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The Godfather Part III(1990)

2h 50min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
3.7/5 (with 2,851 votes)

In the midst of trying to legitimize his business dealings in 1979 New York and Italy, aging mafia don, Michael Corleone seeks forgiveness for his sins while taking a young protege under his wing.

The Exorcist(1973)

2h 2min | Horror
3.9/5 (with 3,444 votes)

12-year-old Regan MacNeil begins to adapt an explicit new personality as strange events befall the local area of Georgetown. Her mother becomes torn between science and superstition in a desperate bid to save her daughter, and ultimately turns to her last hope: Father Damien Karras, a troubled priest who is struggling with his own faith.

Prey for the Devil(2022)

K15
| 1h 33min | Horror, Thriller
3.6/5 (with 327 votes)

In response to a global rise in demonic possessions, the Catholic Church reopens exorcism schools to train priests in the Rite of Exorcism. On this spiritual battlefield, an unlikely warrior rises: a young nun, Sister Ann. Thrust onto the spiritual frontline with fellow student Father Dante, Sister Ann finds herself in a battle for the soul of a young girl and soon realizes the Devil has her right where he wants her.

Season of the Witch(2011)

PG
| 1h 35min | Adventure, Fantasy, Action
2.7/5 (with 1,078 votes)

A 14th century Crusader returns with his comrade to a homeland devastated by the Black Plague. The Church commands the two knights to transport a witch to a remote abbey, where monks will perform a ritual in hopes of ending the pestilence.

Sister Act(1992)

1h 40min | Music, Comedy
3.4/5 (with 1,399 votes)

A Reno singer witnesses a mob murder and the cops stash her in a nunnery to protect her from the mob's hitmen. The mother superior does not trust her, and takes steps to limit her influence on the other nuns. Eventually the singer rescues the failing choir and begins helping with community projects, which gets her an interview on TV—and identification by the mob.

Exorcist II: The Heretic(1977)

1h 58min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
2.3/5 (with 286 votes)

Bizarre nightmares plague Regan MacNeil four years after her possession and exorcism. Has the demon returned? And if so, can the combined faith and knowledge of a Vatican investigator and a hypnotic research specialist free her from its grasp?

The Exorcist III(1990)

1h 50min | Horror, Mystery
3.1/5 (with 292 votes)

Fifteen years after the original film, the philosophical Lieutenant William F. Kinderman is investigating a baffling series of murders on Georgetown that all contain the hallmarks of The Gemini, a deceased serial killer. His investigation eventually leads him to a catatonic patient in a psychiatric hospital who has recently started to speak, claiming he is The Gemini and detailing the murders, but bears a striking resemblance to Father Damien Karras.

Exorcist: The Beginning(2004)

1h 54min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
2.7/5 (with 332 votes)

Having lived through traumatizing events during WWII, Father Lankester Merrin takes a sabbatical from the Church to conduct archaeological excavations in British-administered East Africa. Merrin unearths an ancient Byzantine church believed have been built and then immediately buried to keep down evil from the crypt below. The natives are convinced that uncovering the church has unleashed a demon, and begin to violently clash with the British military troops. As the village rapidly disintegrates into chaos and war, Merrin must face-off with the demon which has taken possession of somebody close to him.

Novitiate(2017)

2h 3min | Drama
3.2/5 (with 76 votes)

In the early 1960s, during the Vatican II era, a young woman training to become a nun struggles with issues of faith, sexuality and the changing church.

The Devils(1971)

1h 51min | Drama, History
3.7/5 (with 143 votes)

In 17th-century France, Father Urbain Grandier seeks to protect the city of Loudun from the corrupt establishment of Cardinal Richelieu. Hysteria occurs within the city when he is accused of witchcraft by a sexually repressed nun.

Don Camillo(1952)

1h 47min | Comedy
3.8/5 (with 123 votes)

In a village of the Po valley where the earth is hard and life miserly, the priest and the communist mayor are always fighting to be the head of the community. If in secret, they admired and liked each other, politics still divided them as it is dividing the country. And when the mayor wants his "People's House"; the priest wants his "Garden City" for the poor. Division exist between the richest and the poorest, the pious and the atheists and even between lovers. But if the people are hard as the country, they are good in the bottom of there heart.

El Padrecito(1964)

2h 10min | Comedy
3.9/5 (with 64 votes)

Young priest Father Sebastián is assigned to a parish in San Jeronimo el Alto, where he is not welcomed by the community, particularly the resident priest Father Damián. The newcomer gradually earns the trust of the people through humor, but firmly captures their hearts by saving the town fiesta by fighting a bull when the hired torero failed to show. Father Sebastián counsels the townspeople, lecturing them on their duties in a modern society. He used the collection plate to redistribute the town's wealth more evenly.

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The Order(2003)

2.9/5 (with 152 votes)

For centuries, a secret Order of priests has existed within the Church. A renegade priest, Father Alex Bernier, is sent to Rome to investigate the mysterious death of one of the Order's most revered members. Following a series of strangely similar killings, Bernier launches an investigation that forces him to confront unimaginable evil.

Directed by Brian Helgeland - With Heath Ledger, Shannyn Sossamon, Benno Fürmann, Mark Addy, Peter Weller, Francesco Carnelutti, ...

Calvary(2014)

1h 42min | Drama
3.6/5 (with 406 votes)

After being threatened during a confession, a good-natured priest must battle the dark forces closing in around him.

The Apparition(2018)

2h 19min | Drama
3.1/5 (with 61 votes)

Jacques Mayano, a French journalist who has lived a traumatic experience, is recruited by the Vatican to be part of a task force that must investigate the veracity of a supernatural apparition allegedly happened in a small French village.

Directed by Xavier Giannoli - With Vincent Lindon

The Exterminating Angel(1962)

1h 34min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
4.0/5 (with 279 votes)

After a lavish dinner party, the guests find themselves mysteriously unable to leave the room.

Dark Habits(1983)

1h 40min | Comedy, Drama
3.4/5 (with 66 votes)

After her drug pusher boyfriend overdoses on heroin, a cabaret singer finds refuge from the authorities in a convent for fallen women.

The Club(2015)

1h 37min | Drama
3.5/5 (with 115 votes)

In a secluded house in a small seaside town live four unrelated men and the woman who tends to the house and their needs. All former priests, they have been sent to this quiet exile to purge the sins of their pasts, the separation from their communities the worst form of punishment by the Church. They keep to a strict daily schedule devoid of all temptation and spontaneity, each moment a deliberate effort to atone for their wrongdoings.

Don Camillo in Moscow(1965)

1h 35min | Comedy, History
3.6/5 (with 75 votes)

Priest Don Camillo blackmails his friendly rival Peppone into letting him join a Communist delegation visiting the Soviet Union.

In the Name of...(2013)

1h 42min | Drama
3.5/5 (with 49 votes)

The contemporary story of a priest who launches a centre for troubled youth in a small parish. He is a good priest and is well-liked by his congregation, which remains unaware of his complicated past.

The Shoes of the Fisherman(1968)

2h 42min | Drama, Thriller
3.5/5 (with 29 votes)

All eyes focus on the Vatican, watching for the traditional puffs of white smoke that signal the election of the next Pope. This time much more is at stake. The new pontiff may be the only person who can bring peace to a world on the brink of nuclear nightmare.

Perfect Obedience(2014)

1h 30min | Drama
3.4/5 (with 21 votes)

The fictional Father Ángel de la Cruz is based on Legion of Christ founder Marcial Maciel, whose long history of child abuse was not addressed until 2006 and only publicly acknowledged in 2009. But director Luis Urquiza chooses to structure his film through the largely uncomprehending, wondering eyes of 13-year-old Julián, who travels from the arms of his loving pastoral family into the austere, hallowed halls of the seminary. Singling out the boy as his intimate disciple, installing him in his palatial private quarters and redubbing him “Sacramento Santos,” Father Ángel begins Julian’s instruction into the mysteries of “perfect obedience,” whose cardinal rule is: Never question a superior’s actions.

Paganini(1990)

1h 35min | Music, Drama
2.8/5 (with 10 votes)

Legendary "devil violinist" Niccolo Paganini sets all of 19th century Europe into frenzy.

Nothing Compares(2022)

1h 37min | Documentary, Music
3.9/5 (with 3 votes)

Since the beginning of her career, Sinéad O’Connor has used her powerful voice to challenge the narratives she was surrounded by while growing up in predominantly Roman Catholic Ireland. Despite her agency, depth and perspective, O’Connor’s unflinching refusal to conform means that she has often been patronized and unfairly dismissed as an attention-seeking pop star.

Directed by Kathryn Ferguson

The Devil and Father Amorth(2018)

1h 8min | Documentary, Horror
2.5/5 (with 46 votes)

William Friedkin attends an exorcism with Father Gabriele Amorth, as he treats an Italian woman named Cristina for the ninth time. Prior to filming, Cristina had purportedly been experiencing behavioural changes and “fits” that could not be explained by psychiatry, and which became worse during Christian holidays.

Directed by William Friedkin

Judgment(1990)

1h 30min | Drama
3.2/5 (with 5 votes)

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.

Directed by Tom Topor - With Keith Carradine

The Third Miracle(1999)

13
| 1h 59min | Drama
3.0/5 (with 20 votes)

The Vatican sends a priest to verify some miracles, performed by a woman who has been nominated for sainthood...

House of Mortal Sin(1976)

1h 44min | Horror
3.3/5 (with 17 votes)

Also known as 'The Confessional', another of Pete Walkers's critiques of institutional hypocrisy, in which a troubled young girl goes to confession at the local church. Unfortunately, the sexually frustrated priest she confesses to becomes obsessed with her. At first, the priest stalks the girl, but later it is revealed that he will stop at nothing, including blackmail and murder, just to get close to her.

The Singer Not the Song(1961)

2h 12min | Drama, Western
3.7/5 (with 5 votes)

A Roman Catholic priest defies a Mexican bandit whose gang kills villagers in alphabetical order.

Directed by Roy Ward Baker - With Dirk Bogarde, John Mills, Mylène Demongeot, Laurence Naismith, John Bentley, John Bentley, ...

Way of the Vampire(2005)

1h 30min | Horror, Action, Thriller
1.9/5 (with 8 votes)

Dr. Abraham Van Helsing is granted immortality by the Catholic Church until he can hunt down the last vampire prince.

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