Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "religious-symbolism"

1. Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995–1996)

TV-MA | 24 min | Animation, Action, Drama

A teenage boy finds himself recruited as a member of an elite team of pilots by his father.

Stars: Megumi Ogata, Megumi Hayashibara, Kotono Mitsuishi, Spike Spencer

Votes: 85,129

2. The Da Vinci Code (2006)

PG-13 | 149 min | Mystery, Thriller

A murder inside the Louvre, and clues in Da Vinci paintings, lead to the discovery of a religious mystery protected by a secret society for two thousand years, which could shake the foundations of Christianity.

Director: Ron Howard | Stars: Tom Hanks, Audrey Tautou, Jean Reno, Ian McKellen

Votes: 458,650 | Gross: $217.54M

3. The Black Hole (1979)

PG | 98 min | Action, Sci-Fi

A research vessel finds a missing ship, commanded by a mysterious scientist, on the edge of a black hole.

Director: Gary Nelson | Stars: Maximilian Schell, Anthony Perkins, Robert Forster, Joseph Bottoms

Votes: 27,961

4. Angels & Demons (2009)

PG-13 | 138 min | Action, Mystery, Thriller

Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon works with a nuclear physicist to solve a murder and prevent a terrorist act against the Vatican during one of the significant events within the church.

Director: Ron Howard | Stars: Tom Hanks, Ewan McGregor, Ayelet Zurer, Stellan Skarsgård

Votes: 309,483 | Gross: $133.38M

5. Stigmata (1999)

R | 103 min | Horror, Mystery

When a young woman becomes afflicted by stigmata, a priest is sent to investigate her case, which may have severe ramifications for his faith and for the Catholic Church itself.

Director: Rupert Wainwright | Stars: Patricia Arquette, Gabriel Byrne, Jonathan Pryce, Nia Long

Votes: 72,236 | Gross: $50.05M

6. Elizabethtown (2005)

PG-13 | 123 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

During a hometown memorial for his Kentucky-born father, a young man begins an unexpected romance with a too-good-to-be-true stewardess.

Director: Cameron Crowe | Stars: Orlando Bloom, Kirsten Dunst, Susan Sarandon, Alec Baldwin

Votes: 72,671 | Gross: $26.84M

7. Kantara (2022)

Not Rated | 148 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

When greed paves the way for betrayal, scheming and murder, a young tribal reluctantly dons the traditions of his ancestors to seek justice.

Director: Rishab Shetty | Stars: Rishab Shetty, Kishore Kumar G., Achyuth Kumar, Sapthami Gowda

Votes: 102,788

8. Thelma (2017)

Not Rated | 116 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

A confused religious girl tries to deny her feelings for a female friend who's in love with her. This causes her suppressed subconsciously-controlled psychokinetic powers to reemerge with devastating results.

Director: Joachim Trier | Stars: Eili Harboe, Kaya Wilkins, Henrik Rafaelsen, Ellen Dorrit Petersen

Votes: 36,596 | Gross: $0.15M

9. Heavy Traffic (1973)

R | 77 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama

An underground cartoonist contends with life in the inner city, where various unsavory characters serve as inspiration for his art.

Director: Ralph Bakshi | Stars: Joseph Kaufmann, Beverly Hope Atkinson, Frank DeKova, Terri Haven

Votes: 3,710 | Gross: $1.34M

10. Lisztomania (1975)

R | 103 min | Biography, Comedy, Music

Composer and pianist Franz Liszt (Roger Daltrey) attempts to overcome his hedonistic life-style while repeatedly being drawn back into it by the many women in his life and fellow composer Richard Wagner (Paul Nicholas).

Director: Ken Russell | Stars: Roger Daltrey, Sara Kestelman, Paul Nicholas, Ringo Starr

Votes: 3,116

11. Passchendaele (2008)

R | 114 min | Drama, History, Romance

The lives of a troubled veteran, his nurse girlfriend and a naive boy intersect first in Alberta and then in Belgium during the bloody World War I battle of Passchendaele.

Director: Paul Gross | Stars: Paul Gross, Michael Greyeyes, James Kot, Jesse Frechette

Votes: 8,799

12. Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth (1997)

Not Rated | 101 min | Animation, Action, Drama

A recap of the first 24 episodes of Neon Genesis Evangelion, followed by a 30-minute continuation of the plot that would later form the first third of The End of Evangelion.

Directors: Hideaki Anno, Ken Andô, Naoyasu Habu, Hiroyuki Ishidô, Tsuyoshi Kaga, Masayuki, Shôichi Masuo, Seiji Mizushima, Tensai Okamura, Keiichi Sugiyama, Akira Takamura, Kazuya Tsurumaki, Tetsuya Watanabe, Minoru Ôhara, Masahiko Ôtsuka | Stars: Megumi Ogata, Megumi Hayashibara, Yûko Miyamura, Kotono Mitsuishi

Votes: 15,618

13. War of the Worlds (1988–1990)

TV-PG | 45 min | Action, Adventure, Horror

Humanity must resume its war against the Martians when they revive after decades of hibernation following their defeat in the 1950s.

Stars: Jared Martin, Lynda Mason Green, Philip Akin, Richard Chaves

Votes: 1,469

14. Bholaa (2023)

Not Rated | 144 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

After getting out of prison with the desire to meet his daughter, Bholaa's plans are interrupted by a well-orchestrated drug bust.

Director: Ajay Devgn | Stars: Tabu, Ajay Devgn, Makrand Deshpande, Abhishek Bachchan

Votes: 22,482

15. Juliet of the Spirits (1965)

Not Rated | 137 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Visions, memories, and mysticism all help a 40-something woman to find the strength to leave her cheating husband.

Director: Federico Fellini | Stars: Giulietta Masina, Sandra Milo, Mario Pisu, Valentina Cortese

Votes: 14,712 | Gross: $0.08M

16. Amar Akbar Anthony (1977)

Not Rated | 184 min | Action, Comedy, Drama

Three brothers are separated and united after many years - one is brought up a Hindu, another a Muslim and the last (and most memorable) a Christian. Hilarity and adventure ensues.

Director: Manmohan Desai | Stars: Vinod Khanna, Rishi Kapoor, Amitabh Bachchan, Shabana Azmi

Votes: 8,215

17. Lord Jim (1965)

Not Rated | 154 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

After being discredited as a coward, a 19th century seaman lives for only one purpose: to redeem himself.

Director: Richard Brooks | Stars: Peter O'Toole, James Mason, Curd Jürgens, Eli Wallach

Votes: 4,262

18. The Seventh Cross (1944)

Passed | 112 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery

In 1936, seven prisoners escape from a concentration camp. The Nazis put up seven crosses for demonstrative executions. This story about one of the fugitives, who relies on own courage and compassion of people to avoid the seventh cross.

Director: Fred Zinnemann | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Signe Hasso, Hume Cronyn, Jessica Tandy

Votes: 2,978

19. Les Misérables (1935)

Approved | 108 min | Drama, History, Romance

In early-19th-century France, an ex-convict who failed to report to parole is relentlessly pursued over a 20-year period by an obsessive policeman.

Director: Richard Boleslawski | Stars: Fredric March, Charles Laughton, Cedric Hardwicke, Rochelle Hudson

Votes: 3,925

20. It Happened at Nightmare Inn (1973)

PG | 87 min | Horror

Two sisters running a small hotel in Spain kill female tourists whose morals do not meet their strict religious standards.

Director: Eugenio Martín | Stars: Judy Geeson, Aurora Bautista, Esperanza Roy, Víctor Barrera

Votes: 1,176

21. The Great Sinner (1949)

Approved | 110 min | Drama

In the 1860s, in the casino resort town of Wiesbaden, Germany, a reformed gambling addict, Pauline Ostrovsky, tenderly nurses the talented Russian writer Fedja, who is a physical wreck.

Directors: Robert Siodmak, Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Melvyn Douglas, Walter Huston

Votes: 1,621

22. X (2001–2002)

Not Rated | 24 min | Animation, Action, Drama

Kamui Shirou and Fuuma Monou have been best friends ever since they were kids. Fate, however, separates them when Fuuma's mother died under a mysterious circumstances. Fast forward, 6 years... See full summary »

Stars: Ken'ichi Suzumura, Jun'ichi Suwabe, Mitsuaki Madono, Ryôka Yuzuki

Votes: 1,851

23. The Mill and the Cross (2011)

Not Rated | 92 min | Drama, History

This movie focuses on a dozen of the five hundred characters depicted in Bruegel's painting. The theme of Christ's suffering is set against religious persecution in Flanders in 1564.

Director: Lech Majewski | Stars: Rutger Hauer, Michael York, Charlotte Rampling, Joanna Litwin

Votes: 4,427 | Gross: $0.31M

24. X (1996)

R | 100 min | Animation, Action, Fantasy

In 1999, a battle takes place between two factions of divine warriors for the fate of the world.

Director: Rintarô | Stars: Tomokazu Seki, Junko Iwao, Ken Narita, Tôru Furusawa

Votes: 2,818 | Gross: $0.14M

25. Night of the Living Dorks (2004)

Not Rated | 89 min | Comedy, Horror

Three not-so-cool school friends decide to try a old voodoo ritual. Later, they die in a car accident, but live on as zombies. But being a zombie has advantages, too...

Director: Matthias Dinter | Stars: Tino Mewes, Manuel Cortez, Thomas Schmieder, Collien Ulmen-Fernandes

Votes: 2,970

26. Lady Gaga: Judas (2011 Music Video)

6 min | Music, Musical

Music video for Lady Gaga's Judas.

Directors: Laurieann Gibson, Laura Obiols | Stars: Lady Gaga, Rick Gonzalez, Norman Reedus

Votes: 1,244

27. Revival of Evangelion (1998)

159 min | Animation, Action, Drama

A compilation of Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death and Rebirth and Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion.

Directors: Hideaki Anno, Ken Andô, Naoyasu Habu, Hiroyuki Ishidô, Tsuyoshi Kaga, Masayuki, Shôichi Masuo, Seiji Mizushima, Tensai Okamura, Keiichi Sugiyama, Akira Takamura, Kazuya Tsurumaki, Tetsuya Watanabe, Minoru Ôhara, Masahiko Ôtsuka | Stars: Tiffany Grant, Megumi Hayashibara, Akira Ishida, Tetsuya Iwanaga

Votes: 365

28. Xenogears (1998 Video Game)

T | Action, Adventure, Drama

Young warrior and artist Fei Fong Wong sets off on a journey that tests his faith as well as courage as he is suddenly thrown into a battle where no one is who they seem.

Director: Tetsuya Takahashi | Stars: Hikaru Midorikawa, Tomokazu Seki, Yumi Tôma, Hideyuki Tanaka

Votes: 775

29. Sword in the Desert (1949)

Approved | 101 min | Action, Drama, History

In 1947, with only months remaining until the partition of British-administered Palestine, an American freighter captain smuggles European Jewish refugees ashore under the nose of the British authorities.

Director: George Sherman | Stars: Dana Andrews, Märta Torén, Stephen McNally, Jeff Chandler

Votes: 319

30. Black Jesus (1968)

GP | 89 min | Drama

Rebel Maurice Lalubi is arrested by the military on trumped up charges and tortured, which turns him into a martyr. Inspired by the final days of the first democratic Congolese leader, Patrice Lumumba.

Director: Valerio Zurlini | Stars: Woody Strode, Franco Citti, Jean Servais, Pier Paolo Capponi

Votes: 324 | Gross: $0.33M

31. Tarazu (1997)

144 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A tough and honest police officer avenges his family's murder at the hands of a crime lord.

Director: Vimal Kumar | Stars: Akshay Kumar, Sonali Bendre, Mohnish Behl, Amrish Puri

Votes: 666

32. Dark Town (2004 Video)

R | 88 min | Horror

A quiet suburban town is overrun by vampires! The once idyllic portrait of a typical American family now hosts spectacles of carnage behind every picket fence as the neighbors prowl the streets feasting on the dead and dying.

Director: Desi Scarpone | Stars: Janet Martin, Delpaneaux Wills, Joel King, Meghan Stansfield

Votes: 483

33. Gospel According to Harry (1994)

82 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

The film is a biblical soap-opera whose action unfolds in the Californian desert. Karen and Wes's marriage is crumbling apart - like a sandcastle. Karen can't even make love to her husband ... See full summary »

Director: Lech Majewski | Stars: Andy Rivera, Alhassane Barry, David Baty, Renata Berger

Votes: 302

34. Viva Cangaceiro (1969)

104 min | Drama, Western

Espidito, survives the massacre of his entire village. A hermit helps him believing he is a Jesus like figure. As "Redeemer" Espidito goes out to help the poor turning to guns and his own rebel band. The discovery of oil twists everything.

Director: Giovanni Fago | Stars: Tomas Milian, Ugo Pagliai, Eduardo Fajardo, Howard Ross

Votes: 235

35. Madonna: Rebel Heart Tour (2016 TV Movie)

TV-MA | 120 min | Documentary, Music

Madonna's record-breaking Rebel heart Tour featurins 24 tracks performed around the world on her 10th global trek. This two hour spectacular is everything (and more) you'd expect from The Queen Of Pop.

Directors: Nathan Rissman, Danny Tull, Lilly Melgar, Jamie King, Steven Klein | Stars: Madonna, Kevin Antunes, Kupono Aweau, Derrick Barry

Votes: 1,611

36. Mermaid (1997)

10 min | Animation, Short, Fantasy

An elderly monk, while training the young novice who will succeed him, recalls the mysterious lost love of his past - just as his young successor appears to be encountering her himself.

Director: Aleksandr Petrov | Star: Evgeniya Smolyaninova

Votes: 1,212

37. The Dark Myth (1990– )

100 min | Animation, Fantasy, Horror

Takahashi, is the living embodiment of Atman (the energy of the Human Spirit) and he has been called upon to fight the forces of darkness single handedly. He is haunted by the murder of his... See full summary »

Stars: Nozomu Sasaki, Alan Marriott, Mizuho Suzuki, Peter Marinker

Votes: 108

38. Monster of Frankenstein (1981 TV Movie)

98 min | Animation, Drama, Family

Japanese animated adaptation of Marvel's "The Monster of Frankenstein" comic book series.

Director: Yûgo Serikawa | Stars: Masao Komatsu, Banjô Ginga, Hôsei Komatsu, Mami Koyama

Votes: 231

39. The Crucifier (2005 Video)

85 min | Horror

Friends are invited to an LSD party. The host suffers a psychotic episode, and guests become captives.

Director: Bill Zebub | Stars: Rocco Martone, Kerri Taylor, Ryan Miller, Jennifer Ligierie

Votes: 184

40. X: An Omen (2001 Video)

25 min | Animation, Short, Action

Alone in his dreams, a young man foresees the end of the world and waits for death to reunite him with his lost love.

Director: Yoshiaki Kawajiri | Stars: Yûji Ueda, Satsuki Yukino, Mamiko Noto, Jun'ichi Suwabe

Votes: 131

41. Death in Venice, CA (1994)

Not Rated | 30 min | Short, Drama, Romance

A stressed out writer's getaway is complicated by advances from a lascivious 17-year-old male relative.

Director: P. David Ebersole | Stars: Nick Rafter, Robert Glen Keith, Shirley Knight, John Forristal

Votes: 185

42. Falling (I) (2008)

R | 82 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Drama chronicling the tragic mental and spiritual collapse of a Hollywood videographer.

Director: Richard Dutcher | Stars: Richard Dutcher, Virginia Reece, Maria Eberline, Cesar Garcia

Votes: 81

43. Marilyn Manson: I Don't Like the Drugs, But the Drugs Like Me (1999 Music Video)

5 min | Music

The music video for "I Don't Like the Drugs (But the Drugs Like Me)" was directed by Paul Hunter, who had previously directed the video for "The Dope Show". The video features constant ... See full summary »

Director: Paul Hunter | Stars: Ginger Fish, Madonna Wayne Gacy, Marilyn Manson, Jeordie White

Votes: 191

44. Das Leuchten (2006)

30 min | Short, Sci-Fi

The near future. Every night the media show new reports about war and terror which constantly loom like a dark cloud over the nation. To protect the citizens from possible air attacks the ... See full synopsis »

Director: Krystof Zlatnik | Stars: Nils Vogeley, Georg Prang, Christina Uhland, Bibiana Beglau

Votes: 36

45. Ichthys (2005)

TV-G | 16 min | Animation, Short

Tells the story of the eternal issue of human fate, hope, waiting and fulfilment. It shows an individual totally abandoned in his pursuit to fulfil his dreams, without significant influence on his fate...but only seemingly.

Director: Marek Skrobecki

Votes: 137

46. Phantom Mary (2019)

118 min | Drama, Horror

The faded and fragmented memories of a relationship that's perpetually under sedation.

Director: Aniello De Angelis | Stars: Hanna White, Aniello De Angelis, Tasha Newell, Jeremy Chan

Votes: 26

47. David Gilmour: Rattle That Lock (2015 Music Video)

4 min | Animation, Music

The film follows the fall of Satan from the kingdom of Heaven and his subsequent journey through Pandemonium, Purgatory and Chaos on his way to corrupt the virgin Earth. Trunk Animation ... See full summary »

Directors: Alasdair Brotherston, Jock Mooney

Votes: 42

48. I've Only Just Begun (2012)

6 min | Short, Action, Drama

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Director: Elias Koskimies | Stars: Morgan Devereaux, Katja Joutsijoki, Vilma Kinnunen, Mikko Korsulainen

Votes: 62

49. Caught Between Colors (2009)

22 min | Short, Drama, Romance

Amidst religious tensions in contemporary India, two lovers struggle with the temptation to act on their growing romantic feelings for each other.

Director: Munjal Yagnik | Stars: Shilpi Arora, Dan Rajput, Rajeev Saxena, Shivam Sood

Votes: 13

50. Taboo: The Sixth Sense (1989 Video Game)

Fantasy, Sport

A Tarot card reading simulation for the NES video game console.

Votes: 19