Favorite Catholic Movies

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FYI, I think “The Song of Bernadette” is gonna be on TCM Tuesday night. It’s been decades since I’ve seen it, to the extent I remember nothing about it.
 
Another favorite is The Fugitive (not THAT one). The Fugitive I’m thinking of was made in the 1940’s(?) and starred Henry Fonda. He played the last priest in a fictional Latin American country where the faith had been outlawed. It is a beautiful tribute to the Sacraments and the priesthood.
 
Well, I had to vote for “The Scarlet and the Black” out of the movies listed, but I’d also like to put in a word for “I Confess”.
 
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Dearest All

Mine is ‘Jesus of Nazareth’ which was a sequel shown on TV years ago, I must have been 12 years old at the time. But I have never been able to find this on video or dvd, but I know it has been released as a movie.

God Bless you and much love and peace to you

Teresa xx
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It has been available in a 3-video set for quite some time, it is in most catalogs I get for Catholic videos, including the one called “Catholic Videos” also Ignatius Press video catalog, it comes with a study guide for each tape.
 
“The Fugitive”—yeah! I forget the name of that one. Not only is that a good movie, but it has some of the most striking cinematography I’ve ever seen. A highly under-rated film.
 
+JMJ

Scarlet and the Black has been a great movie classic however I did have some trouble seeing Captian vontrap as the evil nazi General it just hard seeing someone who I had a certain way of thinking of him play a part like that
 
It is not a Catholic movie per say, but the film “To End All Wars” is a very good movie about forgiveness and the redemptive qualities of suffering. It is a true story of British prisoners of war who are forced to work on the Thailand-Burma railroad by their Japanese captors. It’s the real “Bridge on the River Kwai” story.

But be warned - it is a very graphic movie with realistic scenes of torture being committed on prisoners of war; there is even a startling crucifixion scene which is based on a real crucifixion that that took place during construction of the railroad. A mostly British cast with Keiffer Sutherland as the token American.

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It is not a Catholic movie per say, but the film “To End All Wars” is a very good movie about forgiveness and the redemptive qualities of suffering. It is a true story of British prisoners of war who are forced to work on the Thailand-Burma railroad by their Japanese captors. It’s the real “Bridge on the River Kwai” story.

Like “Saving Private Ryan” and “The Passion” it is a very graphic movie with realistic scenes of torture being committed on prisoners of war; there is even a startling crucifixion scene which is based on a real crucifixion that that took place during construction of the railroad.

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I’m surprised no one has suggested “A Nun’s Story” with Audrey Hepburn. Great movie!
 
Has anyone ever seen “Miracle in the Rain” with Jane Wyman and a very young and handsome Van Johnson. It is in black and white with the ever so Catholic setting of St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York. It’s a love story set during the war.
Another movie, this one is more recent, was something like “The Stairway” starring Barbara Hershey. It was shown only once on TV but it deserves to be seen over and over again.
If the Luke Film production of “Therese” is as good as it looks on their website:www.theresemovie.com this will surely be a Catholic classic as great as “The Song of Bernadette”. I hope this movie will launch Lindsay Younce who plays St.Therese of the Child Jesus as Bernadette launched the career of Jennifer Jones.
 
The historian in me adores the mini-series “Assisi Underground”. Though the artistry wasn’t much to behold, the details are extremely accurate and show the great dangers that the priests and nuns faced in hiding the Jews and Allied soldiers in fascist Italy. It’s extremely valuable, especially to those who misunderstand the pope’s actions during the war and claim he was an anti-Semite who didn’t step up to save the dying masses.

From an artistic (and yes, greatly historical) POV, I adore The Godfather, Part III. Forget the Sofia Coppola part, but the underlying historical detail woven into the storyline is very accurate and important to remember. The corruption in the Vatican at that point was huge and led to more than one murder in real life. If we don’t learn from those mistakes, then we’re bound to repeat them in the future.
 
I loved The Passion of the Christ. Therese is coming to theaters next month. I’ve heard that it’s going to be a good movie. The web site is @: theresemovie.com/.
 
I voted for “A Man for All Seasons” as it’s the only one I on the list I’ve seen, but I watched “I Confess” this past weekend and it was superb.
 
+JMJ

Oh yes please go see the new Terese movie when it comes out I have a few friends had the oppertunity to work on that film as well as go to the screening of it and it very well worth it they have said
 
The Fall issue of Faith and Family Magazine lists the all time 100 best Catholic movies. Check it out. This is by the way a great magazine. You can even get a free issue for the trying. By the way, I don’t work for the magazine. I am just a satisfied subscriber. faithandfamilymag.com/
 
You forgot The Sound of Music!!! That’s one of my favorite movies (keep in mind I have a lot of favorite movies)😃 😃
 
I can’t believe any of you haven’t mentioned a great Catholic Sports movie… Rudy, starring Sean Astin! It has so many great morals wrapped into one from any religious perspective. Some of the other Catholic movies mentioned I found corny, so I’ll put this one in (call it corny and “not quite what we were looking for” if you wish).
 
+JMJ

Rudy! How could I forget that one oh such a great movie!! I especially love the part where he finnally finds out he is going to ND and starts crying out infront of the pond area there.
 
I dunno if I’m bored or what, but here’s a list of all the above movies, and links to more info about them on imdb.com. I listed the year and first-billed actor/actress, and when there were multiple versions of what looked to be the same movie, I listed those too. There is some interesting trivia on the movies sometimes, too. My favorite was the 1912 version of Quo Vadis.

Oh, and I’d have to vote for The Passion of the Christ as my favorite. I never felt so close to what He did for us as I did when I watched His mother following Him as He carried His Cross. Wow!

The Scarlet and the Black (1983, Gregory Peck), (1993, Ewan McGregor)
The Mission (1986, Robert De Niro)
Bells of St. Mary’s (1945, Bing Crosby), (1937, Kathleen Gibson), (1928, Tubby Phillips, Silent Movie), (1959, Claudette Colbert)
A Man For All Seasons (1966, Paul Scofield), (1988, Charlton Heston), (1964, John Gray)
The Sound of Music (1965, Julie Andrews)
Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima (1952, Susan Whitney)
Going My Way (1944, Bing Crosby), (1962, Gene Kelly)
Brother Sun, Sister Moon (1972, Graham Faulkner)
The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968, Anthony Quinn)
Ben Hur (1959, Charlton Heston), (1907, Herman Rottger, Silent), (2003, Charlton Heston, Animated), (1925, Ramon Novarro, Silent)
Song of Bernadette (1943, William Eythe)
Babette’s Feast/Babettes gæstebud (1987, Stéphane Audran)
The Passion of the Christ (2004, James Caviezel)
I Confess (1953, Montgomery Clift)
Jesus of Nazareth (1977, Robert Powell), (1928, Anna Lehr, Silent), (1912, Robert Henderson-Bland, Silent, Actual Title: From the Manger to the Cross, Or Jesus of Nazareth)
Boys Town (1938, Spencer Tracy)
Men of Boys Town (1941, Spencery Tracy)
Wide Awake (1998, Joseph Cross), (1925, Lige Conley, Silent)
Miracle of Marcelino (1955, Rafael Rivelles)
Come to the Stable (1949, Loretta Young)
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien (1999, David Wenhem)
The Blues Brothers (1980, John Belushi), (1998, Dan Aykroyd, Blues Brothers 2000)
(Cont’d)
 
 
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