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1. Jesus Camp (2006)
PG-13 | 87 min | Documentary
A documentary on kids who attend a summer camp hoping to become the next Billy Graham.
Directors: Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady | Stars: Mike Papantonio, Lou Engle, Becky Fischer, Ted Haggard
Votes: 28,775 | Gross: $0.90M
2. Religulous (2008)
R | 101 min | Documentary, Comedy, War
Bill Maher's take on the current state of world religion.
Director: Larry Charles | Stars: Bill Maher, Tal Bachman, Jonathan Boulden, Steven Burg
Votes: 60,238 | Gross: $13.00M
3. American Gospel: Christ Alone (2018)
139 min | Documentary
American Gospel explores the core question of Christianity, 'What is the gospel?' Through the distorting lens of American culture.
Director: Brandon Kimber | Stars: Nabeel Qureshi, Paul Washer, Costi Hinn, Sean Demars
Votes: 1,056
4. The Trials of Ted Haggard (2009 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 42 min | Documentary
Ted Haggard had it all: prosperity, a doting wife, five kids and a ministry that reached more than 30 million followers who hung on his every word. But in 2006, it all fell apart in a sea ... See full summary »
Director: Alexandra Pelosi | Stars: Alexandra Pelosi, Ted Haggard, Gayle Haggard, Rob Brendle
Votes: 375
5. Friends of God: A Road Trip with Alexandra Pelosi (2007 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 57 min | Documentary
Documentary filmmaker Alexandria Pelosi tours red state America examining the practices, politics and beliefs of fundamentalist evangelical Christians. Interviewees include Jerry Falwell (... See full summary »
Director: Alexandra Pelosi | Stars: Joel Osteen, Ted Haggard, Robert Vaughn, Ken Ham
Votes: 537
6. Left Behind: The Movie (2000)
PG-13 | 96 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
The Biblical prophecy of Armegeddon begins when the Rapture instantly takes all believers in Christ from the Earth. A reporter left behind learns that the Anti-Christ will soon take power.
Director: Vic Sarin | Stars: Kirk Cameron, Brad Johnson, Janaya Stephens, Clarence Gilyard Jr.
Votes: 10,501 | Gross: $4.22M
7. Procession (2021)
R | 118 min | Documentary
A group of survivors of sexual abuse by Catholic priests battle for justice.
Director: Robert Greene | Stars: Joe Eldred, Mike Foreman, Ed Gavagan, Dan Laurine
Votes: 1,396
8. The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2000)
PG-13 | 79 min | Documentary, Biography
Twelve years after the dramatic collapse of the Christian empire of Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker, this documentary tells for the first time what really happened when they lost control of the first and most successful TV ministry of its kind.
Directors: Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato | Stars: RuPaul, Tammy Faye Bakker, Virginia Fairchild, Johnny Grover
Votes: 2,222 | Gross: $1.03M
9. The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021)
PG-13 | 126 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
An intimate look at the extraordinary rise, fall and redemption of televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker.
Director: Michael Showalter | Stars: Jessica Chastain, Andrew Garfield, Cherry Jones, Vincent D'Onofrio
Votes: 38,907
10. I Survived I Kissed Dating Goodbye (2018)
77 min | Documentary
Twenty years after "I Kissed Dating Goodbye," Joshua Harris seeks new insights and confronts the book's impact on a generation.
Director: Jessica Van Der Wyngaard | Stars: Joshua Harris, Curtis Allen, Daniela Améstegui, Marissa Andrews
Votes: 30
11. Inside the Bruderhof (2020 TV Movie)
38 min | Documentary
Documentary telling the story of the Bruderhof, a radical Christian movement living a remarkable back-to-basics life in the quiet British village of Darvell, in Sussex.
Directors: Karen Emsley, Emma Pentecost | Star: Katherine Jakeman
Votes: 17
12. Exorcism: The Battle for Young Minds (2018 TV Movie)
42 min | Documentary
Journalist Andrew Gold visits an internationally renowned exorcist in Buenos Aires, who claims to cure the sick of their demons and battle against evil.
Director: David Hayes | Star: Andrew Gold
Votes: 17
13. Padre Pio (2000 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 202 min | Biography, Drama
The poor Italian peasant boy Francesco already has visions of Jesus and Mary as a child, but the Devil visits him too. Francesco is quite certain that he will become a priest. After ... See full summary »
Director: Carlo Carlei | Stars: Sergio Castellitto, Jürgen Prochnow, Lorenza Indovina, Pierfrancesco Favino
Votes: 992
14. Pray Away (2021)
PG-13 | 101 min | Documentary
Former leaders of the "pray the gay away" movement contend with the aftermath unleashed by their actions, while a survivor seeks healing and acceptance from more than a decade of trauma.
Director: Kristine Stolakis | Stars: Yvette Cantu Schneider, Michael Bussee, John Paulk, Julie Rodgers
Votes: 3,565
15. Priest (1994)
R | 98 min | Drama, Romance
A homosexual Catholic priest finds out during confessional that a young girl is being sexually abused by her father, and has to decide how to deal with both that secret and his own.
Director: Antonia Bird | Stars: Linus Roache, Tom Wilkinson, Robert Carlyle, Cathy Tyson
Votes: 11,031 | Gross: $4.18M
16. Into Great Silence (2005)
Not Rated | 169 min | Documentary
An examination of life inside the Grande Chartreuse, the head monastery of the reclusive Carthusian Order in France.
Director: Philip Gröning
Votes: 2,494 | Gross: $0.79M
17. America's Most Hated Family in Crisis (2011)
Not Rated | 60 min | Documentary
Louis returns to the Phelps family to find that several members have left the cult, and that they are being sued.
Director: Emma Cooper | Stars: Louis Theroux, Lauren Drain, Steve Drain, Betty Phelps
Votes: 2,709
18. The Most Hated Family in America (2007 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 60 min | Documentary
Louis meets the Phelps family, who protest against an America that tolerates homosexuality
Director: Geoffrey O'Connor | Stars: Louis Theroux, Lauren Drain, Steve Drain, Fred Phelps
Votes: 4,835
19. Elmer Gantry (1960)
Approved | 146 min | Drama
A fast-talking traveling salesman with a charming, loquacious manner convinces a sincere evangelist that he can be an effective preacher for her cause.
Director: Richard Brooks | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Jean Simmons, Arthur Kennedy, Dean Jagger
Votes: 12,815 | Gross: $11.34M
20. Women Talking (2022)
PG-13 | 104 min | Drama
Do nothing, stay and fight, or leave. In 2010, the women of an isolated religious community grapple with reconciling a brutal reality with their faith.
Director: Sarah Polley | Stars: Rooney Mara, Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley, Frances McDormand
Votes: 41,944
21. Doubt (I) (2008)
PG-13 | 104 min | Drama, Mystery
A Catholic school principal questions a priest's ambiguous relationship with a troubled young student.
Director: John Patrick Shanley | Stars: Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, Viola Davis
Votes: 136,065 | Gross: $33.42M
23. The Name of the Rose (1986)
R | 130 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
An intellectually nonconformist friar investigates a series of mysterious deaths in an isolated abbey.
Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud | Stars: Sean Connery, Christian Slater, Helmut Qualtinger, Elya Baskin
Votes: 117,219 | Gross: $7.15M
24. Come Sunday (2018)
TV-14 | 106 min | Biography, Drama
Evangelist Carlton Pearson is ostracized by his church for preaching that there is no Hell.
Director: Joshua Marston | Stars: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Gerard Catus, Allie McCulloch, LaKeith Stanfield
Votes: 2,544
25. Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (1989–1990)
165 min | Drama
Jessica, raised in a fanatical cult, endures brainwashing until her forbidden relationship with Melanie opens her eyes. They face cruel treatment for their 'unnatural' bond, but Jessica's spirit overcomes the oppressive teachings.
Stars: Geraldine McEwan, Elizabeth Spriggs, Freda Dowie, Peter Gordon
Votes: 1,112
26. The Virgin Suicides (1999)
R | 97 min | Drama, Romance
A group of male friends become obsessed with five mysterious sisters who are sheltered by their strict, religious parents in suburban Detroit in the mid 1970s.
Director: Sofia Coppola | Stars: Kirsten Dunst, Josh Hartnett, James Woods, Kathleen Turner
Votes: 169,149 | Gross: $4.86M
27. The Night of the Hunter (1955)
Not Rated | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A self-proclaimed preacher marries a gullible widow whose young children are reluctant to tell him where their real dad hid the $10,000 he'd stolen in a robbery.
Director: Charles Laughton | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish, James Gleason
Votes: 97,329 | Gross: $0.65M
28. Everyman (1977– )
50 min | Documentary
Long-running BBC documentary series, often focussing on issues of a religious nature.
Stars: Peter France, Vanya Kewley, Jenni Murray, David Jessel
Votes: 32
29. Silent Light (2007)
Not Rated | 136 min | Drama, Romance
In a Mennonite community in Mexico, a father's faith is tested when he falls in love with a new woman.
Director: Carlos Reygadas | Stars: Cornelio Wall, Miriam Toews, Maria Pankratz, Peter Wall
Votes: 6,838 | Gross: $0.05M
30. Shiny Happy People: Duggar Family Secrets (2023)
16+ | 45 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
Docuseries exploring the truth beneath the surface of reality TV's mega-family, The Duggars.
Stars: Derick Dillard, Jill Duggar Dillard, Brooke Arnold, Kristin Kobes Du Mez
Votes: 4,376
31. Hillsong: A Megachurch Exposed (2022)
TV-14 | 178 min | Documentary, Crime
Features several ex-members of the church who share harrowing allegations of the trauma, abuse, homophobia and financial and labor exploitation that created a culture of chaos at Hillsong.
Stars: Troy Dillinger, Devin Halliwell, Michael G. Gabel, Marie Finch
Votes: 1,105
32. Spotlight (I) (2015)
R | 129 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The true story of how the Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of child molestation and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese, shaking the entire Catholic Church to its core.
Director: Tom McCarthy | Stars: Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Liev Schreiber
Votes: 502,055 | Gross: $45.06M
33. Father Ted (1995–1998)
TV-14 | 25 min | Comedy
Three misfit priests and their housekeeper live on Craggy Island, not the peaceful and quiet part of Ireland that it seems to be.
Stars: Dermot Morgan, Ardal O'Hanlon, Frank Kelly, Pauline McLynn
Votes: 43,782
34. The Woman in the Wall (2023–2024)
TV-MA | Drama, Thriller
Lorna Brady wakes one morning to find a corpse in her house with no idea who the dead woman is. She doubts herself, because she has long suffered from extreme bouts of sleepwalking.
Stars: Ruth Wilson, Daryl McCormack, Simon Delaney, Philippa Dunne
Votes: 5,504
35. Marjoe (1972)
PG | 88 min | Documentary, Biography
This Oscar-winning documentary explores the life of one-time child evangelist and faith healer Marjoe Gortner. The son of professional evangelists, Gortner was preaching on the Southern tent-revival circuit by the age of 3.
Directors: Sarah Kernochan, Howard Smith | Stars: Agnes Benjamin, Marjoe Gortner, Vernon Gortner, Sarah Kernochan
Votes: 1,743
36. Vatican Girl: The Disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi (2022)
TV-14 | 58 min | Documentary, Crime, History
A 15 year-old girl living in Vatican City, disappeared under mysterious circumstances that are believed to have involved the Vatican.
Stars: Andrea Purgatori, Natalina Orlandi, Matilde Reale, Lucrezia Chessari
Votes: 5,424
37. The Story of God with Morgan Freeman (2016–2019)
TV-14 | 60 min | Documentary, Adventure, History
Morgan Freeman presents his quest in order to find how most religions perceive life after death, what different civilizations thought about the act of creation and other big questions that mankind has continuously asked.
Stars: Morgan Freeman, Robert Thurman, Amir Hussain, Jodi Magness
Votes: 5,331
38. Whistle Down the Wind (1961)
Unrated | 99 min | Crime, Drama
When an injured wife murderer takes refuge on a remote Lancashire farm, the owner's three children mistakenly believe him to be the Second Coming of Christ.
Director: Bryan Forbes | Stars: Alan Bates, Bernard Lee, Hayley Mills, Norman Bird
Votes: 3,750
39. The Song of Bernadette (1943)
Approved | 156 min | Biography, Drama, Mystery
14-year-old Bernadette Soubirous, living in a small town in the south of 1850s France, claims to have seen a divine vision, prompting extreme skepticism, concern from her family, and religious and political turmoil.
Director: Henry King | Stars: Jennifer Jones, Charles Bickford, William Eythe, Vincent Price
Votes: 7,643
40.
Everyman (1977– )
Episode:
The Lord's My Shepherd and He Knows I'm Gay
(1977)
39 min | Documentary
Star: Peter France
41.
Everyman (1977– )
Episode:
Blasphemy at the Old Bailey: An Everyman Special
(1977)
74 min | Documentary
A re-enactment of the Whitehouse v Lemon court case. In 1976, British magazine Gay News publishes a poem, 'The Love That Dares to Speak Its Name', describing Jesus as a practising ... See full summary »
Director: Hugh David | Stars: Peter France, John Beardmore, Donald Eccles, Terrence Hardiman
42. Jesus Revolution (2023)
PG-13 | 120 min | Drama
The true story of a national spiritual awakening in the early 1970s and its origins within a community of teenage hippies in Southern California.
Directors: Jon Erwin, Brent McCorkle | Stars: Joel Courtney, Jonathan Roumie, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Anna Grace Barlow
Votes: 13,844
43.
Four Corners (1961– )
Episode:
Purity
(2023)
TV-PG | 47 min | Documentary, News
An Education in Opus Dei - the disturbing teachings of the conservative Catholic organisation and its influence in the NSW Liberal Party. Former students reflect on the practices they say have scarred them for life.
Stars: Louise Milligan, Mary Fallon, Stephanie Zillman
44. The Devils (1971)
R | 111 min | Biography, Drama, History
In 17th-century France, Father Urbain Grandier's protection of the city of Loudun from the corrupt Cardinal Richelieu is undermined by a sexually repressed nun's accusation of witchcraft.
Director: Ken Russell | Stars: Vanessa Redgrave, Oliver Reed, Dudley Sutton, Max Adrian
Votes: 18,659 | Gross: $1.13M
45. The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
R | 164 min | Drama
The life of Jesus Christ, his journey through life as he faces the struggles all humans do, and his final temptation on the cross.
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Willem Dafoe, Harvey Keitel, Barbara Hershey, Paul Greco
Votes: 63,098 | Gross: $7.63M
46. Hypocrites (1915)
Passed | 54 min | Drama, Fantasy
The parallel stories of a modern preacher and a medieval monk, Gabriel the Ascetic, who is killed by an ignorant mob for making a nude statue representing Truth, which is also represented by a ghostly naked girl who flits throughout the film.
Director: Lois Weber | Stars: Courtenay Foote, Myrtle Stedman, Herbert Standing, Adele Farrington
Votes: 711
47. Deliver Us from Evil (2006)
Not Rated | 101 min | Documentary, Crime
Documentary about Father Oliver O'Grady, a Catholic priest who was relocated to various parishes around the United States during the 1970s in an attempt by the Catholic Church to cover up his rape of dozens of children.
Director: Amy Berg | Stars: Oliver O'Grady, Thomas Doyle, Adam, Jeff Anderson
Votes: 10,825 | Gross: $30.58M
48. Black Narcissus (1947)
Not Rated | 101 min | Drama
A group of nuns struggle to establish a convent in the Himalayas, while isolation, extreme weather, altitude, and culture clashes all conspire to drive the well-intentioned missionaries mad.
Directors: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger | Stars: Deborah Kerr, David Farrar, Flora Robson, Jenny Laird
Votes: 27,653
49. God Bless America: Evangelical Christians in the USA (2019 TV Movie)
52 min | Documentary
There are approximately 60 million evangelicals in the United States. They represent by far the largest religious group and should not be underestimated politically as voters. They take the... See full summary »
Director: Sarah Fournier
Votes: 37
50. The Second Coming (2003)
144 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Steven Baxter is the Son of God, and can produce the miracles to prove it. How does the world react when he announces it has to produce a Third Testament within five days, or else it's Judgment Day?
Stars: Lesley Sharp, Annabelle Apsion, William Travis, Christopher Eccleston
Votes: 1,509
51.
South Park (1997– )
Episode:
Super Best Friends
(2001)
TV-MA | 22 min | Animation, Comedy
Stan enlists the help of an elite team of religious leaders including Jesus and Mohammed to help him rescue Kyle from a cult.
Director: Trey Parker | Stars: Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Mona Marshall, Toby Morton
Votes: 2,779
52. Into Temptation (2009)
R | 95 min | Drama
A prostitute plans to end her life on her birthday, but her priest attempts to stop her from doing so.
Director: Patrick Coyle | Stars: Jeremy Sisto, Kristin Chenoweth, Brian Baumgartner, Bruce A. Young
Votes: 888
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