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1. Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)

PG-13 | 143 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Robin Hood decides to fight back as an outlaw when faced with the tyranny of the Sheriff of Nottingham.

Director: Kevin Reynolds | Stars: Kevin Costner, Morgan Freeman, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Christian Slater

Votes: 209,011 | Gross: $165.50M

2. The Little Hours (2017)

R | 89 min | Comedy, Romance

In the Middle Ages, a young servant fleeing from his master takes refuge at a convent full of emotionally unstable nuns. Introduced as a deaf mute man, he must fight to hold his cover as the nuns try to resist temptation.

Director: Jeff Baena | Stars: Alison Brie, Dave Franco, Kate Micucci, Aubrey Plaza

Votes: 25,567 | Gross: $1.65M

3. Family Plot (1976)

PG | 120 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A phony psychic/con artist and her taxi driver/actor boyfriend encounter a pair of serial kidnappers while trailing a missing heir in California.

Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Karen Black, Bruce Dern, Barbara Harris, William Devane

Votes: 24,908

4. The Last Hurrah (1958)

Approved | 121 min | Drama

Frank Skeffington is an old Irish-American political boss, running for re-election as mayor of a U.S. town for the last time.

Director: John Ford | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Jeffrey Hunter, Dianne Foster, Pat O'Brien

Votes: 4,177

5. Where Angels Go Trouble Follows! (1968)

G | 93 min | Comedy

An old-line Mother Superior is challenged by a modern young nun when they take the girls of St. Francis Academy on a bus trip across the United States.

Director: James Neilson | Stars: Rosalind Russell, Stella Stevens, Binnie Barnes, Mary Wickes

Votes: 1,829

6. The Antichrist (1974)

R | 112 min | Drama, Horror

A paralyzed young woman becomes possessed by the Devil when a hypnosis session - intended to heal her disability - accidentally awakens memories of her past life as a witch.

Director: Alberto De Martino | Stars: Carla Gravina, Mel Ferrer, Arthur Kennedy, George Coulouris

Votes: 1,930

7. The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)

Passed | 137 min | Drama, War

A young priest is sent to China to establish a Catholic parish.

Director: John M. Stahl | Stars: Gregory Peck, Thomas Mitchell, Vincent Price, Rose Stradner

Votes: 3,102

8. In the Name Of (2013)

Not Rated | 102 min | Drama, Thriller

Running toward God but away from his sexuality, Adam became a priest at age 21. Now the head of a rural parish, he's still tormented by desire. When Father Adam attempts to help a troubled teen, long-suppressed feelings begin to surface.

Director: Malgorzata Szumowska | Stars: Andrzej Chyra, Mateusz Kosciukiewicz, Maja Ostaszewska, Lukasz Simlat

Votes: 3,284

9. Trouble Along the Way (1953)

Approved | 111 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

An ex-football coach is hired by a small Catholic college to train its football team in the hopes of winning games and making money to save the school from bankruptcy.

Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: John Wayne, Donna Reed, Charles Coburn, Tom Tully

Votes: 2,158

10. The Love She Sought (1990 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 100 min | Drama

Agatha McGee (Dame Angela Lansbury), an aging schoolteacher at a Catholic grammar school in Minnesota, questions her life's existence when she must start battling new Bishop Richard Baker (... See full summary »

Director: Joseph Sargent | Stars: Angela Lansbury, Denholm Elliott, Cynthia Nixon, Gary Hershberger

Votes: 925

11. The Headsman (2005)

R | 115 min | Drama

The story of time-tested loyalty of two friends during Europe's 16th-century Inquisition. Orphans Martin and Georg bond as children, but walk very different paths as adults. Georg follows ... See full summary »

Director: Simon Aeby | Stars: Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Peter McDonald, Anastasia Griffith, Steven Berkoff

Votes: 1,078

12. 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: 167

13. 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, Mary McAleese, David Patch, Vincent Ryan

Votes: 2,139

14. The White Sister (1923)

143 min | Drama, Romance

A young woman becomes a nun when she believes her sweetheart has been killed, then things get complicated when he returns alive.

Director: Henry King | Stars: Lillian Gish, Ronald Colman, Gail Kane, J. Barney Sherry

Votes: 541 | Gross: $0.66M

15. Pieces of Dreams (1970)

PG-13 | 100 min | Drama

Young priest Greg begins having philosophical differences with the church. He meets a divorced social worker and, despite their differences, begin a sexual relationship. Greg has to decide where the church and Pamela fit into his future.

Director: Daniel Haller | Stars: Robert Forster, Lauren Hutton, Will Geer, Ivor Francis

Votes: 352

16. In the Name of the Son (2012)

80 min | Drama

Quand une femme de foi, animatrice d'une tribune sur une station de radio catholique, dévouée à sa famille et la souffrance du monde, est confrontée à la pédophilie des prêtres et au ... See full synopsis »

Director: Vincent Lannoo | Stars: Astrid Whettnall, Philippe Nahon, Achille Ridolfi, Albert Chassagne-Baradat

Votes: 392

17. Sex Abuse in the Church: Code of Silence (2017)

52 min | Documentary

Secret internal documents reveal how Catholic Church officials protect priests accused of pedophilia and sexual abuse by moving them from country to country, sometimes as far away as Africa... See full summary »

Director: Martin Boudot

Votes: 29

18. Railroaded (1923)

Passed | 50 min | Drama

Richard Garbin, willful son of Judge Garbin, one of England's most prominent jurists, is railroaded into prison. He escapes, vowing vengeance against Corton, the man who framed him and ... See full summary »

Director: Edmund Mortimer | Stars: Herbert Rawlinson, Esther Ralston, Alfred Fisher, David Torrence

19. The Thorn Birds (1983)
Episode: Part 3 (1983)

Unrated | 98 min | Drama, Romance

To move on with her life, Meggie leaves Drogheda; however, on the velvety sands of a remote haven, Ralph yields under the burden of choice, as Meggie's graceful body intertwines with his. Is he willing to renounce his beliefs for her sake?

Director: Daryl Duke | Stars: Richard Chamberlain, Rachel Ward, Christopher Plummer, Jean Simmons

Votes: 176

20. Father Brown (2013– )
Episode: The Daughter of Autolycus (2016)

TV-PG | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Father Brown must help Flambeau in stealing the Pope's gift to the Queen.

Director: Paul Gibson | Stars: Gina Bramhill, Jo Stone-Fewings, Mark Williams, Colin McFarlane

Votes: 397

21. The Michael Knowles Show (2017– )
The War on Christmas: A History (2017 Podcast Episode)

46 min | Talk-Show

Michael dresses as Douglas MacArthur to relate the history of the War on Christmas.

Stars: Michael J. Knowles, Donald Trump