotic, period piece, sexy, gothic, sexual ...
Plot:
sexuality, writer's life, rape, priest, sex, perversion, steamy romance, aristocracy, eccentricity, fetish, sexual tension, writers ...
Time:
18th century, 19th century, ancient times, year 2000, georgian era ...
Place:
france, paris france, europe
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16K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, War
Country: France, Germany, Romania
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
The film "Amen." examines the links between the Vatican and Nazi Germany. The central character is Kurt Gerstein, a member of the Institute for Hygiene of the Waffen-SS who is horrified by what he sees in the death camps. Moreover, he is ...
Style:
sincere, political, disturbing, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot:
holocaust, genocide, world war two, concentration camp, politics, pope, christian, ss, conscience, nazi, nazism, priest ...
Time:
1940s, year 2002, 1930s, 20th century, post world war two
Place:
germany, poland, rome italy, italy, austria ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story:
Apparitions is a BBC drama about Father Jacob Myers, a priest of the Roman Catholic Church, played by Martin Shaw, who examines evidence of miracles to be used in canonisation but also performs exorcisms. As he learns, Jacob's duties run deeper ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, disturbing, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
priest, demon, exorcism, supernatural, religious, good versus evil, evil, demonic possession, spiritual warfare, catholicism, fight, demon hunter ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The fictional Father Ángel de la Cruz is based on Legion of Christ
founder Marcial Maciel, whose long history of child abuse was not
addressed until 2006 and only publicly acknowledged in 2009.
But director Luis Urquiza chooses to structure his ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing
Plot:
pedophile priest, punishment, child abuse, sex with a priest, bullying, pedophile, seminary, gay interest, boy, gay, teenager, catholic priest ...
Place:
mexico
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166K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
An unsettlling omen washes ashore in the wake of the storm. Later, when the locals gather for a potluck, tragedy strikes - and a miracle occurs.
Style:
scary, psychological horror, mystical, mysterious, suspense ...
Plot:
community, vampire, secret, priest, supernatural, island, supernatural horror, church, catholicism, religious fanaticism, small community, supernatural power ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
middle east, israel
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13K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Chile
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
In a secluded house in a small seaside town live four unrelated men and the woman who tends to the house and their needs. All former priests, they have been sent to this quiet exile to purge the sins of their pasts, the separation from their ...
Style:
suspense, atmospheric, melancholic, bleak, spiritual ...
Plot:
priest, altar boy, nun, clergy, isolation, introspection, haunted by the past, religion, revenge, child abuse, small town, tragic event ...
Time:
year 2015, 21st century
Place:
chile, latin america, santiago chile, pacific ocean
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Father Michael, a Catholic priest presiding over a Northern urban parish, who is modern, maverick, and reassuringly flawed, must be confidante, counselor and confessor to a congregation struggling to reconcile its beliefs with the challenges of ...
Style:
religious drama, captivating, psychological, disturbing, serious ...
Plot:
catholic church, religion, catholic priest, priest, catholic, congregation, compassion, forgiveness, everyday life, religious faith, life is a bitch, social problems ...
Place:
northern england
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495K
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
12-year-old Regan MacNeil begins to adapt an explicit new personality as strange events befall the local area of Georgetown. Her mother becomes torn between science and superstition in a desperate bid to save her daughter, and ultimately turns to ...
Style:
scary, suspense, demonic, classic horror, psychological horror ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
religion, demon, exorcism, priest, supernatural, devil, demonic possession, possession, occult, supernatural horror, exorcist, crisis of faith ...
Time:
70s, year 1973, 20th century
Place:
washington d.c., persia, iraq, usa, new york ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
TV show
Story:
This mini series covers 60 years in the lives of the Cleary family, brought from New Zealand to Australia to run their aunt Mary Carson's ranch. The story centers on their daughter, Meggie, and her love for the family's priest, Father ...
Style:
sentimental, touching, family saga, captivating, emotional ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
forbidden love, older man younger woman relationship, clergy, catholic priest, friendship, love and romance, couple relations, tragic love, priest in love, family life, society, destiny ...
Time:
50s, 1920s, 20th century, 1930s, 1940s ...
Place:
australia, oceania, new zealand
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico, Argentina, Spain
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
The young Father Amaro is put to the test. He is sent to Mexico to help take care of aging Father Benito when he meets a 16-year-old girl that he begins and affair with. It turns out the girls mother had been having an affair with Father Benito. ...
Style:
controversial, harsh, sexual, stylized, touching ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
abortion, celibacy, forbidden love, religion, clergy, lust, priest in love, catholicism, temptation, sin, hypocrisy, pregnancy ...
Time:
year 2002
Place:
mexico, latin america, south america, tokyo, spain
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12K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Father Vergara—an exorcist, boxer and ex-convict—lives in a remote village in Spain. Hoping to be lost and forgotten, Vergara’s demons catch up to him.
Style:
dark, scary, disturbing, contemplative, tense ...
Plot:
exorcism, vatican, clergy, curses spells and rituals, priest, religion and supernatural, catholicism, female nudity, god or devil, demon, religion, supernatural ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
spain
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127K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History
Country: USA, Poland, United Arab Emirates, India
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Peter Weir's follow-up to Master & Commander (2003) is the stark & brilliant The Way Back, which takes on the theme of man's struggle for freedom. At the dawn of WWII, several men escape from a Russian gulag. The film ...
Style:
epic, inspirational, realistic, road movie, rough ...
Plot:
survival, wilderness, prison escape, escape, journey, war, pow, freedom, gulag, world war two, explorer, human spirit ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, 2010s
Place:
himalaya, russia, tibet, mongolia, soviet union ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Poland
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
The contemporary story of a priest who launches a centre for troubled youth in a small parish. He is a good priest and is well-liked by his congregation, which remains unaware of his complicated past.
Style:
serious, psychological, sincere, realistic, atmospheric ...
Plot:
lgbt, gay, gay interest, church, homosexuality, male male relationship, lgbtq, youth, teenage life, clergy, gay lead character, closeted homosexual ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
poland
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Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
When a frightening wave of violence sweeps through New York City, troubled cop Sarchie fails to find a rational explanation for the bizarre crimes. However, his eyes are opened to a frightening alternate reality when renegade Jesuit priest, Mendoza ...
Style:
scary, suspense, demonic, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
demonic possession, exorcism, supernatural, occult, curses spells and rituals, partner, catholic, supernatural horror, priest, possessed, bible, religions or cults ...
Time:
year 2000, year 2014, year 2010, year 2013, 21st century
Place:
iraq, new york, usa, bronx new york city
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 200 min.
TV show
Story:
Set in an isolated country town, where a charismatic and dedicated young priest calmly opens fire on his congregation, killing five parishioners. One year later investigative journalist Martin Scarsden arrives in Riversend to write what should be a ...
Style:
tense, captivating, suspenseful, exciting, bleak ...
Plot:
priest, investigation, investigative reporter, journalist, private investigation, crime investigation, uncover truth, murder investigation, learning the truth, truth, investigative journalism, searching for the truth ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Set fifteen years after the original film, The Exorcist III centers around the philosophical Lieutenant William F. Kinderman who is investigating a baffling series of murders around Georgetown that all contain the hallmarks of The Gemini, a deceased ...
Style:
demonic, frightening, satanic, scary, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
serial killer, violence, possession, exorcism, demon, blood, priest, investigation, murder, supernatural, police detective, decapitation ...
Time:
90s, 80s, 20th century, year 1990, year 1998
Place:
virginia, washington d.c., usa, copenhagen, richmond virginia ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 983 min.
TV show
Story:
Cadfael is the name given to the TV series of The Cadfael Chronicles adaptations produced by British television company ITV Central between 1994 and 1998. The series was broadcast on the ITV network in the UK, and starred Sir Derek Jacobi as the ...
Style:
serious, detective, historical drama, atmospheric, costume drama ...
Plot:
medieval, investigation, monk, monastery, priest, clergy, murder, murder investigation, riddles and clues, abbey, amateur sleuth, sleuth ...
Time:
middle ages, 12th century, medieval times, 20th century
Place:
england, europe
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68K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Ireland, UK, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
After he is threatened during a confession, a good-natured priest must battle the dark forces closing in around him.
Style:
atmospheric, captivating, meditative, psychological, thought provoking ...
Plot:
death threat, priest, confession, catholic priest, death, small town, existentialism, clergy, character study, human nature, goodhearted, social relations ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
ireland, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Drama while a tour bus driver shows church ladies around Mexico. Helped establish Puerto Vallarta as tourist destination.
Style:
black and white, sexual, talky, atmospheric, psychological ...
Plot:
priest, church, mental illness, hotel, iguana, clergy, redemption, baptist, bishop, tour guide, self discovery, human nature ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
mexico, usa, virginia, tennessee, latin america ...
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464K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA, France
Duration: 160 min.
Story:
The incredible story of genius musician Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, told in flashback by his peer and secret rival Antonio Salieri – now confined to an insane asylum.
Style:
clever, costume drama, period piece, atmospheric, historical drama ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
classical music, music, composer, genius, mozart, musician, envy, opera, character study, musician's life, mentor, prodigy ...
Time:
18th century, 1790s, 1820s, 1800s, 1780s ...
Place:
vienna, austria, eastern europe, italy, europe ...
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
The culprits behind multiple deaths in a family over a few years are exposed, but there is more to it than meets the eye.
Style:
contemplative, suspenseful, bleak, scary, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
exorcism, priest, paranormal investigation, investigation, supernatural power, murder investigation, supernatural, deadly creature, supernatural ability, heroes, curses spells and rituals, escapades ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
india
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Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: South Korea
Duration: 156 min.
Story:
A stranger arrives in a little village and soon after a mysterious sickness starts spreading. A policeman is drawn into the incident and is forced to solve the mystery in order to save his daughter.
Style:
disturbing, scary, atmospheric, spooky, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
investigation, police, murder, supernatural, small town, shaman, possession, curse, zombie, daughter, murder mystery, priest ...
Time:
2010s, year 2016
Place:
south korea, korea, tokyo
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Genre: Drama, History, Music, Romance, War
Country: France, Germany, UK, Belgium, Romania, Japan
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
In 1914, World War I, the bloodiest war ever at that time in human history, was well under way. However on Christmas Eve, numerous sections of the Western Front called an informal, and unauthorized, truce where the various front-line soldiers of the ...
Style:
touching, uplifting, sincere, emotional, christian film ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
christmas, world war one, war, truce, soldier, new year, holiday, idealism, christmas eve, priest, friendship, trench warfare ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century, year 2005, 1920s, year 1914
Place:
france, prussia, europe, berlin germany, holland ...
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
In 1950s Italy, a government official arrives in a rural town to investigate a grisly child murder. The culprit is a young boy who claims to have acted in order to kill the Devil himself.
Style:
gothic horror, psychological, bleak, disturbing, scary ...
Plot:
priest, devil, religion, demonic possession, satan, supernatural, loneliness, fear, evil, danger, a vision, psychopath ...
Time:
50s, 1950s, year 1952
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
An American priest working in Mexico is considered a saint by many local parishioners. However, due to a botched exorcism, he carries a secret that’s eating him alive until he gets an opportunity to face his demon one final time.
Style:
suspense, psychological, tense, disturbing, captivating
Plot:
exorcism, demonic possession, priest, nun, demon, exorcist, possessed, confronting the past, dark past, sin, small town life, faith ...
Place:
mexico city, mexico
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Genre: Drama, History, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, Germany
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
In 1327, Friar William from Baskerville, followed by the young novice Adso da Melk, reaches an isolated Benedictine abbey on the Alps to aid in a dispute between the Franciscan Order and the Avignon papacy. Upon arrival in the abbey the two find ...
Style:
period piece, costume drama, detective, enigmatic, captivating ...
Plot:
murder mystery, inquisition, monastery, monk, abbey, medieval, priest, burned at the stake, murder investigation, murder, friendship, fight ...
Time:
middle ages, 14th century, medieval times
Place:
italy
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Genre: Horror
Country: Mexico
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
An exorcist priest meets a family that has a daughter who is pursued by a demon.
Style:
bleak, suspenseful, suspense, exciting, rough
Plot:
satanism, priest, curse, dead teenager, possession, obsession, sister sister relationship, devil worship, exorcist, monster, old dark house, rivalry ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
austria
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA, France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
This is a follow-up to the comedy Beetlejuice (1988), about a ghost who's recruited to help haunt a house.
Style:
dark comedy, black comedy, dark fantasy, gothic, surprise ending ...
Plot:
halloween, ghost, surrealism, mother daughter relationship, haunted house, female protagonist, artist, train, mansion, priest, funeral, frenchman ...
Time:
2020s, middle ages, 21st century
Place:
connecticut, new england, new york
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