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

1. GomBurZa (2023)

112 min | Action, Biography, Drama

Mariano Gomes, José Burgos, and Jacinto Zamora are three brave Filipino Catholic priests whose narrative is told in this stirring and inspirational historical drama.

Director: Pepe Diokno | Stars: Dante Rivero, Cedrick Juan, Enchong Dee, Piolo Pascual

Votes: 315

2. The Mission (1986)

PG | 125 min | Adventure, Drama, History

Eighteenth-century Spanish Jesuits try to protect a remote South American tribe in danger of falling under the rule of pro-slavery Portugal.

Director: Roland Joffé | Stars: Robert De Niro, Jeremy Irons, Ray McAnally, Aidan Quinn

Votes: 65,640 | Gross: $17.22M

3. I Confess (1953)

Not Rated | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A priest, who comes under suspicion for murder, cannot clear his name without breaking the seal of the confessional.

Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Montgomery Clift, Anne Baxter, Karl Malden, Brian Aherne

Votes: 23,231

4. 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: 12,702

5. There's No Business Like Show Business (1954)

Approved | 117 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical

Molly and Terry Donahue, plus their three children, are The Five Donahues. Son Tim meets hat-check girl Vicky and the family act begins to fall apart.

Director: Walter Lang | Stars: Ethel Merman, Marilyn Monroe, Donald O'Connor, Dan Dailey

Votes: 6,698

6. Last Rites (1988)

R | 103 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Angela, the beautiful Mexican mistress of a NY mobster, asks virginal Father Michael for protection after Zena, the mobster's wife, kills her cheating husband. Michael becomes torn between his vows, Angela and his sister - Zena.

Director: Donald P. Bellisario | Stars: Tom Berenger, Daphne Zuniga, Chick Vennera, Anne Twomey

Votes: 1,365 | Gross: $0.43M

7. Monsignor (1982)

R | 121 min | Crime, Drama, War

An ambitious priest seduces a nun and leads the Vatican into shady business during and after World War II.

Director: Frank Perry | Stars: Christopher Reeve, Geneviève Bujold, Fernando Rey, Jason Miller

Votes: 1,016 | Gross: $12.41M

8. White Elephant (2012)

Not Rated | 105 min | Crime, Drama

While working alongside his long-time friend and colleague in building a hospital for the residents of a Buenos Aires shantytown, a troubled priest finds solace in a young, atheist social worker.

Director: Pablo Trapero | Stars: Ricardo Darín, Jérémie Renier, Martina Gusmán, Federico Barga

Votes: 5,425 | Gross: $0.01M

9. 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

10. 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: 1,948 | Gross: $0.07M

11. Death of an Angel (1985)

PG | 91 min | Drama

Grace, a priest, tracks her missing daughter to a religious community where the strange father Angel is keeping a wooden Jesus figure that sheds actual blood. When the cross is stolen, Grace decides to help out to get her daughter back.

Director: Petru Popescu | Stars: Bonnie Bedelia, Nick Mancuso, Pamela Ludwig, Alex Colon

Votes: 72 | Gross: $0.02M

12. An Act of Love (2015)

Not Rated | 86 min | Documentary, Drama, Family

Follows Rev. Frank Schaefer who was put on trial in the United Methodist Church for officiating his son's same-sex wedding.

Director: Scott Sheppard | Stars: Jimmy Creech, Frank Schaefer, Tim Schaefer, Beth Stroud

Votes: 47

13. Thy Will Be Done (2010)

57 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama

THY WILL BE DONE follows a transgender woman, Sara Herwig in her path to ordination in the Presbyterian Church. Efforts have been made to block her ordination by the evangelical ... See full summary »

Director: Alice Bouvrie

14. Called to Love and Serve (2007)

27 min | Documentary, Short

Episcopal deacons, priests, bishops and lay folk from around the country discuss The Sacred Order of Deacons. Entirely without narration, and refreshingly candid, the diaconate is defined ... See full summary »

Director: Jacqueline Cherry | Stars: Kathleen Ballard, Barry Leigh Beisner, Barbara Bishop, Theorphlis Borden

15. Call Me Malcolm (2005)

90 min | Documentary

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Director: Joseph Parlagreco | Stars: Malcolm Himschoot, Matt Kailey, Calpernia Addams, Stephan Thorne

Votes: 39

16. The Borgias (2011–2013)
Episode: The Moor (2011)

TV-MA | 53 min | Crime, Drama, History

Sultan Cem of the Ottoman Empire arrives at Rome. Cesare declines his brothers request of using Michelotto. The Pope tries to decide who is to marry his daughter.

Director: Simon Cellan Jones | Stars: Jeremy Irons, François Arnaud, Holliday Grainger, Joanne Whalley

Votes: 764

17. The Big Bang Theory (2007–2019)
Episode: The Countdown Reflection (2012)

TV-PG | 21 min | Comedy, Romance

As Howard prepares for his mission into space, flashbacks show the recent events leading up to his and Bernadette's wedding.

Director: Mark Cendrowski | Stars: Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco, Simon Helberg

Votes: 4,033

18. The Fosters (2013–2018)
Episode: I Do (2013)

TV-14 | 44 min | Drama, Romance

The Fosters are getting married, but Stef is not as involved as Lena likes.

Director: James Hayman | Stars: Teri Polo, Sherri Saum, Jake T. Austin, Hayden Byerly

Votes: 443

19. A Vicar's Life (2018– )
Episode: Episode #1.2 (2018)

29 min | Documentary

We meet trainee Matthew Cashmore who has given up life as an executive to be ordained into the church. In the Black Mountains Revd Nicholas Lowton comes up with a new use for a church - camping.

Director: Emma Olver | Star: Jan Ravens