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 5.1
 18K
The Order (2003)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: For centuries, a secret Order of priests has existed within the Church. A renegade priest, Father Alex Bernier, is sent to Rome to investigate the mysterious death of one of the Order's most revered members. Following a series of strangely ...
Style: psychological, scary, gothic, suspense, atmospheric ...
Audience: kids
Plot: vatican, murder, religions or cults, supernatural, religion, uncover truth, supernatural ability, curses spells and rituals, mysticism, sin, conspiracy theory, church ...
Time: year 2003, 20th century, 21st century
Place: rome italy, jerusalem, europe, new york, paris france ...
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 6.7
 25K
Benedetta (2021)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium, Netherlands
Duration: 131 min.
Story: The story of Sister Benedetta Carlini, a 15th century nun who was hailed as a visionary but later accused of fabricated miracles, homosexuality and other charges, and imprisoned for 35 years.
Style: sexy, sentimental, lgbt cinema, psychological, erotic ...
Plot: lesbian, nun, lgbt, convent, lesbianism, lesbian romance, nunsploitation, catholicism, lesbian relationship, fall in love, crucifix, lesbian sex ...
Time: 17th century, 2020s
Place: italy, europe, florence
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 6.3
 545
Thérèse (2004)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Family, History
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: The mesmerizing story of a young girl's romance with God. Her faith, trials, and sacrifices reveal a way of life based on love and simplicity. A contemplative film based on the true story of Saint Therese of Lisieux, the most popular saint of ...
Style: uplifting, emotional, realistic, contemplative, spiritual ...
Plot: saint, human spirit, nun, biopic, convent, clergy, self discovery, religions or cults, miraculous event, society, hopes, ambition ...
Time: victorian era, 19th century, ancient times
Place: europe, france
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The Priest's Children (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Don Fabijan is a young priest who comes to serve on an unnamed small island in the Adriatic. In order to help increase birth rate on the island, he decides to pierce condoms before they are sold. He therefore teams up with the newsagent Petar and ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, tragicomedy, suspense ...
Plot: satire, priest, pregnancy, mediterranean, clergy, religions or cults, unwanted pregnancy, village life, society, dishonesty, disorder, social relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: eastern europe, balkan, croatia
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The Vatican Tapes (2015)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: In a highly secured vault deep within the walls of Vatican City, the Catholic Church holds thousands of old films and video footage documenting exorcisms/supposed exorcisms and other unexplained religious phenomena they feel the world is not ready ...
Style: scary, suspenseful, demonic, serious, suspense ...
Plot: exorcism, demonic possession, vatican, supernatural horror, antichrist, curses spells and rituals, supernatural, found footage, possession, priest, religions or cults, danger ...
Time: 21st century
Place: italy, rome italy
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 7.2
 15K
Amen. (2002)
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: political, thought provoking, disturbing, sincere, bleak ...
Plot: holocaust, genocide, world war two, concentration camp, pope, politics, christian, conscience, ss, nazi, war, priest ...
Time: 1940s, year 2002, 1930s, 20th century
Place: germany, poland, italy, czechoslovakia, austria ...
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Sometimes the Good Kill (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: After a mysterious death at the Abbey, Sister Talia finds herself caught in the center of the internal investigation. With strict orders from the newly elected Mother Superior, she must uncover the truth behind the death and ensure the Abbey remains ...
Style: captivating, unusual plot structure, contemplative, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot: nun, serial killer, murder investigation, investigation, catholicism, female protagonist, church, catholic, convent, murder mystery, gossip, mysterious past ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
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 4.3
 403
Purgatory Road (2017)
Genre: Crime, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Helpless to stop a thief from stealing his father’s modest nest egg, Travis grows up blaming himself for his parents’ suicide. Becoming a priest who operates a highway confessional with his ambivalent brother, Michael, he offers sage advice to ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, bleak, psychotronic, scary ...
Plot: serial killer, revenge, religion, murderer, murder, brother brother relationship, psychopath, psycho killer, salvation, sin, priest, redemption ...
Time: 21st century
Place: southern usa
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 7.1
 22
Currency (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Part drama, part mystery with a dash of film noir, Currency weaves together a web of simple stories about the complex questions we all ask. We all ask why. We all die.
Style: neo noir, spiritual, rough, bleak, suspense ...
Plot: loss of loved one, science, biology, death of loved one, loss of friend, catholicism, betrayal, money, murder, suicide, death, society ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Beyond the Dreamcatcher (0000)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: When an online shock jock's latest episode takes him on a journey into the notorious deep web, his own darkness threatens to drag him into the depths of the binary abyss.
Style: psychotronic, avant garde, neo noir, psychedelic, tech noir ...
Plot: drug, hallucination, catholicism, family relations, dark humor, catholic, depression, transformation, black market, religion, insanity, darkness ...
Place: usa
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 3.9
 973
Seven Devils (2015)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A series of vignettes that explore the seven deadly sins.
Style: psychotronic, suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot: ghost, supernatural power, supernatural, catholicism, priest, undercover cop, mysticism, chase, murder, revenge, death, violence ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe
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John Safran vs. God (2004)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Australia
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: John Safran vs God is an eight-part television documentary series by John Safran which was broadcast on SBS TV of Australia in 2004. It has been described in a media release as "John Safran's most audacious project yet". It had a much ...
Style: semi serious, cynical, humorous, controversial, talky ...
Plot: satire, society, religions or cults, world spanning, religion, mythology, islam, judaism, confession, monastery, buddhism, curse ...
Time: 21st century
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Untold Scandal (2003)
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Based on the novel 'Les Liaisons Dangereuses,' this film is set in aristocratic 18th-century Korea at the end of the Chosun Dynasty. The irresistible temptress Lady Cho asks her cad of a younger cousin, Jo-won, to deflower the innocent ...
Style: sexual, sexy, psychological, captivating, serious ...
Plot: loss of virginity, cousin cousin relationship, seduction, defloration, murder, virginity, betrayal, love and romance, female nudity, orgasm, couple relations, rivalry ...
Time: 18th century
Place: korea, asia
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The Devil's Doorway (2018)
Genre: Horror
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 76 min.
Story: In the fall of 1960, Father Thomas Riley and Father John Thornton were sent by the Vatican to investigate a miraculous event in an Irish home for 'fallen women', only to uncover something much more horrific.
Style: scary, bleak, suspenseful, suspense, demonic ...
Audience: adult
Plot: found footage, demon, nun, priest, monastery, obsession, occult, religious, supernatural, blood, religion, possession ...
Time: 60s
Place: ireland
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 5.9
 381
Stay With Us (2022)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Gad Elmaleh decides to leave New York and move back to Paris, to get baptized and become a Catholic. Despite his attempt to hide the truth from his Jewish family, Gad's parents discover their son's unconditional love for the Virgin Mary ...
Style: feel good, humorous, captivating, funny, light ...
Plot: family relations, catholicism, religion, jewish family, religious, belief in god, faith, jewish culture, catholic church, religious conversion, religious faith, catholic ...
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 4.9
 187
Bed Number 6 (2019)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Doctor Bianca Valentino is hired to cover the night shift in the ward of a pediatric hospital. She finds herself immersed in an environment that, behind its reassuring image, hides a terrifying secret linked to its past as a children's asylum. ...
Style: scary, suspense, suspenseful, bleak, tense ...
Plot: supernatural horror, supernatural ability, macabre, evil, evil force, paranormal phenomena, parents and children, vengeance, child murder, redemption, paranoia, catholicism ...
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 5.0
 589
Red Eagle (2011)
Genre: Action, Adventure, History
Country: Spain
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Early XVII century. A summit between France, England, Portugal and the Pope is to take place in Spain, home of the masked hero known as Red Eagle. The countries are coming together under the guise of looking for a solution to the conflict between ...
Style: captivating, serious, atmospheric, intense, stylized
Plot: king, sword fight, betrayal, state affairs, medieval, friendship, folk hero, treason, spanish history, brutality, palace intrigue, master servant relationship ...
Time: 17th century
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The Sunset Limited (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Based on the play of the same name by Pulitzer Prize Winner Cormac McCarthy, this searing two-character drama mixes humor and pathos while examining the relationship between strangers who are brought together by desperate circumstances. Set in a New ...
Style: philosophical, talky, minimal cast, thought provoking, psychological ...
Plot: atheism, atheist, psychology, religion, suicide attempt, dialogue, faith, bible, suffering, suicide, multiple storylines, alone in the world ...
Time: year 2011, 21st century
Place: usa, new york
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 6.6
 16K
Luther (2003)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Germany, USA, Czech Republic, Italy
Duration: 123 min.
Story: During the early 16th Century idealistic German monk Martin Luther, disgusted by the materialism in the church, begins the dialogue that will lead to the Protestant Reformation.
Style: uplifting, political, biblical, christian film, sincere ...
Audience: teens
Plot: christianity, renaissance, christian, religion, clergy, medieval, rebellion, inquisition, politics, reformation, idealism, human spirit ...
Time: 16th century, middle ages, ancient times, year 2003, medieval times
Place: germany, rome italy, austria, europe
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 7.8
 34K
C.R.A.Z.Y. (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada, Morocco, France
Duration: 129 min.
Story: A story of two love affairs. A father's love for his five sons. And one son's love for his father, a love so strong it compels him to live a lie. That son is Zac Beaulieu, born on the 25th of December 1960, different from all his brothers, ...
Style: touching, humorous, realistic, sentimental, heartbreaking ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, gay, homosexual, childhood, father son relationship, drug addict, gender, lgbtq, gay teenager, glbt, gay interest, teenage boy ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, 2000s, year 2005, y2k ...
Place: canada, quebec, holy land, israel, jerusalem ...
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 6.9
 6K
Requiem (2006)
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: Germany
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Michaela, an epileptic, enrolls in college to study education. She goes off her medication and soon begins hearing voices and seeing apparitions that tell her to avoid religious objects, although she is devoutly Roman Catholic. One priest scoffs at ...
Style: disturbing, psychological, demonic, suspenseful, sincere ...
Plot: mental illness, epilepsy, friendship, religion, small town, depression, insanity, possession, family relations, character study, demonic possession, domineering mother ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: germany, europe
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My Night at Maud's (1969)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 110 min.
Story: The rigid principles of a devout Catholic man are challenged during a one-night stay with Maud, a divorced woman with an outsize personality.
Style: philosophical, cerebral, witty, sexual, talky ...
Plot: philosophy, love, catholic, christmas, marriage, engineer, existentialism, dialogue, morality, obsession, spirit, catholicism ...
Time: year 1969, 60s, 20th century
Place: france, europe
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The Trouble with Angels (1966)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Coming of age story for two girls, Mary Clancy and Rachel Devery, who find themselves as students at the St. Francis Academy, a catholic boarding school for girls. The story spans three years and follows the girls and their many pranks including ...
Style: touching, retro, not serious, realistic, humorous ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teen drama
Plot: nun, coming of age, catholic, feminist, school, friendship, boarding school, clergy, high school, feminism, christian, teenager ...
Time: year 1966, 60s, 20th century
Place: philadelphia
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 7.3
 23K
Angela's Ashes (1999)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, UK, Ireland
Duration: 145 min.
Story: Based on the best selling autobiography by Irish expat Frank McCourt, Angela's Ashes follows the experiences of young Frankie and his family as they try against all odds to escape the poverty endemic in the slums of pre-war Limerick. The film ...
Style: touching, depressing, sad, compassionate, serious ...
Audience: toddlers, teen drama
Plot: poverty, life is a bitch, ira, injustice, family relations, youth, parents and children, depression, children, society, human nature, childhood ...
Time: 1940s, 1930s, 90s, year 1999, 20th century ...
Place: ireland, new york, brooklyn new york city, usa, europe ...
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 7.3
 228K
Dogma (1999)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story: The latest battle in the eternal war between Good and Evil has come to New Jersey in the late, late 20th Century. Angels, demons, apostles and prophets (of a sort) walk among the cynics and innocents of America and duke it out for the fate of ...
Style: humorous, satirical, clever, witty, funny ...
Audience: date night
Plot: religion, angel, satire, god, dark humor, god or devil, religions or cults, heaven and hell, atheism, good versus evil, jay and silent bob, save the world ...
Time: 90s, year 1999, 20th century
Place: pittsburgh, illinois, new jersey, usa, wisconsin
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Alice Sweet Alice (1976)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Alice is a withdrawn 12-year-old who lives with her mother and her younger sister, Karen, who gets most of the attention from her mother, leaving Alice out of the spotlight. But when Karen is found brutally murdered in a church, suspicions start to ...
Style: slasher, disturbing, grindhouse, creepy, scary ...
Audience: kids, teens
Plot: masked killer, serial killer, murder, female villain, evil child, holy communion, blood, psychopath, child molester, child, female serial killer, mystery killer ...
Time: year 2016, 60s, year 1961, 20th century
Place: new jersey, usa
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 6.2
 72K
Stigmata (1999)
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A young woman with no strong religious beliefs, Frankie Paige begins having strange and violent experiences, showing signs of the wounds that Jesus received when crucified. When the Vatican gets word of Frankie's situation, a high-ranking ...
Style: suspenseful, scary, satanic, biblical, psychological ...
Plot: religion, miraculous event, priest, supernatural, demon, vatican, investigation, conspiracy, mission from god, destiny, danger, occult ...
Time: 90s, year 1999, 20th century
Place: usa, pittsburgh, new york, brazil, rome italy
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 7.4
 105K
Elizabeth (1998)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 124 min.
Story: The story of the ascension to the throne and the early reign of Queen Elizabeth the First, the endless attempts by her council to marry her off, the Catholic hatred of her and her romance with Lord Robert Dudley.
Style: factual, costume drama, period piece, realistic, historical drama ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick
Plot: queen, british history, royalty, tudors, queen elizabeth i, historical character, politics, british royal family, head of state, royal court, royal family, political intrigue ...
Time: 16th century, middle ages, victorian era, year 1998, ancient times ...
Place: england, london, britain, scotland, europe ...
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I, the Worst of All (1990)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Argentina
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A viceroy and an archbishop take their posts in Mexico. A local nun, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (1651-1695), intrigues them. The viceroy and his wife find her brilliant and fascinating. The prelate finds her a symbol of European laxity. He engineers ...
Style: biblical, psychological, realistic, serious, gloomy ...
Plot: writers, art, artist, women, religion, catholic, writer's life, biopic, catholicism, poetry, lesbian, hospital ...
Time: 17th century, ancient times
Place: latin america, spain, mexico
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 7.1
 11K
Priest (1994)
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: independent film, touching, powerful, spiritual, lgbt cinema ...
Plot: gay, homosexuality, catholic priest, sex with a priest, forbidden love, sexual repression, closeted homosexual, homosexual, sexual abuse, religion, glbt, lgbt ...
Time: year 1994, 90s
Place: england, united kingdom, europe, iraq, liverpool
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