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101. Son of the Bride (2001)
R | 123 min | Comedy, Drama
A dissatisfied 40-year-old, separated and without time for his own daughter and girlfriend must rethink his life when his father decides to marry his mother, who suffers from Alzheimer's disease, by church.
Director: Juan José Campanella | Stars: Ricardo Darín, Héctor Alterio, Norma Aleandro, Eduardo Blanco
Votes: 16,547 | Gross: $0.62M
102. 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: 3,940
103. Murder Ahoy (1964)
Unrated | 93 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
After Miss Jane Marple is made a trustee of a merchant marine training vessel, a fellow trustee is poisoned, and ship's officers are later murdered after she comes on board.
Director: George Pollock | Stars: Margaret Rutherford, Lionel Jeffries, Charles 'Bud' Tingwell, William Mervyn
Votes: 5,830
104. The Singing Nun (1966)
Approved | 97 min | Biography, Drama, Family
Fanciful biography of the Belgian nun who briefly made the hit parade.
Director: Henry Koster | Stars: Debbie Reynolds, Ricardo Montalban, Greer Garson, Agnes Moorehead
Votes: 1,534
105. Francesco (1989)
PG-13 | 119 min | Biography, Drama, History
Docudrama about the life of St-Francis of Assisi.
Director: Liliana Cavani | Stars: Mickey Rourke, Helena Bonham Carter, Andréa Ferréol, Nikolaus Dutsch
Votes: 1,701
106. The Girl on a Broomstick (1972)
76 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Saxana has the enthusiasm, but lacks the right talent to become a witch. So she's kept in for 300 years - nothing unusual for a sorceress' school. Being bored, she skims through the ... See full summary »
Director: Václav Vorlícek | Stars: Petra Cernocká, Jan Hrusínský, Jan Kraus, Vlastimil Zavrel
Votes: 1,489
107. The Transgressor (1974)
91 min | Drama, Thriller
In order to investigate her mother's strange death, a woman enters a sacred convent run by hypocritical, perverse nuns.
Director: Norifumi Suzuki | Stars: Yumi Takigawa, Emiko Yamauchi, Yayoi Watanabe, Ryouko Ima
Votes: 1,725
108. The Third Miracle (1999)
R | 119 min | Drama
The Vatican sends a priest to verify some miracles, performed by a woman who has been nominated for sainthood. During his investigation, the priest, who is experiencing a crisis of faith, re-discovers his own purpose in life.
Director: Agnieszka Holland | Stars: Sofia Polanska, Pavol Simon, Ivan Lukac, Patrik Minar
Votes: 3,550 | Gross: $0.74M
109. Stars of Eger (1968)
157 min | Adventure, History, Romance
1552, the great Turkish Empire wants to conquer Europe, and the world. The last stand is Hungarian Kingdom, and the castle of Eger. The brave soldiers decides they will fight till the end of their lives.
Director: Zoltán Várkonyi | Stars: István Kovács, Vera Venczel, Imre Sinkovits, György Korga
Votes: 2,655
110. The Falls (II) (2012)
Not Rated | 91 min | Drama, Romance
The Falls is a feature film about two missionaries that fall in love while on their mission.
Director: Jon Garcia | Stars: Nick Ferrucci, Benjamin Farmer, Brian J. Saville Allard, Quinn Allan
Votes: 2,828
111. Fight for Your Life (1977)
R | 82 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A mean trashy exploitation picture about three convicts who escape from jail and hole up at the house of a black minister. There are a few nasty scenes where the minister's family is being ... See full summary »
Director: Robert A. Endelson | Stars: Robert Judd, Catherine Peppers, Lela Small, Yvonne Ross
Votes: 1,748
112. Joshua (I) (2002)
G | 91 min | Drama
"Joshua" tells the story of a possible second coming of Christ to a small U.S. town.
Director: Jon Purdy | Stars: Tony Goldwyn, F. Murray Abraham, Kurt Fuller, Stacy Edwards
Votes: 2,071 | Gross: $1.37M
113. The Night of the Shooting Stars (1982)
R | 107 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
In 1944, the residents of a small Italian town under Axis control flee their homes to seek out the liberating Allied forces.
Directors: Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani | Stars: Omero Antonutti, Margarita Lozano, Claudio Bigagli, Massimo Bonetti
Votes: 4,681
114. Eskimo Nell (1975)
85 min | Comedy
Three young men, a scriptwriter, a producer and a director are called in by Benny U Murdoch, an exotic movie producer. He wants to make a new erotic movie starring a big woman - the "Eskimo... See full summary »
Director: Martin Campbell | Stars: Michael Armstrong, Terence Edmond, Christopher Timothy, Roy Kinnear
Votes: 435
115. The Missionary (1982)
R | 90 min | Comedy
In the early 20th Century, devout Reverend Charles Fortesque returns to England from his missionary work in Africa and, despite plans to marry his childhood sweetheart, receives a most unusual assignment: minister to the local prostitutes.
Director: Richard Loncraine | Stars: Michael Palin, Maggie Smith, Trevor Howard, Denholm Elliott
Votes: 2,594 | Gross: $7.24M
116. Rasputin: The Mad Monk (1966)
Not Rated | 91 min | Biography, Drama, Horror
Thrown out of his monastery for licentious and drunken behavior, Rasputin travels to St Petersburg in pursuit of wealth and prestige. He soon gains influence at court with his powers of healing and of hypnotism.
Director: Don Sharp | Stars: Christopher Lee, Barbara Shelley, Richard Pasco, Francis Matthews
Votes: 3,478
117. Abby (1974)
R | 89 min | Horror
A marriage counselor becomes possessed by a demon of sexuality when her father-in-law, an archaeologist and an exorcist, accidentally frees it while in Africa.
Director: William Girdler | Stars: Carol Speed, William Marshall, Terry Carter, Austin Stoker
Votes: 1,092
118. The Little World of Don Camillo (1952)
107 min | Comedy
A determined priest and a Communist mayor develop a grudging friendship in spite of their official rivalry.
Director: Julien Duvivier | Stars: Fernandel, Gino Cervi, Vera Talchi, Franco Interlenghi
Votes: 4,862
119. The Apostle (2012)
84 min | Animation, Horror
An escaped prison convict attempts to retrieve a loot hidden years ago in a lonely village. Sinister elders, strange disappearances, spirits, a peculiar priest and even the Archpriest of ... See full summary »
Director: Fernando Cortizo | Stars: Carlos Blanco, Xosé Manuel Olveira 'Pico', Paul Naschy, Jorge Sanz
Votes: 909
120. Privilege (1967)
103 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Britain's biggest pop singer, Steven Shorter (Paul Jones), receives unwavering adulation and possesses total control over his rabid fans, which includes nearly the entire population. Yet ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Watkins | Stars: Paul Jones, Jean Shrimpton, Mark London, William Job
Votes: 1,325
121. Judgment (1990 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 90 min | Drama
Fact-based story of a Louisiana priest accused of molesting young parishioners, and of the family of one of his victims, caught between their loyalty to their son and to their Church.
Director: Tom Topor | Stars: Keith Carradine, Blythe Danner, Jack Warden, David Strathairn
Votes: 437
122. Brides of Christ (1991)
Drama
The struggles of nuns and students at a Roman Catholic convent school in 1960s Sydney.
Stars: Brenda Fricker, Sandy Gore, Josephine Byrnes, Lisa Hensley
Votes: 701
123. Monsignor (1982)
R | 121 min | Crime, Drama, War
An ambitious priest seduces a nun and leads the Vatican into shady business during and after World War II.
Director: Frank Perry | Stars: Christopher Reeve, Geneviève Bujold, Fernando Rey, Jason Miller
Votes: 1,019 | Gross: $12.41M
124. Saint (2010)
Not Rated | 88 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
A horror film that depicts St. Nicholas as a murderous bishop who kidnaps and murders children when there is a full moon on December 5.
Director: Dick Maas | Stars: Egbert Jan Weeber, Bert Luppes, Caro Lenssen, Huub Stapel
Votes: 9,683
125. Chronicle of a Death Foretold (1987)
109 min | Drama
In a small village in Latin America, Santiago Nasar is killed in the morning, which surprises nobody. The Vicario brothers were openly declaring they would kill him to regain the lost honor... See full summary »
Director: Francesco Rosi | Stars: Rupert Everett, Ornella Muti, Gian Maria Volontè, Irene Papas
Votes: 1,309
126. Outrage (1950)
Passed | 75 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A young woman who has just become engaged has her life completely shattered when she is raped while on her way home from work.
Director: Ida Lupino | Stars: Mala Powers, Tod Andrews, Robert Clarke, Raymond Bond
Votes: 1,838
127. Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God (2012)
TV-14 | 106 min | Documentary
Alex Gibney explores the charged issue of pedophilia in the Catholic Church, following a trail from the first known protest against clerical sexual abuse in the United States and all the way to the Vatican.
Director: Alex Gibney | Stars: Alex Gibney, Terry Kohut, Gary Smith, Pat Kuehn
Votes: 4,096
128. Love Like Poison (2010)
92 min | Drama
Anna a young teenager comes home from her Catholic boarding school for the holidays and discovers her father has left. Her mother is devastated and confined in the company of the local ... See full summary »
Director: Katell Quillévéré | Stars: Clara Augarde, Lio, Michel Galabru, Péline Liberty
Votes: 822
129. The Book of Daniel (2006)
60 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Reverend Daniel Webster turns to a modern incarnation of Jesus to help him deal with his personal and professional problems.
Stars: Aidan Quinn, Susanna Thompson, Christian Campbell, Ivan Shaw
Votes: 908
130. Angélique (1964)
TV-14 | 115 min | Adventure, Drama, History
In the first of the Angélique series, the beautiful feisty teenage heroine becomes entangled in a political assassination plot and is betrothed to a stranger who is twelve years her senior and a reputed sorcerer.
Director: Bernard Borderie | Stars: Michèle Mercier, Robert Hossein, Jean Rochefort, Claude Giraud
Votes: 3,030
131. Francis of Assisi (1961)
Not Rated | 105 min | Biography, Drama, History
In 13th century Italy, Francis Bernardone, the son of an Assisi merchant, renounces a promising army career in favor of a monastic life and starts his own religious order, sanctioned by the Pope.
Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Bradford Dillman, Dolores Hart, Stuart Whitman, Cecil Kellaway
Votes: 1,133
132. Nothing to Lose (2018)
PG | 134 min | Biography, Drama
Self-financed fictional biopic of Brazilian bishop Edir Macedo, founder of the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God and owner of Record TV network.
Director: Alexandre Avancini | Stars: Petrônio Gontijo, Day Mesquita, Beth Goulart, Dalton Vigh
Votes: 23,119 | Gross: $1.00M
133. The Golden Coach (1952)
Not Rated | 103 min | Comedy, Drama, History
Three men of varying social standing - a viceroy, a bullfighter, and a soldier - vie for the affections of an actress in 18th-century Peru.
Director: Jean Renoir | Stars: Anna Magnani, Odoardo Spadaro, Nada Fiorelli, Duncan Lamont
Votes: 3,456
134. A Merry War (1997)
PG-13 | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Gordon Comstock quits his job at an advertising agency in order to write poetry, only to find that poets, like everyone else, need money.
Director: Robert Bierman | Stars: Richard E. Grant, Helena Bonham Carter, Julian Wadham, Jim Carter
Votes: 1,555 | Gross: $0.30M
135. The Detective (1954)
Approved | 91 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Works of art are disappearing, stolen by a master thief, a master of disguise. Father Brown has two goals: to catch the thief and to save his soul.
Director: Robert Hamer | Stars: Alec Guinness, Joan Greenwood, Peter Finch, Cecil Parker
Votes: 1,667
136. Tales of Erotica (1972)
88 min | Comedy
Four women of Gubbio--Angelica, Violetta, Lisa and Bettina--are conducted before the court by their lovers and husbands.
Director: Piero Regnoli | Stars: Mario Carrara, Gino Cassani, Roberto Ceccacci, Luigi Leoni
Votes: 109
137. September Dawn (2007)
R | 111 min | Drama, History, Romance
A love story set during a tense encounter between a wagon train of settlers and a renegade Mormon group.
Director: Christopher Cain | Stars: Jon Voight, Trent Ford, Tamara Hope, Terence Stamp
Votes: 3,077 | Gross: $1.07M
138. Pope Joan (1972)
PG | 132 min | Biography, Drama, History
In medieval Europe, a pious young woman becomes a scholar of theology, disguises herself as a man, rises through the Catholic Church hierarchy and is elected Pope.
Director: Michael Anderson | Stars: Liv Ullmann, Jeremy Kemp, Natasa Nicolescu, Sharon Winter
Votes: 397
139. I, the Worst of All (1990)
R | 105 min | Biography, Drama, History
This fact-based film examines the life of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (Assumpta Serna), a Roman Catholic nun from Mexico City who, in the midst of the Spanish Inquisition, established herself... See full summary »
Director: María Luisa Bemberg | Stars: Assumpta Serna, Dominique Sanda, Héctor Alterio, Lautaro Murúa
Votes: 723 | Gross: $0.05M
140. The Crime of Father Amaro (2005)
100 min | Action, Drama
An young priest commits a crime when he falls in love with a beautiful and troubled woman.
Director: Carlos Coelho da Silva | Stars: Jorge Corrula, Soraia Chaves, Nicolau Breyner, Glória Férias
Votes: 2,648
141. White Elephant (2012)
Not Rated | 105 min | Crime, Drama
While working alongside his long-time friend and colleague in building a hospital for the residents of a Buenos Aires shantytown, a troubled priest finds solace in a young, atheist social worker.
Director: Pablo Trapero | Stars: Ricardo Darín, Jérémie Renier, Martina Gusmán, Federico Barga
Votes: 5,444 | Gross: $0.01M
142. The Apparition (2018)
144 min | Drama, Mystery
A journalist is sent by the Vatican to investigate a young girl claiming to be visited by the Virgin Mary.
Director: Xavier Giannoli | Stars: Vincent Lindon, Galatéa Bellugi, Patrick d'Assumçao, Anatole Taubman
Votes: 1,868 | Gross: $0.03M
143. The Assisi Underground (1985)
PG | 115 min | Drama, History, War
A simple friar and a local bishop set up a pipeline for hundreds of Jews to hide and escape the Nazis in World War II Assisi.
Director: Alexander Ramati | Stars: Ben Cross, James Mason, Irene Papas, Maximilian Schell
Votes: 457
144. Angel of the Night (1998)
R | 98 min | Comedy, Horror
Rebecca inherits her grandmother's gothic mansion and celebrates by bringing her best friend and her boyfriend for a weekend. While exploring the crypts, they find an old dusty book, which gives a detailed description of a vampire's life.
Director: Shaky González | Stars: Maria Stokholm, Mette Louise Holland, Tomas Villum Jensen, Svend Johansen
Votes: 895
145. Woman Thou Art Loosed (2004)
R | 94 min | Drama
An adaptation of Bishop T.D. Jakes' self-help novel, chronicling a woman's struggle to come to terms with her legacy of abuse, addiction and poverty.
Director: Michael Schultz | Stars: Kimberly Elise, T.D. Jakes, Michael Boatman, Loretta Devine
Votes: 1,044 | Gross: $6.88M
146. William the Conqueror (2014 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 54 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama
Blending drama with the explanations of passionate historians and specialists, this enriched historical reconstruction traces 60 years in the life a man who transformed the Middle Ages and ... See full summary »
Director: Frédéric Compain | Stars: Vincent Deniard, Eric Challier, Géraldine Martineau, Tercelin Kirtley
Votes: 182
147. Perry Mason: The Case of the Notorious Nun (1986 TV Movie)
100 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A priest is murdered and the suspect is a nun. And it's been rumored that the two of them are having an affair.
Director: Ron Satlof | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Katt, Timothy Bottoms
Votes: 629
148. American Nightmares (2018)
Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy, Horror
Mr. Malevolent hacks into two millennials' computers and forces them to watch horror tales.
Directors: Rusty Cundieff, Darin Scott | Stars: Danny Trejo, Nichelle Nichols, Jared Kusnitz, Michael Felix
Votes: 844
149. Thérèse: The Story of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux (2004)
PG | 96 min | Biography, Drama, Family
The mesmerizing story of a young girl's romance with God. Her faith, trials, and sacrifices reveal a way of life based on love and simplicity. A contemplative film based on the true story ... See full summary »
Director: Leonardo Defilippis | Stars: Lindsay Younce, Leonardo Defilippis, Patti Defilippis, Jen Nikolaisen
Votes: 549 | Gross: $0.10M
150. Les Miserables (1952)
Approved | 105 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
A parole violator in early 19th Century France is relentlessly pursued and persecuted by an obsessive policeman.
Director: Lewis Milestone | Stars: Michael Rennie, Robert Newton, Debra Paget, Edmund Gwenn
Votes: 1,130 | Gross: $2.40M