Catholicism movies and TV shows – page 5
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Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A little known episode from the life of Stalinist security police office Julia Brystiger. Her nickname Bloody Luna was a reference to her incredibly brutal methods of interrogation. In the early 1960s, she appears in a centre for the blind on the ...
Style:
psychological, political, thrilling, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
stalinism, torture, catholic, character study, biopic, faith, physical torture, problem, male female relationship, abuse of power, interrogation, totalitarianism ...
Time:
60s
Place:
poland, eastern europe
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Genre: Animation, Family
Country: Slovakia
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Tomas is being bullied by group of students and can't seem to find a way to stand up to them. Coupled with this, his anger over the loss of his father and brother turns him into a loner, finding solace in creating skillful but disturbing ...
Style:
emotional, uplifting
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
faith, bullying, coming of age, hopes, courage, teenage boy, family relations, family drama, inspiration, youth, spiritual journey, religion ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
slovakia
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A woman's peculiar religious convictions lead her on a self-destructive path.
Style:
religious drama, melancholic, bleak, poignant, independent film ...
Plot:
self destructing, faith, obsession, crisis of faith, female protagonist, clergy, character study, guilt, choir, unrequited love, isolation, catholicism ...
Time:
70s
Place:
montreal, canada
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
The young, pregnant housewife Jennifer- nickname LUMA- meets the self confident, bisexual Christiane. Their friendship develops up to an vehement love affair, which is driving Luma into an turmoil of emotions. Raised up under catholic influence, she ...
Style:
touching, psychological, contemplative, sexy, suspense ...
Plot:
bisexual, female friendship, lesbian, friendship, love, homosexual, chaos, tenderness, husband wife relationship, pregnancy, female protagonist, sexual awakening ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Paolo is dying of cancer. His grandson Max is adamant about saving his beloved “Papa” with cryonics - in hopes that science will allow resurrecting the dead in the near future. Max’s mother, a single, alcoholic, wandering Catholic gets in the ...
Style:
emotional, independent film, melancholic, existential, poignant ...
Plot:
family drama, family conflict, mortality, cancer, dying, death, bittersweet, intimate, mother son relationship, loss, alcoholism, grief ...
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Clare Bleecker is an average Catholic high school student who lives with her grandparents after being orphaned. She seems normal, but Clare will do whatever it takes to protect loved ones when confronted by the evil she faces in her small town.
Style:
dark, psychological, suspense, tension, atmospheric ...
Plot:
supernatural, female protagonist, vigilante, moral ambiguity, mature, possession, revenge, trauma, corruption, small town, teenager, vigilante justice ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Portugal, France
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Portugal, 1917. The country is experiencing a great political and social agitation and it is said that in Fatima the virgin appeared to three little shepherds.
Salomé, a young lady from the province, is one of the many girls who cheers Lisbon ...
Style:
thrilling, psychological, captivating, atmospheric, bleak ...
Plot:
religion, female protagonist, miraculous event, religious faith, belief in god, faith, christian faith, religious, moral ambiguity, female exploitation, prostitution, character study ...
Time:
year 1917
Place:
portugal
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium, Rwanda, Monaco
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Rwanda, 1973. In the prestigious catholic institute 'Notre-Dame du Nil', perched on a hill, young Rwandan girls study to become the elite of the country. In the process of graduating, they share the same dormitory, the same dreams, the ...
Style:
thought provoking, captivating, psychological, tension, tense ...
Plot:
boarding school, female protagonist, coming of age, women, catholic, adolescence vs adulthood, social problems, society, teenage girl, grownups, social issues, political unrest ...
Place:
africa, rwanda
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
Three students, the son of a Catholic priest, the son of a Buddhist monk and the daughter of a Shinto priest are recruited into a haunted high school's "Holy" Student Council and given the task of handling the campus's out of ...
Style:
anime, slapstick, horror comedy, absurd, fast paced ...
Plot:
ghost, high school, supernatural, high school life, paranormal, youkai, exorcism, investigation, buddhism, catholicism, friendship, slice of life ...
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA, UK
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
Lorraine and Ed Warren travel to north London to help a single mother raising four children alone in a house plagued by malicious spirits.
Style:
scary, dark, creepy, demonic, atmospheric ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
supernatural, haunted house, demonic possession, demon, child in peril, ghost, fear, psychic, family in danger, paranormal investigation, haunting, possession ...
Time:
70s, year 2016, 2010s, 2000s, year 2003 ...
Place:
england, peru, london
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
As a gang of youths terrorizes a city, the weary chief of police finds himself caught between the citizens who cry for blood and a catholic priest who believes the boys will respond to kindness.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, noir, psychological, poliziottesco ...
Plot:
rape, violence, social commentary, moral ambiguity, youth gang, moral dilemma, revenge, justice, law and order, chief of police, power, social decay ...
Time:
70s
Place:
italy, rome italy
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Genre: Animation, Biography, Drama
Country: Colombia, Ecuador
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Paola grows up in a Colombian family full of appearances: her father is a priest, her mother a psychic, and her sisters don’t live up to their parents’ expectations. She seeks independence in a world full of stereotypes and learns to live on her ...
Style:
independent film, adult animation, poignant, melancholic, surreal ...
Plot:
coming of age, female protagonist, identity, personal growth, mother daughter relationship, cultural conflict, family drama, gender roles, teenage angst, family secret, religion, bittersweet ...
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
The story of a streetwise party girl who gets mixed up in a violent drug deal and finds a possible way out - by masquerading as a Catholic nun.
Style:
tense, captivating, humorous, entertaining, funny ...
Plot:
topless woman, sex scene, nun, female nudity, escapades, drug, drug lord, criminal, lifestyle, girlfriend, party, woman with a gun ...
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Unable to serve in World War II because of a heart condition, a barber moves his family adjacent to a Wisconsin army base and prisoner-of-war camp to provide his services. But even in rural America -- far from the frontline -- the war finds victims.
Style:
realistic, touching, serious, historical drama, heartfelt ...
Plot:
world war two, family relations, wartime life, life is a bitch, parents and children, family in crisis, against humanity, couple relations, family problems, couples, family drama, empathy ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
usa, wisconsin
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
An adaptation of Shakespeare's tragedy set in modern-day Italy where two young lovers strive to transcend a violent world where Catholic and secular values clash.
Style:
tragic ending, romantic drama, psychological, captivating, thrilling ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
star crossed lovers, shakespeare's romeo and juliet, tragic romance, forbidden love, shakespeare, male female relationship, love story, relationships, problem, relationship problems, couples, tragic love ...
Place:
italy
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Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A group of students take a bus to go to a small town, in order to finish a professional practice. All of them are friends, and they decide to sing some modern songs, while the other passengers are trying to sleep. One of the passengers gets angry ...
Style:
disturbing, controversial, serious, realistic, tense ...
Plot:
murder, small town, catholic, catholicism, religion, mob violence, suffering, capitalism, biopic, culture, political intrigue, brainwashing ...
Time:
year 1976, 70s, year 1968
Place:
iberian peninsula, mexico, latin america
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193K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
When a young nun at a cloistered abbey in Romania takes her own life, a priest with a haunted past and a novitiate on the threshold of her final vows are sent by the Vatican to investigate. Together they uncover the order’s unholy secret. Risking ...
Style:
scary, demonic, religious horror, suspense, spooky ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
supernatural, exorcism, supernatural horror, ghost, nun, demon, paranormal, priest, evil nun, suicide, blood, demonic possession ...
Time:
year 1952, 2010s, 20th century, 1950s, 50s
Place:
romania, rome italy, xian
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A student-teacher relationship goes way beyond the classroom, including pre-historic times.
Style:
sex comedy, offbeat, semi serious, realistic, humorous ...
Plot:
teacher student relationship, rumor, seduction, reputation, debate, jealousy, god, catholicism, christianity, religion, celibacy, clergy ...
Time:
prehistory, 80s
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Spain, France, Uruguay
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A young man navigates the bureaucracy of the Catholic Church when he tries to renounce his faith.
Style:
existential, intellectual, melancholic
Plot:
religion, catholic church, bureaucracy, philosophy, satire, rebellion, character study, intimate, identity crisis, social realism, loneliness, absurdism ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
spain
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804
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
Challenged by a new student, tutor and theorist Galileo co-opts emerging telescope technology and discovers irrefutable proof of the heretical notion that the earth is not the center of the universe. But in a rigid society ruled by an uneasy ...
Style:
independent film, talky, realistic, serious, historical drama ...
Plot:
science, pope, astronomer, scientist, church, catholicism, belief, catholic, religion, catholic church, solar system, colonialism ...
Time:
17th century, 16th century, year 1975
Place:
rome italy, italy, england, europe, florence
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Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
When a frightening wave of violence sweeps through New York City, troubled cop Sarchie fails to find a rational explanation for the bizarre crimes. However, his eyes are opened to a frightening alternate reality when renegade Jesuit priest, Mendoza ...
Style:
scary, suspense, demonic, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
demonic possession, exorcism, supernatural, occult, curses spells and rituals, partner, catholic, supernatural horror, priest, possessed, bible, religions or cults ...
Time:
year 2000, year 2014, year 2010, year 2013, 21st century
Place:
iraq, new york, usa, bronx new york city
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
An English widow goes to Italy, falls in love with a dentist's son and marries him, against her straitlaced family's wishes.
Style:
costume drama, period piece, historical drama, cult classic, independent film ...
Plot:
sister in law, unrequited love, mother in law, class differences, brother in law, catholicism, marriage for money, railway, defiant, family disapproval, marriage, widow ...
Time:
edwardian era, 1900s, victorian era, year 1991, 90s ...
Place:
italy, england, britain, europe, tuscany
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420
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Based on the medieval legend of Pope Joan, who was made Pope for a brief period around 855 A.D. The movie presents her existence as fact, though it is questionable that Pope Joan really did exist, and portrays her relationships with other notables ...
Style:
contemplative, captivating, serious, realistic, atmospheric ...
Plot:
pope, medieval, religion, catholic priest, catholicism, christian, viking, vatican, biopic, ancient, antiquity, feminism ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, ancient times, 9th century, year 1972
Place:
europe, rome italy
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: Germany, UK, Italy, Spain
Duration: 149 min.
Story:
A 9th century woman of English extraction born in the German city of Ingelheim disguises herself as a man and rises through the Vatican ranks.
Style:
costume drama, serious, captivating, epic, historical drama ...
Plot:
vatican, clergy, pope, religion, medieval, monk, impossible love, healing power, gender bending, ambition, strong female character, hidden identity ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, ancient times, 9th century, year 2010
Place:
germany, europe, italy, rome italy
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
England in the 1520s is a heartbeat from disaster. If the King dies without a male heir, the country could be destroyed by civil war. Henry VIII wants to annul his marriage of twenty years and marry Anne Boleyn. The Pope and most of Europe oppose ...
Style:
costume drama, captivating, period piece, serious, stylized ...
Plot:
royal family, tudors, medieval, rise to the top, monarchy, cardinal the priest, british monarchy, queen, manipulation, state affairs, ambition, dishonesty ...
Time:
16th century, medieval times
Place:
england, britain, europe, london
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Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Germany, Luxembourg, Czech Republic
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A drama loosely based on Jean Bernard's Nazi-era prison diary.
Style:
serious, emotional, sincere, contemplative, uplifting ...
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, nazi, concentration camp, hopes, clergy, gestapo, catholic, nazi occupation, soldier, heroes, introspection ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, year 2004, post world war two
Place:
germany, belgium, switzerland, france, berlin germany ...
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Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Martin sedates women with a syringe full of narcotics and then slices their wrists with a razor blade so he can drink their blood. Martin, who comes to live with his uncle and cousin in the dying town of Braddock, Pennsylvania, has romantic ...
Style:
surreal, cult horror, suspenseful, grindhouse, creepy ...
Plot:
vampire, supernatural, serial killer, female pubic hair, curse, murder, shyness, hidden identity, mental disorder, teenage life, zombie, socially awkward ...
Time:
70s, year 1977, 20th century, 80s
Place:
pittsburgh, pennsylvania, usa, romania
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
Middle-aged Giulietta grows suspicious of her husband, Giorgio, when his behavior grows increasingly questionable. One night when Giorgio initiates a seance amongst his friends, Giulietta gets in touch with spirits and learns more about herself and ...
Style:
surreal, psychedelic, cerebral, art house, stylized ...
Plot:
surrealism, infidelity, art, spiritualism, insanity, hermaphrodite, memory, temptation, medium, eccentricity, female protagonist, extramarital affair ...
Time:
year 1965, 60s
Place:
italy
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
At a Catholic public school, Benjamin Stanfield is tired of being the teacher's pet and decides to play a practical joke on his form master Father Goddard. In confession, Stanfield tells Goddard that he has accidentally murdered his friend ...
Style:
surprise ending, controversial, slasher, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
boarding school, scarecrow, practical joke, boys' school, catholic priest, murder, amateur detective, catholicism, homosexual subtext, murderer, ultimatum, violence ...
Time:
year 1978, 70s
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
With 8 ½ Frederico Fellini leaves a self-portrait where dreams and reality are a mix. With help from a most excellent cast and unique scenery this self reflecting film is one of his master works.
Style:
psychological, art house, cerebral, philosophical, surreal ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
surrealism, childhood, filmmaking, midlife crisis, loneliness, stream of consciousness, flashback, memory, satire, catholic, dream, actress ...
Time:
20th century, year 1963, 60s, 1930s
Place:
italy, europe, paris france, france, england ...
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