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With the passing of Pope Francis, the audiences are looking for films about popes and the Catholic Church to find some refuge. While last year’s Academy Award-nominated movie Conclave starring Ralph Fiennes is among the top choice for fans as the film recently debuted on streaming, there’s another film that is too close to reality that now has fans’ attention. Anthony Hopkins and Jonathan Pyrce gave a top-notch performance in The Two Popes, which is garnering eyeballs on Netflix.

As per Tudum, the Oscar-nominated movie is on #7 worldwide on its top 10 list. The feature has garnered 3.2M views in the past week, garnering eyeballs worldwide. The film has an 88 percent Rotten Tomatoes rating owing to its impeccable performances and an absorbing plot. The movie, directed by Fernando Meirelles from a screenplay by Anthony McCarten, was nominated for three Academy Awards, including Best Actor for Pyrce.

What’s ‘The Two Popes’ About?...

"Nothing is static in nature, not even God." Netflix has debuted the full-length official trailer for the indie drama The Two Popes, not to be confused with the TV series "The New Pope" (or "The Young Pope"). This premiered at the Telluride & Toronto Film Festivals to effusive reviews from pretty much everyone. Behind the Vatican walls, the traditionalist Pope Benedict and the reformist future Pope Francis must find common ground to forge a new path for the Catholic Church. Jonathan Pryce plays the incoming Pope Francis, and Pope Benedict is played by Anthony Hopkins. Also starring Juan Minujín, Sidney Cole, Thomas D Williams, Federico Torre, and Pablo Trimarchi. This film seems to be one of the biggest surprise hits of the second half of this year, with everyone saying it's fantastic after seeing it at one of the many festivals it has stopped by so far. Based on all this strong early buzz,...

"You know the hardest thing is to listen..." Netflix has unveiled the first teaser trailer for the film The Two Popes, not to be confused with the TV series "The New Pope" (or "The Young Pope"). This is a fictionalized version of the story of the latest pope to leave before this latest one. Behind Vatican walls, the traditionalist Pope Benedict and the reformist future Pope Francis must find common ground to forge a new path for the Catholic Church. Jonathan Pryce plays Cardinal Bergoglio, who requested permission to retire in 2012 from Pope Benedict, played by Anthony Hopkins. Also starring Juan Minujín, Sidney Cole, Thomas D Williams, Federico Torre, and Pablo Trimarchi. This looks way better than I was expecting, but then again this is Fernando Meirelles and I've enjoyed pretty much every single film he has made so far. It's premiering at the Toronto Film Festival before landing on Netflix in December this year.