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Plot Summary:
Frictions develop when Yisroel "Izzy" Jonigkeyt, a Chassidic Jew from Crown Heights, travels to San Francisco to visit Polish-born Catholic friend Marek Wisniewski with the intent of discovering why a Bay Area art-world iconoclast named Harry Kierk seeks to destroy a lifetime's worth of his own work. As the visit progresses, Izzy and Marek discover for the first time that complex historical baggage impinges on their curious friendship and, soon, they begin to understand why Kierk is driven towards destruction. Continued encounters with Marek's vaguely anti-Semitic cousin Irek (who is their only gateway to contact Kierk) only compound these tensions.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 30
Genere: Comedy, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
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Dixie: Changing Habits TVM (1983)
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Dixie is caught operating a whore house, and is sentenced to 90 days house arrest in a convent! Can Dixie bend to the ways of the convent nuns to avoid jail?.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 88
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
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Odds (2018)
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ODDS is a dark comedy reflecting on a woman's struggle with looking for work, meaning, and possibly love in this strange, difficult and modern world - while an odd cast of characters weave through her life. She tries to find her way by seeking the counsel of psychics, therapists and other help, and her superstitions lead her to finding omens in everyday events and creating her own fortune telling cards. While she often gives good advice, things never turn out to be as they appeared. Unfortunately, she isn't as good at predicting her own fate.
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Country: USA
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Cradle Song (1961)
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In a Castilian convent of the late nineteenth century, the community of cloistered nuns celebrates the onomastic of their superior with a poem. She is also visited by the doctor, Don Jose, who diagnosed a disease with poor prognosis. Shortly after a sister picks up a beautiful girl who has been abandoned at the door of the convent and the doctor, despite being single, offers to legally adopt her and assign her to the convent as a pupil.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 27
Genere: Drama, Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration: 93 min
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Nasty Habits (1977)
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In a Philadelphia convent, two nuns battle it out to be elected to the position of head abbess, and neither is about to let anything stand in the way of getting what she wants.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 395
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, independent film, cult film
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Virgin Mary (1995)
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In 1981 in Medjugorje (BA), a group of kids claim that Virgin Mary appeared to them on a hill. The local priest believes them and spreads the word. Religious tourism blossoms. The communist government is concerned and arrests the priest.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 447
Genere: Drama, History
Country: Croatia, Canada, USA
Duration: 125 min
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Confessions of a Teenage Jesus Jerk (2017)
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A young Jehovah's Witness believes the ultimate punishment will be inflicted upon him for typical teenage activity. His life is rather grim until infatuation with a friend's older sister opens his eyes.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 748
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
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Snide and Prejudice (1997)
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At a mental institution, the resident physician, Dr Cohen, encourages his patients who believe they are important Nazi figures to act out their fantasies. The therapy sessions show Hitler consolidating his power by assembling his gang of supporters; however, they are interrupted at times, once because Davidson's uniform is at the dry cleaners, and another time because a patient who believes he is Picasso interrupts a session.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 114
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: christian film, independent film, black comedy
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Freud Leaving Home (1991)
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In this story, the 60th birthday of Cohen-family matriarch Rosha is the occasion for a gathering of her children from the diverse places around the world. The central character in this drama, however, is Angelique, whose interest in psychoanalysis has earned her the nickname of "Freud." Her older brother is gay and lives in Florida with his lover. Her older sister has married into an Orthodox family, and lives in Jerusalem. They have all gathered in Sweden for their grandmother's birthday. Meanwhile, Rosha's daughter, the mother of these diverse children, has taken ill and is in the hospital. She has been diagnosed with a very advanced, inoperable brain tumor. Freud, who never left home, is perhaps as upset by this news as anyone, and she startles everyone by going out and beginning an affair with a biker. However, she is deeply involved in the new situation: she insists that their mother be brought home from the hospital rather than being allowed to suffer and die there.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 285
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Sweden, Denmark
Duration: 103 min
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Honor and Glory (1969)
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This historical film by Hynek Bočan touches upon the indecisiveness of the Czech nation, ready to bend the backbone in face of foreign rule. Situating the story at the close of the Thirty Year War enabled the depiction of the misery of the people that affects even an impoverished aristocratic milieu. Rudolf Hrušínský appears here in the role of an indecisive knight, persuaded for a long time and in vain to join the anti-Habsburg movement. The story does not only captivate through the depiction of manifold human characters, intrigues and sycophancy, but also through the circumstances ruling over the devastated farmstead, sunk in mud and crudeness. One of the best films with an updating tendency has come into being here, rightly being named along the such greats as Kladivo na čarodějnice (Witches' Hammer).
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 111
Genere: Drama, History
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 87 min
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Heaven in the Dark (2016)
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Michelle and Marco Tol, a former pastor, meet at a party. They discuss what happened five years ago, when a scandal involving the pair erupted and disgraced Tol.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 250
Genere: Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 99 min
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Divine Access (2015)
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Jack Harriman becomes a spiritual celebrity after debunking Reverend Guy Roy on a public-access TV show. While on the road speaking his brand of truth, forces natural and supernatural lead him to question whether he has a deeper calling.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 376
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min
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Act of the Heart (1970)
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A woman's peculiar religious convictions lead her on a self-destructive path.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 238
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 103 min
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The Apostate (2015)
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A young man navigates the bureaucracy of the Catholic Church when he tries to renounce his faith.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 723
Genere: Comedy
Country: Spain, France, Uruguay
Duration: 80 min
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Conflict (1973)
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In the near future, the Catholic church has joined with other western religions in an ecumenical movement that has washed out much of the original message of the religion. A group of Irish monks have begun saying the mass again in Latin and have begun to have an international following. Martin Sheen is sent from Rome to bring them to task and they must confront what is truly essential in their worship and what is not.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 123
Genere: Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 76 min
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Miracle at Moreaux (1985)
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Drama - On a December night in 1943, three Jewish children escape from Nazi-occupied France and are given refuge by Sister Gabrielle at a Catholic school in which the gentile students must face their fears about harboring Jews from the Nazis. As the students become acquainted with their Jewish peers, they grow more sympathetic to their situation and eventually go to great lengths -- and take serious risks -- to save the lives of their newfound friends. - Loretta Swit, Geneviève Appleton, Milan Cheylov.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 142
Genere: Drama, History, War
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 58 min
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Saintly Sinners (1962)
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Directed by Jean Yarbrough Ex-con Joseph Braden (Ron Hagerthy) has his car temporarily stolen by a pair of bank robbers who hide their loot in the vehicle's spare tire. After the car is repossessed, it's sold to the kindly Rev. Daniel Sheridan (Don Beddoe), who immediately sets out on a fishing trip. Not knowing that his new automobile was recently used in a heist, Father Dan gets the surprise of his life when he's suddenly stopped by a police officer.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 63
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: independent film, humorous, realistic, semi serious, slang
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Saving Grace (1986)
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A newly-elected Pope Leo XIV finds himself accidentally locked out of the Vatican. Unknown to the outside world, he winds up in an impoverished Italian village, where his adventures ultimately teach the Pope and his new friends some important lessons about friendship and self-esteem. Written by Chris DeSantis.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 651
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: clever, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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New World (1978)
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At the end of the 16th century, as the Spanish conquerors strive to subdue the New World, they confront another problem of equal magnitude: the evangelization of the natives, who are people of deep religious beliefs and refuse to understand nor accept Christianity. The Spanish remedy: the Inquisition. The court of the Inquisition takes severe measurements against the heretics and the indians prepare themselves for a general Revolution.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 97
Genere: Drama, History
Country: Mexico
Duration: 95 min
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Hidden in Silence (1996)
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Poland 1939, shortly before invasion of the German troops. To save their belongings from the Nazis, the Jewish family Diamant transfers them to their 17-year-old catholic maid Fusia. In return Fusia provides them with food until the ghetto is dissolved, and then hides 13 people in her loft for over two years. However, as the front approaches and two German nurses take quarter in Fusias apartment everything seems to be in vain.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 531
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
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The King of Naples (1989)
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One of the key factors in Italian unification was the overthrow in 1860 of Francesco, the King of Naples and the two Sicilies, who went into elegant but impoverished exile in Rome with his queen Maria Sofia. This serio-comic drama follows the deposed king and his queen as they adapt to their new lives. The former king has recognized the political finality of his deposition, but his queen has taken to traveling in men's clothing all over Italy trying to foment an uprising to restore them to the throne. Not only that, but she is frantic to have a baby and heir, but the king has become celibate as a kind of homage to his beloved mother. He is spending all his time lobbying the Vatican to get her declared a saint.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 108
Genere: Comedy, Drama, History
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min
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The Conspirators (1969)
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Rome, 1825. Bishop Rivarola (Tognazzi) and colonel Nardoni (Salerno) are in charge to suppress liberal revolution. Shoemaker Cornacchia (Manfredi) got the information that the liberal Filippo Spada (Ekland) is a spy and is going to denounce his revolutionary companions. So Cornacchia decides to report Spada to two "Carbonari" (kind of Freemasons) to kill Spada. The two, Montanari (Hossein) and Targhini (Verley) fail to kill him and decide to escape from Rome. But they are arrested and sentenced to death. Cornacchia will spend his last chance to save them.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 812
Genere: Comedy, Drama, History
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 125 min
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Forgotten Sins (1996)
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A county sheriff is accused by his daughter of having abused her. Her accusation gets more and more elaborate, involving satanic rituals. As nearly everyone around him seems to believe he's guilty, he starts breaking up and questioning his own innocence.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 210
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
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The Last Supper (1976)
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A pious plantation owner attempts to teach Christianity to 12 of his slaves by inviting them to participate in a reenactment of the Last Supper.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 680
Genere: Drama, History
Country: Cuba
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: mind bending, psychedelic, surreal, thought provoking, clever, serious, realistic, witty, disturbing, cynical
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The Runner Stumbles (1979)
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Dick Van Dyke stars as a priest accused of murdering a nun. Directed by Stanley Kramer, this 1979 drama also features Kathleen Quinlan, Maureen Stapleton, Ray Bolger, Beau Bridges and Tammy Grimes.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 348
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
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The Assisi Underground (1985)
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This film sheds light on the role of the Catholic Church and the people of Assisi in rescuing Italian Jews from the Nazis in 1943.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 433
Genere: Drama, History, War
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, independent film
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Wise Blood (1979)
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A Southerner--young, poor, ambitious but uneducated--determines to become something in the world. He decides that the best way to do that is to become a preacher and start up his own church.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: southern gothic, spiritual, existential, philosophical, gothic, surreal, grim, cult classic, clever, humorous
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The Perfect Family (2011)
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Kathleen Turner stars as suburban mother and devout Catholic Eileen Cleary, who has always kept up appearances. When she runs for the Catholic Woman of the Year title at her local parish, her final test is introducing her family to the board for the seal of approval. Now she must finally face the nonconformist family she has been glossing over for years.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: touching, semi serious, realistic, humorous
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Never Forget (1991)
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Mr. Mermelstein (Leonard Nimoy) and Mrs. Mermelstein (Blythe Danner) a true-life California couple, thrown into the spotlight of judicial history in the 1980s. He is a Hungarian-born Jew, sole-survivor of his family's extermination at Auschwitz, and she is a Southern Baptist from Tennessee. Their four children are good kids, typical Americans, with just enough orneriness to irritate each other, but enough love and class to pull together when it counts. When challenged by a hate group to prove that Jews were actually gassed at Auschwitz, Mel Mermelstein rises to the occasion with the support of his wife and children, in spite of the dangers to himself, his business, and his family. William John Cox (Dabney Coleman) provides legal help (pro bono) as a lawyer, originally a Roman Catholic from Texas.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 300
Genere: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: political
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Flame in the Wind (1971)
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Set in the splendor and terror of the Spanish Inquisition, Flame in the Wind tells the story of Carlos, an earnest young nobleman who is faced with a choice: the church system offers safety, protection, and respectability; the Scriptures offer Christ and salvation from sin—and with these torture and death.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 37
Genere: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: christian film, independent film
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Esther's Diary (2010)
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Two successful, modern day American women, Maria and Sarah, are brought together by a secret connection they never knew they had; their mothers, Apolonia, a Christian, and Esther, a Jew, were best friends during the Polish Holocaust. A recently bequeathed diary from Esther to her daughter Sarah illuminates events of a dark past that lead Apolonia to confess to her daughter, Maria, a lifetime of self-blame and guilt for an unintended betrayal that led to her best friend's capture by the Nazis.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 21
Genere: Crime, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: touching, sincere, suspense, melancholic, independent film