Here we've displayed a list of the best Catholic Church films : Daens(1992), Stations of the Cross(2014), The Bells of St. Mary's(1945), Mayerling(1936), Martin Luther(1953), The Cardinal(1963), Circle of Friends(1995), Francis of Assisi(1961), The Exterminating Angel(1962), The Boys of St. Vincent(1992), Pieces of Dreams(1970), Exorcist II: The Heretic(1977) ... ...
Drama
Belgium|France|Netherlands
1992
134 Minutes
Jan Decleir Gérard Desarthe Antje de Boeck Michael Pas Johan Leysen Idwig Stephane Linda Van Dijck Wim Meuwissen
priest socialist foreman prostitute bishop child dark disheartening belgium village school factory pub worker's rights rape adolf daens child labor catholic church corruption underdog
In the 1890s, Father Adolf Daens goes to Aalst, a textile town where child labor is rife, pay and working conditions are horrible, the poor have no vote, and the Catholic church backs the ... See full summary »
Drama
Germany|France
2014
107 Minutes
Lucie Aron Anna Brüggemann Michael Kamp Moritz Knapp Birge Schade Florian Stetter Sven Taddicken Lea van Acken Franziska Weisz Georg Wesch Chiara Palmeri
young girl emotional school germany france catholic church faith transformation
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.
Other, Drama
USA
1945
126 Minutes
Bing Crosby Ingrid Bergman Henry Travers William Gargan Ruth Donnelly Joan Carroll Martha Sleeper Rhys Williams
priest nun businessman child airy heartwarming tender mushy melodramatic new york city catholic school school catholic church resilience friendship confrontation rivalry transformation fall rescue
At a big city Catholic school, Father O'Malley and Sister Benedict indulge in friendly rivalry, and succeed in extending the school through the gift of a building.
Romance
France
1936
89 Minutes
prince mistress emperor franz josef baroness count winsome emotional sad touching vienna court opera house prater hunting lodge archduke rudolf affair repression austro-hungarian empire catholic church tragic love
Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria, is fettered on all sides. He's bored; his father, the emperor, is domineering; his politics are more liberal than his father's, but he knows his views carry... See full summary »
Biography
West Germany|USA
1953
103 Minutes
Niall MacGinnis John Ruddock Pierre Lefevre Guy Verney Alastair Hunter David Horne Fred Johnson Philip Leaver
priest vicar friend duke pope professor intricate passionate germany rome church university catholic church theology heresy revolution spiritual crisis martin luther underdog transformation
Biopic of German priest Martin Luther (Niall MacGinnis), covering his life between 1505 and 1530 A.D., and the birth of the Protestant Reformation movement.
Drama
USA
1963
175 Minutes
Tom Tryon Romy Schneider Carol Lynley John Huston Dorothy Gish Maggie McNamara Bill Hayes Cameron Prud'Homme Cecil Kellaway Loring Smith
priest cardinal student sister inspiring profound passionate austria boston rome vienna church racism catholic church nazism spiritual crisis abortion forbidden love rise temptation
A young Catholic priest from Boston confronts bigotry, Nazism, and his own personal conflicts as he rises to the office of cardinal.
Drama
Ireland|USA|UK
1995
96 Minutes
Chris O'Donnell Minnie Driver Geraldine O'Rawe Saffron Burrows Alan Cumming Colin Firth Aidan Gillen
student pregnant woman orphan priest doctor manager charming emotional village dublin ireland university catholic church marriage pregnancy religion friendship love growing up 1950s
3 women, who've been friends since childhood, meet at university in Dublin in 1957. Student and boyfriend life begins.
Biography
USA
1961
106 Minutes
Bradford Dillman Dolores Hart Stuart Whitman Pedro Armendáriz Cecil Kellaway Eduard Franz Athene Seyler Finlay Currie Mervyn Johns Russell Napier John Welsh
god saint nun priest merchant inspiring powerful italy assisi religion catholic church canonization charity sacrifice rise metamorphosis 13th century
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.
Comedy, Fantasy, Drama
Italy
1962
92 Minutes
Silvia Pinal Jacqueline Andere José Baviera Enrique Rambal Augusto Benedico Luis Beristáin Antonio Bravo Claudio Brook César del Campo Lucy Gallardo
nobleman wife servant doctor dying person brother offbeat witty mansion salon church dinner party trapped food suicide catholic church incest piano transformation fall
In Venice,during the Inquisition,Sandrigo Bembo,the son of the Doge Giovanni Bembo,is falsely accused of treason out of pure malice by the Grand Inquisitor Rodrigo Zeno.
Drama
USA
1992
200 Minutes
Henry Czerny Johnny Morina Brian Dooley Brian Dodd Philip Dinn Jonathan Lewis Jeremy Keefe Greg Thorney Michael Wade Ashley Billard Sam Grana
priest orphan police officer brutal dark shocking intense canada newfoundland orphanage scandal sexual abuse political corruption catholic church escape temptation 1970s
Aliens punish one of their own by sending him to earth. The alien is very violent, and when the body he occupies is damaged, he is forced to find another.
Drama
USA
1970
99 Minutes
Robert Forster Lauren Hutton Will Geer Ivor Francis Richard O'Brien Edith Atwater Mitzi Hoag Rudy Diaz Gail Bonney Helen Westcott
priest social worker bishop mother parishioner brooding melodramatic passionate emotional albuquerque, n.m. church catholic church celibacy faith social change desire temptation sacrifice 1960s
Gregory Lind is the junior priest at Our Lady of the Assumption, a Catholic parish in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Life at the parish is not perfect for Greg, as he is beginning to have ... See full summary »
Horror
USA|UK
1977
117 Minutes
Linda Blair Richard Burton Louise Fletcher Max von Sydow Kitty Winn Paul Henreid James Earl Jones Ned Beatty Belinda Beatty Rose Portillo Barbara Cason
cardinal priest psychiatrist scientist teen girl dark creepy new york city psychiatrist's office africa washington, d.c. georgetown demonic possession catholic church exorcism supernatural phenomenon discovery quest 1970s
A teenage girl once possessed by a demon finds that it still lurks within her. Meanwhile, a priest investigates the death of the girl's exorcist.
Documentary
2019
90 Minutes
bishop leader police detective journalist investigator bleak disturbing emotional fascinating patriotic thrilling church guatemala home murder civil war law murder case murder investigation murder accusation
An investigation into the truth behind the murder of Guatemalan Bishop Juan Gerardi, who was killed in 1998 just days after trying to hold the country's military accountable for the atrocities committed during its civil war.
Drama, History
1984
120 Minutes
Antônio Pompêo Zezé Motta Toni Tornado Maurício do Valle Jofre Soares Antonio Pitanga Grande Otelo João Nogueira Vera Fischer Daniel Filho Jorge Coutinho
slave warrior old woman captain priest engaging inspiring brazil jungle mountain slavery colonialism heroism battle catholic church running away underdog rise escape 17th century
Runaway African slaves find utopia under a chief (Tony Tornado) and his godson (Antônio Pompêo) in 17th-century Brazil.
Drama
1953
105 Minutes
Trevor Howard Elizabeth Allan Maria Schell Denholm Elliott Peter Finch Gérard Oury
police officer mistress wife dark sad profound africa sierra leone adultery depression religion love morality catholic church forbidden love temptation 1940s
A religious police official (Trevor Howard) has an affair with a widow (Maria Schell) in South Africa.