Best Catholic films?

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The Miracle of Marcelino

A baby is left at the door of Franciscan monks and they raise him ("Marcelino pan and vino…).
The end of this film brings me to tears every time ( I won’t give it away…)
 
The Sound of Music

Hey would The Exorcism of Emily Rose count.
 
Would the Lord of the Rings movies count? They were written by a very devout catholic.
 
reteeks21 said:
Would the Lord of the Rings movies count? They were written by a very devout catholic.
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I’ll vote YES on that! Not only was Tolkien a devout Catholic but he did say that it was a very Catholic story, even if he didn’t believe in making the Christian symbolism as obvious as did C.S. Lewis- so I guess we need to include The Chronicles of Narnia in there too!
 
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I’ll vote YES on that! Not only was Tolkien a devout Catholic but he did say that it was a very Catholic story, even if he didn’t believe in making the Christian symbolism as obvious as did C.S. Lewis- so I guess we need to include The Chronicles of Narnia in there too!
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C.S. Lewis was an Anglican, so you can’t put him for your list. He is already on our list…😃
 
“Bella” is the most Catholic movie I’ve ever seen.

Not only did it have a great pro-life message and the main actor, Eduardo, is a Catholic who prays the Rosary regularly, etc. in real life.

But they even made sure he wore his Scapular like he normally does. In fact in one of the Beach Scenes when he was doing a cart wheel the Scapular fell out of his shirt.

I think the only thing about it that could be considered against the Catholic Churches Teachings is that there is a scene when he took the other main character to an abortion clinic - granted she changed her mind at the last second, but I’ve always been told that if someone takes a girl/women to an abortion clinic that has the intent to have an abortion - that is automatic excommunication / mortal sin which must be confessed before receiving Holy Communion. But, I’ve not heard any of my devote Catholic friends have a problem with this wonderful movie or even mention that particular scene as being problematic.
 
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The Mission

Greatest. Film Score. EVER.
Also, Jeremy Irons played a fantastic Jesuit Father and Robert DeNiro a great struggling reformed slaver and mercenary.
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I am glad you brought this up.

It was a longtime favorite of mine, and I forgot all about it. 🙂
 
Oh, yeah, The Mission. I have the soundtrack. BTW, I heard commentary on that movie. Hollywood falsely showed the Church in a bad light. The reality, as you can guess, was quite different.
 
Ceil-1 said:
Oh, yeah, The Mission. I have the soundtrack. BTW, I heard commentary on that movie. Hollywood falsely showed the Church in a bad light. The reality, as you can guess, was quite different.
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They pulled the old “The Church as in institution is evil, but the priest on the street is good and will fight against it” trick.

It is still a powerful movie.
 
Just saw Saint John Bosco: Mission to Love. It is Italian, and it is an excellent movie, made in 2004. It is a must watch. It comes dubbed in English, but I like the Italian with the subtitles.
 
Molokai - about Blessed Damien the Leper
Into Great Silence - about Carthusian monks in France
Karol (already mentioned but I’ll add them again)

Somebody mentioned the Italian neo-realist films - another Italian film is Alla Luce del Sol (Come Into the Light) about a priest taking on the Mafia - brilliant.

The Good Pope: John XXIII starring Bob Hoskins - slightly flawed but well worth watching.

An animated film called The Man who PLanted Trees by Frederic Back could fit into a “Catholic Films” category.

Here’s a good article about the Vatican’s “45 Films of Note” list. My aim next year is to start working my way through the ones I haven’t seen yet - which is most of them.
 
Don’t forget ***“Cinderella Man”…***The story of James Braddock, a supposedly washed up boxer who came back to become a champion and an inspiration in the 1930s.
 
Patrick_Murebil said:
Don’t forget ***“Cinderella Man”…***The story of James Braddock, a supposedly washed up boxer who came back to become a champion and an inspiration in the 1930s.
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I never saw that movie (all the hoopla surrounding Russell Crowe’s sickening behaviour at that time put me off seeing it) - how is it Catholic?
 
LilyM said:
I never saw that movie (all the hoopla surrounding Russell Crowe’s sickening behaviour at that time put me off seeing it) - how is it Catholic?
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LOL…many actors/actresses personal lives leave much to be desired I suppose…that’s why it is good they can act and convince us otherwise:)

It is a beautiful story of a simple Catholic man and his family during the depression (the one in the 30’s not this one;) )…his dedication to his family, with the ever present awareness of his faith, and his determination and courage based on his faith and his love for his family to “do whatever it takes” to care for them. I haven’t watched it in a while, but it struck me as a very Catholic story).

I highly recommend it in spite of Russell Crowe in real life (his performance was great in my opinion)…and if you do watch it, I’d love to hear what you think about it, either on this thread or in a PM! I don’t think you will be disappointed…but then I could be wrong.🙂
 
flameburns623 said:
High folks:

While I don’t think a Roman Catholic Cinema movement has arisen as has an Evangelical Cinema and even an LDS Cinema–there have been some notable Catholic-themed films over the years. Can folks name some of the best of these? For the sake of this thread a ‘Catholic’ film will be one which:
  1. Has at least one major character who is notably Roman Catholic or based upon Roman Catholic interpretations of that person;
OR
  1. Is about the Roman Catholic Church, it’s history, or it’s members;
AND
  1. Is faith-affirming, intended to encourage persons who view it in their lives based upon orthodox Christian and Catholic teaching as it is generally understood.
Please, no Catholic-Church-bashing films, films intended to challenge the RCC on some controversial issue, or films designed to shock the sensibilities of devout Catholic or Christians–as in the current film ‘Religulous’.

Catholics, Non-Catholics and/or Catholic converts/reverts: you might consider how any films you might name or see posted affected your view of the Catholic Church and whether such films helped to attract you to the RCC.

Thanks!
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Oh man! Miracle of Marcelino tore me up big time when I was a little altar boy. Man I saw that thing once like 50 years ago and I still remember it. sort of…

As I recall at the end, Jesus miraculousl comes down off a large crucifix to comfort a little boy who was going through something bad - can’t remember – maybe he was dying?

Wow I cried for a week! (seems like…)

I would say it was definitely faith promoting to me at the time, but now I am LDS
 
cfrancis said:
The Miracle of Marcelino

A baby is left at the door of Franciscan monks and they raise him ("Marcelino pan and vino…).
The end of this film brings me to tears every time ( I won’t give it away…)
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OOPS
 
id have to say

**Brother Son Sister Moon **about the life of St. Francis of Assisi

**The Mission about catholic missionaries to paraguayan indians
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The Passion of the Christ
 
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