Best Movies About Religion of 2025
This page is updated regularly. Subscribe, so you don't miss new recommendations. The list of "Best Movies About Religion of 2025" contains films with the following parameters. Style: suspense, tense, atmospheric, dark, period piece and emotional. Plot: religion, small town, faith, blood, church, prayer, father son relationship, cigarette smoking, isolation and violence. Genre: Drama, Horror and Thriller. Country: USA, Indonesia and Canada.
Best Movies About Religion of 2025
TOP Movies: The King of Kings (2025), Sinners (2025), The Phoenician Scheme (2025), The Conjuring: Last Rites (2025), Sarvam Maya (2025), Roofman (2025), The Long Walk (2025), HIM (2025), Shadow of God (2025), Rona (2025), Shambhala (2025), Rajini Gaang (2025), The Pastor (2025), Buen Camino (2025), Dark Nuns (2025), Anemone (2025), The Stranger (2025), Everything's Going to Be Great (2025), Magellan (2025), Tears of Faith (2025).
List of Best Movies
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
When young priest Jud Duplenticy is sent to assist charismatic firebrand Monsignor Jefferson Wicks, it’s clear that all is not well in the pews. After a sudden and seemingly impossible murder rocks the town, the lack of an obvious suspect prompts ...
Style:
detective, clever, twisted, tension, suspense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
religion, whodunit, murder mystery, rain, deception, puzzle, locked room mystery, small town, morality, police procedural, satire, drunken man ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
new york state
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Genre: Animation, Biography, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, South Korea
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Charles Dickens tells his young son Walter the greatest story ever told, and what begins as a bedtime tale becomes a life-changing journey. Through vivid imagination, the boy walks alongside Jesus, witnessing His miracles, facing His trials, and ...
Style:
biblical, period piece, historical drama, spiritual, religious drama ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
father son relationship, imagination, jesus, religion, faith, christianity, redemption, sacrifice, storytelling, gospel, coming of age, parable ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1st century
Place:
israel
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394K
Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Music, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia, Canada
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back.
Style:
period piece, southern gothic, dark fantasy, gothic, psychotronic ...
Plot:
supernatural horror, vampire, profanity, brother brother relationship, twins, ku klux klan, vampirism, loss of brother, eaten alive, native american, plantation, graphic violence ...
Time:
1930s, 90s, 20th century, year 1932, year 1992 ...
Place:
mississippi, chicago, north america
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Wealthy businessman Zsa-zsa Korda appoints his only daughter, a nun, as sole heir to his estate. As Korda embarks on a new enterprise, they soon become the target of scheming tycoons, foreign terrorists, and determined assassins.
Style:
dark comedy, absurd, spy action, period drama, whimsical
Plot:
nun, assassin, male protagonist, assassination attempt, eccentricity, train, fight, religion, travel, lie detector, eccentric man, bullet wound ...
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren take on one last terrifying case involving mysterious entities they must confront.
Style:
psychological horror, creepy, grim, gothic, period piece ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
ghost, exorcism, supernatural, haunted house, paranormal activity, investigation, demonic possession, spiritual warfare, occult, catholic church, small town, slow burn ...
Time:
70s, 80s, year 1986, year 1964
Place:
pennsylvania
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: India
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
A man who loses his belief in God meets the spirit of a young woman unable to remember what happened to her.
Style:
contemplative, existential, mystical, atmospheric, suspense ...
Plot:
religion, supernatural, ghost, haunting, memory loss, temple, macabre, identity, redemption, moral dilemma, investigation, guilt ...
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54K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
A former Army Ranger and struggling father turns to robbing McDonald’s restaurants by cutting holes in their roofs, earning him the nickname 'Roofman'. After escaping prison, he secretly lives inside a Toys “R” Us for six months, ...
Style:
dark comedy, suspense, tense, crime thriller, crying ...
Plot:
male star appears nude, bare chested male, toy store, male nudity, prison escape, double life, heist, ex military, cat and mouse, anti hero, identity, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
year 2002, year 2004, year 2003
Place:
north carolina
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
In a dystopian, alternate-America ruled by a totalitarian regime, 50 teenage boys take part in a deadly annual walking contest, forced to maintain a minimum pace or be executed, until only one survivor remains.
Style:
ambiguous ending, teen horror, psychological horror, suspense, psychotronic ...
Plot:
stephen king, self sacrifice, teenage boy, friendship, male protagonist, death of protagonist, suicide, survival, dystopian society, camaraderie, corporal punishment, sole survivor ...
Time:
70s, near future
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Genre: Horror, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
After suffering a potentially career-ending brain trauma, Cameron Cade receives a lifeline when his hero, legendary eight-time Championship quarterback and cultural megastar Isaiah White, offers to train Cam at Isaiah's isolated compound that ...
Style:
psychological horror, psychological thriller, satanic, surprise ending, crying ...
Plot:
male nudity, football, college football, sacrifice, mentor, bare chested male, blood, training, ritual, protector, athletics, religion ...
Time:
2020s
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Genre: Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
While performing an unauthorized exorcism on his father, an elite exorcist suspects the entity he's doing battle with might be a holy being – perhaps even God.
Style:
psychological thriller, intense, existential, dark, suspense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
exorcism, supernatural, religion, faith, crisis of faith, father son relationship, moral ambiguity, doubt, moral dilemma, occult, obsession, theology ...
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1K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
At a revived village festival after a massacre, Shivu weaponizes faith and ritual to expose killers who masked themselves in devotion, turning the celebration into a showdown of justice.
Style:
tense, suspense, atmospheric
Plot:
justice, ritual, small town, faith, religion, vigilante, confrontation, revenge, moral ambiguity, accusation, grief, corruption ...
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Genre: Action
Country: India
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
When a meteor crashes into the highly superstitious village of Shambhala in the 1980s, strange supernatural events unfold, forcing an atheist scientist to face an ancient horror-one that science can't explain or escape.
Style:
tense, dark, atmospheric, suspenseful, creepy ...
Plot:
superstition, supernatural, folk horror, skepticism, religion, macabre, isolation, driven mad, slow burn, mythology, occult, survival ...
Time:
80s
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Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: India
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
A couple's hasty marriage using a stolen sacred necklace leads to supernatural possession, forcing the husband to work with others to investigate the necklace's dark history and rescue his wife.
Style:
suspense, tense, sinister, creepy
Plot:
supernatural, possession, marriage, exorcism, family bonds, religion, occult, investigation, rescue mission, betrayal, small town, guilt ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Story:
In an almost-forgotten part of town overrun by a ruthless gang infestation, a community is struggling with their faith and belief in God as they see their neighborhoods torn apart and their youth targeted for recruitment by the gangs. Even the local ...
Style:
dramatic, uplifting, tense
Plot:
pastor, gang, community, redemption, faith, hopes, resilience, urban, religion, inspiration, rebirth, leadership ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Checco's life is a comfortable and luxurious one, and it couldn't be otherwise, considering he's the only son of Eugenio Zalone, a wealthy sofa manufacturer. Stranded by the pool in his luxurious villas, with an unspecified number of ...
Style:
poignant, emotional, reflective, road movie, suspense
Plot:
self discovery, pilgrimage, introspection, spiritual journey, identity, missing child, parenting, intimate, privilege, bittersweet, redemption, loss ...
Place:
spain, italy, rome italy
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Desperation drives two nuns to perform an exorcism no nun should attempt. With a possessed child at the mercy of evil and the opposition of the Catholic Church, they take on the dangerous forbidden rituals themselves, putting their immortal souls in ...
Style:
suspense, religious horror, dark, grim, tense ...
Plot:
exorcism, nun, supernatural, evil spirit, possession, desperation, religion, catholic church, child in peril, fear, spiritual warfare, sisterhood ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Middle-aged Jem sets out from his suburban home on a journey into the woods, where he reconnects with his estranged hermit brother Ray. Bonded by a mysterious, complicated past, the men share a fraught, if occasionally tender relationship—one that ...
Style:
emotional, bleak, melancholic, atmospheric, contemplative ...
Plot:
father son relationship, brother brother relationship, brotherhood, family drama, brothers, reconciliation, recluse, siblings, estrangement, slow burn, empathy, secrets ...
Place:
northern england, ireland
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Algiers, 1938. Meursault, a quiet and unassuming employee in his early thirties, attends his mother's funeral without shedding a tear. The next day, he begins a casual affair with Marie, a work colleague. He quickly slips back into his usual ...
Style:
philosophical, bleak, psychological, art house, period drama
Plot:
male nudity, trial, murder, existentialism, apathy, indifference, alienation, colonialism, fatalism, beach, character study, literary ...
Time:
1930s, year 1938
Place:
algeria
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
When they are unexpectedly forced to move in with an estranged relative, the Smart Family must navigate oversized dreams, identity struggles and regional theater in this warmly observant family comedy.
Style:
crying, weird
Plot:
male nudity, church, summer, hot dog, family dinner, dreaming, drunkenness, showbiz, sex scene, gay slur, caught having sex, bare chested male ...
Time:
year 1990, year 1989
Place:
new jersey, south carolina, ohio, milwaukee wisconsin, kansas
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602
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History
Country: Philippines, Spain, Portugal, France, Taiwan
Duration: 160 min.
Story:
In the 16th century, Ferdinand Magellan, a young and ambitious Portuguese navigator, rebels against the power of the King of Portugal, who doesn’t support his dream of discovering the world, and persuades the Spanish monarchy to fund his bold ...
Style:
historical drama, period piece, tense, melancholic, slow cinema ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
exploration, sea voyage, biopic, determination, ambition, leadership, mutiny, idealism, palace intrigue, marriage, isolation, colonialism ...
Time:
16th century
Place:
spain, portugal, atlantic ocean, pacific ocean
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Genre: Drama
Country: Indonesia, Malaysia
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Anggie, a woman who is a victim of her boyfriend's violence and finds guidance after being saved by a girl who runs a mosque.
Style:
emotional, spiritual
Plot:
religion, christian, religious, muslim, faith, journey, trip, life, islam, female protagonist, congregation, sin ...
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Genre: Horror
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Since birth, Maryam's life has never been free from terror and the shadow of a genie. Until finally she received a mysterious letter that always appeared in front of her, the letter always appeared even though it had been thrown away, torn ...
Style:
spiritual, brutal, dark
Plot:
terror, ghost, religion, female protagonist, djinn, haunted, grave, victim, elementary school, school, fear, spirit ...
Is relevant?
215
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
Alina, who has a harmonious and loving family, never expected that the arrival of a new nanny in her home would become a significant threat. Now, Alina is faced with the choice to let go or fight to protect the unity of her family.
Style:
emotional
Plot:
babysitter, love, religion, betrayal, couples, religious, affair, faith, husband wife relationship, servant, child, sadness ...
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Genre: Horror
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Salma, who has just married Arman, begins to feel mystical disturbances. When Salma is pregnant and Arman receives a big project that often makes him work overtime, they move to Arman's mother's house. Salma faces increasingly scary ...
Style:
mystical, creepy, dark, mystic
Plot:
devil, couples, ghost, djinn, religion, terror, haunting, folk horror, fear, ritual, household, water ...
Is relevant?
648
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Fate brought together Ode, a young man from Buton with big dreams, and Ade, a wanderer from Bali. Like two souls in love, they believed that fate would one day unite them. However, their journey was hindered by the presence of another man who shared ...
Plot:
female protagonist, love, dream, couples, journey, biopic, social status, beach, based on real people, joke, migrant, religion ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Indonesia, Malaysia
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Ustadz Qodrat now embarks on the next journey to find his wife, Azizah and once again strike the revenge of evil powers.
Style:
dark, spiritual, supernatural thriller, dark fantasy, epic ...
Plot:
spell, religious, demon, fight, martial arts, devil, village, islam, ghost, trance, sin, couples ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: Finland
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A pastor's faith turns upside down when a meteorite lands in his small Finnish town, its impact stirring up chaos and criminal intentions.
Style:
suspense, existential, tense, atmospheric, grim ...
Plot:
meteorite, crisis of faith, moral dilemma, pastor, moral ambiguity, small town, secrets, intimate, moral corruption, chaos, slow burn, conspiracy ...
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