Religious movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant religious movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, biblical, christian film, inspirational, independent film and serious films and TV shows about / with religious, religion, faith, christian, christianity, jesus, church, belief in god, bible and redemption plots mostly in Drama, Biography and History genres shot in USA, UK, Canada and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as religious: Brimstone (2016), The Clovehitch Killer (2018), The Work and the Glory (2004), Apparitions (2008), Risen (2016), The Book of Daniel (2013), A.D. The Bible Continues (2015), God's Not Dead (2014), What If... (2010), The Passion of the Christ (2004).
Best films
New films
| The Unholy 2 (2025) | 6.5 | |
| The Pastor (2025) | 4.2 | |
| Saint Clare (2024) | 4.6 | |
| Utshob (2025) | 8.4 | |
| The Forge (2024) | 6.8 |
49K
Genre: Drama, 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, epic, brutal, costume drama, period piece ...
Plot:
female protagonist, mute, church, obsession, sign language, violence, rape, father daughter incest, preacher, plot twist, religious, pedophile ...
Time:
19th century, year 2016, victorian era
Place:
netherlands
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A teenage boy begins to suspect that his wholesome, all-American dad is actually the serial killer terrorizing their small town.
Style:
psychological thriller, suspense, independent film, psychological, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, adult, teen drama
Plot:
serial killer, father son relationship, dark past, church, serial murder, small town, teenager, murder, double life, fear, mysterious villain, investigation ...
Time:
90s, 70s
Place:
kentucky, midwest
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Genre: Romance, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
When Benjamin Steed and Mary Ann Steed relocate their family to upstate New York in the early 1800's, they unwittingly settle in a town divided along religious lines. After their new hired help turns out to be at the center of the uproar, each ...
Style:
serious, realistic, emotional, captivating, controversial ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
religious, mormon, sibling rivalry, faith, moral dilemma, introspection, society, redemption, family problems, family life, love affair, love triangle ...
Time:
19th century, 1830s, 1820s
Place:
new york state, vermont, new york, usa
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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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33K
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Clavius, a powerful Roman military tribune, and his aide, Lucius, are tasked with solving the mystery of what happened to Jesus in the weeks following the crucifixion, in order to disprove the rumors of a risen Messiah and prevent an uprising in ...
Style:
biblical, christian film, atmospheric, costume drama, historical drama ...
Audience:
family friendly, kids
Plot:
christianity, apostle, investigation, jesus christ, roman empire, jesus, desert, messiah, resurrection, crucifixion of jesus, religion, religious ...
Time:
1st century, biblical epic, 1930s
Place:
jerusalem, china, rome italy, spain, latin america ...
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Taken into slavery after the fall of Jerusalem in 605 B.C., Daniel is forced to serve the most powerful king in the world, King Nebuchadnezzar. Faced with imminent death, Daniel proves himself a trusted Advisor and is placed among the king's ...
Style:
biblical, captivating, christian film, serious, suspense ...
Plot:
religious, faith, bible, oracle, hopes, old testament, ancient history, escapades, christianity, confined, exile, prophet ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
A.D.: The Bible Continues is a television miniseries, based on the Bible, and a sequel to the 2013 miniseries. It is produced by Roma Downey, Mark Burnett, and Richard Bedser.
Style:
biblical, exciting, epic, serious, contemplative ...
Plot:
bible, religions or cults, faith, religion, christian, hopes, religious, heroes, human nature, escapades, society, religious faith ...
Time:
1st century, biblical epic
Place:
holy land
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
After he refuses to disavow his faith, a devout Christian student (Shane Harper) must prove the existence of God or else his college philosophy professor (Kevin Sorbo) will fail him.
Style:
christian film, thought provoking, spiritual, serious, biblical ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, girls' night
Plot:
christianity, religious, christian, religion, jesus, religious persecution, belief in god, atheism, propaganda, faith, repression, alienation ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, middle east, israel, egypt
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Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Fifteen years ago, Ben Walker made a decision to leave his college sweetheart and ultimately his faith, in order to pursue a lucrative business opportunity. Now with a high-paying career and a trophy fiancé, he is visited by an angel, who gives him ...
Style:
semi serious, sentimental, touching, light, independent film ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
fish out of water, spirituality, angel, faith, christian, family relations, religious, destiny, disorder, family life, lifestyle, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
"The Passion of the Christ" is a film about the last 12 hours in the life of Jesus. Director Mel Gibson received much criticism from critics and audiences for his explicit depiction of and focus on violence and on christs suffering, ...
Style:
biblical, christian film, controversial, spiritual, brutal ...
Audience:
chick flick, manly, adult
Plot:
jesus, christianity, jesus christ, redemption, religion, religious, bible, torture, suffering, betrayal, death, roman ...
Time:
ancient times, year 2004, 2000s, 1930s, 1st century ...
Place:
holy land, jerusalem, greece, ancient greece, middle east ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
When he was 14, Smith drowned in Lake St. Louis and was dead for nearly an hour. According to reports at the time, CPR was performed 27 minutes to no avail. Then the youth's mother, Joyce Smith, entered the room, praying loudly. Suddenly, there ...
Style:
touching, inspirational, biblical, christian film, sincere ...
Plot:
religious, police, christian, catholic, hospital, death, doctor, church, paramedic, christianity, religion, waking up from a coma ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, missouri
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Greece
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Exiled unjustly, convicted without trial, slandered without cause. Man of God depicts the trials and tribulations of Saint Nektarios of Aegina, as he bears the unjust hatred of his enemies while preaching the Word of God.
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, disturbing, suspense, smart ...
Plot:
saint, meaning of life, christian, religious, religion, christianity, religious faith, defamation, preacher, teaching the ways of the world, accusation, suffering ...
Time:
19th century, 1920s, 1900s, 1890s, 1910s
Place:
tibet, greece, egypt, europe, athens greece ...
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25K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
In Albany, the marriage of Caleb and Catherine Holt is in crisis and they decide to divorce. However, Caleb's father, John, proposes that his son delays their separation process for forty days and follow a procedure called "The Love ...
Style:
inspirational, christian film, uplifting, touching, melancholic ...
Audience:
family outing, date night, family friendly, chick flick, girls' night ...
Plot:
christian, religious, marriage, couple relations, couples, firefighter, renewed love, faith, self discovery, husband wife relationship, relationships, love and romance ...
Place:
georgia, usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In Jerusalem's orthodox neighborhoods, it's Succoth, seven days celebrating life's essentials in a sukkah, a temporary shack of both deprivation and hospitality. A devout couple, Moshe and Mali, married nearly five years and ...
Style:
uplifting, touching, serious, sincere, independent film ...
Plot:
rabbi, orthodox jew, charity, religious, childlessness, uninvited guest, redemption, religions or cults, couples, family relations, hopes, couple relations ...
Time:
year 2004, 21st century
Place:
israel, middle east, palestine, jerusalem
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
\When Christy discovers her 10-year-old daughter Anna has a rare, incurable disease, she becomes a ferocious advocate for her daughter’s healing as she searches for a solution. After Anna has a freak accident and falls three stories, a miracle ...
Style:
christian film, inspirational, sentimental, thought provoking, suspenseful ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, chick flick
Plot:
christian, christianity, illness, faith, mother daughter relationship, medical, hospital, parent child relationship, sick child, child cancer, female protagonist, coping ...
Place:
boston
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Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Risking his life, Luke ventures to Rome to visit Paul -- the apostle who's bound in chains and held captive in Nero's darkest and bleakest prison cell. Haunted by the shadows of his past misdeeds, Paul wonders if he's been forgotten ...
Style:
christian film, biblical, psychological, sentimental, tense ...
Plot:
christianity, christian, apostle, faith, religious, bible, imprisonment, new testament, roman empire, jesus, antiquity, friendship ...
Time:
1st century, 60s
Place:
rome italy
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, Australia, USA, Italy
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Set in the Holy Land in the first century C.E., a young woman leaves her small fishing village and traditional family behind to join a radical new social movement. At its head is a charismatic leader, Jesus of Nazareth, who promises that the world ...
Style:
biblical, mysterious, costume drama, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
faith, baptism, belief, religion, christian, life after death, jesus, apostle, treason, religious, christianity, superstition ...
Time:
1st century, ancient times, biblical epic, 1930s
Place:
jerusalem, xian
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Iran
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
In the year 16 BCE, the people of Jerusalem are awaiting the birth of the son of Imran. Instead of the much-anticipated "Messiah", a girl is born to Imran and Anna. The latter names her ...
Style:
biblical, historical drama, thrilling, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
religious, antiquity, problem, faith, religious faith, belief in god, religion, faith based, spiritual journey, female protagonist, loyalty, coming of age ...
Time:
1st century
Place:
middle east
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A talented young singer and aspiring songwriter’s Christian faith and family ties are tested when she defies her worship-pastor father and pursues pop-music stardom in GRACE UNPLUGGED, a moving and inspiring new film that explores the true meaning ...
Style:
sentimental, touching, realistic, serious, christian film ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, family friendly
Plot:
christianity, religious, ambition, desire for fame, musician's life, lifestyle, teenage life, youth, society, family relations, once in a lifetime opportunity, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, alabama, usa, birmingham alabama
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 174 min.
Story:
Extravagant production of the first part of the book of Genesis. Covers Adam and Eve, Noah and the Flood and Abraham and Isaac.
Style:
epic, christian film, serious, biblical, disturbing ...
Plot:
adam and eve, noah's ark, bible, religion, old testament, christian, redemption, faith, flood, heroes, religious, heroic mission ...
Time:
biblical epic, ancient times, year 1966
Place:
rome italy, egypt, israel
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A troubled youth vandalizes a church and winds up in a close association with the woodcarver whose work he destroyed.
Style:
christian film, psychological, sincere, captivating, disturbing
Plot:
christian, faith, church, vandalism, teenager, religious, family problems, religious faith, belief in god, religion, relationship problems, teenage life ...
Is relevant?
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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13K
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
The Bible comes to life in History Channel's epic new miniseries. From Genesis to Revelation, these unforgettable stories unfold through live action and cutting-edge computer-generated imagery, offering new insight into famous scenes and iconic ...
Style:
biblical, spiritual, serious, captivating, historical drama ...
Plot:
jesus, christian, bible, faith, myth, religious, catholic, christianity, old testament, ancient history, saint, world history ...
Time:
1st century, biblical epic, 2010s
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Sita was a teenager when she witnessed her parents died of a suicide bombing in the name of religion. She then spent her life to find the most evil person, and when that they die she will bury herself with that person, to prove that punishment in ...
Style:
psychological horror, dark, psychological, intense
Plot:
religious, ghost, blasphemy, haunting, torture, corpse, terror, suicide, body horror, grave, tunnel, bread ...
Time:
2010s, year 2017, year 1996, 90s, 20th century ...
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Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A losing coach with an underdog football team faces their giants of fear and failure on and off the field to surprising results.
Style:
inspirational, christian film, touching, sentimental, feel good ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, chick flick, kids, girls' night
Plot:
christian, religious, faith, football, underdog, american football, football team, high school football, human spirit, athlete and trainer, christianity, ambition ...
Time:
year 2006, 21st century
Place:
georgia, usa, new jersey
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
An atheist goes through a near-death experience in an auto accident before converting to Christianity.
Style:
christian film, melancholic, rough, captivating, thought provoking ...
Plot:
christianity, faith, afterlife, religious, bible, religion, pastor, brain tumor, marriage proposal, marriage, transformation, near death experience ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
Jesus Christ goes from being born in a manger to the proclaimed King of the Jews. Walk where He walked, see what He did, and stand where He died. What made Him more than just a man in the eyes of some, but an impostor to others.
Style:
biblical, spiritual, psychological, captivating, thought provoking ...
Plot:
jesus, faith, religious, religion, life, belief in god, religious faith, messiah, sacrifice, redemption, resurrection, crucifix ...
Place:
jerusalem, palestine
Is relevant?
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A psychiatric hospital is turned upside down when a mysterious drifter is admitted and assigned to room 316. Known only as John Doe, the other patients believe that he bears an uncanny resemblance to Jesus Christ.
Style:
captivating, psychological, thought provoking, emotional, atmospheric ...
Plot:
religious, faith, religion, mental illness, hospital, healing, psychiatric hospital, faith healing, belief in god, religious faith, mental institution, mental patient ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
In Resurrection, Jesus’ followers are hunted, leaderless and desperately searching for understanding, but when Jesus rises from the dead, they realize that hope didn’t die on the cross. It lives on in them. One man changed the world and brought ...
Style:
biblical, spiritual, disturbing, captivating, uplifting ...
Plot:
faith, jesus, religious, spirituality, hopes, resurrection, christian, belief in god, historical character, crucifixion of jesus, religious faith, bible story ...
Place:
jerusalem, palestine
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Brazil
TV show
Story:
Joseph, son of Israel (Jacob) and Rachel, lived in the land of Canaan with eleven brothers and one sister. He was Rachel's firstborn and Israel's eleventh son. Of all the sons, Joseph was loved by his father the most. Israel even arrayed ...
Style:
novela, biblical, family saga, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
bible, religious, faith, god, betrayal, redemption, envy, dream, jealousy, ancient egypt, forgiveness, siblings ...
Place:
egypt, middle east
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