Movies by Lists - Saints (38 [67]) Title | Year | Director | Genre | Rating | Runtime | Added |
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Anthony of Padua [Antonio di Padova]Fernando, a boy growing up in 1920's Italy, is inspired by reading a biography of Saint Anthony of Padua (after whom the city of San Antonio, Texas is named.) The wife of a young Roman painter who disappeared at the end of WWI goes t | 1949 | Pietro Francisci | Drama | 6.3 (15 votes) | 78 | 20211228 |
Augustine of Hippo [Agostino d'Ippona]This biography tells the life story of Augustine, the Bishop of Hippo, a North African region during the last years of the Roman Empire. The film details Augustine's struggle to maintain religious decorum in a civilization on the ver | 1972 | Roberto Rossellini (*) | Biography, History | 6.6 (186 votes) | 121 | 20211228 |
BecketKing Henry II of England comes to terms with his affection for his close friend and confidant Thomas Becket, who finds his true honor by observing God's divine will rather than the King's. | 1964 | Peter Glenville | Biography, Drama, History | 7.8 (14.5K votes) | 148 | 20211228 |
Big Fisherman, TheExploring the life of Peter, from being a successful fisherman to becoming a follower of Jesus Christ and being dependent on Jesus Christ. | 1959 | Frank Borzage (*) | Drama, History | 5.4 (409 votes) | 180 | 20220423 |
Brother Sun, Sister Moon [Fratello sole, sorella luna]Dramatization of events in the life of St. Francis of Assisi from before his conversion experience through his audience with the pope, including his friendship with St. Clare. | 1972 | Franco Zeffirelli | Biography, Drama, History, War | 7.2 (4.4K votes) | 121 | 20211228 |
Decline of an Empire [Katherine of Alexandria]Constantine joins the Roman army to find his missing childhood friend. Once alerted to his friend's whereabouts, he prepares for an all out war between the East and the West. | 2014 | Michael Redwood | Biography, Drama, History, War | 3.4 (502 votes) | 110 | 20241019 |
Flowers of St. Francis, TheA series of vignettes depicting the lives of the original Franciscan monks, including their leader and the bumbling Ginepro. | 1950 | Roberto Rossellini (*) | Biography, Comedy, Drama, History | 7.4 (3.6K votes) | 85 | 20211228 |
FrancescoDocudrama about the life of St-Francis of Assisi. | 1989 | Liliana Cavani | Biography, Drama, History | 6.4 (1.5K votes) | 119 | 20211228 |
Francis of AssisiIn 13th century Italy, Francis Bernardone, the son of an Assisi merchant, renounces a promising army career in favor of a monastic life and starts his own religious order, sanctioned by the Pope. | 1961 | Michael Curtiz (*) | Biography, Drama, History | 6.3 (973 votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
Friends of Jesus - Thomas, TheWhen Jesus is taken off the cross at Golgotha, THOMAS arrives there. Like most of the other disciples, he had worriedly taken refuge with friends in Jerusalem after Jesus's arrest. After Jesus's burial, the disciples decide to leave | 2001 | Raffaele Mertes, Elisabetta Marchetti | Biography, Drama, History | 6.1 (181 votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
Ignatius of Loyola [Ignacio de Loyola]'If you could hear the voice of God, would you want to keep it secret?' A historical drama based on the memoirs of St. Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Jesuit order. This is the story of a soldier, a man of vice and violence who, i | 2016 | Paolo Dy, Cathy Azanza | Action, Biography, Drama, History, Romance, War | 5.9 (480 votes) | 118 | 20211228 |
Imperium - Saint Peter [San Pietre]Saint Peter, a reluctant but passionate leader, from the crucifixion of Jesus to his own. The film's first half dramatizes the New Testament's "Acts": early fear, the renewal of Pentecost, Saul's conversion, the decision to baptize p | 2005 | Giulio Base | Drama | 7.0 (519 votes) | 197 | 20211228 |
Jeannette - The Childhood of Joan of Arc [Jeannette, l'enfance de Jeanne d'Arc]France, 1425. In the midst of the Hundred Years' War, the young Jeannette, at the still tender age of 8, looks after her sheep in the small village of Domremy. One day, she tells her friend Hauviette how she cannot bear to see the su | 2017 | Bruno Dumont | History, Musical | 5.8 (1K votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
Joan at the Stake [Giovanna d'Arco al rogo]Surreal musical about the time of the execution of Joan of Arc. | 1954 | Roberto Rossellini (*) | Biography, Drama, History, Musical | 5.8 (342 votes) | 80 | 20211228 |
Joan of ArcThe abbreviated life of the 15th Century French heroine. | 1948 | Victor Fleming (*) | Biography, Drama, War | 6.4 (3.2K votes) | 145 | 20211228 |
Joan the Maid 1 - The Battles [Jeanne la Pucelle I - Les batailles]A part of Joan of Arc's life. At the beginning, Jeanne (Joan) has already left Domremy, she is trying to convince a captain to escort her to the Dauphin. It ends during Jeanne's first battle, at Orleans. Meanwhile, Jeanne is depicted | 1994 | Jacques Rivette (*) | Biography, Drama, History, War | 7.2 (679 votes) | 160 | 20211228 |
Joan the Maid 2 - The Prisons [Jeanne la Pucelle II - Les prisons]Film about the later life of Joan Of Arc including her trial and execution. | 1994 | Jacques Rivette (*) | Biography, Drama, History | 7.4 (597 votes) | 176 | 20211228 |
Joan the WomanA WWI English officer is inspired the night before a dangerous mission by a vision of Joan of Arc, whose story he relives. | 1916 | Cecil B. DeMille (*) | Adventure, Drama, History, Mystery, War | 6.5 (582 votes) | 138 | 20211228 |
La Passion de Jeanne d'ArcIn 1431, Jeanne d'Arc is placed on trial on charges of heresy. The ecclesiastical jurists attempt to force Jeanne to recant her claims of holy visions. | 1928 | Carl Theodor Dreyer (*) | Biography, Drama, History | 8.1 (52.6K votes) | 114 | 20211228 |
Man For All Seasons, AThe story of Sir Thomas More, who stood up to King Henry VIII when the King rejected the Roman Catholic Church to obtain a divorce and remarry. | 1966 | Fred Zinnemann (*) | Biography, Drama, History | 7.7 (33.8K votes) | 120 | 20211228 |
Man for All Seasons, AKing Henry VIII wants to divorce his wife, and seeks the approval of the aristocracy. Sir Thomas More is a man of principle and reason, and is thus placed in a difficult position: should he stand up for his principles, risking the wr | 1988 | Charlton Heston | Biography, Drama | 7.3 (639 votes) | 150 | 20211228 |
Mary MagdaleneTwelve men heard and spread the message of Jesus. Only one woman understood it. | 2018 | Garth Davis | Biography, Drama, History | 5.9 (10.4K votes) | 120 | 20220822 |
Mary MagdaleneWhen the marriage between AMOS and MARY MAGDALENE turns out to be childless, he casts her out and gets a divorce. Mary has to leave Magdala. She befriends SILVANO, a Roman prefect, who promises her a new life at his side. A few days | 2000 | Raffaele Mertes, Elisabetta Marchetti | Drama, History | 6.2 (259 votes) | 98 | 20211228 |
Mary Magdalene [La spada e la croce]Set against the magnificent backdrop of classic Rome, ""The Sword and the Cross"" is the story of a notorious harlot who must choose between her lascivious lifestyle and the love and affection of her decent-minded brother. | 1958 | Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia | Drama | 5.1 (138 votes) | 105 | 20220731 |
Messenger, The - The Story of Joan of ArcA young girl receives a vision that drives her to rid France of its oppressors. | 1999 | Luc Besson (*) | Adventure, Biography, Drama, History, War | 6.4 (66K votes) | 148 | 20211228 |
Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc, TheA young girl receives a vision that drives her to rid France of its oppressors. | 1999 | Luc Besson (*) | Adventure, Biography, Drama, History, War | 6.4 (65.9K votes) | 148 | 20211228 |
Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima, TheIn this story based on true events of 1917, three Portuguese children share a miraculous, prophetic vision of the Virgin Mary. | 1952 | John Brahm | Drama | 6.8 (1.2K votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
Molokai [Molokai - The Story of Father Damien]The true story of the nineteenth century priest who volunteered to go to the island of Molokai, to console and care for the lepers. | 1999 | Paul Cox | Biography, Drama | 6.9 (1.5K votes) | 113 | 20240810 |
Monsieur VincentSt. Vincent de Paul struggles to bring about peace and harmony among peasants and nobles in the midst of the Black Death in Europe, carrying on his charitable work in the face of all obstacles. | 1947 | Maurice Cloche | Biography, Drama, History | 7.0 (810 votes) | 111 | 20211228 |
Passion of Bernadette, The [La passion de Bernadette]Bernadette knows she's been chosen to be the Bride of the Lord. | 1990 | Jean Delannoy | Biography, Drama, History | 6.2 (134 votes) | 106 | 20211228 |
Paul, Apostle of ChristLuke travels Roma looking for apostle Paul, turned in Nero's prisoner, to tell his story before his execution. | 2018 | Andrew Hyatt | Adventure, Biography, Drama, History | 6.7 (8.3K votes) | 108 | 20211228 |
Peter and PaulPeter the Fisherman and Paul of Tarsus assume leadership of the Church as they struggle against violent opposition to the teachings of Jesus Christ and their own personal conflicts. | 1981 | Robert Day | Biography, Drama, History | 7.6 (650 votes) | 198 | 20231101 |
Reluctant Saint, TheIn 17th century Italy, a simple and clumsy young man joins a Franciscan order, pursues full priesthood and performs a miracle that eventually ensures his sainthood. | 1962 | Edward Dmytryk (*) | Biography, Comedy, Drama | 7.2 (400 votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
Song of Bernadette, The14-year-old Bernadette Soubirous, living in a small town in the south of 1850s France, claims to have seen a divine vision, prompting extreme skepticism, concern from her family, and religious and political turmoil. | 1943 | Henry King | Biography, Drama | 7.6 (6.7K votes) | 156 | 20211228 |
St. Paul [Paul The Apostle]Biblical epic from the book of Acts and Paul's epistles covering the conversion of Saul of Tarsus and his ministry to the Gentiles now known as Paul. Pursued by fellow Jew Reuben, who wishes him dead, Paul takes the Gospel of Jesus t | 2000 | Roger Young | Adventure, Drama | 6.5 (969 votes) | 0 | 20211228 |
Teresa de JesúsSt. Teresa de Jesús struggles against all odds to reform the Order of Carmelites in the sixteenth century Spain. | 1984 | Josefina Molina | Drama | 7.4 (120 votes) | 0 | 20211228 |
There Be DragonsArising out of the horror of the Spanish Civil War, a candidate for canonization is investigated by a journalist who discovers his own estranged father had a deep, dark and devastating connection to the saint's life. | 2011 | Roland Joffé (*) | Biography, Drama, War | 5.8 (4.7K votes) | 122 | 20211228 |
Vision Aus dem Leben der Hildegard von BingenThe life story of the multi-talented German nun Hildegard von Bingen. The film portrays an original woman - best known as a composer and religious visionary - whose grand claims often run counter to the patriarchal world around her. | 2009 | Margarethe von Trotta | Biography, Drama, History | 6.5 (1.2K votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
Santa Barbara | 2012 | Carmine Elia | Drama | 6.6 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
Sant'Agostino | 2010 | Christian Duguay | Biography, Drama, History | 6.8 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
Cotolay | 1965 | José Antonio Nieves Conde | Biography | 6.7 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
Francesco | 2002 | Michele Soavi | Drama | 6.9 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
Chiara e Francesco | 2007 | Fabrizio Costa | History | 7.5 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
Joan of Arc | 1999 | nan | Adventure, Biography, Drama, History, War | 6.6 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
Rita da Cascia | 2004 | Giorgio Capitani | Drama, Romance | 7.1 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
El capitán de Loyola | 1949 | José DÃaz Morales | Biography, Drama, History | 6.3 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
Teresa de Jesús | 1962 | Juan de Orduña | nan | 6.5 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
El señor de La Salle | 1964 | Luis César Amadori | Biography, Drama, History | 6.2 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
Teresa, el cuerpo de Cristo | 2007 | Ray Loriga | Biography, Drama | 4.7 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
Fray Martin de Porres | 2007 | Raymundo Calixto | Adventure, Biography, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy | 7.0 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
Fray Escoba | 1961 | Ramón Torrado | Biography | 7.1 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
Aquella joven de blanco | 1964 | León Klimovsky | Biography, Drama | 5.3 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
Bernadette | 1988 | Jean Delannoy | Drama | 6.8 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
Lourdes | 2000 | Lodovico Gasparini | Drama | 7.7 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
La señora de Fátima | 1951 | Rafael Gil | Drama | 6.7 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
Molokai, la isla maldita | 1959 | Luis Lucia | Biography, Drama | 5.9 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
Sant'Antonio di Padova | 2002 | Umberto Marino | Drama | 7.6 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
Don Bosco | 2004 | Lodovico Gasparini | Biography, Drama | 7.6 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
Padre Pio: Tra cielo e terra | 2000 | Giulio Base | Biography, Drama | 6.4 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
Thérèse: The Story of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux | 2004 | Leonardo Defilippis | Biography, Drama, Family, History | 6.3 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
Don Bosco | 1988 | Leandro Castellani | Biography, History | 6.7 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
Luz de Soledad | 2016 | Pablo Moreno | Biography, Drama | 5.0 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
Karol, un Papa rimasto uomo | 2006 | Giacomo Battiato | Biography, Drama | 6.5 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
Karol, un uomo diventato Papa | 2005 | Giacomo Battiato | Biography, Drama | 6.9 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
Pope John Paul II | 2005 | nan | Biography, Drama | 6.7 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
Mother Teresa: In the Name of God's Poor | 1997 | Kevin Connor | Biography, Drama | 6.3 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
Madre Teresa | 2003 | Fabrizio Costa | Biography, Drama | 7.0 (Unkn) | | Excluded |