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Silence(2016)

R
| 2h 41min | Drama, History
3.6/5 (with 1,426 votes)

Two Jesuit priests travel to seventeenth century Japan which has, under the Tokugawa shogunate, banned Catholicism and almost all foreign contact.

The Whale(2022)

R
| 1h 57min | Drama
4.0/5 (with 1,308 votes)

A reclusive English teacher suffering from severe obesity attempts to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter for one last chance at redemption.

Rambo(2008)

R
| 1h 32min | Action, Thriller
3.3/5 (with 1,707 votes)

When governments fail to act on behalf of captive missionaries, ex-Green Beret John James Rambo sets aside his peaceful existence along the Salween River in a war-torn region of Thailand to take action. Although he's still haunted by violent memories of his time as a U.S. soldier during the Vietnam War, Rambo can hardly turn his back on the aid workers who so desperately need his help.

The Reaping(2007)

R
| 1h 39min | Horror
2.8/5 (with 350 votes)

Katherine Morrissey, a former Christian missionary, lost her faith after the tragic deaths of her family. Now she applies her expertise to debunking religious phenomena. When a series of biblical plagues overrun a small town, Katherine arrives to prove that a supernatural force is not behind the occurrences, but soon finds that science cannot explain what is happening. Instead, she must regain her faith to combat the evil that waits in a Louisiana swamp.

The African Queen(1952)

3.7/5 (with 392 votes)

At the start of the First World War, in the middle of Africa’s nowhere, a gin soaked riverboat captain is persuaded by a strong-willed missionary to go down river and face-off a German warship.

Australia(2008)

PG-13
| 2h 45min | Adventure, Drama, Romance / Love
3.3/5 (with 1,021 votes)

Set in northern Australia before World War II, an English aristocrat who inherits a sprawling ranch reluctantly pacts with a stock-man in order to protect her new property from a takeover plot. As the pair drive 2,000 head of cattle over unforgiving landscape, they experience the bombing of Darwin by Japanese forces firsthand.

Chariots of Fire(1981)

PG
| 2h 3min | Drama, History
3.4/5 (with 368 votes)

In the class-obsessed and religiously divided UK of the early 1920s, two determined young runners train for the 1924 Paris Olympics. Eric Liddell, a devout Christian born to Scottish missionaries in China, sees running as part of his worship of God's glory and refuses to train or compete on the Sabbath. Harold Abrahams overcomes anti-Semitism and class bias, but neglects his beloved sweetheart in his single-minded quest.

The Sand Pebbles(1966)

PG-13
| 3h 2min | Adventure, War
3.6/5 (with 97 votes)

Engineer Jake Holman arrives aboard the gunboat USS San Pablo, assigned to patrol a tributary of the Yangtze in the middle of exploited and revolution-torn 1926 China. His iconoclasm and cynical nature soon clash with the 'rice-bowl' system which runs the ship and the uneasy symbiosis between Chinese and foreigner on the river. Hostility towards the gunboat's presence reaches a climax when the boat must crash through a river-boom and rescue missionaries upriver at China Light Mission.

Latter Days(2004)

R
| 1h 48min | Drama, Comedy, Romance / Love
3.4/5 (with 105 votes)

Christian, a hunky, 20-something, West Hollywood party boy gets more than he bargains for when he tries to seduce 19-year-old Elder Aaron Davis, a sexually confused Mormon missionary who moves into his apartment complex.

The Two Missionaries(1974)

1h 35min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
3.3/5 (with 110 votes)

Two missionaries (Bud Spencer and Terence Hill) come into conflict with the authorities when they turn their missionary into a parrot farm. The Bishop of Maracaibo calls them his 'black sheep' and the Monsignore has been called to check on their behavior. Like usual, our heroes help the poor to defend themselves and provoke some funny fist fights in the process. (from Wikipedia)

The Nun's Story(1959)

NR
| 2h 29min | Drama
3.6/5 (with 76 votes)

After leaving a wealthy Belgian family to become a nun, Sister Luke struggles with her devotion to her vows during crisis, disappointment, and World War II.

The Other Side of Heaven(2001)

PG
| 1h 53min | Action, Adventure, Drama, Kids & Family
3.2/5 (with 24 votes)

John H. Groberg, a middle class kid from Idaho Falls, crosses the Pacific to become a Mormon missionary in the remote and exotic Tongan island kingdom during the 1950's. He leaves behind a loving family and the true love of his life, Jean. Through letters and musings across the miles, John shares his humbling and sometimes hilarious adventures with "the girl back home", and her letters buoy up his spirits in difficult times. John must struggle to overcome language barriers, physical hardship and deep-rooted suspicion to earn the trust and love of the Tongan people he has come to serve. Throughout his adventure-filled three years on the islands, he discovers friends and wisdom in the most unlikely places. John H. Groberg's Tongan odyssey will change his life forever.

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The Inn of the Sixth Happiness(1958)

2h 38min | War, Drama
3.5/5 (with 31 votes)

All her life, Englishwoman Gladys Aylward knew that China was the place where she belonged. Not qualified to be sent there as a missionary, Gladys works as a domestic to earn the money to send herself to a poor, remote village. There she eventually lives a full and happy life: running the inn, acting as "foot inspector", advising the local Mandarin, and even winning the heart of mixed race Captain Lin Nan. But Gladys discovers her real destiny when the country is invaded by Japan and the Chinese children need her to save their lives. Based on a true story.

7 Women(1966)

NR
| 1h 27min | Drama
3.3/5 (with 24 votes)

In a mission in China in 1935, a group of women are preyed on by Mongolian bandits, led by Warlord chief Tunga Khan.

The Bitter Tea of General Yen(1933)

1h 28min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.1/5 (with 35 votes)

An American missionary is gradually seduced by a courtly warlord holding her in Shanghai.

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

Rain(1932)

NR
| 1h 34min | Drama
3.5/5 (with 18 votes)

Due to a possible cholera epidemic onboard, passengers on a ship are forced to disembark at Pago Pago, a small village on a Pacific island where it incessantly rains. Among the stranded passengers are Sadie Thompson, a prostitute, and Alfred Davidson, a fanatic missionary who will try to redeem her.

At Play in the Fields of the Lord(1991)

R
| 3h 9min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.2/5 (with 19 votes)

Martin and Hazel Quarrier are small-town fundamentalist missionaries sent to the jungles of South America to convert the Indians. Their remote mission was previously run by the Catholics, before the natives murdered them all. They are sent by the pompous Leslie Huben, who runs the missionary effort in the area but who seems more concerned about competing with his Catholic 'rivals' than in the Indians themselves. Hazel is terrified of the Indians while Martin is fascinated. Soon American pilot Lewis Moon joins the Indian tribe but is attracted by Leslie's young wife, Andy. Can the interaction of these characters and cultures, and the advancing bulldozers of civilization, avoid disaster?

Miss Sadie Thompson(1953)

NR
| 1h 31min | Drama, Music, Romance / Love
2.8/5 (with 9 votes)

Sadie Thompson winds up stranded on an island and while her boat is being quarantined, she manages to stir up the blood of every marine on the base.

Paradise Found(2003)

1h 29min | Drama
3.3/5 (with 11 votes)

Paradise Found is a biography about the painter Paul Gauguin. Focusing on his personal conflict between citizen life and his family life and the art scene in Frane. In an incredible imagery montage Gauguin manages to make a successful living in the South Pacific, while being in opposition to France.

Return to Paradise(1953)

NR
| 1h 40min | Drama
3.0/5 (with 13 votes)

An American drifter comes to a remote Polynesian island controlled by a Puritanical missionary and turns the social life of the island upside-down.

Monster from Green Hell(1957)

NR
| 1h 11min | Science Fiction, Horror
1.8/5 (with 13 votes)

A test rocket carrying wasps to outer space, to study the effects on them of weightlessness and radiations, crashes out of control back to Earth, into the jungles of Africa. The two astrobiologists in charge of the test mount an expedition to the Darkest Continent to retrieve their experiment, only to find the wasps have grown to giant size which are panicking all forms of life as they quest for food.

Directed by Kenneth G. Crane - With Jim Davis

Where the River Runs Black(1986)

1h 40min | Adventure
3.1/5 (with 2 votes)

An orphaned boy who was raised in the Amazon jungle is brought back to civilization by a priest who knows his father.

The Falls(2012)

1h 55min | Romance / Love, Drama
3.2/5 (with 22 votes)

The Falls is a feature film about two missionaries that fall in love while on their mission. RJ travels to a small town in Oregon with Elder Merrill to serve their mission and teach the words of Joseph Smith. Living together and sharing the challenge of leaving home, the two men help each other discover their strengths. They share a passion for their faith and learn to express their feelings, risking the only community they have for a forbidden intimacy.

Directed by Jon Garcia

The Saratov Approach(2013)

PG-13
| 1h 41min | Thriller, Drama, Action
3.0/5 (with 14 votes)

An inspirational true story. On what seemed like any other day, Elders Travis Tuttle (Corbin Allred) and Andrew Propst (Maclain Nelson) are approached by Nikolai (Nikita Bogolyubov) to teach a friend. But then the missionaries experience the unimaginable - they are kidnapped, beaten, and held for ransom. While their families, friends, and the world pray for their safe release, Tuttle and Propst are tested physically, emotionally, and most of all spiritually.

Directed by Garrett Batty - With Corbin Allred

Nukie(1988)

1.1/5 (with 8 votes)

Two alien brothers crash their ship in the U.S. They get separated, and one searches the country for the other one.

Suits on the Loose(2005)

PG
| 1h 34min | Comedy, Kids & Family
3.0/5 (with 1 vote)

- No description / details available yet. -

Trader Horn(1931)

NR
| 2h 2min | Action, Adventure
2.6/5 (with 5 votes)

While on safari in an unexplored area of Africa, Trader Horn and Peru find missionary Edith Trent killed by natives. They decide to carry on her quest for her lost daughter Nina. They find her as the queen of a particularly savage tribe, and try to bring her back to civilization.

The Mark of the Hawk(1957)

1h 23min | Drama
1.0/5 (with 1 vote)

- No description / details available yet. -

Warbus(1986)

R
| 1h 32min | Action
2.5/5 (with 4 votes)

The plot concerns a small group of people who are forced to flee from their base (which happens to be a Mission) in an old school bus when the VC launch a vicious assault upon it. Along the way they are joined by a group of three battle hardened American Special Forces soldiers and together they desperately fight to make it to safety.

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