Church movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant church movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out serious, suspense, suspenseful, realistic, psychological and atmospheric films and TV shows about / with church, religion, blood, clergy, religious, faith, death, priest, religions or cults and christian plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Horror genres shot in USA, Italy, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as church: In the Name Of (2013), First Reformed (2017), The Borderlands (2013), Brimstone (2016), The Church (1989), Borgia (2011), Inferno (2016), The Visitation (2006), The Baby of Mâcon (1993), Pope John Paul II (2005).

List of church movies

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In the Name Of (2013)
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, realistic, atmospheric, psychological, sincere ...
Plot: lgbt, gay, homosexuality, church, youth, teenage life, clergy, male male relationship, gay interest, catholic, priest, gays and lesbians ...
Time: 21st century
Place: poland
Is relevant ?
 7.1
 62K
First Reformed (2017)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Australia
Duration: 113 min.
Story: A pastor of a small church in upstate New York starts to spiral out of control after a soul-shaking encounter with an unstable environmental activist and his pregnant wife.
Style: suspense, tense, social, suspenseful, exciting ...
Audience: date night, adult
Plot: priest, religion, church, christianity, suicide, depression, journal, faith, reverend, minister, environment, politics ...
Time: year 2017
Place: new york, new york state
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The Borderlands (2013)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Vatican investigators are sent to the British West Country to investigate paranormal activity, and they find the events are more disturbing than they first imagined.
Style: scary, demonic, atmospheric, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot: found footage, folk horror, church, catholic priest, religions or cults, supernatural, suicide, uncover truth, paganism, clergy, danger, curses spells and rituals ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, brazil
Is relevant ?
 7.0
 45K
Brimstone (2016)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Western
Country: Netherlands, France, Germany, Belgium, Sweden, UK, USA
Duration: 148 min.
Story: In the menacing inferno of the old American West, Liz is a genuine survivor who is hunted by a vengeful preacher for a crime she didn’t commit.
Style: suspense, brutal, epic, costume drama, disturbing ...
Plot: female protagonist, church, mute, sign language, obsession, father daughter incest, rape, preacher, brutality, plot twist, retribution, pedophile ...
Time: 19th century, year 2016, victorian era
Place: netherlands
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 6.2
 9K
The Church (1989)
Genre: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 102 min.
Story: In medieval Europe, crusading knights massacre a village full of suspected devil worshipers and build a large Gothic church above the cursed remains. It is now present day, and this elaborate cathedral still stands. But when its sealed crypt is ...
Style: atmospheric, satanic, surreal, grindhouse, creepy ...
Plot: church, supernatural, zombie, devil, demon, ghost, witch, occult, witchcraft, monster, macabre, buried alive ...
Time: medieval times, 13th century, middle ages
Place: germany
Is relevant ?
 7.7
 7K
Borgia (2011)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: France, Germany, Italy, Czech Republic
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story: Borgia is a French-German-Czech historical drama television series created by Tom Fontana. The show recounts the Borgia family's rise to power and subsequent domination of the Papal States during the Renaissance. Borgia debuted in Italy via ...
Style: family saga, captivating, realistic, rough, ambiguous ending ...
Plot: renaissance, european history, vatican, political intrigue, italian history, power struggle, brother sister sex, church, historical character, duke, leonardo da vinci, pope ...
Time: middle ages, 16th century, 15th century, medieval times
Place: rome italy, italy, naples italy, europe, spain ...
Is relevant ?
 6.2
 189K
Inferno (2016)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Hungary
Duration: 121 min.
Story: After waking up in a hospital with amnesia, professor Robert Langdon and a doctor must race against time to foil a deadly global plot.
Style: exciting, suspense, suspenseful, realistic, crime thriller ...
Audience: chick flick, family friendly, boys' night, adult
Plot: conspiracy, twists and turns, ancient mystery, treasure hunt, danger, memory loss, religions or cults, riddles and clues, church, conspiracy theory, biohazard, chase ...
Time: 2010s, year 2016, 21st century
Place: italy, florence, europe, istanbul turkey, venice ...
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God's Not Dead: A Light in Darkness (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Pastor Dave responds to the unimaginable tragedy of having his church, located on the grounds of the local university, burned down.
Style: christian film, realistic, captivating, psychological, rough ...
Plot: christian, faith, church, religious fanatic, brother brother relationship, christianity, university, protest, arson, doubt, lawyer, jail ...
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The Visitation (2006)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: In Antioch, the former Father Travis Jordan lost his faith on God three years ago when his beloved wife was murdered and the criminals never found. Suddenly, miracles happen in the little town: the son of the newcomer and veterinary Morgan Elliot ...
Style: psychological, atmospheric, disturbing, suspenseful, scary ...
Plot: faith, small town, church, supernatural, murder, miraculous event, investigation, mysterious character, healing power, supernatural ability, haunted by the past, religions or cults ...
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The Baby of Mâcon (1993)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Netherlands, France, UK, Germany
Duration: 122 min.
Story: A town cursed with barren women and famine is saved by a miracle birth to an old, ugly woman: the Mother. Immediately afterwards, the old woman's Daughter (Ormond) claims to have delivered the baby herself in a virgin birth. She imprisons the ...
Style: disturbing, avant garde, surreal, serious, rough ...
Plot: baby, virginity, bishop, religion, church, surrealism, dismemberment, death, hypocrisy, breast feeding, seduction, brutality ...
Time: 17th century
Place: france, europe
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Pope John Paul II (2005)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Italy, Poland, USA
Duration: 201 min.
TV show
Story: Following the death of his mother, Karol Wojtyla is brought up by his father in the Polish city of Krakow during the first half of the 20th century. When his homeland is invaded by the Nazis in 1939, he secretly opposes the systematic persecution of ...
Style: exciting, realistic, serious, spiritual
Plot: church, clergy, bishop, pope, heroic mission, idealism, leadership, fighting the system, rebellion, human spirit, political unrest, politics ...
Place: europe, poland
Is relevant ?
 7.2
 9K
Viy (1967)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 77 min.
Story: A young priest is ordered to preside over the wake of a witch in the church of a remote village. This means spending three nights alone with the corpse with only his faith to protect him.
Style: suspenseful, scary, dark fantasy, serious, stylized ...
Plot: witch, folk horror, witchcraft, church, supernatural, supernatural ability, curses spells and rituals, danger, escapades, evil dead, good versus evil, medieval ...
Time: medieval times, year 1967, middle ages
Place: ukraine, soviet union, kiev ukraine, russia
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 2K
Romero (1989)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Romero is a compelling and deeply moving look at the life of Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador, who made the ultimate sacrifice in a passionate stand against social injustice and oppression in his county. This fil chronicles the transformation ...
Style: inspirational, christian film, realistic, tense, serious ...
Plot: church, murder, catholic, priest, biopic, religion, saint, christian, social commentary, politics, clergy, faith ...
Time: year 1989, 80s
Place: latin america
Is relevant ?
 5.1
 27K
The Unholy (2021)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Alice, a young hearing-impaired girl who, after a supposed visitation from the Virgin Mary, is inexplicably able to hear, speak and heal the sick. As word spreads and people from near and far flock to witness her miracles, a disgraced journalist ...
Style: suspense, scary, suspenseful, mysterious, captivating ...
Plot: mysticism, church, virgin mary, supernatural, religion, witch, macabre, journalist, investigation, miraculous event, press conference, terror ...
Time: 2020s
Place: boston
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The Night of the Iguana (1964)
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, talky, atmospheric, psychological, tense ...
Plot: church, mental illness, priest, hotel, redemption, iguana, clergy, bishop, tour guide, self discovery, human nature, nymphet ...
Time: 20th century, 60s
Place: mexico, usa, virginia, latin america, tennessee
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Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist (2005)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Haunted by terrible acts the Nazis forced him to participate in, the disenchanted Father Lankester Merrin focuses his energies on helping with an archaeological dig in the northern part of Kenya. There, the crew uncovers a church that predates ...
Style: demonic, scary, suspenseful, atmospheric, suspense ...
Plot: supernatural, good versus evil, church, redemption, transformation, life philosophy, mentor, priest, storytelling, demonic possession, exorcist, possession ...
Time: 1940s, year 2005, 20th century, year 1947, year 1944
Place: africa, kenya
Is relevant ?
 6.1
 67K
Red State (2011)
Genre: Action, Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Set in Middle America, a group of teens receive an online invitation for sex, though they soon encounter Christian fundamentalists with a much more sinister agenda.
Style: disturbing, tense, controversial, independent film, psychological ...
Audience: teens
Plot: kidnapping, torture, religious fanaticism, gay slur, protest, satire, religion, church, religious fundamentalist, society, terrorism, gay ...
Time: year 2000, year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, xian
Is relevant ?
 7.7
 54K
Adam's Apples (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Denmark, Germany
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A neo-nazi sentenced to community service at a church clashes with the blindly devotional priest.
Style: dark comedy, surreal, humorous, black comedy, psychological ...
Plot: church, priest, religion, funeral, skinhead, racial slur, belief, cynic, prejudice, disability, existentialism, good versus evil ...
Time: year 2005, 21st century
Place: denmark, europe, saudi arabia, indonesia
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 6.0
 102K
The Rite (2011)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Hungary, Italy
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Seminary student Michael Kovak (Colin O'Donoghue) reluctantly attends exorcism school at the Vatican. While he’s in Rome, Michael meets an unorthodox priest, Father Lucas (Anthony Hopkins), who introduces him to the darker side of his faith, ...
Style: scary, suspense, disturbing, atmospheric, demonic ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: supernatural, exorcism, church, supernatural horror, clergy, demonic possession, good versus evil, vatican, curses spells and rituals, supernatural ability, teachers and students, catholic ...
Time: year 2011, year 2000, 21st century
Place: italy, europe, rome italy, xian
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Forbidden Empire (2014)
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Russia, Ukraine, Czech Republic
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Early 18th century. Cartographer Jonathan Green undertakes a scientific voyage from Europe to the East. Having passed through Transylvania and crossed the Carpathian Mountains, he finds himself in a small village lost in impassible woods. Nothing ...
Style: dark fantasy, mystic, suspenseful, bleak, atmospheric ...
Plot: curses spells and rituals, witchcraft, remote village, demon, supernatural, monster, sword and sorcery, church, religion versus science, good versus evil, deadly creature, twists and turns ...
Time: 18th century
Place: ukraine, europe
Is relevant ?
 6.7
 308K
Angels & Demons (2009)
Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 138 min.
Story: Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon investigates a mysterious symbol seared into the chest of a murdered physicist. He discovers evidence of the unimaginable, the rebirth of an ancient secret brotherhood known as the Illuminati, the most powerful ...
Style: exciting, intellectual, suspenseful, suspense, serious ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick, teens, family friendly, adult
Plot: conspiracy, murder, twists and turns, illuminati, investigation, catholicism, vatican, riddles and clues, danger, secret society, religions or cults, religion ...
Time: year 2009, 2000s
Place: rome italy, italy, europe, harvard university, geneva switzerland
Is relevant ?
 8.3
 361K
The Hunt (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 115 min.
Story: A teacher lives a lonely life, all the while struggling over his son’s custody. His life slowly gets better as he finds love and receives good news from his son, but his new luck is about to be brutally shattered by an innocent little lie.
Style: bleak, thought provoking, psychological, depressing, sad ...
Audience: adult
Plot: injustice, life turned upside down, child abuse, false accusation, divorce, social injustice, social relations, pedophile, parents and children, teacher, church, punched in the face ...
Time: 2010s, year 2012, year 2013, 21st century
Place: denmark
Is relevant ?
 5.8
 116K
End of Days (1999)
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story: On December 28th, 1999, the citizens of New York City are getting ready for the turn of the millennium. However, the Devil decides to crash the party by coming to the city, inhabiting a man's body, and searching for his chosen bride, a ...
Style: satanic, exciting, suspense, suspenseful, demonic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: supernatural, devil, apocalypse, deal with the devil, good versus evil, end of the world, demon, satanic ritual, disaster, occult, supernatural horror, church ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, year 1979, year 1999, 70s
Place: new york, usa, empire state building manhattan new york city
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 7.4
 22K
Suburra (2015)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 130 min.
Story: A gangster known as "Samurai" wants to turn the waterfront of Rome into a new Las Vegas. All the local mob bosses have agreed to work for this common goal. But peace is not to last long.
Style: suspense, tense, disturbing, suspenseful, neo noir ...
Plot: mafia, corruption, politics, revenge, prostitute, female nudity, drug overdose, church, murder, threesome, political corruption, sex scene ...
Time: 2010s, year 2015, year 2011, 21st century
Place: rome italy, italy
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Anthony, Warrior of God (2006)
Genre: Biography
Country: Italy
Duration: 110 min.
Story: The life of Anthony of Padua (1195-1231) from his arrival on Sicily's shores via shipwreck in 1221 to his death. He's a Portuguese monk who, once in Italy, seeks out St. Francis. Anthony's gift as a great preacher is discovered by ...
Style: captivating, serious, stylized, suspense, disturbing ...
Plot: saint, church, religion, religions or cults, clergy, ambition, life is a bitch, society, dishonesty, unfulfillment, catholic, preacher ...
Time: 13th century, middle ages
Place: italy, sicily, europe
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The Da Vinci Code (2006)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Malta, France, UK
Duration: 149 min.
Story: When the curator of the Louvre is found murdered in the famed museum's hallowed halls, Harvard professor, Robert Langdon and cryptographer, Sophie Neve must untangle a deadly web of deceit involving the works of Leonardo da Vinci.
Style: exciting, suspenseful, clever, suspense, mind bending ...
Audience: chick flick, family friendly, teens, adult
Plot: conspiracy, holy grail, treasure hunt, religion, twists and turns, christianity, investigation, ancient mystery, conspiracy theory, riddles and clues, secrets, secret society ...
Time: year 2006, 2000s, 1st century, 21st century
Place: london, italy, paris france, europe, england ...
Is relevant ?
 5.9
 854
Midnight Clear (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: On Christmas Eve in the Arizona desert, a middle-aged man (Stephen Baldwin) and an old woman (K Callan) contemplate suicide. But through chance run-ins with strangers and perhaps some divine intervention, they cross paths and change each ...
Style: realistic, captivating, suspenseful, serious, semi serious ...
Plot: christmas, church, redemption, life is a bitch, unemployment, family relations, love and romance, hopes, society, clergy, small town, small town life ...
Time: 21st century
Is relevant ?
 7.2
 31K
The Gopher (1970)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: Mexico
Duration: 125 min.
Story: El Topo decides to confront warrior Masters on a trans-formative desert journey he begins with his 6 year old son, who must bury his childhood totems to become a man. El Topo (the mole) claims to be God, while dressed as a gunfighter in black, ...
Style: surreal, psychedelic, disturbing, allegory, experimental ...
Plot: desert, surrealism, murder, boy, revenge, rape, religion, suicide, church, violence, russian roulette, gunfighter ...
Time: year 1970
Place: latin america, mexico
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 7.8
 13K
The Island (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Somewhere in Northern Russia in a small Russian Orthodox monastery lives an unusual man whose bizarre conduct confuses his fellow monks, while others who visit the island believe that the man has the power to heal, exorcise demons and foretell the ...
Style: philosophical, psychological, cerebral, spiritual, breathtaking ...
Plot: christian, religion, redemption, forgiveness, loneliness, island, monk, life philosophy, solitude, monastery, church, philosophy ...
Time: 2000s, future
Place: russia, soviet union
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Hell and Mr Fudge (2012)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Hell and Mr. Fudge is an 2012 American drama film directed by Jeff Wood and written by Brian Phillip Stoddard. Based on a true story, the film stars Mackenzie Astin as Edward Fudge, an Alabama preacher who has been hired to determine the existence ...
Style: christian film, thought provoking, uplifting, realistic, serious ...
Plot: christian, church, christianity, hell, preacher, parent child relationship, clergy, parents and children, religions or cults, faith, father son relationship, death ...
Time: 70s, 21st century
Place: alabama
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