Vatican movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant vatican movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out serious, suspenseful, captivating, realistic, suspense and exciting films and TV shows about / with vatican, priest, religion, catholic church, church, pope, catholic, christian, catholicism and religious plots mostly in Drama, Horror and Mystery genres shot in USA, Italy, Germany and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as vatican: The Apparition (2018), The Order (2003), The Pope's Exorcist (2023), Angels & Demons (2009), 30 Coins (2020), The Vatican Tapes (2015), Borgia (2011), Pope Joan (2009), The Rite (2011), The Conclave (2006).

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The Apparition (2018)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: France, Belgium, Jordan
Duration: 144 min.
Story: Jacques is a journalist at a large regional newspaper in France. His reputation as an impartial and talented investigator attracts the attention of the Vatican who recruits him for a special task; taking part of a committee to investigate the ...
Style: psychological, realistic, thought provoking, captivating, art house
Plot: vatican, catholic church, pilgrimage, reporter, journalist, faith, religion, investigation, catholic priest, priest, interview, teenage girl ...
Time: 2010s
Place: south of france, rome italy, jordan, alps
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 5.1
 18K
The Order (2003)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: For centuries, a secret Order of priests has existed within the Church. A renegade priest, Father Alex Bernier, is sent to Rome to investigate the mysterious death of one of the Order's most revered members. Following a series of strangely ...
Style: psychological, scary, gothic, suspense, atmospheric ...
Audience: kids
Plot: vatican, murder, religions or cults, supernatural, religion, uncover truth, supernatural ability, curses spells and rituals, mysticism, sin, conspiracy theory, church ...
Time: year 2003, 20th century, 21st century
Place: rome italy, jerusalem, europe, new york, paris france ...
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The Pope's Exorcist (2023)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Spain, UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Father Gabriele Amorth, Chief Exorcist of the Vatican, investigates a young boy's terrifying possession and ends up uncovering a centuries-old conspiracy the Vatican has desperately tried to keep hidden.
Style: serious, suspenseful, bleak, disturbing, interesting
Plot: vatican, catholic priest, exorcism, demonic possession, exorcist, supernatural horror, suicide, possession, priest, demon, possessed, bus ...
Time: 80s, 1940s, year 1986, year 1942, year 1987
Place: rome italy, spain
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 6.7
 308K
Angels & Demons (2009)
Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 138 min.
Story: Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon investigates a mysterious symbol seared into the chest of a murdered physicist. He discovers evidence of the unimaginable, the rebirth of an ancient secret brotherhood known as the Illuminati, the most powerful ...
Style: exciting, intellectual, suspenseful, suspense, serious ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick, teens, family friendly, adult
Plot: conspiracy, murder, twists and turns, illuminati, investigation, catholicism, vatican, riddles and clues, danger, secret society, religions or cults, religion ...
Time: year 2009, 2000s
Place: rome italy, italy, europe, harvard university, geneva switzerland
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 7.1
 11K
30 Coins (2020)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Father Vergara—an exorcist, boxer and ex-convict—lives in a remote village in Spain. Hoping to be lost and forgotten, Vergara’s demons catch up to him.
Style: dark, suspenseful, disturbing, tense, scary ...
Plot: exorcism, vatican, clergy, curses spells and rituals, catholicism, religion and supernatural, female nudity, god or devil, religion, priest, supernatural, supernatural power ...
Place: spain
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The Vatican Tapes (2015)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: In a highly secured vault deep within the walls of Vatican City, the Catholic Church holds thousands of old films and video footage documenting exorcisms/supposed exorcisms and other unexplained religious phenomena they feel the world is not ready ...
Style: scary, suspenseful, demonic, serious, suspense ...
Plot: exorcism, demonic possession, vatican, supernatural horror, antichrist, curses spells and rituals, supernatural, found footage, possession, priest, religions or cults, danger ...
Time: 21st century
Place: italy, rome italy
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 7.7
 7K
Borgia (2011)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: France, Germany, Italy, Czech Republic
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story: Borgia is a French-German-Czech historical drama television series created by Tom Fontana. The show recounts the Borgia family's rise to power and subsequent domination of the Papal States during the Renaissance. Borgia debuted in Italy via ...
Style: family saga, captivating, realistic, rough, ambiguous ending ...
Plot: renaissance, european history, vatican, political intrigue, italian history, power struggle, brother sister sex, church, historical character, duke, leonardo da vinci, pope ...
Time: middle ages, 16th century, 15th century, medieval times
Place: rome italy, italy, naples italy, europe, spain ...
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 6.7
 9K
Pope Joan (2009)
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: serious, captivating, costume drama, historical drama, epic ...
Plot: pope, vatican, clergy, religion, medieval, monk, monastery, catholic priest, healing power, cross dressing, ambition, hidden identity ...
Time: middle ages, medieval times, 9th century, year 2010, ancient times
Place: germany, rome italy, europe, italy
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 6.0
 102K
The Rite (2011)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Hungary, Italy
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Seminary student Michael Kovak (Colin O'Donoghue) reluctantly attends exorcism school at the Vatican. While he’s in Rome, Michael meets an unorthodox priest, Father Lucas (Anthony Hopkins), who introduces him to the darker side of his faith, ...
Style: scary, suspense, disturbing, atmospheric, demonic ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: supernatural, exorcism, church, supernatural horror, clergy, demonic possession, good versus evil, vatican, curses spells and rituals, supernatural ability, teachers and students, catholic ...
Time: year 2011, year 2000, 21st century
Place: italy, europe, rome italy, xian
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 6.5
 612
The Conclave (2006)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Canada, Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story: In 1458, five years after the fall of Constantinople to the Moslems, eighteen cardinals meet to elect a new pope. Rodrigo Borgia, a 27 year old cardinal learns to play a very dangerous game.
Style: disturbing, stylized, captivating, suspense, controversial ...
Plot: renaissance, vatican, politics, medieval, pope, rivalry, brutality, religious, war, violence, priest, catholic ...
Time: middle ages, medieval times, 15th century
Place: italy, rome italy
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 8.3
 47K
The Young Pope (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France, Spain, UK, USA
Duration: 546 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, surreal, exciting ...
Plot: pope, religion, vatican, satire, god, catholic church, infidelity, betrayal, scandal, nun, conspiracy, orphan ...
Place: italy, rome italy
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 7.0
 55K
Warrior Nun (2020)
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
TV show
Story: A 19-year-old orphan named Ava wakes up in a morgue with a new lease on life and a divine artifact embedded in her back. She discovers she is now part of an ancient order that has been tasked with fighting demons on Earth, and powerful forces ...
Style: scenic, unusual plot structure, captivating, surprise ending, atmospheric ...
Audience: teen fantasy, teen drama
Plot: nun, female protagonist, religion, supernatural, female warrior, angel, superhero, religion and supernatural, battles, demon, fantasy world, vatican ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
Place: spain
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 6.7
 14K
We Have a Pope (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 102 min.
Story: The newly elected Pope suffers a panic attack just as he is about to greet the faithful who have gathered to see him. His advisors, unable to convince him he is the right man for the job, call on a renowned therapist who also happens to be an ...
Style: psychological, realistic, humorous, witty, clever ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: religion, cardinal the priest, vatican, pope, identity crisis, catholic church, self discovery, catholic, introspection, self involved, self fulfillment, lifestyle ...
Time: 21st century
Place: rome italy, europe, italy
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 6.7
 5K
Novitiate (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story: In the early 1960s, during the Vatican II era, a young woman training to become a nun struggles with issues of faith, sexuality and the changing church.
Style: thought provoking, suspenseful, captivating, disturbing, controversial ...
Plot: nun, catholic church, monastery, lesbian, catholicism, vatican, priest, mother superior, confession, catholic, flagellation, lgbt ...
Time: year 1964, year 1954, 60s, year 2017, 90s
Place: tennessee
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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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 6.2
 72K
Stigmata (1999)
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, scary, satanic, biblical, psychological ...
Plot: religion, miraculous event, priest, supernatural, demon, vatican, investigation, conspiracy, mission from god, destiny, danger, occult ...
Time: 90s, year 1999, 20th century
Place: usa, pittsburgh, new york, brazil, rome italy
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 7.2
 15K
Amen. (2002)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, War
Country: France, Germany, Romania
Duration: 132 min.
Story: The film "Amen." examines the links between the Vatican and Nazi Germany. The central character is Kurt Gerstein, a member of the Institute for Hygiene of the Waffen-SS who is horrified by what he sees in the death camps. Moreover, he is ...
Style: political, thought provoking, disturbing, sincere, bleak ...
Plot: holocaust, genocide, world war two, concentration camp, pope, politics, christian, conscience, ss, nazi, war, priest ...
Time: 1940s, year 2002, 1930s, 20th century
Place: germany, poland, italy, czechoslovakia, austria ...
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The Exorcism of Anna Ecklund (2016)
Genre: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 79 min.
Story: When a Priest and a Vatican investigator take a possessed housewife to a convent to perform an Exorcism, all hell breaks loose....
Style: suspense, scary, suspenseful, bleak, independent film
Plot: crucifix, convent, self mutilation, prophecy, philosophy, exorcism, vatican, demonic possession, possession, priest, smoking, supernatural horror ...
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The Da Vinci Code (2006)
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, suspenseful, clever, suspense, mind bending ...
Audience: chick flick, family friendly, teens, adult
Plot: conspiracy, holy grail, treasure hunt, religion, twists and turns, christianity, investigation, ancient mystery, conspiracy theory, riddles and clues, secrets, secret society ...
Time: year 2006, 2000s, 1st century, 21st century
Place: london, italy, paris france, europe, england ...
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 7.6
 132K
The Two Popes (2019)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, Italy, USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story: Explores the relationship and opposing visions between two of the most powerful leaders in the Catholic Church, both of whom must address their own pasts and the demands of the modern world in order to move the church forward.
Style: humorous, psychological, philosophical, motivational, controversial ...
Audience: teens
Plot: religion, vatican, catholic church, catholic, catholic priest, pope, priest, confession, dark humor, religious, biopic, guilt ...
Time: year 2019, 2010s, 21st century
Place: rome italy, italy, buenos aires argentina, argentina
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Da Vinci's Demons (2013)
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, Fantasy, History, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The series follows the "untold" story of Leonardo Da Vinci: the genius during his early years in Renaissance Florence. As a 25-year old artist, inventor, swordsman, lover, dreamer and idealist, he struggles to live within the confines of ...
Style: exciting, intellectual, captivating, witty, serious ...
Audience: adult
Plot: renaissance, prodigy, leonardo da vinci, inventions and discoveries, inventor, sex scene, escapades, shrewd, talented, medieval, intelligence, lust ...
Time: 15th century, medieval times, future
Place: italy, europe, wales, syria, florence ...
Is relevant ?
 5.1
 1K
Monsignor (1982)
Genre: Crime, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: The vows of an ambitious young American priest are tested during World War II. Not only does Father John Flaherty get involved with the black market to raise money for the Vatican, he also falls in love with a young French nun.
Style: realistic, serious
Plot: catholic priest, pope, world war two, religion, christian, christianity, sicilian, black market, scandal, nun, catholic, catholic church ...
Time: 1940s, year 1982, 50s, 1950s, post world war two
Place: italy, brooklyn new york city, rome italy
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Lost City Raiders (2008)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The year is 2048, and global warming has flooded much of Earth's land areas. A father and his two sons try to salvage treasures from sunken buildings when they are given an important assignment by the New Vatican.
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, apocalyptic, mysterious
Plot: global warming, adventurer, ancient mystery, treasure hunt, sunken treasure, save the world, heroic mission, chaos, society, life is a bitch, escapades, danger ...
Time: distant future, future, 21st century
Place: new york
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 3.6
 260
Deccal 2 (2017)
Genre: Horror
Country: Turkey
Duration: 111 min.
Story: The baby, which is the prophecy of the prophecy that will drag the whole world to evil and disaster, was born on 6.6.2016. Bebeðin mother, who has committed suicide by not being able to resist the emotions, but the evil sect that protects the baby ...
Style: suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, captivating, bleak
Plot: nightmare, exorcism, antichrist, occult, secretly observing, occult ritual, evil child, secret society, sect, dark secret, child, mysticism ...
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The Thorn Birds (1983)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 460 min.
TV show
Story: This mini series covers 60 years in the lives of the Cleary family, brought from New Zealand to Australia to run their aunt Mary Carson's ranch. The story centers on their daughter, Meggie, and her love for the family's priest, Father ...
Style: sentimental, touching, family saga, captivating, serious ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: forbidden love, older man younger woman relationship, clergy, catholic priest, tragic love, love affair, couple relations, love and romance, priest, family life, friendship, society ...
Time: 50s, 1920s, 20th century, 1930s, 1940s ...
Place: australia
Is relevant ?
 5.3
 14K
Incarnate (2016)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: An exorcist comes up against an evil from his past when he uses his skills to enter the mind of a nine year old boy.
Style: scary, suspenseful, serious, satanic, rough ...
Plot: demonic possession, possession, supernatural, exorcism, demon, exorcist, danger, possessed, scientist, imaginary, haunted by the past, supernatural ability ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Pope John Paul II (2005)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Italy, Poland, USA
Duration: 201 min.
TV show
Story: Following the death of his mother, Karol Wojtyla is brought up by his father in the Polish city of Krakow during the first half of the 20th century. When his homeland is invaded by the Nazis in 1939, he secretly opposes the systematic persecution of ...
Style: exciting, realistic, serious, spiritual
Plot: church, clergy, bishop, pope, heroic mission, idealism, leadership, fighting the system, rebellion, human spirit, political unrest, politics ...
Place: europe, poland
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 5.4
 1K
Resurrected (2023)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: In the nearest future, the Catholic Church learnt how to resurrect people. The whole process is kept secret and follows strict rules: only sinless believers under the age of 65 can be resurrected. The film is set on the computer of Stanley, an ...
Style: captivating, bleak, exciting, suspenseful
Plot: conspiracy, civilization, resurrection, society, investigation, distopia, dystopian future, vatican, crime investigation, dystopic future, global change, dystopia ...
Time: near future
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Zeros and Ones (2021)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Mystery, Thriller, War
Country: Germany, USA, UK, Italy
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Called to Rome to stop an imminent terrorist bombing, a soldier desperately seeks news of his imprisoned brother — a rebel with knowledge that could thwart the attack. Navigating the capital's darkened streets, he races to a series of ominous ...
Plot: colosseum, pandemic, vatican, revolutionary, twin brother, terrorism, ak 47, political prisoner, cover up, stripper, marxist, terrorist attack ...
Place: rome italy
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 6.6
 16K
Luther (2003)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Germany, USA, Czech Republic, Italy
Duration: 123 min.
Story: During the early 16th Century idealistic German monk Martin Luther, disgusted by the materialism in the church, begins the dialogue that will lead to the Protestant Reformation.
Style: uplifting, political, biblical, christian film, sincere ...
Audience: teens
Plot: christianity, renaissance, christian, religion, clergy, medieval, rebellion, inquisition, politics, reformation, idealism, human spirit ...
Time: 16th century, middle ages, ancient times, year 2003, medieval times
Place: germany, rome italy, austria, europe
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