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Genre: Animation, Drama, History, War
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
The story unfolds through a present-day encounter of an older man, Gunther, and a rebellious teenager, DJ, as the story of Father Max teaches the young boy about love and sacrifice.
Style:
adult animation, psychological, captivating, realistic, bleak ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
faith, priest, world war two, religion, teenager, self sacrifice, concentration camp, sacrifice, persecution, religious, holocaust, nazi germany ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
poland
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Genre: Drama
Country: Venezuela
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
The Orinoko: main character in the film. The first part is set during the pre-conquest and is represented as an earthly paradise. A shaman has precognitive visions: go to Columbus and the Catholic missionary in 1498.
Style:
anthropological, historical drama, poetic, art house, period piece ...
Plot:
shaman, spanish conquest, jungle, colonization, prophecy, contact, identity, loss of innocence, christopher columbus, a vision, catholicism, inheritance ...
Place:
venezuela, latin america
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Magnificat is a 1993 Italian drama film directed by Pupi Avati. It was entered into the 1993 Cannes Film Festival.
Style:
dark, grim, brutal, bleak, atmospheric ...
Plot:
abbey, torture, religious, mature, catholicism, convent, moral ambiguity, medieval, clergy, monastery, sin, haunting ...
Time:
middle ages, 10th century
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 227 min.
Story:
The lives of the average Quebecois Plouffe family during the final years of the depression and through World War II.
Style:
historical drama, period piece
Plot:
world war two, religion, working class, family drama, economic crisis, social realism, catholicism, poverty, depression era, sacrifice, illness, small town life ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s
Place:
quebec, canada
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Genre: Drama
Country: Portugal
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
The gritty lives of Portuguese villagers are shown in this action drama which shows the interaction between a married couple who have taken an unusual vow of celibacy and a gang of gypsies who are terrorizing their village. The film highlights many ...
Style:
intense, tension, period piece
Plot:
village life, forbidden love, small town, violence, jealousy, abduction, catholicism, tragic romance, guilt, poverty, mistrust, sexual assault ...
Time:
year 1970
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Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
December, 1981. Marianna, a zealous Catholic, decides to use the family celebration - the baptism of the youngest grandson, to reconcile her children who have been quarreling for years. General Jaruzelski, who declares martial law that day, will ...
Style:
historical drama, tension, tragicomedy
Plot:
martial law, family drama, baptism, religion, secrets, catholicism, moral dilemma, family reunited, mother daughter relationship, social realism, matriarchy, community ...
Time:
80s
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Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Maria Auxiliadora is a 24 year-old woman very poor, that she lives Joana, her 7 year-old daughter close to. Needing go look for the result of Joana's exam in the hospital, Maria asks the priest of the local church that takes care of her to ...
Style:
religious drama, sincere, disturbing, captivating, psychological ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
jesus, faith, female protagonist, priest, motherhood, christianity, religious faith, church, mother child relationship, bible, mother and daughter, sick child ...
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story:
A young priest enlists the help of a demon hunter and a paranormal expert to search for a kidnapped girl in the underworld of Mexico City.
Style:
atmospheric, demonic, exciting, dark fantasy, suspenseful ...
Plot:
demon, exorcist, demon hunter, danger, monster, hunter, paranormal, supernatural, occult, exorcism, rescue mission, kidnapping ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
mexico, mexico city
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687
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Spain
Duration: 117 min.
Style:
satirical, semi serious, captivating, dark comedy, road movie
Plot:
marijuana, satire, criminal, miraculous event, catholicism, superstition, small town, charlatan, media manipulation, moral ambiguity, social commentary, publicity stunt ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
spain
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Based on a true story. Arigo, an uneducated man, happily married, father of six, is chosen by a mysterious force to rise up as a spiritually and supernaturally gifted surgeon. Miraculously healing thousands of desperate people, he now faces the ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating, inspirational, historical drama ...
Plot:
spiritualism, supernatural power, spirituality, supernatural, hopes, faith healing, life is a bitch, healing, social problems, religious faith, faith, religious ...
Time:
1950s
Place:
brazil
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Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
This is a tale of how the angel of life was confronted by the angel of death. Set in Auschwitz Birkenau, 1944.
Style:
bleak, captivating, suspense, disturbing, psychological ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
world war two, concentration camp, midwife, auschwitz, war criminal, atrocity, holocaust, life is a bitch, abortionist, jew persecution, wartime, female protagonist ...
Time:
1940s
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Brazil
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
In São Paulo, in the late 1960s, the convent of the Dominican friars became a trench of resistance to the military dictatorship that governs Brazil. Moved by Christian ideals, frets Betto, Oswaldo, Fernando, Ivo and Tito came to support the ...
Style:
historical drama, intense, bleak, period piece, political drama ...
Plot:
dictatorship, liberation theology, interrogation, police brutality, political repression, dictator, prison, betrayal, religion, arrest, suicide, resistance ...
Time:
60s, 70s
Place:
brazil
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
The true story of Edith Stein, a German Jewish philosopher and feminist who converted to Christianity and became a nun, and died in Auschwitz to became Saint and Martyr, the Patron of Europe with the name Saint Theresa Benedicta of the Cross.
Style:
disturbing, captivating, psychological, religious drama, bleak ...
Plot:
holocaust, women's rights, world war two, biopic, auschwitz, european history, nazi germany, tragedy, persecution, nazism, oppression, martyrdom ...
Time:
1930s
Place:
germany
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain, Colombia, USA, Italy
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A computer hacker penetrates Vatican security and sends an urgent anonymous plea to the pope. Handsome Father Quart, of the church's Institute of External Affairs, an arm of the Vatican intelligence, is dispatched to investigate. The message of ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, tense, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
investigation, church, hacker, private investigation, vatican, conspiracy, computer hacker, temple, pope, catholic church, puzzle, catholicism ...
Time:
17th century
Place:
spain
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
Disgusted with the policies of King Charles I, Oliver Cromwell plans to take his family to the New World. But on the eve of their departure, Cromwell is drawn into the tangled web of religion and politics that will result in the English Civil War.
Style:
epic, realistic, period piece, factual, talky ...
Plot:
revolution, british history, battles, political unrest, royal family, society, medieval, tyranny, royalty, military, monarch, against the odds ...
Time:
17th century, victorian era, middle ages, medieval times, 18th century ...
Place:
england, ireland, britain, europe, london ...
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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, sentimental, humorous, realistic, heartbreaking ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, gay interest, gender, gay, glbt, homosexual, childhood, father son relationship, closeted homosexual, drug addict, gay teenager, gay bar ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 2000s, year 2005, y2k ...
Place:
canada, quebec, jerusalem, israel, holy land ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
In 1964, a Catholic school nun questions a priest's ambiguous relationship with a troubled young student, suspecting him of abuse. He denies the charges, and much of the film's quick-fire dialogue tackles themes of religion, morality, and ...
Style:
clever, period piece, sincere, psychological, philosophical ...
Plot:
priest, nun, teacher, religion, catholic church, suspicion, pedophile, clergy, christian, boy, altar boy, catholic ...
Time:
year 1964, year 2008, victorian era, 90s, 20th century ...
Place:
new york, bronx new york city, usa
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Eric O'Neill, a computer specialist who wants to be made an agent is assigned to clerk for Robert Hanssen, a senior agent with 25 years in the FBI, and to write down everything Hanssen does. O'Neill's told it's an investigation ...
Style:
political thriller, tense, realistic, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
espionage, surveillance, investigation, spy, double agent, cia, betrayal, working undercover, fbi, manipulation, suspicion, mission ...
Time:
2000s, year 2007, year 2001, 21st century
Place:
usa, moscow russia, soviet union, ussr, washington d.c.
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 105 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:
sexual, philosophical, black and white, cerebral, saga ...
Plot:
philosophy, catholic, love, christmas, marriage, engineer, morality, dialogue, existentialism, crazy love, woman seduces a man, obsession ...
Time:
year 1969, 60s, 20th century, 18th century
Place:
france, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
J.R. is a typical Italian-American on the streets of New York. When he gets involved with a local girl, he decides to get married and settle down, but when he learns that she was once raped, he cannot handle it. More explicitly linked with Catholic ...
Style:
black and white, independent film, talky, offbeat, spiritual ...
Plot:
male nudity, rape, friendship, morality, redemption, catholicism, violence, temptation, sex, sex worker, sex crime, badass ...
Time:
year 1967, 20th century, 60s
Place:
new york, europe, italy, usa, new jersey ...
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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, lighthearted, not serious, realistic ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
nun, coming of age, catholic, feminist, boarding school, school, friendship, clergy, high school, feminism, christian, christmas ...
Time:
year 1966, 60s, 20th century, 70s
Place:
philadelphia, california
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
With a God-inspired moral obligation to act against evil, twin brothers Conner and Murphy set out to rid Boston of criminals. However, rather than working within the system, these Irish Americans decide to take swift retribution into their own hands.
Style:
neo noir, suspense, entertaining, sexy, cult classic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vigilantism, revenge, violent, mafia, vengeance, twins, shootout, shooting, police, vigilante, twists and turns, fbi ...
Time:
year 1999, 20th century, 90s
Place:
boston, massachusetts, usa
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Ireland, UK, USA
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:
sad, touching, depressing, compassionate, serious ...
Audience:
toddlers, teen drama
Plot:
poverty, ira, injustice, parents and children, youth, family relations, depression, life is a bitch, death, children, rich and poor, human nature ...
Time:
1940s, year 1999, 90s, 1930s, 20th century ...
Place:
ireland, new york, brooklyn new york city, europe, usa ...
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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:
creepy, slasher, frightening, bloody, disturbing ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
masked killer, serial killer, psychopath, murder, female villain, killing spree, holy communion, evil child, blood, child, female serial killer, child molester ...
Time:
year 1961, year 2016, 60s, 20th century
Place:
new jersey, usa
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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, satanic, biblical, psychological, controversial ...
Plot:
religion, supernatural, conspiracy, priest, possession, miraculous event, vatican, investigation, catholic, church, mission from god, destiny ...
Time:
90s, year 1999, 20th century
Place:
brazil, usa, pittsburgh, new york, rome italy
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, History
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
When a Spanish Jesuit goes into the South American wilderness to build a mission in the hope of converting the Indians of the region, a slave hunter is converted and joins his mission. When Spain sells the colony to Portugal, they are forced to ...
Style:
epic, christian film, thought provoking, breathtaking, visually stunning ...
Plot:
jungle, slavery, clergy, redemption, colonialism, missionary, massacre, river, native american, jesuit, genocide, religion ...
Time:
18th century, ancient times, year 1986
Place:
south america, portugal, argentina, brazil, latin america ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
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, historical drama, visually stunning ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
queen, british history, queen elizabeth i, tudors, royalty, historical character, politics, head of state, british royal family, royal court, monarchy, throne ...
Time:
16th century, middle ages, ancient times, medieval times, victorian era ...
Place:
england, london, britain, scotland, europe ...
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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:
sexual, realistic, serious, psychological, gloomy ...
Plot:
writers, art, artist, women, catholic, religion, writer's life, biopic, forbidden love, lesbian, hospital, poetry ...
Time:
17th century, ancient times, 1920s
Place:
latin america, spain, mexico, israel, tokyo ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Spain
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A 17-year-old idealist has to choose her course at university, and declares that she feels ever closer to God. Contemplating a membership within an enclosed religious order raises questions regarding the liberal principles of her father and her ...
Style:
reflective, emotional, melancholic
Plot:
family drama, female protagonist, spiritual journey, young woman, introspection, coming of age, personal growth, choice, self discovery, moral dilemma, idealism, family conflict ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Desejo Proibido is a Brazilian telenovela broadcast by Globo Network, at 6 pm, every day, except Sunday. In the cast: Fernanda Vasconcellos, Murilo Rosa and Daniel de Oliveira.
Style:
soap opera, novela, psychological, romantic, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
love triangle, love story, couple relations, romantic triangle, fall in love, love and romance, forbidden love, male female relationship, romantic relationship, relationships, love affair, star crossed lovers ...
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