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Season of the Witch(2011)

PG-13
| 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.

The Name of the Rose(1986)

R
| 2h 10min | Drama, Thriller, Mystery
3.7/5 (with 1,372 votes)

14th-century Franciscan monk William of Baskerville and his young novice arrive at a conference to find that several monks have been murdered under mysterious circumstances. To solve the crimes, William must rise up against the Church's authority and fight the shadowy conspiracy of monastery monks using only his intelligence – which is considerable.

History of the World: Part I(1981)

R
| 1h 32min | Comedy
3.4/5 (with 323 votes)

An uproarious version of history that proves nothing is sacred – not even the Roman Empire, the French Revolution and the Spanish Inquisition.

The Devils(1971)

R
| 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.

Dangerous Beauty(1998)

R
| 1h 51min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.6/5 (with 109 votes)

Veronica is brilliant, gifted and beautiful, but the handsome aristocrat she loves, Marco Venier, cannot marry her because she is penniless and of questionable family. So Veronica's mother, Paola, teaches her to become a courtesan, one of the exotic companions favored by the richest and most powerful Venetian men. Veronica courageously uses her charms to change destiny -- and to give herself a chance at true love.

Black Death(2010)

R
| 1h 42min | Drama, History, Horror
3.0/5 (with 365 votes)

As the plague decimates medieval Europe, rumours circulate of a village immune from the plague. There is talk of a necromancer who leads the village and is able to raise the dead. A fearsome knight joined by a cohort of soldiers and a young monk are charged by the church to investigate. Their journey is filled with danger, but it's upon entering the village that their true horror begins.

Coven(2020)

1h 32min | Drama, History
3.4/5 (with 126 votes)

French Basque Country, year 1609. The men of a small fishing village have gone to sea. Judge Rostegui, who has been charged by the king with ridding the country of the devil's wiles, arrests Ana and her friends and accuses them of witchcraft.

Directed by Pablo Agüero - With Àlex Brendemühl, Amaia Aberasturi, Daniel Chamorro, Daniel Fanego, Iñigo de la Iglesia, Asier Oruesagasti, ...

The Antichrist(1974)

R
| 1h 52min | Drama, Horror
3.1/5 (with 38 votes)

An Italian nobleman seeks help after his paralyzed daughter becomes possessed by the spirit of a malevolent ancestress.

The Milky Way(1969)

1h 42min | Drama, Comedy
3.5/5 (with 64 votes)

Two drifters go on a pilgrimage from France to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. Along the way, they hitchhike, beg for food, and face the Christian dogmas and heresies from different Ages.

The Pit and the Pendulum(1961)

NR
| 1h 20min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
3.4/5 (with 134 votes)

Francis Barnard goes to Spain, when he hears his sister Elizabeth has died. Her husband Nicholas Medina, the son of the most brutal torturer of the Spanish Inquisition, tells him she has died of a blood disease, but Francis finds this hard to believe. After some investigating he finds out that it was extreme fear that was fatal to his sister and that she may have been buried alive!

Storm - Letter of Fire(2017)

3.4/5 (with 24 votes)

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Directed by Dennis Bots - With Davy Gomez, Yorick van Wageningen, Angela Schijf, Peter Van Den Begin, Juna de Leeuw, Egbert Jan Weeber, ...

Menocchio the Heretic(2018)

1h 43min | Drama, History
3.1/5 (with 12 votes)

Italy, late 16th century, the Church, threatened by the Protestants, unleashes the Inquisition. Menocchio, an old, stubborn, self-educated miller oppose the new order. Accused of heresy, he ignores the pleadings and stands trial. The story of a man incapable of betraying his own principles.

Directed by Alberto Fasulo
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Love Letters of a Portuguese Nun(1977)

1h 25min | Drama, Horror
2.9/5 (with 14 votes)

16-year-old Maria is forced into Serra D'Aires convent, secretly run by Satanists.

Directed by Jesús Franco - With William Berger, Herbert Fux, Susan Hemingway, Aida Vargas, Vítor Mendes, José Viana, ...

Sword of God(2020)

1h 44min | History, Horror, Mystery, Drama
2.0/5 (with 9 votes)

In the early Middle Ages, two Christian knights set off to christen a small pagan village hidden deep in the mountains. Despite the differences in their views and perspectives on religion, the two men become travel companions and create a father-son relationship. As they settle into the local community, their faith, belief system and the bond between them are all put to the test. Soon, love is confronted with hate, dialogue with violence, madness with rules and many will have to die.

Directed by Bartosz Konopka - With Krzysztof Pieczyński, Karol Bernacki

Fire Over England(1937)

3.0/5 (with 14 votes)

The film is a historical drama set during the reign of Elizabeth I (Flora Robson), focusing on the English defeat of the Spanish Armada, whence the title. In 1588, relations between Spain and England are at the breaking point. With the support of Queen Elizabeth I, British sea raiders such as Sir Francis Drake regularly capture Spanish merchantmen bringing gold from the New World.

The Demons(1973)

1h 58min | Horror
2.7/5 (with 13 votes)

A group of nuns become possessed by demons and are then tortured in a dungeon of horrors during the inquisition.

Grave Robbers(1989)

1h 28min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
2.4/5 (with 8 votes)

A group of teenagers accidentally resurrect a satanic killer who then targets the local police captain's daughter to birth the Antichrist.

Directed by Rubén Galindo

Galileo(1975)

PG
| 2h 25min | Drama, History
2.9/5 (with 6 votes)

Challenged by a new student, tutor and theorist Galileo co-opts emerging telescope technology and discovers irrefutable proof of the heretical notion that the earth is not the center of the universe. But in a rigid society ruled by an uneasy alliance of aristocracy and clergy already undermined by the Plague and the Reformation, science is a threat and enlightenment is a luxury. Faced with either death at the hands of the Inquisition or recantation to a hypocritical but all-powerful Papacy, Galileo must choose between his own life and the restless scientific curiosity that he has spurned family, friends, and wealth to pursue.

The Holy Inquisition(1974)

2h 7min | Drama, History
2.7/5 (with 5 votes)

A Jewish family suffers persecution and suffering in the 16th century when they are accused of practicing witchcraft.

François 1er(1937)

1h 40min | Comedy, Fantasy
3.0/5 (with 10 votes)

Honorin is the simple and naive stage manager of a traveling theatre troupe, whose one ambition is to once play the role of the cavalier in the opera "Francis I, or the Loves of the Beautiful Ferroniere". A hypnotist puts him to sleep and in his dreams he is transplanted to the days of the Renaissance. There, among other items, he is made a Duke by Henri VIII, fights a duel and survives a series of medieval tortures, while also bestowing some 20th century blessings on the court of Francis I.

The Bells(1926)

NR
| 1h 8min | Drama, Crime, Horror
3.1/5 (with 6 votes)

A kindly but desperate Alsatian innkeeper named Mathias murders and robs a rich Jewish merchant staying at his inn, but the ghost of his victim will not let him rest. Meanwhile, a mysterious Mesmerist has come to town, claiming he has made many criminals confess their crimes...

New World(1978)

1h 27min | History, Drama
3.4/5 (with 3 votes)

Towards the end of the 16th century, the Spanish conquerors living in the New World faced a serious problem: the evangelization of the indigenous people, who did not understand or accept Christianity due to their unshakable faith in their own religion. The court of the Inquisition cracks down on heretics and the natives prepare for a general uprising ...

La colonna infame(1973)

1h 37min | Drama, History

Historical drama, based upon the novel by Alessandro Manzoni.

El Greco(1966)

1h 35min | Drama, History
2.3/5 (with 1 vote)

Greek painter Domenikos Theotokopoulos (Mel Ferrer) woos a beauty (Rosanna Schiaffino) and faces the Inquisition in 16th-century Spain.

The Inquisition(2010)

The Wood Royal Commission unleashed an extraordinary investigation that swept through the NSW Police Force like a tsunami. For many, the stakes were life or death. Not everyone survived.

A Miracle Under the Inquisition(1904)

2min | Fantasy, Drama
2.8/5 (with 8 votes)

An inquisitor and two of his henchmen burn a woman at the stake. An angel intervenes.

Der Mann im Salz(1988)

2h 57min | Drama
1.0/5 (with 1 vote)

- No description / details available yet. -

The Pit and the Pendulum(1964)

37min | Drama, Horror
3.3/5 (with 2 votes)

A haunting short version of Edgar Allan Poe's famous story about a cruel and unusual punishment inflicted on a victim of the Spanish Inquisition...

Directed by Alexandre Astruc - With Maurice Ronet

The Seal of Corruption(2015)

15min | Horror
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)

Wolfgang the Inquisitor found a heretic touched by an evil disease "The Scourge". This heretic named "The Priest" is none other than his mentor and friend. Wolfgang will have to choose between his feelings and his duty to protect humanity.

Martyrs of the Inquisition(1905)

7min | History

- No description / details available yet. -

Directed by Lucien Nonguet
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