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Hoopla
91
9.0
/1467769/
87
/20787/
86
/13376/
4.6
/1171782/
96
/129/
97
/18712/
90
/18/
cc age 16+

The Godfather: Part II (1974)
In the continuing saga of the Corleone crime family, a young Vito Corleone grows up in Sicily and in 1910s New York. In the 1950s, Michael Corleone attempts to expand the family business into Las Vegas, Hollywood and Cuba.
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Criterion Channel
86
8.0
/38063/
78
/666/
75
/700/
4.2
/49189/
97
/36/
93
/731/
88
/18/
cc age 12+

Au Revoir les Enfants (1987)
Au revoir les enfants tells a heartbreaking story of friendship and devastating loss concerning two boys living in Nazi-occupied France. At a provincial Catholic boarding school, the precocious youths enjoy true camaraderie—until a secret is revealed. Based on events from writer-director Malle’s own childhood, the film is a subtle, precisely observed tale of courage, cowardice, and tragic awakening.
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Criterion Channel
85
8.0
/59806/
78
/867/
79
/901/
4.4
/83069/
96
/46/
93
/674/

Andrei Rublev (1966)
An expansive Russian drama, this film focuses on the life of revered religious icon painter Andrei Rublev. Drifting from place to place in a tumultuous era, the peace-seeking monk eventually gains a reputation for his art. But after Rublev witnesses a brutal battle and unintentionally becomes involved, he takes a vow of silence and spends time away from his work. As he begins to ease his troubled soul, he takes steps towards becoming a painter once again.
poster
84
7.9
/514517/
77
/10198/
77
/7159/
3.9
/434570/
89
/203/
89
/7569/
84
/42/
cc age 17+

Mystic River (2003)
The lives of three men who were childhood friends are shattered when one of them suffers a family tragedy.
poster
84
7.7
/13479/
76
/223/
75
/275/
4.1
/24877/
95
/39/
85
/190/

Diary of a Country Priest (1951)
An inexperienced, sickly priest shows up in the rural French community of Ambricourt, where he joins the community's clergy. But the locals don't take kindly to the priest, and his ascetic ways and unsociable demeanor make him an outcast. During Bible studies at the nearby girls school, he is continually mocked by his students. Then his attempt to intervene in a family feud backfires into a scandal. His failures, compounded with his declining health, begin to erode his faith.
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Kanopy
84
7.6
/7490/
77
/209/
73
/324/
3.9
/11675/
100
/8/
88
/127/
cc age 9+

My Father's Glory (1990)
Raised by his science teacher father, Joseph Pagnol, and seamstress mother Augustine, young Marcel grows up during the turn of the century in awe of his rationalist dad. When the family takes a summer vacation in the countryside, Marcel becomes friends with Lili, who teaches him about rural life.
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HBO Max Amazon Channel
83
8.0
/4239/
80
/142/
72
/63/
3.9
/2790/
98
/49/
90
/118/

Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God (2012)
Academy Award®–winning documentary filmmaker Alex Gibney (Taxi to the Dark Side) 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 way to the Vatican.
poster
82
7.8
/80776/
75
/1368/
74
/1086/
4.2
/77474/
85
/146/
79
/1747/
84
/34/

The White Ribbon (2009)
An aged tailor recalls his life as the schoolteacher of a small village in Northern Germany that was struck by a series of strange events in the year leading up to WWI.
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Criterion Channel
81
7.8
/9129/
78
/133/
76
/230/
4.1
/7787/
95
/19/
86
/69/

The Tree of Wooden Clogs (1978)
On a northern Italian farm, Batistì and his wife decide to send their son Minec to school, sacrificing his help in the fields but hoping to break the cycle of poverty in the family. But when Minec’s shoe breaks while walking for miles, Batisti puts the family’s future at risk to replace the clog.
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Amazon Prime Video
82
81
7.9
/11226/
75
/354/
71
/205/
3.8
/4637/
100
/72/
89
/19403/
86
/23/
cc age 18+

Deliver Us from Evil (2006)
Documentary filmmaker Amy Berg investigates the life of 30-year pedophile Father Oliver O'Grady and exposes the corruption inside the Catholic Church that allowed him to abuse countless children. Victims' stories and a disturbing interview with O'Grady offer a view into the troubled mind of the spiritual leader who moved from parish to parish gaining trust ... all the while betraying so many.
poster
81
7.4
/357949/
73
/15050/
72
/8836/
3.8
/2682907/
99
/401/
79
/2225/
93
/52/
cc age 16+

Lady Bird (2017)
Lady Bird McPherson, a strong willed, deeply opinionated, artistic 17 year old comes of age in Sacramento. Her relationship with her mother and her upbringing are questioned and tested as she plans to head off to college.
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Fandor
80
7.3
/5221/
71
/89/
69
/141/
3.7
/4293/
100
/11/
91
/77/

Raining Stones (1993)
Proud, though poor, Bob wants his little girl to have a beautiful (and costly) brand-new dress for her First Communion. His stubbornness and determination get him into trouble as he turns to more and more questionable measures, in his desperation to raise the needed money. This tragic flaw leads him to risk all that he loves and values, his beloved family, indeed even his immortal soul and salvation, in blind pursuit of that goal.
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Criterion Channel
80
7.7
/2250/
78
/60/
74
/59/
4.2
/7854/
83
/6/
84
/16/

Jacquot (1991)
Jacquot Demy, the son of a garage owner and a hairdresser, is fascinated by cinema and decides to pursue his dream of becoming a filmmaker by any means necessary.
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Kanopy
80
7.5
/103513/
73
/2845/
73
/1552/
4.0
/278374/
91
/69/
82
/2855/
87
/16/
cc age 15+

The Wicker Man (1973)
Police sergeant Neil Howie is called to an island village in search of a missing girl whom the locals claim never existed. The investigation is further complicated as Howie’s religious views clash with those of the island’s residents.
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HBO Max Amazon Channel
80
7.9
/582875/
80
/16459/
78
/10918/
4.0
/2459224/
85
/171/
89
/5420/
67
/36/
cc age 15+

The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1991. High school freshman Charlie is a wallflower, always watching life from the sidelines, until two senior students, Sam and her stepbrother Patrick, become his mentors, helping him discover the joys of friendship, music and love.
poster
79
7.6
/2976/
66
/23/
62
/28/
3.7
/1016/
88
/26/
91
/48/

Men with Guns (1998)
Dr. Fuentes is a medical professor approaching his retirement and journeys to find old students, with sometimes disturbing results.
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Kanopy
79
7.5
/30785/
73
/463/
71
/383/
3.7
/11281/
81
/132/
88
/744/
70
/34/

The Barbarian Invasions (2003)
In this belated sequel to 'The Decline of the American Empire', middle-aged Montreal college professor, Remy, learns that he is dying of liver cancer. His ex-wife, Louise, asks their estranged son, Sebastian, a successful businessman living in London, to come home. Sebastian makes the impossible happen, using his contacts and disrupting the Canadian healthcare system in every way possible to help his father fight his terminal illness to the bitter end, while reuniting some of Remy's old friends, including Pierre, Alain, Dominique, Diane, and Claude, who return to see their friend before he passes on.
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Criterion Channel
85
78
8.1
/11838/
77
/181/
80
/240/
4.2
/16238/
100
/26/
91
/111/

Day of Wrath (1943)
In a Danish village in the early 1600s, a young woman named Anne, whose mother was thought to be a witch, develops sympathy toward an old woman, Marte, who is accused of witchcraft. The intervention of Anne's older but kindly husband, Pastor Absalon saved her mother -- but now, urged on by his overbearing mother, he refuses to help Marte. When Absalon's son returns home and is attracted to Anne, it's a matter of time before her family destiny catches up with her.
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Kanopy
78
7.5
/143629/
73
/2761/
72
/1822/
4.0
/110321/
79
/220/
78
/10453/
68
/36/
cc age 17+

Doubt (2008)
In 1964 Bronx, two Catholic school nuns question the new priest's ambiguous relationship with a troubled African-American student.
poster
78
76
7.1
/15166/
70
/351/
71
/320/
3.8
/43451/
100
/13/
82
/231/

Law of Desire (1987)
Pablo, a successful film director, disappointed in his relationship with his young lover, Juan, concentrates in a new project, a monologue starring his transgender sister, Tina. Antonio, an uptight young man, falls possessively in love with the director and in his passion would stop at nothing to obtain the object of his desire.
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Amazon Prime Video
76
7.2
/8768/
72
/338/
71
/579/
3.7
/16600/
96
/98/
74
/17/
75
/21/

By the Grace of God (2019)
Alexandre, a man in his 40s living in Lyon with his wife and children, discovers that the priest who abused him decades ago continues to work with children. He joins forces with others victims of the priest, to bring justice and “lift the burden of silence” about what they endured.
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Criterion Channel
81
76
7.5
/10370/
74
/210/
72
/276/
4.0
/18344/
100
/19/
88
/40/

Mr. Klein (1976)
Paris, France, 1942, during the Nazi occupation. Robert Klein, a successful art dealer who benefits from the misfortunes of those who are ruthlessly persecuted, discovers by chance that there is another Robert Klein, apparently a Jewish man; someone with whom he could be mistakenly identified, something dangerous in such harsh times.
poster
76
7.2
/16667/
68
/338/
67
/403/
3.8
/9176/
93
/113/
75
/692/
86
/29/

Of Gods and Men (2010)
A group of Trappist monks reside in the monastery of Tibhirine in Algeria, where they live in harmony with the largely muslim population. When a bloody conflict between Algeria's army and Muslim Jihadi insurgents disrupts the peace, they are forced to consider fleeing the monastery and deserting the villagers they have ministered to. In the face of deadly violence the monks wrestle with their faith and their convictions, eventually deciding to stay and help their neighbours keep the army and the insurgents at bay.
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Amazon Prime Video
76
7.3
/24716/
73
/484/
70
/388/
3.7
/14637/
90
/31/
85
/419/
69
/17/

Salvador (1986)
In 1980, an American journalist covering the Salvadoran Civil War becomes entangled with both the leftist guerrilla groups and the right-wing military dictatorship while trying to rescue his girlfriend and her children.
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Amazon Prime Video
75
7.0
/51607/
68
/1208/
70
/922/
3.8
/68727/
77
/52/
74
/1056/
70
/19/

Bad Lieutenant (1992)
While investigating a young nun's rape, a corrupt New York City police detective, with a serious drug and gambling addiction, tries to change his ways and find forgiveness.
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Criterion Channel
74
7.0
/1420/
66
/10/
64
/29/
3.5
/1063/
100
/6/
75
/8/

The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne (1987)
A penniless middle-aged spinster scrapes by giving piano lessons in the Dublin of the 1950s. She makes a sad last bid for love with a fellow resident of her rundown boarding house, who imagines she has the money to bankroll the business he hopes to open.
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Kanopy
73
7.2
/4994/
72
/87/
70
/123/
3.7
/3808/
85
/13/
75
/34/

The Night of the Shooting Stars (1982)
The Night of San Lorenzo, the night of the shooting stars, is the night when dreams come true in Italian folklore. In 1944, a group of Italians flee their town after hearing rumours that the Nazis plan to blow it up and that the Americans are about to arrive to liberate them.
poster
73
7.0
/14388/
65
/113/
64
/146/
3.6
/5429/
87
/85/
79
/262/
77
/28/
cc age 16+

Italian for Beginners (2000)
Several lonely hearts in a semi-provincial suburb of a town in Denmark use a beginner's course in Italian as the platform to meet the romance of their lives. The film, which unspools the connections and family drama shared between the students, complies with several aesthetic principles of Dogme 95 movement.
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Hoopla
73
7.2
/3139/
67
/53/
67
/37/
3.5
/884/
75
/16/
87
/58/
cc age 15+

Some Mother's Son (1996)
Based on the true story of the 1981 hunger strike in a British prison, in which IRA prisoner Bobby Sands led a protest against the treatment of IRA prisoners as criminals rather than as prisoners of war. The film focuses on the mothers of two of the strikers, and their struggle to save the lives of their sons.
poster
73
7.4
/16341/
73
/167/
64
/143/
3.6
/3331/
74
/65/
80
/243/
71
/26/

Sunshine (1999)
The fate of a Hungarian Jewish family throughout the 20th century.
poster
The Roku Channel
79
73
7.7
/7565/
75
/158/
73
/125/
3.7
/4267/
88
/32/
90
/162/
76
/13/

Undertow (2009)
A married fisherman struggles to reconcile his devotion to his male lover within his town's rigid traditions.
poster
73
7.1
/54100/
70
/1596/
70
/1019/
3.8
/91940/
81
/119/
74
/1507/
73
/21/

Thirst (2009)
A respected priest volunteers for an experimental procedure that may lead to a cure for a deadly virus. He gets infected and dies, but a blood transfusion of unknown origin brings him back to life. Now, he’s torn between faith and bloodlust, and has a newfound desire for the wife of a childhood friend.
poster
73
7.0
/168486/
70
/5491/
68
/2332/
3.5
/72530/
88
/198/
76
/1334/
69
/36/
cc age 17+

The Drop (2014)
Bob Saginowski finds himself at the center of a robbery gone awry and entwined in an investigation that digs deep into the neighborhood's past where friends, families, and foes all work together to make a living - no matter the cost.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
71
7.1
/8142/
68
/155/
65
/111/
3.4
/3186/
92
/12/
75
/167/

Black Robe (1991)
Missionary Father LaForgue travels to the New World in hopes of converting Algonquin Indians to Catholicism. Accepted, though warily, by the Indians, LaForgue travels with the Indians using his strict Catholic rules and ideals to try and impose his religion.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
70
6.9
/2736/
63
/24/
61
/38/
3.4
/492/
70
/76/
72
/49/
74
/25/

Liam (2001)
A morality tale of xenophobia, religious prejudice, mob violence, poverty, and their effect on two children in Liverpool during the Depression. When a shipyard closes, Liam and Teresa's dad loses his job. Liam, who's about 8, making his first Holy Communion, gets a regular dose of fire and brimstone at church. Teresa, about 13, has a job as a maid to the Jewish family that owns the closed shipyard. The lady of that house is having an affair, and Teresa becomes an accomplice. Liam stutters terribly, especially when troubled. Dad comes under the sway of the Fascists, who blame cheap Irish labor and Jewish owners. A Molotov cocktail brings things to a head.
poster
70
6.4
/1656/
65
/56/
63
/28/
3.2
/799/
69
/35/
73
/74/
65
/17/

Bless Me, Ultima (2013)
In a village in New Mexico, the life of young farm boy Antonio is dramatically changed when an old medicine woman joins his household. This affecting coming-of-age tale recounts Antonio's experiences to reveal the spiritual conflict in his community.
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Fandor
70
6.7
/19689/
64
/643/
64
/340/
3.6
/15172/
87
/61/
68
/111/
66
/22/

Borgman (2013)
An enigmatic vagrant cons himself into the home life of an arrogant upper-class family, turning their lives into a psychological nightmare in the process.
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Kanopy
69
6.9
/26975/
66
/380/
64
/272/
3.4
/6302/
73
/88/
76
/514/
68
/31/

Heaven (2002)
Cate Blanchett stars as Philippa, a British teacher living in Turin, Italy, who has seen many friends, including her husband, fall victim to drug overdoses. Philippa has repeatedly contacted the police with information about Turin's biggest drug dealer but, complicit in his dealings, they have completely ignored her. So Philippa decides to dole out her own form of justice with a homemade bomb -- setting her off on a journey from young widow to fugitive on the run.
poster
Kanopy
75
68
7.1
/10632/
72
/373/
73
/892/
3.6
/9395/
84
/31/
79
/16/
74
/8/

Like Crazy (2016)
Two mental patients with opposite personalities ditch their Tuscan hospital and embark on an unpredictable exploration of the real world.
poster
83
67
8.0
/5748/
76
/96/
75
/101/
4.2
/5026/
100
/9/
86
/17/

The New Land (1972)
A Swedish immigrant family struggles to adapt to their new life on the American frontier during the second half of the 19th century amidst civil war, native uprising and the lure of gold in California.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
67
6.7
/14899/
67
/282/
66
/297/
3.3
/18367/
63
/82/
74
/475/
60
/29/

The Crime of Padre Amaro (2002)
Sent to Mexico to help take care of aging Father Benito, young Father Amaro faces a moral challenge when he meets a 16-year-old girl who he starts an affair with. Likewise, the girl's mother had been having an affair with Father Benito. Father Amaro must choose between a holy or sinful life.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
67
6.7
/21849/
65
/557/
66
/420/
3.5
/18834/
82
/22/
63
/235/
56
/7/

Flesh + Blood (1985)
A band of medieval mercenaries take revenge on a noble lord who decides not to pay them by kidnapping the betrothed of the noble's son. As the plague and warfare cut a swathe of destruction throughout the land, the mercenaries hole up in a castle and await their fate.
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Kanopy
67
7.3
/24248/
73
/405/
73
/339/
3.6
/10149/
52
/84/
81
/838/
54
/32/
cc age 15+

Angela's Ashes (1999)
An Irish Catholic family returns to 1930s Limerick after a child's death in America. The unemployed I.R.A. veteran father struggles with poverty, prejudice, and alcoholism as the family endures harsh slum conditions.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
67
5.8
/28236/
61
/1751/
58
/629/
3.1
/72827/
78
/126/
50
/194/
69
/29/
cc age 16+

The Little Hours (2017)
Garfagnana, Italy, 1347. The handsome servant Masseto, fleeing from his vindictive master, takes shelter in a nunnery where three young nuns, Sister Alessandra, Sister Ginevra and Sister Fernanda, try unsuccessfully to find out what their purpose in life is, a conundrum that each of them faces in different ways.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
65
6.4
/14713/
65
/457/
64
/301/
3.4
/33408/
71
/14/
61
/366/
67
/5/

Alice, Sweet Alice (1976)
Alice is a withdrawn 12-year-old who lives with her mother and her younger sister, Karen, who gets most of the attention from her mother, leaving Alice out of the spotlight. When Karen is found brutally murdered in a church, suspicions start to turn toward Alice. But could a 12-year-old girl really be capable of such savagery?
poster
71
64
7.1
/7597/
68
/95/
64
/135/
3.4
/2592/
88
/24/
76
/189/
65
/7/

Ae Fond Kiss... (2004)
A young man upsets his Punjabi family when he falls in love with an Irish schoolteacher.
poster
MGM Plus
64
6.3
/9753/
64
/186/
61
/172/
3.1
/5219/
71
/17/
53
/98/
68
/12/

True Confessions (1981)
A cop clashes with his priest brother while investigating the brutal murder of a young prostitute.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
63
7.1
/11627/
66
/139/
63
/143/
3.6
/4850/
67
/24/
83
/202/

Priest (1995)
The deeply held religious convictions of an idealistic young priest are challenged when he must face extraordinary events within his own congregation.


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