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1. Angels & Demons (2009)
PG-13 | 138 min | Action, Mystery, Thriller
Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon works with a nuclear physicist to solve a murder and prevent a terrorist act against the Vatican during one of the significant events within the church.
Director: Ron Howard | Stars: Tom Hanks, Ewan McGregor, Ayelet Zurer, Stellan Skarsgård
Votes: 309,917 | Gross: $133.38M
2. Suspect Zero (2004)
R | 99 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
A mysterious serial killer is preying on other serial killers and one FBI agent suspects there may be more to the vigilante than the obvious characteristics.
Director: E. Elias Merhige | Stars: Aaron Eckhart, Ben Kingsley, Carrie-Anne Moss, Harry Lennix
Votes: 21,242 | Gross: $8.73M
3. Andrei Rublev (1966)
R | 189 min | Biography, Drama, History
The life, times and afflictions of the fifteenth-century Russian iconographer St. Andrei Rublev.
Director: Andrei Tarkovsky | Stars: Anatoliy Solonitsyn, Ivan Lapikov, Nikolay Grinko, Nikolay Sergeev
Votes: 57,125 | Gross: $0.10M
4. The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967)
Not Rated | 91 min | Comedy, Horror
A noted professor and his dim-witted apprentice fall prey to their inquiring vampires, while on the trail of the ominous damsel in distress.
Director: Roman Polanski | Stars: Jack MacGowran, Roman Polanski, Alfie Bass, Jessie Robins
Votes: 33,896
5. The Barbarian Invasions (2003)
R | 99 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
During his final days, a dying man is reunited with old friends, former lovers, his ex-wife, and his estranged son.
Director: Denys Arcand | Stars: Rémy Girard, Dorothée Berryman, Stéphane Rousseau, Marie-Josée Croze
Votes: 30,043 | Gross: $3.43M
6. The Ornithologist (2016)
Unrated | 117 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Fernando, a solitary ornithologist, is looking for black storks when he is swept away by the rapids. Rescued by a couple of Chinese pilgrims, he plunges into an eerie and dark forest, trying to get back on his track.
Director: João Pedro Rodrigues | Stars: Paul Hamy, João Pedro Rodrigues, Xelo Cagiao, Han Wen
Votes: 3,762 | Gross: $0.05M
7. The Rape of Europa (2006)
Unrated | 117 min | Documentary, History, War
The story of Nazi Germany's plundering of Europe's great works of art during World War II and Allied efforts to minimize the damage.
Directors: Richard Berge, Bonni Cohen, Nicole Newnham | Stars: Joan Allen, E. Randol Schoenberg, Maria Altmann, Wolfgang Fischer
Votes: 1,661
8. Once Upon a Time in Bethlehem (2019)
100 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
A thief and a priest end up magically transported in the year 0's Palestine, where they'll have to make sure that the Nativity will follow its course.
Directors: Salvatore Ficarra, Valentino Picone | Stars: Salvatore Ficarra, Valentino Picone, Massimo Popolizio, Roberta Mattei
Votes: 1,271
9. Rebel Hearts (2021)
99 min | Documentary
A look at Los Angeles's Sisters of the Immaculate Heart, nuns who challenged the patriarchal conventions of the Catholic Church 50 years ago and are still taking a stand today.
Director: Pedro Kos | Stars: Anita Caspary, Helen Kelley, Corita Kent, Pat Reif
Votes: 168
10. The Suspended Vocation (1978)
90 min | Drama
Divergent factions within the Catholic Church are plagued by internal ideological quarrels.
Director: Raúl Ruiz | Stars: Didier Flamand, Pascal Bonitzer, Gabriel Gascon, Maurice Bénichou
Votes: 170
11. Byzantium: The Lost Empire (1997– )
208 min | Documentary
John Romer recreates the glory and history of Byzantium. From the Hagia Sophia in present-day Istanbul to the looted treasures of the empire now located in St. Marks in Venice.
Star: John Romer
Votes: 229
12. The Prado Museum. A Collection of Wonders (2019)
G | 92 min | Documentary
It's not only a museum of Spain. It's the museum of Spain.
Director: Valeria Parisi | Stars: Jeremy Irons, Miguel Falomir, Andrés Úbeda de los Cobos, José de la Fuente
Votes: 112
13. Jasminum (2006)
115 min | Comedy, Romance
The peaceful world of a monastery in the small town of Jasmine is destroyed by the arrival of monument restorers, Natasha and her daughter Eugenia. The legend associated with the monastery ... See full summary »
Director: Jan Jakub Kolski | Stars: Justyna Bartoszewicz, Grazyna Blecka-Kolska, Marta Dabrowska, Grzegorz Damiecki
Votes: 1,382
14. Gaze (2010)
Not Rated | 60 min | Documentary
An exploration of twenty artists and their bodies of work.
Director: Matt Riddlehoover | Stars: Derrick Barry, Ryan Basham, Jackie Beat, Rob Beyond
Votes: 352
15. The 23rd Psalm (2007)
89 min | Drama
An evolving, empathetic, African-American, police detective, unconsciously channels his intuition to transcend his shortcomings and unravel the enigmatic murder of a transformed prostitute.
Director: Christopher C. Odom | Stars: Fredrick Burns, Auggie Cavanagh, Darrick Collins, Gary Douglas
Votes: 49
16. Mary Magdalene: Art's Scarlet Woman (2017 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary
Waldemar Januszczak explores the impact of Mary Magdalene's myth on art and artists. In art all Christian saints are inventions but Mary Magdalene has been the subject of more invention and re-invention than any other.
Director: Waldemar Januszczak | Star: Waldemar Januszczak
Votes: 75
17. Rape of the Soul (2006)
R | 140 min | Documentary, History
A documentary that argues that many pieces of Catholic religious art have for hundreds of years contained embedded (subliminal) images that have promoted sex, violence, and the degradation of the Church.
Director: Michael A. Calace | Stars: Michael A. Calace, Stanley Monteith, Robert Swan, Wilson Bryan Key
Votes: 160
18. The French Revolution: Tearing Up History (2014 TV Movie)
59 min | Documentary, History
UK art historian, Dr Richard Clay, visits Paris to show how The French Revolution tried to erase the previous order by destroying the art that symbolized it, and how destruction of public space is used even today to influence people.
Director: Nick Clarke Powell | Stars: Serge Aberdam, Richard Clay, So What
Votes: 36
19. Baroque! From St Peter's to St Paul's (2009)
60 min | Documentary
In this three-part documentary series Waldemar Januszczak discovers paintings, sculptures and architecture of the Baroque period. Starting from the square of Saint Peter's Basilica in Italy to St Paul's Cathedral in England.
Star: Waldemar Januszczak
Votes: 97
20. Damned in the U.S.A. (1992)
Not Rated | 68 min | Documentary
A documentary about censorship in America.
Director: Paul Yule | Stars: Jimmy Tingle, David J. Albanese, Dennis Barrie, Luther Campbell
Votes: 64
21. Blessing (1994)
Not Rated | 94 min | Drama
Blessing is an emotionally charged drama about a young woman's struggle to reconcile family expectations with personal dreams.
Director: Paul Zehrer | Stars: Tom Carey, Carlin Glynn, Guy Griffis, Melora Griffis
Votes: 53
22. Art of Faith (2008– )
165 min | Documentary
Art of Faith is a visually sumptuous series filmed in High Definition exploring the architecture and art of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. The three hour-long films, presented and ... See full summary »
23. Spiritual Warfare (2010)
90 min | Action, Biography, Drama
The true life story of Joshua Sheese and his spiritual warfares. The warfares he went thru in his past, that now haunts him as an adult. He finds his faith and is able to conquer the demons... See full summary »
Director: Joshua Sheese | Stars: Joshua Sheese, Devin Kerr, Cheryl Sheese, Anakin Leigh Sheese
24. The Story of Welsh Art (2021)
59 min | Documentary
Broadcaster Huw Stephens discovers the many treasures of Welsh art, following the story from prehistoric times up to the present day.
Star: Huw Stephens
Votes: 11
25. The Immortal City (1954)
79 min | Documentary, History
From the legendary times of Romulus and Remus to the present day, the compelling story of the eternal city's twenty-five centuries of civilization traces the rise of Christianity over paganism through studies of Vatican art treasures.
Director: Jerome Cappi | Stars: Raymond Burr, Pope Pius XII, The Sistine Chapel Choir, The Cappella Giulia Choir
26. The Agony of Christ (1991 Video)
30 min | Documentary, Short
Self-taught artist Robert W. Wilson describes the inspiration and techniques used to capture his feelings when attempting to capture the Stations of the Cross on canvas. Views of the ... See full summary »
Director: Earl Owensby | Stars: Henry J. Ford, Robert W. Wilson
27. Sir Steven Runciman: Bridge to the East (1987 TV Movie)
54 min | Documentary, Biography, History
A look at Byzantium through the eyes of one of Britain's greatest historians, Sir Steven Runciman, who guides us from the mosaics of Ravenna, to the beauty of Monemvassia, to the Ecumenical... See full summary »
Director: Lydia Carras | Stars: Alan Bates, Steven Runciman
Votes: 19
28. Boyanskiyat maystor (1981)
108 min | Drama, Romance
This is a film about the moral and philosophical sides of the life and the art, about the complex relations between the artist and the rough rules of the time in which he lives.
Director: Zahari Zhandov | Stars: Petar Despotov, Lyubomir Dimitrov, Boyka Velkova, Emil Markov
Votes: 42
29. Canada Vignettes: Easter Eggs (1978)
3 min | Short, Documentary
A film about Ukrainian easter eggs, their religious and cultural significance and how they are made.
Director: Yurij Luhovy | Star: Yuri Kelebay
Votes: 11
30. The Nativity Decoded (2008 TV Movie)
Documentary
Director: Mike Christie | Stars: Robert Beckford, Wendy Beckett, Helen K. Bond, Richard Burridge
31. L'ultima salita - La Via Crucis di Bernardino Simoni a Cervero (2009)
68 min | Biography, Drama
Director: Elisabetta Sgarbi | Star: Toni Servillo
33. Apples, Pears and Paint: How to Make a Still Life Painting (2014)
89 min | Documentary
Director: Liam McArdle | Stars: Alain de Botton, Andrew Graham-Dixon
Votes: 9
34.
Coronet Blue (1967)
Episode:
A Dozen Demons
(1967)
60 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
After being shot, Alden finds himself at a monastery, where a monk befriends him. Noticing a stained glass window of St. Anthony resembles him closely, they set out to find the artist who did it.
Director: David Greene | Stars: Frank Converse, Brian Bedford, John Beal, Donald Moffat
Votes: 19
35.
Engineering an Empire (2005–2007)
Episode:
The Byzantines
(2006)
TV-PG | 43 min | Documentary, History
The story of Byzantium and some of there accomplishments.
Directors: Rebecca Cameron, Mark Cannon | Stars: Peter Weller, Michael Carroll
Votes: 44
36.
The Art Mysteries (2020– )
Episode:
The Vision After the Sermon by Paul Gauguin
(2020)
Documentary, Biography, History
Waldemar explores Paul Gauguin's forbidden romance which sparked the creation of The Vision After the Sermon, one of Gauguin's most famous, personal and cryptic religious paintings.
Star: Waldemar Januszczak
Votes: 12
37.
The Art Mysteries (2020– )
Episode:
The Card Players by Paul Cezanne
(2020)
Documentary, Biography, History
Waldemar explains why The Card Players by Paul Cezanne is one of the most cryptic examples of Cezanne's ambition to combine classic religious art with modernity, and how the cult of Mary Magdalene in French Provence influenced Cezanne.
Star: Waldemar Januszczak
Votes: 13
38.
The Private Life of a Masterpiece (2001–2011)
Episode:
Salvador Dalí: Christ of Saint John of the Cross
(2006)
49 min | Documentary
An examination of Salvador Dali's 1951 painting "Christ of St. John of the Cross." A convert to Catholicism and banished from the Surrealists, Dali finds inspiration in a drawing by a Catholic mystic. The work's uneasy home in Glasgow.
Director: Mick Gold | Stars: Samuel West, Salvador Dalí, Dawn Ades, Rosemary Clark
Votes: 18
39.
Ancient Aliens (2009– )
Episode:
Chariots, Gods and Beyond
(2009)
TV-PG | 120 min | Documentary, History, Sci-Fi
According to ancient alien theorists, extraterrestrials with superior knowledge of science and engineering landed on Earth thousands of years ago, sharing their expertise with early ... See full summary »
Director: Kevin Burns | Stars: Luis Navia, Barry Downing, Erich von Däniken, Michael Cremo
Votes: 703
40.
Midsomer Murders (1997– )
Episode:
Dark Secrets
(2011)
TV-14 | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The reclusive lives of an eccentric elderly couple come under police scrutiny when a social services investigator is murdered.
Director: Simon Langton | Stars: Neil Dudgeon, Jason Hughes, Barry Jackson, Fiona Dolman
Votes: 870
41.
Brief History of Disbelief (2004– )
Episode:
Shadows of Doubt
(2004)
59 min | Documentary
Director: Richard Denton | Stars: Pascal Boyer, Richard Dawkins, Daniel C. Dennett, Bernard Hill
Votes: 17
42.
Brief History of Disbelief (2004– )
Episode:
Noughts and Crosses
(2004)
60 min | Documentary
Director: Richard Denton | Stars: Bernard Hill, Jonathan Miller, Simon Schaffer
Votes: 11
43.
Fake or Fortune (2010– )
Episode:
Flemish Old Master
(2022)
Documentary, Mystery
Can Fiona and her team of art experts identify the Flemish master who painted a masterpiece hanging on the wall of a Scottish church?
Stars: Fiona Bruce, Koenraad Jonckheere, Philip Mould, Tico Siefert
Votes: 10
44.
The Dark Ages: An Age of Light (2012– )
Episode:
The Clash of the Gods
(2012)
63 min | Documentary, History
Series of 4 episodes 1 The Clash of the Gods - How Christianity emerged during the third century of the Roman Empire as an artistic force.
Star: Waldemar Januszczak
Votes: 36
45.
The Matt Walsh Show (2018– )
There Is Nothing Uplifting or Empowering About Stupid, Trashy Pop Music
(2018 Podcast Episode)
News, Talk-Show
Star: Matt Walsh