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51. Ultraviolet (1998)
TV-14 | 300 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
The six-episode series, first aired in 1998, stars Jack Davenport as Detective Sergeant Michael Colefield, who discovers a secret government vampire-hunting unit while investigating the disappearance of his partner.
Stars: Jack Davenport, Susannah Harker, Idris Elba, Philip Quast
Votes: 2,825
52. Pope Joan (2009)
149 min | Drama, History, Romance
A woman of English extraction born in the German city of Ingelheim in the ninth century disguises herself as a man and rises through the Vatican ranks.
Director: Sönke Wortmann | Stars: Johanna Wokalek, David Wenham, John Goodman, Iain Glen
Votes: 9,115
53. The Abdication (1974)
PG | 103 min | Biography, Drama, History
Queen Christina of Sweden abdicates and travels to Rome to embrace the Catholic Church.
Director: Anthony Harvey | Stars: Peter Finch, Liv Ullmann, Cyril Cusack, Paul Rogers
Votes: 364 | Gross: $0.18M
54. Esterno notte (2022)
330 min | Crime, Drama, History
The 1978 kidnapping and assassination of former Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro by Red Brigades terrorists
Stars: Fabrizio Gifuni, Margherita Buy, Toni Servillo, Fausto Russo Alesi
Votes: 1,697
55. The Cardinal (1963)
Approved | 175 min | Drama, History, War
A young Catholic priest from Boston confronts bigotry, Nazism, and his own personal conflicts as he rises to the office of cardinal.
Director: Otto Preminger | Stars: Tom Tryon, John Huston, Romy Schneider, Carol Lynley
Votes: 2,909
56. Seventeen Moments of Spring (1973)
830 min | Drama, History, War
During World War II, a Soviet undercover spy manages to infiltrate the Nazi elite.
Stars: Vyacheslav Tikhonov, Yefim Kopelyan, Leonid Bronevoy, Ekaterina Gradova
Votes: 4,984
57. Are All Men Pedophiles? (2013)
Not Rated | 70 min | Documentary
What is the difference between us and pedophiles?
Director: Jan-Willem Breure | Stars: Jan-Willem Breure, Dick Swaab, Corine de Ruiter, Savannah van Zweeden
Votes: 6,332
58. Some Mother's Son (1996)
R | 112 min | Drama, History
The 1981 hunger strike in an Irish prison, in which I.R.A. prisoner Bobby Sands led a protest against their treatment as criminals rather than as prisoners of war. It focuses on the mothers of two of the strikers, and their struggle.
Director: Terry George | Stars: Helen Mirren, Fionnula Flanagan, Aidan Gillen, David O'Hara
Votes: 2,992 | Gross: $0.61M
59. Sin (2019)
134 min | Biography, Drama, History
The life of Michelangelo Buonarroti.
Director: Andrey Konchalovskiy | Stars: Jakob Diehl, Orso Maria Guerrini, Yuliya Vysotskaya, Toni Pandolfo
Votes: 1,370
60. Lost City Raiders (2008 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 90 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
The year is 2048, and global warming has flooded much of Earth's land areas. A father and his two sons try to salvage treasures from sunken buildings when they are given an important assignment by the New Vatican.
Director: Jean de Segonzac | Stars: James Brolin, Ian Somerhalder, Bettina Zimmermann, Jamie Thomas King
Votes: 2,806
61. The Eroticist (1972)
R | 96 min | Comedy
A senator vying for the Italian Presidency seeks to cure his penchant for sexual harassment, all while a cabal of politicians linked to the Vatican try to keep the story under wraps.
Director: Lucio Fulci | Stars: Lando Buzzanca, Lionel Stander, Laura Antonelli, Corrado Gaipa
Votes: 674
62. Daens (1992)
138 min | Biography, Drama, History
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 »
Director: Stijn Coninx | Stars: Jan Decleir, Gérard Desarthe, Antje de Boeck, Michael Pas
Votes: 4,398
63. Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God (2012)
TV-14 | 106 min | Documentary
Alex Gibney explores the charged issue of pedophilia in the Catholic Church, following a trail from the first known protest against clerical sexual abuse in the United States and all the way to the Vatican.
Director: Alex Gibney | Stars: Alex Gibney, Terry Kohut, Gary Smith, Pat Kuehn
Votes: 4,091
64. The Black Book (2018)
113 min | Drama, History, Romance
A picaresque chronicle of Laura, a peasant maid, and Sebastian, the young orphan in her charge, against a backdrop of overflowing passion and revolutionary intrigue in Europe at the twilight of the 18th century.
Director: Valeria Sarmiento | Stars: Lou de Laâge, Stanislas Merhar, Niels Schneider, Jenna Thiam
Votes: 263
65. The Apparition (2018)
144 min | Drama, Mystery
A journalist is sent by the Vatican to investigate a young girl claiming to be visited by the Virgin Mary.
Director: Xavier Giannoli | Stars: Vincent Lindon, Galatéa Bellugi, Patrick d'Assumçao, Anatole Taubman
Votes: 1,863 | Gross: $0.03M
66. Revelation (2001)
R | 111 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Dating back to the time of Jesus Christ, an ancient relic known as the Loculus has been fought over by the forces of light and darkness down the centuries. Created in 50 A.D., the wood ... See full summary »
Director: Stuart Urban | Stars: Natasha Wightman, Udo Kier, Diran Meghreblian, David Urban
Votes: 1,667
67. Saving Grace (1986)
PG | 112 min | Comedy, Drama
A young pope who feels he has lost touch with the people accidentally locks himself out of the Vatican and believes it is part of God's plan for him.
Director: Robert M. Young | Stars: Tom Conti, Fernando Rey, Erland Josephson, Giancarlo Giannini
Votes: 687 | Gross: $0.02M
68. Edges of the Lord (2001)
R | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A twelve-year-old Jewish boy hides with a family of Catholic peasant farmers to escape the Nazis.
Director: Yurek Bogayevicz | Stars: Haley Joel Osment, Willem Dafoe, Richard Banel, Liam Hess
Votes: 3,695
69. Faith: Pope John Paul II (2005)
201 min | Biography, Drama
Following the premature death of his mother, Karol Wojtyla is brought up by his father in the Polish city of Krakow during the first half of the 20th century. An outstanding student with a ... See full summary »
Stars: Christopher Lee, Ben Gazzara, Daniele Pecci, Vittoria Belvedere
Votes: 1,251
70. Deccal (2015)
94 min | Horror
We have entered a new era...The Antichrist, whose coming has been announced for centuries, is now born. Humankind is meant to be thrown in a vortex of fear and despair. While seeds are ... See full summary »
Director: Özgür Bakar | Stars: Öznur Serçeler, Bulut Köpük, Aykut Engin, Duygu Paracikoglu
Votes: 691
71. Karol - The Pope, the Man (2006 TV Movie)
155 min | Biography, Drama
Director: Giacomo Battiato | Stars: Piotr Adamczyk, Dariusz Kwasnik, Michele Placido, Alberto Cracco
Votes: 1,218
72. Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles (2018)
TV-14 | 80 min | Animation, Biography, Drama
The true story of how Luis Buñuel made his third movie.
Director: Salvador Simó | Stars: Jorge Usón, Fernando Ramos, Luis Enrique de Tomás, Cyril Corral
Votes: 2,444 | Gross: $0.03M
73. The Ninth Day (2004)
Not Rated | 98 min | Drama, Thriller, War
A drama loosely based on Jean Bernard's Nazi-era prison diary.
Director: Volker Schlöndorff | Stars: Ulrich Matthes, August Diehl, Hilmar Thate, Bibiana Beglau
Votes: 1,949 | Gross: $0.07M
74. In The Beginning: The Bible Stories (1992–1997)
Animation, Adventure, Biography
An anime series based on the Old Testament in the Bible, up until the birth of Jesus Christ.
Stars: Usmid Patix, Unshô Ishizuka, Takaya Hashi, Tesshô Genda
Votes: 40
75. Holy Goalie (2017)
95 min | Comedy
When the monks living at a small rural monastery face it being transformed into a hotel due to the lack of income, a newcomer monk convinces them that their only chance is to learn soccer ... See full summary »
Director: Curro Velázquez | Stars: Karra Elejalde, Alain Hernández, El Langui, Macarena García
Votes: 1,913
76. Bloody Mallory (2002)
R | 94 min | Action, Comedy, Horror
Heroines Mallory, Vena Cava and Talking Tina fight the fallen angel Abaddon and his accomplices vampire Lady Valentine and succubus Morphine.
Director: Julien Magnat | Stars: Olivia Bonamy, Adrià Collado, Jeffrey Ribier, Laurent Spielvogel
Votes: 1,263
77. Sacred Silence (1996)
114 min | Crime, Drama
A young priest crusades against organized crime in his Naples neighbourhood but falls in love with a 13-year old boy. It's the chance the gangsters were waiting for to get rid of the thorn ... See full summary »
Director: Antonio Capuano | Stars: Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Emanuele Gargiulo, Tonino Taiuti, Rosaria De Cicco
Votes: 438
78. State buoni se potete (1983)
115 min | Comedy, Drama, History
Around the year 1500, the Italian priest Don Filippo Neri helps street kids and orphans in his poor little chapel. He is no clergyman by the book, but a true believer in terms good and bad ... See full summary »
Director: Luigi Magni | Stars: Johnny Dorelli, Philippe Leroy, Rodolfo Bigotti, Flora Carabella
Votes: 1,464
79. The Hot Potato (2012)
95 min | Drama
London's East End 1969. Based on real events. Two chancers 'find' a lump of Uranium and crisscross Europe to find a buyer. Accompanied by Danny's girl,the lovely Carole. They encounter a ... See full summary »
Director: Tim Lewiston | Stars: Ray Winstone, Colm Meaney, Jack Huston, David Harewood
Votes: 789
80. Nell'anno del Signore (1969)
125 min | Comedy, Drama, History
Rome, 1825. Bishop Rivarola (Tognazzi) and colonel Nardoni (Salerno) are in charge to suppress liberal revolution. Shoemaker Cornacchia (Manfredi) got the information that the liberal ... See full summary »
Director: Luigi Magni | Stars: Nino Manfredi, Enrico Maria Salerno, Claudia Cardinale, Robert Hossein
Votes: 833
81. The Conclave (2006)
100 min | Biography, Drama, History
In 1458, five years after the fall of Constantinople to the Turk, eighteen cardinals met in Rome to elect a new pope. A 27-year-old Spanish cardinal, Rodrigo Borgia, learns to play a very dangerous game; how to survive his first conclave.
Director: Christoph Schrewe | Stars: Manu Fullola, Brian Blessed, James Faulkner, Rolf Kanies
Votes: 617
82. Stephen the Great - Vaslui 1475 (1975)
137 min | Biography, Drama, History
In 1475 when Stephen the Great ruler of Moldavia is facing an invading Ottoman army of 120 000 men the fate of Christian Europe largely depends on the battle's outcome.
Director: Mircea Dragan | Stars: Gheorghe Cozorici, Gheorghe Dinica, Violeta Andrei, Toma Dimitriu
Votes: 747
83. Il commissario Lo Gatto (1986)
91 min | Comedy
Police commissioner Lo Gatto is in charge of the local Italian police station within Vatican State. During an investigation, following the murder of a Vatican priest, he decides to question... See full summary »
Director: Dino Risi | Stars: Lino Banfi, Maurizio Ferrini, Maurizio Micheli, Isabel Russinova
Votes: 772
84. Nyócker! (2004)
87 min | Animation, Comedy
In a Budapest ghetto, Richie, a young gypsy in love with Julia, daughter of the local Hungarian pimp, wants to put an end to the old family feuds. But there's only one way to do it: money. ... See full summary »
Director: Áron Gauder | Stars: L.L. Junior, László Szacsvay, Gyözö Szabó, Csaba Pindroch
Votes: 1,899
85. Revelation (2020)
Documentary, Crime
Award-winning reporter Sarah Ferguson presents Revelation, a ground-breaking documentary series on the criminal priests and brothers of the Catholic Church, their crimes laid bare for the first time in their own words.
Stars: Sarah Ferguson, Bernard McGrath, Scott Hallett, David Patch
Votes: 2,138
86. Isola: Multiple Personality Girl (2000)
94 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
When a woman, able to read the thoughts of others, comes to help survivors of the 1995 Kobe earthquake, she encounters a girl with Multiple Personality Disorder whose dangerous 13th personality, Isola, must be stopped.
Director: Toshiyuki Mizutani | Stars: Yoshino Kimura, Yû Kurosawa, Ken Ishiguro, Makiko Watanabe
Votes: 377
87. Chasing the Devil (2014)
Not Rated | 84 min | Horror
Patrick McCord doesn't accept the explanation of his sister's mysterious death as suicide, and instead teams up with a team of paranormal investigators to delve deeper into the inexplicable... See full summary »
Director: Mark Haber | Stars: Tim Phillipps, Vivan Dugré, Chris Yule, Cory Knauf
Votes: 793
88. Murder of God's Banker (2022– )
Documentary, Crime
An investigation into the death of an Italian banker reveals a dark web that includes the Vatican, the Sicilian Mafia, and a secret fascist society aimed at taking over Italy.
Stars: Giacomo Rocchini, Gerald Posner, Edward Gero, William Daddio
Votes: 129
89. Deccal 2 (2017)
111 min | Horror
The baby, which is the prophecy of the prophecy that will drag the whole world to evil and catastrophes, was born on 6.6.2016. Baby's mother, Duygu, committed suicide by not being able to ... See full summary »
Director: Özgür Bakar | Stars: Aysen Sümercan, Murat Prosçiler, Burak Sarimola, Emel Karakose
Votes: 265
90. Jesus vender tilbage (1992)
104 min | Action, Comedy, Romance
Jesus returns to Earth, gets involved in a terrorist group, but keeps his integrity.
Director: Jens Jørgen Thorsen | Stars: Marco Di Stefano, Johnny Melville, Jed Curtis, Jean-Michel Dagory
Votes: 96
91. 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
92. Increase and Multiply (1973)
98 min | Comedy
Director: Giulio Petroni | Stars: Raymond Pellegrin, Lionel Stander, Hugh Griffith, Francesca Romana Coluzzi
Votes: 30
93. Darkside Witches (2015)
TV-MA | 89 min | Horror
In 1589, six innocent women were accused from the inquisition of witchery in the small ligurian mountain.
Director: Gerard Diefenthal | Stars: Gerard Diefenthal, Barbara Bouchet, Anna Orso, Eleonora Albrecht
Votes: 572
94. Signore e signori, buonanotte (1976)
105 min | Comedy
An episodic satire of the social and politic status of Italy in the 1970s through the programming of a television channel.
Directors: Leonardo Benvenuti, Luigi Comencini, Piero De Bernardi, Agenore Incrocci, Nanni Loy, Ruggero Maccari, Luigi Magni, Mario Monicelli, Ugo Pirro, Furio Scarpelli, Ettore Scola | Stars: Senta Berger, Adolfo Celi, Vittorio Gassman, Nino Manfredi
Votes: 920
95. In the Name of the Pope King (1977)
105 min | Drama, History
In 1867, with Garibaldi's forces close to bringing Rome into the Italian kingdom, Monsignor Colombo da Priverno, a world-weary judge on the papal court, wants to resign, disgusted by the ... See full summary »
Director: Luigi Magni | Stars: Nino Manfredi, Danilo Mattei, Carmen Scarpitta, Giovannella Grifeo
Votes: 654
96. Blackwater Valley Exorcism (2006 Video)
R | 90 min | Horror, Thriller
THE OMEN meets THE EXORCISM OF EMILY ROSE.
Directors: Del Zamora, Ethan Wiley | Stars: Cameron Daddo, Kristin Erickson, James Russo, Jeffrey Combs
Votes: 796
97. La verità sta in cielo (2016)
94 min | Mystery
An English journalist comes to Italy to investigate the mysterious disappearance of a Vatican girl in 1983.
Director: Roberto Faenza | Stars: Riccardo Scamarcio, Maya Sansa, Greta Scarano, Valentina Lodovini
Votes: 378
98. Gone with the Pope (2010)
Unrated | 83 min | Crime, Drama
Famed nightclub performer Duke Mitchell is Paul, a paroled gangster with an unholy scheme: to kidnap the Pope and 'charge a dollar from every Catholic in the world' as the ransom. Shot in ... See full summary »
Director: Duke Mitchell | Stars: Duke Mitchell, Lorenzo Dardado, Jim LoBianco, Peter Milo
Votes: 506
99. Treasure Guards (2011 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 90 min | Adventure
An ancient scroll is unearthed. A holy secret is revealed. The race to secure the Seal Of Solomon has begun.
Director: Iain B. MacDonald | Stars: Anna Friel, Raoul Bova, Volker Bruch, Florentine Lahme
Votes: 1,080
100. Mon beau-frère a tué ma soeur (1986)
95 min | Comedy, Thriller
This parody of the detective-story genre merrily detours into spoofing French foibles as well, making it more of an exercise in verbal gymnastics than a narrative with a mission. Esther is ... See full summary »
Director: Jacques Rouffio | Stars: Michel Serrault, Michel Piccoli, Jean Carmet, Juliette Binoche
Votes: 161