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Can any of you recommend a good Catholic movie that would be interesting for high school students? thanks!!!
 
It’s a little dated, but because it’s a true part of the Church’s history, there is a chance they might like the story of St. Joseph of Cupertino entitled “The Reluctant Saint”.

As mentioned - a bit dated, but plenty of humour and fine acting by Maximilian Schell and Ricardo Montalban, and a good sprinkling of the miraculous also. I’ve yet to meet anyone who didn’t enjoy this movie.

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I would second “The Reluctant Saint.”

While I think Man of all Seasons, with Orson Welles, is nice I cannot get over the several instances of God’s name in vain by Thomas’s Friend… I’m not sure why they would ever do that in a religious based movie and for that reason I would not recommend it.
 
The Passion of the Christ
The Seventh Seal (subtitled)
Don Bosco
Into Great Silence (might be too slow if the have short attention spans)
 
Becket - With Richard Burton, Peter O’Toole

A Man for All Seasons

The Passion of the Christ
 
Rogerteder said:
Can any of you recommend a good Catholic movie that would be interesting for high school students? thanks!!!
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Lilies of the Field (with Sidney Poitier)

Marcellino Pan y Vino

The Keys of the Kingdom (with Gregory Peck)

The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (with Ingrid Bergman)

The Sound of Music

The Miracle of Fatima

And any movie about Saints (check the list that Amazon has), type in the words catholic and/or christian movies , you’ll get many a movie that fits what your looking for.
 
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While I think Man of all Seasons, with Orson Welles, is nice I cannot get over the several instances of God’s name in vain by Thomas’s Friend… I’m not sure why they would ever do that in a religious based movie and for that reason I would not recommend it.
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True, but all the same, I wouldn’t say that the film endorses cursing any more than it endorses violence despite there being violence in the film.
 
What about those Bing Crosby movies in which he plays a priest? “Going My Way?” and “The Bells of St. Mary’s” are the names of those movies, I think.
 
I second:

A Man for All Seasons

Becket

The Scarlet and the Black

The Song of Bernadette

I would also add:

Molokai: The Story of Father Damien

I advise not showing: Therese (seriously, my husband and I stopped watching after only 10 minutes because the acting was that bad, and I was disappointed in it since St. Therese is one of my favorite Saints! She’s my patron Saint!)

Also, I don’t recommend *The Sound of Music *for high schoolers, especially the boys, even though it is one of my favorite movies! I made a deal with my husband when he was courting me that I’d watch Rambo if he’d watch *The Sound of Music *😛 After both, I concluded Rambo was too violent for me and he that Sound of Music was too girly from him 😛

Personally, I LOVE those Bing Crosby movies mentioned but wonder if high schoolers would enjoy them…
 
Oooh! I nearly forgot this one and I’d put it at the top of my list (although it could be a bit too long for your purposes): Padre Pio: Miracle Man: The Priest Who Bore the Wounds of Christ. Excellent film!!! Subtitles, but excellent!
 
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Personally, I LOVE those Bing Crosby movies mentioned but wonder if high schoolers would enjoy them…
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I have shown movies from the 1930’s and had my public high school students enjoy them. I’m sure in the right setting they really could enjoy Bing Crosby. It wouldn’t be something they were in danger of seeing over again. When I pull some movie that they have never heard of, I don’t get the groans about “oh I’ve already seen this.”
 
The Mission
imdb.com/title/tt0091530/

Dead Man Walking
imdb.com/title/tt0112818/

**Pope John Paul II **
imdb.com/title/tt0475999/

Mother Teresa
imdb.com/title/tt0375986/

If they like war movies:

We Were Soldiers
imdb.com/title/tt0277434/

If they like horror movies/courtroom dramas:

The Exorcism of Emily Rose
imdb.com/title/tt0404032/

Some good classics include (though I don’t think the average high school student would enjoy them as much as a modern flick):

I Confess
imdb.com/title/tt0045897/

Keys of the Kingdom
imdb.com/title/tt0036983/
 
I’m 33 and my wife is 28 and we watched the Hitchcock Classic “North By Northwest” the other night and we were absolutely spellbound by it!!! We started “Rear Window” Sunday but I fell asleep during one of the slow parts. She said it was really good.

So, since these are great movies starring some of the best actors ever, I don’t see why a High School aged teen wouldn’t enjoy them.
 
I only stated that I wonder if a **majority **of the high schoolers would enjoy the Bing Crosby films because in my personal experience, I know when I attended high school, (I graduated in 03) most of my friends would fall asleep watching those movies even though I LOVE them! Seriously, since childhood (thanks to my parents’ good tastes) I am a huge ‘classic’ movie lover and got my hubby hooked on the old black and white goodies too!

One Catholic themed movie we recently watched and liked that may be of interest to the OP is “The Shoes of the Fisherman,” (1968) starring Anthony Quinn as the fictional Pope Pius XIII during the Cold War.
 
The majority of high school kids will fall asleep because they are tired and stressed out. I fell asleep during almost every movie shown during high school, except for the Shakespeare movies- English was after Study Hall (I slept during study hall.)
 
All of these suggestions are good, but I’ll throw in one from left field - Spanglish.

It has a sex scene you’d probably want to skip through, but then again if most of your students are secretly up to shenanigans outside of school (which is probably true, in my experience) it might be good because it shows selfish, loveless sex in a pretty hard-hitting way and has no nudity.

I think it’s a fantastic movie for high school kids, as an ex high school teacher myself. It’s about integrity, sacrifice, communication and family - all great themes for teens. There’s heaps to discuss in it, and it has very strong morals.

Bella is also probably brilliant for teenagers. To make it doubly influential, compare and contrast it with Juno.
 
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Bella is also probably brilliant for teenagers. To make it doubly influential, compare and contrast it with Juno.
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I’ve seen Juno, but not Bella. I’ll make sure to watch that one soon as I’ve read so many great reviews on it, including from holy priests.
 
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