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1. The Handmaid's Tale (2017– )
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Set in a dystopian future, a woman is forced to live as a concubine under a fundamentalist theocratic dictatorship.
Stars: Elisabeth Moss, Yvonne Strahovski, Ann Dowd, O-T Fagbenle
Votes: 258,174
2. The Man from Earth (2007)
Not Rated | 87 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
An impromptu goodbye party for Professor John Oldman becomes a mysterious interrogation after the retiring scholar reveals to his colleagues he has a longer and stranger past than they can imagine.
Director: Richard Schenkman | Stars: David Lee Smith, Tony Todd, John Billingsley, Ellen Crawford
Votes: 200,281
3. Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)
PG | 106 min | Action, Adventure, Mystery
After New York City receives a series of attacks from giant flying robots, a reporter teams up with a pilot in search of their origin, as well as the reason for the disappearances of famous scientists around the world.
Director: Kerry Conran | Stars: Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, Angelina Jolie, Giovanni Ribisi
Votes: 87,495 | Gross: $37.76M
4. Absolute Power (1997)
R | 121 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Career thief Luther Whitney (Clint Eastwood) witnesses a horrific crime involving U.S. President Alan Richmond (Gene Hackman).
Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Ed Harris, Laura Linney
Votes: 60,198 | Gross: $50.01M
5. A Serious Man (2009)
R | 106 min | Comedy, Drama
Larry Gopnik, a Midwestern physics teacher, watches his life unravel over multiple sudden incidents. Though seeking meaning and answers amidst his turmoils, he seems to keep sinking.
Directors: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen | Stars: Michael Stuhlbarg, Richard Kind, Sari Lennick, Fred Melamed
Votes: 149,983 | Gross: $9.19M
6. The Company of Wolves (1984)
R | 95 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A teenage girl in a country manor falls asleep while reading a magazine, and has a disturbing dream involving wolves prowling the woods below her bedroom window.
Director: Neil Jordan | Stars: Sarah Patterson, Angela Lansbury, David Warner, Graham Crowden
Votes: 18,422 | Gross: $4.39M
7. Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002)
R | 113 min | Biography, Comedy, Crime
An adaptation of the cult memoir of game show impresario Chuck Barris (Sam Rockwell), in which he purports to have been a C.I.A. hitman.
Director: George Clooney | Stars: Sam Rockwell, Drew Barrymore, George Clooney, Julia Roberts
Votes: 92,025 | Gross: $16.00M
8. The Reaping (2007)
R | 99 min | Horror, Thriller
A former Christian missionary, who specializes in debunking religious phenomena, investigates a small town which seems to be suffering from the 10 biblical plagues.
Director: Stephen Hopkins | Stars: Hilary Swank, David Morrissey, AnnaSophia Robb, Idris Elba
Votes: 44,649 | Gross: $25.12M
9. The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971)
PG-13 | 94 min | Comedy, Horror
Doctor, scientist, organist, and biblical scholar Anton Phibes seeks revenge on the nine doctors he considers responsible for the death of his wife.
Director: Robert Fuest | Stars: Vincent Price, Joseph Cotten, Virginia North, Terry-Thomas
Votes: 16,684 | Gross: $0.55M
10. 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: 16,006 | Gross: $5.79M
11. Diary of a Country Priest (1951)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama
A young priest taking over the parish at Ambricourt tries to fulfill his duties even as he fights a mysterious stomach ailment.
Director: Robert Bresson | Stars: Claude Laydu, Nicole Ladmiral, Jean Riveyre, Adrien Borel
Votes: 12,725
12. Freeheld (2015)
PG-13 | 103 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
New Jersey police lieutenant Laurel Hester and her registered domestic partner Stacie Andree battle to secure Hester's pension benefits when she is diagnosed with terminal cancer.
Director: Peter Sollett | Stars: Julianne Moore, Elliot Page, Steve Carell, Michael Shannon
Votes: 13,241 | Gross: $0.53M
13. The Order (2003)
R | 102 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A young priest is sent to Rome to investigate the troubling death of the head of his order.
Director: Brian Helgeland | Stars: Heath Ledger, Mark Addy, Shannyn Sossamon, Benno Fürmann
Votes: 18,476 | Gross: $7.66M
14. Religulous (2008)
R | 101 min | Documentary, Comedy, War
Bill Maher's take on the current state of world religion.
Director: Larry Charles | Stars: Bill Maher, Tal Bachman, Jonathan Boulden, Steven Burg
Votes: 60,251 | Gross: $13.00M
15. Into the Abyss (2011)
PG-13 | 107 min | Documentary, Crime, Drama
Conversations with death row inmate Michael Perry and those affected by his crime serve as an examination of why people - and the state - kill.
Director: Werner Herzog | Stars: Werner Herzog, Richard Lopez, Michael Perry, Damon Hall
Votes: 17,359 | Gross: $0.22M
16. Stars of Eger (1968)
157 min | Adventure, History, Romance
1552, the great Turkish Empire wants to conquer Europe, and the world. The last stand is Hungarian Kingdom, and the castle of Eger. The brave soldiers decides they will fight till the end of their lives.
Director: Zoltán Várkonyi | Stars: István Kovács, Vera Venczel, Imre Sinkovits, György Korga
Votes: 2,641
17. Angry Harvest (1985)
R | 105 min | Drama, Romance, War
In the winter of 1942-43, a Jewish family leaps from a train going through Silesia. They are separated in the woods, and Leon, a local peasant who's now a farmer of some wealth, discovers ... See full summary »
Director: Agnieszka Holland | Stars: Armin Mueller-Stahl, Elisabeth Trissenaar, Wojciech Pszoniak, Gerd Baltus
Votes: 867
18. Mädchen in Uniform (1931)
Passed | 87 min | Drama, Romance
At an all-girls boarding school, Manuela falls in love with a teacher, to terrific consequences.
Directors: Leontine Sagan, Carl Froelich | Stars: Dorothea Wieck, Hertha Thiele, Emilia Unda, Hedy Krilla
Votes: 3,742
19. For the Bible Tells Me So (2007)
Unrated | 95 min | Documentary, Romance
An exploration of the intersection between religion and homosexuality in the U.S. and how the religious right has used its interpretation of the Bible to stigmatize the gay community.
Director: Daniel G. Karslake | Stars: Imogene Robinson, Victor Robinson, Gene Robinson, Isabella 'Boo' McDaniel
Votes: 4,519 | Gross: $0.31M
20. Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings (2009 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure
While investigating the disappearance of his former college professor, Indy finds evidence that the biblical staff Moses used to part the Red Sea might actually be real and someone very dangerous is after it.
Stars: John Armstrong, Orla Brady, Adrian Schiller, Christopher Godwin
Votes: 220
21. The God Who Wasn't There (2005)
62 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Did Jesus exist? This film starts with that question, then goes on to examine Christianity as a whole.
Director: Brian Flemming | Stars: Sam Harris, Robert M. Price, Richard Carrier, Earl Doherty
Votes: 5,052
22. God Is Great and I'm Not (2001)
Not Rated | 95 min | Comedy, Romance
Michèle, 20 years old, feels terrible after having broken up with her boyfriend. She meets Francois, who's a veterinarian and Jewish. Michèle decides to convert to Judaism because she has to believe in something, if not in someone.
Director: Pascale Bailly | Stars: Audrey Tautou, Edouard Baer, Julie Depardieu, Catherine Jacob
Votes: 2,513 | Gross: $0.07M
23. Letting Go of God (2008)
130 min | Documentary
Letting Go of God is a humorous monologue by Julia Sweeney chronicling her search for God. She begins in the Catholic church, the religion her family raised her in, and takes a Bible study ... See full summary »
Director: Julia Sweeney
Votes: 689
24. Present Time (1997– )
Not Rated | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
A faith based TV mini series that centers around Josh and his friends when they obtain a magical PC that brings people from the past into the present.
Stars: Ken Belsky, Ryan Domis, Alex Johns, Steven Harris
Votes: 16
25. Eddie Izzard: Glorious (1997 Video)
99 min | Documentary, Comedy
Eddie Izzard's routine has a loose trajectory from the beginning of the Old Testament and the creation of the world in seven days to Revelations; God, in the voice of James Mason, makes ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Richardson | Stars: Eddie Izzard, Mac McDonald, Rhona Mitra
Votes: 2,589
26. Fish Out of Water (I) (2009)
Unrated | 60 min | Documentary, Animation, History
A documentary that faces down the controversies between homosexuality and religion, examining Bible verses quoted as condemnatory, and discussing alternative meanings.
Director: Ky Dickens | Stars: Terri Abbott, James Bankston, Ryan Barrett, Trish Bendix
Votes: 286
27. Matter of Heart (1986)
107 min | Documentary, Biography
Documentary on the famous Swiss psychoanalyst, Carl Gustav Jung, featuring interviews with those who knew him and archive footage of Jung.
Director: Mark Whitney | Stars: Carl Gustav Jung, Marie-Louise von Franz, Barbara Hannah, Liliane Frey-Rohn
Votes: 168
28. The Creation Adventure Team: A Jurassic Ark Mystery (2003 Video)
44 min | Short, Adventure, Comedy
A video that says that dinosaurs lived with humans and were on Noah's ark. It is aimed towards kids.
Director: Cathy Henderson | Stars: Buddy Davis, Andy Hosmer, Brad Stine, Doug Henderson
Votes: 55
29. The Roomies (2010)
114 min | Comedy, Drama
An under-employed and over-indulgent misfit aims to turn his life around through sobriety and religion while moving into the least supportive environment for either: an apartment with his ... See full summary »
Director: Jared Yanez | Stars: Quinn Allan, Tracy Conklin, Carly Carcione, Torrey Cornwell
Votes: 11
30. Prophecies of the Passion (2005 TV Movie)
58 min | Documentary
Scholars have identified more than 80 specific Old Testament prophecies that were fulfilled during the two days we now celebrate as the passion of Christ. Their implications are enormous, ... See full summary »
Director: Wayne P. Allen | Stars: Gary Habermas, Ed Hindson, Greg Laurie, Ed Ragozzino
Votes: 24
31. Another Brick in the Wall (2023 Video)
17 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
Stars: Marc Brickman, Robert Ezrin, Gideon Falter, Norbert Stachel
32. Forbidden History: Dinosaurs and the Bible (2010 Video)
64 min | Documentary, History
Star: Jeffery Jack
33. Our Search for Sodom & Gomorrah (2006 Video)
G | 52 min | Documentary
In this documentary, the Real Discoveries team visit the Dead Sea to find the remains of the infamous cities of Sodom and Gomorrah. 3900 years ago, these two cities became so evil that God ... See full summary »
Director: Simon Brown | Stars: Einar Arnarsson, Emma Brown, Lauren Brown, Simon Brown
Votes: 9
34. The Big Question (2005 Video)
92 min
Director: Richard Laurence | Stars: Rupert Hoare, Roger Phillips, John Polkinghorne, John Mackay
35. King James Bible for Use on Game Boy (1994 Video Game)
History
Read both the Old and New Testament on the Game Boy.
36.
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015)
Episode:
Table Stakes
(2001)
TV-PG | 46 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The team arrives at a charity fund-raiser being held at the house of Portia Richmond, an ex-show girl who became very successful, where a body is found floating in the swimming pool. Portia... See full summary »
Director: Danny Cannon | Stars: William Petersen, Marg Helgenberger, Gary Dourdan, George Eads
Votes: 926
37.
Law & Order (1990– )
Episode:
Monster
(1998)
TV-14 | 46 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Political pressures and a lack of manpower force the detectives to coerce a confession out of their only suspect in a brutal sexual assault of a young girl.
Director: Edwin Sherin | Stars: Jerry Orbach, Benjamin Bratt, S. Epatha Merkerson, Sam Waterston
Votes: 296
38.
Digging for the Truth (2005– )
Episode:
The Real Sin City: Sodom and Gomorrah
(2006)
TV-PG | 44 min | Documentary, History, Mystery
According to the Bible, the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed by God to punish their citizens for their wicked ways. Was this just a biblical parable, or is there evidence that ... See full summary »
Director: Brendan Goeckel | Stars: Josh Bernstein, Melanie Bulujian, Rami Khouri, Shmuel Marco
Votes: 10
39.
The Walking Dead: World Beyond (2020–2021)
Episode:
The Blaze of Gory
(2020)
TV-MA | 48 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
The group adjusts to the reality of life beyond the walls of their community; Iris tries to take over, despite Hope's reservations; Felix and Huck follow the teenagers, while Felix is forced to face unwanted memories.
Director: Magnus Martens | Stars: Aliyah Royale, Alexa Mansour, Hal Cumpston, Nicolas Cantu
Votes: 2,023
40.
The Island (2020–2024)
Episode:
Gegenwehr
(2020)
49 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Herm and Evelin scheme against and betray their parents in the name of love, but this leads to further disaster as the virus claims another victim.
Director: Adolfo J. Kolmerer | Stars: Emily Kusche, Wotan Wilke Möhring, Alexander Scheer, Roland Møller
Votes: 119
42.
Rituals of the World (2018–2020)
Episode:
Ethiopia: A Baptism in the Sky
(2020)
TV-PG | 27 min | Documentary, Adventure
Journey to the Tigray region of Ethiopia, Africa where Orthodox Christians confront their fears and baptize their children in churches perched 800 meters in the sky in the troglodyte church... See full summary »
Directors: Agnès Molia, Camille Robert | Star: Anne-Sylvie Malbrancke
43.
Nova (1974– )
Episode:
The Bible's Buried Secrets
(2008)
TV-PG | 112 min | Documentary
A powerful partnership between science and scholarship breaks exciting new ground in investigating the origins of the ancient Israelites, their faith in a single, omnipotent God and the creation of the Bible.
Director: Gary Glassman | Stars: Liev Schreiber, Stockard Channing, Gabriel Barkay, Amnon Ben Tor
Votes: 111
44.
Archives du XXème siècle (1971–1979)
Episode:
Gabriel Marcel: 2ème émission
(1977)
58 min | Documentary, Biography
Director: Pierre-André Boutang | Stars: Gabriel Marcel, Pierre Boutang
45.
Architecture et géographie sacrée (1978–1985)
Episode:
Notre-Dame de Paris, rosace du monde
(1978)
55 min | Documentary
Director: Paul Barbaneagra | Stars: Michel Bouquet, François Marty
46.
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015)
Episode:
Take My Life, Please
(2010)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A comic who was one-half of a legendary Vegas duo from the 1970s is found dead on the eve of their reunion show, while the body of a fugitive who bombed an abortion clinic is dumped in Las Vegas with over 100 bullet holes in him.
Director: Martha Coolidge | Stars: Laurence Fishburne, Marg Helgenberger, George Eads, Eric Szmanda
Votes: 658
47.
Castle (2009–2016)
Episode:
Heroes and Villains
(2011)
TV-14 | 45 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Sex offender ex-con Tyler Faris is found in an alley, cut in half by a sword. Faris' victim claims that a man in a superhero uniform saved her. Even Castle doesn't recognize the uniform, ... See full summary »
Director: Jeff Bleckner | Stars: Nathan Fillion, Stana Katic, Susan Sullivan, Jon Huertas
Votes: 1,409
48.
Ancient X-Files (2010– )
Episode:
Sodom and Gomorrah
(2012)
45 min | Documentary, History
For centuries, archeologists have searched for these original "cities of sin" supposedly destroyed by the wrath of God. But have the experts been looking in the wrong place all these years?... See full summary »
Directors: John Blystone, Isabel Tang | Stars: Steven Collins, David Maltsberger, Jehad Haroun, Nick Pelling
Votes: 11
49.
Bones (2005–2017)
Episode:
The Patriot in Purgatory
(2012)
TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Brennan, intrigued by Phil Jackson's management style, pulls all her interns together as a team for a project worthy of the basketball coach's philosophy. She charges them with identifying ... See full summary »
Director: François Velle | Stars: Emily Deschanel, David Boreanaz, Michaela Conlin, Tamara Taylor
Votes: 1,790
50.
The Creation Today Show (2011– )
Episode:
Are Dragons Real?
(2012)
29 min | Talk-Show
Stars: Eric Hovind, Paul Taylor, Darek Isaacs