Movies about priests

Movies about priests
List of the best priest movies selected by visitors to our site: The Seventh Day, Noah, Little Boy, Spotlight, The Professor and the Madman, Titanic, The Priest, Zombie Hunter, Most Beautiful Island, The Selling.

In the top there are new films of 2021, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

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Country
Markimdb: 4.5
Genrehorror, detective
CountryUSA

A renowned exorcist teams up with a rookie priest for his first day of training. As they plunge deeper into hell on earth, the lines between good and evil blur, and their own demons emerge.

Markimdb: 5.7
Genrefantasy, drama, adventure
CountryUSA
Duration02:18

A man who suffers visions of an apocalyptic deluge takes measures to protect his family from the coming flood.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genredrama, military, history
CountryMexico, USA
Duration02:16

An eight-year-old boy is willing to do whatever it takes to end World War II so he can bring his father home. The story reveals the indescribable love a father has for his little boy and the love a son has for his father.

Markimdb: 8.1
Genredrama, crime, biography
CountryUSA
Duration02:33

    In 2001, editor Marty Baron of The Boston Globe assigns a team of journalists to investigate allegations against John Geoghan, an unfrocked priest accused of molesting more than 80 boys. Led by editor Walter "Robby" Robinson, reporters Michael Rezendes, Matt Carroll and Sacha Pfeiffer interview victims and try to unseal sensitive documents. The reporters make it their mission to provide proof of a cover-up of sexual abuse within the Roman Catholic Church.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genredrama, biography
    CountryUSA, Republic of Ireland, France, Iceland, Mexico, Belgium, United Kingdom, Hong Kong
    Duration02:04

    Professor James Murray begins work compiling words for the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary in the mid 19th century, and receives over 10,000 entries from a patient at Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum, Dr. William Minor.

    Markimdb: 7.9
    Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, history
    CountryUSA, Mexico, Australia, Canada
    Duration03:14

    84 years later, a 101-year-old woman named Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story to her granddaughter Lizzy Calvert, Brock Lovett, Lewis Bodine, Bobby Buell and Anatoly Mikailavich on the Keldysh about her life set in April 10th 1912, on a ship called Titanic when young Rose boards the departing ship with the upper-class passengers and her mother, Ruth DeWitt Bukater, and her fiancé, Caledon Hockley. Meanwhile, a drifter and artist named Jack Dawson and his best friend Fabrizio De Rossi win third-class tickets to the ship in a game. And she explains the whole story from departure until the death of Titanic on its first and last voyage April 15th, 1912 at 2:20 in the morning.

    Markimdb: 7
    Genredrama, military
    CountryRussia
    Duration02:04

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    Markimdb: 3.5
    Genrehorror, action, comedy
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:33

    Zombie Hunter is set in a post-apocalyptic Zombie wasteland caused by the mysterious street drug "Natas". We follow one man who has nothing left other than a beat up Camaro and a trunk full of guns and booze. He runs down Flesh Eaters, hunting for sport and redemption, while also running from his past. After crashing into a small group of survivors, who are running low on resources, he decides to lend a hand. But a surprise attack by the Flesh Eaters forces them on the run and puts the Hunter's skills to the test.

    Markimdb: 5.7
    Genrehorror, thriller, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:44

    Most Beautiful Island is a chilling portrait of an undocumented young woman's struggle for survival as she finds redemption from a tortured past in a dangerous game.

    Markimdb: 6
    Genrecomedy
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:29

    For most people affected by the recent housing market crash, the impact was financial. Super nice real estate agent Richard Scarry has an additional burden: the paranormal. This startlingly funny debut feature takes many of the tropes of haunted house films and employs them to exciting, witty, and original ends.

    Markimdb: 3.8
    Genrethriller, fantasy
    CountryUSA, Canada
    Duration01:32

    Lawrence Salva's script centers on a detective (Facinelli), on the trail of a murderer, who is led to believe that a local teenager, harboring some sort of strange supernatural power, may be involved. Slater plays the man's disbelieving boss, while Hauer plays a man-of-the-cloth who aids the cop on his mission.

    Markimdb: 3.5
    Genreaction, thriller, drama, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:33

    Nationally acclaimed evangelist John Luther is the last obstacle in the way of sweeping religious reform in the States. When a U.S. Senator and Luther's own supporters abduct and frame him in the murder of an innocent teenage girl, an unprecedented era of persecution is unleashed. Out on personal recognizance, Luther escapes police surveillance in search of the truth. And suddenly, a once-normal life is targeted by a team of ex-military operatives who wage a relentless campaign to eliminate the incriminating evidence. As evangelist turned fugitive, Luther vows to expose anyone involved with or profiting from the girl's murder; a mission that brings him face-to-face with the coming storm of persecution that will threaten the entire Christian community in America.

    Markimdb: 4.6
    Genrehorror, thriller, drama
    CountryUSA, Canada
    Duration01:05

    Taking place years after The Haunting of Molly Hartley, who now, as an adult, has fallen under the possession of an evil spirit and must be exorcised by a fallen priest before the devil completely takes her.

    Markimdb: 5.4
    Genrethriller, crime, detective
    CountryUSA

    A man on the run from his own sins, finds himself in a small border town in Texas, impersonating a reverend. The town are quickly drawn to the man's unorthodox sermons, but so is a police chief who has his suspicions.

    Markimdb: 4.5
    Genrehorror
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:32

    On his 18th birthday, Johnny finds out that he's come into an inheritance - and his family were a lot stranger than he ever knew...

    Markimdb: 6
    Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
    CountryUSA, Hungary, Italy
    Duration01:54

    Seminary student Michael Kovak (Colin O'Donoghue) reluctantly attends exorcism school at the Vatican. While he’s in Rome, Michael meets an unorthodox priest, Father Lucas (Anthony Hopkins), who introduces him to the darker side of his faith, uncovering the devil’s reach even to one of the holiest places on Earth.

    Markimdb: 4.8
    Genrehorror, thriller
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:16

      In a highly secured vault deep within the walls of Vatican City, the Catholic Church holds thousands of old films and video footage documenting exorcisms/supposed exorcisms and other unexplained religious phenomena they feel the world is not ready to see. This is the first tape - Case 83-G - stolen from these archives and exposed to the public by an anonymous source.

      Markimdb: 5.9
      Genrehorror, detective
      CountryUSA, Canada
      Duration01:32

      In Italy, a woman becomes involved in a series of unauthorized exorcisms during her mission to discover what happened to her mother, who allegedly murdered three people during her own exorcism.

      Markimdb: 5.7
      Genredrama, biography, history
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:18

      The life story of Jesus is told from his humble birth through his teachings, crucifixion and ultimate resurrection.

      Markimdb: 5.8
      Genredrama, family, biography
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:40

      Heaven is for Real recounts the true story of a small-town father who must find the courage and conviction to share his son's extraordinary, life-changing experience with the world. Four-year-old Colton shares the details of his amazing journey with childlike innocence and speaks matter-of-factly about things that happened before his birth... things he couldn't possibly know.

      Markimdb: 5.1
      Genredrama
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:01

      When his mom deposits him at the Red Hook housing project in Brooklyn to spend the summer with the grandfather he’s never met, young Flik may as well have landed on Mars. Fresh from his cushy life in Atlanta, he’s bored and friendless, and his strict grandfather, Enoch, a firebrand preacher, is bent on getting him to accept Jesus Christ as his personal savior. Only Chazz, the feisty girl from church, provides a diversion from the drudgery. As hot summer simmers and Sunday mornings brim with Enoch’s operatic sermons, things turn anything but dull as people’s conflicting agendas collide.

      Markimdb: 3.5
      Genrehorror, fantasy
      CountryUSA

      1099 A.D.: A battle-weary knight leads his men home from the Holy Land after years of fighting. But the supposedly holy relic he’s carrying bears a terrible curse…

      Markimdb: 5.2
      Genrethriller, drama
      CountryUSA

      A young and inexperienced priest encourages a family to declare their long-missing son dead, but once they do, the boy mysteriously returns, testing the priest's commitment to church doctrine over the laws of the natural world.

      Markimdb: 6.6
      Genreaction, fantasy, comedy, adventure
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom
      Duration02:16

      Captain Jack Sparrow crosses paths with a woman from his past, and he's not sure if it's love -- or if she's a ruthless con artist who's using him to find the fabled Fountain of Youth. When she forces him aboard the Queen Anne's Revenge, the ship of the formidable pirate Blackbeard, Jack finds himself on an unexpected adventure in which he doesn't know who to fear more: Blackbeard or the woman from his past.

      Markimdb: 6.1
      Genredrama
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:21

      ALL SAINTS is based on the inspiring true story of salesman-turned-pastor Michael Spurlock (John Corbett), the tiny church he was ordered to shut down, and a group of refugees from Southeast Asia. Together, they risked everything to plant seeds for a future that might just save them all.

      Markimdb: 3.9
      Genreaction, thriller, comedy
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:32

      Upon taking her vows to become a nun, Sister Sarah is abused, brainwashed and drugged into submission by the corrupt clergy. On the verge of death from a lethal dose of drugs, Sister Sarah receives a message from God telling her to take vengeance on all those who did her wrong. Armed with God's will and an arsenal of big guns, she dispenses Judgment Day on her former tormentors. When the church hires the merciless motorcycle gang the "Los Muertos" to track down and kill her they soon realize that this sister is one bad mother.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genrethriller, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:28

        Set in Middle America, a group of teens receive an online invitation for sex, though they soon encounter Christian fundamentalists with a much more sinister agenda.

        Markimdb: 5.7
        Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
        CountrySpain, Canada, USA
        Duration02:16

          Minnesota, 1990. Detective Bruce Kenner investigates the case of young Angela, who accuses her father, John Gray, of an unspeakable crime. When John unexpectedly and without recollection admits guilt, renowned psychologist Dr. Raines is brought in to help him relive his memories and what they discover unmasks a horrifying nationwide mystery.

          Markimdb: 5.7
          Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, adventure
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:27

          In an alternate world, humanity and vampires have warred for centuries. After the last Vampire War, the veteran Warrior Priest lives in obscurity with other humans inside one of the Church's walled cities. When the Priest's niece is kidnapped by vampires, the Priest breaks his vows to hunt them down. He is accompanied by the niece's boyfriend, who is a wasteland sheriff, and a former Warrior Priestess.

          Markimdb: 5.7
          Genredrama, military, biography
          CountrySpain, USA, Argentina
          Duration02:02

          Arising out of the horror of the Spanish Civil War, a candidate for canonization is investigated by a journalist who discovers his own estranged father had a deep, dark and devastating connection to the saint's life.While researching the life of Josemaria Escriva, the controversial founder of Opus Dei, the young journalist Robert uncovers hidden stories of his estranged father Manolo, and is taken on a journey through the dark, terrible secrets of his family’s past.

          Markimdb: 2.9
          Genrehorror
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:30

          13-year-old Jimmy Morgan is possessed by an evil too powerful to be exorcised by any religion. After escaping from a mental institution, Jimmy is back with a vengeance - and an army of children who follow his every murderous desire.

          Markimdb: 4.6
          Genrehorror, documentary
          CountryUSA

          William Friedkin attends an exorcism with Father Gabriele Amorth, as he treats an Italian woman named Cristina for the ninth time. Prior to filming, Cristina had purportedly been experiencing behavioural changes and “fits” that could not be explained by psychiatry, and which became worse during Christian holidays.

          Markimdb: 6
          Genredrama, crime, detective
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:48

          A police detective's investigation of a prostitute's murder points to his best friend.

          Markimdb: 6.9
          Genredrama, crime, sport
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:05

          Teenagers at a juvenile detention center, under the leadership of their counselor, gain self-esteem by playing football together.

          Markimdb: 7
          Genrecomedy, melodrama, military, history
          CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
          Duration01:25

          The Devil's Disciple is a 1959 film adaptation of the George Bernard Shaw play of the same title. The Anglo-American film was directed by Guy Hamilton who replaced Alexander Mackendrick and starred Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, and Laurence Olivier. Mary Grant designed the film's costumes.

          Markimdb: 6.8
          Genrecomedy, crime
          CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
          Duration01:39

          A pastor preoccupied with writing the perfect sermon fails to realize that his wife is having an affair and his children are up to no good.

          Markimdb: 5.6
          Genreaction, fantasy, adventure
          CountryJapan, USA

          In an unknown place and unknown time, a lone Samurai known only as Grave thirsts for the ultimate battle.

          Markimdb: 4.8
          Genrefantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, drama
          CountryCanada, USA

          The sequel to the blockbuster "Left Behind". It is two weeks after the Rapture, and those who were left behind must band together to form the Tribulation Force and will prepare themselves for the worst seven years the planet will ever see.

          Markimdb: 3.2
          Genrecomedy
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:23

          The women of a remote Latin American town are forced to pick up the pieces and remake their world when all the town's men are forcibly recruited by communist guerrillas.

          Markimdb: 7
          Genredrama
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:42

          All eyes focus on the Vatican, watching for the traditional puffs of white smoke that signal the election of the next Pope. This time much more is at stake. The new pontiff may be the only person who can bring peace to a world on the brink of nuclear nightmare.

          Markimdb: 4.8
          Genrehorror, comedy
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:23

          An exorcism comedy which follows the Order of Hellbound Saints (Brooklyn Parish), a highly secretive and profoundly blasphemous men of God, as they battle demonic forces too terrible to be cast out by traditional Vatican-approved methods.

          Markimdb: 7
          Genrethriller, drama, western, detective
          CountryNetherlands, France, Germany, Belgium, Sweden, United Kingdom, USA
          Duration01:45

          In the menacing inferno of the old American West, Liz is a genuine survivor who is hunted by a vengeful preacher for a crime she didn’t commit.

          Markimdb: 7.1
          Genredrama, history
          CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Taiwan, Japan, Mexico, Italy
          Duration02:19

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

          Markimdb: 5.2
          Genrehorror, thriller, drama
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:57

          Haunted by terrible acts the Nazis forced him to participate in, the disenchanted Father Lankester Merrin focuses his energies on helping with an archaeological dig in the northern part of Kenya. There, the crew uncovers a church that predates Christian missions into the area, but the discovery also causes strange events to start occurring -- including physical changes to a young, disabled boy, whom Merrin grows to suspect has been possessed by a demon.

          Markimdb: 7.6
          Genrethriller, drama, crime
          CountryUSA

          On Christmas Eve, a hit-man enters a church to confess his sins to a priest. While at first the Confessor seems to be an evil, cold-blooded killing machine and the Priest the ultimate arbiter of good, as the Confessor’s journey is revealed, it becomes clear that both men are much more complicated than either could have suspected.

          Markimdb: 7.2
          Genrethriller, drama, crime
          CountryUSA, Canada
          Duration01:35

          Unable, due to the seal of the confessional, to be forthcoming with information that would serve to clear himself during a murder investigation, a priest becomes the prime suspect.

          Markimdb: 6.4
          Genrehorror, thriller, drama, crime, detective
          CountryUSA

          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?

          Markimdb: 7.5
          Genredrama
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:34

          An unemployed construction worker heading out west stops at a remote farm in the desert to get water when his car overheats. The farm is being worked by a group of East European Catholic nuns, headed by the strict mother superior, who believes the man has been sent by God to build a much needed church in the desert.

          Markimdb: 6.7
          Genrecomedy, melodrama, adventure
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:49

          'Guns' Donovan prefers carousing with his pals Doc Dedham and 'Boats' Gilhooley, until Dedham's high-society daughter Amelia shows up in their South Seas paradise.

          Markimdb: 4.8
          Genredrama, adventure
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:39

          A spiritual adventure film chronicling the discovery of ancient scrolls in the rainforests of Peru. The prophecy and its nine key insights predict a worldwide awakening, arising within all religious traditions, that moves humanity toward a deeper experience of spirituality.




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