Roman Catholic Church Movies

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...

Irish-born journalist Peter Lennon examines the contemporary (1967) state of the Republic of Ireland, posing the question, “What do you do with...

Rome, 1870. Opponents of the church power are being sent to prison. Some of the exhausted prisoners are asking for the mercy of Pope. Others, like...

The neighborly "feud" between a Jewish and an Irish families escalates when two of their youngsters fall in love.

This film is very much a docudrama which portrays the difficulties of Italian life circa 1963 due to the absence of a divorce law. Five scenarios...

An intimate portrait of an old man coming to terms with own mortality and letting go off his magnum opus - his garden. Living through an autumn of...

Vitoria, Basque Country, Spain, March 3, 1976. After several months of protests demanding decent working conditions, a general strike is called....

In 2011, a psychiatric patient is visited by a postulate. The patient is a retired head of the "D" Group – a secret department of the Security...

Cupertino, Italy, 1623: A simple-minded and clumsy young man joins a Franciscan order as a hired hand, overcoming his intellectual and social...

An alcoholic priest receives confessions online throughout the eternal quarantine.

A crusader tries to keep a dope dealer from corrupting children.

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...

The movie recalls children who suffered mental and physical harm both during the last century, particularly in religious orphanages, and during the...

Documentary film about sexual abuse in the Catholic Church in Poland.

Shane is an unflinching photographer perched on an emotional, physical and spiritual cliff until a captivating woman named Lily enters his world and...

Hell on Earth is a documentary about Ken Russell's 1971 film, The Devils. Film critic Mark Kermode chats to Russell as well as two of the...

The people of a fishing village is about to witness a miracle thanks to the new mysterious friend of a young, lonely boy.

BBC TV movie about the life of the late Francesco Forgione, widely known as Padre Pio.

Set in the near future. As a consequence of an ecumenical movement (Vatican Council IV), the Catholic Church has joined other religions and has...

Daniel is respected by his village community as long as he bravely supports the fight for their affairs. He is in love with the boy next door, Olek,...