Topic: Religion

Direction Krzysztof Kieślowski

Cast Artur Barcis · Olgierd Lukaszewicz · Olaf Lubaszenko · Piotr Machalica

Synopsis TV Mini-Series (1989-1990). 10 Episodes. Originally made for Polish television, 'Dekalog' focuses on the residents of a housing complex in late-Communist Poland, whose lives become subtly intertwined as they face emotional dilemmas that are at once deeply personal and universally...

Direction Ingmar Bergman

Cast Bertil Guve · Pernilla Allwin · Gunn Wållgren · Ewa Fröling

Synopsis TV Miniseries. 4 Episodes. The story is set in 1907 Uppsala, Sweden, and deals with a young boy named Alexander, his sister Fanny, and their well-to-do family, the Ekdahls. The siblings' parents are both involved in theater and are happily...

Direction Carl Theodor Dreyer

Cast Maria Falconetti · Eugene Silvain · Maurice Schutz · Michel Simon

Synopsis The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) depicts the harrowing final days of Joan of Arc, the young French heroine condemned by her English captors. Focused on her trial and interrogation by ecclesiastical judges, the film captures Joan's unwavering faith...

Direction Carl Theodor Dreyer

Cast Henrik Malberg · Emil Hass Christensen · Preben Lerdorff Rye · Cay Kristiansen

Synopsis Ordet (The Word) (1955) is a profound drama set in rural Denmark, exploring themes of faith, family, and miracles. The story revolves around the Borgen family, whose members grapple with differing beliefs and personal struggles. Morten, the patriarch, is a...

Direction Ingmar Bergman

Cast Max von Sydow · Gunnar Björnstrand · Nils Poppe · Bibi Andersson

Synopsis The Seventh Seal (1957) follows a disillusioned knight, Antonius Block, returning from the Crusades to a plague-ridden medieval Sweden. As death personified challenges him to a chess game for his life, Block seeks meaning in a world filled with suffering...

Direction Carl Theodor Dreyer

Cast Thorkild Roose · Lisbeth Movin · Sigrid Neiiendam · Preben Lerdorff Rye

Synopsis Denmark, 1623. An old woman curses the local clergyman and his family as she is burned at the stake in this sobering and ghastly study of religious fanaticism.

Direction Luis Buñuel

Cast Silvia Pinal · Fernando Rey · Francisco Rabal · Margarita Lozano

Synopsis Viridiana (1961) follows a young nun, Viridiana, who visits her wealthy uncle before taking her final vows. Her uncle, a recluse with a dark past, harbors unsettling feelings for her. After a tragic turn of events, Viridiana inherits his estate...

Direction Andrei Tarkovsky

Cast Anatoly Solonitsyn · Ivan Lapikov · Nikolai Sergeyev · Nikolai Grinko

Synopsis Andrei Rublev (1966) follows the life of the 15th-century Russian icon painter during a turbulent era of political unrest and spiritual crisis. Structured as a series of episodic vignettes, the film explores Rublev's journey as he witnesses brutality, faith, and...

Direction William Wyler

Cast Charlton Heston · Jack Hawkins · Stephen Boyd · Haya Harareet

Synopsis In Ben-Hur (1959), Judah Ben-Hur, a wealthy Jewish prince, is betrayed by his Roman friend Messala and sentenced to slavery. After years of hardship, he survives and returns to Jerusalem seeking vengeance. Along the way, his path crosses with Jesus...

Direction Terry Jones

Cast John Cleese · Michael Palin · Graham Chapman · Eric Idle

Synopsis In Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979), a young man named Brian Cohen is born on the same night as Jesus, in a stable next door. Mistaken for the Messiah, Brian's life spirals into chaos as he joins a rebel...

Direction Ingmar Bergman

Cast Ingrid Thulin · Max von Sydow · Gunnar Björnstrand · Gunnel Lindblom

Synopsis This is the second in Bergman's trilogy that explores religious faith and doubts in a visceral, visual, and provocative manner. On a cold winter's Sunday, the pastor of a small rural church, Tomas Ericsson, performs service for a tiny congregation;...

Direction Ingmar Bergman

Cast Bertil Guve · Pernilla Allwin · Gunn Wållgren · Ewa Fröling

Synopsis Fanny & Alexander (1982) follows the lives of the Ekdahl siblings, Fanny and Alexander, as they navigate a year of profound change in early 20th-century Sweden. The story begins during a joyous Christmas celebration in their warm, vibrant family home....

Direction Paolo Sorrentino

Cast Jude Law · Diane Keaton · Silvio Orlando · Scott Shepherd

Synopsis TV Miniseries (2016). 10 Episodes. Lenny Belardo is no ordinary Pope. He is the youngest and first American Pope in history. We find him on the morning of his first day in office, preparing to enter into the power struggles...

Direction Jean-Jacques Annaud

Cast Sean Connery · Christian Slater · F. Murray Abraham · Michael Lonsdale

Synopsis The Name of the Rose (1986) follows Brother William of Baskerville, a Franciscan monk, and his novice Adso of Melk, as they arrive at a secluded abbey in 14th-century Italy. Tasked with investigating a mysterious death, they uncover a series...

Direction Marjane Satrapi · Vincent Paronnaud

Synopsis Persepolis (2007) follows the coming-of-age story of Marjane, a young girl growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. Through her eyes, the film explores themes of identity, freedom, and resilience as her family navigates the political upheaval and societal...

Direction Daniel Knauf · Rodrigo García · Jeremy Podeswa · Jack Bender

Cast Nick Stahl · Clancy Brown · Amy Madigan · Michael J. Anderson

Synopsis TV Series (2003-2005). 2 Seasons. 24 Episodes. "Carnivale" follows a traveling carnival as it wends its way across the Dust Bowl, focusing on Ben Hawkins, a mysterious 18-year-old fugitive with hidden talents who is taken in by the carnival, and...

Direction Luis Buñuel

Cast Francisco Rabal · Marga López · Rita Macedo · Ignacio López Tarso

Synopsis Indigent village priest, Father Nazario is prepared to completely sacrifice himself in order to show the villagers the radically giving, humble, selfless way of life that he believes is the true Christian calling. But he discovers that most of the...

Direction Kenichi Shimizu

Synopsis TV Series (2024 - 2025). 25 Episodes. In the fifteenth century, claiming that the Earth revolves around the sun was a heresy that could get believers burned at the stake. Child prodigy Rafal is introduced to the truth about the...

Direction Bruce Miller · Reed Morano · Mike Barker · Kate Dennis

Cast Elisabeth Moss · Joseph Fiennes · Max Minghella · Yvonne Strahovski

Synopsis The Handmaid's Tale (TV Series) (2017) is a dystopian drama set in the near future, where a totalitarian regime has overthrown the U.S. government, establishing the Republic of Gilead. In this oppressive society, fertility rates have plummeted, and women are...

Direction Roland Joffé

Cast Robert De Niro · Jeremy Irons · Ray McAnally · Aidan Quinn

Synopsis In The Mission (1986), set in 18th-century South America, a Jesuit priest seeks redemption by establishing a mission in the jungle to convert a native tribe. When the Treaty of Madrid transfers the land to Portugal, the mission faces destruction...