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Mission to Matrimony: The Gay Marriage Proposal (2006)
Genre: Documentary
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story: A pro-gay-marriage Catholic archbishop. Members of the Westboro Baptist Church. High-profile politicians. A former lesbian converting homosexuals to "straightness." Two survivors of 9/11 victims denied marital benefits. And much more... ...
Style: serious, uplifting, realistic, thought provoking
Plot: homosexuality, gay rights, lesbian, mother daughter relationship, catholic priest, children, gay couple, family relations, gay parent, interview, protest, equality ...
Place: massachusetts
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The Holy Child (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Marc (Lambert Wilson) is a man of the cloth who's gained a bit of celebrity for his public espousal of religious celibacy. In fact, he's even written a book about the subject. But Marc's 15 minutes of fame could be up when a bratty ...
Style: sincere, humorous, semi serious, captivating, crying
Plot: illegitimate son, secret, father son relationship, husband wife relationship, friendship, teenage boy, fatherhood, satire, catholic priest, juvenile delinquent, bastard, scandal ...
Place: montreal, kosovo, paris france
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The Devil's Hour (2016)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: In the town of Triune, a dark and Unspeakable Secret... remembers. Percy Pullman is a successful author and pastor who has become the infatuation of a killer hell bent on terror. Meanwhile, Raymond Fisk, a young local teacher, exhibits signs of ...
Style: suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, scary, slasher
Plot: catholic priest, supernatural power, paranormal phenomena, occult, religion, crisis of conscience, exorcist, desperation, demonic possession, levitation, attempted murder, holy water ...
Place: harvard university
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 5.6
 188
On the Downlow (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Isaac and Angel are two young Latinos involved in a south side Chicago gang. They have a secret in a world where secrets are forbidden.
Style: serious, touching, emotional, rough, realistic ...
Plot: lgbt, confession, catholic priest, gay, injustice, forbidden love, juvenile delinquency, love and romance, life is a bitch, gang, society, youth ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, chicago
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 7.3
 418
Don't Tell (2017)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History
Country: Australia
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Based on true events that changed the law. This is the story of a survivor, Lyndal, a young woman sexually abused as an 11 year old while attending a prestigious school. Her courage to fight for justice is entrusted to a local lawyer determined to ...
Style: realistic, serious, exciting, captivating, independent film
Plot: lawyer, pedophile, investigative reporter, justice, trust, friendship, child molestation, struggle, cover up, child abuse, truth, husband wife relationship ...
Time: 90s, 2000s, 20th century, year 1991, year 2001 ...
Place: australia
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The Devil Inside (2012)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: In Italy, a woman becomes involved in a series of unauthorized exorcisms during her mission to discover what happened to her mother, who allegedly murdered three people during her own exorcism.
Style: demonic, scary, suspenseful, suspense, rough ...
Audience: teens
Plot: found footage, demonic possession, exorcism, supernatural, exorcist, possession, possessed girl, investigation, uncover truth, possessed, death, haunted by the past ...
Time: year 2000, year 2012, 80s, year 2009, year 1989 ...
Place: rome italy, italy, america, europe
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 3.1
 138
Entity (2013)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Eugene, a man dealing with the tragedy of his family's death by living at the vacation cabin that they last stayed, discovers he's completely snowbound. During Eugene's desperate attempts to dig himself out, he discovers he's not ...
Style: serious, scary, suspenseful, suspense, twisted ...
Plot: supernatural, danger, woods, paranormal phenomena, paranormal, catholic priest, fear
Time: 21st century
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 7.0
 565
The Librarians (2007)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Australia
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: The Librarians is an Australian television comedy series which premiered on 31 October 2007 on ABC TV. In Ireland the show airs on RTÉ Two. The series is produced and written by Robyn Butler and Wayne Hope who are also the principal cast members. ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, captivating, realistic, sitcom ...
Plot: friends, criminal heroes, best friend, workplace situations, unlikely criminals, gender, mentally unstable, workplace, unlikely partners, racism, catholic priest, priest ...
Time: 21st century
Place: australia
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 5.9
 470
Stella Days (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland, Norway, Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A priest stationed in Tipperary, Ireland, is eager to return to Rome. Told he cannot do so until he has raised enough money for the building of a new church, he decides to open a cinema in the local town.
Style: realistic, captivating, serious, sincere, intellectual
Plot: religion, confession, small town, idealism, clergy, religions or cults, social relations, small town life, hopes, society, belief in god, priest ...
Time: 20th century, 50s, year 1956, 1950s
Place: ireland
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Nude Nuns with Big Guns (2010)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Upon taking her vows to become a nun, Sister Sarah is abused, brainwashed and drugged into submission by the corrupt clergy. On the verge of death from a lethal dose of drugs, Sister Sarah receives a message from God telling her to take vengeance on ...
Style: realistic, rough, serious, suspenseful, grindhouse ...
Plot: sexploitation, nunsploitation, revenge, sex, nudity, female pubic hair, female domination, strip club, nun, erotica, lesbian nun, voyeur ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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True Confessions (1981)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A cop clashes with his priest brother while investigating the brutal murder of a young prostitute
Style: neo noir, detective, intelligent, talky, suspenseful ...
Plot: murder, catholic priest, cop, priest, politics, serial killer, redemption, clergy, political corruption, police corruption, desert, catholic ...
Time: 1940s, year 1981, 20th century, 1950s
Place: los angeles, california, usa
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Mare of Easttown (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 418 min.
TV show
Story: A detective in a small Pennsylvania town investigates a local murder while trying to keep her life from falling apart.
Style: detective, suspense, captivating, anthology, spectacular ...
Plot: small town, murder, murder investigation, small town life, homicide detective, murder mystery, female detective, mother daughter relationship, female police officer, ex husband ex wife relationship, drug abuse, incest ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
Place: pennsylvania
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Satan’s Triangle (1975)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story: The female survivor of a shipwreck and two Coast Guard helicopter pilots sent to rescue her find themselves trapped in a mysterious part of the ocean known as Satan's Triangle.
Style: spooky, slasher, twist ending, surprise ending, psychotronic
Plot: bermuda triangle, boat, womanizer, catholic priest, ship, whodunit, supernatural, sea, alien, demon, devil, paranormal ...
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Svaha: The Sixth Finger (2019)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 122 min.
Story: Pastor Park is head of a religious investigation center that exposes cults and cult leaders. While looking into a suspicious new religion called ‘Deer Mount,’ he slowly uncovers clues that connect this cult to a series of mysterious cases of ...
Style: rough, disturbing, tense, suspense, bleak ...
Plot: religion and supernatural, investigation, child, death of mother, supernatural, suicide, catholic priest, danger, demon, obsession, pregnancy, occult ...
Time: year 1999
Place: south korea
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 6.5
 29K
Father Stu (2022)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, South Korea
Duration: 124 min.
Story: The true-life story of boxer-turned-priest. When an injury ends his amateur boxing career, Stuart Long moves to Los Angeles to find money and fame. While scraping by as a supermarket clerk, he meets Carmen, a Sunday school teacher who seems immune ...
Style: captivating, disturbing, psychological, spiritual, inspirational ...
Plot: catholic, priest, redemption, catholic priest, christian, faith, lifestyle change, ex boxer, changing lives, new life, inspiration, religion ...
Place: tibet, montana
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Padre Pio: Miracle Man (2000)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 202 min.
Story: The poor Italian peasant boy Francesco already has visions of Jesus and Mary as a child, but the Devil visits him too. He, Francesco, is quite certain that he will become a priest. After entering the Capuchin Order it becomes clear that Padre Pio ...
Style: thought provoking, disturbing, captivating, suspense, saga ...
Plot: catholic, saint, religion, miraculous event, christian, catholic priest, religious persecution, priest, religious faith, faith, religions or cults, religious cult ...
Place: italy
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 6.7
 7K
Jimmy's Hall (2014)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, Ireland, France, Belgium, Japan
Duration: 109 min.
Story: In the 1930s political activist Jimmy Gralton is deported from Ireland during the 'Red Scare'.
Style: captivating, realistic, serious, touching, inspirational ...
Plot: society, rebellion, anti communism, fighting the system, deportation, idealism, rebelliousness, human spirit, priest, social relations, injustice, dance school ...
Time: 1930s, year 2014, 2010s, 20th century, 1920s ...
Place: ireland, new york
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 8.7
 43K
Father Ted (1995)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: A crazy comedy about three rather strange parish priests exiled to Craggy Island, a remote island off the Irish west coast.
Style: surreal, sitcom, semi serious, not serious, realistic ...
Audience: kids
Plot: priest, clergy, bishop, friendship, catholic priest, against the odds, family relations, family life, conservative, eccentric family, small town, workplace ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: ireland, fictional island, europe
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The Crime of Father Amaro (2023)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Portugal
Duration: 46 min.
TV show
Story: Based on Eça de Queiroz's 1875 novel, the plot takes place in Leiria, Portugal, at the end of the 1860s, and follows the story of the forbidden passion between Amaro, a young priest, and Amélia, "the most beautiful girl in Leiria". ...
Style: captivating, dramatic, art film, serious
Plot: forbidden sex, forbidden love, female nudity, brothel, male female relationship, beauty, priest in love, catholic priest, priest, woman, religion, sex with a priest ...
Time: 1870s, 1860s
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 4.4
 713
13 Exorcisms (2022)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 100 min.
Story: After participating in a séance, young Laura begins to behave strangely. Alarmed, her parents ask Father Olmedo, one of the few exorcists authorized by the Vatican to intervene in cases of demonic possession, for help.
Style: scary, suspenseful, sinister, dark, disturbing ...
Plot: exorcism, demonic possession, priest, seance, fear, catholic priest, spiritualism, supernatural power, possessed, possessed woman, paranormal, obsession ...
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 4.8
 220
Time of Fear (2002)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Time of Fear is a taut psychological thriller thrusting an FBI agent and a grieving father into the dark world of a demented killer. FBI Agent Cheryl Hammer, arrives in a small California town to catch an elusive killer. Seeing no help forthcoming ...
Style: disturbing, captivating, suspense, tense, suspenseful
Plot: homicidal maniac, murder, fbi agent, crime solving, murder investigation, murder mystery, killings, catholic priest, killing spree, investigation, unsolved crime, police detective ...
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The Fiery Priest (2019)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 35 min.
TV show
Story: People commit variety of ugly crimes these days. However, they forgive themselves by giving testimony every week. They believe that they can repent just by having faith. But the truth is that they have faith to repeat the sins again and again ...
Style: dorama, captivating, satirical, humorous, tense ...
Plot: murder investigation, priest, prosecutor, police, murder, riddles and clues, teamwork, anger management, counselor, twists and turns, friendship between men, social problems ...
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 5.3
 2K
Holy Goalie (2017)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A young priest coaches a team of uncoordinated monks in order to win a soccer tournament and save their monastery from being turned into a hotel.
Style: humorous, funny, captivating, semi serious, light ...
Plot: soccer, religion, male nudity, priest, monk, football player, vatican, football team, football, soccer fan, soccer match, playing football ...
Time: 21st century
Place: spain, rome italy
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 7.1
 2K
Romero (1989)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Romero is a compelling and deeply moving look at the life of Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador, who made the ultimate sacrifice in a passionate stand against social injustice and oppression in his county. This fil chronicles the transformation ...
Style: inspirational, christian film, realistic, tense, serious ...
Plot: church, murder, catholic, priest, biopic, religion, saint, christian, social commentary, politics, clergy, faith ...
Time: year 1989, 80s
Place: latin america
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The Scarlet and the Black (1983)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA, UK, Italy
Duration: 143 min.
Story: Fr. Hugh O'Flaherty is a Vatican official in 1943-45 who has been hiding downed pilots, escaped prisoners of war, and Italian resistance families. His diplomatic status in a Catholic country prevents Colonel Kappler from openly arresting him, ...
Style: realistic, factual, tense, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot: nazi, world war two, catholic, vatican, soldier, fighting the system, clergy, human spirit, uninhibited rivalry, military, survival, hopes ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s
Place: europe, rome italy, italy
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The Devil and Father Amorth (2017)
Genre: Documentary
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 68 min.
Story: William Friedkin attends an exorcism with Father Gabriele Amorth, as he treats an Italian woman named Cristina for the ninth time. Prior to filming, Cristina had purportedly been experiencing behavioural changes and “fits” that could not be ...
Style: suspense, scary, disturbing, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: catholic church, priest, catholicism, christianity, exorcism, catholic priest, religious, supernatural ability, supernatural, danger, teenager, youth ...
Place: italy
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 8.1
 18K
The New Pope (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France, Spain, USA, UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: As Pope Pius XIII hangs between life and death in a coma, charming and sophisticated moderate English aristocrat Sir John Brannox is placed on the papal throne and adopts the name John Paul III. A sequel series to “The Young Pope.”
Style: stylized, atmospheric, captivating, satirical, philosophical ...
Plot: vatican, catholic church, religion, politics, strongman, catholic priest, pope, secrets, conspiracy, lord, intrigue, power ...
Place: rome italy, italy, europe
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 6.4
 825
The Confession (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Under the German occupation, in a small French town, the arrival of a new priest arouses the interest of all women... Barny, a young communist and atheist woman, can not however be more indifferent. Driven by curiosity, the young skeptic went to the ...
Style: spiritual, psychological, disturbing, captivating
Plot: faith, belief in god, religious faith, religion, atheist, confession, nazi occupation, moral transformation, life is a bitch, character change, priest, friendship ...
Time: year 2016, 1940s
Place: france
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The Third Miracle (1999)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: The Vatican sends a priest to verify some miracles, performed by a woman who has been nominated for sainthood...
Style: controversial, biblical, contemplative, thought provoking, realistic ...
Plot: religion, saint, priest, miraculous event, investigation, catholic priest, philosophy, religious, world war two, gay, catholic church, bishop ...
Time: year 1999, 90s
Place: chicago, usa
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Tales of Erotica (1972)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Four women of Gubbio - Angelica, Violetta, Lisa and Bettina - are conducted before the court by their lovers and husbands.
Style: anthology, sex comedy, sexy, erotic, decamerotic
Plot: nunsploitation, lgbt, catholic priest, cheating wife, gang bang, trial, outdoor sex, fight, caught having sex, bare chested male, convent, voyeurism ...
Time: 16th century
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