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Carmeliteheart726

I don't know if I know 10 good Catholic movies, but here are some of my favorites:

The Nativity Story (I cry every time Jesus is born!)
Passion of the Christ (I HATE the scourging and crucifixion scenes, but I think that's the point)
Therese (the Leonardo DiFilippis version; yeah, I know it's cheesy, but it's good!)
Padre Pio: Miracle Man (cried several times in this movie)
Mary, Mother of Jesus (Christian Bale played Jesus; TV version, I think)
It's a Wonderful Life (It's not exclusively Catholic, but it's on the Vatican Top 45 list)
Maria Goretti (pretty good, though cheesy at times)

And if I want a really good, scary Catholic movie, I would go for:

The Exorcism of Emily Rose (super SCARY! I got goosebumps the first few times I watched it)

I am a member of Pius Media's rental program (like a Catholic "Netflix"), and I've been renting some movies, but only "Maria Goretti" was good so far. I'm renting these, and waiting on them:

Clare and Francis
Reluctant Saint Francis of Assisi
St. Francis
Karol: The Man Who Became Pope
Jesus of Nazareth (looks good)

BTW, I would NOT recommend these movies (BORING!):

John of the Cross
--(Leonardo DiFilippis played every main male character and his wife played every main female character; it was horrible to see Leo playing two characters in 1 scene! I felt like I was watching a version of Eddie Murphy's "Nutty Professor", LOL)

Teresa of Avila
--(I tried watching episode 1 last night, and I fell asleep. Talk about a good nap movie)

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The Passion of the Christ (of course)
The Exorcist
A Man for All Seasons (both versions)
On the Waterfront
El Cid
Braveheart
The Song of Bernadette
Blackrobe
Return to Me (for the chicks)
Gran Turino (good Catholic themes - watch it)

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virginiancatholic

These are in no particular order

The Song of Bernadette

I Confess

The Human Experience

The Keys of the Kingdom (a good priest in everyday life)

High Noon (with Gary Cooper...a man who gives up everything to do what's right even though no one is backing him up)

Batman (seriously, talk about not compromising morals)

St. John Bosco (with Ben Garrazza, Italian)

La Vita e Bella (Life is Beautiful)

Yours, Mine, and Ours (the older one with Lucille Ball and Fonda)

The Scarlet and the Black



The Passion is in there too, but I can't watch that often.
Definitely not impressed with Bernadtte, Therese, Sister Act.

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I Confess
St. John Bosco (the new Italian one)
La Vita e Bella (Life is Beautiful)
The Scarlet and the Black
Into Great Silence
Babette's Feast

But seriously, there are soooo many great movies out ther that aren't outspokenly Catholic, but they have great questions on morality, suffering and such, for instance Batman 1 and 2, Gladiator, The Lord of the Rings, Cinderella Man, and so on.

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DemonSlayer

I'd also add Gran Torino to the list I probably posted a while ago, it definitely had a Catholic theme and a great film overall.

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huuum

Passion of the Christ
Narnia (counts?)
LotR
Au Revoir, Les Enfants ( I love this movie!!)
Joan of Arc
Sister Act
Life is Beautiful (more Jewish... but still so amazing!)

i guess i must watch more Catholic movies then! :))

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[quote name='Shpout' post='1870515' date='May 18 2009, 07:02 PM']huuum

Passion of the Christ
Narnia (counts?)
LotR
Au Revoir, Les Enfants ( I love this movie!!)
Joan of Arc
Sister Act
Life is Beautiful (more Jewish... but still so amazing!)

i guess i must watch more Catholic movies then! :))[/quote]

oooo and the Mission too thats a great one!!!!!!

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loveletslive

Beloved - documentary about the Nashville Dominicans
St. Rita movie
Padre Pio movie (the older 4 hour version)
Don Bosco movie
Bella

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jwingert72

Really I love more then 10... but here goes no particular order.

Classics:
The Passion of the Christ
Karol: The Man Who Would be Pope
The Scarlet and the Black
The Underground Assisi
Bernadette (all versions listed above)
Trouble with Angels
Bells of St. Francis
It's a Wonderful Life
Mother Teresa
Romero

Some more modern:
Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Chronicles of Narnia
The Exorcism of Emily
St. Rita

Documentaries:
Testimony
The Human Experience (Haven't seen but want to.)
Anything by Grassroot Productions (CFRs are awesome)

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jwingert72

Oh, I whole heartedly disagree with

The Last Temptation of Christ (Heretical - anit-Christ)
Da Vinci Code (Gnosticism Rampant - Anti-Catholic - Bad, bad, bad history! Major errors!)
The Golden Compass (Anti-God, Anti-Catholic, Anti-Faith)

(Their all holywood attempts to attack the faith and the true existance of God and the Divinity of Christ.) Just had to put that in ok! The envangelist inside me made me do it, I sware.

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missionarybelle

Marcelino Pan y Vino was rather boring i found...


and y'all this isn't jsut a chance to list any movie you've happened to see that happens to be Catholic... Only list it if it's actually a good movie.

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DivineIntervention

bella
fireproof
sound of music
joan of arc
st. maria goretti
passion
facing the giants
sister act 1
sister act 2
letters to God

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