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Plot Summary:
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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Zelazna reka (1989)
Plot Summary:
Drama directed by Ryszard Ber.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 29
Genere: Drama, History
Country: Poland
Duration: 99 min
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Paradise Club (2016)
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During the height of the social revolution, a young dancer searches for salvation when she chooses to leave paradise.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 95
Genere: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
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The dark night of the soul (1989)
Plot Summary:
Life of San Juan de la Cruz.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 198
Genere: Drama
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 93 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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In the Name of the Pope King (1977)
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In 1867, with Garibaldi's forces close to bringing Rome into the Italian kingdom, Monsignor Colombo da Priverno, a world-weary judge on the papal court, wants to resign, disgusted by the violence to which the papacy resorts to hold secular power. That night, three rebels blow up the Zouaves' barracks. Colombo learns that a brief liaison with a countess 20 years' before produced a son, one of the rebels arrested for the bombing. He uses his influence to gain the youth's release, hides him, and then engages in doomed battles of wit with the court and with the Black Pope to free the other two. Can this priest be a father, blunt power, and live out his faith?.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 646
Genere: Drama, History
Country: Italy
Duration: 105 min
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Act of the Heart (1970)
Plot Summary:
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 Jew (1996)
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The story of Brazilian Antônio José da Silva, a jewish poet, playwright and lawyer living in the 18th Century Lisbon, who managed to avoid Inquisition by converting himself to Catholicism, after being tortured. But his fierce criticism of Portugal's élite led him to persecution and torture, becoming kind of a scapegoat.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 131
Genere: Drama
Country: Portugal, Brazil
Duration: 91 min
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Baptism of Blood (2006)
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In São Paulo, in the late 1960s, the convent of the Dominican friars became a trench of resistance to the military dictatorship that governs Brazil. Moved by Christian ideals, frets Betto, Oswaldo, Fernando, Ivo and Tito came to support the guerrilla group Ação Libertadora Nacional, commanded by Carlos Marighella.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 741
Genere: Drama, History
Country: Brazil
Duration: 110 min
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Jericho (1991)
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At early 16th century a priest joins the spanish conquerros in order to bring christianity to the indios. The expedition is murdered by the indios, only the priest is sparred. Santiago, the priest, first tries to continue christianization, but finally becomes one of them - until the Spaniards return.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 180
Genere: Adventure, Drama
Country: Venezuela
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: road movie
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Ave María (1999)
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In the colonial New Spain Ana is a missionary who decides to support the indigenous people.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 170
Genere: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: period piece
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Return to Aztlán (1990)
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When King Motecuzoma dies in 1468, a drought sets upon the Mexicas' land. The younger Motecuzoma sends a retinue to collect tributes from the peasants and make an offering to Coatlicue at Aztlán, the home of their ancestors. The peasant Ollin finds a discarded tribute and makes his own journey to Aztlán to appease his rulers.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 107
Genere: Drama, History
Country: Mexico
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: avant garde
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The Conquest of Chile (1971)
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La Araucana is a Chilean film based on an epic poem in Spanish about the Spanish conquest of Chile, by Alonso de Ercilla; it is also known in English as The Araucaniad. It is considered the national epic of the Kingdom of Chile and one of the most important works of the Spanish Golden Age.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 55
Genere: Drama, History, War
Country: Chile, Italy, Spain, Peru
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: epic
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Santo Luzbel (1996)
Plot Summary:
A conflict arises between the people of the town and the local priest when they have to decide how to represent certain biblical episode.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 44
Genere: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 101 min
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Orinoco, New World (1984)
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The Orinoko: main character in the film. The first part is set during the pre-conquest and is represented as an earthly paradise. A shaman has precognitive visions: go to Columbus and the Catholic missionary in 1498.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 53
Genere: Drama
Country: Venezuela
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: experimental, allegory, silent, silent film
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Lady Inger of Ostrat (1975)
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This historical drama is based on a play by Henrik Ibsen and set in the year 1528. The central figure in the low-keyed story is a Norwegian noblewoman who is seeking to bring independence to that country despite the involved political intrigues of the Swedes and Danes, who are using Norway as a pawn in their rivalries.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 59
Genere: Drama, History
Country: Norway
Duration: 97 min
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The Holy Office (1974)
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The long arm of the Inquisition, or the "Holy Office," reached at least as far as 16th-century Mexico (known as New Spain at the time). Many Spanish Catholics of Moorish or Jewish origin found it expedient to flee to the New World to escape the suffocating attentions of the Inquisition. In Spain, simply being descended from these suspect peoples is sufficient to guarantee a gruesome death by immolation. In the New World, it took slightly more. This 1974 Mexican film deals with the suffering of one family of conversos who are secretly practicing Judaism and are betrayed to the Inquisition by a family member. Interestingly, a small family clan of such secret Jews was discovered in New Mexico as recently as the late 1980s. They managed to keep their faith a secret for nearly five hundred years.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 350
Genere: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 127 min
Plot tags: period piece, masterpiece
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Coven (2020)
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Basque Country, 1609. The men of the region are at sea. Ana joins other girls from the village to dance in the woods. Judge Rostegui, given the task of purifying the region by the King, arrests the women and accuses them of witchcraft. He decides to do what it takes for them to confess what they know about the akelarre, a ceremony with magical connotations during which the Devil is said to initiate his servants and mate with them.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama, History
Country: Spain, France, Argentina
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: satanic, tense, suspense, disturbing
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Goya or the Hard Path of Knowledge (1971)
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As a painter in the court of King Carlos IV, Goya has attained wealth and reputation. He believes in King and Church, yet he is also a Spaniard who dearly loves his people. This contradiction presents him with a dilemma.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 378
Genere: Drama
Country: East Germany, Soviet Union, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia
Duration: 136 min
Plot tags: heartbreaking, independent film, 70mm film
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Gostanza da Libbiano (2000)
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IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 187
Genere: Drama, History
Country: Italy
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: touching, serious, captivating, realistic, independent film
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Hans Staden (1999)
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On the eve of his return to Europe after an extended involuntary stay in 16th-century Brazil, the German sailor Hans Staden is captured by a hostile cannibal Indian tribe. In order to survive he tries to convince the Indians that he is not Portuguese (their enemies) but a friend of the French (their allies), and that his God would be very angry if they were to eat him.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 372
Genere: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Brazil, Portugal
Duration: 92 min
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Valley of the Bees (1968)
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Ondrej, a young boy who loves bees and bats, is introduced to his new mother, a woman much younger than his father. Her brings her a bowl of flower petals which she starts to throw in the air and then gives out a shriek, as she discovers several bats in the bottom of the bowl. In a rage, Ondrej's father picks the boy up and hurls him against a wall. Then as the boy lays in a stupor the father promises the Holy Virgin to dedicate the boy to her if she will spare his life. The boy lives and Ondrej is raised in a strict monastic order, where he is mentored by a very pious warrior monk, Armin. One day after being chastised for no good reason, he escapes and returns home. Armin heads out to bring him back. With his father dead, Ondrej becomes lord of the castle and becomes engaged to his father's widow. Near the end, Armin shows up and attempts to get Ondrej to come back to the order.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, History
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: philosophical, spiritual, black and white, cerebral, epic, serious, captivating, realistic, thought provoking
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The Other Conquest (1998)
Plot Summary:
The film is a drama about the aftermath of the 1520s Spanish Conquest of Mexico told from the perspective of the indigenous Aztec people. It explores the social, religious, and psychological changes brought about by a historical process of colonization that both defined the American continent and is also highly reminiscent of today’s neocolonialism.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, History
Country: Mexico
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, baroque
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El Dorado (1988)
Plot Summary:
The story of an expedition down the Orinoco and Amazon rivers in 1560 by Spanish soldiers searching for the fabled city of gold, El Dorado.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 648
Genere: Drama, History
Country: Spain, France, Italy
Duration: 149 min
Plot tags: tense, rough, bleak, epic, serious, captivating, realistic, disturbing
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Even the Rain (2010)
Plot Summary:
Focuses on Sebastian and Costa, obsessive filmmakers who, in their quest to uncover the myth of Christopher Columbus and resistance to colonial power by Indian rebel Hatuey, ultimately end up embroiled in a modern revolt against Western multinationals in the Bolivian "water wars" brought on by the forced privatization of Bolivia's leading public water companies in 2000.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Drama, History
Country: Spain, Mexico, France
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: political, talky, tense, harsh, visually appealing, serious, thought provoking, realistic, clever, cynical
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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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Silence (1971)
Plot Summary:
Two Jesuit priests encounter persecution when they travel to Japan in the 17th century to spread Christianity and search for their mentor.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, History
Country: Japan
Duration: 129 min
Plot tags: spiritual, existential, atmospheric, bleak, serious, captivating, realistic, contemplative, stylized
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The Mill and the Cross (2011)
Plot Summary:
What would it be like to step inside a great work of art, have it come alive around you, and even observe the artist as he sketches the very reality you are experiencing? From Lech Majewski, one of Poland's most acclaimed filmmakers, The Mill and the Cross is a cinematic re-staging of Pieter Bruegel's masterpiece "Procession to Calvary," presented alongside the story of its creation.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, History
Country: Poland, Sweden
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, bleak, serious, realistic, surreal, christian film, philosophical, spiritual, cerebral, offbeat
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Giordano Bruno (1973)
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Flying from his enemies in the Catholic Church, the free thinking philosopher, poet and scientist Giordano Bruno (1548-1600) has found some protection in Venice. But the Roman Inquisition, fearing his influence in Europe, wants to bring him on trial for 'heresy'.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 950
Genere: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: spiritual, philosophical, dramatic, esoteric, sincere, serious, captivating, realistic, contemplative
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The Mission (1986)
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When a Spanish Jesuit goes into the South American wilderness to build a mission in the hope of converting the Indians of the region, a slave hunter is converted and joins his mission. When Spain sells the colony to Portugal, they are forced to defend all they have built against the Portugese aggressors.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 65000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, History
Country: UK, France
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: epic, thought provoking, christian film, harsh, spiritual, realistic, breathtaking, dramatic, visually stunning, touching
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The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965)
Plot Summary:
Charlton Heston stars as Renaissance artist Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (6 March 1475 – 18 February 1564), who begrudgingly paints the Sistine Chapel for imperious Pope Julius II in this epic adaptation of Irvine Stone's novel directed by Carol Reed. While the novel covers Michelangelo's life from birth to death, the film focuses on the battle of wills between the perfectionist artist and the impatient Pope who commissions (and eventually commands) him to paint the famed chapel.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min
Plot tags: epic, inspirational, uplifting, serious, biblical, christian film, psychedelic, art film, technicolor, sincere