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Nuns, Priests and Preachers

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  • 49 titles
  • Lilies of the Field (1963)

    1. Lilies of the Field

    19631h 34mApproved61Metascore
    7.5 (15K)
    A travelling handyman becomes the answer to the prayers of nuns who wish to build a chapel in the desert.
    DirectorRalph NelsonStarsSidney PoitierLilia SkalaLisa Mann
  • Humphrey Bogart, Pat O'Brien, Gabriel Dell, Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Billy Halop, Bobby Jordan, Bernard Punsly, and The Dead End Kids in Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)

    2. Angels with Dirty Faces

    19381h 37mApproved
    7.9 (24K)
    A priest tries to stop a gangster from corrupting a group of street kids.
    DirectorMichael CurtizStarsJames CagneyPat O'BrienHumphrey Bogart
  • Robert Mitchum and Shelley Winters in The Night of the Hunter (1955)

    3. The Night of the Hunter

    19551h 32mApproved97Metascore
    8.0 (103K)
    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.
    DirectorCharles LaughtonStarsRobert MitchumShelley WintersLillian Gish
  • Max von Sydow in The Exorcist (1973)

    4. The Exorcist

    19732h 2mR83Metascore
    8.1 (478K)
    When a mysterious entity possesses a young girl, her mother seeks the help of two Catholic priests to save her life.
    DirectorWilliam FriedkinStarsEllen BurstynMax von SydowLinda Blair
  • John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd in The Blues Brothers (1980)

    5. The Blues Brothers

    19802h 13mR60Metascore
    7.9 (222K)
    Jake Blues rejoins his brother Elwood after being released from prison, but the duo has just days to reunite their old R&B band and save the Catholic home where the two were raised, outrunning the police as they tear through Chicago.
    DirectorJohn LandisStarsJohn BelushiDan AykroydCab Calloway
  • Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Charmian Carr, Angela Cartwright, Duane Chase, Nicholas Hammond, Kym Karath, Heather Menzies-Urich, and Debbie Turner in The Sound of Music (1965)

    6. The Sound of Music

    19652h 52mG63Metascore
    8.1 (277K)
    A young novice is sent by her convent in 1930s Austria to become a governess to the seven children of a widowed naval officer.
    DirectorRobert WiseStarsJulie AndrewsChristopher PlummerEleanor Parker
  • Liam Neeson in Silence (2016)

    7. Silence

    20162h 41mR79Metascore
    7.2 (128K)
    In the 17th century, two Portuguese Jesuit priests travel to Japan in an attempt to locate their mentor, who is rumored to have committed apostasy, and to propagate Catholicism.
    DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsAndrew GarfieldAdam DriverLiam Neeson
  • Daniel Day-Lewis in There Will Be Blood (2007)

    8. There Will Be Blood

    20072h 38mR93Metascore
    8.2 (672K)
    A story of family, religion, hatred, oil and madness, focusing on a turn-of-the-century prospector in the early days of the business.
    DirectorPaul Thomas AndersonStarsDaniel Day-LewisPaul DanoCiarán Hinds
  • Clint Eastwood in Pale Rider (1985)

    9. Pale Rider

    19851h 55mR61Metascore
    7.3 (68K)
    A mysterious preacher protects a humble prospector village from a greedy mining company trying to encroach on their land.
    DirectorClint EastwoodStarsClint EastwoodMichael MoriartyCarrie Snodgress
  • Richard Burton, Deborah Kerr, Ava Gardner, and Sue Lyon in The Night of the Iguana (1964)

    10. The Night of the Iguana

    19642h 5mApproved
    7.6 (14K)
    An ostracized Episcopal clergyman leads a busload of middle-aged Baptist women on a tour of the Mexican coast and comes to terms with the failure haunting his life.
    DirectorJohn HustonStarsRichard BurtonAva GardnerDeborah Kerr
  • Spencer Tracy and Mickey Rooney in Boys Town (1938)

    11. Boys Town

    19381h 36mApproved
    7.2 (6.7K)
    When a death row prisoner tells him he wouldn't have led a life of crime if only he had had one friend as a child, Father Edward Flanagan decides to start a home for young boys.
    DirectorNorman TaurogStarsSpencer TracyMickey RooneyHenry Hull
  • Susan Sarandon and Sean Penn in Dead Man Walking (1995)

    12. Dead Man Walking

    19952h 2mR80Metascore
    7.5 (105K)
    A nun, while comforting a convicted killer on death row, empathizes with both the killer and his victim's families.
    DirectorTim RobbinsStarsSusan SarandonSean PennRobert Prosky
  • Burt Lancaster, Jean Simmons, and Shirley Jones in Elmer Gantry (1960)

    13. Elmer Gantry

    19602h 26mApproved
    7.7 (14K)
    A fast-talking traveling salesman with a charming, loquacious manner convinces a sincere evangelist that he can be an effective preacher for her cause.
    DirectorRichard BrooksStarsBurt LancasterJean SimmonsArthur Kennedy
  • Clint Eastwood and Shirley MacLaine in Two Mules for Sister Sara (1970)

    14. Two Mules for Sister Sara

    19701h 56mGP62Metascore
    7.0 (32K)
    When a former Civil War soldier saves a nun from a gang of bandits, they team up to help the Mexicans in their war against the French.
    DirectorDon SiegelStarsClint EastwoodShirley MacLaineManolo Fábregas
  • George Clooney and Quentin Tarantino in From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)

    15. From Dusk Till Dawn

    19961h 48mR48Metascore
    7.2 (356K)
    Two criminals and their hostages unknowingly seek temporary refuge in a truck stop populated by vampires, with chaotic results.
    DirectorRobert RodriguezStarsHarvey KeitelGeorge ClooneyJuliette Lewis
  • Deborah Kerr in Black Narcissus (1947)

    16. Black Narcissus

    19471h 41mApproved86Metascore
    7.7 (30K)
    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.
    DirectorsMichael PowellEmeric PressburgerStarsDeborah KerrDavid FarrarFlora Robson
  • Humphrey Bogart, Edward G. Robinson, Allen Jenkins, and Ann Sothern in Brother Orchid (1940)

    17. Brother Orchid

    19401h 28mApproved
    7.0 (3.3K)
    After retired racket boss John Sarto tries to reclaim his place and his former friends try to kill him, he finds solace in a monastery and reinvents himself as a pious monk.
    DirectorLloyd BaconStarsEdward G. RobinsonHumphrey BogartAnn Sothern
  • The Trouble with Angels (1966)

    18. The Trouble with Angels

    19661h 52mPG
    7.3 (6.1K)
    Two high-spirited young students at St. Francis Academy keep things hopping for the challenged Mother Superior and her staff of bewildered Sisters.
    DirectorIda LupinoStarsRosalind RussellHayley MillsBinnie Barnes
  • Ingrid Bergman and Bing Crosby in The Bells of St. Mary's (1945)

    19. The Bells of St. Mary's

    19452h 6mApproved
    7.2 (10K)
    At a big city Catholic school, Father O'Malley and Sister Benedict indulge in friendly rivalry, and succeed in extending the school through the gift of a building.
    DirectorLeo McCareyStarsBing CrosbyIngrid BergmanHenry Travers
  • Maureen O'Hara and Charles Laughton in The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)

    20. The Hunchback of Notre Dame

    19391h 56mApproved
    7.8 (13K)
    In 15th-century France, a gypsy girl is framed for murder by the infatuated Chief Justice, and only the deformed bellringer of Notre Dame Cathedral can save her.
    DirectorWilliam DieterleStarsCharles LaughtonMaureen O'HaraCedric Hardwicke
  • Signs (2002)

    21. Signs

    20021h 46mPG-1359Metascore
    6.8 (401K)
    A widowed former reverend living with his children and brother on a Pennsylvania farm finds mysterious crop circles in their fields, which suggests something more frightening to come.
    DirectorM. Night ShyamalanStarsMel GibsonJoaquin PhoenixRory Culkin
  • Sean Harris and Olivia Horton in Deliver Us from Evil (2014)

    22. Deliver Us from Evil

    20141h 58mR40Metascore
    6.2 (89K)
    A lawman and a priest work together to battle demonic forces.
    DirectorScott DerricksonStarsEric BanaEdgar RamírezOlivia Munn
  • Salma Hayek, Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Linda Fiorentino, Alan Rickman, Chris Rock, Kevin Smith, and Jason Mewes in Dogma (1999)

    23. Dogma

    19992h 10mR62Metascore
    7.3 (235K)
    An abortion clinic worker with a special heritage is called upon to save the existence of humanity from being negated by two renegade angels trying to exploit a loop-hole and reenter Heaven.
    DirectorKevin SmithStarsBen AffleckMatt DamonLinda Fiorentino
  • Vanessa Redgrave and Oliver Reed in The Devils (1971)

    24. The Devils

    19711h 51mR49Metascore
    7.7 (20K)
    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.
    DirectorKen RussellStarsVanessa RedgraveOliver ReedDudley Sutton
  • Sean Connery, Christian Slater, Ron Perlman, F. Murray Abraham, and Valentina Vargas in The Name of the Rose (1986)

    25. The Name of the Rose

    19862h 10mR54Metascore
    7.7 (123K)
    An intellectually nonconformist friar investigates a series of mysterious deaths in an isolated abbey.
    DirectorJean-Jacques AnnaudStarsSean ConneryChristian SlaterHelmut Qualtinger

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