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Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
The true story of the sacred heart, told by Father Arturo Cornejo.
Style:
religious drama, reflective, inspirational, meditative, emotional ...
Plot:
spiritual awakening, catholicism, loyalty, priest, testimony, voice over narration, redemption, miraculous event, confession, moral dilemma, small town life, sacrifice ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A convoy of stories that feature caricature views on religion. We get to see Pope Francis, a neighborhood priest who thinks he’s Jesus Christ, a cable TV Evangelist hustler, a Hegelian woman looking for truth in spirituality, and other weirdoes ...
Style:
absurd, surreal, dark comedy, controversial, experimental ...
Plot:
delusion, catholicism, satire, madness, social commentary, freakshow, political satire, character study, magic realism, sexual manipulation, religion
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Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Tension between a jealous husband, his wife who's attracted to his friend and the friend is rising as their small, deeply catholic, Mexican village is deciding who will be Christ during the possibly dangerous reenactment of the Crucifixion.
Style:
religious drama, intense, suspenseful, independent film, christian film
Plot:
catholicism, small town, love triangle, tradition, jealousy, sin, sexual repression, jealous husband, guilt, obsession, ritual, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
year 1988
Place:
mexico
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Genre: Adventure, Biography, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Mexico
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Based on the life of Saint Martin de Porres
Style:
religious drama, spiritual, historical drama, inspirational, uplifting ...
Plot:
saint, religion, poverty, biopic, charity, humility, catholicism, faith, compassion, loyalty, faith based, servant ...
Time:
17th century
Place:
latin america
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Bless Me Father is a British sitcom starring Arthur Lowe, Daniel Abineri, Gabrielle Daye, Patrick McAlinney, David Ryall, Derek Francis and Sheila Keith. It was aired on ITV from 1978 until 1981 and described the adventures of an Irish Catholic ...
Style:
sitcom, period piece, light hearted, heartfelt, witty ...
Plot:
catholicism, unhappiness, social commentary, religions or cults, social relations, church, suburbs, suburban life, society, clergy, housekeeper, priest ...
Time:
1950s, 20th century, 50s, year 1950
Place:
london, england
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Portugal, Italy
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
1917, a beautiful apparition of Our Lady forever alters the lives of three children: Lucinda, Jacita and Francisco who lived in Villa Fatima in Portugal.
Style:
religious drama, historical drama, emotional, inspirational, tension ...
Plot:
miraculous event, faith, catholicism, apparition, spiritual awakening, hopes, devotional, pilgrimage, loyalty, innocence, supernatural, childhood ...
Time:
year 1917, 1910s
Place:
portugal
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Croatia, Canada, USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
In 1981 in Medjugorje (BA), a group of kids claim that Virgin Mary appeared to them on a hill. The local priest believes them and spreads the word. Religious tourism blossoms. The communist government is concerned and arrests the priest.
Style:
religious drama, inspirational, historical drama, emotional, bleak ...
Plot:
miraculous event, faith, priest, pilgrimage, spirituality, catholicism, controversy, religious persecution, loyalty, hopes, arrest, political conflict ...
Place:
bosnia herzegovina, former yugoslavia
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Genre: Drama, Western
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
In Mexico, a mad general is leading his own war against the Church. Priests are rounded up, churches burned down and religion outlawed. The suffering of one pious catholic priest could bring the tide of change however.
Style:
historical drama, spaghetti western, bleak, intense, serious ...
Plot:
religious persecution, catholicism, political conflict, martyrdom, military dictatorship, social injustice, martial law, rebellion, religion, priest, henchman, outlaw ...
Time:
year 1917
Place:
mexico
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
1818 in the Münsterland: Innumerable pilgrims seeking comfort and consolation visit the bedside of Anna Katharina von Emmerich, a nun whose body bears marks of the holy wounds of Christ on her chest, forehead and hands. Clemens von Brentano, an ...
Style:
historical drama, period piece, bleak, meditative, atmospheric
Plot:
spirituality, faith, catholicism, religious, mysticism, loyalty, nun, visionary, redemption, morality, artist, transformation ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
germany
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance, Thriller, War
Country: Spain, Argentina, Italy
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A look at the life of Jorge Mario Bergoglio, form his early childhood days in Argentina to his becoming Pope Francis.
Style:
semi autobiographical, captivating, psychological, inspirational, reflective
Audience:
adult
Plot:
pope, biopic, faith, catholic, religious, christian, christianity, vatican, religious leader, catholicism, catholic church, church ...
Time:
70s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
argentina, buenos aires argentina, latin america
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: France, Spain, UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
In the 16th century, the daughter of a Spanish nobleman joins a convent and becomes a spiritual leader.
Style:
historical drama, serious, dramatic, period piece, meditative ...
Plot:
saint, convent, biopic, religious, catholic, catholic saint, nun, mysticism, spiritual journey, a vision, catholicism, loyalty ...
Time:
16th century, ancient times, 17th century
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Story:
The shocking true tales of a Catholic school girl in Las Vegas.
Style:
humorous, captivating, light, entertaining, exciting ...
Plot:
catholic school, school, teenage girl, elvis presley, catholicism, schoolgirl, teenager, girls' school, teenage protagonist, girl, private school, priest ...
Place:
las vegas, nevada
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
The story of Padre Pio (1887-1968) from the onset of the stigmata during World War I, when he prayed that soldiers' suffering be his, until his death. The story is told by Emilia, Pio's friend, to a Vatican official reviewing Padre ...
Style:
thrilling, semi autobiographical, captivating, psychological, inspirational ...
Plot:
saint, faith, world war one, church, monastery, catholic church, religious, spiritual journey, catholicism, biopic, suffering, belief in god ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
italy, southern italy
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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: Italy
Duration: 192 min.
Story:
The life of Saint Francis, a saint who was born rich, in the medieval Tuscany, and abandoned all his goods to live closer to the population and is nowadays remembered as the saint protector of Italy.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, contemplative, educational ...
Plot:
saint, medieval, faith, franciscan, loyalty, spiritual journey, religious, biopic, catholicism, lifestyle, rich, religious faith ...
Time:
13th century
Place:
tuscany, italy
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Colombia
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
In a small Catholic village, the community stands against the local priest when the latter refuses to offer a funeral mass for a suicide victim. In reprisal, the priest denies the sacraments to the entire town, until the family of the deceased ...
Style:
humorous, entertaining, independent film
Plot:
religious conflict, suicide, society, catholicism, life is a bitch, fighting the system, priest, pastor, social problems, social issues, class conflict, social relations ...
Place:
colombia
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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, demonic, suspense, bleak, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
found footage, demon, priest, nun, monastery, food, cursed, obsession, occult, supernatural, religious, blood ...
Time:
60s
Place:
ireland
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Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: Thailand
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Sun is a 19-year-old boy who is forced to ordain without his consent. His father believes being in monkhood will fix his reckless behaviours. However, Sun's lack of faith doesn't help. As a novice monk, he continues to live his life the ...
Style:
disturbing, scary, psychological, bleak, captivating ...
Plot:
guilt, supernatural ability, twists and turns, problem, life & death, power relations, curses spells and rituals, religions or cults, secrets, haunting, seminary, supernatural ...
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Genre: Horror
Country: Thailand
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
When a deadly plague turns the sick into zombies, a group of villagers in a royal kingdom flee for their lives from a horde of undead.
Style:
suspense, gothic, dark, thrilling, suspenseful ...
Plot:
escapades, supernatural ability, obsessive quest, problem, dangerous attraction, dealing with death, twists and turns, heroes, heroic mission, love and romance, witch, revenge ...
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
It's the 13th month of the 13th year of the new millennium.
Style:
scary, serious, suspenseful, suspense
Plot:
apocalypse, insanity, satanic ritual, chaos, plague, danger, death, gory, chaos and mayhem, supernatural, knight, brutality ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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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:
suspenseful, bleak, suspense, scary, disturbing ...
Plot:
supernatural horror, ghost child, vengeance, parents and children, evil, paranormal phenomena, evil force, supernatural ability, macabre, redemption, strong violent content, paranoia ...
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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, intense, atmospheric, serious, stylized
Plot:
king, sword fight, state affairs, betrayal, medieval, friendship, folk hero, palace intrigue, treason, spanish history, master servant relationship, catholicism ...
Time:
17th century
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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, psychological, thought provoking, sexy ...
Plot:
atheism, atheist, religion, psychology, dialogue, suicide attempt, faith, bible, suffering, debate, suicide, multiple storylines ...
Time:
year 2011, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
TV show
Story:
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Style:
historical drama, family saga, captivating, disturbing, psychological ...
Plot:
brothers, brother brother relationship, socialism, protestant, wealthy family, family relations, life is a bitch, relationships, love interest, catholicism, bourgeoisie, family conflict ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 67 min.
Story:
Nunsploitation from Japan. Part of the Shûdôjo series.
Style:
controversial, dark, intense, erotic drama, sensual ...
Plot:
sexploitation, convent, nun, female protagonist, hypocrisy, religion, sin, sexual repression, moral ambiguity, repression, temptation, female sexuality ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A tough nun (Anna Massey) demands belief and obedience from convent schoolgirls (Katrin Cartlidge, Oona Kirsch) in World War II England.
Style:
melancholic, dark, period drama
Plot:
nun, world war two, convent, power, obedience, repression, boarding school, religion, catholicism, faith, coming of age, abuse of power ...
Time:
1940s, year 1985
Place:
england
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Genre: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
This is a milestone film that creates bridges of understanding between cultures, with its insightful and intimate portrayal of Hispanic-American life. It is a story about Ramona Garcia, a Hispanic-American mother of four grown children who works ...
Style:
emotional, realistic, serious, touching, heartfelt ...
Plot:
family relations, eccentric family, couples, teenage life, youth, couple relations, rebelliousness, hopes, family drama, religion, faith, catholicism ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new mexico, albuquerque new mexico, mexico
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Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Ireland, Belgium, Denmark, Netherlands
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A teenage stranger is welcomed into a household in a devout Catholic village and gradually reveals his motives and what seem to be magical powers.
Style:
psychological, contemplative, unusual plot structure, captivating, mystical ...
Plot:
religion, mysterious stranger, catholic, village, faith, teenager, christianity, folklore, youth, mysticism, magical power, religious community ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, ireland
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Two men bond as one recovers from an attack and the other deals with the impending death of his grandmother.
Style:
religious drama, emotional, existential, intense, psychological ...
Plot:
friendship, loneliness, crisis of faith, christianity, spirituality, mourning, grief, compassion, character study, doubt, moral dilemma, soul searching ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
quebec
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Germany
TV show
Story:
Con artist Maik Schäfer switches his fake conductor's suit for a real soutane while trying to escape custody and ends up in the catholic parish of Läuterberg. Standing in for Vicar Sanman, Maik participates in the parish members' fates ...
Style:
satirical, feel good, funny, captivating, entertaining ...
Audience:
family friendly, adult
Plot:
con artists, fraud, religion, satire, lie, priest, church, impostor, silly humor, money problems, debt, bandit ...
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