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1. Prisoners (2013)
R | 153 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When Keller Dover's daughter and her friend go missing, he takes matters into his own hands as the police pursue multiple leads and the pressure mounts.
Director: Denis Villeneuve | Stars: Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Viola Davis, Melissa Leo
Votes: 810,814 | Gross: $61.00M
2. The Last Duel (2021)
R | 152 min | Action, Drama, History
The Knight Jean de Carrouges must settle the dispute over his wife Marguerite by challenging his former friend to a duel to the death.
Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Matt Damon, Adam Driver, Jodie Comer, Harriet Walter
Votes: 182,511 | Gross: $10.85M
3. The Conversation (1974)
PG | 113 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A paranoid, secretive surveillance expert has a crisis of conscience when he suspects that the couple he is spying on will be murdered.
Director: Francis Ford Coppola | Stars: Gene Hackman, John Cazale, Allen Garfield, Frederic Forrest
Votes: 121,996 | Gross: $4.42M
4. The Sentinel (1977)
R | 92 min | Horror
A young woman moves into an apartment in a building which houses a sinister evil.
Director: Michael Winner | Stars: Cristina Raines, Ava Gardner, Chris Sarandon, Martin Balsam
Votes: 11,934
5. Virgin Territory (2007)
R | 97 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Young Florentines take refuge from the black plague and engage in bawdy adventures and lusty exchanges.
Director: David Leland | Stars: Hayden Christensen, Mischa Barton, Ryan Cartwright, Christopher Egan
Votes: 8,705
6. Love Exposure (2008)
Unrated | 237 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
A bizarre love triangle forms between a young Catholic upskirt photographer, a misandric girl and a manipulative cultist.
Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Takahiro Nishijima, Hikari Mitsushima, Sakura Andô, Yutaka Shimizu
Votes: 15,929
7. Aline (II) (2020)
PG-13 | 126 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
With the support of her family and the man she loves, the 14th child of a modest family will become the most famous singer in the world.
Director: Valérie Lemercier | Stars: Valérie Lemercier, Sylvain Marcel, Danielle Fichaud, Roc Lafortune
Votes: 3,376
8. The Immigrant (2013)
R | 120 min | Drama, Romance
In 1921, an innocent immigrant woman is tricked into a life of burlesque and vaudeville until a dazzling magician tries to save her and reunite her with her sister who is being held in the confines of Ellis Island.
Director: James Gray | Stars: Marion Cotillard, Joaquin Phoenix, Jeremy Renner, Dagmara Dominczyk
Votes: 33,813 | Gross: $2.01M
9. Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002)
PG-13 | 116 min | Drama
After years of mother-daughter tension, Siddalee receives a scrapbook detailing the wild adventures of the "Ya-Yas", her mother's girlhood friends.
Director: Callie Khouri | Stars: Sandra Bullock, Ellen Burstyn, Fionnula Flanagan, James Garner
Votes: 20,962 | Gross: $69.60M
10. Serial Bad Weddings (2014)
97 min | Comedy
A French Catholic couple sees their life get turned upside-down when their four daughters get married to men of different nationalities and religions.
Director: Philippe de Chauveron | Stars: Christian Clavier, Chantal Lauby, Ary Abittan, Medi Sadoun
Votes: 45,477
11. Corpus Christi (2019)
Unrated | 115 min | Drama
Daniel experiences a spiritual transformation in a detention center. Although his criminal record prevents him from applying to the seminary, he has no intention of giving up his dream and decides to minister a small-town parish.
Director: Jan Komasa | Stars: Bartosz Bielenia, Aleksandra Konieczna, Eliza Rycembel, Tomasz Zietek
Votes: 21,914
12. Reach Me (2014)
PG-13 | 95 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A self-help book changes the lives of different people in the LA area. Who is the reclusive writer?
Director: John Herzfeld | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Kyra Sedgwick, Thomas Jane, Kelsey Grammer
Votes: 3,267
13. Jimmy's Hall (2014)
PG-13 | 109 min | Biography, Drama, History
During the Depression, Jimmy Gralton returns home to Ireland after ten years of exile in America. Seeing the levels of poverty and oppression, the activist in him reawakens and he looks to re-open the dance hall that led to his deportation.
Director: Ken Loach | Stars: Barry Ward, Francis Magee, Aileen Henry, Simone Kirby
Votes: 6,960 | Gross: $0.56M
14. Oscar and Lucinda (1997)
R | 132 min | Drama, Romance
In mid-1800s England, Oscar is a young Anglican priest, a misfit and an outcast, but with the soul of an angel. As a boy, even though from a strict Pentecostal family, he felt God told him ... See full summary »
Director: Gillian Armstrong | Stars: Ralph Fiennes, Cate Blanchett, Ciarán Hinds, Tom Wilkinson
Votes: 7,199 | Gross: $1.51M
15. Léon Morin, Priest (1961)
Not Rated | 117 min | Drama, Romance, War
Set during occupied France, a faithless woman finds herself falling in love with a young priest.
Director: Jean-Pierre Melville | Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Emmanuelle Riva, Irène Tunc, Nicole Mirel
Votes: 5,688 | Gross: $0.04M
16. Tobacco Road (1941)
Approved | 84 min | Comedy, Drama
Hillbilly family farm life in 1941 rural Georgia.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Charley Grapewin, Gene Tierney, Marjorie Rambeau, William Tracy
Votes: 2,573
17. The Abdication (1974)
PG | 103 min | Biography, Drama, History
Queen Christina of Sweden abdicates and travels to Rome to embrace the Catholic Church.
Director: Anthony Harvey | Stars: Peter Finch, Liv Ullmann, Cyril Cusack, Paul Rogers
Votes: 363 | Gross: $0.18M
18. Devilish Education (1995)
29 min | Short
After taking a dip in the lake, an innocent maiden encounters an enigmatic stranger dressed in black. Soon, he will introduce her to the secret pleasures of the flesh and the mysterious ways of the world.
Director: Janusz Majewski | Stars: Renata Dancewicz, Marek Kondrat, Anna Dymna, Stanislaw Brudny
Votes: 555
19. 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: 3,282
20. 1945 (2017)
91 min | Drama
12 August 1945, 11 AM. Two mysterious strangers dressed in black appear at the railway station of a Hungarian village. Within a few hours, everything changes.
Director: Ferenc Török | Stars: Péter Rudolf, Bence Tasnádi, Tamás Szabó Kimmel, Dóra Sztarenki
Votes: 4,296 | Gross: $1.01M
21. The Fugitive (1947)
Approved | 104 min | Drama, History
Anti-Catholic and anti-cleric policies in the Mexican state of Tabasco lead the revolutionary government to persecute the state's last remaining priest.
Directors: John Ford, Emilio Fernández | Stars: Henry Fonda, Dolores Del Río, Pedro Armendáriz, J. Carrol Naish
Votes: 2,587
22. Stations of the Cross (2014)
Unrated | 110 min | Drama
Fourteen-year-old Maria is a fundamentalist Catholic, living her life in a modern fashion, yet her heart belongs to Jesus. She wants to be a saint and go to heaven. No one, not even a nice boy she meets, can stop her in this goal.
Director: Dietrich Brüggemann | Stars: Lea van Acken, Franziska Weisz, Florian Stetter, Lucie Aron
Votes: 4,631
23. Soulkeeper (2001)
R | 105 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Two thieves down on their luck get hired to steal the Rock of Lazarus, an ancient relic capable of returning evil souls to earth.
Director: Darin Ferriola | Stars: William Bassett, Howard Berger, Jaime Bergman, Vincent Berry
Votes: 1,299
24. A Man of No Importance (1994)
R | 99 min | Comedy, Drama
A friendly, poetry quoting bus conductor in 1963 Dublin wants to stage Oscar Wilde's play, Salome, with passengers on his bus.
Director: Suri Krishnamma | Stars: Albert Finney, Brenda Fricker, Michael Gambon, Tara Fitzgerald
Votes: 1,184 | Gross: $0.93M
25. Wild Roses (2017)
90 min | Drama
Ewa returns to her village after a hospital stay. She works on a plantation that grows wild roses. While Ewa was away her mother has been taking care of her children Marysia and Jas. Ewa's ... See full summary »
Director: Anna Jadowska | Stars: Marta Nieradkiewicz, Michal Zurawski, Natalia Bartnik, Dominika Biernat
Votes: 332
26. Bordertown (1935)
Approved | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
In Mexico, a former lawyer becomes the invaluable second-in-command to a casino owner, whose wife begins to fall for him.
Director: Archie Mayo | Stars: Paul Muni, Bette Davis, Margaret Lindsay, Eugene Pallette
Votes: 2,005
27. The Bag of Flour (2012)
Not Rated | 92 min | Drama
Alsemberg, 1975, Sarah an 8-year-old-girl is living in a Catholic foster family. One day, her biological father whom she has never seen before, comes to take her for a weekend in Paris. But... See full summary »
Director: Kadija Leclere | Stars: Hiam Abbass, Mehdi Dehbi, Hafsia Herzi, Kadija Leclere
Votes: 201
28. When in Rome (1952)
Approved | 78 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
An American fugitive flees to Rome and tries to elude capture by masquerading as a priest.
Director: Clarence Brown | Stars: Van Johnson, Paul Douglas, Joseph Calleia, Carlo Rizzo
Votes: 334
29. Adiós, Roberto (1985)
90 min | Drama, Romance
Roberto separates from his wife and needs a place to stay. When he moves in with gay Marcelo, he is clueless about Marcello's sexuality and the two become close friends. One night after ... See full summary »
Director: Enrique Dawi | Stars: Carlos Calvo, Víctor Laplace, Héctor Alterio, Ana María Picchio
Votes: 110
30. Bless Me Father (2017)
16 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
In a small Irish town where secrets are rare, a local man goes to church to confess his.
Director: Paul Martin Horan | Stars: Francis Magee, Phelim Drew, Glynis Casson
Votes: 81
31. Los pecados de una chica casi decente (1975)
91 min | Comedy
A very enthusiastic girl kills her boyfriend, a carabinieri, after a long love session. She will suffer during the rest of the film to hide the body.
Director: Mariano Ozores | Stars: Lina Morgan, Alfredo Landa, Antonio Ferrandis, Queta Claver
Votes: 73
32. The Confessional (II) (2009)
Not Rated | 117 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A disturbed sculptor assumes the identity of a small town priest and designs a game of divine madness for a unsuspecting town.
Director: James Anthony Cotton | Stars: Peter Quartaroli, Jane Longenecker, Victor Browne, Noah Maschan
Votes: 115
33. Once Upon a Time in Poland (2020)
95 min | Documentary
Czech director travels to Poland to find God in the most Christian country in Europe.
Directors: Vít Klusák, Filip Remunda
Votes: 105
34. Autumn Leaves (II) (2014)
7 min | Short, Drama
A man struggles with the desire to kill the man who raped his mother versus wanting to do right by God, so he goes to confess.
Director: Nia Imani | Stars: Alexandria Collins, London Curtis, John Archer Lundgren, Troy McCray
35.
Hunter (1984–1991)
Episode:
Final Confession
(1990)
TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
After serving a 20-year prison term, a convicted murderer hunts down his accomplices who avoided prosecution. One of the accomplices has since become a priest.
Director: Tony Mordente | Stars: Fred Dryer, Stepfanie Kramer, Charles Hallahan, John Pleshette
Votes: 69
36.
L.A. Law (1986–1994)
Episode:
All About Sleaze
(1992)
TV-PG | 47 min | Drama
C.J. is representing a man suing the Federal government for negligence after a psychotic Federally-protected witness murdered his wife, and C.J. soon learns that she may be in way over her ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Compton | Stars: Susan Dey, Corbin Bernsen, Jill Eikenberry, Alan Rachins
Votes: 32
37.
Mod Squad (1968–1973)
Episode:
Keep the Faith, Baby
(1969)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A black priest, at odds with his diocese, becomes the target of a hood after he is suspended by the Church. The hood believes the priest will reveal what he was told during his confession when he though he was about to die.
Director: Gene Nelson | Stars: Michael Cole, Clarence Williams III, Peggy Lipton, Tige Andrews
Votes: 48
38.
T.J. Hooker (1982–1986)
Episode:
The Confession
(1984)
TV-PG | 49 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A female Episcopalian priest whom Hooker knows is raped. The man is later caught. But when he goes to her and confesses, she chooses not to testify.
Director: Georg Fenady | Stars: William Shatner, Adrian Zmed, Heather Locklear, James Darren
Votes: 51
39.
The Life & Times of Tim (2008–2012)
Episode:
Mad Dog Tim/Monday Night Confession
(2008)
TV-MA | 26 min | Animation, Comedy
Tim gets a new nickname after taking the rap for the misdeeds of his boss's dog; a momentary lapse at a family baptism turns into a major embarrassment for Tim, thanks again to the priest.
Director: Steve Dildarian | Stars: Steve Dildarian, M.J. Otto, Nick Kroll, Bob Morrow
Votes: 83
40.
Penny Dreadful (2014–2016)
Episode:
Possession
(2014)
TV-MA | 59 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Over the course of four harrowing weeks, Sir Malcolm, Ethan, Dr. Frankenstein and Sembene do everything they can to save Vanessa from what's within her.
Director: James Hawes | Stars: Reeve Carney, Timothy Dalton, Eva Green, Rory Kinnear
Votes: 3,278