First communion movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant first communion movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, touching, emotional, sentimental and disturbing films and TV shows about / with first communion, family relations, priest, catholic, society, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, runaway, church and catholic church plots mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres shot in USA, Spain, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as first communion: Alice, Sweet Alice (1976), Bad Lieutenant (1992), Liam (2000), Love Like Poison (2010), El Sur (1983), Father There Is Only One 2 (2020), Goodbye (2019), Under Suspicion (2014), The Best Day of My Life (2002), Avatar: The Way of Water (2022).
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List of first communion movies
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Alice is a withdrawn 12-year-old who lives with her mother and her younger sister, Karen, who gets most of the attention from her mother, leaving Alice out of the spotlight.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: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
While investigating a young nun's rape, a corrupt New York City police detective, with a serious drug and gambling addiction, tries to change his ways and find forgiveness.
Style:
sexy, neo noir, independent film, disturbing, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
gambling, redemption, corruption, rape, drug addiction, baseball, masturbation, violence, police lieutenant, nun, drug dealer, corrupt cop ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1992
Place:
new york, bronx new york city, usa, new jersey
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Germany, France, Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A morality tale of xenophobia, religious prejudice, mob violence, poverty, and their effect on two children in Liverpool during the Depression. When a shipyard closes, Liam and Teresa's dad loses his job. Liam, who's about 8, making his ...
Style:
touching, emotional, sincere, depressing, intense ...
Plot:
fascism, catholicism, youth, dysfunctional family, domestic violence, unemployment, starving child, sin, society, family problems, parents and children, family in crisis ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century
Place:
england, ireland, liverpool, middle east, europe ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Anna, a young teenager, comes home from her Catholic boarding school for the holidays and discovers her father has left. Her mother is devastated and confined in the company of the local priest, who is also a childhood friend. Anna clings to her ...
Style:
contemplative, realistic, psychological, captivating, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
coming of age, faith, dysfunctional family, mother daughter relationship, grandfather, religion, belief in god, crisis of faith, catholic, religious faith, absent father, death of grandfather ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, brittany, europe
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The movie tells a melancholic story of a little girl who is living in a city in the north. She is fascinated by the secrets of the south which seem to be hidden in the personality of her father.
Style:
poetic, visual, art house, sad, realistic ...
Plot:
coming of age, children, family relations, magic realism, first communion, tragic romance, teenager, mental health, family problems, traumatic childhood, surrealism, worship ...
Time:
1950s, year 1983, 20th century, 50s, year 1957
Place:
spain, iberian peninsula, europe
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Spain
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The success of the Conchy virtual assistant (which was developed by Javier) has earned him a favorable spot in the parents chat room - until something unexpected ruins it all.
Style:
feel good, funny, humorous, entertaining, captivating ...
Plot:
children, pregnant woman, school, pregnancy, kids and family, family life, parents and children, parent child relationship, problem solving, couple relations, parenthood, husband wife relationship ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
In Seville, Juan is starting to enjoy his weekends outside of prison when tragedy strikes: his little girl is killed in what looks like an accident.
Style:
social, hood
Plot:
vengeance, revenge, money, investigation, prosecution, corruption, drug dealer, riot, assassination, police, runaway, prison ...
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Genre: Thriller
Country: Spain
TV show
Story:
In the small town of Cienfuegos, it's a very special day for 7-year-old Alicia Vega (Aroa Palacios) and her family: her First Communion. However, when they are celebrating at the family's restaurant, closed for the occasion, she goes ...
Style:
suspense, tense, psychological, detective, crime drama ...
Plot:
obsession, investigator, police, twists and turns, who done it, manipulation, suspicion, murder mystery, missing child, family secret, child abduction, police procedural ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
spain
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The Best Day of My Life is the story of a dysfunctional family as seen through the eyes of young Chiara (Maria Luisa De Crescenzo) who is about to receive her first communion. The family includes matriarch Irene (Virna Lisi) and her three grown up ...
Style:
realistic, touching, humorous, sentimental, sexual ...
Plot:
closeted homosexual, love and romance, couples, family problems, youth, society, religions or cults, marital discord, gays and lesbians, relationships, male female relationship, couple relations ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 192 min.
Story:
Twelve years after exploring Pandora and joining the Na’vi, Jake Sully has since raised a family with Neytiri and established himself within the clans of the new world. Of course, peace can only last so long. Especially when the military ...
Style:
futuristic, exciting, breathtaking, epic, saga ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, date night, adult
Plot:
fantasy world, fight, underwater, hopes, ocean, alien, mother son relationship, escapades, good versus evil, planet, alien civilization, native ...
Time:
future, 20th century, 2020s, distant future, 22nd century
Place:
space western
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, France, Switzerland
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Antonio, a policeman (carabiniere), has an order to take two children (Rosetta and her brother Luciano) from Milan to Sicily to an orphanage. Their mother has been arrested for forcing Rosetta (11 years old) to work as a prostitute. First the ...
Style:
sincere, thought provoking, touching, captivating, road movie ...
Plot:
child abuse, kids in trouble, coming of age, orphanage, social differences, life is a bitch, family problems, gain trust, on the road, self discovery, society, honest law enforcer ...
Time:
year 1992, 90s
Place:
italy, sicily, switzerland, europe
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Elia, a depressed jewish psychoanalyst, one day meets Claudia, a young and eccentric personal trainer.
Style:
light, captivating, feel good, entertaining, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
male female relationship, mentor, destiny, society, friendship, coach, adaptation, escapades, life philosophy, happy ending, youth, personal trainer ...
Place:
rome italy
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Ramiro, a bank clerk and father of two young children, has been left, after his wife's death, in the care of Tula, his sister-in-law. From the novel by Miguel de Unamuno, Miguel Picazo (" Dark dreams of August ") premieres as director ...
Style:
serious, realistic, biting, sincere, touching ...
Plot:
society, unfulfillment, nanny, master and servant, family relations, power relations, couples, family problems, singleness, death in the family, widower, love letter ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
spain, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Sara has been alone all her life. She’s 22, has a baby, and wants to form a normal family with her young brother and the father of her child. Her own father, Manuel, decides to come back into their lives after years of absence and his release from ...
Style:
captivating, disturbing, psychological, social, crying
Plot:
family relations, father daughter relationship, family problems, life is a bitch, female protagonist, family life, financial problem, money problems, social issues, social problems, relationship problems, teenager ...
Place:
catalonia, barcelona
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Daisy and Viola are siamese twin sisters on the verge of turning 18 living in the suburbs of Naples. They are blessed with beautiful voices and thanks to their performances at weddings, communions and baptisms, they get the livelihood for the whole ...
Plot:
siamese twins, woman, disability, singer, sea, coming of age, separation, boat, blood, money, sister sister relationship, first communion ...
Place:
southern italy
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A bearded director named EVA, a fictive Rainer Werner Fassbinder, lives in a large house with his cast and crew as he films Dumas' Lady of the Camellias. His accountant informs him he has many unpaid bills and little cash on hand. EVA throws a ...
Style:
black comedy
Plot:
manipulation, behind the scenes, character study, ambition, moral ambiguity, filmmaking, gay, seduction, jealousy, betrayal, mental disorder, claustrophobia ...
Time:
year 1980
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Spain, Portugal
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Carol, a 12 year old Spanish-American girl from New York, travels with her mother to Spain in the spring of 1938, at the height of the Civil War. Separated from her beloved father, Carol arrives in her mother's home village and transforms the ...
Style:
serious, touching, emotional, sentimental, realistic
Plot:
spanish civil war, forbidden love, tomboy, youth, coming of age, friendship, village, wartime life, human nature, culture clash, parents and children, single parent ...
Time:
1930s, year 1938
Place:
new york, spain, europe, usa, galicia ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Against a backdrop of clashing cultures, John Myron and Angela Wilson find each other and over the years form a powerful bond. One tragic night, John rescues Angela from a wicked act of betrayal. Faced with its aftermath, Angela flees town, unaware ...
Style:
serious, emotional, sentimental, touching, independent film ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
friendship, rape, love affair, love triangle, woman in danger, couples, couple relations, love and romance, infidelity, spirituality, betrayal, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Unable to forget her first love, Félicité, a simple and kind maid, devotes herself completely to her new master, Mathilde Aubain. As the passing of time doesn't heal her wounds, she gives love to all those who surround her: Mathilde's ...
Style:
serious, sentimental, realistic, emotional, touching
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
social differences, friendship, family relations, hopes, family life, unfulfilled love, power relations, friends, master and servant, introspection, women, lesbian ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
europe, france, normandy
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Two westerners, a priest and a teacher find themselves in the middle of the Rwandan genocide and face a moral dilemna. Do they place themselves in danger and protect the refugees, or escape the country with their lives? Based on a true story.
Style:
disturbing, bleak, sad, emotional, sincere ...
Plot:
genocide, politics, coup d'etat, violence, survival, against the odds, rwandan genocide, teacher, survivor, priest, fighting the system, human spirit ...
Time:
year 2005, 90s, year 1994
Place:
africa, rwanda, united kingdom, uganda, tanzania ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
This Ken Loach film tells the story of a man devoted to his family and his religion. Proud, though poor, Bob wants his little girl to have a beautiful (and costly) brand-new dress for her First Communion. His stubbornness and determination get him ...
Style:
independent film, bleak, realistic, semi serious, touching ...
Plot:
working class, social commentary, unemployment, parents and children, poverty, labor, landscape, catholic, priest, family relations, disorder, family problems ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1993
Place:
london, manchester, europe, england, california
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 98 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, lgbt cinema, touching, powerful, spiritual ...
Plot:
gay, homosexuality, homosexual, gay interest, catholic priest, lgbtq, sex with a priest, sexual abuse, glbt, church, forbidden love, closeted homosexual ...
Time:
year 1994, 90s
Place:
liverpool, england, united kingdom, europe, iraq
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
A fictionalized account of the first major successful sexual harassment case in the United States -- Jenson vs. Eveleth Mines, where a woman who endured a range of abuse while working as a miner filed and won the landmark 1984 lawsuit.
Style:
inspirational, sincere, emotional, factual, disturbing ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
courtroom drama, feminism, sexual harassment, small town, lawsuit, rape, feminist, court, lawyer, labor union, courtroom, sexism ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 70s, 80s
Place:
minnesota, usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
A story about friendship and loyalty, guilt and vengeance, and the fateful affect the past has on the present.
Style:
psychological, suspense, depressing, twist ending, emotional ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
murder, murder mystery, vengeance, police, police investigation, investigation, death in the family, police detective, sexual abuse, loss of child, child abuse, loss of daughter ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 70s, 20th century, 60s ...
Place:
boston, massachusetts, persia, usa
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, Canada, Poland, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Julie's son is dying of cancer and her marriage falling apart. She goes to Poland in search of a man who can heal using his hands. Julie finds not only a magical cure for her son, but also comes across a love so pure it begins to heal the ...
Style:
realistic, psychological, emotional, serious, atmospheric ...
Plot:
true love, cancer, infidelity, family relations, hopes, betrayal, couples, danger, dishonesty, human nature, survival, terminal illness ...
Place:
poland, nova scotia, europe, holland, canada
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Fact-based story of a Louisiana priest accused of molesting young parishioners, and of the family of one of his victims, caught between their loyalty to their son and to their Church.
Style:
crying
Plot:
altar boy, childhood sexual abuse, pedophile priest, sexual abuse, little boy, bare chested male, coming of age, youth, child molester, lawsuit, holy communion, christian ...
Time:
80s, year 1982
Place:
louisiana
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 583 min.
Story:
The multigenerational saga of the rise and fall of the Corleone crime family.
Style:
epic, surprise ending
Plot:
sicilian mafia, crime boss, cosa nostra, mafia, boys' choir, sex show, mob hit, horse, mobster, gangsta, perjury, first communion ...
Time:
1910s, 1900s, 1950s, 1940s, 1920s ...
Place:
miami, sicily, las vegas, los angeles, southern italy ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
A police detective in a South American country is dedicated to hunting down a revolutionary guerilla leader.
Style:
atmospheric, tense, political, psychological, suspense ...
Plot:
politics, dictator, police detective, corruption, character study, danger, fighting crime, political unrest, teacher, dancing, dictatorship, assassination ...
Time:
year 2002, y2k, 21st century
Place:
peru, latin america, south america, spain, israel
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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, sexual, stylized, touching ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
abortion, celibacy, forbidden love, religion, clergy, lust, priest in love, catholicism, temptation, sin, hypocrisy, pregnancy ...
Time:
year 2002
Place:
mexico, latin america, south america, tokyo, spain
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The activities of rampaging, indiscriminate serial killer Ben are recorded by a willingly complicit documentary team, who eventually become his accomplices and active participants. Ben provides casual commentary on the nature of his work and ...
Style:
dark comedy, black comedy, mockumentary, humorous, brutal ...
Plot:
serial killer, brutality, macabre, rape, violent, found footage, gory, satire, sadistic psychopath, visceral, art, dark humor ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1992
Place:
europe, brussels, belgium, brussels belgium
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