Religion movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant religion movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out serious, visually appealing, weird, psychological, interesting and captivating films and TV shows about / with religion, christian, religious, christianity, god, storytelling, faith, death, dialogue and catastrophe plots mostly in Drama, History and Mystery genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as religion: Stigmata (1999), The Da Vinci Code (2006), Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014), Messiah (2020), The Prophecy (1995), God Friended Me (2018), Silence (2016), The Man from Earth (2007), The Sunset Limited (2011), Dogma (1999).
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| The Name Is Varvara (2025) | 6.9 | |
| Anemone (2025) | 5.6 | |
| Magellan (2025) | 6.7 | |
| House of David (2025) | 7.4 | |
| Dark Nuns (2025) | 5.2 |
77K
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: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Malta, France, UK
Duration: 149 min.
Story:
When the curator of the Louvre is found murdered in the famed museum's hallowed halls, Harvard professor, Robert Langdon and cryptographer, Sophie Neve must untangle a deadly web of deceit involving the works of Leonardo da Vinci.
Style:
exciting, intellectual, suspenseful, suspense, clever ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, family friendly, girls' night, adult
Plot:
conspiracy, treasure hunt, holy grail, religion, twists and turns, investigation, christianity, ancient mystery, riddles and clues, secrets, secret society, conspiracy theory ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s, 1st century, 21st century
Place:
london, italy, europe, paris france, england ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: UK, Spain, USA
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
The defiant leader Moses rises up against the Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses, setting 400,000 slaves on a monumental journey of escape from Egypt and its terrifying cycle of deadly plagues.
Style:
biblical, epic, stylized, period piece, breathtaking ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
ancient egypt, religion, old testament, moses, christian, belief in god, god, bible, ancient history, christianity, judaism, slavery ...
Time:
middle ages, biblical epic, year 2014, 2010s, 14th century ...
Place:
egypt, holy land, middle east, xian, israel
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49K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
A wary CIA officer investigates a charismatic man who sparks a spiritual movement and stirs political unrest. Who exactly is he? And what does he want?
Style:
suspense, captivating, disturbing, psychological, spiritual ...
Plot:
religion, cia, messiah, jesus christ, jesus, prophet, cia agent, faith, police, politics, religious, disorder ...
Place:
middle east, israel, jerusalem, texas
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Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Czech Republic, France, USA
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
In 1429 a teenage girl from a remote French village stood before her King with a message she claimed came from God; that she would defeat the world's greatest army and liberate her country from its political and religious turmoil. Following her ...
Style:
epic, captivating, realistic, period piece, factual ...
Plot:
medieval, joan of arc, religion, battles, betrayal, god, burned at the stake, courage, female warrior, heresy, heroic mission, war ...
Time:
15th century, middle ages, medieval times, ancient times, 90s ...
Place:
france, england, persia, europe, paris france ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The angel Gabriel comes to Earth to collect a soul which will end the stalemated war in Heaven, and only a former priest and a little girl can stop him.
Style:
dark, atmospheric, serious, satanic, tense ...
Plot:
devil, good versus evil, prophecy, angel, afterlife, supernatural, god, religion, vicious, christianity, religions or cults, heaven ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles, arizona, california
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
A self-proclaimed "pesky atheist" is encouraged to help strangers by someone claiming to be God who friends him on Facebook.
Style:
captivating, emotional, touching, witty, light ...
Plot:
atheist, good deed, religion, god, help, friends, faith, black man white woman relationship, facebook, religious faith, assistant, belief in god ...
Time:
21st century
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132K
Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK, Italy, Mexico, USA
Duration: 161 min.
Story:
Two Jesuit priests travel to seventeenth century Japan which has, under the Tokugawa shogunate, banned Catholicism and almost all foreign contact.
Style:
philosophical, cerebral, visually stunning, suspense, melancholic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
missionary, religion, christianity, religious persecution, culture clash, crisis of faith, christian, torture, faith, doubt, martyr, clergy ...
Time:
17th century, year 2016, year 2015, 2010s
Place:
japan, portugal, asia, tokyo
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
An impromptu goodbye party for Professor John Oldman becomes a mysterious interrogation after the retiring scholar reveals to his colleagues he never ages and has walked the earth for 14,000 years.
Style:
philosophical, reflective, mindfuck, psychological, cerebral ...
Plot:
philosophy, immortality, atheism, religion, storytelling, immortal, dialogue, professor, society, myth, heart attack, eternal youth ...
Time:
future, medieval times, 2000s, prehistory, 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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239K
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, witty, funny, controversial ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
satire, angel, god, dark humor, religion, god or devil, atheism, good versus evil, religions or cults, heaven and hell, save the world, jay and silent bob ...
Time:
90s, year 1999, 20th century
Place:
pittsburgh, illinois, new jersey, usa, wisconsin
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Italy, West Germany
Duration: 157 min.
Story:
The life of St. Francis of Assisi (1181-1226) as related by followers who gather after his death to tell stories so that Leone can record them: a privileged and virile youth, a prisoner of war, an heir who turns away from his father and gives all to ...
Style:
emotional, serious, bleak, factual, cult classic ...
Plot:
saint, religion, historical event, monk, male nudity, medieval, clergy, christian, male pubic hair, hopes, religions or cults, starting over ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, 13th century, year 1989, 12th century
Place:
italy, europe
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Somewhere in Northern Russia in a small Russian Orthodox monastery lives an unusual man whose bizarre conduct confuses his fellow monks, while others who visit the island believe that the man has the power to heal, exorcise demons and foretell the ...
Style:
philosophical, psychological, cerebral, spiritual, breathtaking ...
Plot:
religion, christian, redemption, forgiveness, monk, life philosophy, loneliness, church, island, philosophy, solitude, monastery ...
Time:
2000s, year 1976, 70s, 1940s, year 1942 ...
Place:
russia, soviet union
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
1993: after being caught having sex with the prom queen, a girl is forced into a gay conversion therapy center.
Style:
sexy, thought provoking, psychological, disturbing, touching ...
Audience:
teens, date night, chick flick
Plot:
lgbt, lesbian, lgbtq, religion, lgbt teen, emotional abuse, teenager, lesbian love, lesbian teen, conversion therapy, teenage sexuality, sapphic ...
Time:
90s, year 1992, year 1993
Place:
indiana
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
In the near future, due to a breakthrough scientific discovery by Dr. Thomas Harbor, there is now definitive proof of an afterlife. While countless people have chosen suicide to reset their existence, others try to decide what it all means. Among ...
Style:
psychological, intellectual, dark, philosophical, enigmatic ...
Plot:
suicide, afterlife, macabre, plot twist, alternate reality, life after death, science, self discovery, life philosophy, religion, dream, philosophy ...
Time:
future, distant future, year 2017
Is relevant?
495K
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
12-year-old Regan MacNeil begins to adapt an explicit new personality as strange events befall the local area of Georgetown. Her mother becomes torn between science and superstition in a desperate bid to save her daughter, and ultimately turns to ...
Style:
scary, suspense, demonic, classic horror, psychological horror ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
religion, demon, exorcism, priest, supernatural, devil, demonic possession, possession, occult, supernatural horror, exorcist, crisis of faith ...
Time:
70s, year 1973, 20th century
Place:
washington d.c., persia, iraq, usa, new york ...
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Genre: Documentary, Adventure, History
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Morgan Freeman presents his quest in order to find how most religions perceive life after death, what different civilizations thought about the act of creation and other big questions that mankind has continuously asked.
Style:
philosophical, thought provoking, realistic, mind bending, captivating ...
Plot:
belief in god, religion, culture, hinduism, judaism, belief in the afterlife, travel, religions or cults, customs, god or devil, ancient mystery, human existence ...
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671K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
WWII American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people and becomes the first Conscientious Objector in American history to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor.
Style:
inspirational, touching, sentimental, christian film, harsh ...
Audience:
manly, girls' night
Plot:
world war two, war, soldier, conscientious objector, survival, us military, combat, american soldier, religion, bible, military, pacifist ...
Time:
1940s, year 2016, 20th century, middle ages, year 1945 ...
Place:
okinawa japan, japan, tennessee, usa
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A dramatised historical account of the rise and fall of Urbain Grandier, a 17th-century Roman Catholic priest accused of witchcraft following alleged demonic possessions of sexually repressed nuns.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, controversial, cult classic, surreal ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
inquisition, religion, priest, surrealism, politics, nun, nunsploitation, witch, torture, clergy, violent, folk horror ...
Time:
17th century, medieval times, year 2016, middle ages, year 1971 ...
Place:
france, london, europe, england
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433K
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Brian Cohen is an average young Jewish man, but through a series of ridiculous events, he gains a reputation as the Messiah. When he's not dodging his followers or being scolded by his shrill mother, the hapless Brian has to contend with the ...
Style:
hilarious, funny, humorous, cult classic, parody ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
religion, monty python, satire, mistaken identity, absurdism, ancient rome, dark humor, medieval, ancient, roman empire, god, sarcasm ...
Time:
1st century, ancient times, biblical epic, 20th century, year 1979 ...
Place:
jerusalem, palestine, ancient greece, greece, middle east ...
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310K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
Contact is a science fiction film about an encounter with alien intelligence. Based on the novel by Carl Sagan the film starred Jodie Foster as the one chosen scientist who must make some difficult decisions between her beliefs, the truth, and ...
Style:
inspirational, philosophical, cerebral, emotional, thought provoking ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
science, nasa, space travel, scientist, alien encounter, astronomy, first contact, religion, space and aliens, intelligence, alien contact, research ...
Time:
future, 90s, 20th century, distant future
Place:
puerto rico, new mexico, florida, washington d.c., usa ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Denmark, Austria
Duration: 162 min.
Story:
On his quest for happiness, Per decides to leave Jutland and an upbringing in a strict religious home. He runs from his family and his patriarch father, and sets sail towards Copenhagen to become an engineer. Parallel to his studies, he works on a ...
Style:
disturbing, romantic, touching, sweet, uplifting ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
religion, engineer, jewish family, poverty, nordic, love interest, loner, pride, love affair, adaptation, hopes, rivalry ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era
Place:
austria, copenhagen
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France, Spain, UK, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Lenny Belardo, the youngest and first American Pope in the history of the Church, must establish his new papacy and navigate the power struggles of the closed, secretive Vatican.
Style:
captivating, controversial, psychological, sensual, erotic ...
Plot:
pope, vatican, religion, catholic church, god, satire, scandal, betrayal, infidelity, nun, conspiracy, orphan ...
Place:
italy, rome italy
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145K
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Immediately after their miscarriage, the US diplomat Robert Thorn adopts the newborn Damien without the knowledge of his wife. Yet what he doesn’t know is that their new son is the son of the devil. A classic horror film with Gregory Peck from ...
Style:
suspenseful, satanic, bleak, classic horror, scary ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
devil, evil child, satan, prophecy, religion, priest, demonic possession, boy, demon, antichrist, evil wins, macabre ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1976
Place:
london, rome italy, persia, britain, england ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
Alexandre lives in Lyon with his wife and children. One day, he discovered by chance that the priest who abused him to scouts always officiates with children. He then starts a fight, quickly joined by François and Emmanuel, also victims of the ...
Style:
gothic, disturbing, realistic, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot:
pedophilia, pedophile priest, children, religion, child abuse, childhood trauma, childhood memory, cardinal the priest, church, catholic church, female nudity, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
year 2014, year 2015, year 2016, year 2019, 2010s
Place:
france, portugal
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Genre: Action, Drama, History
Country: Ireland, Belgium
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
In 13th century Ireland a group of monks must escort a sacred relic across an Irish landscape fraught with peril.
Style:
captivating, psychological, suspense, suspenseful, mysterious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
religion, medieval, pilgrimage, monk, relic, viking, penance, warrior, fight, heroic mission, journey, knight ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, 13th century, future
Place:
ireland, france, europe
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
This is the extraordinary tale of two brothers named Moses and Ramses, one born of royal blood, and one an orphan with a secret past. Growing up the best of friends, they share a strong bond of free-spirited youth and good-natured rivalry. But the ...
Style:
biblical, captivating, christian film, uplifting, stylized ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, family outing, toddlers, pre-teens ...
Plot:
slavery, religion, ancient egypt, desert, bible, christian, ancient history, hopes, self discovery, freedom, pharaoh, prince ...
Time:
90s, biblical epic, year 1998
Place:
egypt, africa, north africa
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, France
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Maria finds herself caught between two worlds. At school this 14-year-old girl has all the typical teenage interests, but when she’s at home with her family she follows the teachings of the Society of St. Pius XII and their traditionalist ...
Style:
serious, art house, melancholic, captivating, suspense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
religion, priest, self sacrifice, church, domineering mother, catholic, death, hospital, confession, sacrifice, doctor, religious fundamentalist ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany, britain, seattle
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Lebanon, Libya, Kuwait, Morocco, UK
Duration: 177 min.
Story:
Handsomely-mounted historical epic concerns the birth of the Islamic faith and the story of the prophet Mohammed.
Style:
epic, controversial, islamic, breathtaking, dramatic ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
muslim, islam, religion, arabic history, desert, arab, faith, prophet, religions or cults, ancient history, religious persecution, caravan ...
Time:
middle ages, 7th century, medieval times, year 1976
Place:
middle east, arabia, rome italy, egypt, ethiopia ...
Is relevant?
119K
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When God loses faith in humankind, he sends his legion of angels to bring on the Apocalypse. Humanity's only hope for survival lies in a group of strangers trapped in an out-of-the-way, desert diner with the Archangel Michael.
Style:
scary, demonic, suspenseful, absurd, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
angel, apocalypse, supernatural, religion, good versus evil, prophecy, save the world, extinction, desert, demon, survival, fallen angel ...
Time:
2010s, year 2010, 21st century
Place:
new mexico, usa, north america, los angeles
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