Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "lapsed-catholic"

1. Rosemary's Baby (1968)

Approved | 137 min | Drama, Horror

A young couple trying for a baby moves into an aging, ornate apartment building on Central Park West, where they find themselves surrounded by peculiar neighbors.

Director: Roman Polanski | Stars: Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes, Ruth Gordon, Sidney Blackmer

Votes: 235,262

2. Gran Torino (2008)

R | 116 min | Drama

After a Hmong teenager tries to steal his prized 1972 Gran Torino, a disgruntled, prejudiced Korean War veteran seeks to redeem both the boy and himself.

Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Bee Vang, Christopher Carley, Ahney Her

Votes: 815,127 | Gross: $148.10M

3. Dogma (1999)

R | 130 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

An abortion clinic worker with a special heritage is called upon to save the existence of humanity from being negated by two renegade angels trying to exploit a loop-hole and reenter Heaven.

Director: Kevin Smith | Stars: Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Linda Fiorentino, Bud Cort

Votes: 228,694 | Gross: $30.65M

4. Sophie's Choice (1982)

R | 150 min | Drama, Romance

Sophie is the survivor of Nazi concentration camps, who has found a reason to live with Nathan, a sparkling if unsteady American Jew obsessed with the Holocaust.

Director: Alan J. Pakula | Stars: Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, Peter MacNicol, Rita Karin

Votes: 52,780 | Gross: $30.04M

5. Love Story (1970)

PG | 100 min | Drama, Romance

A boy and a girl from different backgrounds fall in love regardless of their upbringing - and then tragedy strikes.

Director: Arthur Hiller | Stars: Ali MacGraw, Ryan O'Neal, John Marley, Ray Milland

Votes: 37,453 | Gross: $106.40M

6. Salvador (1986)

R | 122 min | Drama, History, Thriller

A burnt-out photojournalist becomes involved in a Central American revolution.

Director: Oliver Stone | Stars: James Woods, Jim Belushi, Michael Murphy, John Savage

Votes: 23,160

7. Forgive Me for Raping You (2010 Video)

Not Rated | 109 min | Crime, Drama

About a depraved priest who lures innocent suburban girls into sexual slavery.

Director: Bill Zebub | Stars: Steve Nebesni, Eidolona, Taylor Trash, Kathy Rice

Votes: 375

8. Beyond the Limit (1983)

R | 104 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller

During the Dirty War, a half-English doctor in Argentina befriends the police, the rebels and the alcoholic Honorary British Consul, whose Latino wife he seduces. When the consul is mistakenly kidnapped by the rebels, he must pick a side.

Director: John Mackenzie | Stars: Michael Caine, Richard Gere, Bob Hoskins, Elpidia Carrillo

Votes: 1,539 | Gross: $6.00M

9. The Statement (2003)

R | 120 min | Drama, Thriller

Tale of a former Nazi executioner who becomes a target of hitmen and police investigators.

Director: Norman Jewison | Stars: Michael Caine, Tilda Swinton, Alan Bates, Jeremy Northam

Votes: 5,554 | Gross: $0.76M

10. Living Biblically (2018)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy

An adaptation of the non-fiction book by A.J. Jacobs in which a man tries to live in accordance with the Bible's teachings as closely as possible.

Stars: Jay R. Ferguson, Lindsey Kraft, David Krumholtz, Tony Rock

Votes: 1,128

11. Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story (2002 TV Movie)

R | 200 min | Biography, Drama

True story about the cat and mouse game between the FBI trying to find a Soviet mole in their ranks and Robert Hanssen, one of the top FBI agents and said mole.

Director: Lawrence Schiller | Stars: William Hurt, Mary-Louise Parker, David Strathairn, Ron Silver

Votes: 434

12. Effi Briest (1974)

Not Rated | 135 min | Drama, History

In the nineteenth century, seventeen year old Effi Briest is married to the older Baron von Instetten and moves into a house, that she believes has a ghost, in a small isolated Baltic town.... See full summary »

Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Stars: Hanna Schygulla, Wolfgang Schenck, Ulli Lommel, Karlheinz Böhm

Votes: 2,700

13. Cold Heaven (1991)

R | 105 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

An adulterous woman's faith in God is tested when her husband dies and miraculously comes back to life.

Director: Nicolas Roeg | Stars: Theresa Russell, Mark Harmon, James Russo, Will Patton

Votes: 1,121

14. Confession (II) (2022)

80 min | Action, Thriller

One church, one priest (Colm Meaney), a wounded man (Colm Meaney) and his loaded gun. An intense thriller played out in real time during one night where a vengeful confession must take place.

Director: David Beton | Stars: Stephen Moyer, Colm Meaney, Clare-Hope Ashitey, Kris Johnson

Votes: 314

15. The Extra Man (2010)

R | 108 min | Comedy

A man who escorts wealthy widows in New York's Upper East Side takes a young aspiring playwright under his wing.

Directors: Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini | Stars: Kevin Kline, Paul Dano, Katie Holmes, Marian Seldes

Votes: 5,406 | Gross: $0.45M

16. The Pyx (1973)

R | 108 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A police detective uncovers a sinister occult explanation behind the mysterious death of a heroin-addicted prostitute.

Director: Harvey Hart | Stars: Karen Black, Christopher Plummer, Donald Pilon, Jean-Louis Roux

Votes: 975

17. Swimming Upstream (2002)

PG-13 | 105 min | Drama

The scrapbook of most teenagers shows family members and friends at a picnic, at the high school basketball game, at Disneyland. Morris Bird III's, however, paints a different picture. This... See full summary »

Director: Robert J. Emery | Stars: Matt Czuchry, Elisabeth Harnois, Michael Moriarty, Kelly Rutherford

Votes: 207

18. Mortal Sins (1992 TV Movie)

PG-13 | 93 min | Thriller

A serial killer confesses to a priest, who becomes a suspect and a sleuth because he cannot tell the police.

Director: Bradford May | Stars: Christopher Reeve, Roxann Dawson, Francis Guinan, Weston McMillan

Votes: 258

19. Touched (II) (2003)

Not Rated | 25 min | Short, Drama

What happens when two profoundly lonely men who are strangers, one older and gay, and the second younger and questioning, take one last chance at making a sincere human connection? Based on true events in the life of the writer/director.

Director: Mike Lemon | Stars: Bob Bowersox, David Duzenski, Vicki Gorman, Reed Apaghian

Votes: 362

20. Sister Smile (2001)

Not Rated | 98 min | Drama

Back in late 1963, a Belgian nun known only as Soeur Sourire, or Sister Smile, topped America's pop music charts with the relentlessly cheerful tune "Dominique," from an album of 12 songs ... See full summary »

Director: Roger Deutsch | Stars: Ginevra Colonna, Antonio Salines, Simona Caparrini, Francesca Bianco

Votes: 90

21. A Jersey Christmas (2008)

81 min | Comedy

A ragtag group of store clerks get stuck working until midnight on Christmas Eve at Xmas-O-Rama, a shabby Christmas shop in a blue-collar New Jersey town. The store is run by Mike Malcolm, ... See full summary »

Directors: James Villemaire, Eric Weber | Stars: Luna Catarevas, Caitlin FitzGerald, Arthur French, Anitha Gandhi

Votes: 77

22. High, Fast and Wonderful (2003)

Not Rated | 43 min | Documentary, Short

Is it really possible to distance oneself from the physical realities of death and still expect to enjoy the physical wonders of life? Filmmaker Maryanne Galvin found herself in the vortex ... See full summary »

Director: Maryanne Galvin | Stars: Annie Copps, Phil DeRea, Charlotte Hobelman

23. The Collector (2004–2006)
Episode: Beginnings (2005)

44 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy

The Devil trains Morgan to be the first Collector.

Director: J.B. Sugar | Stars: Chris Kramer, Sonya Salomaa, Christine Chatelain, Colin Cunningham

Votes: 15

24. Family Guy (1999– )
Episode: The Father, the Son and the Holy Fonz (2005)

TV-14 | 22 min | Animation, Comedy

Peter's father Francis visits and learns Stewie has not been baptized. He and Peter take Stewie without Lois' permission and have him baptized. Learning this, Lois impresses upon Peter that Stewie should have a choice so he starts one.

Directors: James Purdum, Pete Michels, Peter Shin | Stars: Seth MacFarlane, Alex Borstein, Seth Green, Mila Kunis

Votes: 1,828

25. Poltergeist: The Legacy (1996–1999)
Episode: Sacrifice (1999)

TV-14 | 43 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

With Mordecai Church as his ally, Horton has split The Legacy apart and plans to finish of the rest of the team. It is left to Derek and Nick to persuade Father Callaghan to rejoin their fight and save The Legacy from destruction.

Director: Michael Robison | Stars: Derek de Lint, Martin Cummins, Robbi Chong, Kristin Lehman

Votes: 20

26. Poltergeist: The Legacy (1996–1999)
Episode: Unholy Congress (1999)

TV-14 | 43 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Excavations in Boston unintentionally releases Dr. Mordecai Church from his long imprisonment. Intent upon starting his own 'religion,' Church recruits runaways as his congregation and soon joins forces with Reed Horton.

Director: Michael Robison | Stars: Derek de Lint, Martin Cummins, Robbi Chong, Kristin Lehman

Votes: 21

27. Murdoch Mysteries (2008– )
Episode: Voices (2011)

TV-PG | 48 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

When a convent tries to bury one of its most venerated members in the churchyard, they find another body in the plot and Murdoch is reunited with his sister.

Director: Gail Harvey | Stars: Yannick Bisson, Helene Joy, Thomas Craig, Jonny Harris

Votes: 342

28. Call Me Fitz (2010–2013)
Episode: Are You There God? I Need to Speak to Frank (2012)

TV-MA | 28 min | Comedy

When Fitz can't horn his way into Ken and Elaine's church scam, he decides that if you can't join 'em, beat 'em... and starts his own religion.

Director: Jason Priestley | Stars: Jason Priestley, Peter MacNeill, Donavon Stinson, Kathleen Munroe

Votes: 16

29. Vikings (2013–2020)
Episode: Sacrifice (2013)

TV-14 | 45 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

The traditional pilgrimage to Uppsala to thank the gods brings a torrent of emotions for Ragnar, Lagertha, and Athelstan.

Director: Ken Girotti | Stars: Travis Fimmel, Katheryn Winnick, Clive Standen, Jessalyn Gilsig

Votes: 6,563

30. Mr. D (2012–2018)
Episode: World Religions (2013)

TV-PG | 21 min | Comedy

Gerry's 'World Religions' unit goes off course when he brings his personal views into the classroom.

Director: Jacob Tierney | Stars: Gerry Dee, Jonathan Torrens, Lauren Hammersley, Booth Savage

Votes: 38