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1. Kingdom of Heaven (2005)
R | 144 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Balian of Ibelin travels to Jerusalem during the Crusades of the 12th century, and there he finds himself as the defender of the city and its people.
Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Orlando Bloom, Eva Green, Liam Neeson, Martin Hancock
Votes: 315,264 | Gross: $47.40M
2. Sin City (2005)
R | 124 min | Crime, Thriller
An exploration of the dark and miserable Basin City and three of its residents, all of whom are caught up in violent corruption.
Directors: Frank Miller, Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez | Stars: Mickey Rourke, Clive Owen, Bruce Willis, Jessica Alba
Votes: 793,906 | Gross: $74.10M
3. V for Vendetta (2005)
R | 132 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
In a future British dystopian society, a shadowy freedom fighter, known only by the alias of "V", plots to overthrow the tyrannical government - with the help of a young woman.
Director: James McTeigue | Stars: Hugo Weaving, Natalie Portman, Rupert Graves, Stephen Rea
Votes: 1,179,574 | Gross: $70.51M
4. Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)
PG-13 | 143 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Robin Hood decides to fight back as an outlaw when faced with the tyranny of the Sheriff of Nottingham.
Director: Kevin Reynolds | Stars: Kevin Costner, Morgan Freeman, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Christian Slater
Votes: 208,455 | Gross: $165.50M
5. The Three Musketeers (1993)
PG | 105 min | Action, Adventure, Romance
France, 1625: Young d'Artagnan heads to Paris to join the Musketeers but the evil cardinal has disbanded them - save 3. He meets the 3, Athos, Porthos and Aramis, and joins them on their quest to save the king and country.
Director: Stephen Herek | Stars: Charlie Sheen, Kiefer Sutherland, Chris O'Donnell, Oliver Platt
Votes: 59,386 | Gross: $53.90M
6. The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021)
R | 112 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Arne Cheyenne Johnson stabs and murders his landlord, claiming to be under demonic possession while Ed and Lorraine Warren investigate the case and try to prove his innocence.
Director: Michael Chaves | Stars: Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga, Ruairi O'Connor, Sarah Catherine Hook
Votes: 139,075 | Gross: $65.63M
7. Sleepy Hollow (1999)
R | 105 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Ichabod Crane is sent to Sleepy Hollow to investigate the decapitations of three people; the culprit is legendary apparition The Headless Horseman.
Director: Tim Burton | Stars: Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci, Miranda Richardson, Michael Gambon
Votes: 383,983 | Gross: $101.07M
8. The Three Musketeers (2011)
PG-13 | 110 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
The hot-headed young D'Artagnan along with three former legendary but now down-on-their-luck Musketeers must unite and defeat a beautiful double agent and her villainous employer from seizing the French throne and engulfing Europe in war.
Director: Paul W.S. Anderson | Stars: Logan Lerman, Matthew Macfadyen, Ray Stevenson, Milla Jovovich
Votes: 112,053 | Gross: $20.38M
9. Ladyhawke (1985)
PG-13 | 121 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
The thief Gaston escapes the dungeon of medieval Aquila through the latrine. Soldiers are about to kill him when Navarre saves him. Navarre, traveling with his spirited hawk, plans to kill the bishop of Aquila with help from Gaston.
Director: Richard Donner | Stars: Matthew Broderick, Rutger Hauer, Michelle Pfeiffer, Leo McKern
Votes: 50,996 | Gross: $18.43M
10. 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: 309,666 | Gross: $133.38M
11. Vampires (1998)
R | 108 min | Action, Horror, Thriller
Recovering from an ambush that killed his entire team, a vengeful vampire slayer must retrieve an ancient Catholic relic that, should it be acquired by vampires, will allow them to walk in sunlight.
Director: John Carpenter | Stars: James Woods, Daniel Baldwin, Sheryl Lee, Thomas Ian Griffith
Votes: 63,775 | Gross: $20.24M
12. Borgia (2011–2014)
TV-MA | 52 min | Biography, Drama, History
Story of the rise and the fall of the Renaissance dynasty.
Stars: Mark Ryder, Isolda Dychauk, Diarmuid Noyes, John Doman
Votes: 7,219
13. 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: 72,284 | Gross: $50.05M
14. Even Lambs Have Teeth (2015)
Unrated | 79 min | Horror, Thriller
Two young women terrorized by a group of small town psychos seek revenge on their tormentors.
Director: Terry Miles | Stars: Tiera Skovbye, Kirsten Zien, Darren Mann, Manny Jacinto
Votes: 3,147
15. Leviathan (2014)
R | 140 min | Crime, Drama
In a Russian coastal town, Kolya is forced to fight the corrupt mayor when he is told that his house will be demolished. He recruits a lawyer friend to help, but the man's arrival brings further misfortune for Kolya and his family.
Director: Andrey Zvyagintsev | Stars: Aleksey Serebryakov, Elena Lyadova, Roman Madyanov, Vladimir Vdovichenkov
Votes: 56,916 | Gross: $1.09M
16. Bad Education (2004)
NC-17 | 106 min | Crime, Drama
An examination on the effect of Franco-era religious schooling and sexual abuse on the lives of two longtime friends.
Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Gael García Bernal, Fele Martínez, Javier Cámara, Daniel Giménez Cacho
Votes: 63,424 | Gross: $5.21M
17. Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (1970)
Not Rated | 77 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Surreal tale in which love, fear, sex, and religion merge into one fantastic world. Based on a classical Czech novel of the same title.
Director: Jaromil Jires | Stars: Jaroslava Schallerová, Helena Anýzová, Petr Kopriva, Jirí Prýmek
Votes: 11,234
18. The Boys of St. Vincent (1992 TV Movie)
93 min | Biography, Drama
The true story of boys being sexually abused at their orphanage ran by a religious community in Newfoundland.
Director: John N. Smith | Stars: Henry Czerny, Johnny Morina, Brian Dooley, Philip Dinn
Votes: 1,979 | Gross: $0.20M
19. A Call to Spy (2019)
PG-13 | 123 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
In the beginning of WWII, with Britain becoming desperate, Churchill orders his new spy agency - SOE - to recruit and train women as spies.
Director: Lydia Dean Pilcher | Stars: Sarah Megan Thomas, Stana Katic, Radhika Apte, Linus Roache
Votes: 9,353
20. The Glimmer Man (1996)
R | 91 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Two cops are forced to work together to solve a chain of mysterious killings by a killer nicknamed "The Family Man".
Director: John Gray | Stars: Steven Seagal, Keenen Ivory Wayans, Bob Gunton, Brian Cox
Votes: 21,271 | Gross: $20.10M
21. Pixie (2020)
R | 93 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller
To avenge her mother's death, Pixie masterminds a heist but must flee across Ireland from gangsters, take on the patriarchy, and choose her own destiny.
Director: Barnaby Thompson | Stars: Olivia Cooke, Fra Fee, Rory Fleck Byrne, Pat Shortt
Votes: 5,491
22. The Hunchback (1997 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 98 min | Drama, Romance
Based on the novel, a young gypsy becomes a Minister's obsession in 1483. Only the bell ringer and her husband and the court of miracles can save her.
Director: Peter Medak | Stars: Mandy Patinkin, Richard Harris, Salma Hayek, Edward Atterton
Votes: 1,851
23. Vanquish (2021)
R | 94 min | Action, Thriller
A mother, Victoria, is trying to put her dark past as a Russian drug courier behind her, but retired cop Damon forces Victoria to do his bidding by holding her daughter hostage.
Director: George Gallo | Stars: Morgan Freeman, Ruby Rose, Patrick Muldoon, Nick Vallelonga
Votes: 5,374
24. Silent Night (I) (2012)
R | 94 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery
The police force of a remote Midwestern town search for a killer Santa Claus who is picking off citizens on Christmas Eve.
Director: Steven C. Miller | Stars: Malcolm McDowell, Jaime King, Donal Logue, Rick Skene
Votes: 9,438 | Gross: $0.01M
25. Nude Nuns with Big Guns (2010)
Not Rated | 91 min | Action, Comedy, Thriller
A left-for-dead nun forced into prostitution embarks on a deadly revenge mission to do the Lord's work, punishing sinners in a strictly personal vigilante Holy War.
Director: Joseph Guzman | Stars: Asun Ortega, David Castro, Perry D'Marco, Maxie Santillan Jr.
Votes: 6,294
26. The Twelve Chairs (1970)
GP | 94 min | Comedy, Drama
In 1920s Soviet Russia, a fallen aristocrat, a priest and a con artist search for a treasure of jewels hidden inside one of twelve dining chairs, lost during the revolution.
Director: Mel Brooks | Stars: Mel Brooks, Ron Moody, Frank Langella, Dom DeLuise
Votes: 7,114 | Gross: $1.81M
27. Marquis de Sade's Justine (1969)
R | 90 min | Drama
Penniless and separated from her sister, a beautiful, chaste orphan must endure an endless parade of villains, perverts and degenerates who covet her virtue and life.
Director: Jesús Franco | Stars: Klaus Kinski, Romina Power, Maria Rohm, Rosemary Dexter
Votes: 2,049
28. Night of the Scarecrow (1995)
R | 85 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A group of drunk teenagers accidently set free the spirit of a warlock, which possesses a scarecrow. The scarecrow goes on a bloody rampage killing the descendents of the men who had killed... See full summary »
Director: Jeff Burr | Stars: Elizabeth Barondes, John Mese, Stephen Root, Bruce Glover
Votes: 1,430
29. Puppet on a Chain (1970)
PG | 98 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Following a triple professional hit a U.S. agent arrives in Amsterdam to investigate a heroin smuggling ring. He finds a city rife with drugs and a police force unable or unwilling to do ... See full summary »
Director: Geoffrey Reeve | Stars: Sven-Bertil Taube, Barbara Parkins, Alexander Knox, Patrick Allen
Votes: 1,277 | Gross: $0.77M
30. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1982 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 102 min | Drama, Romance
Disfigured man Quasimodo (Sir Anthony Hopkins) is feared and tormented by the townspeople of Notre Dame, but he has a sensitive nature of which few are aware.
Directors: Michael Tuchner, Alan Hume | Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Derek Jacobi, David Suchet, Gerry Sundquist
Votes: 1,436
31. The Bloodstained Shadow (1978)
Not Rated | 109 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
The body of a schoolgirl is found in a meadow. The murderer is never caught, and years later, a young man named Stefano returns to the island and is reunited with his brother, the local priest.
Director: Antonio Bido | Stars: Lino Capolicchio, Stefania Casini, Craig Hill, Massimo Serato
Votes: 1,963
32. 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: 4,086
33. Canoa: A Shameful Memory (1976)
Not Rated | 115 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
A group of university employees arrive in a small village during a hiking expedition. Once there, the local priest accuses them of being university students who're attempting to spread communism and mobilizes the townspeople to lynch them.
Director: Felipe Cazals | Stars: Enrique Lucero, Salvador Sánchez, Ernesto Gómez Cruz, Roberto Sosa
Votes: 1,870
34. The Confession (2011)
Not Rated | 63 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A tale of unique redemption, and an exploration of good and evil featuring a hitman and a Priest.
Stars: John Hurt, Kiefer Sutherland, Max Casella, Rosemary De Angelis
Votes: 5,672
35. The Ceremony of the Senses (1979)
90 min | Crime, Drama
Director: Antonio D'Agostino | Stars: Franco Pugi, Ornella Grassi, Camillo Besenzon, Dina Castigliego
Votes: 75
36. Kleptomania (1993)
R | 90 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Diana is a troubled, bulimic socialite who lives with her loving husband and shoplifts for thrills. Julie is an unstable, homeless rape victim who lives with a corrupt priest and steals to survive. They form an uneasy friendship.
Director: Don Boyd | Stars: Amy Irving, Patsy Kensit, Victor Garber, Brett Snell
Votes: 199
37. Possessed (2014)
81 min | Animation, Comedy, Horror
Trini is the most famous flamingo dancer in the world and she has an envious life. Everyone loves her dancing, but when a seemingly innocuous domestic accident takes her husband's life, a ... See full summary »
Director: Samuel Ortí Martí | Stars: Anabel Alonso, Santiago Segura, Josema Yuste, Álex Angulo
Votes: 469
38. Queensrÿche: Video Mindcrime (1989 Video)
40 min | Short, Crime, Drama
Compilation of music videos for the US heavy metal band Queensrÿche's classic 1988 concept album Operation: Mindcrime about disillusioned Nikki, brainwashed by sinister Dr. X to kill for him. Nikki falls for one of his targets - nun Mary.
Directors: Chris Painter, Marc Reshovsky | Stars: Chris De Garmo, Paul Greenstein, Dennis Henning, Eddie Jackson
Votes: 95
39. Kaasua, komisario Palmu! (1961)
99 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
A rich widow is found dead of gas poisoning in her flat in Helsinki. First the death is thought to be an accident, but lieutenant Palmu notices that the murderer has made a mistake, and ... See full summary »
Director: Matti Kassila | Stars: Joel Rinne, Matti Ranin, Leo Jokela, Elina Salo
Votes: 1,670
40. Tight Spot (1973)
114 min | Drama, Thriller
This film, based on a well-known novel of the same name by Sadegh Chooback, is about a wronged man seeking revenge. Director Amir Naderi's inspiration for making the film was one of his ... See full summary »
Director: Amir Naderi | Stars: Behrouz Vossoughi, Parviz Fanizadeh, Jafar Vali, Enayat Bakhshi
Votes: 876
41. Perfect Parents (2006 TV Movie)
92 min | Drama
This show is about a couple who pretend to be Catholic to get their daughter into a good school, but their lies turn into a mess of fraud, violence and murder.
Director: Joe Ahearne | Stars: Christopher Eccleston, Susannah Harker, Brendan Coyle, Michelle Joseph
Votes: 154
42. Locos por el sexo (2006)
99 min | Comedy
Nono is a young schizophrenic who believes himself destined to stop the global arms race. He has always lived alone with his overwhelming mother, now he meets crazy Ramon.
Director: Javier Rebollo | Stars: Jordi Vilches, Karra Elejalde, Inma del Moral, Guillermo Montesinos
Votes: 110
43. Satan Returns (1996)
95 min | Action, Horror
Female police psychologist is targeted by a supernatural devil-worshiping serial killer who wants to prove to her that she's the Antichrist. A tough cop, his inept womanizing comic relief partner and a reverend try to stop him.
Director: Wai-Lun Lam | Stars: Chingmy Yau, Francis Ng, Donnie Yen, Dayo Wong
Votes: 296
44. Lucy Worsley's Royal Palace Secrets (2020 TV Movie)
55 min | Documentary
Chief Curator of Historic Royal Palaces, Lucy Worsley, explores the history of the Tower of London, Hampton Court and Kensington Palace to show how these places symbolize the evolution of British monarchs' place in society.
Director: Eleanor Scoones | Stars: Lucy Worsley, Eleri Lynn
Votes: 120
45. Preaching to the Pastor (2009)
Not Rated | 85 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
The Pastor of High and Missionary Baptist Church has a dark secret that may cost him his title and his ministry. In the end, everyone needs to be preached to, including the Pastor.
Director: Aaron L. Williams | Stars: Elise Neal, Robin Givens, Greg Will, Wendell Lewis
Votes: 32
46. Final Fantasy Tactics (1997 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Drama
The story of a heroic squire religated to the lost pages of history.
Director: Yasumi Matsuno
Votes: 615
48. Beyond Redemption: Space Captain (2014)
109 min | Adventure, Comedy, Horror
In the year 2121, a transport ship mysteriously explodes in a remote region of space. The crew of the Redemption go to investigate and find an alluring female cyborg. Before long an alien ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Day | Stars: Paul Day, Abigail Jayne Martin, Alanah France, Kylie Stephenson
Votes: 52
49. Spirito Santo e le 5 magnifiche canaglie (1972)
85 min | Comedy, Western
The authorities of Springfield ask Spirito Santo/Holy Ghost, which in turn will require the help of Diego of Habsburg and his colorful gang, to eliminate the threat constituted by an elusive masked bandit known as Solitario.
Director: Roberto Mauri | Stars: Vassili Karis, Remo Capitani, Maria Francesca, Giovanni Cianfriglia
Votes: 34
50. Imya 505: Vremya i Steklo (Parodiya) (2015 Music Video)
4 min | Comedy, Music
A nearly shot-for-shot parody of Vremya i Steklo: Imya 505 (2015) music video, which adds to surreal lyrics and imagery a lot of social commentary.
Stars: Chotkiy Patsa, Dasha Kosova, Iryna Solonenko, Anton Murafa