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1. The Name of the Rose (1986)
R | 130 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
An intellectually nonconformist friar investigates a series of mysterious deaths in an isolated abbey.
Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud | Stars: Sean Connery, Christian Slater, Helmut Qualtinger, Elya Baskin
Votes: 117,194 | Gross: $7.15M
2. Pain and Glory (2019)
R | 113 min | Drama
A film director reflects on the choices he's made in life as the past and present come crashing down around him.
Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Antonio Banderas, Asier Etxeandia, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Nora Navas
Votes: 63,090
3. The Rite (2011)
PG-13 | 114 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
American seminary student Michael Kovak travels to Italy to take an exorcism course.
Director: Mikael Håfström | Stars: Colin O'Donoghue, Anthony Hopkins, Ciarán Hinds, Alice Braga
Votes: 102,632 | Gross: $33.05M
4. Time Changer (2002)
PG | 95 min | Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
A Bible professor from 1890 comes forward in time to the present via a time machine and cannot believe the things that he sees!
Director: Rich Christiano | Stars: D. David Morin, Gavin MacLeod, Hal Linden, Jennifer O'Neill
Votes: 2,920 | Gross: $1.28M
5. Viy (1967)
Not Rated | 77 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A young priest is ordered to preside over the wake of witch in a small old wooden church of a remote village. This means spending three nights alone with the corpse with only his faith to protect him.
Directors: Konstantin Ershov, Georgiy Kropachyov, Aleksandr Ptushko | Stars: Leonid Kuravlyov, Natalya Varley, Aleksey Glazyrin, Nikolay Kutuzov
Votes: 9,347
6. Won't You Be My Neighbor? (2018)
PG-13 | 95 min | Documentary, Biography, History
An exploration of the life, lessons, and legacy of iconic children's television host Fred Rogers.
Director: Morgan Neville | Stars: Fred Rogers, Margaret Whitmer, Tom Junod, Joanne Rogers
Votes: 27,105 | Gross: $22.84M
7. Don't Torture a Duckling (1972)
Not Rated | 105 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
When a southern Italian town is rocked by a string of child murders, the police and two urban outcasts search for the culprit amid scapegoating within the superstitious community.
Director: Lucio Fulci | Stars: Florinda Bolkan, Barbara Bouchet, Tomas Milian, Irene Papas
Votes: 10,688
8. Thirteen Women (1932)
Passed | 73 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
Ursula plots to murder 12 women with her supernatural powers.
Director: George Archainbaud | Stars: Irene Dunne, Ricardo Cortez, Jill Esmond, Myrna Loy
Votes: 1,869
9. A Quiet Passion (2016)
PG-13 | 125 min | Biography, Drama
The story of American poet Emily Dickinson from her early days as a young schoolgirl to her later years as a reclusive, unrecognized artist.
Director: Terence Davies | Stars: Emma Bell, Sara Vertongen, Rose Williams, Benjamin Wainwright
Votes: 6,305 | Gross: $1.86M
10. Diary of a Country Priest (1951)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama
A young priest taking over the parish at Ambricourt tries to fulfill his duties even as he fights a mysterious stomach ailment.
Director: Robert Bresson | Stars: Claude Laydu, Nicole Ladmiral, Jean Riveyre, Adrien Borel
Votes: 12,710
11. Man of God (2021)
111 min | Biography, Drama
Exiled unjustly, convicted without trial, slandered without cause. Man of God depicts the trials and tribulations of Saint Nektarios of Aegina, as he bears the unjust hatred of his enemies while preaching the Word of God.
Director: Yelena Popovic | Stars: Aris Servetalis, Alexander Petrov, Mickey Rourke, Christos Loulis
Votes: 4,278 | Gross: $0.87M
12. My Father's Glory (1990)
G | 105 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
At the end of the nineteenth century, little Marcel lives with his parents in the Provence countryside. During his holiday, Marcel meets Lili, a local boy who knows all the secrets of the hills, and the two become fast friends.
Director: Yves Robert | Stars: Philippe Caubère, Nathalie Roussel, Didier Pain, Thérèse Liotard
Votes: 7,043 | Gross: $1.71M
13. The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)
Passed | 137 min | Drama, War
A young priest is sent to China to establish a Catholic parish.
Director: John M. Stahl | Stars: Gregory Peck, Thomas Mitchell, Vincent Price, Rose Stradner
Votes: 3,091
14. Italiensk for begyndere (2000)
R | 112 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Several lonely hearts in a semi-provincial suburb of a town in Denmark use a beginner's course in Italian as the platform to meet the romance of their lives.
Director: Lone Scherfig | Stars: Anders W. Berthelsen, Ann Eleonora Jørgensen, Anette Støvelbæk, Peter Gantzler
Votes: 13,842 | Gross: $4.45M
15. Def by Temptation (1990)
R | 95 min | Horror
An evil succubus is preying on libidinous black men in New York City, and all that stands in her way is a minister-in-training, an aspiring actor, and a cop who specializes in cases involving the supernatural.
Director: James Bond III | Stars: James Bond III, Kadeem Hardison, Bill Nunn, Samuel L. Jackson
Votes: 2,406 | Gross: $2.22M
16. Lost Souls (2000)
R | 97 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A Catholic teacher meets an atheist journalist, whom a group of Catholics and Priests believes has been chosen by the devil to be the Antichrist.
Director: Janusz Kaminski | Stars: Winona Ryder, Ben Chaplin, Sarah Wynter, Philip Baker Hall
Votes: 11,367 | Gross: $16.78M
17. Perfect Obedience (2014)
99 min | Drama
Julian, a young seminarian, is sent to live with Los Cruzados de Cristo, where he will have to follow a hard spiritual journey to achieve "the perfect obedience".
Director: Luis Urquiza | Stars: Juan Manuel Bernal, Sebastián Aguirre, Juan Ignacio Aranda, Luis Ernesto Franco
Votes: 1,054
18. Thr3e (2006)
PG-13 | 101 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Innocent lives hang on the whim of an elusive psychopathic murderer whose strange riddles and impossible timelines force three people into a mission to end the game before one or all of them die.
Director: Robby Henson | Stars: Marc Blucas, Justine Waddell, Laura Jordan, Max Ryan
Votes: 4,682 | Gross: $1.01M
19. My Sex Life... or How I Got Into an Argument (1996)
178 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Paul Dedalus is at a crossroads in his life. He has to make several decisions; should he complete his doctorate, does he want to become a full professor, does he really love his ... See full summary »
Director: Arnaud Desplechin | Stars: Mathieu Amalric, Emmanuelle Devos, Emmanuel Salinger, Marianne Denicourt
Votes: 1,704
20. In the Name Of (2013)
Not Rated | 102 min | Drama, Thriller
Running toward God but away from his sexuality, Adam became a priest at age 21. Now the head of a rural parish, he's still tormented by desire. When Father Adam attempts to help a troubled teen, long-suppressed feelings begin to surface.
Director: Malgorzata Szumowska | Stars: Andrzej Chyra, Mateusz Kosciukiewicz, Maja Ostaszewska, Lukasz Simlat
Votes: 3,279
21. The Seminarian (2010)
Unrated | 101 min | Drama, Romance
A closeted student at a conservative theological seminary, struggles to come to terms with his nurtured beliefs and coming out to himself, his friends, and his only surviving family member. At this low point mentally and emotionally, Ryan ends up in a troubled online relationship which leads him to question everything he has known about God and Love.
Director: Joshua Lim | Stars: Mark Cirillo, Linda J. Carter, Philip Willcox, Alexander Matute
Votes: 607
22. Angry Harvest (1985)
R | 105 min | Drama, Romance, War
In the winter of 1942-43, a Jewish family leaps from a train going through Silesia. They are separated in the woods, and Leon, a local peasant who's now a farmer of some wealth, discovers ... See full summary »
Director: Agnieszka Holland | Stars: Armin Mueller-Stahl, Elisabeth Trissenaar, Wojciech Pszoniak, Gerd Baltus
Votes: 867
23. A Man Called Peter (1955)
Approved | 119 min | Biography, Drama, Family
The rise of Peter Marshall, from modest Scottish upbringing, to New York seminary, time in Atlanta churches, his marriage, appointment as chaplain of the US Senate, and early death at 46. Based on real events.
Director: Henry Koster | Stars: Richard Todd, Jean Peters, Marjorie Rambeau, Jill Esmond
Votes: 1,133
24. Conspiracy of Silence (2003)
Not Rated | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A Catholic priest's suicide and seminarian's expulsion for homosexuality spark a local journalist's investigation, uncovering celibacy controversies and abuse cover-ups within the Irish Catholic church.
Director: John Deery | Stars: Jonathan Forbes, Brenda Fricker, Niall O'Brien, Catherine Cusack
Votes: 425 | Gross: $0.00M
25. Christ Stopped at Eboli (1979)
150 min | Drama
A doctor in Fascist Italy is exiled to a remote village for his political views.
Director: Francesco Rosi | Stars: Gian Maria Volontè, Paolo Bonacelli, Alain Cuny, Lea Massari
Votes: 2,734 | Gross: $0.07M
26. Le baiser sous la cloche (1998 TV Movie)
95 min | Drama
Director: Emmanuel Gust | Stars: Gaspard Génard Claus, Ángela Molina, Pierre Forest, Bernard Alane
Votes: 28
27. Servants (2020)
Unrated | 80 min | Drama
Two students of a theological seminary in totalitarian Czechoslovakia must decide if they'll choose the easier way of collaboration, or if they'll subject themselves to the surveillance of the secret police.
Director: Ivan Ostrochovský | Stars: Samuel Skyva, Samuel Polakovic, Vlad Ivanov, Vladimír Strnisko
Votes: 990
28. The Circumstance (1973)
90 min | Drama
Laura is a successful lawyer with fully grown children, who finds her life empty. Then a young motorcyclist has an accident in front of her. She takes him to the hospital, and he becomes the focus of her attention.
Director: Ermanno Olmi | Stars: Ada Savelli, Gaetano Porro, Raffaella Bianchi, Mario Sireci
Votes: 184
29. Holy Goalie (2017)
95 min | Comedy
When the monks living at a small rural monastery face it being transformed into a hotel due to the lack of income, a newcomer monk convinces them that their only chance is to learn soccer ... See full summary »
Director: Curro Velázquez | Stars: Karra Elejalde, Alain Hernández, El Langui, Macarena García
Votes: 1,916
30. The Gene Krupa Story (1959)
101 min | Biography, Drama, Music
Biopic of famous jazz drummer, Gene Krupa, who becomes a sensation but cannot handle success and life in the fast lane and ends-up broke, struggling with drugs and alcohol.
Director: Don Weis | Stars: Sal Mineo, Susan Kohner, James Darren, Susan Oliver
Votes: 779
31. Mio fratello è figlio unico (2007)
R | 108 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Two brothers come of age in a small Italian town in the '60s and '70s.
Director: Daniele Luchetti | Stars: Elio Germano, Riccardo Scamarcio, Angela Finocchiaro, Massimo Popolizio
Votes: 6,755 | Gross: $0.25M
32. Mass Appeal (1984)
PG | 99 min | Drama
A popular Connecticut priest shields a seminary rebel from the wrath of a stern monsignor.
Director: Glenn Jordan | Stars: Jack Lemmon, Zeljko Ivanek, Charles Durning, Louise Latham
Votes: 1,125 | Gross: $1.95M
33. Kadal (2013)
Not Rated | 165 min | Crime, Drama
A wrongdoer is caught red-handed and he is not going to forgive the man who exposed him.
Director: Mani Ratnam | Stars: Arjun Sarja, Arvind Swamy, Gautham Karthik, Thulasi Nair
Votes: 1,673
34. Sacred Silence (1996)
114 min | Crime, Drama
A young priest crusades against organized crime in his Naples neighbourhood but falls in love with a 13-year old boy. It's the chance the gangsters were waiting for to get rid of the thorn ... See full summary »
Director: Antonio Capuano | Stars: Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Emanuele Gargiulo, Tonino Taiuti, Rosaria De Cicco
Votes: 437
35. The Falcon and the Co-eds (1943)
Passed | 67 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Posing as an insurance investigator, Tom Lawrence investigates a murder of a teacher disguised as a suicide at a women's college.
Director: William Clemens | Stars: Tom Conway, Jean Brooks, Paula Corday, Amelita Ward
Votes: 907
36. I'll Give My Life (1960)
Approved | 78 min | Drama
An engineer hopes for his son, Jim, to join the firm, but the son's experiences in the war have turned the son's thoughts to religion. To his father's chagrin, Jim goes to seminary and becomes a missionary.
Director: William F. Claxton | Stars: Ray Collins, John Bryant, Angie Dickinson, Katherine Warren
Votes: 107
37. Making the Boys (2011)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, Biography, Romance
On the eve of the 40th anniversary of the Gay Rights Movement, the film explores the drama, struggle and enduring legacy of the first-ever gay play and subsequent Hollywood movie to ... See full summary »
Director: Crayton Robey | Stars: Edward Albee, Joe Allen, Matt Baney, David Carter
Votes: 712 | Gross: $0.03M
38. El primer amor (1974)
87 min | Drama, Romance
When a seminarian visits his parents he finds an unexpected temptation to his priesthood vocation while meeting there an outgoing mischievous young woman.
Director: José Díaz Morales | Stars: Hilda Aguirre, Fernando Allende, Narciso Busquets, Ofelia Guilmáin
Votes: 17
39. The First Legion (1951)
Approved | 86 min | Drama
Father Fulton prepares to abandon his vocation despite pleas from Father Arnoux. Then a series of seemingly miracles occur including to the young Terri. Fulton has his doubts and wonders about the role of Dr. Morrell.
Director: Douglas Sirk | Stars: Charles Boyer, William Demarest, Lyle Bettger, Barbara Rush
Votes: 222
40. MAGI Tensho Keno Shonen Shisetsu (2019)
Adventure, Drama, History
An Italian missionary arrived in Japan during the Middle Ages in order to proselytize, evangelize and recruit people to his religion. He instituted seminaries around the country and picked ... See full summary »
Stars: Fernando Gil, Simón Andreu, Kai Inowaki, Elena Martínez
Votes: 37
41. Call Me Malcolm (2005)
90 min | Documentary
Director: Joseph Parlagreco | Stars: Malcolm Himschoot, Matt Kailey, Calpernia Addams, Stephan Thorne
Votes: 39
42. Formation (2021)
78 min | Documentary
A feature length documentary film chronicling the experience of fifteen men as they discern and recount their experience of discernment within the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin. This film ... See full summary »
Director: JP Kloess | Stars: Chad Allen, Jay Armstrong, Brandon Berg, Vince Mary Carrasco
43. Revenge in Olympia (2003 Video)
Not Rated | 78 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
A story about sex and fighting. A man finds his father and has sex with several men in order to show he can have fun and a disciplined life.
Director: Michael Haboush | Stars: Donavan Le, Lee Basil Tran, Michael Haboush, Christopher W. Burns
Votes: 62
44. Teraz i zawsze (2009)
98 min | Drama
"Now and Forever " is a film about a vocation, love, and faith. A vocation that falls suddenly on people who don't expecting it at all. A love, which begins with a feeling for a woman but ... See full summary »
Director: Artur Pilarczyk | Stars: Pascal Kaczorowski, Emilia Komarnicka, Adam Pater, Sebastian Stankiewicz
Votes: 10
45. Billy Graham: God's Ambassador (2006 Video)
Not Rated | 122 min | Documentary, Biography, Romance
The life and times of the evangelist Billy Graham are the subject of this documentary.
Director: Michael Merriman | Stars: John Akers, Cliff Barrows, Ralph Bell, Richard Bewes
Votes: 75
46. The Devil's Playground: Filmmaking by Faith (2008 Video)
43 min | Short, Biography, Drama
Stars: Fred Schepisi, Ian Baker, Brian Kavanagh, Arthur Dignam
47. Called to Love and Serve (2007)
27 min | Documentary, Short
Episcopal deacons, priests, bishops and lay folk from around the country discuss The Sacred Order of Deacons. Entirely without narration, and refreshingly candid, the diaconate is defined ... See full summary »
Director: Jacqueline Cherry | Stars: Kathleen Ballard, Barry Leigh Beisner, Barbara Bishop, Theorphlis Borden
48. Cyclone Higgins, D.D. (1918)
50 min | Comedy, Drama
Anson Campbell returns from the seminary to a small village on the New England coast. When the puritanical villagers persecute Bess Morgan, a "fallen" woman, he sticks up for her, telling ... See full summary »
Director: Christy Cabanne | Stars: Francis X. Bushman, Beverly Bayne, Baby Ivy Ward, Charles Fang
49. Das Glück beim Händewaschen (1983)
117 min | Drama, War
Director: Werner Masten | Stars: Mario Baumgartner, Anna Pircher, Martin Maria Abram, Inge Pohl
50. Uma Vontade Maior (1967)
135 min | Drama
A boy breaks family and social barriers to be a missionary in Africa. Years later, vanquished by age and illness, he must come back - but he keeps teaching youths in the hard way of his own vocation.
Director: Carlos Tudela | Stars: Mário Pereira, Adelina Campos, Canto e Castro, Luís Cerqueira