Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keywords "cathedral", "prison"

1. Mortal Engines (2018)

PG-13 | 128 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

In a post-apocalyptic world where cities ride on wheels and consume each other to survive, two people meet in London and try to stop a conspiracy.

Director: Christian Rivers | Stars: Hera Hilmar, Robert Sheehan, Hugo Weaving, Jihae

Votes: 141,075 | Gross: $15.95M

2. Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970)

G | 95 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

The sole survivor of an interplanetary rescue mission searches for the only survivor of the previous expedition. He discovers a planet ruled by apes and an underground city run by telepathic humans.

Director: Ted Post | Stars: James Franciscus, Kim Hunter, Maurice Evans, Linda Harrison

Votes: 51,797 | Gross: $19.00M

3. Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021)

PG-13 | 97 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Eddie Brock attempts to reignite his career by interviewing serial killer Cletus Kasady, who becomes the host of the symbiote Carnage and escapes prison after a failed execution.

Director: Andy Serkis | Stars: Tom Hardy, Woody Harrelson, Michelle Williams, Naomie Harris

Votes: 259,403 | Gross: $213.55M

4. Ladyhawke (1985)

PG-13 | 121 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

The thief Gaston escapes the dungeon of medieval Aquila through the latrine. Soldiers are about to kill him when Navarre saves him. Navarre, traveling with his spirited hawk, plans to kill the bishop of Aquila with help from Gaston.

Director: Richard Donner | Stars: Matthew Broderick, Rutger Hauer, Michelle Pfeiffer, Leo McKern

Votes: 51,058 | Gross: $18.43M

5. A Hidden Life (2019)

PG-13 | 174 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

The Austrian Franz Jägerstätter, a conscientious objector, refuses to fight for the Nazis in World War II.

Director: Terrence Malick | Stars: August Diehl, Valerie Pachner, Maria Simon, Karin Neuhäuser

Votes: 28,237

6. Assassin's Creed (2016)

PG-13 | 115 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Callum Lynch explores the memories of his ancestor Aguilar de Nerha and gains the skills of a Master Assassin, before taking on the secret Templar society.

Director: Justin Kurzel | Stars: Michael Fassbender, Marion Cotillard, Jeremy Irons, Brendan Gleeson

Votes: 209,004 | Gross: $54.65M

7. The Last Witch Hunter (2015)

PG-13 | 106 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

The last witch hunter is all that stands between humanity and the combined forces of the most horrifying witches in history.

Director: Breck Eisner | Stars: Vin Diesel, Rose Leslie, Elijah Wood, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson

Votes: 110,006 | Gross: $27.37M

8. 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992)

PG-13 | 154 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama

Christopher Columbus' discovery of the Americas and the effect this has on the indigenous people.

Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Armand Assante, Sigourney Weaver, Loren Dean

Votes: 32,842 | Gross: $7.19M

9. Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007)

PG-13 | 114 min | Biography, Drama, History

A mature Queen Elizabeth endures multiple crises late in her reign including court intrigues, an assassination plot, the Spanish Armada, and romantic disappointments.

Director: Shekhar Kapur | Stars: Cate Blanchett, Clive Owen, Geoffrey Rush, Jordi Mollà

Votes: 75,122 | Gross: $16.29M

10. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)

Passed | 116 min | Drama, Romance

In 15th-century France, a gypsy girl is framed for murder by the infatuated Chief Justice, and only the deformed bellringer of Notre Dame Cathedral can save her.

Director: William Dieterle | Stars: Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Hara, Cedric Hardwicke, Thomas Mitchell

Votes: 12,294 | Gross: $3.27M

11. Rocco and His Brothers (1960)

Not Rated | 179 min | Crime, Drama, Sport

Having recently been uprooted to Milan, Rocco and his four brothers each look for a new way in life when a prostitute comes between Rocco and his brother Simone.

Director: Luchino Visconti | Stars: Alain Delon, Renato Salvatori, Annie Girardot, Claudia Cardinale

Votes: 21,219

12. Brother Sun, Sister Moon (1972)

PG | 121 min | Biography, Drama, History

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.

Director: Franco Zeffirelli | Stars: Graham Faulkner, Judi Bowker, Leigh Lawson, Kenneth Cranham

Votes: 4,954

13. The Best of Youth (2003)

R | 374 min | Drama, Romance

An Italian epic that follows the lives of two brothers from the 1960s to the 2000s.

Director: Marco Tullio Giordana | Stars: Luigi Lo Cascio, Alessio Boni, Jasmine Trinca, Adriana Asti

Votes: 23,225 | Gross: $0.27M

14. Don't Torture a Duckling (1972)

Not Rated | 105 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

When a southern Italian town is rocked by a string of child murders, the police and two urban outcasts search for the culprit amid scapegoating within the superstitious community.

Director: Lucio Fulci | Stars: Florinda Bolkan, Barbara Bouchet, Tomas Milian, Irene Papas

Votes: 10,718

15. Luther (2003)

PG-13 | 123 min | Biography, Drama, History

During the early sixteenth century, idealistic German monk Martin Luther, disgusted by the materialism in the Catholic Church, begins the dialogue that will lead to the Protestant Reformation.

Director: Eric Till | Stars: Joseph Fiennes, Bruno Ganz, Peter Ustinov, Alfred Molina

Votes: 16,008 | Gross: $5.79M

16. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1956)

PG | 104 min | Drama, Fantasy

The timeless tale of the seductive gypsy Esmeralda and the tortured hunchback Quasimodo.

Director: Jean Delannoy | Stars: Gina Lollobrigida, Anthony Quinn, Jean Danet, Alain Cuny

Votes: 3,172

17. A Gorgeous Girl Like Me (1972)

R | 98 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Young sociologist Stanislas Previne is preparing a thesis on criminal women. He meets Camille Bliss in prison to interview her. Camille is accused of murdering her husband Clovis and her ... See full summary »

Director: François Truffaut | Stars: Bernadette Lafont, Claude Brasseur, Charles Denner, Guy Marchand

Votes: 2,778

18. Joan of Arc (II) (2019)

Not Rated | 137 min | Drama, History, War

In the 15th century, both France and England stake a blood claim for the French throne. Believing that God had chosen her, the young Joan (Lise Leplat Prudhomme) leads the army of the King ... See full summary »

Director: Bruno Dumont | Stars: Lise Leplat Prudhomme, Annick Lavieville, Justine Herbez, Benoît Robail

Votes: 786

19. Karol - The Pope, the Man (2006 TV Movie)

155 min | Biography, Drama

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Director: Giacomo Battiato | Stars: Piotr Adamczyk, Dariusz Kwasnik, Michele Placido, Alberto Cracco

Votes: 1,218

20. Notre-Dame de Paris (1998 TV Movie)

150 min | Drama, Music, Musical

A musical adaptation of Victor Hugo's novel "Notre-Dame de Paris" which follows the gypsy dancer Esmeralda and the three men who vie for her love: the kind hunchback Quasimodo, the twisted priest Frollo, and the unfaithful soldier Phoebus.

Director: Gilles Amado | Stars: Hélène Ségara, Daniel Lavoie, Bruno Pelletier, Garou

Votes: 1,747

21. The Ninth Day (2004)

Not Rated | 98 min | Drama, Thriller, War

A drama loosely based on Jean Bernard's Nazi-era prison diary.

Director: Volker Schlöndorff | Stars: Ulrich Matthes, August Diehl, Hilmar Thate, Bibiana Beglau

Votes: 1,949 | Gross: $0.07M

22. The Witness (1978)

90 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A sexually adventurous young woman approaches Antonio, an Italian art-restorer working at a cathedral in France. He resists getting involved with her but later he finds out she was raped and murdered in a derelict house.

Director: Jean-Pierre Mocky | Stars: Alberto Sordi, Philippe Noiret, Roland Dubillard, Gisèle Préville

Votes: 405

23. Shadow Man (1999 Video Game)

M | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Cryptic action adventure about the undead voodoo warrior known as the Shadow Man who must stop Jack the Ripper and the biblical demon called Legion who plan to bring about the apocalypse using the souls of five notorious serial killers.

Stars: Redd Pepper, Barry Meade, Lani Minella, Travis

Votes: 289

24. Fantômas: The False Magistrate (1914)

Not Rated | 70 min | Crime, Drama

Having committed murder in Belgium, Fantomas is sentenced to life imprisonment. Two crimes committed in France suggest to inspector Juve that the Fantomas gang is still at work. He ... See full summary »

Director: Louis Feuillade | Stars: René Navarre, Edmund Breon, Georges Melchior, Mesnery

Votes: 1,201

25. Psycho Diver: Soul Siren (1997 Video)

Not Rated | 48 min | Animation, Action, Horror

People get their mental problems corrected by the Psycho Divers. One of them is hired to help a young female pop star whose mind is being controlled by a sinister cult.

Director: Mamoru Kanbe | Stars: Junko Iwao, Atsuko Tanaka, Jôji Nakata, Toshiko Fujita

Votes: 198

26. Il ritorno del cigno (2014 TV Movie)

Documentary, Biography, History

A documentary on the life of the great composer Gioachino Rossini.

Director: Ettore Florio | Stars: Bruno Praticò, Alessandro Gimelli, Angela Pascucci, Paola Antonucci

27. Inspector George Gently (2007–2017)
Episode: Gently in the Cathedral (2012)

TV-MA | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The seismic forces that displaced Gently in 1964 are once more active - and have followed him to Durham.

Director: Nicholas Renton | Stars: Angelica Penn, Lee Armstrong, Michael Hodgson, Kemal Sylvester

Votes: 466

28. Medici (2016–2019)
Episode: Ascendancy (2016)

TV-14 | 53 min | Biography, Drama, History

Cosimo returns to Florence while Rinaldo is held for trial on treason and tyranny. Cosimo is visited by an unexpected guest, the Pope. Cosimo convinces the Signoria to exile Rinaldo. The ... See full summary »

Directors: Christian Duguay, Sergio Mimica-Gezzan | Stars: Richard Madden, Stuart Martin, Annabel Scholey, Guido Caprino

Votes: 614

29. Medici (2016–2019)
Episode: Betrayal (2018)

TV-14 | 56 min | Biography, Drama, History

Following yet another defeat, the Pazzi come to a decision: it's time to get rid of the Medici once and for all.

Director: Jan Michelini | Stars: Daniel Sharman, Bradley James, Sean Bean, Sarah Parish

Votes: 381

30. Deception (2018)
Episode: Masking (2018)

TV-PG | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Cam and the team investigate the theft of a church's stained glass window which leads them to a famous street artist who was painting a mural nearby.

Director: Silver Tree | Stars: Jack Cutmore-Scott, Ilfenesh Hadera, Lenora Crichlow, Justin Chon

Votes: 389

31. Sicily: The Wonder of the Mediterranean (2017)
Episode: Episode #1.1 (2017)

59 min | Documentary

Historian Michael Scott visits sites in Sicily to study how well 'welcoming' waves of foreign immigrants and influences worked out to create the 'wonder'. The Syracuse cathedral, started as... See full summary »

Director: Martin Kemp | Star: Michael Scott

Votes: 8