Celibacy movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant celibacy movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, sexy, sexual, semi serious, humorous and touching films and TV shows about / with celibacy, love and romance, nude, love, gender, sex, couples, fall in love, female nudity and male nudity plots mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as celibacy: The Crime of Padre Amaro (2002), The Young Pope (2016), Confessions of a Porn Addict (2008), In the Name of... (2013), Conspiracy of Silence (2003), The Nun (2013), Priest (1994), Sinner (2007), Keeping the Faith (2000), Jeffrey (1995).
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List of celibacy movies
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, stylized, touching, realistic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
priest, abortion, celibacy, forbidden love, lust, religion, catholicism, corruption, sin, sex with a priest, priest in love, hypocrisy ...
Place:
mexico, latin america, spain, tokyo
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France, Spain, UK, USA
Duration: 546 min.
TV show
Story:
Lenny Belardo, the youngest and first American Pope in the history of the Church, must establish his new papacy and navigate the power struggles of the closed, secretive Vatican.
Style:
psychological, captivating, controversial, satirical, surreal ...
Plot:
religion, god, catholic church, satire, pope, scandal, infidelity, betrayal, intrigue, nun, celibacy, conspiracy ...
Place:
vatican, italy, rome italy
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Mark Tobias had it all: a good job, a beautiful wife, and a particularly unhealthy addiction to pornography. His wife, Felice, finally got fed up with the competition and left him, causing Mark’s addiction to spiral out of control, until one day ...
Style:
not serious, humorous, sexy, captivating, satirical ...
Plot:
porn star, celibacy, ambition, support group, life is a bitch, addiction, dark humor, group therapy, life, satire, sexual humor, humour ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
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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, realistic, atmospheric, psychological, sincere ...
Plot:
gay, lgbt, homosexuality, church, youth, teenage life, clergy, priest, male male relationship, coming out, sex with a priest, catholic church ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
poland
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When a priest commits suicide and two trainees are expelled from a seminary, a journalist starts to investigate the Vatican’s silence on broken vows of celibacy. A thriller examining the internal conflicts in the modern Catholic church.
Style:
disturbing, serious, realistic, suspenseful, controversial ...
Plot:
gay, suicide, church, celibacy, uncover truth, fighting the system, priest, clergy, society, dishonesty, scandal, reporter ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
ireland
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Germany, Belgium
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Suzanne Simonin describes her life of suffering in letters. As a young woman she is sent to a convent against her will. Since her parents cannot afford the dowry required for a marriage befitting her rank they decide she must instead become a nun. ...
Style:
realistic, captivating, serious, atmospheric, psychological ...
Plot:
religion, convent, power relations, clergy, strong female presence, society, celibacy, lesbian, women's rights, abuse of power, humiliation, confession ...
Time:
18th century, georgian era
Place:
france, europe
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Father Greg Pilkington is torn between his call as a conservative Catholic priest and his secret life as a homosexual with a gay lover, frowned upon by the Church. Upon hearing the confession of a young girl of her incestuous father, Greg enters an ...
Style:
thought provoking, touching, sexy, allegory, visually appealing ...
Plot:
gay, sex with a priest, forbidden love, catholic priest, closeted homosexual, homosexuality, sexual repression, homosexual, religion, lgbt, sexual abuse, church ...
Time:
90s
Place:
england, united kingdom, europe, iraq, liverpool
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A Catholic priest, Father Anthony Romano (Nick Chinlund), intervenes with the police when his colleague attacks a drifter named Lil (Georgina Cates). When Anthony reluctantly provides her asylum in his rectory, the brash hustler soon discovers a ...
Style:
realistic, serious, sincere, emotional, tense ...
Plot:
false accusation, prostitute, celibacy, haunted by the past, lifestyle, moral dilemma, clergy, redemption, hopes, society, life is a bitch, dishonesty ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Best friends since they were kids, Rabbi Jacob Schram and Father Brian Finn are dynamic and popular young men living and working on New York's Upper West Side. When Anna Reilly, once their childhood friend and now grown into a beautiful ...
Style:
romantic, feel good, humorous, touching, sentimental ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
love triangle, rabbi, love story, priest, catholicism, jewish, friendship, love and romance, love, women, religion, judaism ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Jeffery, a young gay man in New York, decides that sex is too much and decided to become celibate. He immediately meets the man of his dreams and must decide whether or not love is worth the danger of a boyfriend dying.
Style:
sexy, humorous, witty, sexual, feel good ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
gay, aids, lgbt, lgbtq, gay interest, love, glbt, destiny, friendship, celibacy, lgbtqi, gays and lesbians ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
After discovering her boyfriend for the past four years is married, a distraught and depressed young woman turns to a Catholic priest for counseling -- and finds mutual attraction. Now the inseparable couple are thwarted by his holy vow of celibacy, ...
Style:
sexy, semi serious, sexual, realistic, humorous
Plot:
celibacy, forbidden love, catholic, suicide attempt, pregnancy, church, unrequited love, priest, betrayal, manipulation, midlife crisis, unfulfillment ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
italy, vatican, new york, venice
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK, Yugoslavia
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Abelard, a famous teacher of philosophy at the cathedral school of Notre Dame, falls in love with one of his students, Héloïse d'Argenteuil. A sixteen-year old girl raised in a convent, Héloïse has an intellectual curiosity and rebels ...
Style:
realistic, serious, erotic, captivating, sexy ...
Plot:
medieval, fall in love, love and romance, religion, ancient, sensuality, pregnancy, convent, celibacy, topless woman, passionate sex, male nudity ...
Time:
12th century, middle ages
Place:
france, paris france, europe
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Cursed since childhood, dentist Charlie Kagan cannot find the right woman. Even worse, he learns that each of his ex-girlfriends finds true love with the man she meets after her relationship with him ends. Hearing of Charlie's reputation as a ...
Style:
funny, humorous, romantic, sex comedy, sexy ...
Audience:
teens, date night, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
sex, true love, womanizer, love and romance, sex scene, curses spells and rituals, erotica, love, dream girl, women, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, best friend ...
Time:
2000s, year 1985, 80s, 21st century
Place:
new jersey, usa, antarctica
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, UK, France
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Matt Sullivan's last big relationship ended in disaster and ever since his heart's been aching and his commitment's been lacking. Then came Lent, that time of year when everybody gives something up. That's when Matt decides to go ...
Style:
sexy, sex comedy, light, humorous, romantic ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
love and romance, sexual relations, woman rapes man, breakup, couples, workplace, love story, masturbation, rape victim, female on male rape, high school, sex ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
san francisco, california, usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A young priest (Robert Forster) questions his faith after he falls in love with a social worker.
Style:
sexy, realistic, serious, uplifting, thought provoking ...
Plot:
church, hospital, forbidden love, celibacy, life is a bitch, clergy, gender, gays and lesbians, love and romance, hopes, society, couples ...
Time:
60s
Place:
albuquerque new mexico
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
The story of a family whose growth is stunted... a family that learns how to love themselves while loving each other (a little too much).
Style:
semi serious, realistic, touching, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, gay, family relations, family problems, eccentric family, siblings relations, dark humor, disorder, gender, dishonesty, parents and children, adultery ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A love-struck landlord tries to convince a pretty tanant to dump her fiancé and give him a chance.
Style:
sex comedy, sexy, semi serious, realistic, humorous ...
Plot:
womanizer, cat, platonic, love triangle, celibacy, college life, landlord tenant relationship, naive young woman, college professor, sexual promiscuity, power relations, disorder ...
Time:
60s
Place:
los angeles
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A young seminarian rattles the established order at a Catholic parish run by an older pastor. (TCM.com)
Style:
talky, sexy, light, unusual plot structure, feel good ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
gay, religion, homosexuality, suburbs, church, vengeance, school, sacrifice, runaway, relationships, depression, race issues ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new jersey
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Cuba, Spain
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Three characters in present-day Havana must choose between clinging to their self-restricting beliefs, or getting rid of them to live more freely. Ballerina Mariana has promised God celibacy if she gets the role of "Giselle"; Social-worker ...
Style:
surreal, semi serious, realistic
Plot:
destiny, celibacy, orphan, male nudity, sexual relations, political unrest, looking for love, singleness, twentysomething life, pregnancy, couples, family relations ...
Time:
90s, 2020s
Place:
cuba, latin america, havana cuba
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Kenneth Williams was the star of the Carry Ons and Round the Horne. Despite his fame, he led a life full of mental torture as he tried to overcome his homosexuality in 1950s Britain. This film follows his life and eventual death based on the many ...
Style:
serious, realistic, emotional, touching
Plot:
performer's life, celebrity, hidden truth, artists and showbiz, life is a bitch, under the surface, private vs public, depression, gay, lgbt, diary, masturbation ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 50s, 60s
Place:
england
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Argentina, Spain, Uruguay
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Set in Argentina in 1965, the story follows the tumultuous relationship between two men who became lovers and ultimately ruthless bank robbers in a notoriously famous footnote in the annals of crime history. After a large-scale hold-up that turns ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, intense, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
gay, heist, obsession, lgbt, betrayal, male nudity, gay slur, gay erotica, gay romance, gay sex, runaway, culture clash ...
Time:
60s, year 1965, 90s, 70s
Place:
argentina, spain, latin america, uruguay, brazil ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A student-teacher relationship goes way beyond the classroom, including pre-historic times.
Style:
sex comedy, realistic, semi serious, humorous, sexy ...
Plot:
teacher student relationship, jealousy, religion, god, christianity, debate, catholicism, reputation, rumor, celibacy, seduction, evolution ...
Time:
prehistory, 80s
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Rose Morgan, who still lives with her mother, is a professor of Romantic Literature who desperately longs for passion in her life. Gregory Larkin, a mathematics professor, has been burned by passionate relationships and longs for a sexless union ...
Style:
feel good, light, humorous, sentimental, sweet ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night
Plot:
fall in love, couple relations, looking for love, love and romance, professor, love, wedding, literature, self discovery, friendship, love story, spinster ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, venice, london, manhattan new york city, paris france
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Antoine has what every young single man could wish: a promising career, true and loyal friends, and an apartment of his own. However, he's a lonely man, until he meets Clara, a beautiful and exciting woman, and deeply falls in love with her. ...
Style:
realistic, emotional, touching, serious, sexy ...
Plot:
brother sister relationship, couples, self discovery, introspection, lovers reunited, parents and children, fall in love, midlife crisis, love affair, orgasm, family relations, thirtysomething life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
paris france, argentina
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A sexy urban comedy about how a guy who is addicted to watching pornography discovers love is stronger than fantasy when he meets and falls in love with the girl of his dreams.
Style:
sexy, cynical, semi serious, erotic, realistic ...
Plot:
gangsters, store, looking for sex, celibacy, twentysomething life, sexual relations, fall in love, wooing, city life, friends, sexual dysfunction, thirtysomething life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Jeana does IT for the Sacramento Fire Department. She and Tom, a self-confident local TV news reporter, are about to go on a cruise to Rio when he lets slip on TV that she is a virgin. It's a slow news week, so this becomes a story: the media ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, feel good, realistic, sexy
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
battle of the sexes, love triangle, couples, love and romance, couple relations, lifestyle, first sex, adult virgin, male female relationship, television reporter, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, virginity ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Comedy, Romance, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Quirky Jamie Harris (Marguerite Moreau) has a big problem: She's a magnet for less-than-kind men as she hops beds. But things start to look up when she becomes the object of affection of two seemingly normal guys, Mick (Brian O'Byrne) and ...
Style:
sentimental, touching, witty, humorous, sexy ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
true love, love triangle, sister sister relationship, looking for love, fall in love, lifestyle, human nature, introspection, couple relations, youth, couples, artists and showbiz ...
Place:
los angeles, usa
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
While on a dangerous mission to recover the historic Judas Chalice, Flynn is saved by Simone. But when double-crossed by a respected professor and ambushed by a ruthless gang, Flynn realizes Simone's secret, his true mission and a shocking ...
Style:
exciting, entertaining, humorous, semi serious, psychotronic ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
vampire, treasure hunt, dracula, supernatural, vampire vs vampire, adventure hero, save the world, fountain of youth, adventurer, rivalry, escapades, good versus evil ...
Time:
future
Place:
new orleans, russia, usa
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Summertime. A cruising spot for men, tucked away on the shores of a lake. Franck falls in love with Michel, an attractive, potent and lethally dangerous man. Franck knows this, but wants to live out his passion anyway.
Style:
erotic, sexy, talky, lyrical, unusual plot structure ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
gay, sex scene, murder, male male relationship, outdoor sex, summer, police detective, male nudity, investigation, police investigation, love, loneliness ...
Time:
80s, 21st century
Place:
france, paris france
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 48 min.
TV show
Story:
Queer as Folk is a 1999 British television series that chronicles the lives of three gay men living in Manchester's gay village around Canal Street. Both Queer as Folk and Queer as Folk 2 were written by Russell T Davies. The first series was ...
Style:
controversial, sexy, sexual, sensual, erotic ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night
Plot:
gay, lgbt, coming out, homosexual, gay relationship, first gay sexual experience, gays and lesbians, lgbt teen, lgbtq, gay teenager, gay interest, gender ...
Time:
90s, 2000s
Place:
manchester, northern england, england, europe
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