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Directed by Wim WendersOrigin GermanGenres Drama,
Fantastic,
Fantasy,
RomanceThemes Circus films,
Films about religion,
Films about angels,
Political films,
Films about Jews and JudaismActors Bruno Ganz,
Solveig Dommartin,
Otto Sander,
Curt Bois,
Peter Falk,
Nick CaveRating78%
Set in contemporary West Berlin (at the time still enclosed by the Berlin Wall), Wings of Desire follows two angels, Damiel and Cassiel, as they roam the city, unseen and unheard by its human inhabitants, observing and listening to the diverse thoughts of Berliners: a pregnant woman in an ambulance on the way to the hospital, a painter struggling to find inspiration, a broken man who thinks his girlfriend no longer loves him. Their raison d'être is, as Cassiel says, to "assemble, testify, preserve" reality. In addition to the story of two angels, the film is also a meditation on Berlin's past, present, and future. Damiel and Cassiel have always existed as angels; they existed in Berlin before it was a city, and before there were even any humans., 1h43
Directed by Louis MalleOrigin FranceGenres Drama,
WarThemes French war films,
Films about children,
Films about religion,
Scoutisme,
Political films,
Films about Jews and Judaism,
Histoire de France,
L'Occupation allemande en France,
La condition juive en France sous l'Occupation allemandeActors Raphaël Fejtö,
Gaspard Manesse,
Philippe Morier-Genoud,
François Berléand,
Francine Racette,
Stanislas Carré de MalbergRating79%
During the winter of 1943-44, Julien Quentin, a student at a Carmelite boarding school in occupied France, is returning to school from vacation. He acts tough to the students at the school, but he is actually a pampered mother's boy who still wets his bed. Saddened to be returning to the tedium of boarding school, Julien's classes seem uneventful until Père Jean, the headmaster, introduces three new pupils. One of them, Jean Bonnet, is the same age as Julien. Like the other students, Julien at first despises Bonnet, a socially awkward boy with a talent for arithmetic and playing the piano.Origin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Action,
MusicalThemes Films about music and musicians,
Films about religion,
Films about sexuality,
LGBT-related films,
Musical films,
Films about Islam,
LGBT-related films,
LGBT-related films about religion,
LGBT-related filmActors Dominic Rains,
Noureen DeWulf,
Rasika MathurRating58%
A sophomore majoring in engineering, Yusef (Bobby Naderi) seeks living quarters with fellow Muslims after a year in the godless dorms. He moves—rather improbably, given his conservative nature—into a building inhabited by various punky misfits (it is unclear whether they are also students) wrestling with their cultural and religious identity. Or, as red-mohawked guitarist Jehangir (Dominic Rains) puts it, their "mismatching of disenfranchised subcultures." , 1h33
Directed by Jeffrey BloomOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Fantastic,
HorrorThemes Films about families,
Films about religion,
Films about sexualityActors Louise Fletcher,
Victoria Tennant,
Kristy Swanson,
Lindsay Parker,
Marshall Colt,
Nathan DavisRating57%
After the sudden death of their father, four children — teenagers Chris and Cathy and 5-year-old twins Cory and Carrie — find themselves penniless and forced to travel with their mother Corinne to live with her wealthy parents (whom the children had neither met nor been told about before). Corinne informs her children that there has been tension between herself and her parents for many years, but does not elaborate and simply says they had cut her out of their lives for something she had done of which they disapproved. The children trust her, though Cathy is skeptical as she wonders what happened that caused the rift between her mother and her parents., 2h
Origin USAGenres DramaThemes Films about religion,
Films about suicideActors Randy Wayne,
Sean Michael Afable,
Robert Bailey, Jr.,
Steven Crowder,
David Starzyk,
Arjay SmithRating67%
The story opens with Jake Taylor (Randy Wayne) a high school student in the suburbs of San Diego attending the funeral of his ex-best friend Roger (Robert Bailey Jr.). After Roger's mom comes and asks Jake if Roger had said anything to him, she walks away, and Jake remembers that this all started back when they were young boys and best friends. Roger pushed Jake out of the way of a car, saving him but crippling himself forever. During their freshmen year of high school, after Jake had made the winning basket in a basketball game, a freshman cheerleader named Amy invited him to a party that Roger was not let into. In the years later Jake joined a new popular group of friends, Amy became his girlfriend, and he became star of the basketball team. Jake grew further away from Roger, who became more of a loner due to his condition which he was bullied for. Three years later as a high school senior, Roger came in with a gun and began to shoot. Jake, knowing what Roger was going to do, tries to stop him, but Roger tells him that it was too late. Jake watches in horror as Roger shoots himself. Roger dies from his injuries, prompting Jake to wonder if he could have saved him by being a better friend., 1h42
Directed by John CarpenterOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Science fiction,
Fantastic,
Fantasy,
HorrorThemes Medical-themed films,
Films about religion,
Films set in the future,
Demons in film,
Zombie films,
Films about viral outbreaks,
Political films,
Dystopian films,
Disaster filmsActors Donald Pleasence,
Jameson Parker,
Victor Wong,
Lisa Blount,
Dennis Dun,
Alice CooperRating67%
A priest invites Professor Howard Birack and his students to join him in the basement of an abandoned Los Angeles church. He requires their assistance in investigating a mysterious cylinder containing a swirling green liquid. Among those present is Brian Marsh, a student in theoretical physics., 1h45
Directed by Luigi MagniOrigin ItalieGenres Drama,
HistoricalThemes Films about religion,
Films based on the Bible,
Portrayals of Jesus in filmActors Nino Manfredi,
Stefania Sandrelli,
Lando Buzzanca,
Flavio Bucci,
Antonio Pierfederici,
Mario ScacciaRating64%
The Roman tribune Pontius Pilate then runs Jesus Christ and then, never mind, allows Christ to be executed after being scourged. Crucified and dead, Jesus Christ promises to the faithful that would be resurrected three days after his earthly death. From this point Pontius Pilate begins to be opposed and hated by the Roman people that he realizes his mistake and that the Jews, who in turn are severely punished by the Emperor Tiberius., 1h48
Directed by Maurice PialatOrigin FranceGenres Drama,
FantasyThemes Films about religion,
Demons in filmActors Gérard Depardieu,
Sandrine Bonnaire,
Maurice Pialat,
Jean-Christophe Bouvet,
Sandrine Holt,
Frédéric AuburtinRating66%
Dossignan (Gérard Depardieu) is a very zealous rural priest. The dean Menou-Segrais (Maurice Pialat) tries to keep him reasonable. But Dossignan will be tempted by Satan, then will try to save the soul of Mouchette, a young girl who killed one of her lovers.